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'C OI.. 1III. .lili\\INGq I?: 1,SDAY, -fARCI1
MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE.
A PATRIOTIC :SCENE IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Fifty Millon Dollars voted in Anticipa
tion of War With spaln-Party Lizrs
Wiped Out and All Sc c:ions Harmonious
ly b'eded.
In a spirit of patriotism, with elo
quent words ringing in their ears,
every member of the house of repre
sentatives Tuesday responded to the
president's first call to meet the Span
ish situation by casting his vote for a
bill placing in President McKinley's
hands fifty millions of dollars to be
exponded at his discretion for the na
tional defense. Party lines were swept
away, and with a unanimous voice,
congress voted its confidence in the
administration, Many members who
were paired with absent colleagues,
took the responsibility of breaking
their pairs, an unprecedented thing in
legislative annals, in order that they
might go on record in support of this
vast appropriation to maintain the
dignity and honor of their country.
Speaker Reed, who, as the presiding
office, seldom votes except in case of a
tie, had his name called and voted in
his capacity as a representative. The
scene of enthusiasm which greeted the
announcement of the vote-ayes, 311:
nays, none-bas seldom been parallel
ed in the house.
All day long the gallaries were jam
med with enthusiastic spectators ap
plauding the patriotism of the words
of eloquence which were uttered by
the members on the floor. The
speeches were all brief. Although four
hours were allowed for debate, so
great was the pressure for time that
no one member was given more than
five minutes, and most of them had to
content themselves with a beggarly
fraction of a minute. In all fifty-nine
speeches were made. With one ac
claim members from the north, the
states'and the territories, battle scarred
veterans of the Union and the Con
federate armies, all joined in pro
claiming their support of the country's
chief magistrate in the face of a possi
ble foreign war.
In the whole debate there was only
a slight discordant note caused by the
speech of General Bingham, of Penn
sylvania, who served with distinction
under Hancock. He spoke too con
servatively for the aroused temper of
the house, and when he insisted that
our relations with Spain were as
friendly as they had been for years,
many of the members hissed him.
While almost every member who
spoke deprecated the possibility of
war a wide divergence of opinion as
to how close were hostilities manifest
ed itself in the debate. The general
contention by the majority, among
them the leaders on both sides, was
that this appropriation by preparing
for war would prove the surest guar
antee of peace. Others insisted that
war alarms would soon be heard, and
Mr. Mann, of Illinois, declared that
war actually existed in all save name.
The speeches which attracted most
attention were those of Messrs. Can
non, Henderson and Dolliver, on the
Renublican side and Messrs. Bailey
and Sayres on the Democratic side.
Mr. Cannon in opening the debate
on the bill, said that in the present
critical condition of affairs the com
mittee had deemed it wise to appro
priate this sum p lacing its expendi
mure in the complete discretion of the
president. He referred to the fact
that the committee had been unani
mous in its action and had only
~bngd the working of the bill he
int'euced yesterday by making the
approipriation available until January
1, 1899, instead of June 30, 1899.
"We have the money in the treas
ury to meet this appropriation if it is
expended," he continued, "and there
fore there is not presented with this
proposition one to borrow money or
to increase taxation to which almost
any other nation on earth would have
been obliged to resort." (Tremendous
applause ) He insisted that this .ap
propriation must not be construei into
a threat. Nothing was further from
the minds of those who reported, he
said: This appropriation was to be
placed in the hiands of a wise and pa
triotic executive to make proper pre
parations to maintain the national
ho nor nothing more. "It is not a
war appropriation," said he emphati
cally. "I say that in my judgment,
measuring my words that it is a peace
measure. (Great applause.) The gov
ernment of the United States would
not, if it could trench upon the rights
of any nation on earth." (Renewed
applause.)
After several other members had
enthusiastically endorsed what Mr.
Cannon said, Mr. Bingham, caused
the first note of discordance that was
heard. While supporting the bill on
general principles was avowedly out
of sympathy 'with the common ier
pretation of the meaning of the bill.
and as a consequence he was vigorous
ly hissed twice during the progress of
his remarks. Mr. Bingham began by
referring to the day's proceedings of
the house as akin to the "nIchods of
yellow -'og journalism." He had no
sympathy, ne said, with the apparent
tendency of the house, and espcially
none with the evident disposition to
seize the opportunity for a display of
jingoism that was by no means edi
lying. "I care nothing," he ex
-claimed, "for t'ie bravery and courage
-of Mr. Lee, of which we hear so
much on this floor," and he was pro
eceeding to say that what we want in
General Lee at the present time is ex
hibition of his best judgment and
common sense, but the sentence was
almost drowned in the shower of
hisses with which the remark was re
ceived. This eviden -e of disapproval
came especially from the Democratic
aide. It did not appear to disconcert
Mr. Bingham, who continued his ze
marks by a general dispargement of
the war spirit. "I favor this appro
priation,"'he said in conclusion, "bat I
condemn on this fbor to day the uat
terance of any declaration that the re
lations of this country with Spain are
other wise than they have been for
years past-friendly, reasonable, in
ternational relations." This utter
ance was received with bisses which
were only suppressed by a vigorous
pounding of the speaker's gavel.
After several other members had
spoken Mr. Bailey, the Democratic
leader supported the bill in a five
minute speech. Mr. Bailey said: "It
ought to be understoad in Spaim and
it ought to be understood in every
country on the globe that while this
gret rennli snincerel desires to be
at peace it is prepared for war if war
becomes inevite ble. (Loud applause.i
I fear that we have gone too far to es
cape the worst and I telieve that we
bave gone further than would have
been necessary if at the proper time
we had ?ranted the prayer of the Cu
ban patriots and had simply recog
nized their right to fight for the inde
pendence of their own country.
(Loud applause.) Yet the time for
that discussion has passed. We must
deal with this question as it is, not as
we wculd have it to be; and approach
ing it in this broader spirit, we stand
ready to say to those who administer
the government that may be need
ed fcr the national honor and
the national defense we are ready
to give and give ungrudgingly. (Ap
plause.) Peace is desirable, but not so
desirable that it be purchased at a sac
rifice of national honor. Let us in
this day adopt the motto of our fathers
in the older and better days of this re
public let us say to all the world now
as then: 'We are ready to spend
millions for defense, but not one cent
for tribute.' (Applause.) And let us
add another and nobier motto, 'We
are for peace as long as it can be main
tained with honor, tut we are for
honor if war is necessary to defend
our or protect the rights of Ameri
can citizens anywhere throughout
the world.' (Applause)
The debate closed at 4:20 p. m.
When the question was put on the
passage of the bill the whole house
rose en masse in its favor but Mr.
Cannon asked for the as es and noes.
He did so, he said at the request of
many members who desired that every
member shculd go on record. Every
member present voted for the bill.
When the speaker announced the
vote, 311 ayes, noes none," an en
thusiastic demonstraticn occurred -
The bill was unanimously passed by
the Senate the day after it passed the
House and was immed'ately signed
by the President.
ENGLAND IS WITH US.
Any Trenble Threatening the Uoited S:atee
w2il b Shared by G:eat Britain
England apparently wishes it dis
tinctly understood that in case the
United States becomes involved in a
foreign war that she would side with
the United States. In the British
House of Commons. which is now in
session at London, Mr. Ronald Mun
roe-Ferguson, liberal, asked the parli
amentary secretary for the foreign
office, Mr. Curzon, in the hcuse of
commons Thursday, whether there is
any truth in the reports that commu
nications on the Cuban question have
been exchanged between the British
ambassador at Washington, Sir Juli
an Pauncefote. and the government
of the United States.
Mr. Curzon said that no communi
cations had been exchanged.
Hon. Hubert Valentine Duncombe,
conservative, gave notice that he
would ask Mr. Curzon, whether, with
the view of recognizing the identity of
the interests of all English-speaking
people, her majesty's government will
consider the advisability of placing the
services of the British Itet at the dis
posal of the United States in the event
of complications between the United
States and any foreign power. The
question, however, was not put.
Relative to the withdrawal of his
question, Mr. Duncombe said: "After
consultation with my Irienas, I decid
ed that the exact form of the ques
tion made it inopportune to put it.- [t
was framed owing to the widely held
opinion in the house of commons that it
is high time the foreign powers should
be told in unmistakable terms that any
blow struck at either Great Britain or
the United States was equally a blow
at the cther. I was profoundly con- 1
'vizced of this today. Many more1
members than I supposed would do so
came to me in order to say they heart
ily endorsed my question. I am con
vicced the government wculd have
desired to answer my proposed ques-1
tion af~rmatively, and would hlavA
done so had it not involved other con
siderations, besides expressing what I
believed the present government sin
cerely holds-that in the face of for
eign complications the interests in the
future of Great Britain and the United
S:ates are inseperably intertwined.
Today's expression arnd endorsement
we will eventuate so soon as we can
frame the question in the exact terms
which clearly express the feeling of
the house of commons-that any
trouble threatening the United States
will be shared by Great Britain."
Ozher members of the house of com
mons who were interviewed on the
same subject all spoke in a similar
strain.
salaries or conmy Oiwes.
Althouzgh several new counties have
been formed since the adoption of the
constitution of 1895, the salaries of the
officers of the old counties which area
paid frcnm State funds are no less than
formerly, while the salaries of the of.
ficers of the new co-unties make an in
creased demand on the gen'eral fund.
Comptroller General Derham Wed
nesday furnished the following list of
the salaries paid the county auditors
by which it will be seen that the new
counties have added an expense of I
$2.600: Abbeville, $700; Aiken, $700;
Anderson, $700; Bamberg, $600; Barn
well, $700; Beaufort. $700; Berkeley,<
$S00; Charleston, $1,800; Cherokee, ti
$400; Chester. $600; Cfesterfield, $500; l
Clarendon, $500; Colieton, $600; Dar
lington', $600; Darchester, $500; Edge
field, $7C0; Fairfield, $500; Fiorence,
$600; Georgetown, $500; Greenville,
$600; Greenwood, S600; Hampton,
$500. Kerehaw, $500; Horry, $500;]
Kershaw, $500; Lincaster, 500; Lau
rens, $600; Lexington, $500; Marion, ti
$700; Marlboro, $500; New berry, $600; I
}Ornee, $500;0:angeburg, $70; Pick
ens, $500; R:chland, $500 Samter, t
$700; Union, $500; Wiliamsburg,
$500; York, $700; Saluda, $500; Spar
tanburg, $S00.
In Deaih Undivided.
Mrs. John L. Driscoll was found
dead in her room at the chamber
of ';ommerce building at Nash
vill e, Tenn., Thursday afternoon,1
w him her husband, in a dying condi.
Ln, va s seated in a chair near her.
The discxrery was made by a phy si-~
can w~no received a note from Dris
co). asking him to call at his room,
sating that his wife was dead and
that he would be dead when found. I
Morphiine had been taken, probably
on account of ill health. Driscol
was a shorthand teazher.
'1he Result of Mixing.
In New York last Thursday night I
Kate A. Pullison, 24 years of age, a -
white womnan, was caored to death J
by Lou Pullison, a negro with whom
she lived as wife in a West Thirty
ninth street tenement. P~ullison was
immaey jenlo of the woman. 1
AN ASSAULT ON WAGNER
JUDGE TWIGGS OF GEORGIA DE
SCRIBES THE MEMORABLE FIGHT.
For Eleven Hours the Gus Poured Forth
There Destructive Fire--The Fierce As
sault and its Bloody Repulse- Tribute to
the Brave Men Who Fell
The following is a review of an ad
dress delivered before the Confederate
Veterans of Savannah recently by
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs:
Judge Twiggs began his address
with a description of the defenses
around Charleston, and the positions
of the opposing forces, the federal
forces beseiging Charleston, the har
bor of which was defended by Forts
Sumter, Moultrie, Gregg, Battery
Wagner, and other fortifications. The
battery was a very strong earthwork,
located on the upper end of Morris
Island, the work having been construc
ted under the direction of the best en
gineers of the Confederacy. There
was considerable preliminary lghting
leading up to the main attack. The
Federals had constructed batteries in
der the direction of Gen. Gilmore on
the other end or Morr's Islard and
were preparing to make things decid
rdly uncomfortable for the Confeder
ates. An attack on the fort on July
11 was repulsed with severe loss to t e
Fede rals. Col. Charles H. Olmstead
and the Savannah troops participated
in the defense on that occasion.
Gen. W. F. Taliaferro, of Virginia,
whose death was recorded recently.
was in command of the fort, and
Judge Twiggs spoke feelingly of his
:d conmander. He was assistant in
spector eeneral on the staff of which
Lieut. Henry C. Cunningham and
Dr. Joseph Clay Habersham of Sa
vannah, were also members.
Besides the batteries which General
Gilmore had constructed on the island,
.he enemy had a number of mtoni
ors and gunboats in the river, which
laily shelled the fort and made things
Ls unpleasant as possible for the Con
!deratea. The garrison was compos
,d of less than 1,500 men from North
Darolina, South Carolina, and Geor
gia. Opposing them were the enemy
ith over 6,000 men, forty-two large
eige guns in their four land batteries,
tnd a number of S, 10, 12 and 15 inch
guns on their monitors.
The day was one wnich will never
>e forgot, Judge Twiggs said. Early
n the morning he breakfasted with
)r. Harper of Augusta, one of the
urgeons, their breakfast consisted of
lard crackers and butter, the latter
eing considered a treat. Their meal
as interrupted by a Parrott shell
which buried itself in the earth out
ide the door and then exploded,
*hrowing up a large amount of earth
illing the pail containing the butter
with sand. It was the beginning of
he bombardment. They foresaw that
he fort was to be assailed by the en
ire land and naval force of the erie
ny. The whole seventy guns of the
memy opened, and for eleven hours
he air was filled with shot and shell
f every description. The Confeder
ttes replied as fast as they could but
heir armament was far inferior to
hat of the enemy, and many of their
runs were soon disabled. The infant
y resorted to the bombproofs, the
oofs of which were almost torn away
>y the constaat explosion of the shells
which fell within the fort. The
gooden buildings in the fort which
ad been used for officers' quarttrs
nd medical supplies were. torn into
plinters. It was a hot July day and
he men in the bomoproofs were most
mcomfortable. Gaillard's batallion
'rom Charleston prepared to remain
n the outside. sheltered under the
all of the parapet.
The blazing July sun was obscured
> the clouds of smoke from the
ursting shells. The fort shook like
ship in the grasp cf a storm. All
he heavy guns on the sea face of the
ort were soon disabled and but for the
yoomroofs and the parapets the gar
ison would soon have been annihilat
d. The halliards were cut by the
hot and the garrison flag fell. A score
f men ran for it at once. Four officer
eized hold of it carried it back to the
arapet and ran it up again. Tnis
ccupied some little time. Capt. Rob
:rt Barnwell, seing that the flag had
allen, seized a regimental battlefiag
nd rushed~out upon the ramparts,
eld it there while the garrison colors
were replaced. The scene of Sergt.
~asper's exploit at Fort Moultrie was
n full view of this scene. "There
vas one Jasper at Moultrie," said
udge Twigg. "There was a score at
agner."
Thousands cf people at the Battery
nd on the housetops at Charleston
atced the bombardment with eager
nterest. When the garrison flag lell
heir hearts fell with it, for they fear
d the garrison had surrendered.
When the flag was replaced a shout
ent up from thousands of thrcats
nd thousands of women waved their
iandkerchiefs towards the men in the
Judge Twvigga' remarked upon the
entiment attached to a Ilag of one's
:ountry arousd great applause. .Ha
he Confederate states," he said, 'ad
ered to the Stars and Stripes thous
nds would have il:cked to their cause
vho remained away and other thcus
nds would have refused to fight
~gainst it. The Stars and Stripes are
~gain the II ig of our united cxuntry.
ong may it wave over the land of the
ree and the home of the brave. It is
he symbol of a union that will never
e sundered. The people of the South
tre as loyal to that flag to day as are
hose who live to the north ward."
There was further applause wnen
he speaker alluded to Fiizhugh Lee,
vho fought so well under the stars and
>ars but nobly uphoiding the honor
af the stars and stripes al. Havana.
L'his was followed by an eloquent pan
gyric upon the Confeierate banner.
As the sun was sinking in the West
he bombardment ceased, to the great
elief of the garrison. Tne ominous
ause was well understood ho wever.
Lne supreme momient had arrived.
laing fail. to reduce the fort by
>ombardmnent the enemy's entire force
as to be hurled against it. Txae as
ault was about to take phace. Gene
al Taliaferro had wiseiy taken the
recaution early in the bombardment
f removing the smaller guns out of
he way of thle enemy's sha:ls. They
veie promptly remounted and the ra~n
Srts manned, and the whole sea andi
and face of the fort was lined with
;listening steel.
The ernemy evidently suppote.1 the
ort to have oeen practically cestroyed
J tne hnmhardmeot and that they
would meet with but Ille re istance.
While the fort had been cttered be
yond recognition almost and the eavy
guns disabled, the garrison ryas s.: in
good shape and in goe d spirits. Thc
Federal column was ,0u0 strong un
der command of General Seymour.
It consisted of three brigades from the
Tenth and Thir:eenth army cores.
The column moved forward in regi
mental front led by the Fifiy-curth
Massachusetts. a negro regiment com
manded by Col, Robert G. Shaw.
The federals were ordered to use the
bayonet only. Not a shot was dred
from either side as the column ad
vanced. There was an oppressive sil
ence and the rays of the setting sun
danced and shimmered along the lines
of bayonets. The federals were in a
short distance of the fort when they
gave a cheer and rushed upon i.. Ia
mediately a deadly lire crashed fort:.
The fort was lit with 11 ame frcm has
tion to bastion. Toe 1.500 rifles and
the artillery poured in a deadly fire
at short range. the federal troops
came gallantly on, b ating against the
fort likes the waves of the sea. There
was a harvest of death and men fell
like r'pe grain before the sickle. The
enemy pushed gallantly on. Hundreds
crossed the citch at the base of the
fort and many leaped the parapet to
be transfixed by bayonets or hurled }
below by the defenders. 0 q in, to
the failure of the federal comma:der
to allow for the preinmity of the
creek near the fort. This resulted in
confusion and the cro: ded mass offer
ed splendid opportunity to the men in
the fort, thus greatly auzmenting the
loss. The Fifty fourth Massachusetts
broke and lied, breaking the columns
of the regiment behind it and the en
tire brigade rushed to the rear com
pletely routed.
Gen. Seymour then ordered Col. I
Putnam to advance to the attack wih
his brigade, but he refused to do so,
saying that he had been ordered :o re
main where he was by Gen. Gilmore.
Afterwards, however, he gallantly led
forward his brigade without orders.
They were received with terrible fire.
but crossed the ditch, entered the fort
by the southeast bastion and poured
into the pat apet. Another brigade
was ordered to advance, but Gen.
Seymour was shot down after giving
the order. He repeated the order as
he was being borne from the nield,
but it was not obeyed. A number o'
Hutman's men had found refuge un
1 der the parapet, followed by his ofl
cers, and called upon his mn to hold
their position to the last. He was shot
down. He was as brave and gallant a
man, said the speaker as ever marched
beneath the stars and stripes. His
brigade was repulsed and a terrible fire
poured into it as it retreated. The
men intrenched in the bastion refused
to surrender, however. and pu-ed a
destructive fire upon the defenders of
the fort. Volunteers were called up a
to dislodge them and several gallant
cdicers lost their lives in leading the
attack. Erigadier General Johnson
Hagood fortunately arrived from Ch r
leston with his regiment at this time
and the men in the bastion, seeing
they were overpowered, surrendered.
The loss in the battle, Judge
Twiags said, was unpreadented in the
history of the war fur the number
engaged. The whole area in front o
the fort was strewn with dead and dy
ing. Gen. Beauregard estimated the
federal loss at 3,000. There were Sou
buried in front of the fort next morn
ing. The Confederate loss in killed.
and wounded was 175.
Battery Wagner, Judge T wiggs
said, was never captured, but wasI
abarndoned by the Confede:'ates sev
eral months later, on account of thse
near approach of Gilmore's engineer
ing operations.
"As one of the survivors of that
conflict," he said. "I still believe the
cause to be just. And yet the people
of the Norta call us rebels. I do no:
exactly 'understand what they mean
by the wcrli 'rebel.' Was R >bert E.I
Lee a rebel? If so George Wasaiu r
ton was a most illustrious rebel. U a-,
successful revolution, it seemns, is
termed rebellion. Successful revolu
tion is termed patriotism. There is~
no sting left in~the soldier heart of the
South towards the men who fought
for the North. The God of battles
directed the movements of the war
and made this union of states indis
soluble. We have freely forgiven the
boys who wore blue. tne more so as
time has them like ourselves now
wearers of the gray."
Both Loved the Same GirJ,
Roy Gehrig of Milton. Pa., shot
and perhaps fatally Will B. Davis, of
St. Clair, Pa., at Millersville Wedn es
day and then killed himself. A note!
written by Gehrig and found near his
body gives his explanation of thbeI
tragedy as follows: "We are dead in
love with Alice Cummings atrd Annie
Holmes, and not being able to see
them, and they keeping away from us;
we resolved to take our lives. My'
name is Roy Gehrig of Milton. Pa:,
and the little fel'o is William Davis,
of St. Clair. Please notify our parents
at once. We would like to be cremat-'
ed, so notify our parents at once"
Davis says he knows nothing of -the
note and denies there was any- con
pact to commit suicide. Froam wha
can be learned it seems that mari
who was introduced to the ladiesb
Davis, was desperately in loey- t
Miss Cammings and tnat he a Davis
had a dispute over her. Gab;rig tine.
it is supposed, decined Lo il D1vis
and then take his own life, and wr"oe
the letter to make the sair lok like
a double suicide. They were each'
about 19 years old.
South Carcilna L ads.
To those skeptics who bri t-'a
the southern press indalges ia eri
ile talk when it asserts tat tis sec
tion is becoming a formidbl ralt
New England in tue tidof cato
manufacturing we pressu h oo
ing table comnpiled iri> te e
available statisticad returns:.
Bior .oun tyoi 'he
ailngof e u sbn.a
te railroad, who was
~thetop of acar by alo w u::an
T . E NEXT PRESIDENT.
BRY AN PEAKS AlT GREENWOOD AND
DUE WEST
H,_ Was G:e:ed at Both Place. by m
m rsp orowds of Pe ,ple Who were Eager
to se and Hear fl1m-A Gala Day for
Soath Caroli:aa.
Friday was Bryan day at Due West.
it might also be termed the day of
days for a grander gathering of people
of that scc:ion and the state for that
matter. The occasion was the visit of
Hon. W. J. Bryan, and his speech on
the sllver question. Everybody who
could reach Due West was there.
Frcm the rough coated farmer, whose
heart felt admiration of the great Ne
braska. shined forth in his face to
the wll groomed politician resplen
dent in his silk tile and broadcloth
Prince Albert was in attendance. Not
only were the visitors from this state
alone, but they hailed from many oth
ers, F ad all seemed as happy as the ideal
spring day is pleasant. There was not
one single episode to mar the
dsy, and the weather was absolutely
suptrb.
Mr. Bryan arrived at Donalds from
Greenwocd at noon. Here a brass
band from Clemson college played
"Dixie," as the train came to a halt.
Tue depot and all available space sur
rounding it were thronged with peo
ple. President Giier, of Erskine col
lege, was on hand at the head of a
committe, and Mr. Bryan was given
a most cordial greeting. On the hill
leading down to the depot were gath
ered vehicles of all sizes 'nd descrip
tion to transport the many visitors to
Dae West, four miles away. It is
safe to say that when the first vehicle
of this enormous procession was en
tering Die West, the last was about
leaving Donalds. About half way
between the two places a cavalry cav
aicade of about one hundred young
men, well mounted, met the carriage
in which Mr. Bryan was riding and
became an escort of honor.
Due West had put on a gala appear
ance. From the first house reached
to the last, all were decoration and the
populace were decked out in their
best bib and tuoer. Mr. Bryan was
driven to the home of Prof. B. Y.
Pressley, where he dined with other
distinguished guests of the party. All
the hotels and boarding houses, ani
there are many in this college town,
were running to their greatest capaci
ty to feed the crowds, and thcse not
sufticiently distinguished to receive a
special invitation, found food in
abundance at the hostelries. The
speaking was scheduled to take place
in the magnif cent auditorium of Er
hine at ~3 oclock. The large hall was
packed when the appointed hour ar
rived, but Mr. Bryan did not make
his apearance until 4.30. In the
mean me, the crowd amused itself by
g owing larger and cheering the dis
tingaisned visitcrs as they made their
appearance on the stage.
When Mr. Bryan made his appear
ance the arp'ause was tumultuous,
and it was some minutes before Presi
dent Grier could command order. The
auditorium, which seats normally
1,600 people, was packed with fully
2,500, and everyone of them, man,
woman and child, was making all the
din possible. When quiet was finally
restored the exercises were opened
with a prayer by R av. Mr. Daniel of
Abbevilie. President Grier then ad
vanced to the front of the stage and
announced this is Bryan day at Er
skine, and stated that a pleasura and
honor was conferred on the college by
the visit of a man whose name and
fame gr.ow brighter as they are sub
jected to the searchlights of public
criticism. Prof. Grier then introduced
G-overnor Ellerbe as a man, who was
honest, fearless and intelligent. Gov.
Eilerbe then in a very neat and en
thusiastic address presented Mr. Bryan
to the audience.
Mr. Bryan spoke for two hours. and
proved himself a thorough master of
bimetallism in all its many branches.
Only once or twice did he attempt any
thing like oratorical fights, but when
he did the audience responded prompt
ly to the eloquent words and thrilling
action of the orator. Mr. Bryan's
voice is in v-ery bad shape. He has
made spEeches on an average of two a
day for the last four or five weeks, and
it is safe to say that he has delivered
more addresses in the past year -than
any other public speaker in a life
time. As a result his throat is quite
wezk and he cannot attempt the grand
bursts that characterized his canvass
for the presidency. In a calm tone,
raised just a little above the conversa
tional, he delivered yesterday's ad
dress. Interest was intense at all
timnes on account of the simple man
ner ia which difficult subjects were
handled and the earnestness of the
sn earer-.
Mr. Bryan began by thanking the
people for their attendance and said
he was parti cularly delighted to speak
to so meany of the staulent body, as
when onc a student was converted
he imn e~iiately became an apostle and
word 'preach the doctrine lucidly at
every opportunity. In ordinary times,
the~ sp Ler said, the money question
wsiu his opiaion paramount to all
cthas. In tiues of danger the safety
ofat naon takes precedence. He
t6:2 -nt into the subject oi his dis
en Be B etallism, ne said, was the
old Liuoric standard of value that had
coedw through the ages since
mo yhdbeen adopted as a medium
of 4 aae. Gold monometallism
:. tM -z periment and has proved
e.d tosone for this country. Bi
m-:.di is the only economic prin
em o.:ns eevr been denour-ced
by Ig :.iical partyvuntii the bolting
ih~tm~s oi IS declared that gold
a me onhope of tae count:-y and
:a .t received less than 1 per
es. of vs cf this country. It car
:1 yone pacinct in tne United
..u-tht was one in -western
S :cr Lmre were six votCs. All
e : re at parties, Demcc:-atic,
e *n Papist had always
bimetallism; therefore
be the co o thse people of
y.I Ta dmccratic defeat
nt adeeat of bimetal
seternabiicans promised
....vo to esablisn it by inter
asmnt n the election
ei uey only meant that the
Hr wiln to dfer astraight
%: foryars in the hope
e d n obtaned in this way.
. 3 nnx explained the claims
of difee teol that silver had oeen
camonPi73 in 1u Aari in 1851, and I
demonstrated that the law of 183
merely let up on the coinage of silve:
dollars, but kept up the coinage of the
smaller denominations and at tha1
time they were full legal tender. The
act of '51 merely changed the ratic
from 1534 to 16to1.
That the desire for bimetallism was
not confined to this country alone,
Mr. Bryan -proved by the records of
the lower house of tie German legisla
ture, which had passed a resolution
declaring for bimetallism. a conven
tion of agriculturalists in France had
done the same thing and the house of
:omn- ozs in England passed a resolu
tion urging on the government the ne
cessity of making some contract with
the American bimetallic commission
which was then in that country. Mr.
Bryan then rehearsed his argument
about leaving the financial fate of this
country in the hands of British finan
ciers and ended with an elcquent per
oration'urging all to study the vital
question, and having once been con
verted, to war for it on all occasions.
Pandemonium broke forth as Mr.
Bryan retired. People stood on chairs,
waved hats, umbrellas, flags and
cheered until the sides of the audi
torium fairly shook.
President Grier next introduced Sen
ator McLaurin, who paid a glowing
tribute to Due West's educational in
stitutions and the "next president of
the United States, William Jennings
Bryan."
Possibly the most pleasing and in
teresting episode of the day was the
presentation of a bunch of beautiful
lillies to M41r. Bryan by thegraduating
class of the Female college. To make
the presentation address the young
ladies selected Congressman Leutz of
Ohio. Mr. Leutz represents Mr. Mc
Kinley's congressional district, and in
his address he recited these facts and
ended by declaring that it was only
right for the present president's repre
sentative in congress to present the
next president with flowers.
During the evening Mr. Bryan was
tendered a banquet by the faculties
of the three colleges and leading citi
aens cf Due West.
On his way to Due West Mr. Bryan
stopped over at Greenwood and made
a speech to a large crowd.
WHAT IT WILL BUY.
What Prealdert McEinley Will Do With
the Emergency Fund,
The fifty million dollars which Con
gress voted to make the country ready
for war would not go far toward de
fraying expenses of a s; iggie with
Spain. The Cuban war has already
cost Spain $280,000,000. President
Lincoln got an appropriation $100,
300,000 at the outbreak of hostilities
between the north and south. Presi
lent McKinley would probably spend,
or contract to spend, this initial $50,
300,000 as follows:
For warships now in the market:
Norway's Torkensjold, $1,000,000;
Norway's Harold liaarjogre, $1,000,
)00; Brazil's Marshal Floriano, $1,500,
000; Spiranga, $1,500,000; 'Timbris,
;100,000; Almirante Simpson, $100,
300; Amazonas, $2,000,000; Amazonas'
sistership, unnamed, $2.000,000; two
unnamed Japanese ships at Cramp's
and at San Francisco. $3,000,000 each;
four hundred men per ship, provision
ed and accoutred for six months, $3,
100,000; arming and manning mer
chantmen, $2,000,000; ship ammuni
tion and projectiles, $1,000,000. Total
for the navy, $21,800,000. Tue initial
expenditures for the army, supposing
100,000 National Guardsmen would be
called out, would be as follows: For
100,000 improved rifles (present make
of rifle no match tor Spain's) $1,750,
300; rations, contract for six months,
$1,800,000; uniforms, $1,759,000; am
munition for six months, $2,000,000;
machaine guns, $1,000,000; initial ex
penses of mobilization, $500,000; ad
ditional employe~s in war department,
p500,000; pay of army, $10,003,000.
l'otal for the army, $19,300,000. For
oast defenses: New guns and mortars,
their emplacements and carriages, $2,.
300,000; ammunition and projectiles,
$1,000,000; submarine mines, torpe
does, cables and chains, $1,000,000;
pay for 10,000 additional men for
manning batteries, and miscellaneous
and emergency expenses, $4,900,000,
On the outbreak of actual hostilities
the president would undoubtedly ask
for $200,000,000 or $400,000,000 more.
Justice at Last.
The Newberry Voice of the People
says: "President McKinley has ap
proved the Newberry College claim
and there is great rejoicing here in
consequence of the good ne ws. Tne
college boys have been given an en
tire day in which to give vent to their
feelings over the victory of Litimer
and Tillman, and they are enjoying
themselves as only college boys can.
En our editorial last weeL-, we should
have made mention of the fact that
Senator Tillman stood shoulder to
shoulder with Congressman Latimer
in his fight for this claim. We re
gret the unintentional omission, and
take pleasure in giving our farmer
Senator due credit."
Aa Int erest May Dic sate.
A Washington dispatch says it is
understood there that Senator Tillman
is interested to a certain extent in the
gubernational aspirations of his per
sonal friend, R B Watson, of E~gdged,
and if he was called upon to select the
nominee, it would probably be Mr.
Watson. Representative Latimer and
some of the other members of the de
legation are disposed t> lcok with
favor upon Governor Ellerbe for a
second term, on the ground that he
has tr~ad to give tne State an honest,
straightfor ward business-like adminis
tration.
Big Guns For Pensac Als.
Five carloads of war materials for
Galveston and three big ten meh g~uns
bound for Pensacola passed through
Atlanta Friihy night. Ln the Gal
veston consignment were iour~ steel
mortars wigning 117,0 JJ pournd; and
tso cmrloads of gunpowder. The big
guns for Pensacola weighed 07,0uuO
pounds each. All of the way-bilis for
these instruments of war are marktd
rush.
31ught ba settlea by 'A2
In conversation Thursday at Aug 2as
ta, Ga., Mr. Bryan declared that the
cause of bimetallism was gro sing
stronger. Should there b.e war ii
would be overshadowed for th!: ilme
being, for war o-vershadowvs all nitner
questions, but war might result inset
tiing the money question,
Ktlled by a Bargliar.
William O. Hutchins, one of the
best known manufacturing je-vcrs
in the east, was shot and killed by a
burglar, Wednesday night at Lis
hnme in Provilence Ri T.
SPA N:ARS READY TO F:GH T.
Troops Arrive in .. Amit the R a:
and Biss of iockc:e.
By the hiss and rear of rockets and
military music Havar a was awakenec
Sunday and at sunrise the harbor was
alive with craft, rummoned by sig
nals flying at Morro castle, announc
ing the arrival of another ship. It
turned out to be not the expectec
cruiser Cristobal Colon, but Alfonso
XIII, of the Spanish line, and on hei
decks thronged 1,500 soldiers from
Spain. As she moved to her anchor
age tugs shot out from the piers with
bands on board and rocket batteries
afloat and ashore roared a welcome tc
the new regiments which Spain pours
into the western. world to the wonder
of all natio.s. Oa the tug which cir
oled the Alfonso XIII were bands
playing patriotic airs and the soldiers
replied with a mighty cheer as the
ship crept by the trim crusiers, the
Viscaya and the Oquendo and across
the smooth water from Morro. Caba
nas and the weakening city floated the
music of the bugles and the far off
cheers with which Havana greeted
her friends in need. Rockets and bat
aeries for an hour were never silent,
and bugles sang accompaniment to
the steeple bells ashore. The arrival
of the Spanish warship Almirante
Oquendo. while the Spanish popula
tion was still rejoicing over the com
ing of the Viscaya, has given the
Spaniards an exaggerated notion of
Sp3in's naval power. The tendency
is to cause a feeline: that war with the
United States would not be so serious
for Spain. The idea may seem ridic
ulous in the states, yet the existence
of this belief among a large element
of the population of Havana should
not be ignored. These Spanish war
ships encourage the notion that the
result of the Maine inquiry is a sub
jeet of ind'fhrenco to the Spanish
government.
Melton Appainted Marehal.
Capt. Lawson D. Melton, of Colum
bia, S. C., has been appointed United
States Marshal for South Ca.rolina by
President McKinley. For the past
month many names were considered
by the authorities in Washington, but
candidate by candidate was struck off
until only G. I. Cunningham and
Chairman Tolbert of the Republican
State committee were left. Then it was
that Young Tolbert applied, his father
withdawing in his favor. Mr. Tol
bert, Jr's., application was endorsed
by his father and Colonel Wallace,
and it was thought that their influence
could get the appointment and save
Mr. Cunningham from picking the
plum. At this juncture Captain Mel
ton's name was suggested as a com
promise, and he got the plum. Mel
ton is a Lily White Republican.
Tried to Get Oat.
An attempt at a break in the prison
at Michigan City, Ind., Thursday
night by 200 convicts, led by William
Sauerwine, a 14-year man from Virgo
county, was made while the convicts
were at supper. Captain Barnard
had charge of the dining room when
Suerwine, followed by 200 convicts,
who began to fire the large coffee cups
at the guards. By accident Nigat
Man Anderson happened to be on tne
scene, seeing the situation, drew his
gun and fired, hitting Sauerwine and
another leader named Suber. The
leaders being quelled by the shots
i 'aieted the other convicts and they
were soon under control. It is
thought the two wounded men will
die.
A Spanish Btchery,
On the 3tst of Ootober, 1873, the
steamer Virginius, sailing under
American colors and carrying a United
States registry, was captured on the
high seas by the Tornado, a Spanish
war vessel, and, on the afternoon of
the 1st of November taken into the
port of Santiago de Cuba. General
Burrill, the commandant of the city,
summoned a courtmartial, and in
spite of the protests of the American
consul, condemned to death at the
first sitting four of the passengers.
They were shot on the morning of the
4th. On the 7th twelve more passen
gers were executed, and on the 8th
Captain Fry and his entire crew num
baring 36, making the total numbet of
executions 53.
Good Advlca.
The Carolina Spartan is not a Jingo.
It takes a calm, levelheaded view of
the situation and gives this sensible ad
vice to the farmers of the South: "If
war should come the South will be in
a biad way. The people will have no
meat and bread staffs to spare. They
do not manufacture the munitions of
war. Unly a small portion of cotton
will be required for tents. Let the
cotton acreage be reduced. Plant just
half as much as yoa had set aside for
tLat crop. Raise corn, meat, sorghum,
potatoes and prepare the land for a
large small grain crop next fall."
That is gcod advice, whether war
comes or not. The farmer who fol
lows it will have no regrets next fall.
In XMnory of Jarersaon Davis,
The stained glass window to be
placed in St. Paul Episcopal church,
Richmond, in memory of Jeiderson
Davis, will be uanveiled on Easter
Sunday. Some well known clergy
men will be invite. to preacb, and n
appropria'.e musical pro.;ramme will
be re-nderd by the vested choir. They
will oear the following inscrip'.ion:
"To the glory of Go;d and the mem
cry of Jefe>rson Davis, president of
the Confederate S.ates of America.
B3arn June 3,l~ 188 ded. December 6,
1804The amount necessary to pay
for tuc wiudo w a s all been subscribe:i.
Wha Bya s ay!.
When asi~.d his opiaion as regards
the action of coges 'a placing $50),
u00.000 at ine preet's disposal for
th urpcose of deece in case 0
war, Bryan sai:. I am glad thc
iacuse acted pro.~ p ly a~ad unanoimois
ly. In fau: img: ave een bet
ter to have made it n hundred mnill
I jns, to sho v the -' wrdth cnrs
a ~nd the Amnerican pe.opewihar
to suoot the. a *i"itata 'la any
-ctio'n 'cessary for- te pro ecton0o
'-rov'c of. Zi: '-r S aisrTe
gendarmes inverted., .zrse o wLoJn
and two rio.ters were wounded before
the diet'. hene wre snoende-d.
SPANISH OFFICERS DID IT.
SUCH WILL BE THE DECISION OF THE
COURT.
Appointed t Instig4:c the Causes that
Lsd to the SIcw ng Up of the Battleship
maIne in the Ha:bar o: Havana Last
F<brnary.
The board of inquiry appointed to
investigate the cause that brought
about the destruction of the United
States battleship Msiae in the harbor
of Havana has about concluded its
work and is now getting ready to
make its report to the proper authori
ties. Advirts from Washington say
that there need be no doubt about the
character of this report.
It will state unequivocally that the
opinion of the Court that the Maine
was blown up from the outside, and
that from the character of the damage
done the explosive force used could
have Len furnished only by Spanish
officers, or persons given exceptional
opportunities by some Spanish official
in important place. The report will
be carried to Washington personally
by Judge Advocate Marix, who will
submit it to S acretary Long. Then it
will be made public. The disaster to
the Maine has now reached the stage
of being regarded as merely a tragic
incident, which may or may not have
a direct bearing on a prospective cause
for war, which is regarded as inevita
ble if Spain's present attitude contin
ues. Several salient points have been
established by the court:
First-A piece of cement found only
within the "outer skin" of the Maine
was blown high in the air and landed
not only on the after deck of the
Maine, but on the deck of the City of
Washington, many feet away.
Second-The outer sheathing of the
Maine was found within two feet of
the surface of Havana harbor-some
thing that could not possibly have oc
curred had the explosion been inter
nal in character.
Third-The fact that a certain sea
man who was in the bowels of the
ship at the time of the explosion was
blown into the air and subsequently
nicked un in the water.
~ This man's story, when it is male
public, will live in history as probably
one of;the most hairbreadth escapes on
record. According to the testimony
he gave, corroborated by others, he
was not more than three feet above
the keel when the Maine went ur,.
Of necessity he was below the maga
zines. He is a living document that
the exolosion came from the outside.
Had the explosion occurred in any.
of the magazines he would have been
blown downward. This man's testi
mony will occupy several pages of the
report, and will furnish the most
convincing evidence that the disaster
was due to an external cause to those
who refuse to accept a scientific deduc
tions from physical conditions. For
the benefit of those persons
% ho want peace and nothing but
pease, and who may be inclined to
criticise even the finding of such a
reliable Court of Inquiry as Captain
Sampson's, it may be explained that
the character of the explosion has
been determined to a mathematical
certainty.
Not only will the report state that a
hole was found just above the keel on
the port side; that a par t of the port
side and a greater portion of the for
ward deck were blown off; that her
ten inch guns are lying t wenty feet
away in the mud on the star board
side ; that all her plates from the keel
to the water's edge at the deck are
pushed up; that the powder maga
zines and shell rooms are intact; that
her bottom is all gone, and that the
boilers did not explode, but it will also
contain the folio wing statements:
First-The disaster in Havana har
bor was due to the explosion of a sub
marine mine.
Second that this mine was planted
oy officials of the Spanish Government
arnd exploded by Spanish officials in
Havana.
Third-That the Maine w.o pur
posely mcored in the vicinity of this
mine, and the explosion was evident
ly timed when the Maine Ehould,
through the .iafluence of wind and
tide, lay directly over it.
Fourth-That traces of a sub marine
mine were discovered.
Fifth-That Lieutenant F. W. Jen
kins, who was killed in the disaster,
had discovered a shore connection with
mine located in the harbor.
It may now authoritatively be stated
that the recent hasty preparations for
war, including the appropriation of
the $50,000,000 national defence fund,
were not inspired by Spain's desire to
have Consul-General Lee recalled nor
by Spain's desire to have merchant
yessels transport the relief supplies,
bu.t because President McKinley had
been informed officially by Captains
Sigsbeoe an"d Sampson and Lieutenant
Comnde.r Marix of all the damning
evidence.
Every diver before he went below
was; carefully instruicted as to the con
s:ruc'im of the Maine. Diagrams
and blu mints were utilized in im
parti. g th information. The Maine
Iwas buit with a certain number of
frme extending in an elliptical shape
fror. the keel. Tne ellipses varied in
siza from the prow and stern to the
point ai-re the ship has its gratest
oe m. T"e sheathing was in plates of
kn wn uensions. The diver, by
e.,i the size of the plate with
w i n. ad came in contact, could
a i o naolute certainty where this
o .riginally belonged. Thus,
-nadt' exering the bottom
ar br, nd he arkessof
;ch prevented any ocular
e the sd o: the hole blown
of the aine and its loca
S ae ceen accurately determined.
.1 urderer Confesses.
\ sp aito The State says the ne
g Gaes Williams, who was sus
peid of the murder of Mr. Lee, near
C (rr'sCrssing, and so narrowly e;
c:.ped cemg lynched when arrested,
nas ooen down and confessed the
cr. It was thought that he had
*aa accompice and so stated, but now
he aystha healone is responsible
vrugh a Buninlg Trestle.
A itrain on he East and West
ei~o rnning fron Cartersville,
a ino lbama. went through a
art restle near Rigland, Ala.,
ur ay-mrainZ. Tie engine and
V e car went tiiroug.h the trestle,
Engine1L o pencer Panill ips was instant