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VOL. l I AN;N IN . S. C., NV I-I. i ESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
W hAT BRYAN SAS.
He Says the.Result of the Elec
tion Su'prised Him
THE FIGHT MUST CO ON.
He is Sure that Republican Poli
tics Will be Repuciated by
the People Sooner
or Later.
Wi:liam J Bryan Thursday gave the
following statnient concerning the
election:
"T ne resu't was a surprise to me and
the magnituce cf the Riepublican vie
tory was a surprise to our opponents as
well as to those wid voted our ticket.
It is impossible to anal z the returns
until they are more eoaplete, but
speaking generally we seem to have
gained in the large cities and to have
lost in the smaler cities aLd in the
country.
"The Republicans were able to secure
tickets or passts fUr alA their voters who
were away irom home, and this gave
them considerable advantage. We have
no way of knowing at this time how
much money was spent in the purchase
of votes and in colonization. But
while this would account for some of
the Republican gains, it could not ac
count tor the widespread incI(asc in the
Republican vote. The pro=.prity argu
ment was probably the inest potent
ued by the Reptulicans. They com
pared the present cot dtions with the
panic ues of 1893 to 1806, and this
argument seemea to have weight with
those who did not stop to c.on:ader the
reasons for the change. The appeal
'stand by the President while the war
is on' had a great deal of influence
among those wno did not realize that a
war against a doctrine of self-govern
ment in the Philippines must react upon
us in this country. We mace an honest
fight upon an honest piatiorm and, hav
ing done our duty as we saw it, we have
nothing to regret.
"We are deicated,-but not discourag
ed. The fight roust go on. 1 am cure
that Reput-ican piiies will be re
pudiated by the people when the ten
iency of these pleicies are fully under
atood. The contes. between plutocracy
and democracy cannot end until the one
or the other is cumpath4y triumphant."
Concerning hiiseil M:r. Bry an said:
"I have come out of the campaign
with perfect health and a clear con
science. I did my utmost to bring suc
coss to the principles ior which I stood.
Mr. Stevenson aid ail that he could;
Senator Jones and the members of the
.vemocratic Populist, Silver Republi
can and anti-imperalistic comn ittees
did all they could. Mr. Hear--t and his
associates in the club organ zadion put
forth their best efforts. Oar news
papers, our campaign speakers and our
cal organizations cid their part also.
I have rofanit tofind and noreproaches.
I shall continue to take ac:ivc interest
in politics as long as 1 live. 1 believe
at to be the duty df citizens to do so and
in addition to my interest as a ciiz.:n 1
feel that it will require a Xftituze of work
to repay the pohi:'ai f riends a ho have
done so imuch fior me. 1 'ali not be a
Senatorial candidatc beiore the Liegis
iature which Las neen elected. Sena
ter Allen deserves the Seniatorshiip,
which goes to the Populists. Mr.
Hitchcock and sir. W. II. Thomson are
avowed candidates for the Senatorship.
T.hey both deserve welliof the party and
1 am too grateful to them f or pass sup
port to stand in the way even if I
desired a seat in the Senate."
Mr Blry an said Le Las no other plans'
at present than to remain at home un
til he had recovered from the fatigue of
campaigning. lie denied the report
that he would remove trom NKbraska
and make '1iexas his home.
Such is Pate.
A dispatch from Deiaver, Col., says:
A travesty of fate is the discevery of
gold under the Tanor Opera House,
built by the late Senator Taber, who
spent $1,000,000 In its erection, and
lost it in tfne cra-h which swept awa3
his fortune Uf $t)0.00,000. Aan artes
ian weil being Orineaq~ alongside the
Opers House btruck ore at a depth of
380 feet today. Rlek began to drop
out of the cril tube which John B.
Mitchell, who was standing by, recog
nized as gold ore. hieces of the rack
were taken to an assa ar. If the ore
proves in quality ana quantity worth a
mining a snalt may oc sunk in the
heart of Denver. T'he property on
which the opera house is located is vai
und at $500,000 and the block at twice
as on more, so-that it is the most
valua&ble undeveloped claim in the
worid. It would be strag:, ui it snould
be found that Set.ator Tabor, who
died pennijess, should have overlooked
under his very feet a fortune beneath
the building whichl bears tis name.
Big Profits in Teoacco.
Mrs. J. K. Brockingtoa Oi King
stree, S. (., piasted tena acres in to
bacco this year and when she had the
first barn graced she wrote t-, R. C.
Commander of the F~orence warehouse
to come and loet at the crop sed asked
him to take the crop for $1M10. He
advised her to grace, and sibip to him
and he would send her over $1,100 Ior
it. Up to aate. Commander & Jack
son have sent her a check for $i425
and she still has about 3U00 pounds on
hand. She sold 1,752 pounes T hurs
day for $339, about 19 cents averages.
-'lorence Trimts.
New .Enlands liypocicy
The Gieensile News truly says: "If
it were somec other L ation than our own
sut jngating tt e Elipinos, a great howi
of protest noulli go. up to r~gn heaven
from every seetton of the eCtr., fr
New England (spccially. But1 reith
ness and greed, euphonuiouaiy ye
the "commercial sp-izt a rown all
thoughts of synipathy with a people
struggling for their freedemi."
Should be F~cused.
The Greenvie Daily News says:
Rev. RowLr.nd 1lill, D. D., L L 1).,
A&. M., B, .A.,. a $:auiL~ crnuia, t
been convicte~d of tigamy cu. 1:1
uraska. Tlhe judge eg-t to ec
ight as possie on hits.; Le i?arri-.
hia Eaglsh wue bef ore Le saw an A .ser
ecan woman. O:course he ought not
to have married -again;I Lut just con
WHAT STONE SAYS
The Vice-Chairman Speaks of the
Party's Def..at.
Ex-Gv. Szone of )Iissouri had his
statement made out early Wednesday,
in which he reviewed the election of
Tuesday. It is as follows:
The battle is over. The Democratic
party of the country accepts the result
without complaining as in duty bound.
It signifies but little now to analy ze the
irfiaences as to the cause that brought
about the r.-ult. There wiil be a wide
divergence of opinion as to that. This
I , iii say, however, that the D.:mo
cranic party mtust stand and will stand,
unditmayed in defense of the consti:u
tion and for the preseivation uiim
paired of ot~r censtitu:ion. A co!onial
policy would be detiuctive of the re
public and we should resist every tf
fit to establish it. I have always
favored tne annexaticai, in a proper
way, of the islands adjacent to our
coast, but have opposed the annexation
of a large demain in the eastern hemis
phere for reasons fully stated during
the campaign.
"Tne Democratic p rfy must stand
firm in the defense of the, eonstitution
while at the sane tiume it should take
an advanced and progres:ive position
looking to the development and protec
tion of our waritiae and commercial
interests. The Missouri Democratic
platform of 189S expressed my views on
the political q2estions of the day.
Those questions are for future discus
sion, howtver; all I say now is what I
have said many times before that the
Democratic party must be affirmative
and progresive as wea as aggressive.
'Mr. Iryan made a great tight. He
is one of the most remarkable men of
history. He may never be president,
but dwhter in politics or private life
no man will held a more commanding
place, and none will be capable of ex
ertiLg a greater infienc for public
good. May God b~es hii."
Hanna for Next President.
Speaker ilei.derson, o; the National
House tf heresentauves, was enter
tainLd at iiner at the ULaumn Club by
about tetnty prominc.t Repubiicans
ot Clevea;d on the evening of October
31, when Le ueliv red a campaign
ptech l this city. He greatly sur
pri~e1 some oi his Lot, daing the ta
ble talk by telling them that Senator
Hanna's campaign tour of the North
west had sa surred up that section of
country that the benator was being
taxied about there as a Presidential
possibility tour 3 ears henca.
senator UlaLna wa&aned Wednesday
whether Le had heard of any buch
sentiment in the Northwest.
-'Yes," he anwered, "1 have heard
rumors to tnat t ect. At some of the
meetioge 1 adcrecd in the Nur.hwest
cries ware raised ab.ut the next Presi
dency Which I toald not help hearing.
There has teen some taxk cf tee charac
ter you mention.
'But I don t want to be the next
Preeident biter Mr. MYcehinley. 1 won't
have any thing to do with it. I have had
enough of po.itics and purlic life to suit
any one."
What Croker Says.
Richarl Croker said at the New
York D~emocratic club Wednesday:
"Iwas very inuch surprised and dis
appointed at the way the election turn
ti oat. I dai expect Mr. Bryan to be
elected president of ahe United States."
Askeai for the cause of defeat, Mr.
Croker replied:
"I. believe that 16 to 1 had a good
eal to do with the Tote against Bryan
n this state. What the cauises were
in the soutnern and western states I
do nOt know.
"We all know what the cause was in
New York state; the money centre ot
rhe eas:. However, Nev w York eity did
very well indeed. If the rest of the
ountry had done as welt as New York
Bmyan would have been elected. Kings
uunty did very~ well too.
''' do not regar? the decision of the
country as adverse to Mr. Bryan as a
mtan. It was against the p:inciples. He
is a magnidecent representative Amteri
can.
Wanted to Fight
A dispatch. from Pailadelphia says
shortly before noon on eeeatou day a
email riot broke out in the 14 hi divi
ion of the &eutta Ward, where Con
gressman Meleer resides. A numnber
ot.egroes entered tne polling place anQ
atteuLptea to vote. Tr~eir votes being
reluned eney drew revolvers and a num
ber ot hts were tired. "Paddy" Me
Bda pagilust of some note, jalige of
the civision, said to be an adtierent of
Congressmian Mc-Aleer, was badly ia
jared anu the nead lay being struck
waLs a res o.ver, and liigh Mdc~ioaky,
authier McAteer follower, was arrested.
Turce oX the negroes were also locked
tip.
Galiant 0fieer.
Lord Roberts, in a aispatch cated
Jonaninesoturg, Nov. 5, reports to the
war oiic as follows: "bmith Dorrien
taaes that Maj. Sounders arnd Caspt
Guamers (>f the Canacian Mounted
1rnnlee) benaved witta great gallantry is
tue acaion of Nov. 1. San.ders ride
out under a heavy aire to bring in a
horsreiess noncommisioned qefiaer.
S..unders was wounded and his horst u
wa i~led, and CGualmers went to his
asistance. Saundiers iinployed him to
Ieave, bt was refased, and the gahiant
haiiers was, 1 grieve to say, killed.'
Dosen't This Jar You?
Among the messages of congratula
ionss received by the president was thre
'Cleveland, 0., Nov. 1 1900.
The continue2d confidence of the
American peopie as aprie~ned at the
pos is a tr:aute to :.our ptrionality
and your reatchlss admiiisiration.
God blecs ann keep ycu for the patriotic
purposes to whien y ou have d&dicated
your life's work. M. A\. Hianna.
Simmons Had a Clinch.
The Northi Carolina Senatorship was
se.tued at the i rianry ini that Stare
ast ge ki favojr of F -M. Soamons,
0ow e a iun j 'ily or iorty-fire
thoussed h r a : a the prim.ry
v~ ~ibera~ d b) the sentral a:semibly
inJury whien dian~uins will be
eleced 'o suaeced .harion Batier.
(Popiit.) Tue leginiature, elected
in Augut,1.isoverwhelmingly Demo
TIlE EXPOSITION
Will ba the Most Perfect of
its Kind.
NOT THE LARGEST BUT BEST
Features in which the South
Carolina Inter-State and
West Indian wil Differ
from Others.
Just as the old colonial City of
Charleston differs in certain marked
features from every other city of the
Ucited States, so will the South Caro
lina Inter-State and West Indian Ex
position possess characteristics unlike
those of any other Exposition that has
ever been held in this country. It is
not purposed that this Exposition
shall be tho largest. physically, that
has ever been seen, nor that it shall
contain the biggest and noisiest Mid
way, the most immense buildings, not
able rather for their size than for any
cth r qality. that it shall swarm with
a greater number of sight-seers than
can be comfortably accommodated; in
fact, it is no way the ambition of its
promoters to out do all other E posi
-ions in point of bigness, Whatii pro
posed and ictended is that The South
Carolina Inter State and Webt Indian
Exposition shall be the most perfect of
its kind, on entirely ori.tinal lines.
THE STAGE-SErTING.
In the first pia~e, the site is ideal.
Where else in the world has Nature
provided a more ample and rich stage
setting than th.t chose for the scenes
which are to be acted upon the banks
of the Ashley next yeat ? The nearly
level, yet slightly ioliag country af
fords a ready-made back ground, al
ready enriched by country old oaks.
clad in their living green, with shad wy
pendants . of soft grey Spanish moss
Instead of the shadeless blinding, dusty
roads along which weary pedestrians
and hardly less weary travellers on
wheels have labored at other Exposi
tions, the visi-or to the E.psition:
Charleston will pass at ease along t'
chanting ways, treehordered and shai y,
with the scents ai.d sounds of the fer
eat not so far away that one may n't
occasionally hear the twitter of a bird
note or catch a glimpse of a darting
squirrel or a white-tailed rabbit seui
ding to its home. Rus:ling palmettoes
wilt grow along these walks, and one
may rest from the labors of sight see
ing in arbors such as might hare bhel
tered Phyllis and Strrphon ii dais of
sore. Here will gro-v C:ncrokse r-es
and honey suAkle, and the incompar
able yellow jensaminc wi I lefumC the
air. At any moment it will be possi
ble to withdraw from the roar of ma
chinery, the clamor of the miititude.
the wonders and the curi bitis and the
fati ups which alike a(ccompany the
greatest of man's wo-ks, to a reti~e
ment which saal bring to the senses
the rcfresht-ent Nati.re Lff rs in suny
and peactfui sk:e, soit -cooiana aceu
and the fr:.,tance of gio~ving fl-vrs
Oa the wact will flow t~ee tmoad and
sparkliig Ashley Rtiver, say wish boats
of ev-r..kia, atd stie'!ng in its
depths the mjagica! hues (f tue painted
sunset skies, and the nightly sp~endors
f electricity.
THE BUILDINGS.
The plans of the buildings which will
be erected upon this perfect site, have
al emanated fiotn the brain of one
man, so that a greater harmony of con
cypion will pervade them thian could
possibly be achieved threugh the con
ficting ideals of many architects, how
ever admiranle the individual designs
night be. The whole bceno is planned
to express most perfectly the spirit of
the Sou h, not only in its flwer
wreatoed arbors and treebordered
alks, bat in every line and tint of
each harmoni'us building. These,
while pcssessed of an intuite variety
are a!l ad~.p:ed to the environment, be
ing pureiy Southern, and cvea what
might be cali Spanish American in
chbaracter. Loug, irregular facades,
with colonades and arc acs, courts and
plazas, terraces, fountains and flowery
par teres will suggest at every turn that
one is in the land of sunhine and re
uance. In the depths of the lake wilt
be reflected Ejectrical Island, with its
radiant Temple of Electricity and its
dzzing fountain of light; wrlile across
thle waters will sound the chiming bells
from a hgh Tower on the shore, ring
ing out the old, familiar m~lodies,
wiich find their way to every heart.
There will be one bullaing on the Ex
position Grounds which wiil differ from
any builttng that has evcr been sceti on
te grounds of any oiLer Exposition,
and tnat is the old colomjal home which
stands there, an~d whi ii ll be used
as the Woman's Building.
CHARAcrERISTIc DIFFERENCES.
There are other points of cifference
which will su~gosL thetn-lve', readily
to any citizen of agreat metropolis who
happens to have vioucd the picturesque
ol1a eity of Charleston ducing the sunny
days ot its short bright wict';r, or who
has lingsred late upon its wave washed
"B3:itcry" under the light of the sum
mer moon, If it is po able to preserve
and accent these chasraecristic "differ
enees" of which the native born
Charlestonian is very proud, and yet to
bring t ogether all the 1stest marvdls of
mdern civilizition and modern ia
genuiy-not to speak of icience and
art-for the contemplaiica of the
thoughtful and ec-bghtened, it wid
certainiy ie done at thie S suth Care
li-a Inter state and West Indian Ex
psitionl te te held at Chiarler~ton next
year. Sightseers are weary of imme~n
.tes, ot exasrirted valu's which
co t andi notoriety which, repea--ed over
ana ever at every Exposition that Las
ever been given. have nuially lust their
poer to i-spress the imagination.
Wat appenals to the cultivated mind of
Ito-day is the periect concepuion, per
feetly expressed, the birea1 design
which Set slights no smauest detaii,
th .upreme arto othe old Greeh andth
modern Jaa.ese whi, wiah ad theic
d~iren'ces, are ahke base upon the
thought that "the gods see s'er.>ahere."
Died in the Act.
In New York one voter died in the
e letion booth and anotheriLnmediately
.ae caming his ballot.
MR OYSTEI'S AUmrO[ araHY
He Points Out to His Friends His
Good Points
Oar cool weather frienn, the oyster,
has been careful not to enter upon the
present season with any ri k of being
misunderstood or unappreciated. He
has written his own autobiography,
which is being distributed among his
friends by a Fulton street oyster house
of New York.
! "I am born without jaws or teeth,
but I've got fine musaies, liver and
heart. In each year if my life I pro
duce 1 200 000. Etch of my children
isone-hundred-and-twentieth of an inch
in length, so 2,000000 little ones eau
be craded into a space of cue cubic
inch. lam ready for the table in fr'jm
one to five years after birth. YL.u
will ncver find me in cold parts of
the world. I dislike cold. in Ceylon
I sometimes to grow a foot in length.
One of me there makes a stew, wher
I am half a foot broad. I am not of
much account in England unless I am
imported froruAmnerica. It makes me
very sad tothink of fetching up on the
%-avd-I, who was discussed by
Tibeilus and Julius. I have been the
cause of much bloodshed. Men fight
fierce battles for me all along the
American coast, the Italian and the
coast of Kent and Eastz.
"If you eat me raw you are not at
all likely t-> regret it, for I am in a raw
state very nutritious and easily digest
ed. As a fry, I am inclined to be un
interetiig and heavy, so few know how
to fry me. I am about the only an
imate tiing that can be eaten with im
punity in-a raw state. Parasites can
not exist in m^ as they can in chops
and steaks and fruits. I am a pretty
god thing to man, and as to woman,
look at the pearls I have given her.
Thal kery has compared me in a raw
state to- a new baby, yet I never kept
hin awake at ni.hts.
"I'm not half bad in a stew, but as a
roas- in the shell all the poetry in me
comes out. Then I sizzle with emotion
in butter, red pepper and a little sauce.
'he clam is like the driver of a hansom
esb then-not in it with me. The
lam! Th. t commonplace fellow! I
avoid him as nuci as possible, I am
not a snob nor yet a cad, but I reiy
must not be expected to fraternize with
ttu clan, a.,;r can I diseass him. 1h.
line uust be drawn. He's not in the
four hundred. Well, I am-Blue
Point."
HOW THE STATES WENT.
Democrats Loss Same Votes They Car
ried Four Years Ago.
According to the returns from last
Tuesday's election, corrected'up to the
pre sent time, the electoral college will
stand as follows:
M5 KINLEY.
Calif.'rn a...... .......... ...... 9
Conncticut................. 6
Dlawar........ .. ..... ... 3
lilinois .... ..... .... ......... 2 t
iow a .... ............ ........... 13
Idi. ................ 15
'1?nc," ..e........ ..........15
\ iuan....... .... ............18
Minnesoa........ ......... ....19
New Hampshir..............1d
Nn esey...................9
Newbampsr......... ........48
Nw Jerse..................10
Nrakta.................. 8
Neio........... . ..... ......23
:egoh ...ota.................34
Pennyi.i.................... 33
RhoeIn.......... ......... 4
Pe.hakotvina.................34
URhde ..an..... .............43
Vermot..................4d
Washington................. 4
West Virginis.... ........ .... 6
Wisorin.................... 12
Wyoming........... ......... 3
Total............... ......292
BRYAN.
Alabama....... ............. 11
Arkansas... ...... .......... 8
00iorado...................... 4
Florida....... ............... 4
Georgia............ ........ 13
Idaho.............. ......... 3
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . .1
Louiiana.......... .......... 8
Mi:sisippi..................
Missouri..... ..............17
ontana..................... 3
Nvada.................... 3
North Carolina................ 11
Suh Caroiina...............9
Tennessee................ . 12
Texas.................... .. 15
Virginia......... ...... ...... 12
' otal................ .....1355
There is still some doubt about Ken
tucky and Nebraska, and it may be
that Idaho will have to be transferred
to McKinley; but all probabilities fa
vor the correctnes3 of the foregoing as
it stands.
Broke Up the Poll.
A riot occured in the third district
of Wilmington, Del., which resulted in
tho destruction of the polling place.
Tho district has a large negro vote and
as the offiers were nearly half an hour
late in opening the polls, about a hun
dred negroes asnembled in line waiting
to vote. As the doors orened they saw
a white man. Ja-nes McHugh, who
had gotten in ahead of them, attempt
ing to yote. Thsifrated them, and
rushing in they assaulted Mc Hugh and
the inspector, James Dugan, cutting
both seriously. Policeman Sherry was
also cut in attempting to restore order.
The negroes destroyed the polling
both and the registration books disap
peared in the melce.
Five Men Killed.
Qiarrels over polities and gambling
resuied in five men being shot to death
W~edesday night in Kentucky. One
man was fataliy wounded. Tne dead:
Alfred Stanhope, at Versilles, shot by
George Wodruff, town marshal of
Midway, Ky. Henry Usborn, of Har
lan counu; shot by John Day. Grant
Raines (colored), Middlesboro, shot by
JGriffibh white. Elgar Brown, of
B ackey,e shot by Luther Ray. R~bert
Mn sey, of Bianside; shot from ambush.
Faaly wounded: Thomas lEthering
ton, of Versailles, bystander, shot in
Woodauff.Stanhope figh.
WtAT GORILAN SAYS.
The Ex Senator Gives Ai vice to
Democrats.
THINKS BRYAN WILL RETIRE.
No Use MourningOver Spilt Milk,
but Time Enough Yet to
Think About New
Plans.
"It is too early to talk or even think
abont reorganizing the Democratic par
ty,"' remarkei er-atur Gorman, of
Maryland. whiio in Washington Thurs
day, while diseussiog the defeat of Mr.
Bryan.
"The defeat was so overwhelming
and the knock"ut so complete," added
Mr. Gorian, "that we must have time
to recover our breath befire making
any predictions or calmilating as to the
future policy of the Democratic party.
It is not the time toindul&e in crimina
tions, but we muar aceep; the result as
the calm and deliberate judz inert of
the voters of the country, after deep
consideration of thcir own individual
interests. We must accept the verdict
as an evidence that the buineas inter
ests of the country are unwilling to
take chances ut doing anything which
might interf-;e with the present pros
peruus condition existing througbout
the land. A4 I look at it the result
was brought abcur by the combined ef
forts, not only of the owners of the
great commercial enterprieos and the
empioytrs of large forces of working
people, but by he votes of a majority
of the operatives of the great estan;tish
ments %ted the working clapses generally,
who joiw-d with tue plain, practical
bu-iness people in deciding that it
would be unwise to disturb the pros
perity of the present by experimenting
with a new Administration, which was
pledged to reverse and set aside all of
the practical business advantages now
enjoypd by she great mass of the right
minded and industious peple who.
under existing conditions, would not
aliow thei elves to be wholly inflene
ed by party ties. Mr. Bra an iwade a
remarkable campaign, and attracted
large and enthuiastec audiences by his
briiliaut oratory and atractive manner
of aprealing to those who gathered
around him. It i., vident, however,
that a great many men ncglected to
vote as they shouted, as the big Mc
Kinley vote rolleu up from places where
the greateat Bryan demonstrations were
held. Now that tne smoke of battle
has cleared away it will be in order for
the critics to rush foward and endeavor
to point out the mistakes made by the
Democratic managers. Criticism at
this late day is futile and at the same
time it must not be forgotten that our
opponents also made some serious blun
ders during the canvass not necessary
to mention now. As I have before re
marked. we were beaten badly by a
combination of circumstances and con
ditions which evidently appealed to
voters mnre strongly than any of the
arguments rresented on the stump.
The defeat is too overwhelming and
far-reaching to jastify the cry of fraud
ad corruption, and happily the contest
ended without any serious disturbance
or resort to force, which many persons
feared might result from the high state
of excitement and enthusiasm prevail
ing at certain periods of the campaign.
What Mr. Bryan's future intentions
may be I have no means of knowing,
and, as his state has gone Republican
and his prospectsa of coming to the Sen
ate are somewhat diminished, he may
conclude to retire from the center of
the political stage for the present and
and rest content with two gallant, but
unsucessful, efforts to rescue the Pres
idency from the grasp of the Republi
can party."
Many influential members of the
Dmocratic party in Washington con
cr in the opinion that the result of
Tuesday's election must necessarily de
prive Mr. Bryan of any further Pres
idential claims upon the Democratic
party. -He has had two successive op
porunites to win the coveted prize
and the party has given him hearty
support. There were, however, condi
ions which seemed to effsat a certain
class of voters commonly termed the
silent vote, which was beyond the con
trol of party organization or ties. Self
interest and a desire to let well enough
alone seems to have actuated a sufficient
number of voters to turn the balance
of power in favor of McKinley as
against Bryan. The personahties of
the two candidates were not alone con
sidered by the voter3, for had such
been the case the result might have
been different, for it is conceded that
Mr. Bryan possesses a stronger and
perhaps more capivating person
ality tihan his successful rival. After
two trials it is apparent that the pgli
cies and the principles which are be
hid Mc~Itnlev are more potent with
the voters of this country than those
which Mr. Bryan represented.
Now that the campaign is over and
the couniry is assured of four more
years of AcKinleyison, ancedo tes of
the rece~at pomiical strugie witl be in
order. Tte result of the balloting
shows that political prognostications
are of but little value in a mnajority of
instancs, and as a general rule the op
inions ef the active party manaigers arc
of less actual value than the
views of entirely disinterested parties.
it is not always safe in political gath
rigs to base your ea culations for vie
tori on the size of your crowd or the
en usiasm dispiag d by the specta
Death in a Skunk' B Bite.
Silas Carson of Wilcox, Arizona,
did in this city of hydrophobia pro
duced by the bite of a mad skunk.
Carson was a cowboy and one night
about three months ago while out on
the range near Wilcox he awakened to
find that a rabid skunk had taken re
huge in his blanket- Carson struck the
skunk with his har.d and the beast bur
id its teeth in one of his fingers. .A
few days ago he began to show unmis
takable signs of hydrophobia. It is no
uncommon thing for cowboys on the
range in the remote regions of Arisona
and New Mexico to be attacted during
the dog days by skunks afflicted with
the rabbies, but this is the first case
on record in this city where hydropho
i has resulted.
: ISS OF VESTA MILLS.
The First Year's Operation of the
Plant Has Been Satisfactory.
The Vesta cotton mills, the only cot
ton mill that is operated by negro labor
in this State, and one of the few mills
in the country that is run with colored
help, is now running on full time and
in a manner that is most satisfactory to
the management of the company,
There is only one other mill in the
United States that is operated entirely
by negrues. This mill is located at
Concord, N. C , and it is a success. At
first it met with many dificulties, but
all obstacles have been overcome and a
superior grade of cloth is bang manu
factured.
The Vesta mills, under its new man
agement has ben in operation nearly a
year and when the stoekbolders meet
November 2. Mr. L. ti. Potter, the
menager and treasurer of the company,
will doubtless be in a position to make
a most favorable report and the direc
tors in all probability will declare a
dividend.
The mill is now in better condition
than it has ever been and everything
is working along most harmoniously,
More than six hundred hands are on
the pay roll and they seem to be per
fectly contented. There hrs never
been any labor trouble between the
operatives and the manager of the mill.
The mili is being operated more sue
cesafully now than any time in its his
tory, and from what can be learned
Capt. J. H. Montgemnery, the presideat
of the will is perfectly satisfied with
the first year's work and hopes to bring
the miil to a higher state of perfection
during next twelve months.
President Montgomery, while not a
resident of Charleston, gives a great
deal of his timie and attention to the
mill. He comes down from Spartan
burg, his home, very often thereby
keeping in close touch with the affairs
of the mill. He knows exactly what is
required to keep the mill in bucecssf ul
operation.
Mr. L. G. Potter, the manager and
treasurer of the mill resides in Charles
ton and gives all of his attention to the
business. He is a successful mill man,
having had many years experience in
the Spartan mill, one of the largest
mills in the South, which is managed
by Capt. Montgomery.-Charleston
Post.
Will Bennefit the South.
To an Atlanta man belongs the dis
tinction of having discovered a process
by which the common cotton seed hulls
can be made into paper at about one half
the cost of the manufacture from wood
pulp. The inventor is Robert Thomas,
formerly superintendent of the Glen
dale paper mills, and Col. W. A. Hemp
hill. Mr. Thomas is at present a resi
dent of New York city, and has already
interested several well known capital
ists in the enterprise with the result
that $5,000,000 company is to be or
ganized at Tenton, N. Y., for the pur
pose of erecting large plants in various
parts of the cotton belt. It is expected
that Mr. Thomas' discovery will cut
the present price of paper in half. Ac
cording to the inventor himself this
latest e~nsumimation of the cotton seed
hull anout exhausts the use of the cot
ton plant. Mr. Thomas was for many
years in the paper making business in
the south and a fe w months ago, while
operating in a small mill in Florida,
he learned the chemical action which
will reduce the cotton seed hulls to
pulp. Realizing at once that he had
made an important discovery, he dis
posed of his plant and devoted the en
tire proceeds of the sale in purchasing
machinery with which to prosecute his
experiments. The cost of producing
the new pulp will be about one-half
the cost of manufacturing the wood
pulp. It tensile strength is said to
be very much greater than wood fiber,
which will make it invaluable for bags
and wrapping paper.
Turniug the.Screw.
A fiat increase of 1 cent a pound was
put on beef, pork and mutton Friday by
Chicago packers. In one year ihe ad
ditional cent will yield to the Chicago
packers, bating the estimate upon last
years business, the following sums:
Dressed beef, 15,000,000; dressed pork
and pork products, $20,000,000; mut
ton, $4,000.000. Total additional to
incomes, $39,000,000. Retailers of
meats were thrown into a panic by the
unexpected rise in prices. In the ad
jistment of priets to the consumers
choice cuts of beef have gone up as
much as 5Scents, pork tenderion j-ump
ed to the same ex:ent, and nautton
chops went up three cents. The ad
vance by tne packers is more than 10
per cent. on the price of meat the day
before election. The advane by the
retailer to the consumer will average
23 per cent.
The Beggars Paradise.
Beggiog pays very well in China,
and, consequently the large towns are
overrun with mendicants. This is not
due to the fact that the Celestsal nature
is particularly generous or charitably
disposed toward the needy, but that the
begging fraternity is a very powerful,
uniting themiselves into guilds for the
purpose of helping one another in their
profession. The result is if any one is
foolish enough to refuse alms to a
supplicant, it is more than likely that
he will be immediately set upon by the
whole community in his torn, who
harass and worry him to such an extent
that his life is a burden to him. A
shopkeeper for instance, will rarely
refuse a beggar, for the attentions of
his brethren would be a great hindrance
to his trade.
A Bloody Fight-.
In a rio: at Cascyvillo Ind., on
elcetion day one man was kiikd. Eight
men were severely wounded. Politics
led to the fight. About 50 men be
ame involved in a political discussion
in a saloon during the night. The
Democrats and Reipublicans finally
separated, only to come together later
outside the saloon. Scome one shot
Graves with a shot run. In an instant
many weapons were broug ht into action.
Over 200 shots were fired.
Baltimore Went Wrong
New York, the greatest of our money
centres, went for Bryan. Boston, sec
ond only to New York financially, went
for Bryan. Baltimore went for Moe
Kiney Comment unnecessary.
NO COMPLIMENT TO McKINLEY
Some Very; Truthful Words from the
Atlanta Journal.
Although triumphant, President Mc
Kinley must come out of the late con
test with a sadly battered self-respect.
A more insulting support never helped
to put a man into cfice. Men who voted
for McKinley because they distrusted
Bryan's money policy made it as hu
miliating for him as they could. They
came out in statements in the news
papers apologising profusely for voting
for him at all and excusing it only on
the ground that he represented what
they regarded as desirable policy.
The intellect and character of the
Republican party looked upon the
president with contempt and they were
not polite enough to conceal it. The
disgust with his shilly-shallying policy
was freely expressed 12 the newspapers
and in the utterances of some of the
most distinguished men of his party.
With what withering contempt must
such great Republicansas Ben Harrison,
Tom Recd, and Senator Hoar regard
the president! The unbending Reed
would not comprrmise his reputation
by endorsing a policy he despised. N-t
one word did he utter in favor of Mc
Kinley during the whole campaign. It
does not even appar that he voted. Mr
Harrison gave a reluctant and belated
support to McKinley atd Senator Hoar
supported him on the open understand
ing: "You are wrong but I am with
you because you are a Republican."
S.,me Democrats who disagreed with
Mr. Bryan went over to McKinley, in
every case perfacing their declarations
by especially disclaiming personal
approval of McKinley and expressing
supreme distaste for their enforced
vote.
No candidate for president was ever
so humiliated. Under the load of scor.
the good man kept silent. He was
thankful for anything he could geteven
if it was proffered with insult and
derision. He was Pecksniff to the end.
He lauded the patriotism cf his insult
ing supporters in pious periods and
spoke a few reverent words about duty
and destiny. Mr. McKinley must be
a man of strange constitution if he can
construe the result of Tuesday's elec
tion into a personal compliment to
himself. Tens of thousands voted the
ticket that bore his name who would
have tal -n pleasure, yea delight, in
casting a ballot for some other man in
his place. Atlanta Journal.
A Demoralizing War.
The New York Times of the 28th of
October printed an interview with a
disabled voluntcer just returned from
the Philippines which is of a character
to shock the humane American, by
reason of the barbarity and demoraliza
tion that it reveals. Our soldiers were
doubtless like other people when they
went to "assimilate" the Filipino, but
the long-continued work of butchery,
the Filipinos' obstinate fight for inde
pendence and the daily sight of blood
has hardened them to an incredible de
gree, if the disabled volunteer's story is
to be believed. The risks our men in
cur have caused them, it is stated, to
adopt the view that "the best Filipino
is a dead one" and that Filipinos are to
be shot at sight. They are"sometimes
shot on suspicion," and "I was never
so happy," the volunteer adds, "as when
I potted a Filipino. It is impossible to
estimate the number of natives killed,
but I tell you it is thousands upon
thousands." It is no longer the prac
tice, it is stated to bury the dead na
tives, but "we let the natives lie where
they ate killed, as the carron birds
will pick them clean in a couple of
days, and we killed so many that it
would take all cur time to play under
taker." Evidently our civilization is
being improved.
An Awful Death.
Ellwood MoIore, aged 44 years, of
Anb~er, Pa., fell into a vat of hot
magnesia at the Keasbey & Mattison
Chemical Works Thursday afternoon
and before aid could reach him was
boiled to death. Moore came to the
chemical works from Dr. Mattison's
Lindenwold farms but a few weeks ago,
and, although he was employed there
only temporarily, asked to be retained,
as he preferred the work to that which
he had performed at the farm. Thurs
day he was doing some tinsmithing over
the magnesia room, when he lost his
footing and plunged headforemost in
the pasty mass of hot magnesia below.
His horrificd companions rushed fran
tically to his rescue, but found they
could do nothing until the vat was
emptied. This was quickly accomplis
hed, but too late to save Moore's life,
for when he was taken out life was ex
tinet, and he had probably died almost
instantly after entering the seething
mass. The skin pulledJ off at the slightest
touch and the ficsh was almost par
boiled, as the material in whieh the man
was immnersed was heated to a high tem
perature. The body was conveyed to the
vietim's late home on Greenwood
avenue, where he leaves a w'dow.
Husband's Horrible Deed
Joseph E. Freitag, 40 years old,
Wedneeday went to the home of his
wife, E izabeth, at 460J Humboldt
street, New York and after killing her
with a revolver shot himself t wice in
th1 head. O2 account of her husband's
dissipated habits Mrs. Freitag separated
iram him about two years ago, and,
with her 19-year-old son EI'.ard and
her then unmarried daughter, now Mrs.
Louisa Bartsch, went to live in the
H~umboldr-treet house.
The Georgia Soions.
The Georgia lawmakers are acquiring
an unenviable reputation for informa
tion and moderation. First one fails
to turn cff the gas and narrowly escapes
asphy;'ation, and then two others fill
themselves up with "bocas" and in
dulge in a entting frolic. Presently
the people will begin to ask themselves
are we sending the right kind of nmen
to the Legislature to make laws for
us?
Would Be Popular
A genius has come foward with a sol
ution of the trust problem, his sugges
tion being the ernactment of laws pro
viding that the purchaser of goods from
trusts shall not be onliged to pay for
them unless he chooses to do so. This
might exterminate the trusts, but it
would convert the great majority of the
people into enthusiastic advocates of
TIlE TRUSTS WIN.
McKinley Re-elected by -a Good
Mrjority.
HANNA iN THE SADDLE.
The Republican Mjarity Greatly
Reduced in Many States.
Bryan's Pcpular Vote
increased.
It became evident at a veryearly bout
Tuesday evening that the election of Me
Kinley and Roosevelt was assurtd. At
half past 8 o'clock returns from nearly
two-thirds of the election districts of
Greater New York hid been received,
indicating beyond question that Bryan
and Stevenson could not expect more
than 25 or 30,000 plurality in this
Democratic stronghold, and unless
there was a landslide in evidence be
yond all reasonable expectation the
State of New York bad declared in un
mistakable terms, although by a great
ly reduced majority, for the Republi
can candidates. As the night pro
gressed it only served to confirm this
ju3Bement.
The returns from Illinos betrayed a
like condition. The Republican plur
ality of 1896 was grestly reduced, but
it was still too large to be overcome.
On the other hand, the returns from
Indiana, Michigan, the two Dakotas,
Utah and Wyoming, as well as Nebras
ka, seemed to indicate strong Repub
lican gains over 1896. Delaware,
Maryland and West Virginia had given
decisive Repubitcan pluralities.
The count in several of the far west
ern States was naturally so delayed as
to give little indication of the outcome
there, but they had ceased to have a
determining effect, and before 10
o'clock the Democrats had given up the
contest, and it was announced that Mr.
Bryan had gone to bed and was sound
asleep. The whole story was easily and
briefly told. The -Republican ticket
would have a larger electoral vote than
four years ago, but in the larger States
of the middle west the pluralities had
been greatly reduced. Massachusetts
had fallen from 174.000 to 50,000; New
York from 268 000 to 150,000 and Illi
nois from 142,000 to 100,000. The
roll call of States at 12 o'clock Tuesday
night is apparently as follows:
McKinley-California, 9; Conneticut
6; Delaware, 3; Illinois, 24; Indiana,
15; Iowa, 13; Maine, 6; Maryland, 8;
Massachusetts, 15; Michigan, 14; Mis
neosta, 9; New Hampshire, 4; New
Jeraey, 10; New York, 36; North Da
kota, 3; Ohio, 23; Pennsylvania, 32;
Rhode Island, 4; Vermont, 4; West
Virginia, 6; Wisconsin, 12; Wyoming,
3.-Total, 259.
Bryan-Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 8;
Colorado, 4;, Florida, 4; Georgia, 13;
Liuisiana, 8; Mississippi, 9; Missouri,
17! Montana, ,3; North Carolina, 11;
South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12; Tex
as, 15; Utah, 3; Virginia, 12. Total,
139.
Unreported: Idaho; 3 Kansas 10;
Kentucky 13; Nebraska 8;i Nevada 3;
Oregon 4; South Dakota 4; Washing
ton 4. Total 49. If all the unreport
ed states should turn out as Democrat
ic, a highly improbable contingency1 it
would not change the results. T
latest returns from Nebraska indicate a
Republican plurality.
The fifty-seventh congress seems to
be Republican by a substantial work
ing majority.
What the epublicans Claim.
As a result of messages received at Res
publican national headquarters Thur.
day by National Committeemen J. H.
Manley and N. B. Scott from doubtul
points, Mr. Manley gave out the follow
ing statement:
"Full returns Thursday leave the
situation as it was Wednesday. We
have won by 308 electoral votes. We
have carried every Northern State but
Colorado, Nevada and Montana, with
ten votes. We have carried Kentucky,
Maryland, Deilaware and West Virginia,
As we predicted during the entire cam
paign they are attempting to rob us of
the electoral votes in Kentucky under
the power of the Goebel law. If they
succeed we shall have 295 electoral
votes. Our candidate for Governor
wires that we have carried Kentucky
for the electoral ticket and elected him
by over 7,000 majority. The time has
eomne wnen the American people ought
to insist, at whatever cost, that the
votes shall be counted as they were
honestly cast."
An Election Fight.
A serious election day row took
place at Keystone Park, Fla. George
Mbey and Thomas Moody, prominent
citizens of that section, became in
volnd in a quarrel at the primary poll
ing place, and the altercation finally
resuted in a fight, in which one of the
participants was badly stabbed. They
were then separated, but a few
minutes subsequently it is alleged that
Mobley shoct Moedy while standing in
the doorway of the building in which
the election was being held. It is re
orted that Moody will not live. On
account of the prominence of both par
ties the affair has eaased considerable
excitement.
No Injunction Against Capid.
A distressed father has appealed to
the courts in the city of Brooklyn to
release his son from the thralidom of
a pair of bright eyes. He complained
that a certain pretty girl has hypno
tized his son to such purpose that the
young man neglects his work and spends
all the time possible in her society.
Hypnotism is a new name for it. To
the everlasting credit of the Judge be
it said that he did a smile behind his
hand and refused to enjoin the mother
of the girl from granting the young
man admissionl to her house.
Will Not Be Senator.
The New York E~vening Journal
prints the following telegram from Mr.
Bryan: "Lincoln, Neb, November
8.-To the Editor of the Evening Jour
nal: You may say officially that under
no circumstances would I accept the
office of United States Senator, even
were it tendered me. I made my fight
for the Presidency and lost. I am not
going to take other men's positions
from them. William J. Bryan."