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VOL. XVI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 28, 1902. NO.48 STATE CDHE\[N Of the Santh Carolin,.aeraey Held in Columbia. A TWO RING C'R U ADTT:. Simple Rzesoinuion oin m o7 Me Lanvin. Wadei U'amipn a giZed. Cnndidaz!- U Aid The Denweratic State ';ention met in Colminbia en Wednesdtay. and harmuniously transaeted its business and adjourned. It was 12.o0 when Stat Chairman Wilie .lonesi rappe :or orde and announced that the convention: would be opened with paayer by Bishop Ellison Cer.The hall wastild botn th X tiyrs and in the Ptliis. B*islhop Caper. mad a brief oat most appropriate prayer. invoking the Divine guidance upon the bodly. He asked that all things rest upon the foundation iof peace and honor. Pe concluded with the Lord's praye':. The roll was called, having been prepared by the seeretary. was read 2nd some substitutions were inade. Mr. Blease of Newberry then nomi nated the Hon. Wille .Jones flor presi dent of the convention. CoL. Crewi nominated Gov. McSweeney. I ho promptly declined the nomination, see onding that of Col. .lunes. Mr. Georg4e Douglas Rouse of Charleston. in ,low ing terms. seconded Col. Jones' noni nation. 3r. llease put the motion and Col. Jones was unanimously elected. Col. Jons thanked the body for the honor in a brief speech. Col. T. C. Hamer was nominated for one of the secretaries of the conven tion and was unanimously elected. Mr. J. T. Parks of Orangeburg was elected the seeond secretary. Col. F. M1. Nixson was made ser geant-at-arms. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. The temporary organization was made permanent and the vice presi dents were chosen as follows: First District-J. W. Dunn. Second-W. C. Smith. Third-J. A. Sligh. Fourth-W. L. Mauldin. Fifth-J. E. McDonnald. Sixth-A. 11. Williams. Seventh-W. ). Scarborough. The rules of the house of representa tives were adopted to govern the body. Senator 1). L. Henderson of Aiken introduced the following resolution: Resolved. That a committee be ap pointed to be known as the committee on resolutions and constitution 'to whom shall be referred all resolutions without debate, and that said commit tee in reporting on said resolutions shall have leave to report any special matter. It shall consist or one from each county delegat ion to be chosen by the delegation and reported to the chair. Mr. W. D. Evans offered as a sub stitute to the above the followving, say ine there ought to oe two committees:, Resolved. That two- committees be' api. ',ted-one on platform and resolu tio' . - d the other on constitution and rules, said committee to be composed of one member from each delegation. All resolutions to be referred to appro priate committee without debate. After some discussion the substitute was adopted and two committees were appointed in accordance therewith. Senator Gruber called attention to the fact that there was no treasurer. Mr. J1. E. Boggs of Pickens was elected: while he was asking what the question was. The roll of the members of the State~ Democratic executive committee was then called and the elections made by the county conventions were confirm-' ed, en motion of Mr. Buist of Charles ton. Resolutions were then called for and a number were presented and several were read from the desk hefore b'eing' referred to the proper committees. Senator Tillman was designated to act as chairman of the committee (on constitution and rules and Col. J. A. Hoyt to act as chairman of the com mittee on platform and resolut ions. It was ann'ounced that both committees! would meet in the afternoon. The con vention then took a reces until 8:30 p. m. THE cONVENrTON REAsSE31B3LEs. At 8.30 o'clock the convention re convened and Col. W. J1. Talbert gut the tloor and offered the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas lion. Henry Mclver. at the bidding of the D~emocratic party, has served the whole people of South Car olina for -15 yemers. flrst as asiociate juis t ice and latterly as chief just ice, with distinguished fidelity and ability. hav ing in his tirst opinion in 1872 settled tinally, and properly. as is now umive sally'conceded. tlhe quest ion of the r~e-2 spect ive rights of 1). HI. Chamberlain and wade H a mpton as t o t he governor ship of this State. andl hav.ing Once f.;r patriotic reasons dec-lined the ottice er :hief just ice, his li felong ambit ion.t which after years of pat lent service as associate just ice. he was :inially elevat ed by unanimously vote of the general assembly. and Wher-eas lhe is no0w suaferinug frau disease which preventi' a1)resent I ' activaE sernvice whiebhe1i~1j hasben a' customned to render. an ntets ac suffering upon him: now be it Resolved b y thei Demleerat leparty (0 South Carolina in conenion assemi bled: 1. That :t hiereby, desires to express the debt of grat itude of theu people of this State to the Ilistingu~ishd chief justice and to assure him of its warml -est affection arnd sin-cerest symu oat by ir his atllietion. and to express I hec hope that hc may long he spa :d tou coune and guide the great court of wieb' he is the ornat ce ed: an -xaumple 01 mn dustry. learn';ing. 1probily andl pa irimo ism whli shou.mc 1e moth ant e.lnple andi an ins-nira 'un to th men wnU Vo are to assume from I ime to I ime_ the hur denis anid re-.ponsbl i'0tics ol pllit ini andI profesoa if ini hs ta t" These re-.mion, w'1% presented by Col. Talbert' with 1b1 apprpiate remarks. He spoke felingly and effectively. Col. Brooks seconrded the resolutions. Mr. Lacot of Charleston seconded the resolutions earnestly and hoped that the vote would be a rising one. r. evenson spok elo uenl y fo G'ov. Mc, weene'y alowarmly se Theno' the w.~ ere ada)ptedi by a rising vot. 'LATF(nM ADOi'TED. Col. .as.. A. I lovi Ihe presented teL rport of the c'mIittee on plat manr are res ilutions. The platform, which was adopted. is printed inl another column. The committee also made the fol aowin:.f t*ep)ort as to the otheri rSle Zion-s reOferre( tI it as printed in the jriceedings of the morninr sessio.n. We, t he commit i et' on plat formni and resolut ions. beg leave Io repo. thit re have passed u poin all m"at te rs subminOit - ted to us and recommend: First. The aidoption of Ihe acIm panying pla rm. markd - . Se'on'.d. T,-at resolt ion N.". , mil ro diieed Tb 31r. Blease. be an 'd. Tii. That the resolu io im r'- ue ed hy )ir. Croft. No. t. eii ki d wvith the foliowing amniments. St rike out Theo "tendei anid insert the words -under 12 years of e Fourth. That the resollut ion intr duei by M r. "ogers. No. . be adopt ed. iftl. Thati the resolution. -No. 1. signed "On behalf of the Pickens dele gal ion." he 1aid upon the iale. Sixt h. That all icom pallIng papers b0 laid up.on 1 tie table for t ho reason ihat the subject matter is enIbracwed in Ihe foregoing i*IrrIIt. All of which is respc..t fully siiDlit ted. .!as. A. Hoyt. Chlirrnan. TiHE 1orSE ci:EEN T1tut'BLE. The !'lease resolution relating to the Horse Creek trouble, as given above. was taken up. with the favorablo re p't. and Senatir Gruber asked for mnority i.report. The minority report was5 read as follow.s: We. I ue undersigncld nmemberson tihe colmmitt eC on plait frmni and resolut ions to whoi wis-reed the resolt ion of NMr. Cole L. Blease wit h reference to a certain lockout of cotton mill op eratives in Aiken county. beg to sub mit this as a minority report: That we cannot concur with the views of the majority report. as we have not suif lfeient informal ion to orm a correct opinion and because we believe 3%r. Blease's resolution to be extreme. George R. Ilembert. James Norton. A it amont 'Moses. 1D. 1. Cooper, R. T. James. J. H. Lesesne. Chas. H. Henry. J. L. Tribble. There were 11 members of the com mittee. M1r. Rem'bert said, who had favored the minority report Mr. Rem bert told why the minority had acted as it did. The minority had no politi cal thunder to turn louse. and they did not wish to adopt haphazard resolu tions affecting any citizen, no matter whther that c.tizen be interested in corporate enterprises cr not. Haphaz ard reso'utions could never be avoid ed until politicians seeking cheap thunder were no more. Ile appealed to calm. judgment and asked if it was right to condemn without hearing. Mr. Iembert dealt with the interests on both sides. and referred to the votes to be gotten. Col. Talbert as a member of the majority of the committee said he hoped the minority report would be consigned to oblivion. If there was any law it was if advantage is to be givern, it should be given the poor and the weak. Where was the lack of information? Have the majority not read the newspapers in the last few weeksY These people, good people, had been locked out arbitrarily. There should be no conflict between labor and capital. The rich men had act ed arbitrarily. It was a questior of common sense, of humanity. The Democratic party should act in such a matter and not be so tender-footed about it. (Applause.) H~e referred to the aliusions to the candidates. lie was a candidate. and was not afraid to be a candidate. He was willing to advocate what he thought was right and take sides. Hie was not of the kind who wore a standing collar high enough to look like a whitewashed fence about a lunatic asylum. His young friend woiuld soon be a candi date and was even now budding. He would stand by these good people of Horse Creek. .lt was a question of corpratio'n rule vs. the people; M1r. 1t. TI. .iames of Oconee said the Democracy of Soul C (arolina wvas on rial. (;reat issues should riot be swept aside by jess. Equity and justice should be done all-mill men or workingmeni. HeI told (of Mr. Curtenav's coming to Oconee and buldig a cotton mill there. T1his mil was not planted there by foreign capital. It has been stated that the capital in the mills here come from the north. MIost. of' it comes from our own people. There was nothing but wild newspaper reports. Only this mrining tihe chairman of this corn mitee was announced as a candidate for the United States senate. As soon as he read it he said there's "nothing in that."~ We cannot rely on iresponsible newspaper repor'ts. No such action should be iaken in the bsence of detinite information. Prof. W. N. Marchant saidl the w:rd of the resolution were mild 'sls It he could have written the - ,oluions they' would have been m'ch st ronger. Ie knew all about e t' on mis: he worked in the ib'anite nefa'tory years ago lIe knew~ the I o'.e Cre ek people. lThey wvere the .'st peole tiat (everi lived on the faco ofIs e nt th. Th hey i~ ha bee deniied riice of earing thir da'ily bread. a h~idsti:-edai as nothing had n in3:3 -rs He- was. not a can .-ce -Cu ~ithot ii Laughter.) Prof.' Mare'hi'i't --1 wvill iot cut it short. The'e 'augter. Prof. \larchanit look a glasso w1~ater ad spoke earnestly or tle lack of in'u'r into the coinditioni of the pe le oif ur milS. io youi dsuppose any lody wouild take meC for an ignorant many- i ughter.) Hle would chan''e he zephyr-like wor~ds of the resolution int a etutv cyclone. lIe haid "e' dee of heroi4sm is G raniitevill thait woukio excel I lobson when 1'" sak the. \berima Sr. Croft asked lIu. I. 1archa'mto yiel I to him for a few Ommen :. ma- a'i moitionl. P'rof. ar'lhant . (iei Mr. (:roft explain ed the ii.stion. It was this: 0.00 indust rial people'' in .\ikeni coun:t '. who had not stil ru! hi 'dben tu rn~edo t b~ecause of tiouh ice ianother State. It has brought dest itut inn andl sailer ing i is the worst kind of i trust ineC tiat wz nt gi ve honest labor empl.yment. lie "eferred to it :i a 'Conspiracy." le moved totable the minority report but withdrew Ihe Prof. larclant vielded for live miin utes to Senator Henderson. who said the Aiken county covention had adopted such a resolution. le offer ed to take home any subscriptiins to help the suftferers. Syirpathy was as little as they should give. There was a general demiand for a vote and considerable di'rder. Prof. Marehant clainingr the fl-ir and i' ting it for three minutes. Mr. Uinn't linally got the flour. the audience de clining practically to hear further ron Prof. Marchant. Mr. Ilembert said the minority were ready and willing to extend sympathy t) anyone. but this resolution was too extreme for people of good judgment to adopt. le proposed to stand for what he considered right and just to any man. ricl or poor. Be replied to Congressman Talbert with a joke. Mr. I. I. A. lohinson of .Lderson thought this step unw Ile. le was op posed to grinding down the mill presi dents. TH E imsoWLUTION PAsoE-. The vote was taken and the chair declared the .'aves" had it. There were calls for a division and for a roll call vote. Then Mr. Ashley asked for the reading of the resolution. Mr. J. W. Doar asked that his name 1be out to the minority report. Mr. It. I-. Cahdwell made the same request. The vote was 112 to 72. Mr. T. 1. Rlogers offered this as a substitute: Rtsolved. That wesympathize with all men in m usortune. Tile minority report of the comn mittee-the Bicase resolution--was 'en adopted. CHILD LAWIOR. The child labor matter was then taken up. Mr. Dorrah moved to strike out the resolving words. The con vention exceeded its authority. The legislature composed of Democrats should settle this issue. Mr. Thurmond said Democrats. of course, dillered about many matters, but they never failed to act. This is an important nlratter, a policy that should be adopted. He discussed some f the reasons and pictured th3 con ditions of the children of the mills. Mr. RZ. B. A. Robinsen thought that the people of the State had a right to say how they would work their chil dren. He wanted peace in the party. Mr. Harrison of Fairiield spoke ear nestly in favor of the resolution. It was wise in this convention to express itself in this matter. Senator Raysor of Orangeburg mov ed that the resolution be indefinitely postponed for the reason that the natter should be discussed by the! ;eneral assembly. After several had tried to get the oor the vote on the motion to in etinitely postpone the whole matter was taken. There was a had tangle. which carried Senator Tillman to his feet for the first time. The motion was lost, 81 voting to indefintely post >one. 145 to the contrary. The resoluticn was then adopted. C ONDE3INING 31'LAURtIN. The resolution condemning McLau tin was unalnmouisly adopted with ap pla use. The rest of the report was adopted. AS TO CUBA. The following resolution offered by 'hairman Hoyt for the committee was unanimously adopted. The Democratic party, in convention tssebled, felicitates the patriots of uba upon the ha'ppy conclusion of beir long and heroic struggle for in eendence, and, greeting the new re pubic with hearty wishes for iS pros erit3 declares the gratification with hich t L is State would welcome Cuba hould she hereafter of her own free will seek membership in the American mion. Until that time shall come we hold that the governmant of the tUnited states, moved by considerations of :luty, honor and expediency, should iaitainl with the republic of Cuba a oolicy of liberal commercial reciproc TILLM1AN's TRIBUTE TO IIA31PTON. Senator Tillman then came to the montand said: Mr. President: This convent mc nas paid fitting tribute toniht to a liv ing South Carolinian. I think that we should express ourselves in regard to one who has crossed over the river. therefore ask to offer the following ' solution: / -. Wereas it has pleased God. in Ilis vise Providence, to call to his eternal rest our illustriohs fellow citizen. Wade Hampton. aflid whereas, we. the epresentatives of South Carolina, in ~ovent ion assembled. recal li ng hi s rloriouzs examnle in wvar and in peace. and especially'mindful e; his incalcul ble sei vice t'2 the State as her great ieaoer and eonselur in 1s9u, would put n record our sense of his noble career md our appreciation of his loss: there for. be iti lesolved. That in lie death of Gen. Wade Hiampton,. Southl Carolina Ia et the loss of one of her greatest ~itizens5 and most (list inguishedI sol diers and a leader and comtselor in her direst necessity. to whom she owes a debt of lastinug venerat ion and love. IIis name and fame are, a hierit age (! which any people might be proud. Mlr. Croft secondl the resolutions. Col G;eorge Jlohnstone spoik' feelin: - lv of the deceased Statesman aind re cited incidents in his enreer. Hi ri~ute was eloquent and beautiful. 'rom his ret irement Gen. !!ampt'n had come forth in ISn and we iwe his memory our igra*titude. Senator Maytield offered the follow lg -amendment: "And we fm!ther recommend that a suitable stat te lbe rected by the State and placed in the State capitol." Thlis was adopt ed. Th'le resolutions were thui unani mously adopted by a rising vote. The D~augrhters of the Confederacy a a request for action (il tile llamp tonu memorial. whiih was read and the secretary was instructed to inform them of the action taken. IssUES QIETLY DISPOiSED Ol". Senatoir Tillman then presenm'ed the tioowingz re piort il' the commit tee in constitution and rules which was adpted byi sections. withouit discus sion ir op~pi lltin. The comin te ion f conuusti tution andi rtles heu. leave to report as follows: F~irst: (n resolut ion o~lered by \ir. 3 heon pi~roposin1g a chanu~ge in thle coustitu i iOn in regard to qu1aluheat ion if oers inl thei primuary, wi reortil uni ftvoraly and recommendl~ t hai it do Se, ond ; . Nesoluti1i on by IVNr. .I. Johns on roosing I ha t tprimalri1y be held I wo weeks soiier. repori uniavor ably and recommend that it do not pass. Third: In reference to the proposed amendment of 3Mr. G. W. E. Sharpe. voutr comu mittee recommend as follows: A -te the word "masters" on next t S a line. page 2. insert "but not. for mnemb ers of 1 lie Counity board of coit IoL of the dispensaries, nor for counti y dis eIIsers," so t hat it will read af folfows,: "Provided. That the coun I"'elt ive commillit tee of any county .! h1 ai libert y to order a primary i- ioll for mira'.ist riat es and Iiasters. i, i for meibers of the county m of cotrol of the dispensaries, 1( fir count y di spensers." The various resolutions offered by .ssrs. I. 1. ,Manning. .1. W. Gaines an .d DI1. Magill in regard to changes in articl 6. we have considered them all catrefulliv as well as he whole sub- 1 c ject 'f a clange in the pedge o be giv en h; eandidate's and we recommend . n amendment to sid a rticle. as fol- r os:.\fter "1he w rl "rnomination" inearj ] tlw cnd ofsd 1; article, insert ( i *h I folwing: "anO eLcII candidate f e I itedi *tates senate and for P t he 'nitied States house of representa- I tives s.!.a.. ll e an additional pledge that he will support the political principles and p (licies of the party e during the term of oflice for which hel. inay be elected, and work in arcold wvith his Democratic associat-s *:) a coIngress on) all party questions. All pledges shall be tiled on or before 12 0 'lock m.. of the day preceding that d d ixed bye the State executive cm iittee for the first campaign m i j, . Two RNIG CI RCI's ADOIF? E D. senator Tillman also presented the v follo'wing which likewise was adopt d witout a word of diseussion or a vote p against it. Thus was one the mat- I ters supposed to he loaded disposed of: 1 Article X1, of the constitution he I stircken out and the follmwling insert- a: ed ill lieu thereof: . ,] Article Xl. Before the election in 0: 1902. and each eleetion thereafter ex- k cept as herein provided. the State P Democratic executive committee shall appoint and arrange for the campaign V meetings to be held in each county. not less than two weeks apart, one Ic of which meetings shall be addressed p only by candidates for State ottices. tl and the other only by candidates for h United States senator, United States b; house of representativts ird circuit t solicitors In addition to such campaign meet ings the county chairman of the re- sl spective congressional districts and a, judicial circuits shall, when there is aL more than one candidate for either of ai said offices. arrange for and appoint g( separate campaign meetings for their a respetive districts or judicial circuits. the time and place of such meetings PI to be published in each county. at . which only the candidates for said ollices shall be invited to address the ai people. Provided, That in any year ti in which no candidate for United a States senators is to be voted for. the hi State executive committee may dis pense with the second campaign meet- at ing it is authorized to appoint under e this article. P( Senator Tillman moved the adop- tl tion of the resolutions as he finished al reading. There was nothing said by 4o any one and the vote was taken. p Then some one moved that the con vent ion adjourn. Senator Maytield X managed to get a resolution thanking the otlicers of the convention. Col. P Jones announced a meeting of the p1 State committee afterwards, and then ti the convention adjourned sine die a ti little before 11 o'clock. pC TILLMIAN SPEAKS. P There were cries for "Tillman," tC and the senior senator took the stand a and spoke for over half an hour, fre- ~ quently warming up to his work. Hie fa was loudly applauded at times. His pi spech was vigorous and devoted to ir national issues and prospects for the fo Democratic party in the next cam-j? pign. ie gave also a hrief account1 of his stewardship in very plain Ian- cc guage. Hie was given marked atten- hi tion throughout and loudly applauded ot when he inished. t A Fool axnd His Money. Several weeks ago a palmist went 1 to Augusta and hung out a shingle on ci which appeared the name of "Prof. .J. pt H. Done." For a time the women im especially (If the city went wild and tc the professor had all he could do. 3 About a wcek ago a nlegro pawnbr~ok~er ~ of somec wealth. by tile name of Paul I Davis. decided that lie was -conjured' by an enemy and went to Done to IP have the spell removed. D~one work ed on the negro's superstitionl aiid in told him to bring all his mnondy to h< his (lbone's) oilice with him the next re morning. Tihe negro took something tI like $5,000 to the "hoo-doo doctor'' C who placed it-in hank notes of $50 and S $100-in a long white envelope. seaN-s ig it in the presence ofL the negro et and putting it under the tablecloth at to press the seal down. IIe told the ai negro not upder any circumstances ei to open the~ package until he was il gien permission. but to bring it with ti him every time :IC camne to the olhze' 11 Davis took tile envelope with hinm several time untLil Thursday morning rc it was found that l)one has jumped m the town. l avis opened the envelope et. andl foundthat it was filled with strips ti of newspaper. - -" I'ass 11im3 Around. s Several montlhs ago a book agent sl went to .\ugusta calling on all the S nroinenii~t anwvers and ministers to I et the'n to suisc'ribe' t's a "Wor'id's ~ Ilistry."' the price of wichl was fromi 2 to $5. HeI took iln about all the oI prominent people in the city who p have libraries and collected t he cost of ei the book in ad vance. the ho' k to be ol delivered in 30o days. Sixty days i have now passed and on investigationiJ it is found that no such book is being I published1. TheC po)lice ref used to gi ve tle name' of thle swindler until th auti'rities in all cities in this sectio n lave b4en not ied to' l''ok oatfr wrecked H1 i,. shop.-i A (lisuatc'h from Newv York says nI seven m hucdred wo men. men~i and chil!-t rn at ac'kel thle shop or' a Norrolk street butcher Friday night. The Pbtcer had openedi his store for tihe ci sale of meat. disregar'd'ng the edict ofa the Eabst Side people that li)ni eat ai sh'uld be sold. Trhe hut cher refused t i ch' thle moJb that' rdered him n to close andihefore the police reserves could hei sum mond his place was a wreck. F'our e THE LATFORA Ldopted by the State Democratic Convention Wednesday AS PRESENTED 3Y COL. HOYT. 'he Document Reaitiiris and En dorses tne State Platfori of Two Years Ago on All important Points. The following is the full text of the latform adopted by the State Demo ratic Convention at Columbia last Vednesday. It was presented by Col. ,A. Ioyt and was adopted unani lousl'. Resolved, by the Democracy of South arolina in convention assembled: 1. That we rearlirm and endorse the latform of principles enunciated by be State Democratic convention of 3o, with especial stress upon the fol wIng sections: "That we view with alarm the pow r which the trusts through the Re ublican party are exercising over leg lat ion tpld iational polities and their bility to control the price. of te ecessities of life without regard to the w of supply and deamand. We con -nin the nypocritical attitude of the enaUblicaii leaders who abuse trusts nia combines while they use the money ,tained from them and extorted from :e people to dCebauch the ignorant sters of the country. "That we denounce t iC iqpeierialistie licy of tnIe IRepublican admuinistva on as cuntrary to the letter and spir of t he 1Declaration of Independencc adi tho constitition of the United Lates. and as dangerous tQ tne liberty )d freedom not only of the people 6f c Spanish islands. but of the citizens t his country as well." Tne benevo nt assimilation "of the Filipinos has oven to be the benevolence of mur-: :r and the assimilaticn of robbery. e denounce it as an outrage upon the sciences of liberty-loving Ameri ms. Our free institutions cannot ng survive the destruction of those inciples upon which they rest, and e spectacle of subject peoples being ld down by the bayonet and robbea the carpetbaggers but foreshadows e fate of our country unless the peo e are aroused to our danger. The un st arid cruel war of subjugation now ing carried on in the Philippines iould be ended at once, with definite id specific declarations to the natives to the intentionsof this country to d them in the establishment of a free ivernment of their own choice under protectorate by the United States." That we reatlirm and endorse the rrelated sections of the Kansas City atform upon the subject of trusts id imperialism as follows: Private monopolies are indefensible id intolerable. They destroy compe tion. control the prices of material id of the finished products, thus rob ng both producer and consumer. ey lessen the employment of labor id arbitrarily tix the terms and con tions thereof. and deprive individual tergy and small capital of their op >rtunity for betterment. They are Le most efficient means devised for propriating the fruits of industry rthe beneit of the few at the ex nse of the many, and unless their satiate greed is chlecked all wealth ill be aggregated i n afe w hands and te republic destroyed. The dishon t paltering with thetrusts evilby the lp~Iialican party in State and national atformns is conclusive proof of the uth of the charges that trusts are te legitimaie products of Republican licies, that they are fostered Iby Re iblican laws anti that they are pro ted by Republican administration return for campaign subscriptions id polit ical support. We pledge the emnocratic party to an unceasing war re in nation, State and city against -ivate monoply in every form. Exist g laws against trusts must be en rc:1 and more stringent ones must enacted providing for publicity as allairs of corporations.engaged in in r'ate commerce and requiring all rpoations5 to show. before doing isiness outside of tile State of their igin, that thley have no water in eir stock and that they have not at mpted and are not attempting to onopolize any branch of'business or le production of any article of mer tandlise, and the whole constitutional swer of congress over interstate comn eree. t he mnails. andl all modes of in rstate commlferce, shall be exercised -the enactment of comprehensive wvs ulpon the suibject of trusits. Tarili ws shOuld be :nnended by put ting the .oduct of trusts upon tile free list to -event mnoiie :2 under the plea of -otect ion. We are opposed to private monopoly every form. and view with appre msion the increasing p~ower and dis gard of the interest of the people by te combination of corporations, pecially of those chartered by other ates. It is the duty of the general sembly of this State to pass more ringent laws for the control of all rp)oraitiOns. dlomest ic andi foreign. d for the prevent ions of all trusts dI combinat ionshbetween corporations rrying on comnpet iti ce business. We im tnh le right on t he puart oft lie St ate control all corporations. whether mestic or foreigzn. eng~agedl in busi ss wvithini her borders. We deny that ngrress his any legit imate power to guate cornorations except aS thley ay be engaged in foreign or interst ate e mmuieree: and demand that the na nal goverinment contine itself in stowinug corporate exist ence to such encies as arc required to exercise eh fuebons as the constitution eciilly confers upon the U'nited tes.. We a re unialt erably opposedl to aI aniendmen lt of t he fedleral conisti t ion lookiing to any enlIargemenit of i powers of conigress ini 'irlat ion to i regu latilon of eont ract by citizens the St ate. or in relation t~o the cor rat ions. and we demand t hat laws tbe acted further restrict ing the powver federal courts to interfere wit h the ternal affairs and administ ration of stice in the State. We condemn tile ingley tariff law is a trust 1breeding easure skillfully devised to give the w favors which they do not dleServe. 1( to place upon thle manyii burmdenls hiehi t hey should not hear. We reaimlen our belief in a tariff for venue only. and that taxation should so regulated as to meet I le needs an hlonest and economical govern ent. We conde-mn all class legisla on. such as the ship subsidy bill1. hieh~ we helieve to be~ a rich man's id on the puic coffer, and we also >ndemn all sect ionc.l legislat ion. suchI ;t he Crumpacker bill, which we be eve to be intended to( arouse sectional aimlosit les. We hell wviti l t e Unit ed States sur rme cout that the declaration of independence is I lhe spirit of our gov nment. of which tihe constitut ion is ic form nne lettr. WI declre again. that all govern meint institluted among men derive their just powers from the consent of the governed: that any government not based upon the consent of the gov erned is a tyranny, and that to im pose upon any people the government of force is to substitute a method of imperialism for those of a republic. We hold that the constitution follows the flag, and denounce the doctrine that an executive of congress, deriving their existence and their powers from the constitution, can exercise liwful authority beyond it or in violation of it. We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire, and we warn the American people that imperialism abroad will lead quickly and inevitably to despotism at home. We condemn and denounce the Phil Ippine policy of the present adminis tration. It has involved the republic in an unnecssatry war. sacrificed the lives of many of our noblest sons, and placed the United States, previously known and applauded throughout the world as the champion of freedom, in the false and unamerican position of crushing with military force the efforts of our former allies to achieve liberty and self-government. The Fili pinos cannot be citizens without en dangering our civilization, they can not be subjects without imperiling our form of government; and as we are not willing to surrender our civilization to convert the republic into an empire, we favor an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give the Filipi nos. first, a stable form of governpleit; second. iidorteidence; 4n6 tilird, pro tectiuri from-outside interference. We are not opposed to territorial expan sion when it takes in desirable terri tory which can be erected into States in the union. and whose people are not willing and free to become American citizens. We favor expansion by every peaceful and legitimate nien, IUut we are unalt:ru by opposed to the seiz ing or purchasing of 'distant islands to be governed outside the constitution, and whose people can never become citizens. We Ire in fayqrof extendirg the re ublie's inluence among the na tions. out believe that influence should be extended not by force and violence, but through persuasive power of a high andi honorab Iexample, The burning issue of iiperialism growing ou, of the Spanish war involves the very exis tence of the republic and the destruc rion of our free institutions. We regard it as the paramount issue Df the campaign. Tillman Hands Off. The Washirgton correspondent of The State says heretcfore the senior enator has rempained strictly "hands ff" in the senatorial tight though the impression has been generally given out that he is espousing the cause of Rlepresentative Latimer. Friends of he senator have taken occasion to eny this emphatically and have allud d to an incident said to have occurred hortly after the McLaurin-Till man ;crap when Mr. Latimer was one of ;hose who refused to sign a statement irculated among the South Carolina elegation, the purport of which was o show where the sympathies with Democrats in that affair lay. After Forty Years., There was a remarkable find near ownville the other day, Full 40 rears ago Mrs. F. S. Browne, who was Niss Mollie Lewis. but now the widow >f the late Col. C. S. Mattison, lost ier engagement ring about the prem ses of her old home, now occupied by Rev. J. Walter Dixon. After con tinued search the ring was never ~ound. although Mrs. Mattison never espai red of finding it. About a week igo Mr. Dixon's ten year old child, Elizabeth, ~stumbled upon the lost breasure, about 100 yards from the rouse. It was a plain gold emblem >earing the initials "S. F. B. to M. T. L., Feb. 13, 1859." Col. Hoyt for Senator. The Washington correspondent of the Columbia State asks: Is Col. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, destined so develop as a candidate for the sen ite to succeed Senator McLaurin?" The correspondent goes on to say that here is considerable talk in Washing on to that effect, anid adds: "Wheth 3r Col. Hoyt can be prevailed upon to mter tne race is quite uncertain but she suggestion of his name has served o bring out the fact that he or one of is friends would receive support from nrexpected quarters in case he should ~ome out for the senate, and stand a ood chance of being elected." The Unloaded Pistol. "Didn't know it was loaded." is the tory of an unfortunate homcide which >ccurred at Williston on Tiuesday of ast week. A very respectable youngm uegro. Kirk Moody, walked into the ispensary and picked up a pistol chich was supposed to be empty. Mr. Alphonso Wise. the dispenser's week, n a spilit of playfulness turned the 3arrel toward the negro and as he iin Lended snapped it. But unfortunately Mr Beard had loaded it a few hours rviously and the negro fell dead, hot through the heart. The coroner's jury returned the verdiict of accidental .omicide. _________ Appeal For Orphans. A circular letter is being sent to the riends of the Thornwell orphanage at linton. Soliciting aid both in a tinan ial and material way. This is truly noble cause and thoroughly worthy >f help. Five dollars will provide for i child, its board for a month, or its whooling for a year. The time has :ome wvhen summer wants are multi plying, and even bread is scarce and Lard to get. Barrels of flour and other :ontri butions should be sent to Thorn well Orphanage. Clinton. S. C. Checks nd financial aid may he addressed to W\m. P. .Jacobs. Clinton. S. C. Kills Himself. Charles Norman. a prominent far mer, of Sycomore. 111.. committed suicide Wednesday af ternoon by taken strychnine. 'The act was committed in his front yard. The cause assign ed for the deed is that his farm has been badly damaged this week with the heavy rains aiid many tields will have to be replanted. This made him despondent. The act was deliberate, as was shown by four notes he left to his wife and mother, telling them he was tired of this world, lie was 33 ears of age. lie leaves a wife and three children. Two New BishoPS-. The general conference of the Metodist Episcopal church, south. no(w in session at D~allas. Tex., Thurs day. elected Dr. F'. E. Hoss of Ten nessee and D~r. A. Coke Smith of Virginia bishops. D~r. Hloss is the editor of the otlicial paper of the Mehdists published at Nashville. WEATHER CONDITION. Official Review of the Crop Condition in this State. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in the State issued last week by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop ser vice of the United States weather bu reau: The first part of the week ending Monday, May 19th, was warmer, the latter part cooler than usual making the average temperature nearly nor mal at 73 degrees, with a maximum of 95 degrees at Gillisonville and Saluda on the 14th, and a minimum of 50 de grees at Heath Springs on the 16th. There was less than the usual amount of sunshine, as the last half of the week was generally cloudy. Unevenly distributed showers oc curred throughout the week, and over the entire State, whith the heaviest rains In the lower Savannah valley and the Pee Dee sections, and with a I maximum fall of 4.50 inches at Shel -on, Beaufort county. The showers were local in character, and many lo calties had only sprinkles, or no rain at all, whi!c. nearby localties had copi- I ous amounts. Hail was noted in Berkeley, Greenville, Richland, Union Marlboro, Marion, Newberry, Chester field, Darliugton, Kershaw, Chesteri and Williamsburg counties, but In only I a few sections was the hail destruc- a tive to crops, although it necessitated considerable replanting in Union, Marlboro and Marion counties. Farm work was retarded by too r much rain in a few localities, and by s the dry and hard condition of the ground in others, but generally it made fair progress. It was too wet in some of the eastern counties to kill r grass although grassy fields are the, exception. Most of the field crops are clean and well cultivated. The need of rain is especially indicated for Chester, Edgefield and Saluda coun ties, and generally for all the central and western counties, except Oconee, and there are many dry localties in the eastern counties. The stands of corn were badly bro ken during the week by worms, neces sitating much replanting. A consider able portion of the bottom land crop t remains to plant. Corn has a good t color generally, and in most places c is making rapid growth. It has re ceived its second cultivation. Cotton is doing well, with good stands on sandy lands, while on ary red lands the stands are not so good, and some is not up, A little remains to plant where the ground is too dry. t Cut worms injured stand in a few places. Chopping has make fair pro- d ress and is nearly finished over the eastern counties. Cultivation has kept pace with the growth of the plants, and only a few reports indi :ate grassy fields. Lice have made their appearance. The lattei half of %he week was too cool for cotton. ea-island cotton is in good condition. Tobacco stands were broken by cut worms, but the plants look strong and ealthy, although undersized. Rice s coming up to good stands, and has d eceived its first hoeing. Preparations ~ re underway for June planting. Wheat lost condition, owing to dry d weather, and is beading low. Oats ontinue to var:' 'reatly, but gener ally stand in need of rain. Harvest s still confined to the coast regions. ~ Peaches, cherries and apples are ropping, but in places enough peaches ill remain to ripen an average crop. elons are doing well. Vegetables are plentiful in the eastern counties, nd truck shipments continue heavy. Sweet potato slips are being set out. Jar dens are generally poor. Pastures cant. Cost ofrRearing Boys. Someone has figured that the aver- t age boy who is dependent upon his i: arents for a livelihood until he a ~eaches the age of 21, costs $4,000. 1: he question naturally arises, does it pay to raise boys; are there not other ~rops that would prove more profit able:' If a boy turns out to be a' igarette fiend, it is safe to say that ~he parent might have invested his oney to a much better advantage. But if the boy grows to manhood with the lesson wvell learned that wealth and success grow on bushes that areI atered with the sweat of ones brow, the parents need not begrudge what Iver they have spent upon him, for he ill be a souce of increasing joy and a pride of their hearts, and when they row old and their hands tremble and their steps are faltering, they will ~ ave strong arms to leau upon an~d a aelp them over all rong a places that C ie in that twilight path of theirs. a In a Bad Fix. Penniless and with his dream of Love, happiness and a home shattered' . J. Kell. of Richmond, Va., applied Friday to Charity Clerk Kelly of tJswego N. Y. o work and funds to :arry him back to the South, Kell ans ered a matrimonial advertisement td corresponded with a wealthy idow of Oswego. Every mail carried tnessagaes of affection to his sweet iart, and he received pledges of un ying love in return. Attracted by vIsions of wealth and happiness he bhrew up his job in Richmond and went o Oswego to claim his bride, lie stayed at a hotel until his funds were ~xhausted, and then the widow refused o marry him. Kell says he will an iwer no more matrimonial advertise rnents. Clerk Kelly provided him with transportation to Syracuse. He Ought To Know. '2 Congressman. Littlefield of Maine as that "if it were not for the news papers the jobs which would go hrough congress would be terrible to ontemplate. If there were no news papers at all I don't believe I would be r willing to trust myself alone in the 5 ouse of representaties for 15 t minutes." Mr. Littletield isa Republi- t can, and no doubt known what he is , talking about. C Father and Son Hanged. Charner and George Wood, negroes, t father and son, were hanged Friday p morning at Talladega, Ala., for the s murder of Jack and Reuben Boyd,y white, near Childersburg last Christ THE WORSE FEARED. The Whole Island of Martinique In a Panic Condition. MOUNT PETEE AT IT AGAIN. Lient McCarmick's Gallantry. United States and Wo:-ships Render Fine Service in Rescu ing the Inhabitants. A dispatch from Fort de France says Thursday's eruption from.Mount Pelee was violent in the extreme. Colossal cloumns of volcanic matter was ejected from the volcano, which rained huge, readbot~ boulders, many !eet in diameter on the ruins of St. Pierre and the country near it from mn enormous elevation and with fear 'ul velocity. The volcanic clouds ad ranced until they reached Fort de France. The spectacle was appalling and su )lime and beyond description. The vhole population of Fort de France vas thrown into a frenzy of- panic, luring which soldiers, police, men and vomen, all terrified, frantic, weeping nd praying, rushed - through the treets, while overhead the glowing, iery clouds rolled relentlessly and ained down stones, still hot, amid the wirling ashes. RESCUING THE PEOPLE. The steam launch of the United rtates cruiser Cincinnati took some efugees to the French cruiser Suchet nd ne'4rly 100 persons sought refuge n the Cincinnati and on the United tates special steamer Potomac. At o'clock the Potomac went to investi ate matters, and reports agree that Aieut, Benj. B. McCormick, the com aander of the steamer, did great rork. He went in close to St. Pierre nd found that city had been bom arded with.enormous stones from he volcano and that the rulis let tanding after the first great disaster ad been nearly razed. Millions of ons of ashes then covered the ruined ity. Further south smaller stones had estroyed the houses of the brave vil igers who had stuck to their homes. ieut. McCormick took on board the tomac 180 refugees, the oldest of hom was 72 years and the youngest bree days old. The lieutenant fed hem and brought the party to Fort e France. This work of rescue was ifficult and dangerous. It is report d that the whole population of the sland is fleeing towards Fort de 'rance. The consternation prevail 2g is indescribable. Mont Pelee Is ill very threatening. ST. VINCE;T ALARMED. A dispatch from Kingston, Island f Kington, says another great erup [on of the Soufriere occurred Thurs ay night. While the worshippers rere retdrning from church at 8:30 p. ., an alarming, luminous cloud sud enly ascended many miles high, in lie north of the island and drifted I uggishly to the northeast. Incessnt ghtning fell on the mountain and ne severe flash seemed to strike about bree miles from wingstown. Thunder us rumblings in the craters lasted or two hours and then diminished n il they became merp murmurings. he remainder of the night was clear. Lshes fell from 10 o'clock until mid ight. Inhabitants were frenzied rith fear at the time of the outbreak, reading a repetition of the catastro he which caused such terrible loss f life on this island. They ran from he streets into the open country, cry ng and praying for preservation from ,nother calamity. No one on the is ind of St. Vincent slept that night. STRAMS OF LAVA. Reports received here from the dis ricts in the vicinity of the volcano aying that the rumblings of the cra ers were appalling and that streams f lava flowed down the mountain side. [he continuous agitation of the vol ano and the absence of rain has aused the'vicinity of the afflicted vil ges to look like portions of the des rt of Sahara. A thick smoky clould verpreads the island, all business is uspended here, the streets are empty nd every one is terror-stricken. The eeling of suspense is painful. People ass their time gazing at the northern ky, where the thunder clouds gather nd the mournful roaring of the vol ano is heard. Ashes and pumpice re falling showly in the out-districts. hursday there was an alarming re ort from a creditablesource that En am mountain, near the Marria Quia alley, an old and a'pparently extinct reater. is showing signs of activity. his volcano is only six miles from ingstown. A Threat to Lynch. A crowd of prominent citizens of llsberry Ohio, threatened to hang ~ev. Harris, the H~oly Band leader, ~riday but Brown county's deputy ieriff and his assistants took Harris :>Georgetown, where he nowis. It ;reported that Harris' tent will be urned. The leader of the crowd said hat if Harris ever returned he would e lynched. Great excitement pre ails in and around Ellsberry, and it feared that there will be blood shed the Holy Band people continue to old meetings. The wife of John ~eeters and other Holy Band members ere taken to the asylum Friday. ~eeters was taken Thursday, crazed n account of the meetings. A Fatal Flood. heavy rains Friday caused a creek unning through Perry Pa.,to overflow s banks. Sei eral small houses along he banks were washed away before he occupants could escape. One roman, name unknown was drowned. everal women and children we rescu d from trees and house roofs. One amily was saved by cutting through he rooting. G. W. Cooper, a hotel roprietor. at the risk of his life, wamn to a tree and rescued two vomen and a baby. One bridge was gashed away and others are in bad hape.