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E GOD A.1SD OUR NATIVE LAND o CAMDEN, S. C? FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1892. v NO. 251 E STATES' BRIEFS phic Dispatches From Many Points of Interest. |el&? of Virgina. North and buth Carolina Carefully Gieaaed For Nsti. "VTBGINIA. peanut crop f3 short in many parts thside Virginia. : Gentry, a Virginia outlaw, who lied four men, was ?bot to death eriff Byers, of Green county, white lis wife and son defying ar.est. T. Allen, a proroient citizen of lond, and notary of the First Nat Bank of that city, died. i cold snap ia the Valley of Vir is the coldcst that has bceu r> cor Dr many years ere was a heavy frost in Southside nia.* e corn crop in the State is reported e Roanoke "Cycling Club h-ld their :ace meet on Satuiday afternoon, five mile championship for a |25 | medal, presented bj the club, was : by J. R. Coliini^oocJ, whc rode j )ld Dominion bicycle, which was c by a firm in Ro^Bofte. pe Richmond Council are consider tthe appropriation of $23,000 for the pionjof a water-gas plant It is claim hat it will lessen; the cose o?-?as~ t>y N* NOBTH CAJtt&IXA. he Bedal Institute, recently establish it Raleigh for the cure of jag*, has^ & mured to.Tarboro. J. F. Mass*?, of the Agiucultu al Ex ment Station, has v/ords of praise for Banana mijek melon for home use. Fhere arc no w 2 13 convicts in the Sta'a; liteotiury. Of the e 115 are to be sect i few days to the farms on the Reao i, thus reducing the number in the at pris on to 10 >, the smal est io 2$ F9 IDr. Richard H. Lewis, of Raleigh, the iw secretary of the state boftjd of i.ealth, fc';iishes an address to the people of the Bite in which be asks their Co operation. iAt the tournament at Newtotf - fair ;i lirried geat.eman from Lenoir t ok one I the prizes and crowned bis little daugh lr. ? I Bishop "TXunc n wiil preside at ti e text session of the North Carolina Can fcrence in place of Bishop Haygood. i Charles ReynoMs and Judge Merri ? j ion Headeo, the murderers *or So'athael j }waim, a man 87 years old, are to bo j langed publicly at Gieensboro on the J 10th. Evanglist Fife clo*^ his meeting.. at i PeU?o Monday morning and was paid 280. Next witk he begins a meeting i t Mocksvjlle and at his last service at ] V'eldon he prayed for the sheriff of )avie county who is a distiller. ? SOUTH CAROLINA. l J. S. Terry, a leading merchant of Charleston, died Suddenly of apoplexy. Tuesday. The tina! report ot the signal service bureau for South Carolina indicates a. most discouraging conditieu of crops of all kinds, corn alone excepted. Carl Marljewski, the German by whese hand was caught in a gin at Anderson, died from kis injuries in a few hour9. The case of John R. Keels for forgery i tried at Sumter. He was found, guiity, but recommended to his m*rcy of the (ourt. The case was the f:3!9 note of Mr. Cowsar. As an indication of the rush there will be th 9 v???r for the offices about the legislative halls, it may by mentioned tnat the Attorney Genera! has already received about 2i)0 applications tor posi tions in the engrossing department. Sallie Gaflney, a negro woman, and j her two children were instantly killed at , Gaffney, Tticsdav evening by lightning, j They were returning from a field when ?vertaking by the storm and were struck" down in the road. C. D. Ahrens, a well known and highly respectabic ifetircd merchant, of Charies too. died Tuesday. He was the father in law ol T. H. McDow, the murderer of the late Caj>t. P. W. Dawson Mr. Ahrens, however, possessed the eslfem and sympathy of everyone in the cora muaity.^ OTHER STATES. The dairy school <>. tho Georgia Fx priment Station is rcpoitcd to be CC33. IJ Here, There and Everywhere. . The United Srates has secured the f<*r bor ?>f Pago Pago in the Samoan Islands ' as a coalii-s{ section and protection to American commerce. Th? Now Vo: k Presb;. tery has decidea Mto begin the trial of Rev. Dr. Charles A . Briggs, of Union Thcolo<?ical Se?inary, <1 c-haraed with heresy, on November 9. Comptroler Campbell "Weun-rsday noti ! fied Governor Flower that the State of r New York is -practically free from debt j The obligations of the State now out \ standing aggregate $450.0<V>, while the ; cash baiance in the treasury is $2.000. 000. the experiment is to be tried of heat ing Boise, Idaho, with hot water from Boiling Springs, about a mile from the city. A six Inch pipe is l eing laid, and through it hot water will be brought to a central station in Boise. and thence con veyed to business buildings and resi dences. Intelligence has reachcc^ New York city that the iron steamer \Panama.,of the Compsni* Transatlantic^ Espanola, which left that port on SatWd%v last with a cargo of general merchmdi^e and twelve passengers is ashora on the Florida ccast and lies in a bad/position. The news of the mishap to thfe steamer came from Key West and is^ciy meagre as to details. 4 A Dastardly Lineman foiled. Norfolk. Va ? AVm . Henry Smith, a [ W^tern Union Telegraph lineman, who , has been engaged in putting down a i cable for the company in Berkely, left his work last Friday and went to the ' house of a lady residing at Peindexter place. She being alone at the time, he opened the 4oor and ente; ed. The brute j seized the young lady and attempted to throw her down. S?e screamed and re sisted vigorously, whereupon he tried to choke her into submission, but g.tt iig frightened after a tussie of several min- | j Tittrs. he t3ed without accomplishing ~hts : : dastaidiy purpose. Detectives were put j on the case and he was arrested and ca-- 1 tied before the young iadr, who posit ! ivei? identified him he was carried to jail. NO FLAG OVER FORT SUMTER. Why the G. A. B.'s Bequest Is Not Likely to be Granted. Washington, D. C.? At the receat Grand Army encampment ia this city an enthusiastic veteran introduced a resolu tion calling upon the Secretary of War to hoist an American flag over Fort Sum ter in Charleston harbor. In the .excite ment of the moment the resolutio^Svgpt through without opposition or investiga tion. At the War Department to-daj the chief of engineers who has charge o^ the government fortifications was ques tioned on the subject. He says the Secretary of War has not yet complied ^vith the resolution, no? is it likely that he mill. The army regulations provide thattha^Jnion flag shall be displayed at military j^sts and fortifications that arc garrisoned Ok occupied . ^fort Sumter is neither garrfkoned nor occupied, and therefore the\Secretary of War has no authority to floaVa flag over it unless he is prepared to gatoson it with troops. In further expracation of the non appearance of a flag afc^Eprt Sumter and other practically abandoiaSTlNi^^rts. the engineer officers say that serious loffcigg complications might arise if the resolu tion adopted by the G. A. R. encamp ment were carried out. For instance, if the flag w\is hoisted over Fort Sumter a foreign warship might visit the harbor of Charleston;^ In accordance with the naval regulations of the world, the for eign warship would salute the American flag and expect a similar salute in return The foreigner could not be expected to k know that Fort 8umter was unoccupied and was simply floating its country's f?ag as a matter of sentiment. Not hav ing his salute acknowledged, the for eigner would be justified in charging this I country with discourtesy, and would have a right to demand an explanation. r The ordnance sergeant stationed there could hardly return a foreign warship's salute with an old musket or revolver which he might have . with him in hiB quarters fdr his personal protection. When the Secretary of War refers the resolution to the Chief of Engineers he will probably receive an answer contain ing the substance of the foregoing state ment. GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT. The Deterioration Least in Texas and Heaviest in North Carolina. WA3Hi:sGToy. D. C. ? The statistcian of the Department of Agriculture reports a reduction of 34 poiDts in the general percentage of Ihe condition of cottco, from 76.3 in September to 73.3 in Octo ber. The deterioration is heaviest in North Carolina, aid least in Texas of >uy of the States of considerable production. Georgia has maintained its condition better than any other Atlantic Sta'e. The percentages are: Virginia 71, North Carolina 89. South Carolina 73, Georgia 75. Florida 63, Alabama 61), Mississippi 72, Louisiana 71, Texas 77, Arkansas 74, Tennessee 75. Rain in the early part of September and cool nights later have caused the rotting of immature balls in .\or*h Caro lina an 1 South Carolina. The crop is maturing somewhat better ia G-*< rgia> though exce-s of mois ure in the South ern counties- ins been iuju ious. Tho low condit:oo of Florid i cotton in Set> tember^i* beeu further depressed by heavy an<l incessant rainfall, which has delayed p eking. The low Status of the Alabama, breadth is the lesult of wet weather insufficient c.ul ivation. di?po portionute growth of stalk and fruit, and rotting of young b;lls. Somewhat more favorable influences ia Mississippi give rise to more chterful reports. Louisiana cotton is very Jatj *nd unpromising from ^ excessive moisture through the season to September 15 h, and cool nights since, which discourage^ cxp rotations of late planters There is ltss complaint and j ?iiscouiajcra&t in Texas than in any j other State. Areas planted late in Ar- j kansas are very unpromising, though I recent favorable wcaher is rapidly I opening the early bolls. Favorable I westher has recently succeeded the heavy rains in Tennessee, and bolls are fcegi^ping to open. A late and favorable ; autumn can atone dispel the prevailing discouragement. The boll worm is most ; frequently mentioned west of the Missis I sippi. The caterpillar has wrought some i injury in the southern belt. Insect rav ages will have less influences in reducicg ? the crop than unfavorable weather con- j ditions. The Fatal Gallows. Coltmbi a. S. i'.? Friday was a her- ! vest dav with the hancman in South i Carolina. No less thau four ? two mur derers and two murderesses? were swutg into kingdom conic. Governor Tillman only interfered to j ?save one out of the batch, of five undet ! sentence of death. That one is Gus Deering. th? Edgefield murderer, whe killed a fellow workmm at the mouth of t well. His petition was signed-, by eleven of the ju ^rs and strongly en- j dorsed. Accordingly Governor Tillman h*s commuted his sentence to life im prisonment in the penitentiary. At Spartanburg. Mildrey Brown, the 14 year-old colored girl who poisoned j the child she was nursing, was hung, j On the sarn? gallows Williams, the negro 1 murderer of Mayor Henneman, gave up i life. At Newberry, the negro woman, whq --wm-dered he*, offspring, met. her death by law. ? ?? ; ; : ^ ;? The fourth victim of the hangman's noosj^was Wm. Wilson, the white man who murdered his wife, and who was executed at Anderson. Mistook for a Turkey and Killed. liANDLE3iAN, N. C. ? Je ssC Kersev. a citizen of this town, was accidentally shot by Cicero' Cooper at about 6 o'clock f id the evening. The facts as gathered by : your ccffe?pondent from Cooper's father ' who was an eye-witness are at-out these: j Kersey, in company with Cooper and his father, were turkey hunting on Banks1 mountain about three miles southeast of here. They were stationed some dis tance from eich other along the moun- \ tain side and young hooper seeing Ker- ! sev conceakd in a clump of brushes, i mistook him for a turkey and fired the-i fatal shot which took effect in the back j of his head. Kersey waa"*an ?Id citizen and no one enjoyed in a' higher degree' j the confidence and respect of the entire i $cmm unity. . Death of Senator trby'a Mother. Columbia, S. C. ?Mrs. Henrietta Irby, j widow of the late Col. Jas. H. Irby and mother of United States Senator J. L M . Irby^ died at her home is Laurens in her j 74th year. She was a daughter of T>r. j Eli as Earle, of Greentiiie, and a niece of*f Gen. Waddy Thompson. Three sods and ;| four daughters survive her. POLITICAL WORLD. Candidates. Conventions, Nomina tions. Elections. A.11 the News of Political Movements of the Four Parties. Akderson, S. C. ? John R. Tolbert, of Abbeville county, was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Third district. Boise. Idaho ?The Idaho Democratic Committee has withdrawn its electorial ticket an$ indorsed the electors of the People's pari y. The Democra's tiied to get some concessions for their State ticket, but this was refused. It is un derstood, however, that the Populists will cut their own candidate for Secretary of State and vote for the Democratic candidate. Yankton. S.JDak. ?Secretary O'Brien, of the Democratic State Committee, for warded to the Sccie ary of State a cer tificate of the nominations by the Demo cratic State Convention. Nearly ail leaders of the Democracy and People's party favored fusion, but the candidates and the rank and file of bjth pariies op posed it. -v.' New Okle.vss, La ? The Warmoth Republican leaders issued upon prders from Washington an address calling upon their followers to vote the Leonard ticket, thv> uniting the two wings of the Republican party. Cobsicana, Tex ?Senator Roger Q. Mills has almost entirely recovered from his recent indisposition, and will fill his Illinois appointments. x Atlanta, Ga.? Gbvernor Northen and ihe Democratic State ticket are ekcted by majorities estimated at from 50,0$) to 70,000. ftrikersfcnd Struck are Alike Indicted. PiTTSBtRG. Pa.? The grand jury came into c^urt and returned true bills against the Homestead ad visory'comraittee charg ed with treason. The informations were made before Chief Justice Paxson on Friday, September 30, by County Detec tive Beltzhoover, against David H. Shan non, John McLuckie, David Lynch. Thomas Crawford, Hugh O'Donueil, Harry Bayne, Elmer E. Bail, Isaac Byers. Henry Baynard, T. W. Brown, George Champeno, Is<?ac Critchlow, Miller j Colgan, Joha Coyle. Jack Clifford, Den nis M. Cush, Wm. Mcvonegly, Michael! Cummings, William Combs,, John Diek en, Patrick Fagan, W. H. Gaches, Matthew Harris, Reid Kennedy, John Miller, C. S. Searight, John Murray, M. H. Thompson, Martin Murray, Hugh Ross, William T. Robeuts, Geo'ge Ry lands ar.d George W. Sarver, charging them with treason. - Warrants weie issued the same day, and so far about fifteen of the 33 mem bers of the committee have been found. True bills were also returned against H. C. Frick. John G. A. Leishman, Law rence Pbipps, F. T. Loyejoy, Superin tendent Potter, Otis Childs, Henry Cur ry, Nevin McConnell. Canfain Coop r, Fred Primer, and all others of the Car negie officials and Pinkerlon detectives, charg-d with murd.r and conspiracy. Alfred Tennyson Dead. London? (Cablegram). ?Lord Tenny son, poet laureate of England, died at 1 :3-5 in the morning. His passing away was calm and peaceful. Sir Andrew Clarke who attended the poet in his last hours said in an interview with a repre sentative of the International Telegram Company, just after leaving the death chamber, that Lord Tennyson's endcwas r beautiful . "In all my experience;^, said tbe eminent physician, "I never witness ed anything more glorious. There were no artificial lights in the chamber. All was darkness cxcept the silver light of the full moon which fcli upon tnc bed and played across the features of the dy . ing poet like a halo in one of Rembrant's pictures." Hallnm Tennyson, the poet's son, said: ''The end was beautiful, calm and painless Ke passed away as if in sleep. The watchers could hardly distinguish the rinal moment." Progressive Journalism in Texas. (From the Pearsell Vindicator ) Another, a girl. Our family keeps ! pace with the improvements of the pap- [ er and incre?se in subscription list, j While we have another to buy shoes and and little drtsses f<-r, to k- cp us awake i at night, tj help ussqmndcr our "fat i takcF,"" yet the subscription price of the Vin iica'or remains the si me (only $1 a J year unless it is kinfolks? in that case it is only 42), though the present increase j on our linbiliti s certainly appeals to de- j limjuents in a pleading manner. This is only our sixth, yet when we consider the court demands, the rents (already in ar rest s), the new pointing press to pay for and our s in .11 .income, we are afraid the good Lord made a mistake this time. We are not complaining; oh no, we know ; full well that "he that dances must pay the fiddler." So. subscribers, pay up. Race Trouble in Texas. Paris. Tex.? The race troubles whicl have been going on in this country are spreading, and it seems there wilt yet be more lo^s of life. Peop'e are greatly wio.'.ght up in the southwestern put of the county, and the feeling has crossed intoj Red hiver and Delta counties. cshavefccen posted warding tbe negroes to leavd Pel R vert county. Sheriff Banks has arrestel five jpvrsons. who art charge i with being implicated in tbe recent outrages at Deirojt. The matter ha? become serious and isia'.tribu ted (o political asritators. The Union Veterans. ?Washington. D. C,? Duricg t&e | Grand Army Republic encampment week j the Treasury pii i out mere than fsJ^OO, OOO in exchange f?>r old m^'ney pre.^M? cd. So much old, ri ir; y money has accumulated i ^ the ci y banks as a result j of the enctmpnvn' that the Treasury I officials have <i- hved the usual exchange I for fear of running short of new m^ney. ? Ii is estima ed that more than f2, 000,- j waF~trit in Washington as a result ?'of the encampment, atd about $500,000 in addition/ was exchanged by veterans themselves st the Treasury and banks for new moucv. A Bigamist Let Off Light. Columbia. S. C ? Wm. P. Sirube, i 8li*s Wt.ito, who carried in North Caro lina. left his wife, c to Columbia and married a Miss McPhersin, pleaded guil ty of bigamy in the Criminal Court. On account of "extenuating circumstances," j privately made known to the Judge, j Strube w sentwiced to imprisonment in j the penitentiary for only six months, tbe j lightest ptriible sentence. ' it. ilMrwi. : - 1 A BIG WESTERN FIGHT. The Dalton Gang Go Bank Rob bing. They Baid Two Banks in Day Light and a Fatal Battle Ensues. Parsons, Kan.? Shortly after the First National Bank of Coffeevi.le open ed its dcors, five men,drew up beforp the baok and three of them entered and with drawn revolvers ordered the cashier to hand over the money in the safe and vault The ca hier drew a revolver and fired at the robbers. A number of citi zens were attracted by the unusual sight of five mounted men in front of the baok, and when the sound of the reV&l$rer sh^ts was heard thfy rushed into bank-^ and a geneial fusilade followed. The robbers retreated from * the bank and attempted to gain the^r horse5, at the same time firing their revolvers at the citizens who were attempting to kill or capture them. In the fight six of the citizens are reported to have been killed and four of the robbers were captured. Two of the latter are mortally wounded. They are members of the famous Dalton gang. Later reports state that four of the gang were killed apd one fatally wound ed. Three cities were also killed, two fatally and one seriously wounded. The names of the killed and wounded are: Bob and Grant Dalton, Tom Heddy, and an unknown man. -Emmet Dalton is fatally wounded in his Tight lung. The names of the citizens' killed ar- : City Marshall, Charles Brown and George Cubine. Cashier Thomas G. Ayer, of the First National Bank, Lucas Baldwin, Thomas Reynolds and Alfred" Diet are seriously wounded. It appears that the robbers entered the village at 9 o'clock in the morning and separated, two of them >goiag to Cod don's bank and four going to the First Na ional. At Condon's bank the men were told by the cashier that the safe was locked by a time lock and could not be opened until 10 o'clock. They cov ered him with Winchesters and told him they would wait. In the meantime the other quartet went into the First National Bank and ordered Cashier Avers to hand over the money in the vault. At first he refused and attempted to reach his revolver. One of the gang fired a shot at him. He then handed over what money was in the safe and after placing it in a bag the gang left and tried to rejoin their confederates. The alarm had been given and citizens quick j gathered and attempted to cap ture the robbers, who were immediate!} recognized as the Dalton gang of out laws. The robbers fired at the crowd of , citizens and the shots were returned with effcct. The fighting became gen eral and bullets flew thick and fast. When the smoke of battle cleared away four of the Dalton gang w?-e lying dead on the ground, and thjpee citizens were also killed. Two of nic robbers were wounded and four citizens^ad re ceived serious bullet wouods. One oi the gang succeeded in escaping, but a mounted posse is in pursuit aud it is certain that he will be captured and in all probability will dangle from the end of a rope. The greatest excitement ex ists and it may be that the wounded i members of the gang will also vbe lynched. A Band of Robbers Kill Three Men. ! Jackson, Miss ?The city was thrown into excitemcnt by the report that, five miles west of Deny, in the southern por tion of this county, two white men nam ed Ben Watkins and J. D. Davis, und a negro, were killed by a band of four rob bers and horse thieves. Watkins and Davis keep a country s'orc, and the sup position is that the robbersattempted to rob it and that while resisting them Wat kins, Davis and the negro were killed, the 'telegiaph wires are being kept red hot in every direction and an armed posse is patrolling the principal highways. A telegram received from Edwards, 15 miles from the scene of th; murder, says that the robbers' horses were found near thnt point. They are supposed to have taken an early traiu for Vicksburg. The Virginia State Fair. j Richmond, Va. ? The second expesi- j I tion under the auspices of the Virginia j ! 8tate Agricultural and Mechanical | I Society began Thursday under more flat- j 1 tering auspices than ever. An immense [ crowd of strangers is in the city. The ' trades parade was the grandest ever seen i in the South, the line 'being several , | miles long and taking otfe hour and a I j quarter 'o pass a giren point. Dr. McBride, of Blacksburg College, ' made the opening address. The attend ance is very large. The exposition wi 1 last until the 26th, and the exhibits are particularly fine and very numerous. Business is -suspended and the occasion observed as a holiday . 1 A Rival to the Whiskey Trust. Chicago, III.? The Whiskey Trust, ! which hid controlled the market to i j spirits erer since the combine was for- j med, is about to meet the compe ition of a formidable rival Plans arealready prepared for the "erec tion o? a gmimmoth independent dis tillery at Pcorii, which four monthsheucc wiil be turning out 25,000 gallons of j spirits daily, or one-S'Xth of the entire output of the Tr? st. The parties beh'nei the deaJKare..^ Woolner of Peoria and several Eas&rs capitalists. J .. ..-.J ? f ^tbducted a Fourteen-Ysar-Old Girl. Portsmouth, Va.? W. H. Wilson, of Washington^ was arrested as he came off he ferry-boat, accompanied by Graci? Ann Alien, a 14-year old girl, whose parents reside at Cherry Hill, near Alex a dria, Va,1, on a warrant sworn out by | the gir.'s brother, William Allen, charg ing \Vils6n with abduction.. The couple , acre taken ?o the police station, and. \if:sr an examina'ion by the Major, Wil son was lodged in jail on th': charge of &4?sault. The girl cried bitterly whoa ifjuvstioned by the Mayor. South Carolina Timber. Several days since several gentlemen. ' one of whom was J. F. Anderson, of I the Charlotte, X. C., Oil & Fertiliz r j Works, were at Calhoun Falls in Sou'h ] Carolina. They were struck with th** j variety of wood to be found there. With in 100* feet of the spring^they counted the following different kinds of xvojd : Cedar, Sourjcood, Sweetgum. Sassi fra*. Ash, Plum, Persimmon, Mulberry. Whiteoak. Aider Hickory, Block Wul nut, Maple Poplar Sugarl>erry> Pine, iirch. Hedoke, Buckeye, I) -t; wood. Peach, Cherry, Elm, BlwckgumX C^in q-iepiD. . f i 'i ? . 1 - : ? ? ! :-v - .= ' ?' - *--iJ HILL BITS HiRD. I THE NEW YORK SENATOR'S HaSTERLY ADDRESS AT BUFFALO ? DEX0UNC? ING PROTECTION AND THE FORCF BILL, i Senator David B. Hill 6poke as fol {lows to an immense assemblage at Buf falo, N. Y,T I am here to-night to aid ic the pro motion of Democratic principles and to advocate the election of Grover Cleve land and Adlai E. Stevenson. No apology or explanation is qeedech for my course. For over ten years it has been my custom at each annual electica sjto appear before my fellow-citizens and contribute my share towards the discus- * sion of the political questions of the hour. You did hot believe that this campaign would prove an exception to the usual rule and you are not disappointed. & Among honorable men the loyal dis charge of political duty outweighs all ' minor considerations; and in this crisis of our country's history and in this great emergency in our party"* affairs individ ual disappointments or even alleged per sonal injustice should be subordinated in the f.aithful performance of political ob ligations, not as a mere matter of ex pediency but from a high and stern sense of duty. ? Permit me to suggest we have all , of us now a mission to fulfil. Petty jeal ousies must be dismissed; regular organi zations must be respected; party disci pline must t^e enforced ; dissensions must be healed and apathy must give way to enthusiasm, in order that the grand old party to which we are proud to belong may secure the triumph of right princi ples and work out the noble de3tio.y w"hich ought surely to await it. The control of this Government for mauy years to come by one or tne other ? of the two great political parties is the prize at hazard in the^pending contest, in which atf other Considerations should link into inaigni&SN&e. These are not merely formal words, in tendecfto arouse theTethargy or to soothe . !he wounded feelings of earnest friends, but. are a fit supplement to tl^ senti nentS\which I had the honor oi ex pies ling before the Democratic Stafo Con* rentioB at Albany in February last, im mediately after its action 'unanimously nstructing the delegates from my native 3tate to present my name as its first thrice to the approaching National con tention. I then said: "And now "you must pardon me . fhile I run counter to your feelings to ay that the choice of your next stand- * trd bearer is a matter of the very least mportance, being strictly subordinate to bat supreme object ? a Democratic Na iocal victory next November." I meant what I said on that occasion^ md I reiterate it now. The test of true Democracy is the support of regular jartv nominations, irrespective of ques dons of personal pride, one's own am bition or individual preferences. federal Taxation. The two great polHic^parties of the souctry ure divided upon the all-ira joitant subject of Federal taxation. Un just taxa'ioa is the cssence of tyranny. [< acnojs the rich, it rob3 the poor, it interrupts business activity and fosters >ublic discontent. The American Revo iUtion was largely produced by a little :ax upon tea which our forefathers re fused to pay. They iucurred the perils Df rebellion and the pains of outlawry rather thau submit to unreasonable tax ation. The best thought of the Ameri can people may well bo engaged in de vising the most equitable and compre hensive scheme for the proper distribu tion of the burdens of government. The Bubjcct becomes yearly more important as the expenses of administration an nually increase. How shall the enormous expenditures of t lie Government be provided for? How shall its necessary levenues be raised? It is conceded by both parties that the best and easiest method of real izing the needed revenue is by taxutiou upon foreign imports. It is also ad mitted that a few internal taxes should be permitted to exist, but that the main * and principal revenues should be de rived from the 'imposition, of' tariff duties. Upon this point there is no substantial division of sentiment. It is true that there are some extreme men, now ostensibly acting with the Demo cratic Party, but who do not control it3 councils or policy, who are opposed to ail tariff taxation and favor direct tax atioo as the best means of meeting our National expenditures, in substantially the same manner that our State taxes are raised. There can be no reasonable doubt thai tariff taxation will continue to be the permanent policy of the Government, notwithstanding the opinions of these sincere but impracticable theorists who advise its abandonment. TOE FRECtSE ISSUE. The dispute between the two parties arises over the extent, effect and objects of our taxation. Shall tariff taxation be imposed for revenue only or sb*ll it bo used for the purpose of losterin^ private ' "iBJifc is stating -(be question . as ; nearly ftfi I am capable of doing if? The proptv 6ition involves the powfer of the Govern ment, the true purposes of taxation, the propriety j>f the exericise of the two methods proposed, and the resui:> pro duced te<>rinc: uj on the taxpayer .m : th? coun'ry. The power of the Govern ment to raise revenue by a tarm upon imports is undisputed, but its constitu tiocal power to impose a tariff for any other ostensible purpose is questioned. 'ihe conclusive and sufficient "objec tion to a protective tariff is that it is an wbuss of foe taxing power of the Gov ernment; it compels the whole people to pay tn bate to a few; j* j3 a svstem based upon injustice ary3 unfair discrim inations. and tends to buiid up monop olies. r The Democratic position is so plain r.nd reasonable that he. who reads may understand it. It believes tbat the true and constitutional purpose of a tauff is the raising of nccessarv revenue for the support of the Government? and that is ad. Let the tariff be high or low as the needs oi the Government may require. Let it not be so high or low as to create a surplus in the Treasury. The place for .siR-plus taxe; is in rtfe pocketeof the people ?pdnot in the Federal Treasury. " ' s': * ? , ' :-! / The Republican position is that the Government should use its powers of taxation to build up prmte industries by placing tariff fates so high that they "will absolutely prohibit foreign importa tions or prevent any serious compethioe' with such industries. Toe Republicans believe that the question of revenue shbuld be a minor consideration in the forming of a tariff bill, and that the fost ering -of some industries Should -be the primary one. They shut their eye* to the fact teat they are unnecessarily inter fering with the natural laws of trade. Thct iirnofl?thc value of foreign trade or 8s-ume to believe that foreign countries will trade with us although we purchase nothing from them. They forget that reciprocity cannot be og^sided. They appeal to tbe selfishnesf of the people and to their natural jealousies of and animosities against foreign countries. The arguments of the Republicans in support of this system are inconsistent with each other, they in one breath alleg ing that a high protective tariff keeps up prices and in another breath that it ro duces them. "You pay your money and take jout ^choice." Our opponents arc as versatile and accommodating in their argument ra this respect as was tho ignorant village schoolmaster f- who had made application to teach a country school and when exam ined by the local committee as to his qualifications was asked the question ."whether the world was round or flat?" replied "that it made no difference to him that he would teach "that the world was round or flat just as the committee preferred." I eta not believe that our American manufacturers require the protection which the Republican Party eeems to be so anxious to foist upon them, especially ' , if they were provided with free raw ma- " j terials as the Democratic Party proposes to do. We are already underselling for eign manufacturers in most or many of t^marketa of the world, and if we can compete with them abroad, especially in their own markets,' there would seem to be no real necessity of taxing our people longer in order to enable our own manu facturers to compete with foreign ones at our very doors. \ All that America' needs is a free field and a fair fight in the race of Jife and she will provo invincible in nearly every department of human activity, ft is a narrow and contracted view, however, that seeks to keep our country from con tact with the commerce of the world. The Republican orator who boastingly asserts that the United States can raise and manufacture everything we need, that foreign commerce should not bit sought after or foreign markets consid ered, and that our American farmers should be content with home markets ana home price3, and that we can and should be independent of all tfie rest of ? the world, may gratify the'selfis'i and false pride of his hearers, but he only ex hibits-his igooraacc of history and his lack of comprehension of the true sources of genuine prosperity. \ THE DAVENPORT FORCE BTLL. The last step which the Republican Party took in the direction of central ized government was in the attempted enactment of the offensive and ioiquitous measure now known as the Davenport F^rce1)ill. When this bill was pending i in Congress in the summer of 1890 I had the li'onor of speaking in reference to its provisions as follows: "If the people are thorough!? aroused to the nature and iniquities of the bill, the party which has conceived it and is now hastening to enact it will be buried under an avalanche of remonstrance at thfrnext electiou." The election of that fall showed that the people were intensely arouse! and that the bill was most emphatically con demned by an indignant people. Yet immediately after that ejection the Re publicans attempted to pass the bill, but thanks to the bold stand of our I)erao j cratic Senators in Congress, aided by a | few independent and fearless Republi | cans, its enactment was prevented arjd ; the country was saved lrora its disgrace. I have read in detail the prolix and preposterous provisions of the Davenport bill, and I spsak not a* a partisan, but as cn American citizen, jealous of the lib erty which ray countiy's institutions secure for me, and devoted to the preser vation of tho simplicity of her govern mental system, when I denounce thitrtneas ure as a dangerous exercise of constitu } tional authority, a menace to our theory of | government and an insult to the people of the States. It is an arbitary act oi despot ism, justified by no precedent, made neceii-try !:.? no political condition?, but put forward solely to insure R?.pub!icjo control of Congress. j Like many other partisan conspirac'es j the Davenport bill U proposed in the name of reform, and its defenders pre J tend to find warrant for it in that pro \ vision of the Constitution which de j c'ares: . 4 'Tb? times, places and manner of hold ing ejections for Senators and. Represen tatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof ; but the Con gress may at any time by law make or | a-ter such regulations, as to places of choosing ?enafe>r*tn For a hundred yean fhis provision has remained in. Oar organic law, and no Congress has been bold enough to exer cise the undoubted right w ">ich its terms give under ccrtain extraordiaary circu:n | stances to annul State election laws and j place virtually the entire control of elcc lions of Represent at jvcs in the hands of j Federal supervisors. No Congress has ; yet been bold enough to exercise it be j causeep great emergency for which it j was ^piyned has arisen, and no Con j gress, except the last, has bad the tein ' erity to place any other construction up i on its meaning than that cut bv tao ! j convention which framed, and the pco : pie who rati6ed it. 0 j Under what authority, then, and upon ! what plea do men thus attempt to sub vert the Constitution, establish an im mense army of Federal spies, incur an expense of many millions, $tt one clais of ofucers againsS acothfr/ annul State laws and make partisan Federal ap pointees the judges of elections. There is no authority forJt and no ex cuse. It is a policy of force and pai tiiiEihrp. It is the last arbitrary resort o. an unscrupulous and tyrannical ma jority. It is the Resign of a party which, afraid to leave the question of its con tinuance in power to the free vote of the American people, is ready ^employ any Methods which will .prolong its- tenure *>f office, j _ ^ Have you thought what an political machine the enforceiaenr<<^ such a law would create? An. frrmy 150,000 workers and resources jof 000,000 for every Congressional ^election ?all in the interests of purer ^ectionslj I am astouished at the intellectual ca pacity of auv public man who /pretenq* to believe that such an exercise dfpow<jf was premejditutcd by the^m<ja; wbc *nade ojir "Constitution ; I ;im sorry for the uu- Americanism of anyi persou who does not believe such a bill as~$h$a to be' a hostale blow at our form anjl' theory of government, and I pity to* partisan prejudices which prevents pa triotic men from joining in the denuqf eiation which they must feel for suclf i uncalled-for usurpation of power; but J am swcrised at the hypocrisy of st&t m<yi whtf urge and defend it upon t ground of * pute "fractions, and I ' amazed at the audacity of politic who have devised it as a scheme of policy. REPUBLICAN CORKUPTIOyi The countyy has not forgotten ccaudalous corruption of four years ag< by wbicli ttie Kepubllcan Party into poorer. It has not forgotten th enormous sums collected from manufoc '* turers for the bribery of voters in thfJ doubtful States. It those two epistolary campaign ? the Poster ?,fat-fryitt?T1 culAr and Uudley's "blocks-pf-f letter." And it is ytet not ready to .beliave thai the chief participants in those outrageous performances and the principal benefi ciaries of this wholesale corruption are other than ? hypocrites and betrajyer* of the country's welfare. The Davenport bill, .instead of in the interest of pui^ election?, ia direct thrust at them. T^Jfcvent scenes as characterized the liection c 1888 several States have rtceatly passe reform laws which, it is n-alevrd, wiU make bribery and iutimi<J$?ionj almosi impossible. New York has such a law. Indiana there is one. Connecticut at New JerseyTEftch.have one. Nuraeroii other States now have them. JJut tL Davenport bill, if enforced/ : wouW practically render those laws although its provisions are { worded to produce an opposite ; !imj lion. I will not charge that the framera that bill deliberately intended to preve the operation of those laws in; (Fed' elections, but when we now kuaw a notoriously vererftile supervisor jof ei tions in New'York is the author of t bill, and when I heat men who : sit high places J>y virtue ot corrupted* f rages talk loudest iu their advocacy this measure,: I feel justified io the ^ piciou that the party which de thousands of voters in 1888 i# not to removing the "^obstacles to a j carnival of corruption in future tions. ' I ' ; h THB^COUSTRY UNDERSTANDS THE? PI, Oil - The features of this iniquitous bil| 1 need not describe to you. Tlio mir? recital of them is sufficient to make th^m execrable.-, j Under thqir enforcement there wtdu d be danger of riot at every poll. T le inquisitoral and arbitray powers cca-, ferred upon the supervisors of ! electl >n . would not, be tolerated at ttrnep off<v litical excitement. The couctty won practically bie paying for a hou8e-1o> house canvais in every election, disnrist, for the information and advantage of t if Republican Party. The sacred: right >f representation would depend upon tic.' integrity of n few partisan officers. T it conflict between the State and Fedeial . authority would be radical and violeiifc. $ Respect for law would be broken dol u among the ignorant. . Free efcpressi >n of the populnr wili would be.gjagged >J r horde of unscrupulous partisai ?? Race prejudice would be engendered si the South? tierce party feeling, if 101 open rebellion, everywhere, f Govern ment would be h sham; it would bt government by an oligarchy jpf offide holders. ? T If the Republicans should carry tfi? coming election there is no moral doubi thai this measure will be pressed aga-i 1. The party which has & firmly ii* trenchcd itself in power; the pedtj, which *et st defiance the will of ;tle people by arbitrarily overturning popp. lar majorities in the last Congress; which lias obtaiued the means ? of pro* fuse expenditure by legislative favorit ism; which has crcated States to in crease it3 political strength and whioh^ proposed iu the Davenport Force bill to make itself the arbiter of every Feu cral electioa? that party will not h< tate to revive this bill at the, very fiij opportunity, if a Rppublicfti Preside and a Republican Congress sHall be { result of this election. We must diligently exert ourschpil oppose this great issue of ceatral$E?ti< which certainly confronts us sents a more serious problem commercial, industrial or fin; tion, more vital to our cougfcy'ii future welfare, more essential to prwervei* tien of o ir in-titutioca. ~ . T 4 ? Six Hundred Girls Invade Richmond. Richmond, Va. ? Sjj^ hundred gi U from tbe Kifaney Work?, of [New Ycrtf, ^hich burned recently. h^vc anivcd ir Richmond, and will v.^rk hare until tile factory ih rebuilt. Some of, them a$e cheroot markers, and tome are ci^&rett makers. The latter will \v<>rk at tic Allen & Giirter establishment! the former at the Whitjock Work5 l*o?h the fac tories r feir<jd to are owned Kt d opera > t d by the Apicricau Tobaeccl Company, of which Mr. John Pope, ? f yiia citr, is vice president. This will cot inter fere with the ! cal employees, the neiv comers working at eight, jthe regular force in the day as usuil. ? A Student from Ov-jr th/2 Waves. A young Jap, fiom Yok oho ma, Japis has just etoned Oak HiJge In:- itutfr, Guilford c>;ur.tr, for the purpose of tak ing full lit-ir^ry and business courscfe. He left Yokohama on the <5th day df September and arrived nt 0;ik Riaae October 1st. Tuisis prtrhap? tbe great est dist incc ever t:*\*io<i Oy i.r.y one to enter a >~otth Carolina inslitutioa. :_4 ? ; Substantial Sympathy. Chicago, At a trade* union me. ting ia the* iatere t of tht> locked o^t men iit ilomebtcad, resolutions vftr* adopted dtttouncin"|sSHtk ati.i'^tiincgje astcaitors, and acomarittee of lwr>o y-<wi> - prominent labor men was appointed jo raise funds for thelupport of the^trikerft'