The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 21, 1892, Image 1
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CAMDEN, S. C? FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1892.
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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
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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 $500,000
in addition/ was exchanged by veterans
themselves st the Treasury and banks
for new moucv.
A Bigamist Let Off Light.
Columbia. S. C ? Wm. P. Sirube, i
8li*s Wt.ito, who carried in North Caro
lina. left his wife, c to Columbia and
married a Miss McPhersin, pleaded guil
ty of bigamy in the Criminal Court. On
account of "extenuating circumstances," j
privately made known to the Judge, j
Strube w sentwiced to imprisonment in j
the penitentiary for only six months, tbe j
lightest ptriible sentence.
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A BIG WESTERN FIGHT.
The Dalton Gang Go Bank Rob
bing.
They Baid Two Banks in Day
Light and a Fatal Battle
Ensues.
Parsons, Kan.? Shortly after the
First National Bank of Coffeevi.le open
ed its dcors, five men,drew up beforp the
baok and three of them entered and with
drawn revolvers ordered the cashier to
hand over the money in the safe and
vault The ca hier drew a revolver and
fired at the robbers. A number of citi
zens were attracted by the unusual sight
of five mounted men in front of the
baok, and when the sound of the reV&l$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
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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'