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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, lb!)(! THE PAST, THE imrn. ALONG WITH A <i LIMBIC OF THE liRGlSLATIV K PljitfifeKNT. Itcndy to He?ln theHffxth Waek'u Worh With the VlrmV Adjournment "Out of 81ght"-<"-A 8um ' ? . . mury the WorU. ) ?? ? * i ???rv ? . reduction bill. With its provisions all ore familiar. Ab to tho investigating oomraittoos, tho Clemson .oollego committee has not yet presented its report to the general assembly, but cxpecta to do bo tomor row or Wednesday. Tho public pri at* ing coinmitteo has not presented its report either, but -i?l is at work. This committee has tho bills rtlating to tho public printing in it? hands and thoy will not bo considered further until tho report is presented. ?Of course tho eleotion of a public printer is conse quently delayed. The unseating of Messrs. Gaston and Duncan wua another of too uuturua of the week in the house. Thoy aro no longer to be awn on the floor. Tho next day after the aotion was taken unseating them, om member pointed to Air. Gaston's empty ohair and re marked, with sadness. "There is au Aiken void." Both tho income tax bills have been unfavorably reported and they are far down on the calendar. There is not I much prospect, it is understood, of either of them passing. Mr. Floyd's license bill has just made its appearanoe in the house. It is a graduated licenso bill* and it- may get a diploma. Of courso no ono can tell, however, what its fate will be. One thing is certain it will havo to get jo- diploma signed by tho president of the senate, speaker of the ho so aud the governor before it can "practice." Mr. Earle'sbill to provide a aystorn of county courts has also just made its appearance. A glanoo over the above partial sum ;mary of the matters yotto bo consider ed shows very clearly that the bulk of the work is yet to be done, and it will |have to bo hard work to make auy headway. A good maoy bills will of necessity .'have to be left on'the calendar at the iflual adjournment or else the session w^l be prolonged indefinitely. Such ^eertaihly is the outlook at this atage-of fciie proceedings. ? The State, Monday Feb. 17. SOUTH CAROLINA VKTEttANS. Major Gen. O. I. Walker Issues u Gen eral Order to the South Carolina Di vision Touching Various Important Matters. Everyone knows that the South Caro lina Division of United Confederate Veterans have been invited to JUold their next annual convention^* -Charles ton. The convention ^HHneet on the 22d of April next, and Charleston wiU -give the old so(($iers the warmest wel come that thoy have ever had. Adjutant General and Chief of otlrtL, Capt James G Holmes, acting under Major Gen C I Walker, lias just issued t?e following general order to tbe old soldiers of South Carolina: $outh Carolina Division U. C. V. , Charleston, S. 0., February,, 12, 1896. #eneral Orders No. 18. 1: The annual Convention of the Sonth Carolina Division U. C. V. will be held in Charleston, commencing April 22, 1896. All camps are request ed to send full delegations, as the mating promisee to be one of ujmsual interest. Wo meet in OKarfeeipu at the invitation of ita people, and their whole-souled welcome and hearty hos pitality are so marked that our com redes, may feel sure that everything will be done for their pleasure and to ? add to the interest of this reassembly . of thoee who, in 1861, rushed to Charleston's defense. Ther people of Oharleetoh are anxiousio show in some slight degree their high appreciation and knowledge their obligations to the sons of South Carolina and of the Con* federacy, who so gallantly Afendqd the city from 1801 to 1865. All comrades, whether -Appointed delegates or not, are entitled to partici pate in the meeting of the Convention and share its privileges. _ 2. Thatthis division may have its full vote at general .meeting of. the V. C. V. it is necessary that a&Ques of its various oampabe paid. The loca tion of tbe Buttle Abbey of the South and other important matters will likely come up at the next general meeting at Riobmond, to it will be very desir able tbst South Carolina shall then have tbe influence her strengtjp/givee her when all hor Camps areata good standing. Tbe fiscal year of the U. C. V. (this does not refer to dues to this division) commences April 1. The per capita tax of 10 cents per member for the year ending Adril L, 1896, and for .any previous years not paid, mast be paid before April 1?- 1896, to en title a camp to^vota at the Biohmond meeting. Special attention is called to this and all camps are urged to pay these duee in time. /" *8. It is with regret that the announ cement-Is made that MajoV Theodore G. Barkef, who was elected brigadier general of the 1st brigade at the Nov ember Convention, declined the posi tion, which he w?*uld have so? worthily filled. Owing to the nesrness of on* next meeting the ele?tion for this oflloe has been postponed to that meetiog. By command of Major Gen. C. ~X~ " Walker. Jam. G. Hours, AdjnjMt General, Chief of Staff. Merles I Waste to Ksperlatetit la Na val Warfare. The JpeaksrlsM before the House eonem. ?lastloas froa Becietsiy Herbert riqeesttac as f Ij^ininiii of wmjtmto mM the Haval Sspaxtsseat te test methods oft brow lag Mffc ecplsdhras fee* gaas esi board sftfpe THE SENATE ; AND HOUSE. SOUTH CAROLINA'S ^AW MAKKKS AT WORK. Wlmt They Ar? I>otn# In (he Way of Making aud Chaugtug Law*. *? TBK SUN AT?. Twenty-third Day. ? In tho Seuutc on Wednesday tlio bill relating lo feos of tbo Secretary of $tato pfta^od it? third reading with aouic clerical amendments. Tho following' third reading bills then passed in quick succession A liouso bill to fix the time for hold iug court in tho Fifth circuit. To regulate fishing; to require a license of poraous fishing for prollt in other couuties than their own. Honse bill relative to the suspension by th<S govornor of oortain publio ofBccrs. Relative to sheriffs' writ1 books. House bill to dovolvo tho duties of the register of memo conveyauoes upon tho clerka of oourt. ^ ' A number of bills passed seoond reading, y Tho onl^n^w bill introduced was a bill to incorporate the Epworth orphan age and to prescribe the duties of the board of trustees thereof. Twenty-Fourth Day. ? In the Hen ate Thursday thebill "to regulate the appointment of suljordinate officera fix the department of Stat?" was passed. It reads as follows: Section 1. That from and after the approval of this aot it shall not bo law ful for any person at the hoad of iu any department of this government to appoint to any offioo or position of trust or emolument under bis control or management any person rolntod or oonneoted with him by consanguinity or afflhity within the sixth degree. An effort to reduce tho nnmbor of township oommisfiionerB failed. A large number of bills were report ed without recomihondation, and quito a number of seoond reading bills wore passod. - On motion of Mr. Jifird, tho board of health bill kitlod on Wednesday, was reoonaider^d and plaoed on the calendar. TvrBNTY-FiFTH Pat.? In the Son ate Friday the judiciary committee, to whom are referred the hoi.ee amend ment* to the senate bill for the formation of now conhties, recommen ded non-concurrence in tho amend Tneufcw, and asked for a coinmitteo of conference. ? The bill providing for tho appoint ment Of committees to examine* the State offices at th& . annual sessions of tho general assembly was finally passed. The following passed third reading: To amend an aot entitled an o'Act to xegulatc the foreclosure of mortgages of real estate." To amend an act to regulate traffio in aeed cottyn. ? House bill to amend section5 of "an act to further rogulate nhd provide for the admission and discharge of patients in tho lunatic asylum ?0d promote tho I management of the Bame," approved December $4th, 1894. Twenty-Sixth Day.? There was on ly a 40-minntes session of the Senate on Monday night. A message being received from the House that the Houne insisted on its amendment to the bill providing for the formation of now counttes and asking for a committee of conference, Senators O'Dell and Moses were ap pointed on the committee. ti These passed third reading : A joint House resolution to require the penitentiary authorities to furnish a certain number of oonviota to tho re gents of the State hospital for the in*, sane. To inoorporate the Epworth orphan age of the South. Carolina conference (of the Methodist Episcopal ohureh, south) and ^prescribe the power and duties .of the board of managers and truBtees thereof. These seoond reading billa paused: Honse bill to declafo tho liabilities of corporations for .injuries sustained by persons while iu their employment, Declaring embezzlement of State, county and school funds a felony, and defining the punishment therefor. Only one new bill was introduced follows : To permit grand juries (po employ an expert accountant, anti Y to provide compensation therefor. ' Twenty-Skvent Day.? In the Senate Tuesday the several amendments mado by the House in the bill for tho cor poration of towns of less than 1,000 inhabitants were agreed to, and the bill was ordered engrossed for ratifica tion. ' ? A bill was introduced to declaro tbo law relative,; to the interchange of freight" between common carriera in this State. The Senate devoted most of tho day, to the oonsideration of the to%4.i| bin. " ~ VO The houae. sent over a concurrent resolution that both houses adjourn on Friday night on iaoouot, of Saturday Iteing Washington's i'jrtbdM' and that they stand adjourned Monday at 12 o'clock. The resolution was re ceived as information f#d laid on the <a*l* --Senator Sloan, who had Jo^t return ed from Cleasson OoUege, sail he wo# earpri? d when he saw the magnitede of the oollege *nd the excellent man Of .. ft his expectations aad Ida 4^^ ^ *?-- - Ia ifin if i wpp 9i w umiiwi iitt SJBHi ' THE HOUSE. I TwKNTv-FjFrH Day. ? lu the Houao Wednesday t ho > following now bills ! Mere presented. Providing certain righto and powers for mining corporations. i To Ux tho number of (lays of road duty and tho cow inutution tax. lioluting to fishing "with somes iu tho streams of the Ktato. delating to tho appointment of county aud othor officials. Tho following passed their third reading and were ordered to be aont to the Bonate: i To authorize aud empower oities, towns amPother municipal corporations , to issue negotiable coupon bond* lor the refunding or payment of bonded indebtedness existing at tho time of i tho adoption of the present Constitu tion. To further auaeud seotion 2128' of tho goueral statutes relatiug to oirouit courts iu this) State, so as to provide for speoial court# aud special judges. To regulato tho sale of drossed beef, veal and mutton iu this State. To reduce the salaries of tho Stato ofUcors, olerke aud employes theroin named. Tho registration bill wag dieoussod at length. 'A #ood many favorable reports wero presented ut the night sersiou. An unfavorable roport wan presented on Mr. Goodwill's bong bird bill. t. . An unfavorable roport wjih also pre fiontoil on tho bill toregnlato the Bale of ootlon BtJOd meal in this Stato. A similar report was made on the bill to ri'gnlato tho movemout of trains over connecting lines, eto. Tho bill to require the Stato treasurer to transmit ninthly to the State liquor conftnissiouer a statement of dispen sary warrants paid by him, was taken up, slightly amended and ordered to a third reading. The bill to crcato tho oflioo of Stato gerdogiat, eto., was taken up and promptly killed. Tho bill to , provide for the formation of new eountioqwas taken up. Some slight amendinciitB wero made. Thovo wp? more or less disouBsion on the amendment. " Thcro was considerable talk about Mr. Gams' proposition to refuse the old counties representation on tho boards of commissioners of eleotion. Tho resolutions on the calendar re lating to tho final adjournment and tho last day for introducing new bills wero tabled. Inasmuch as there baa been consid erable talk about the statement made on the floor of the House in the debate on tli<\ salarjrTreduction bill, that the State liquor commissioner had said that haf^&a williug to aooept the re duction of 'salary, the following state ment made by the commissioner before tbo committeo is given. He said: "Geutlemon of the committee ? I thank you for tho invitation to ap peal- before you. I am, gentlemen, a* informer, and am willing to submit to {he action of the Beform party, of whom you are the > representatives. Should you decide to reduoe my salary I will bow in humble submission, and promise you that I will not approach any one in the interest of making any ehange from suoh amount you may see fit to re co turn en (J. ' My opinion on these matters is that if the salary \is so low that I cannot keep the office, I can only gracefully retire. I know full well, gentlemen, there are many others 'who are at least as. well qualified to discharge the duties of the office I now hold as I am, and I repeat Ah*t if from any cause I should s vr fit to vacate, the State would be ?one the loser; but, gentlemen, I do \ wish to bring to your attention te fact that my bookkeeper's duties are hard and in tricate? ofteen lasting till late hours ? into tho night? for him I ask that you will atl . east place his salary equal to tho most expert bookkeeper in the State house." Twbntt -Sixth Day. ?In tho House Thursday several new bills were intro duced. Among them wero tho follow ing: Relating to the preparation of jury lists. ? - To amend the aot providing for the drawing of juries. ^ delating to the assessment of prop erty for taxation. y'As to publishing the report* of coun ty treasurers. A good many matters were received j from tho?anate and disposed of with out delay. The following were tbqn passed to a third roading and ordered to be tout to the senate: * Mr. Thomas' bill to require^the State treasurer to transmit monthly to the Slate liquor oommiseionor a statement of dispensary warrants psid by him. Sen'ate bin* to. provide for the forma tion of new counties. Mr. Phillip*' bill to regulate the as sessment and collection of taiee aad /the opening of streets in towns of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Tba-P4?abody- joint -resolution ? was unanimously ord^rra to a third read ing. . f An nn favorable report was presented on the bill reg erding mining oorpor aUons. "t\,< A large number of bijjiii were favor ably reported, a^lljtf?ti?m being "Mr. Patton's varehouMj mil. / _ Mr. Gedsden'*^bill /relating to the adoption of ohildretrwis unfavorably reported and the bill was rejected. ' The house then took np the con current resolution, resting to the ap pointment of a committee to report upon the status of the railroads in this State, and it was ordered to a third reading without debate. The Hll to esesspt active til Ih* IkafctJagitti The bill to regulate tho purchaso of bookt* fur tho Stato library wuk taken up, u flight ooinmittee umoinliuout was agreed to, and thou tho bill was order ed to a third rending. The bill to prohibit uon-re&utootgl from tlshing aud gattatiug oya torfc^na terrapins withiu (he limit* of tho State, oxoept upou oortaiu conditions, was slightly ameudod by tho oommittegaud thou ordered to a third reading. Twenty-Seventh .Day.-- Tho Hon no spent most of Friday in discussing tho annual appropriation bill, aud with several amendments it wna passed. The following new billa woro intro duced: To allow eouutioa to form sinking funds for tho purpose of getting on a oa?h basis. To allow the Stato librarian to dis pose of certain books in the Stato library. To repeal the nnti-froo-pas* aot. Tho following billa then passed their third reading and wero ordered sent to the sonato: To regulate the purchase of books for tho State librarj'. To amend eootion 1033 general stat utes, being section 387 revised stat utes, so as to iuclude hunting, shoot ing and ihhing. , To prohibit non-residents from flsh ing ana gathering oysters uua ter rapins withiu tho limits of tho Stato except upou certain conditions. The ways and meaus committee1 bill to provide for the disposition of the profit of tho State from tho State dispensary, * Senate joint resolution authorizing the govornor to extend an iuvitatiou to the othor Southern States to unite iu ereotiug a monument to tho late George Peabody. . Tho committee on federal relations reported tho following substitute for Mx Fowjer's concurrent resolution in regard to Senator Tillman's recent apeeeh. .. Whereas, we buvo read with much pleasure and pride tho spoeoh of our junfor United States Senator, tho Hon. B. Tillman, delivered in tho United States Sonato on tho financial polioy of our government, bo it Resolved by tlio House of Represen tativefrof thojjltate of South Carolina: 1. That tifo thanks of this house are hereby tendered him for the able and fearless manner iu which ho expressed the wishes aud sentiments of his con fltituents. . 2. That a copy o$ tho preamble and resolution bo suitably engrossed and forwarded by tho clerk of this house to him at Waebingtou, D. <J. Messrs. ttuist, Winkler and Tyler "were appointed on a committee on con ference tho county government bill. An unfavorable report was made on Mr. Johusou's dieting bill. If TwKKTt-EionTH D at.? In tho Houne on Saturday there was n lively fight over an oppropriation fdr the State fair, whioh was refused and much time was spent in preventing a clincher being put on it. , The following now bills were intro duced, being the last that can come in except from committee : To require a licenso for all kinds of pochpationn^ businesses, trades and professions. JL To provide a system of county courts in the State. hove been prelly thoroughly presente To amend the charter of the Oaro* Una Midland railway. To regulate the fees and cost* of certain county officials ? To repeal section 1 of the act relat ing to the salaries of the clerks, sheriffs and school commissioners of this State. Belatmgto the repairing of all churoh and mill roads in this State. ' - To amend the act relating to the fay of laborers. To regulate the method of changing the name of any town or village iu.l -The following bills passed their third reading and were ordered to be lent to tha senate: , Mr. McSwconey'a bill to amend the law relating to the militia. Mr. Thoinus* bill relating to the pow ers of mnnicipalaionrtH. Mr_ Thomas' bill to provide for tho establishment and MtppOrt of a State reformatory for youthful criminals was taken up and Mr. Caughiimn moved to itrike out the enacting wo 'ds nud the motion to fctriko out was adopted. Twenty- Ninth Day. ? In the House. Monday the following third reading bills were passed: Requiring certified copies of par dons to bo filed wilhHho clerks of the oirouit courts of this State. To change the time that the county board of commissioners shall submit their annual report. To amend section 320 of the general statutes of South Carolina 1892, being section 881 of tho revised statutes 1803, volume 1, in reference to pay of the militia* when ordered ont. Tho five minutes rule was adopted in tho house. 0 ' ' Tbii?ti*th Day.? In tho . House T ueaday conai d er abl o time was con sumed in the discussion of three bills. MrN Lofton's Charleston and Berkley oonntv bill, which finally passed in an eni xju ?ted form; Mr. Manning's An iralian ballot bill, which ho offered a substitute for Judge Townsend'a election bill, and which, after nn ?ble debate was slaughtered, and Mr. To.wntend'a 8-b<?x elnction bill, which WAS p*M6d. The following third rCfcding bills ' paased: . '* . Joint resolution to authorizo the su perintendent of the State ponit^ntfSTy*. to borrow money upon thVJleaq Pi a n tattot and to ao rtgage tho aaUo. . Senate bill to provide for theoor* of town* of leee than 1,000 ? 2?%l3J?05im tJf1? nasi sin . . . . r ~ * V jgyjt To amend seotton 40 of an act enti tled Mau net to provido a system of county government for tho several counties of the State," approved Jan. 4. 1894, being section 657 of the revib* ed stiit ut oft of 1803. Spooial order No. 280, being Mr. Shuiuan's bill relative to the salaries of oouuty oftloera was recommitted. Tho senate bill to deolaro the law ^n reference to commissioners aud mana gers of eleotious was then taken up and pawed. The Hojaoo reconsidered and granted the appropriation o?ked by the State Fair Company. Mr. Tow use nd offered tho following as a substitute for sootiou Oof tho.elec tion bill, and it was agreed to: Sodtion 0. At the geueral oleetion for the year 1806 and all special elections thereafter held up to January 1, 1808, tho manage^* of election shall reqniie of every elector offering tovoto at suoh election, before allowing him ' to vote, in addition to tho production of a registration certificate, proof of pay ment of poll tax six months before said election of any poll tax then due aud payable. After January 1, 1808, they shall require of any elector oft'eritig to voto at any election, before,/' allowing him t.> vote, iu addition to tlfo produc tion of a registration certificate, proof of tho payment of all taxes, including poll tax ass,fssod against him iiud col loctablo during the previous war. The production of a cerUtlcatC ox of^tbo re oeipt of the officer authorized to eojloet such taxes shall bo conclusive proof of tho payment of tjio same. J \ ? / <$> DOCKtWd TIUU INDIANA. 8h? Will Test the Capacity of the I'ort ltpyal l'luut. A substantial notion of what the In diana battled with on her spoed trial will bo shown when, in n few days, that ship goes into tho newly finished dry dock at Port Royal, South Carolina; then, too, can bo gauged how much more might have been 'added to her Bplondid performance aud tho exche quer of her builders had she gouo forth with her bottom wholly freed of aqua tic vegetation. The dock, a woodon one,, was begun three years ago, and, with ccrtaiu needed idterations suggested by the tesl-dockiugof the monitor Amjihitrito^ lias been pushed to completion within tho present year. Tho structure an extreme length of 106 feet, a floor or bottom length of 150 feet, a^d an extreme breadth of 07 feet. The depth of sill at high water is 26 feet/ with a Variation ot 2.5 feet between, the^rdi nary spring and tho neap l^*?n tides. A poouliar feature of thejffock is tho tarconorote filling behi'ft^ftho bides, or altars, by which tho Jmsin is made praoti.cally Water-tight^ Two centrifugal p*(fnp s, withu moan individual discharge of 85,000 gallons a minute, will drain the dock, requir ing for that service something over an hour and u half. With certain modi fications demanded by tho navy de partment, the dock was built after the Slant of O. von Nerta, by Jvstiu Mo arthy, the contractor, both Washiug* tonians.j ? Toda^this dock is the only com pleted o'no iu tho Uuited States able to taae in Que'of our first class battle ships, and the strategic meaning of this becomes more marked when it is knowu that the ' next nearest is that at Halifax, Nova Scotia, whioh, by tho law of neutrality and the limited time allowance, would bo denied us in a season of hostilities. The admission of tho Indiana will try to the utmost the possibilities of the dock, aud establish the soundness oi a Very vital factor in tho mainten ance of 0ur. line of battle's eiliciehoy, while widening our resources ? desid erata strongly emphasized by Chiof Constructor Hichborn iu bis paper on "Experience Gained with our New Steel Ships." ? Harper's Weekly. THK BIO TOBACCO TKUHT. The Net UarniDgi for the Year After Efeductlng Kxpenses Neurly 84,000,000. ? The annual' meeting of tbo American To-'| b?cco Company was bold In Newark, N. J. Share* to the amount of 370,000 of tho 477, ?bOO were represented. The meting approv ed the manner la whloh the board of direc tors had conducted the business during (he year, and ordered that wnte of the annual Cftoctlng be changed frdm the second Wed. nesday In February to the second Wednes day In May. Several chofages In the rules were made. / The Treasurer In bis report says: The net earnings of tho year! after deducting ali charges and expenses ol all kinds, vttm $3, 971,521, out of which ttiere have I xtTtt do clarod lour quarterly dividends of two pur conteachon the pref?riod ?lock amounting to #978,440, leaving #8,918.081.65 to\bo ap piled to the surplus account and the payment of dividends on Its eommoVetoek-? 'A nine Kr cent dividend on Its conTffion stock has m declared. Tbla amounts to $1, 611, 000 The terms of the directors wore extended to as to suit the new date for the annual meet "^'he directors elected wore /or three Lewis O Inter, James B. Duke, BenJ. N. Duke, Wo, A. Xarburgy George A rent*. For two fears? Geo. W. Watts, W. II. Butler, John ope. For one year? Geo. W. Gate, James. G. ButiMyJeh* Poerhoefnr, Joalah i*rO?x?, ' The directors met and fo-eleoted James B. Duke as president. The other officers wets also re afceted. 4 TDK WALLER TILLMAN DlvKlCM>a jfbjSfcLlT. i ??*??? ? ? Tells "Tho NVirld" That Ho is Morf Hluuetl Against Thau Sliming. Cliulleiiaca lleply (<? Ilia ?o Specch. "? Senator B. R, Tillman has written j? the following letter to tho New York World: "My uniform rnlo has boon to treat criticisms with siloneo. I break that rulo now for a purpose, and that is to challenge thoso who have found bo umohto condemn in my reoont *i>eoch ? iu the senate to a trial before ..tho jury of thoir reader*, id which I ouu have at leant a show of justieo. > Tho New York Times oditorially to.rms me "? filthy baboon, " the New York Evening Post "a political AnarohUt," The World baa need tho word "blather skite," the Philadelphia Reooyd oalls mo "tho ohioftain of A^archista" and the Qlobo of St. Paul Bays: This follow briuga to tho senate, tho unsavory r - ord ho tuade in his b'tuto, a character tattooed with dishonesty." "These aro a few of tho parliamenta* ry aud elegant phrases employed, by the polite and refined oditbrH oMsoine of tho foadintf newspapers ns npplied to myaolf. They havo nofroad my apeeoh, they da'ro not publftu it In full, and, batting their criticisms upoa a J few - garbled extract* in which I used strong language to express iudiguatiou ana contempt, they auk the pooplo of the country to render a verdict against me as a coarse. TmTtal*,. ignorant blaok guard. "All tho words and phrasos whioh occur in the speech to which thoy take c exception do uot exceed a dozon. They noither add to noitftako from tho er guments and foote as presented. Not a single one of thom is unparliament ary, and frequently, in tho same sen-^ . ate, language as violeht, as coarse and as brutal has boon uttered in the past by a dozen men whose names are writ ton high in our country's history. "If my language was unparliament ary and indecent, why did no senator cull me to order ? If tho ohurges were - untrue, why has no senator answered them? Ir it unparliamentary to tell tho trnth? Aro we sunk to that low estate that falsehood and treachery and oflicialdishouesty cannot bo mentioned without calling down an avalanche of abifto aud slander? ssWhat other sena*' tors have whispered among theaaselra I I have spoken aloud and in plain t words. What a majority of the people of the oouutry havo t^onght ana felt! / have utterod. * 0 "This is the atiraof my Offending, ag4 the hireling editors and reporters who now dograde'the so-called freedom of the press to so despicable a level may flatter themselves that they create ana control publio opinion, bat the . thousands of'iettei a that have poured in on meJro m every Quarter of the Union, mostly from the north, and from men engaged in eve*y. purstftfta life, have given me assurance? thattS3; 1 scales are falling from the eyesof the people end that the truth, bravely told, has a sweekand wholesome sound. The American pi&o pleas a whole, the 4 'great oommon people/' love tbe^trntb, they love their country. Th*y despise traitors and thieves and coward* jt Ik a large mass to move, but the leavan is at work, and the issue la joined* and the result wHU* known on th* ^ ^ election. - "So far as I am individual^ ed, and so far ae myaj od, I care ?otbi?)^&il_ on mi-, and thank my- critics for < ing attention to my utterances, Wi my faots and arguments ^ave been I proved I will apologize^ Until ( deawnny rtflmanrta Hiat men whft il . m&for speaking the ttuth should their readers see it and judge for themselves, or reserve their epftfcjla for men cf their own kind who dreed ; the truth and love cowardice. "If there is no need of reform, re form #ill not come. If T represent nothing but ignorance end aiiarchy, ' why was I elected governor of South Carolina>**ot by such overwhelming majorities? Fos?fonr years, aa eseea tive, fought and abused - by eoryoM' tions and banks and their lair newspapers, why did my State me to the senate by a vote of 18- , of a total of ICO in tho general aesem bly? Daring these four ydnrm. State advanced iu material growth inoreaseef taxable values more than in any previous period in tory. I apent $500,000 in the t and equipment of two of the oollegeo for the industrial, and normal training in the so for eaoh aex. And the Oonsti convention, with whioh I ha<T c^eal to do, fixed constitutional as to double the free school fundf saloons have been b4nishe3" f State, while tbree*foarthof the _ if not more, are firm supporters new method of handling traffic. Theae facts, which* <Bnaot be sneezed at nor <? Anarchists don't write suek "I have never ahi Ings of newspaper e na o?Staie omtiat] to do so in the broader my commission from transferred me. Xf it: of this great republic level of Bbsae wmmta