The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 17, 1896, Image 4
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X|IB DEMOCHATIO I'liATFOUM,
?At Adopted by* th? National Oonveu.
tlou In Session at Chicago.
Wt* the Democrats of tho United States, la
rational convention assembled, do ^nftluu
our allegiance to those gjrat ?Moutlal princi
ples of justloo and lllwrtySt^ou which our
inatltutlons aro fouuded, afh* -^jrhloh the
Democratic party baa udvooatod from Jeffor
A son's time to our ownf frw>don\ of spoech,
freedom of the prow, freedom of conaoloneo,
tlio prettrvatlon o < personal the
equality of all citizens before thelaw, and tho
faithful observance of constitutional limits
^During all theao frenra tho Democrats
Durty ban resisted tluftendouoy of aolflah in
terests to tho central/Ration of government
power, and stead faatly raalntolos tho ^Krl
ty of tho dual acbomo of government estab
lished by the founders of thla republio of re
public. Under Ita guidance and toaehluK?
Ihe great principle of local self-govornmout
has/found Its beat expression In tho malnton
aitop of the rights of tho States mid Indts as
u nyrtlou of tho necessity of eynflnliw J ?
V general government to tho eioreiao of tho
? oowera granted by the eonutirutlou of th
Tim ^oonatitutlou of the kited States
guarantees to every citizen tho rVgUtaof civil
* and rellglou# llberfv. Tho Democratic party
has alway? been tho exponent of political
liberty and rollgloua freedom, and It renews
ita obligation* and reaffirms ita devotion to
tiicBO fundamental principles of tho conatitu
t,0Rocogulilng that the money question i?
paramount to all othera at thla }iloe, wo in
vito attention to the fact that tho >dcral
c.X*u.y,r.:i'.T. is2 sMte
Jffi ss? &
silver dollar tho monetary uult and ftdm dtted
gold to froe ooluugo at a ratio bused upon
1 k> Wo 'doc la r o t h a t tho act of 1873, domonetft^,
luK nllvor without tho knowledge or npnroTHl
of the- American people, baa resulted In tho
appreciation of gold ami a corresponding
falfin thoprlooa ol commodities produced by
tho pooploj a heavy increase in tho burden of
taxation ami of all debts, pub lo nqd prlvntoi
the enrichment of the mouey-londlng c asa at
home and abroad; tho prostration or indus
try and tho Impoverishment of tho people.
We are unalterably opposed t<> mono- met
nlllsm. whloh has locked faat tho prosperity \
of an luduatrlnl people in the paralysis o f |
hard tlmes^" - tlold mono-inejalllsm is a
llrltlah poltoy artd Ita adoption has brought
othor nntiopa into financial sevltudo to Lon
don. It Is hot only un-American hut antl
Amnrlenn and It can bo fastened on tho
Unltod States only by stilling that aplrit and
lovo of liberty which proclaimed our politi
cal independence in 1770 and won It In tho
war of the Itovolutlon.
Wo demand tho free and unlimited coinage
of both ailver and gold at tho present legal
ratio of 10 to 1 without watting for tho aid or
consent of any other natlpu. Wo demand
that the standard ailver dollar ahall be a full
legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts
nubile and prlvato. and wo iavor such legis
lation aa will prevent for tl?o future the (Jo
in o&e'!/.at VOjn ol any of legal tender
monsv hv ortvato contract.
Wo aro opposed to tho policy and practl.-o
of surrendering to tho holdora of the obliga
tions of the Unltod Btatos tho option reserved
by law to tho government of redeeming sucli
obligations in eithor sllvor coin or gold coin.
Wo are opposed to tho issuing of intorest
\bearlng bonds or tho United States In time
\>f peace, and condemn tho trafllelug with
Xauklng ayudlcatea which, in exchange for
I bonds and at an ouormous prolit to thorn
/ solves, supply tho Federal Treasury with
/ gold to maintain tho policy of gold mono
motaMlsm. - , ,
Congress alono haw tho power to coin an.
Issue money and President Jackson declared
thai their iiowor couhl not bo (U'Uwitou to
corporations or Individuals. We therefore
denounce tho Issuance of notes intondod to
circulate as money by national banks as In
derogation of tho constitution, and wo de
mand that all paper which is made a legal
tender for public and private debts or which
is receivable for duos to tho United States
phal I bo issued bv tho govornmontof the Uni
ted States and ahall be redeemable in coin.
Wo hol-i that tariff duties should ho levied
for the purpose of rovonuO, such duties to bo
ho adjusted as to operate equally throughout
the country and not discriminate between
class or soction. and that tuxatlon should be
llmltod by tho noods of Itho goverfunont,
homatly ami ooonomically admlnfstoro?l.
Wo denounce ae disturbing to businois tho
itnuubllcan throat to reftoro tho MoKlnloy
law\S?Uleh has twice bcon condemned by tho
people Ifi national electlo:is, and which, on
ncted under tho false idea of protection to
homo Industries, proved a prolific breeder of
trusts and monopolies, enriched tho few at
tho oxftenso of thoinaiiv, restricted tradoaml
dopriviW-tko producers of the great Ameri
can Btaples^NMJCCfifi ?o their natural markets.
Until tho 'mouoyntfostlon Is settled wo aro
opposed to any agitation for further changes
In our tariff laws except such as are necessary
to meet tho dollclt In revenue caused by tho
ndverso decision of the SupreuiSj Court on
tho income tax. But for this decision by the
Supreme Oourt there would bono deficit in
tho revenue under the law passed by a Dem
ocrat Congress In atrb-t pursuance of the
' uniform dccbiona of that court for nearly
one hnudrcd years (hat court having in that
decision sunthinod constitutional oblectlons
to Its enaptmont which had previously betm
overr?U?l by tho ablest judges who have
ovor fcftt on tho boucli. NVo declftrothftt it Is
the duty of Congress to use all the cbnstitu
tional power which reinnlns after that de
cision or which may como from its reversal
l>y tho courts as it may hereafter be consti
tuted so thnt the bunions of taxation may
bo equally and Impartially laid to the on<l
that wealth may bear its duo proportion of
the expenses of the government.
Wo hold that the most elllclont way of pro
tecting American bit or la to provunt the im
portation of foreign pauper labo^o compete
with it in the homo market and tfiat the value
of the home market to our American farmers
and artisans is greatly reduced by u villous
monotary system which depresses the prices
of their products below the eost of produc
tion, ami thus deprives them of tho means \of
purchasing tho products of our home n an*i
racturors, and as labor creates the wealth ol ]
the country, we demand the passngo of sueli
laws aa may be necessary to protect it in all
its rights.
Wo aro in favor of the arbitration of differ
ences buiween employers engaged in Inter
state commerce and their employes, and rec
ommend such legislation as is necessary to
carry out this principle.
The absorption of wealth by the few. the
consolidation of our lending railroad systems |
and the formation of trusts and pools require j
a stricter control by the Federal government J
of theso arteries of commerce. Wo demand ,
the enlargement of tho powers of the inter- |
State commerce uommhslountid such restric- :
tiou* and guarantees In the control ? ? f ruil- !
roads as will protect the people from robbery 1
and oppression.
Wo denounce the proillga'e waste of tho '
money wrung from the poopio by oppressive J
taxation and the lavish appropriation of '
recent Republican Congresses, which have i
kept taxes high while the labor thnt payj j
them Ib unemployed and tho products of tin i
people's toll arc cjo.trossod in price till tho j
uo longer repay the o >st of pio Miction.
We demamt a return to that simplicity nn.l
peonomy which bellts a Democratic govern
ment and a reduction In tho number of ti?e- |
less ortlcers, the salaries of which drain tho |
substance of the people.
Wo denounce arbitrary Interference tiy j
Federal authorities in local a ff airs as a viola !
of the constitution of the I "nited States and j
ii crimo against free Institutions, and we es
pecially object to government by injunction
ns a now and highly dangerous form of op- i
presslon by which Federal judges, in con
tempt of the laws of the States and rights <>f
citizens, become at once legislators, i?elg<t<
and executioners, and we approve the bill
passed at tho la^t sosslou of the butted
Mood pure and your ncrve.i strou^; iklnj;
Moods
Sarsaparilia
The best? In f*?t Onajpr*- ftloo I I'urin r.
Vood'0 pills cnrobHlousn?.'*, head no hr. ?.Vi
< J
Htatos Henato anil now pondlug In tho House
of liepresentntivos to contempts lit
Courts unci providing trials by Jury iu cer
tain ce see of eonteupt.
No discrimination should bo Indulged by
tho government of the United Htatos in favor
of any of its debtors. Wo opprovo of the re
fusal of the Fifty-Third Congress to pass t ho
.J'aclllii It nil road funding bill ami denounce
tru^ efforts of tho present ltopublloau Cou
gresa to enact a similar measure.
Recognizing tho Just claims of deserving
Union ftoldiorft. wo heartily endorse the rule
of the present Commissioner of Pension* that
no n a ares ?ha)J bo arbltrurily dropped from
the pension foil; aud the fact of enlistment
and service /houhl bo detuned coosiuslro ev
idence ugatiist dlscu&o and illnabllit y before
enlistment.
We favor the admission of the
territories of Now Mexico,. Arigonua aud
Oklahoma as Htatcs and we favor the
early admission of all the territo
ries* having the necessary population and
resources to Ontltlothem to Rtatehood, and
while they remaiu Territories we hold that
the officials appointed to admini-der tho go v
ment of any Territory, together with the
District of Columbia and Alaska, should be
bona ilde residents of the Territory or Dis
trict in which the duties are tQ. be per
formed. <
The Domoorntio party beliovos in home
rule ai d that all puulio lands of the United
Htatcs should bo apportioned to the <>t*tahlish
ment of free homes for American citi/.ens.
We recommend that the Territory ofdVlaska
bo granted a Delegate to Cnngress aim th.it
the general land and timber laws of the
United Htatcs be extended to said Territory.
The Monroe doctrine, as originally declared
and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents,
is a permanent part of tho foreign policy of
the United Htatcs, ?ud niutjt at all times be
maintained.
Wooxtond our sympathy to the people of
Cuba In their heroic struggle for liberty aud
independence.
Wo are opposed to life tenure In the public
service. We favor appointments based upon
ttnerit, fixed terms or office, aud such an ad
ministration of tho civil sorvioo laws all will
afford equal opportunities to all citizens t>f
ascertained fitness.
Wo declare it to bo the unwritten law of j
this republic, established by custom and
usage of one hundred years aud sauetlonod
iiy tho examples of the greatest and wjsest of
those who founded aud have maintained our
government, that no man should be 'eligible
"for a third term of tho presidential office. *
Tho Federal government should care for
and improve the Mississippi rlvor and other
great waterways of tho republic r o n<5 to se
cure ^ir the Inter'or Htatcs ?<asy and cheap
transportation to tide-water. When any
waterway o( the republic is of sufficient Im
portance to demand aid of the government
such aid should bo extended upon a definite
plan of continuous work until permanent
Improvement is secured.
Confiding In tho Justlco of the cause and
the necessity of its success at the polls, we
submit the foregoing declaration of princi
ples and purposes to the considerate Judg
ment of tlie American people. We invite thq
support of all citizens who approve them
and who desire to huvo them made effectivo
through legislation for the relief of the peo^
pie and thu restoration ot the country's
prosperity.
DUN'S HKVlKW ? tr TUADK.
* t**y ~<si
A Oenernllv (Juiot lousiness, Wltli u
FeeUlifa of Insecurity in Stoeks.
W^ft' a political convention In progress
i/ilU?ytly antagonizing tho poelllon takon on
Ifif) money question b/ tho conVohtlon of lost
Inonth, It In natural that thoro hps boon wltli
mnuy ohoiigh'uncortaluty nbout tho future to
lntolislfy*tho dullnoss oxpootedcit this season
Wall strnot exhibited no oxeitomont, though
utooku w*ro wedl(or on Thursday and closed
lo\vor for tho wcok, ilor wofe ttioro signs of
alartri In tho spooulatlvo markets or mone
tary ol roles. But in stooks and in other buu
luoss tho wook wtis oue of waiting, with a
sorViowhat prevalent fooling of Insecurity.
Serious approhousion regarding Injury by
droUKht in Toxas seemed justified by some
dispatches published last week, so that tolo
graphieiidvlso of somewhat gouoral ralu In
tho Stato is wolcoine. Whether it Is In sea
son or sufficient (to ensure a satisfactory
yield eanuot he definitely known nor tho ex
tent of Injury said to liavo beOn done by ex
cessive rains in some Atlantic States.
Largo sains of print cloths are reported at
SU cents, sllffhly abovo the bottom nrleo but
other goods have not strenKthonou . Nor
have woolen gooils improved, but tho tone
Is rather less hopeful and t^u demand for
goods Is even more siaek than wad eipeotod.
Not much can bo said of a market bo flat
as that of Iron and steel products, but part of
tho luutftlvity is strictly seasonable, part la
due to still unsettled questions ab6ut wagefl,
and much more to a general disposition to
defer orders until tho futuro Is elearor.
Whether prlooqj^qr llnlshod products are too
high or not, thnwavorago relatively st least
10 per cont. higher than prices of pig Iron,
which necessarily causes inaction wlien pig.,
Is Kolng lower. lWssAmer fell this Week t&
$12 ut rittsbufg, and Gh?y I-'orge at tlO, but
some contacts ut Importance have l>een
placed, 'Oho for 7,000 to 8,000 tons for a new
building oh Park How, and another for 13,
000 tons c<>st plpo for Fifth Avenue, is pond
ing. Quotations for llnJshpd products are
not lower, but are something cut.
Failures of the week have boon 215 in tho
Uulted 8tutea against 253 last year, and 89 iu
l I anaga against 35 last year.
TIIK CONDITION OF CROPS.
% ?
A Decline Shown Almost All Along
the Line.
Tho July returns to the statistician of tho
Department of Agriculture at Washington
make tho following averages of conditions:
Corn, 5'2.4 per cent; winter wheat, 75. flj
sprinK wheat, 93.3; combined spring ami win
ter wheat, 83.4 ; oats, 9(1.3; winter rye, 89.8j
spring rye, iiH.fi; barley, MS. 1; tobacco, H1.5;
potatoes, 99.5; rye, 1)8.0; apples. 01.fi; peaches,
M.S. Avorageof potatoes compared with '95,
93.7; of tobac^), 93.8. Tho report on tho
acreage of corn, which is preliminary, shows
98.7 as compared with that of 181)5, a de
crease of 1.8 points. This makes in round
figures HI, 000, 000 atrain*t 82.009,000 acres
pluntod last y?*ar. Tho averages for the prin
cipal corn States are Ohio, 10ti; Michigan,
10fi; Indiana, 103; Illinois, 108; Iowa,
07; Missouri. Kansas, 105; Nebraska, 102;
Texas, 83; Tennesseo, 04; Kentucky, 96.
The a ora^o condition of corn 1* 92.0 against
99.3 In July last year. The average con
dition in the principal States Is as follows:
Ohio, 10fi; Sllchlcan, 100; Indiana, 11;
Illinois, 9H; Iowa, 94: Missouri, 81; Kansas.
102; Nebraska, 10.1; Texas, 39; Tennessee, 90;
Kentucky, 97. The condition of winter
wheat Is 75.G against 77.9 in June and 05.8
last July. The percentage by States are:
New York. 70; Pennsylvania. 79; Kentucky,
(?4; Ohio, 50; Michigan, 73; Indiana, fifi; Illi
nois, HO; Missouri, 75; Kansas, 75; California,
100: Oregon, 95; Washington, 1(H). The con
dition of spring wheat Is 93:3 ftgafnst 99.9 In
June and 102.2 in July, 1895. State averages
are; Minnesota. 8S; Wisconsin, 97: Iowa, 9fi;
Kansas, !*>; Nebraska, 90; South Dakota, 99;
North Dakota, 9fi; Washington, 97; Oregon,
93.
CIHtlSTIAN KNDKAY'OKKItS
To Meet In Nashville, Tenii., In 1MD8.
I
A Kcholut Ion.
At Washington, D. I'., Saturday, the In.
ternatiou'al Christian Kndeavor Convention |
tn'ten *uf> th *? def. r ? I matter of choking tho i
heat otnhe lS'.H convention and it was settled
at n i^elonged session of t he board of t rustecs
of t^' t'liited Sy'li-t ies. A half do/en eltios
we/> in com pet i >n for the honor. Nashvillo
liiyi been hi the lead from tho start, but the
tr/istecs were somewhat doubtful of tho
e?ei?t of raco prejudices in tho South upon
flit' Convention . White mid colored dele
rates t>> the Christian F.ndi-nvor Conventions
A iave always inlermltitflod freoly in tho
'eh?ircln*F, ten!a at d hotels of cities wherever
tho convention is Jield. This has receive^
full consideration from the trustees a^d
and 1 1t * d< cision w is made in far /fTTrTTash
vl'lo. T he r> solution embodying the decision
rent's i s follows:
??Wl.h tho heartiest love for nod recogni
tion of tho desire* a?.d efforts ol tbe Christian
Kndoavorers of tho other tHwipeting cities
the toard of trustent iintmunce that they
have decided unanimous!)*, aftur the most
careful e^islderation, with tho <j>n vent ion ot
lHiWshall ?>o held iu Nflsbvlll^, Tenti., and
fer this main reason thnt n<? International
(Christian Endeavor Convention has as yet
boen held in. .the southern portion of the
Vnlted Statett,
t
TILLMAN'S- .
SPEECH.
^ \
1IKFOKK Til F NATIONAL DKMO
CUAT1G CONVENTION.
Ho Wtia itecelvml With rimer#,
.Mingled Wltli fllaaes He Whi
Allowed Fifty MIouU-h.
VVhen Senator lion Tillman ^of Booth
Carojina mounted tho stage i to open
tlio great dobato iu behalf * of fr*o
coinage. A striking flguro hoswaa aa
ho faced bin audience. Witli no pre-'
t I'M hi oils in dress, shabby coated,'
soaring a heavy silver chain across bin
broaat ho inatautly drew tho eyes of
tho 20,000 jieoplo present. Thoy!
turned toward bim aa if ho were nu
antagonist. Ilia thick not, com in u nd -
ing form waa full of delinnce. Ilia
head, thrown buck, wua round <?iid
compact. Tho feat urea, atroag find
powerful, were east in a olaaoical
! mould. Tho uoae waa straight, \ tho
1 Upa thin ftud compreaaed, the jaw
square and pugnacious, but tho
sunken cavity which marked liia loft
eye gave to hia face a siniator exprea
aion. it waa a faco aoon never to ba
forgotten. On oue lapel of hia coat ho
woro a Cuban Mug, on the other a
pitchfork.' Oue moment tho 20,000
people hold their breath as they gazod.
Then they broke fourth. Oho$rs,
mingled with biases, r^nt tho air. Mr.
Richardson, who Kaa wielding the
gravel, with the aid of the asaiatant
sergeant at-arma/ quickly auppreaaod
the demonstration. Hia first sentence
ahowed that he had a-^ood, well modu
lated voice, but aa hd ]>roeeoded ho
pitehed it iu a key so shrill that it
grated like a tile. Ho wua characteris
tic from tho beqiuuing.' Ho realized
that, ho far aa the galleries woje con
cerned, ho facod an audience which ho
felt waa largely liostilo. Ho intoduced
himself to them by saying that ho camc
beforo them aa ho waa not aa "tho
lying nowapapcra had represented him
to be." A round of applause fronj. the
pit greeted thia announcement, bit\ it |
was drounded in tho atorm of biases !
from tho galleriea which were increasoil
to a perfect whirlwind of sibilant 1
aounda aa he said: *'I como from a
State which waa tho home of seoeasiom "
Senator Tillman turned defiantly and
I fiercely aurvoyed the vast congregation
I who woro biasing him.
Then with a contomptuouB tons ol
Iuh build In) looked dowu ut tlty* Bilvei
delegntoB beforo liiin, his cyea Mazing,
und Kind with a Hiieor: " I horo arc
only threo things that Iubf," Raid lie
with a curl of his thin lips, "A goosC,
a Borpont and a .man." liaising hit
head and addressing tho galleries he
shouted that tho man who hnsod South
Carolina, forgot tho history of the
rovolntion whon that State kept alive
tho fires of liberty. This provoked n
wild demonstration from tho Bilvci
man. MSouth Carolina iu 18G0," he
Hold, "led tho tight iu tho Democratic
party which disrupted it. Disruption,
ho continued, while tho gallon'o^
hissed, "brought about thoTVfcr and the
war emancipated tho black slaves.
"Now," ho added, swooping hia arm
through tho air "abovo his hoad, 41 we
aro. loading tho fight to emancipate the
white sla\OJ." This time tho silver
men had tbeir innings but they did not
applaud vory lustily when ho declared
that with conditions revorsed ho was
willing to agaiu seo the Democratic
party disrupted.
Repeatedly, aa ho proceeded, the gab
le/ies hisftod aud several times tho ser
jeant-at-arms throatonod to clear the
galleries. Tho silver men had a ehaucc
' to shout their approval whon ho de
clared that they were adopting a now
declaration of independence, "1G to 1,
or busts" Tho storm of hisses issued
from thorn again when ho repudiated
the donial thut this was a eoctiottal
coutost. "I say it is a sectional issuo,"
ho cried, "and it will prevail."
Aftor.theso pyroteohnioal expres
sions, no characterise of the man, ho
drifted into statistical show the bond
age of tho South and West to tho East,
and these dry figures gave the hostile
galleries anothor opportunity to cry
him down. "Timo, time," they
shouted. This aroused the Senator
again to angry resentment. He paoed
tho platform like an enraged lion. "X
know, X know," ho oried with arms
aloft, "you are against uS. Thore is
not a papor in this city that is not in
tho power of tho money inlluonces.
Tlioy will not givo us a fair ahow.
They characterize us bb howling der
vishes and silver lunatics." Many of
tho delegates orowded up the aisles
and stood at tho foot of- tho stage,
studying intently tho features of tho
remarkablo man boforo them.
Continuing, Senator Tillman de
clared that tho ouly way to avert revo
lution would bo to select a man whoso
record would tit the platform. Soon
tho hissing began again at sonio raili
ea) utterance, and tho South Carolinian
took ocoasion to say tbat "Four years
ago the Now York Senator was hissed
and I am How. Whero is Now York's
loader?" From tho gallery camo tho
cry, "Xn tho soup," which brought
down a wavo of cheers for Hill toppod
with a foam of hisses.
Senator Tillman stood waiting for
the noiso to subside, and then
using his hand before his mouth for a
spooking trumpet, called liko a fog
horn his defiance: "You can just as
well understand that I am going to
liavo my say if I stand hero until sun
down." Ho was permitted to go on
with comparative quiet after tho
chairman had pleaded with the audi
ence and threatened to clear tho gal
lories, aud thon ho surprised his hear
ers by an attack on Senator Hill be
cause tho Senator from Now York had
refused to mako tho first speech on the
platform and give tho Sou^Carolin*
man tho reply.
Incidentally ho said of Hill: "Hs
despised tho Presidont of the United
States in 1892; since thon ho has bad
cauHo to more than despiso him," and
pcorod mil for assuming tho role of
apologist for the administration. "But
ns Grovor Cleveland stands for flol'l, ,
ho began, whereupon a "Hurrah for
Clovoland" was shouted whioh drew
quite a hearty response from the gal
lones. The attack on tho President
which followod did not find any mark
eel demonstration of approval. J'Now,
1 want you all to listen," shouted Sena
tor Tillman, and then read tho substi
tute resolution, which is as follows:
"Ws denounce the administration of
President Olevolaud as undemocratic
uutl tyrannical aud a?la departure holla
those principles which jure ctybi?aho?4J^y
all liberty loviug'Aiuefieant*. Tbo Veto
power Iihh hue a used toUhVAwrt tbo will
of the people at* e*pno?>?yf-d by their
i-eproaeutativea iu Congress. 'ibo up
P4>iative power has been Fused to (>ab
?tidlvo 'tho press, to dvbik'uch C'ongross
! und to overawe and control oitizons ia
| the free oxeroiso of thoii: constitutional
rights as voters. A ply.tooratio despo
tism ia thua Bought to 1^ ^established oa
thoruius.of the jropubiio. Wo ropu?
diatoltho i coastrufction ' plaood oa the
( linaatiml plank of tho*iast Ueuiocratio
National ' Ooaveatioa by I'rottUleut
Cleveland 1 aad nonrotary ?,Car/lisfrt as
ooutrwry'to tho plain moanjtogiof, Eng*.
liab words ami as boing aujuott of bad
faith.^desorvhig tho soverOstMioiisuro.
Tho issue of <bonds ia time tof 'peace,
with whioh to, buy gold to rooMa^coin
obligatioas payable ia silver H>r/f^6ld at
tbo optioa of tho govornmoi^ti'itfid tho
uso of tho procetxla to defray tb#) ordi- I
ufi' v expenses of tho govomnWut, aro
both unluwful andkusurpatioftyiiof au
thority deserving impeachment?"
Tbe'drat sontenco was a(flre/gbraud
which' ignited a great bluzo of [f hisses
and a couuter llamo of olfloors / which
could not equal tho hissos audrthe oa
tire reading of tho reaolut&su was
fiercely biased. He clpsod with a
warning to tho delegates "Ihut thoy
must unito tbo jealous aud rival; ele
ments of tbo ailvor forces or .victory
for Peutograoy would bo impossible.
"You*ro ao Pemoorat," shouted some
one la tho gallorios.
Senator Tillman ponoludodby plodg
'ing'tbo solid voto of tho Houth to any
gOod, straight, silvor candidate.
CIIANCJK1) A8MKS8MKNT8?
V'tluo of llullroad Properly In YAtrioua
Counties.
v'Tho following chaoigoB for <1896 in
tho, iaxab|o) value of*r?ilroft(l# property
in tho coxurtioH^iamod, as compared
with' 1895,' havHHhpon miulo hh a result
of tho action, ofWo Railroad Hoard of
Equalization us to railroad nsBeua
mentH :
Aiken, $1,022,700; decrease, $21,
000.
Audorson. $532,850; dccroase, $20,
430. . ./
Berkeley, 81.27&8UO; dooroftso, $127,
550. "? \
('heritor, $059,003; -docroAso, $19,
087,
Clarendon, .'130,000; decrease^ $43,
050.
Charleston, $(>78,130; inereaso,
8119,100!.
Choatatr field, $53,725: inereaso, $9,
100.
Colloton, $1,141,21 ; increase, $10,
440.
Darlington, $212,465;. inoroaso, $4,
700.
Edgofiold?> $630,250; decreaso, $15,
150.
Fuiriield, $710,155; ineroaso, $19,
680.
Greenvillo, $573,025; increase of
$550.
Hampton, $093,850; inereaso, $4,
300.
Korshaw. $255,250; decrcaBo of
$100.
Lancaster, $237,975; doereaso of $4,
300.
Laurens, $740,175; inereaso of $0,
100.
Marion, $1107,910; inereaso of $5,
310..
Marlboro, $207,930; inereaso of $23,
720.
Nowborry, $005,330; doorcase of
$38,200.
Oeoneo, $180,520; docroaso of $24,
600.
Orangoburg, $1,461,785; inoroaso of
$101,300.
Spartanburg, $1,128,725; inoroaso of
$13,000.
Bmntcr, $1,003,825; increase of $22,
155.
Union, $393,910; inereaso of $35,
320.
Williamsburg, $72G,310; inereaso
$1,000.
York, $889,497; decrease of $0,000.
THIS ASYLUM RKGKNTp.
The Hoard Arranges for Additional
Quarters for White Women.
The board of fogents for the State
Hospital for thd Ifisano tyold their reg
ularly monthly meeting at tho institu
tion in Cplumbia Thursday. AJ1 the
members were present with tho excep
tion of tho president, l>r. B. W. Tay
lor, and the cow member, Mr. Glenu.
The board carefully examined the ro
ports.os to tho population of tho ineti
I tntion and find that 850 is the present
average population. Patients hovo
been admitted for the opening months
of tho ptresent year at the rate of about
ono a cfll; y. Thirty-fivo were admitted
during 'tho past mouth. Numerous
discharges on trial wero granted.
Tho groat problem which is tho samo
an that now tronbling tho North Caro
liua institution, is tho rapid increaso
of tho number ofwhito wbmon. When
ono of tho cottages on tho now proper
ty is completed it will supply quarters
for twenty *11 vo white women; tho
houses on tho now property will givo
accommodations for about forty white
womon in all, thus rolieving tho pres
ent crowdcd condition of the Wards.
Fifteen patients wero discharged Wed
nesday.
Tho board was much plcaso-1 with
tho progress mado in tho work of en
closing tho rocently acquired property.
Tho old "Asylum road" has been
closod, and now Klmwood avenue is'
being olosed up. Tho old historic iron
nail which formerly fronted on Elm
wood avonuo will bo removed and
throwu aokfeas tho avonuo whero it is
crosscd by Bull street. Thr asylum
was founded 'tin 1921 and this wall was
ono of tho first things erected. Tho
regonts And that there is a sad lack of
information about the early history of
the institution and as thoy aro desir
ous of getting up an accurate histori
cal sketch, they ask all who may bavo
in their possession any pamphlets or
other document* containing suoh in
formation to scrtt} them cither to Dr.
Taylor or Superintendent Babcopk.
Decline In Conditldtf of Cotton.
4 ^ ,
The July returns for oottoc to the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington maMi
the aversge oonditlon of ootton 93.5 against
97.2 In June, a decline oft. 7 points. The con
dition JuU 1st, 1898 was 03.00 per oent. The
average* for to* States are 4$ follows: Vir
ginia. 8, ; North Carolina, 100: tooth Caroli
na. 98; Georgia 04; Florid?, 90; Alabama, 00;
Mississippi. 100; Louisiana. 100: Texas, 00;
Arkansas; 100: Tennessee, 107, Missouri, 00;
Oklshoma and Indian Territory, 92.
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KVANS, DUNCAN AND KAliLK CAN
% ?t
, D1DATKM FOK ThK 8KNATK.
THE STATE BOND COKIOSSIOVS.
The Minor It Mnl?l an 0
Done by iboui Day by Day,
TUB NUMTKK MKETINO,
Tlio Htuto campaign wan robumou
ut Huintor, after a tou days recess, aud
there watt but ouo now feature intro
duced. This now featuro was Judge
ljlarlo, Mho mado a forcible speech
that was heard with uttoutiou, but
that olioited uo applause, nave thut
when he said ho had ubxolute faith iu
tho honesty of 1). R. Tilliuau.
Tho creator part of tho speooh w a/i
dovotod to a discussion of tho fiuuuoial
question on whioli ho took strong
grounds. Ho is for freo silver at ltl
to 1, and t> tho demonetisation of sil
vor attributes' all tho industrial dis
tress of this eouutry aud tho oivilizod
wotfd.
, \Taken as a wholo Judgo Earle'a
speech was tho best of tho day and
uppoarod to make a more decided im<
pression than uny of the other?, but
tho same spoaker has wade much bet
ter speochoH from tho eamo spot.
, Mleneral John Gary Watts reoeivod a
stnall quota of applauso when ho told
about gettiug drunk in Washington,
aud this frauk admission sooraed to
ptoaso eomo of tho hearors.
Tho remainder of tho speakers wore
listonod to respectfully, but had to bo
oontquted with a hearing, for they got
nothing more.
Mr. Dunoan would havo nothing to
say about tho bond deal owing to the
absoaoo of Governor John Grry Evans,
who, with others, did uot reach here
from upioago in time to attend.
G. Walt Whitman tuado an exhibi
tion of himself and shouted himsolf
hoVs?
Tm mooting was o ailed to order at
11 o oIock and was oponod with pray
er by Dr. N. W. Edmunds.
Mr. R. O. Purdy, county chairmau,
prosidqd aud introduced tho Bpeakors
iu tho following order
M. R. Cooper, candidato for-, lieu
touant govoruor; Altamont Moses J.
,Wm. Stokes, |or congress; Joseph II.
Eorlo aud J. X. Duncan, for United
HfatOa tennto; G. Walt Whitman and
Jdn'n R. Harrison, for go'vornor; R.
N. Richbourgh and John Gary Watts,
for adjutant and inspector general;
W. D. Mayfiold and T. Q? Robiniou,
for superintendent of education. Can-'
<Hd?tqs for seoretary of Btato and at
tor'noy gonoral aud treasurer woro not
prosent.
MANY 11IULKS IN CHINA.
It lias Ilccn Translated Into More Thau
Tlilrly Chineso Languages and
Dlnleo'a.
Tho Rov. Jolin 11. "llykes, ngctt of the
American Bible Hocloty'-ltf Chinn, has pro
pared atnblo showing that tho Bible, or porta
thereof, has tcoa translated Into more than
thirty Chinese languages and dialeote, whilo
tho number of difforout versions usod Id these
translations is almost countlcss. The Bible
has boon printed liot only In Chineso charac
ters, but In Romnp letters as well. Iu one
Instance tho phohotlo ohnractor has boon
made use of aud a portion of tho Scriptures
in characters for tho blind has been published
In Mandarin.
The first part of tho Bible to bo found in
tho Chineso Inngiingo was tho Now Testa
ment. translated by tho Nestorians between
tho years 627 aud G50. This wng-Bffbwtol.
Nestorlan version. In 1301-2 ft ,4t)py of tn"6
Now Testament and Psalms published In
Mongolian, and a Bible In ttiotsmp language
was found in China in 1335, accordi^tf tor a
letter written by Popo Benedict Xlf .
Tho first-translation of thH Berluturea In
tho classical lauguago of Ghlnft'WtA begun in
1804, by Joanness Lassar, and was completed
In 1805. It comprised a part of Genesis and
Matthow. Tho first portion ofihe Scrlptuies
to be translated and published In Mandarin
was the Now Testament, iu 1855. Mr. Ilykes
montlons 2C8 publications -of tho Scriptures
In the Chinese.
TIIK ARMY WORM.
Tlio Pest Is Devastating the Fields In
New York Stato.
Tho farmers throughout Western Now
York are greatly alarmeu over tho arrival of
tho army worm. Tbo^iiltfo pests havo tuado
their appearance In the Southwestern coun
ties of tho State. They aro deetoying thou
sands of bushels of grain every hour, and
thoro is no known way of killing them with
out destroying tho crops at tho same time.
Entiro farms aro being devastated every
day, and ninny of tho grangers whose farms
aro mortgaged will bo rulnod. Tho fsrmere
throughdbt the neighborhood aro greatly
alarmed. The worm has mado its appear
,ance In Dutchess County also and Is march
ing over grain fields In groat numbers, leav
ing them bare. Mr. John Ham of Washing
ton Hollow noticed a fow worms In bis spring
ryo Held, and twenty-four hours later they
hod destroyed tho fifteen nc roe of rye. Tho
pests aro cleaning out rye, timothy and clo
ser.
A <?uinhlliig Debt Is Legal.
As a result of a gamo of poker in the Plaza
Hotel last avlntor a suit to recover *28.60
from Burton G. Wager was tried Ic Judge J.
B. McKoan's Court in New York last Friday^
Tho plaintiff was Mortimer M. Singer, a sou
of tho sewing machine manufacturer. Singer
said that ho had loaned Wagor tho amount
sued for on Jauuut? 25. Wager claimed that ,
tho monoy was lost In gambling. 8inger'
admitted that Wager had lost 922 of tho
amount borrowed. Wager's counsel asked
that tho suit bo dismissed on the ground that
a gambling debt Is not legally collectable
Tho justlco gavo a doclslon in Singer's favor
for $6.50 and cost.
Hurled By ?* Lund Slide.
A special from Nashville, Ten\v, says that
on a branch of t io Nashville. Chnttanooga
and fit. Louis railroad, near Controvlllo, n'x
mon working on the road were burled by a
?lido of rocks and dirt caused by recent heavy
ridnr. M'n wero at onco put to work rescu
ing tho burled .neo Tfaftin two hot rs three
wero takon out njlvo but seriously injured
and tbroo othejs rtro supposod to be dead.
To Suspend for Awhile.
8c<<??t?ty -Raiinstitille, of the Fall River
Cotton !8 an u facta re re' Association, of Fall
River, Vam., baa ' received a letter from a
Southern eottoo^nanofacterer in whfeh the
writer state* that 1.918,000 oat of ? total of
2,600,000 spindle* in the South bare agreed
to shut down 38] ? per eeuf . of the time be
tween Jnly and Ootober.
fingtey? "In It good to cnt n't nlglit Ixv
fore going to bod?" . I^nabcy? "Bo def
"tntte, roan. In vhfljfgwd to ent?*;? JiQX:
bury Ga*ette.
I TRUMPET CALLS.
Qvut'i Horn Bounds u Waraluf Note
*? thA Unreiltcutod. ^
T Is Impossible tov
live any higher
than wo look.
A c U 1 1 1 v atod
dev ilbastlie
sharpest cluwa.
Overcoming a
dltlk-ulty, cbaugea
It luto a blossln?.
Tho rlgUt cross
for lis Is tlio first
ono wo come to.
MdM troubles
wlU run when w?
look them squnrely in tlio face.
CJoil in h 1 1 1 1 looking for people who
cau be trusted with uiouey. *?
It Is hard to tlud a poorer man than
tho rich man who never gives.
When Bin runs to hide, It forgets that
it cannot cover up Its tracks.' ?
Wo cannot pick out the Lord's own
hy locking over a church register.
Whenever a man gains a victory ovtyr
himself, tho Lord has helped him. ?'
Govl never made a law without also
tun king u penalty for Its violation.
There la hypocrisy In praying for
what we are not willing to work for.
No man can glvo his best service
where he has not tlret given his heart.
Wo must kuo\v God with the heart
beforo wo can praise him with tho lips.
Wo are all tho tlmo making charae
tor, whether $ve are doing anything ^
not.
Christ may bo as certainly rejected by
lndllTcreueo, as by crying "Crucify
hluir
It takes close acquaintance with
many other pcoplo to lntroduco us to
ourselves.
An awful thing about sin is, that it Is
posalblo to fall Into the pit from henv?
en's doorstep. .
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Or would you gladly improve your atook of
knowledge? You may not have 1 60 or MO you
can spare for k 10-volume encyoloptedla, out
you cau afford to pay nfty cents for a Hand
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to pay even th!s unlws you are desirous of
improving your mind ana believe that a Ave*
hundred-page. book, filled -with a Condensed
mass of valuable knowledge, will be read by
you. This valuable Enoyoloptodia will be sent
Cbxtukville, K. I., March 8, 18W.
"I enclose two dollars to get somo of your
Tkttehink. It has done wonders on three
persona to whom I had given a little of iuy
email sunplv. They wore radioally cured of
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J. T. Hhufthinb, .Savannah, Qa,
The exportation *ot Amerioau hogs to Mex>
Ico has grown to largo proportions lately,
Kanens City, Mo., bolng tho ohlef shipping
center. " . ...... i
Buy >1.00 worth Dobbin* Floating- Borax Scop of
your grocer, Bond wrappers to Dobbins Soap Mf'g
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. They will eond you free
of chcrgc, postafto paid, a Worcester Pocket Dic
tionary, aoe pa;ros, bound in cloth, profusely il
lustrated. Offer (rood until Aurnst 1st only.
The Vioeroy" of Nankin has apologised fox
tho bad treatment rooeived fry Gormau offi
cers at tho hands of tho Ohlnose, and
promises that thoy shall not bo molested in
tho tlliMre. . '
Conductor B. D. Ijoomis, Detroit. Mich.,
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wonderful." Write htm about it. Bold by
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FIT8 stopped froo by Dk. Klini'd OnrfAf
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I could not got along without PIro's Curo
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? Mrs. Wlnslow'sSoothlngrSyrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma*
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. DonU take substitutes to
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rible pains iu hor timbd, ami other time*
with a ?evere "crick" lu hor baok which
onuses great agony. 8ho spe it muoh for
physicians and niedlolue, but soouredw^ggi
temftort.ry relief; finally Bhe -e&tfdlTfiWirto
try Pink rills. Bhe has taken oight boxes
and I can say from the first ou? she bin Im
proved until now she (? almost entirely free
from pain, and bus grown muoh strouger
and fools oonftdent that, by the blessing of
God, they wllj effect a permanent cure. We
tnko great pleasure iu recommending tho ii
to our frlendu.
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Pastor Bethel A. M. K. Churoh, Klmira,
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plexions, all forms of weakness* eft hW^n
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[they are never sold in bulk or bytheNKO.
t)y addressing Dr. Williams' Medlolue Ooa"
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rightly directed. Thoro is coanj^rt in
the knowledge that so many form's* d*
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ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly romoves. That is why it is tho only
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everywhere esteemod so highly by all
who valuo good hoalth. Its beneficial
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one remedy which promotes intornal
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whloh is manufactured by the California ^
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utable druggists.
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tives or other romcdies aro not needed.
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physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
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tho well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most iargely
used and gives most general satisfaction- ^
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