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Willi llh! lis Hi. ' . .. -A ? I v liAlhltOAl) COMMISSION r<? CON- | SIIJKK Til KM SHORTLY, | foin.'uissiniicr liiuiuan Olvos IIIh \ lews Oil I 111' SubJCCt?TllO < 'oiit J mission Invite* Kvcryliody 1 n t *? ?? - j fled to !m> I'rcsoiil'-Tlio iicui'iii? ] Soiuctlino in N*u\ ?? 1 1 ? 1 ? ? ? i* . i ? . 'J ho Railroad Commission in again ' to hour tho railroad men and otlinrn ' interontod in tho question of fort ilixor 1 ifttca. Tho hearing will bo hold Home- j tiino in November, tho date not having! been dooidod upon. Tho ( Commission held a meeting last ? woek in Columbia, ut which Conimis ! Money Thomas introduced tho follow- J ing resolution and mndo remarks j upot) it, which are published below: | "1 movo that tho Hoard of Railroad I Commissioners invito Die trallio man ^ tigers of tho several luiliouda and tho fertilizer men from ouch of tho mills in the Btate to assist, uh in fixing a 'juBt and reasonable' rate, malting such adjustment an commercial oha. jjcs re quire to prcscr vo our territory to out factories uiitl mines and givo tho peo ple tho bone fit of a healthy and cquitn bla competition Upon this Mr. Thomas Hiiid.; Mr. Chairman: Thoro is an old adago "That a thing in never nettled until it is Bottled ri^ht." I protested against tho fertilizer rates made l?y the majority i of this .Board last year and I liavo the satisfaction in the rate coming up again after a fair trial of Buying to you gentle* wen, "1 told you bo." The rate against which J protested was in my opinion unjust and illegal. In older to show thin I beg to review tho whole matter. Tho demand for a reduction in the. l'ftto came first from a largo mercan tile firm in Anderson who manufacture mid handle fertilizers extensively; they asked for a reduction of 25 per cent, in tho interest of tho fanners. Then comes Dr. Robertson, of tho Globe Phosphate Works in Columbia, and asks for a 50 per cent, reduction, on account of his great interest in the farmer und,?becauso cotton Heed en* joyed a low rate. Dr. Robertson ad veitised for petitions to be sent into the 1 bill road Commissioners' ofliee ask ing for reduction. His advertisement filled ono-quat tor page in each issue ol tho Cotton Plant for nearly, if not quite, a year and not a single petition ever came into this ofliee except from ono merchant at "llonea Path," and u icHolutiou from a meeting of the .Stat ) Alliance asking that tho rates between fertilizers and cotton need he equalized. This proves that there was no dissatis faction with tho Old rate, which had been fixed by agreement between tho Commission of 1801, tho traflio mana gers of the railroad# and for fertilizer manufacturers, after days of discussion in tho ell'ort to put nil sections,of our h'tato on a purity, tho ono with tho other, and the fertilizer business had adapted itself to that rate. Tho old rato was "just and reason able" as the law required in proof of this. In making rates wo classify all commodities that aro related to each other in regard to weight, -bulk and value. Compftro corn, grits and meal in bags with fertilizer in bags. These commodities arbpraotically of the tame weight, bulk and value. The rule on corn, grits and meal in bugs for the average haul in this State, which is 70 miles, is is $!J.G0. Tho rate on fertil izer in bilge, 70 mile haul, wan ?2.10, reduced to$i.C0. Fertilizer was given the ?2.10 rate and put in ft class by it * self, because tho consignor and con signee do tho loading and unloading, for which the Commission allowed 50 cents a ton. f tried to find out tho motivo for reduction and offered a resolution, "That this Board givo reasons for tho extraordinary cut of rates on fertiliz ers. sineo fertilizers were thou below a parity with all analagous commodi <7 tics." See page 45, November Gth, minutes. Tiio resolution received 110 second 11 ixl thtyoliairman of tho Hoard object ed to it.s being spread on tho minutes, saying it was ft retleetionou tho Hoard. I replied that 1 meruit no reflection, but /fcimply ollored one of the wise rules of tho Interstate Commission, n rule whieh gives publicity aud provents tho Hoard doing any arbitrary or unjust net under cover of darkness. 1 found fault with tho chairman of tho Hoard for a letter written hy hiinRelf, on pngo 144, in our letter hook, tothofor^ tilizer lirm in Anderson, giving this' firm information thnt tho fortih/.or rnto would bo reduced beforo tho ro d notion was considered. Tho lottor bears date May 23d, and onSeptembor 4th tho Hoard invited tho railroad offi cials, tho fertilizer manufacturers, the mercantile tirm and all others interest ed to a disouHfljon of (lie rate. Pago Bfi minutes. Tho Invitation to discuss the rato ftfter tho chairman had committed . a majority of the (Hoard in writing to rcduc^ftn appearod to mo to bo trilling with great and vital |intero8t?, for tho records showod that nijjp railroads in this Stato woro nflfibTo, with economi cal management, to pay their operat ing expenses working the $2,10 rate. Oa these nine roads the records show ed a deficit of *166, 737.09. The law requires us to make a "just and reas doable" rate for oaoh read doing btui? ucsa in this State. Section 1657, Oen '' crab Statutes. Now a rate reducing ? aire of ttnrroostimportant commodities handled in the Statp 26 por cont. is manifestly an oatrago against justice, reason and law, so far as, theso ninfl eoacernedT . #0 i* was an f nnJoHt anil unlawful diMriiainaUon to givo information to ono mercantile firm as to Iker action of this Board bofort acttoji jkm* taksa aad wItbhol#lik? in L' ! ormittion from ulKother llrntM similar ' ly situated. j I oftorod a roBolution that tho rule ol I Uio Interstate Commission be the rule 1 of this Hoard: " I hut on ref]uest ol 1 either tho coniplainaut or defendant this Hoard shall muko public tho eases | unci tho reasons for tho decision of the I Hoard. " Sop pagoJ-17, Nov. 9 Minutes. Your roosons for rcduotiou woropub i lishod ni tho Stuto pupeis Doe. 20th, 1 1895. Tho main reason whh that "A , road pussing through North Carolina, i South Carolina and Georgia should "jtuve all their patrons in thoso States on a parity in the* rates used," Pago "SI ? M inutes. This was a specious ur fe'uiuoiit, ouleulat.Ht to mislead. Ttio conditions which obtain in these States are entirely diftVront. For instance, in South Carolina tho average haul is 70 miloH and tho net income is $-193 per mile. In Georgia i ho average haul is 150 miles aud tho net income is $910 per mile. It is against every prin ciple of taxation to tax a 70 aero farm ! woWtf $ t ii.'i tho same as a 150 aero farm worth $0-1 0, and so it is against every principle of "just and reasonable" rate making to fix the same rates for con ditions so widely dilVerent. It is thene foro unjust to tix tho suuto rate for ; South Carolina as for Georgia. My position in this matter was en dorsed by the legislature. If tho fer tilizer rates should be the same us in Georgia, then of course the passenger rates should bo tho same. Tho pas senger rates were thoroughly discussed in the legislature and tho first class rates for South Carolina was fixed at I t cents per mile agaiuRt :$ cents in Georgia for the same service. if tho fertilizer rate should bo tho Hfttno us the Georgia rate thou why should the cotton lute not be tho same? Tho South Carolina rate on cotton for 70 mile liuul is 25 cents, and tho Geor gia rate for the same haul is 22 cents. In a speech published in States papers February 10, 1804, and again October 25, 1895, I urged on this Hoard of re duction of the rate on cotton instead of fertilizer if they must reduce some thing; because the rate on crude cot ton was higher than tho manufactured ar ticle. The woight and bulk of these two commodities are practically tho I sumo, and the manufactured goods are five times more valuable. Crude ma terial should he ?? a lower rate than more valuable manufactured articles. Tho i eduction of the rato on cotton would have been altogether in the in terest of tho farmer for whom these t fertilizer manufactures were so solicit ous. Tho reduction of the fertilizer rate was not in tho interest of the farmer. At the conference it was shown that the bulk of fertilizers wus sold by the carloud to merchants. The purtics who pay the freight and fix the prieo get the reduction. Fei tilizors are sold al most altogether delivered and the price in llxed by the fertilizer manufacturer. Tho farmer "is not in it." What ben efit is a freight reduction of 50 cents a ton? Tho truth is tho reduction of tho fertilizer rate was against tho in terests of the farmer inthatit destroy ed competition, increasing tho demand and tho price. Tho rnilrouds which serve the people were hurt. The fer tilizer factories of Charleston which competed with the interior mills were shut out of tho most valuable territory in this State, and were injured. Tho sole beneficiaries of the fertiliz er reduction were two or three interior mills. The muny have been mudo to sutler for the benefit Of tho few. lu communication to this Hoard of Octo - ber 10, Mr. W. A. ('lurk, President of the Columbia Phosphate Company, tells what interest the farmers havo in n freight reduction on fertilizer. 1] a says : ??J'o illustrate: They have beeu offering acid sacked niul tagged F. O. ; li. , Charleston, at $7.'J5. ,N?w add to this $:$.:{() freight to (lie interior maker i $10.55 payable May J, J8U7. Now do ducting from thin $1.75, which would ! bo an average freight to points north t > f Columbia on any of the roads, | would leave $8,80 net to ur at Colum bia i uyaldo May 1, 1897.' ^ Now deduct Jrom this no freight at tdl and this would leave $10.55 in t at Columbia payable May 1, JN!>7. So it i.s evident that no matter whether the freight in ?;>.J>0, ?1.75 or nottiing at all, the farmer- has always to pay tho same, $10.55. This is proof from tho best authority that tho reduction of freight on fertilizer is altogether in the interest of tho fertilizer manufac turer. The records s'.iow that many roads jn this State wero unable to stand (ho reduction and tho records show raoro complaints in our o/lice than ever be fore, ngainft the inconvenient and un satisfactory service many of tho roads are now giving tho people. Two roatyi hayo tried to ceaso operation durifcg tli o year, but the Commission havo./orfced thern to continue. Ono road triod to tear up its track and the ! people are now appealing to tho Com- j mission and tho courts to prevent it. The railroads rcsintod tho reduced fertiliser rate and tho case was taken to tho (United, States Court, whoro it ahould ^mve been adjudicated and set tled, buV iiibtead a majority of tho Board entered into a trado with tho railroad corporation ns follpws:. "That tho railroads will immediately haVo withdrawn tho pending bill in the | United StatesCircuit Court in Eqnity, and will agree to put in operation tho reduced tariff on fertilizers. " etc. At tho request of tho railroad companies i tho commissioners will tako up at ao early day, with tho trafllo managers of the several railroad linos, tho considera tion of tho ontiro freight traffic rates with a viow- to ascertaining whether .there are not some othor articles upon tvhtoij thoy can consistently with thoir official duties grant raises of rate, or so roviso tli i entire tariff as to jus tico and equiiy t<? alb'' Cbmmissionor TTJ7)mAS fT?otest?d as follows; 1st, That it is tibjuit sod illegal to /Attilizer* out of 4 lot of analo* gens commodities and reduce it below it# kind. 2d. That ho had ii resolution on ft lo in t ho ofVt.'O lo readjust thewholo tnriiV for twolvo months past, hut tllo reso lution had broil ignored ad. That this pao position, however, ! it might bo covered up in words wan a trade and that ho was not authorized or willing to make tiny such trade in favor of one community against others, but that justice ought to bo done by tho Hoard to tho railroads and tlio people o!i a consideration of tho whole ttchodule, and he refused to be a party " to any trade whatever. \\\ A. 1 iKNMUeiON, Chairman. j Tho trade between tl o commission and the railroads stripped of alls its ? verbiage is simply this: Von work tho fertilizer rate whether it is just or not, , and wo wilt raiso ratea to recoup you. When you agreed to recoup tho raij* j roads you acknowledge that you had ; made for them an unjust and uureu ' amiable rate, else why agreo to pay the railroads to work it? Tho fertili- i zer reduction precludes even the con- j Hideration of a reduction of tho rate j on cotton, because tho majority of this j Hoard under tho toiius of tho trade j with tho railroads ale committed in a , written agreement to a raise of rate, 1 ttius you exclude iho farmer from v ( reduced rate on cotton to which he is , justly and legally entitled. On }>age 12 iu Georgia's Hailrotul Commission- i era report, the Commission says: " I'hat tho people do not read, think I and observe how this great oiHipu?, I tho Southern Hallway, is getting its { hold on our industries ? farming, man ufacturing, jobbing fruit raising, mi ning, etc., and Bucking their life blood." I iiia {/rent corporation whoso attor ney in ti iMiit with tho Statu said that the capil ili/.nt ion of t}1(, Southern Jtuil ivny wis |j r^cr t h iui tho whole taxu! It! property of South Carolina it stretchi ng i tii tentacles into this Slate ami has pretty well gobblod up every thing above Colnm t>iii. If rates are to ho made in thin State by tho Hail road Commission trading with thin monster corpora! ion outside ol ttio law, thon Cod lic?l j? the people. Not. only tlm farmer but every other industry in thin sinto will fjoon be taught the nile put by Wordsworth | into the month of Hob K*oy: | simp|? rule, liiogood old plan, I -I lint Im slinil take who has the power, j Ami ho sluill h-oop who cun."* | I'nder what law have you gentlemen authorit y to 1 1 1, rates of any railroad I below the eost of service and confiscate the property? I'mbr what law do yon J find authority for trading away the in terests of tho great fertilizer manufac turing centre of South Carolina, and j turning it over to a few little interior I mills who can t supply the demands of oven the Piedmont section. You gentlemen have yourselves dono that which the law instriiQtfcyou to preVentV that is the reason why 1 Jitvo publish^ ^d protest after protest against a rate which J luiow to be unjust, unreason able, discriminative And illegal. I ' 'fl.v per cent, of tho fertilizers in this State are Hold in the Piedmont I section. In all that section there was! a blanket rafo of ?$?!.(>() per ton from j Charleston, which by agreement be- j tweeu tie; commission, tho railroads and fertilizer manufacturers, after days of discussion was supposed to j place Charleston and Columbia on a > ?parity in that territory. It was work ed for years without complaint until the Anderson and Columbia Mills got ho awful distressed about tho poor down trodden farmer. Tho rate from Charleston into the Piedmont territory was cut about 8 per cent, and tho Columbia and AudersOn rate about 25 per cent., thus giving tho Columbia and Anderson mills 17 per ecnt.'hiargin of profit. I ho Columbia and Andur won m ilia sell all their goods on tho Charleston price ami the 17 per cent, profit goes into their pockets instead of into the pockets of tho dear farmer. On September 17th this Hoard is sued the following instructions to ike railroads as regards thy cut-rate war: "That tho same dillVront inl which ob tained between tho eompetitvo and lo cal points before the war began must j be preserved in any cut that is made." j it tho instructions of the Hoard were I right in Ihe cut rate war then why did j the Honrd tako exactly opposite j grounds in tho fertilizer rate war, and j refuse to preserve the differential which obtained between Charleston and Ci bimhia without assigning any valid rf-ii|(tn and without considering tho comparative cost, of production at the two points, arbitrarily created a differential of 17 per cent, in favor of the interior mills. At one of our con ferences the secretary of our Hoard stated that he sold 8j<i,<)0f> or $fit),000 worth of fertilizers. I asked him from what point. lie replied, from Colum bia. 1 referred you to Section 1 (Vit CJ . S. , which forbids railroad commis sioners from owning any stock or bonds of any railroad and then make raten for t lint road, f stated that! saw I our seerrfary mako this rate and that j it wns tortnlnfy against tho ppirit of j tho la\{ for tho secretary to mako rates j | to onanlo him to\ell fertilizer at a j profit of|17 per cent/l*bove hiscompct- ? iters. IJ)o Charleston manufacturers | ^bhyo eotyo before us with a just com- | plaint /The discriminative rate rnsdo ! l>y this/Hoard Invo shut these com- ! plainants out of tho moet desirable ] territory in this State, nud lift TO cloocd , nj) eomo of their mill**. 'Iho most ufioosivo and dangerous of All discriminations in transportation j in the preferential rate, that ia, a ralo that will destroy tho bqainess of ono community and build,. up another.. That </nolcotamuhity'*houl<! bo given an Arbitrary advantage ovor anothet in the supply of a common necessity liko fertiliser in repugnant to overy no tion til c?pp?ti XyitU OflfetfXfTO to tho *jide?t conceptions of jnstice, and nbovj all it f* diametrically opposed t?y tho law* of our tiUto. Tho 17 p?r cent, advantage wbfcl? this lata has given Columbia and An derson will ultimately close overy imio of t ho ( 'hnrlcston mills ami transfer tlio fortili/.? r business into tho interior ; or into homo other State. Tho Charleston manufacturers have spout millions of dollars in developing the fertiliser industry nnd hnvo paid j great sums ? ? l royally into the State ' troasuiy. In tho interest of the. .State, i in the intercut of fair play ami inobe- | dionoo to law their plants should ho j protected from those unjust and dia ? cri initiative.- rales, F.qual rights ; should be accorded them and no spo end privileges ho grantt d their com- I potitors. Of what avail are industry, onto: prise, intogiity or any of tho qualities ? whioli lead to success if one competitor is givtji 17 per cent, advantage over another? In mich cane tho race is not ' to tho swift nor tho battle to tho i strong, but to the one wliose freight ! rat oa are tho lowest. 1 hope my reso- J lution will meet tho approval of tho Hoard and tlnit you will join mo in ! the endeavor to lix a "just and roan J onablo" rn to that will bo just aliko to | tho railroads, tin* fertilizer mannfao- j turers and to the farmers. Chairman Kvnns offered the fo'iow ing, which being adopted, made tho resolution read: "1 move that tho Hoard of Kailroad Commissioners invito the traOio mnn agorH of tho several railroads, and the fertilizer men from each of tho mills in the State anil repreeontntiYOS of all organized bodies of farmers as well as individual consumers who lire inter ested in this important question to as sist us in fixing a just ami reasonable into, if the present rate is found to be unjust and nureiisonablo, making nucli uljm-tinen! as eomniercial changed re quire, if such adjust mont and changes ho found necessary to preserve our ter ritory to our factories and our mines, nod to ?ivo tho peoido tho benefit of > uealthy and equitable competition." Mr. Wilborn ottered the following imendmcnt, which was, however, ro j 'eotod : " /iV.vo/jvy/, 'I hat the said investiga* I lion on fertilizers bo held with a view C/f reducing tho joint i atea north of Co ! "Hubia, S. C." nr; i)ii:i) likk socka i ks. I'ioT. .McCice, of < Icinson College, l-'n (allyCut by Corn .Shrciblin;; M'ii eh i iicry. A special to (ho News and Courier from CJcmfion College, says: Prof. W . I*. AJcdf'O was fatally injured 1 hursday. Ho wiik at tho barn show ing li?i; s.en:or oIusk tho working cf a now corn shredding machine when his coat was caught bv tho saws of tho machine and ho was instantly cut in the dido by the saw teeth. ,!t was soon scon that lie was fatally injured and he began giving directions as to his burial and tho disposition of his property. His father w as telegraphed to ami he asked that Ins old fi iond and preceptor, (ion. Stephen 1>. .Lee, should bo noti fied also. Tho latter sent tho following reply to President Craighead: "fell Mc(!oo that I am shedding tears tliat one so bolovcd and promja ingshouhl moot such a fate." This message fitly expresses the sen timent hero, for Prof. McGco onjoyj d the respect and friendship of all nnd Ill's death is greatly deplored. He was. 151 years of ago, tillable and quick ami of (?oinmauding presence. Ho came ti Clemson as assistant profossor of agri culture in March, LS'.M, nnd was elect ed pi ofesacr in 185)0. His remains wore sent to his homo at Lexington, Miss., escorted by two members of the faculty. Mr. McOeo exhibited remark abJo ciilmnoss throughout, knowing that he could not live, and died peace fully. KOIt l ine I'lCOPLK'S CAUSE IVutsou, Candidate for Governor, Hpeaks (o Freemen of tlio Htutc. Cyrus 1). Watson, Domocrntio cnn il i < (h t <3 for Governor in North Carolina, who I)uh boon con fined to his bod with f?.vcr lit ]i i k homo at Winston, Iiiih is sued /vn address to tho voters of his .State, whljh is written in burning words to freomen. Helow is a few scrapa taken from the letter, which is worth considering : "AJy fwn voice cannot bo raised in your hearing, but let tho voico of my letter pi on I with you." He also says that "1 desired to meot my opponent, Mr ' Russell, the Republican candidate for Governor, in joint dohuto upon I all the questions in this campaign, but , he rejected nij challenge and declined to stand up in the held with iue before I the people." I n-anted above all, my fellow citi I Zens,- to enter every county in North Carolina and see you personally that 1 might know you and that you might know me, that in tbo administration of tho responsible duties of Governor of North Carolina, 1 could represent the interest of every section, knowing no man above another, but doing justice to all. And noW from my bed of sick ness I send you my greeting, ami the full assurance that if f should bo by ! your suffrages elevated ,to tho high I position for which tho Democratic I party has presented mo as its candidate, I would ask no greater honor than to no administbr'dio duties of my high olficc that my conduct would meet with (ho approval of you all. What Minister Tcrrcl Hays. Hon. A. W. Terrell, thoUnlted States Minister jo Turkoy, has glvon to tho Associated Press tho first explicit nnd authorized statement from ftn official soureo regarding the mission' of tho United Htates steamship Bancroft in tho Levant. Ho mid: "Tho report th*t the lUneroft will, under instructions, for<K tho JJsrdcncllea Is too rtdfculou* for seriona notice. Tho fact of tho mAttor li that I have rot applied foe the entry of a dispatch baat to Corfctantlnoplogjfrlnco [February . ?So the fdhVfiVAhttftat I have abandoned or with* drawn an application 14 entirety without foon* dallon, I bavo not *?veu mentioned tho sub ject of a dispatch boat to tho I'orto since .?ebroary. lae relations between Turks* iend tho United Btatej y cordial." ? HOlll NII>1\S AKtil'KI) 15 lv I ?'< ? 1 i I : >11 1: si ?*k i: m i; cot n r. riu? I.HlKa(lou < Ih> Kosiill ot an In land i >ii Obtained I ?y Ono .ItUtws Donald, \N bo Sought to I'irvoid Kol/.uro b> ^ unstable* of Liquor Inipo it (Ml for Ills l'rlvnto I sr. At Washington Inst Wednesday, nomowlmt in) 'Xpoetodly to the ollioors of (ho court ami attorneys engaged, Iho nrgnmotd upon what is Known (is (ho South ( hi olinii dispensary oases whs ) 1 1 *|4 tin. Iti t ho on foreomen( of llto law Iho Statu of South Carolina oamo into ooulliet w i t ii Federal oll'icers, which resulted in bringing (he law lo j tho attention of (ho Supremo Court | upon hoimo oollatoral questions, lmt in , Iho cast-H itt bin Iho validity ?>l tho law, to fur as it relates to tho soizuio ol liquors im port oil into Iho State by private citizens for thoir own use, is at stake] Liquors so j imported had boon^ seized by (ho constables appointed to onforeo tho Dispensary law, iiml (fames Donald, a citizen, brought hiii( ngninst tho four Constables for tin i njunol ion to rest rain I liciti from Hei/.ing m tho future any ales, win oh or liquors imported into tho Stato by himself for his own per sonal uho ami consumption. i'lio ease was 1 i 1 till iu tho I' nitoil Stales Circuit Court ami aflor a homing tho court gran toil tho injunction asked for. From Hint ilocroo tho constables ap pealed lo Iho Supremo Court. At tor noyliotierul \V. A. Ihirbornpponlo.il on behalf <>f tho constables in support ol the law. I ho court ailjouruoil before argu ments hail boon completed. Mr. Harbor contended tha( tho suit iiiHtitutod by Donal.il was in oiled a suit against theSlalo; that (lie federal Court had not jurisdiction of tho cases, j presenting no question alining under the lawn or constitution of the United States, and that tho law in bo far as it | prohibited persons' from importing al coholic. liquors into tho Sbito lor por Honal iiro and consumption, is iu tho lawful exercise of (ho police power of the State, and is not m conllict with tho constitution and inter -State com nieroe laws against tho United States. Replying lo thi! argument of Attor ney (.b'lieral Harbor, 1'. K. IJryan contended tint so much of tho Dispen iar" law as forbids a citizen < > f South Carolina to puii'hnse in other Slate# and lo import in that Stato alcoholic liquors to) hie own use ami eotisnmp (ion, tlii jrodneo of other Sta'os, dis criminates ? gainst the product and cit izens cf other Stales and also acts Atj ii ii h c those other States, in violation of tho inter-Stato coatmereo laws. lie spoko of the magnitude, and far reaching consequences of the princi ples hero at stake. A new political theory was involved, as stated by liov en or Tillman in his message of 18'Kl, which ha nummarizt-d iu theso words: "ft. is not diflicult (o loeato (ho school of jiolitical thought that nnuonncoH as a new principle in our form of govern ment that tho Stato should supply what tho people want." If tho Stale could "supply what the j people want" in (he liquor trade, said "H r. Bryan, it could in every trade in which the oxorciso of polico power in tho Stato could make regulations and thus ply the whole business, trail o and conifriercc of tho Slate and tho State co\ild bo constitutionally turned into n system of oOicial conduct of businesr with an army of yfiieets and Stale Agents; nnd thus instead of tho indi vidual citizen conducting trade with piivate capital and (private enterprise, under (ho protection and restraints and regulations of Iho government, tho Stato would be conducting trade with public funds through olljeial em ployes. To stale Lliis result is lo dem onstrate tho fabity "f tlm principle, for this result is simply socialism and pntornabffu and communism and do stro^w^ihe very purpose and trans grosses all (he bounds of "civil govern nent," in tho history of tho Anglo 'Jnxoti race, and as comtemplated by C, i founders of these American Com monwealths. " Argument in (lie Soulli Carolina dispensary law cases was coucludod in (he 'Suureuic 0~urt of Iho Dnile.d Stales Thursday. ( 'onsiderat ion ol .he cases was resumed immediately a.. or (lie disposition of (he ordinary rouiine ol motions, etc. Jleforo Mr. Hr;an proceeded with tho argument in suj *?ort <>f the judgment of tho Cir cuit ('ourt of (he United States ol South Carojina that constables of Hit State be restrained from seizing li quors imported into tho Stato by Complainant ? Donald for his own nso and consumption, an interesting col loquy oeor. red between Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. liryan. Tho justice, colling attention to the declaration o( Donald, that the scizuro of tho liquors in question had damaged him in tho suiu of- SO, 000, asked how tho act could damage hfifo in that sum wlion tho value of tho liquor seized did not exo cd 8100. Was not tho.dcclara tion mode, the ,usticc further inquired, in order that tho eaeo might ho ljpmghl within tho terms ? of tho law of 1888, under wh'-h tho jurisdiction of the Federal courts ?n? claimcd, and which required thct tho Amount involvod ex ceed 81.000. Mr. Bryan roplied that tho Supreme Court hfiMKmaaetl upon that point in the caao t/rfBurnoy Edmunds in the 116th United Htntea, on appeal from tho Circuit Court of Virginia. That wa( a case 'nvolving bnt $21 of taxen, but tho court held that the question of dainagca for tliu iavaaioii of a coneti tutional right wa? peculiarly one foi determination by jury. That was tbc pol.^ at iMUa in tbi? oaw, Mr. liryjin raid- Mr. D'nald amrted that hit * | rights had Ui'i'li invaded by tiio State I oMeiub' lifter not oe of protect M Itini. Mi .) m tioo Hiowi, said llhtl w h I If h ? wiih on Iho Circuit bench he hint n! j ways held llial llnio must bo Home i s fltd reasonable proportu n btlwoci. j tho amount o| damages claimed ami j t that ? 1 1 i**li had boon siist u nod. If tlx I i view of i*t > it <ist* I wiio to lio tin* iiih1 j : ho ha 1 il , it wpnld only hi- noiOSKin v tt j j alloj.,0 damages in tin- Hiint of I< j I bring every tor willim tho law of ISSN Mr. Ht van, '"'plying thiii miggctt I I toll, called I li o alto lion ?>l tho colli ' j lu tho agreed idatoiuoul ol I .?<? t ? in t!>? j juko in ? hi it it w as admitted by tin | Attorney 1 1 one nil of tho f" t a I o t lut t l h< j right ot tin) complainant, I'oiitun, it. j ini port liquors, which tlu* dispensary . ! law invaded, wan of tho value of j ' That lu* assei tt'il, was fin iVioit'iit to biing j j tho t'a.so within tho toriuHot tho law of ' ISSN, In tho course of thi;t argument upon | tho power <?l a Stato to engagu in tho ! ti atlti of any article respecting whn-h ! it hat'! tho right to niako polioo rognla- I tioiia, Mr. II mill declared that tho real | bond hot worn tilt* Stall's ot tho I nioii wan commercial iih wi ll as political, j "Tho roal bond is rather commercial . | than tho othor." In oonnoolioii with . ! tho an uu nation ot' Attorney tlenornl harbor, that tho oourl in ili?| ?oiihi iif? law enacted thin year, Mr. Hryan slut : cd that in tin* ease of Snyder, tlooitlotl j in August hist, Judge Siinoiilon hold i that amendment to bo unoonslitultou ! al. 1 n liia oon'-'liuling argument in sup port of tho validity of tho law, Attor j n \y lioiicral Ihirbor asserted that. tln> od'oots CltMiora^ Harbor ansei'tod that | tho HI' rt of tho dispensary law was, in tho first I ho j > i tablets of otlior States, j for tho figures show that I'D por oont. of all tho liquors Bold by tho dispen sary ollloials w ere imported a mi tho 1 iw primarily intondod to secure to tho pooplo of tho Stato ptiro litpiorrt, and, secondarily, to rodnco tho evils llow iug from tlioir list). As to ila ollloaoy in thin latter rrgird, tho Attorney (ion oral quoted (iovoruor Tillman to tho flVoot that tho law hail reduced tho oon.siimption of liquor fit) per oont. ami k 10 number of crtim b enured by tho ti ho of liquor f>7 por oont. Tho matter of actual operation of tho law in respect, of tho discrimina tion against hqiiora of all other States, in oil bo tho State agrees to purehiiHO their stock from ono Slnto aloue, wan tho subject of numerous quostionn by mo in be ra of the court. Tho Attorney Cleneral found Homo dilliculty in mold ing them all but maintained that tho State's olVieers wtnild do their duty properly and that tiio liquors td all St at ? s would conic into proper compe tition. Mr. Harbor agreed with Mr. Hryan that tho court should taUo into con Hi deration Judge Siinontoii's decision in tho Snyder case, saying it was tho desire of all tho Stato'a oIlioialK that tho Supremo court of t lie I ' nitod St at oh nhould pass upon the law in all its foaturcH. Tho court now has tho case. il('TI<K*t ON WATSON'S MtTTKK. lie Will Not Publish II Unless (lie C ? c'?> I'fJC III II Ala lies ail I in port ant Change in It . Monutor Marlon Uutlor, chairman of tli<? the Populist national committee, gives out l li<) following: . "Mr. Watson's tetter wnn received Hatur tlny nixhl. it liatl boon tlotalnod la tho po?t onieo for wftut of HufTlclont poHta^e, and I had not boon flotlllcd by tho postofllco au thorltioH. Of courao 1 o<pocl?ilMr. Watson to givn his Icttor to tho public in tho usual way fH?o,o? 03 he bail it ready. At a recent ineetia^ of our executive committee at C'lii engo Mr. Washburno wan sent by our com mittee to Thompson, On,, to confer with Mr. Wataoli. On hist Monday, Mr. Washboiirno sent while he was at Mr. Watson's home at Thoiif.sOti, Qa., ft'.ltiiiK in t not to piibliab Mr. Watson's letter until 1 lieanl from him, but that was before I had ro.oiv'il the letter, la t lie meantime My. Washburn > went t > Nashville. Tenn.. on last .Saturday for another conference with Mr. Watson. I wired Mr. Washburno, who bad jiiHi returned from Nashville, where he had a second conference with Mr. Watson, that tho k'tter had been received. Mr. \\nshburn<t wired mo in reply, asking me not to publish the letter at present. In tho meantime I bavo wired to Mr. Watson. urKiaxthe advisability making at len?t ono important eliango in his letto . if he authorizes this change, 1 will Kivo out the letter. Otherwiso ho must, take the responsibility of publishing IdW sel ? ^Sl'llfdl "MaKIOX liUTI.KH. Army of Uniformed l*;vn n/{cl Ists. Tho Now York Herald says: Th? Protestant I" plyopal C;i?u of tho United Htntej im about to orxauizo an army of uniformed ovatif;olistH, who will bo 'under military dis cipline an<l compete with tho .Solvation Army and tho American Volunteers In t li?* field of Christian work anionic tho poor. This im portant project has been decided upon at a mocttpfc of prominent clergymen from differ ent parts of thocountcy. Tin' plmm will In clude thu best features of I lie S.'t I vat ion Armv anil of tho Church Army of Kn^lam!, from widely tho former organization ppranif. Ifojuildican Naval I'ilrtulo. At Now York, Halurtlay night of Inst w^k, one of tho most unique marine spectacle ovoi Been in thu waters of ^hat harbor took place. It was a magnlflconirdlsplay, participated in liy tho t wo humlrpn different craft and wit nessed by nil linmunso crowd or people. Tito even' wn# tlrft nautical "grand fireworks dl? play. Illumination and marine paradu" of thu Shipping and Industrial Hound M one.y A*<o ciatlon In honor of McKinloy and Ifobart,'and nrni tho first dom^tration of tho kind tyer Spain Has t lie Cash. Tho Premier of Spainr Bonor Canova TJe.l Castillo, has requested tho Associated If rfesf toannounco that tho ropoits, cald to h/tvo been circulated in, tho United Htatid, that flpufn has notthe roaourciwnoccasary to con ?tinue war in Cuba, an^unfoundod. CJ'ljjC -rmakeM Oii' Strlko. 81* hundred operatives In Manrara'a cigar factory struck at Tampa, Fin., iMjenusothoIr demand* for an Increase In wages wero not iCcodedto. ,<rboclgai maker# aro all Cubans ftO(l Bpanlvdi". Much bad blood ' prdvoll* ?nd florlous troublo Is npprehended. The men will not allow othvr workmen to take theic&laoee. , I/flio best way to' rernovo anna ntia g?lt from wnftll fruit, when washing Is to lay the fruit JoosoTy In a clean basket ami dip tho br.xket Into ifeMh, clean water. rlv'KPAUINU l?Oli 111 I1". K. 1 1 ??'.< : I ION Mm' Secretary of State I h s ti oh llie Kotnts til I'lliH'diui Nitlici'Si t'nder the law tho Secretary of Stato hint to prepare tho forma of cleotion notiecn for tho H t a t n and Fed oral govi t i n! electiona, wlueh have to bo used by tho M'vorul boardu of elcotion com in ifi.su) iit'i h in tho varioiiH countioH in I ; i n i 1 1 lulvertinomont noticed of tho olcctioilH. Tho notices aa prepared by Secre tary Tompkins are an follows: "Notice of Flection for Stato and County Onioers. State of South ( 'arolinn County, "An elootion will bo hold at tho sev eral precincts cotnhlikhod by law in . . . county, on Tuesday, Nov. ?1, l.H'.'O, fur 1 In* following oOieerH, to-wit: Coventor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec retary of Stato, Attornoy-Oonotal, Comptroller ( I on or a I, Adjutant and I iiHpootov ( lonornl, State Treasurer, State Suporintondoiit of Kducation, ono Ivailroad CanuniNsioncr, Repre sent a t iv en to tho lower branch of tho Legislature, one Circuit Solicitor, ouo Clerk of Court, one ShoritT, ouo Si pcrintendont of Lducation, one Super \ i??or ?, ono ( 'oronor. "The polhi will open id 7 o'clock a. in , iiiul cIoko at I o clock p. in. "Tho following named persons havo boon appointed managers of olootion lor State and county ollieers, to wit : i l vo names. ) "Ono of tho ahovo namoil managers at oiu'h box will cull upon tho board of commissioners at ? : ? , J89(?, to rocoivo ballot boxen, poll list and instructions ami to be qualified. "Coiiiinriionorii Statu Flection. , S. C., Oct. I KiHS. Tho other form in an follows : "N'otioo of Federal election. "An election will bo hold on Tues day, tho ltd day of November, 181KJ, at lliu legally established polling pre cinotM in county, for a ropro aontativo of tho (.congressional district of South Carolina, in the f>f>th eongreBB of tho United States. "The pollb will bo oponcd at 7 o'clock a. in. and kept open without intermission or adjournment until 1 o'clock p. in. "At tho close of the election tho managers shall immediately prooeod to publicly count tho ballots. Within three ilayH thereafter tho chairman <.? f the board of munagerH, or ono of them, to bo dominated in writing by tho board, i.liall deliver to the commission em of election the poll bat, the boxen containing the ballots and n written idatrmont of tho result of the election at I ho precinct. "Tho following named persona havo boon appointed to iiraunge aaid election by the board of commissionera of elee tion lor ? county, to-wit. (( ii vo names. ) "Ono of tho above named malingers ' at each box will call upon tho board of commissionera at , , 1H!)(5, to receive ballot boxes, poll list ami in structions and to bo f'i'ualinod. ?? * i "Comtnissionoro Congressional Fleo* tion, ? ? ? , S. IH'.KJ." Hound For Arson. J. S. Brady, who In In Jail la Dublin, On., WiiS srpoated on a chnrgo of conspiracy todo fraud insurance companies by committing nrflofi . Hu was given u commitment trlul and bouiljl over to a higher court. The orlmc was committed a year ago, but tho ohly wit ness against the accused wus afraid to mycut to it in court, an Drady bad threatened l?im if ho divulged tho secret. J)ut, aa tho pris oner is under arrest, the witness told the rtory, with tho abovo result. lirudy is a no torious character, 'A' mmr of amnio means, and brw defied tho law in running "biln<' alger*" i>y Ms adroit methods for n lone ''/no < Republican Naval I'aradc. At Now York, Baturdny night of last week, one of tho most uai(|uo marine spectacle ovor soon in tho waters of that harbor took place. It was a magnificent display, participated (a by tho I wo huadrod different craft and wit nessed by an immense crowii of people. Tho event was tho nautical "grand fireworks dle play, Illumination nad marino narado" of tho Shipping and Industrial Hound Money Asso ciation in iionor of MoKiiiloy and Hoh?rt,.and ?vhm ilut first domstratlou of tho kind ever bold. - ' llcct Sugar Uxpflrimriif . Tho Wisconsin Hugnr Moot Hoflnor?, tho only establishment of tho kind in tho North west, has opened Ita doora for tho manufao turo of sugar from 10,000 an r.M<of sugar beets, grown from a car-load of Beads imported from Franco by Maukorha county farmers. Tho beets aro bciug delivered at tho rato of 1,500 wagon loads pur week, and tho outcome of tho oxperlmaDt is awaited with Interest by growers aud dealers of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa. Michigan and Kansas. Tim Cashier Kills Himself. At Fredericksburg. Va., W. T, Hambu'o h tho absconding bankor from Junvau,. Wis., killed himself. Rambusch wont to ifrejer ioksburg last week and registered at tho ho tel aa O. T. Anderson. He. shot himself in tho national comotory. Tho l>ody was found la a aittlng posture, tho hand still grasplu? tho pistol with which ho shot himself In tho right temple. Ho loft a note saying ho wished to dio among ??!s comrade*. Tho Flowor Congress. Ai Ashovlllo, N. 0.. Wednesday, tho Na tional Flower Congress convonod at th^bnt- *? teify Park Hotel. Tho attondanco was small. ? Frederick Loroy Hargoanl, Instructor of [/botany In Harvard University, WM elected } president; Allsa JPlorenco Chcnojr, of South Mancheator, Conn.. flret vico-broafdenlj Hon. Frank P. Ireland, Nebraska Olty, Neb*, wond vlco-pre?ldcnt; Kdwin II. Taylor. \jbeville, N. O,, nonrotary. Southeastern lluDball League, At Atlanta, Oa., a toiogrnm rcceivod from President Young announces tho decision of v tho National ?h? m attar of yeffat-^ - lion or the different loaguca in tho South, At lanta bWng the point 1A dlsputo., The de cision plaoed Atlanta la the S0othoAitern League, wbMk starts with Atlanta, CbArlea (on, Savannah, Macau and Angoeta. It will oe iitbxn a ?* oran ?4ghtxhttrl?yHk The fltnit tiling ir rcnri fnftnfowf ?n?BUT In that lio l? ct ity. - - ? ' ::