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CAMDEN VOLUME VII I An Ablo RqviGw of a Masterly 3S9p?S0S*S: COL, J, P. THOMAS REVIEWS, . , *? ?????? ? A gpeetfft felude by I>r. 8. 8. I-j?yvb Fifteen Yours A#o-? Worthy of tho , ?v5sfr.titu<Jy?- . - - ? [jr. IV Thomas, in (he Columbia Stato:,] i, In .188$ Dr. 8. S. iiaws? of (Columbia, waaprosidont of tho Htnto University o? Missouri,' at' Columbia, Mo. . On May 10, 1883, Uo Alolivorod before ^be Missouri Py.oss association what- 1 consider a roma^kablo spoocb. X am jaot surprised toilnd from tho contem poraneous commonta that it produoed a political sonsution in tho State of Mis souri. It is callod 'i?Sovoroignty> aa realized in our Ameyicfm ayatern. of "igOV6vi?niiont. " It will be found upon Domination to hf a loarned, bold, .original exposition of that^question ,of questions, with us Jn the political world? Stato Bovoreign The Secretary of Stute, noting for the 7 historical Commission recently obtained ff oi? Dr, Law* a copy of this. address ? antljfhiced If aiUong tho records of the Secretary of^Statp's office", i. havo been permitted to inspect the addrqap nud hiiVQ been. invited to. call public atten tion, thoieto Jfi? a mutter ot' rogrot that a paper so valuable is in newspa per form. Some ine'thod should be de vised to pufit in pamphlet form ho that it might be distributed for tho instruo 0 tjiou . of the public and-at the same time bo inovq conveniently read, and stud-, iod. < .. ? .With these . preliminary . remarks, ; ,.L proceed to make a brief analysis of tho viows of Dr, Laws upon tho subject of sovereignty in genortol -and then of its application to our Amovican system of government. * Starting 'but with tho proposition that all "government imnlios sovereignty l)r. Laws first considers tho ideutitica tion and location of sovereignty, and thus, of nocessity goea down to what ho ? calls the bod, rock of fundamental and universal principles. ' . ^uasmuoh-as our system of goneral government is a uniqn of Btatos, ho logically aud of ne^esfnty inquiros, iirst of all, a? to the true nature of a .Btate, second as to tho nature of that union of States formulated in tho "Constitution of tho United Btatos of America. " ? ? 1, Tho doctor asjtod what is a State ? lle ansWors it is an organhsod BOVtfreign political focioty. Defining next tho origin of soeioty and its function and bliowiily lxow ^ 4 jriol it tjtu\li.fi68 soci ety and imports tho purposo Of associa tion, ho conoludes that as to sovereignty iu this connection it is that which by its iiidwelling in any political society con stitutor that society a -Btate. ' "^Sover eignty, " ho nvers, "is to Stilts/*# tho soul is to tho body. ' ? ? Dr, Lnws is clcar '"find his statement e^plicitas to 4 'what con statutes State. " He goes far deeper down1 than Sir Wil liam {Jones in his famous lines. Jtitj not ''men, high-mindo'd mrthp"itfen who know their rights, and knowing dare _ . mliin tain" ? not this only. This may do for poetry and doclamatiou. 13Ut tho philosophy of tho subject is deeper and more comprehensive ?ud ? rnoro accurate. |)r. Ijawa w&ll says that sovereignty is "the attri bute which differentiates politioal so ^ ciety aa Statos from other politioal so cieties, whiohj from laok of. it, . aro by " COinuion cousent and treatment not Btatea;" "All States are politioal so cieties, but all political Societies are not States. " To illuatrate.liia .meaning, he suggest that Canada. lor instance, ? and Algiers, and IMbefia and Cuba, - being subject, respectively, to England, France, ltussia and Spain, aro not States; because of the' absence of sov ereignty.-. The doctor's idea is that to make a: mere , political' community a State, toere must bo broathed into , tho oommunity vtlie soul of sovereignty. Thus he ia ledhero to give his concep tion of the genisia of .State sovereignty in this '"indesWuctible union of imper ishable States*" I quote the learned doctor's exa'ot words in this important declaration, -r Ho says; "Th0 thirteen American colonies, before the declara tion of 1776, were distinct political com , muiutuwv possessing language, refig iobrHter?ture and traditions, - interests' and blood in common; while, politi-. cally indepondenfofeaph other, thoy were all alike dependent- on the orown. Hence none of them were "States, be cause they ware not themselves sover eign ttit J subject to England. ^The severance of that bond of subordina tion invested each <?ojifl|iy with the dif ferentiate attributewf 1 sovereignty. The dormant spark of sovereignty in tli$ bosom of each was at once kindled , -- and thirteen sovereign State* sprang - h|tb adiftVe being. " ? . ? ~ Dr. Laws thus argues that in every " political (K)mmuuity there are the germs of sovereignty, which, ? through the ac ._tinno? the com muni tyT-aad in theexer v mental. - ? . .* ? . ?? . Hairing shown the distinction bf*. tween de facto < expression is mot singular but pturai. K Fluribus Unum. 6. On the basis thus laid down. wo find tho only'trueand philosophical in terpretation of oui^union, nit a tho only oflPootive gun runty of its preservation and perputuito*. r These are tho ?i* propositions dle oussod by Piv l<nw8 in ma masterly way with robust language and virile thought nnd with riohprouodents, aug menting hiir own force with tho views' of acknowledged Authority ou govern ment nnd Constitutional law. Nor, ho argues, doe?< it follow that, WirtUao 'nullification hns boon nban-. doned ns an iueidontof Stotp sovereign ty;' an<$*th6' right of Hecossloii dWdroyed' by the result of tho war- between the HtatoB, the great prinoiplo of Mtnto kov eroignty hast boon lost though shorn of its looks of Nullification and Hocossion, I add, Stato sovereignty is n Hampson etill nocessary to uphold, not to pull down, tho pillars of our great Aiuorican Union. . j . - ? In closing his disouesion Dr. T/aws most significantly observes how in avoiding the Hoyllaof disintegrntion wo must avoid tho Olmrbvdis of oonsolidn tJon. This hydra of consolidation is what tho modern Horoulos must ntny if its jniserented front should rise to vox tho .Republic. Hay 8 Dr. Daws; *??? ? -< ? 'The opponents ,of tho dootrino of State sovereignty, our only political hope, have but a small Htoro of juiisroail hiatory .oiit.of .which to woavo -thoir fallacious and pornicious subtletjoft. * * * * * Those States, freighted with tho diverse and procious troaturies of a Christian civilization, though moving oach in its assigned orbit, are united in a sacred nnd indis soluble union which promises u?\told blessings to unnumbered generations. Ouw/ird they severally and cull actively move in " their' ri'piiuiiitcd paths of ad ministration: ?' *Not ehaoaliko, togother crushed and bruisot); " But Ilko tho world hariuouioualy contused, Wboro onlor lu varlwty wo boo, ? And whoro, though all things differ, ull ' rig r oo,' " Thus Dr. Ija\fs closos. It is an im perial tl to mo, discusaod ably, accur ately, conclusively, in an imperial way. 1 fool indobted to the author of what is not properly a speoch, as it' is called in my copy, buta thorough disquisition on sovereignty, for tho light, ^ho whito light of truth, with which ho has illucinated and educated his subjoct. .11. Having now shown what a Stato is, Dr. Ijaws proceeds noxt to tho in quiry. What is tho nature' of that union of* Btatos formulated in our Unitod States Constitution? Certainly this is a pregnant question, ono-tli^t has elicit ed thahighost argumentation from 1770 to 1 Hi> ? at 'the hands' of the country's master spirits in statesmanship. 1 have not the spaco at my command hero to enter fully- into flio argument of Dr. Daws on this branch o^his theme. Ho clearly establishes through tho instru mentality, of his lceon logic, and his wealth oi erudition theso propositions: 1. The thoory of our American sya tem is that of popular sovereignty. 2. Tho vindication of tho Declaration . of Jnd9pondonco established thirteen sovorourn States. Tile States remained sovereign un der the Thirteen Articles and did not change thoir individual characters in substituting thereforo the Constitution. 4. Thepeoplo,in whom sovereignty in our system is located, is not Ufa general or aggregate mass, but in particular llle pooplo of eaoh individual State. 1 hare but one criticism to mako.aud slight as it is, I make it with some hesi tancy, ho muoh am 1 impressed with the superior attainments, grasp and ability of Dr. ?aws. Jn speaking, in the beginning of his nrgumont, about the literature of the subjeot and tho sources of information to which tho .student should reaorty tho Dootor men tions Eliot's Debates on the Federal Constitution,' in five volumos, whioh embrace tho Madison papors, tho Ken tucky and'tho Virginia resolutions ami the debate between Ayobstor and HaynO. He mentions also '"The FedoraliHt, " the joint work of Hamilton, Madison and Jay.' Further, he quotes from such authors as Ouizot; ])lontOfiquieu,Maino, Cooley, Curtis, Webster and others. This is well. .They aro all "honorablo men, " all eminent authorities. But'we no where lind any reference to Callvpun, whose works on Government and pisooufoe on tho Government and Constitution of tho Unitod States sound the very deeps of hiB surj jeot, making him like Aristotle in his philosophical tone, as he was . like Cato in his flrmneM, and like Burke and Chatham in the forum of hia country,, f J )ivoKt CyjHonh of his nullification and his secession theories and he re mains the great American exponent of State sovereignty. To augment yet more the muniment* of the groat prin ciple for whioh Dr. Laws nobly, nnd boldly stood fifteen years ago in Mis souri, breasting like a bravo man the tide of adverse thought, _ and defying popular clamor, he could invoko ho. greater name than that of John Cald well Calhoun. : When the argument is mado.forState sovereignty, not .forgotten . should be two argument*? tfckt of Jefifaraon Davie in the "Bise and Tall of tha Confed eracy" and above a)L_wh^ch? is iny point now? Calhoun's Works; - Nor foa-gotteii. shoald-hq how Cal houn lived and died in the harness of State-Bight*. Divest him or hie nul lification and Beoession garb and the body of his contention remains, ^lis ?Urn is obs^Uf^l by the ' mists of the present, but it will continue to shine. What a spectacle does his life And death WJWWtt.-r ----- - I ? He was one of Plutarch's men. L.I.. Solon, atb?nHting hia -power? to fend hie country and her laws; D6 tma Laboring with tiery eloqrreticd " fijafLQxatfr. ' m the cause in which their fathers fought oi dioil nmy l.?. duly magnified, am further tho o?id that one of the groat canons of the creed Of our people should bo revived in the minds, not only of u ?m. mvoliini but of tho whole \U,i!,u. Since, bo it romoinborod, State sovereignty is not local n\ its healing properties, but i* ft sovereign vomody fov tho cftso of tho whole body politic. 1>MVJK>Ij<)1'MKNT OF THIS SOUTH. IteROuroos of That Section Are Hohig More '? lioroughty IMnccrt Ilofore tho reoplo of tho Whole Country. ? \Y. Finloy, of AVashingtvn, O. 0., Second Y ice- President of tho South ern Kail way Company, recoutly made tho following statement to a correspond 011 1 of tho Now York Times with regard to tho industrial dovolopnfent of tho South: , . Wo are, in tho South, in an era oj praotioul and succosoful development of our grout- natural advantages, .there is ft unanimity among the people upon tho subject of development, and ft geueial disposition to foster industrial Tho plans and methods of placing tho resources of tho Southern country bo fore tho outside world are '?y8}0"" *}J* oally arranged, and ore bound beneficial to that soot ion. ??virnlxr * 'Cotton manufacturers have laigoly increased, and have proved to be mo e profitable than in any other eoMion. Many now mills have Won erootoihaua many more greatly onlargod, as well as provided' with tho ^loflt .nortovn ma ehinory and appliances. It should not ho surprising to see \yithinashoitt tho ootton producod m tho ( ^ , v mid Northern Georgia taken entnoly hy l0C^A Splendid beginning has also boon made in wood-working, ami thero aio many of those establishments mom territory in suoceseful operation, Aire abundance of valuable timber, } 0 for every branch of budding materials, as well as tho manufacture of wagon carriages, railway cflrB - furnituro ftud, indoocl, about everything of which wood iB a, raw material, not onlv makes wood-working in ft'l of its brencnes pos sible, but profitable as well. At no distant day tho South will occupy tho first rank in this important industry. "Iron manufacturing in. tho aoiitMB forgiug ahead at a rapid r?*to. Alt the conditions aro favorable for success iu this jino of industry. It has boon dem onstratedlhat ironoari be manufactured moro-choaply and of equally goou qual ity in tho South than in any other sec tion. Tho South is already engaged in the exporting of iron, and the prospects arc most encouraging for a largely in creased foreign business from that sec tion. It is not to bo wondered at that this should bo so, for all the natural ad vantages aro on tho side of tho South, tho only icinarkablo thing about n l>o ing that tlyjLJtoxcign businoss \V?s not dovefopod sooner. ? "Tho cultivation of tobacco and its manufacture into tho various forms in whif'li tho world likos to use it is mak ing coinmondublo advancement. 13et tor grades aro being cultivated, enlarg ed areas aro being planted, ana the conditions of this industry are exceed ingly promising. .... "Tho raising of fruit is also com manding a good deal of attention. J hat tho South is well adapted to fruit rais ing has boon proven by .actual expori enco. and all who have engaged in this branch of industry have been success ful. Tho South has no fears of compe tition in this respect. Tho South is convenient to the best markets, andean produco in abundance tho best fruit. "Tho railroads can justly lay groat claim iu the progress of tho Southern development. Tnoy have opened uj) rich and now territory to settle ment ond added largely to tho facilities for ^growth and develop ment. They /ocognizo the fact tjiat tho prosper itarof the territory through which their lines run moans thoir suc cess, and so oven from a purely selfish motive, if for no other, they ^desire to foster and oncourago all legitimate rn t0"Tho particular railway with which 1 om connected 44/ no exception to this rule, as it is maintaining an efleotivo department, whose work is directed to tho development of the agricultural and indusfrial interest* of the section of Wo country tributary to its lines. It is also expending lai^fO firms of money fox' betterments of its prop ortios and in increffffng tho facilities nocessary to gi\ViJ>o public superior advantages for transporting tho pro ducts of tho mill and the farm. be well SENATORIAL UANI)IDATKS< Bonio of tlio "Starters" Considered In l Mo Forthcoming IUc?. It is hurdly probable thai Mr. Me Laurin will be allowed to enjoy ail un contested right to tho vacaut seat in the United States Bonate. Six cr eight names havo been mentionod alroady,* And thero aro others. It may be that several of the oxpeoted aspirants are feeling thoir way at presebt, and somo of them will, doubtless fail to put in an appearance when the start in made. But the sign's of ihe innes i>oint very strongly to tho entrance of John Gary Kvansinto Ihe arena, and' he will almost- certainly meek a "vindication" at the hands of tho people, whether or not be has a pocket full of rocke to throw at other candi dates. Then, too, there are ffcint glim merings that John L. M. Jrby want* to ehy hfi oast or into the ring, with the expectation of r^Ui+viuu theorem ml tb*t he thinks wAs unneoonwffily de aer|ed Tear. : Hon. M. IjT Donald son has said that lie will noi be guided * r friends who underrated hi* ' re, and he has assured us A Mooting of tho Provisional Com mittee in Chicago, * 32 STATES REPRESENTED, lloaolutlona Adopted -- Ohus. A, Tow iu>, of Miniiosotn* Kloetod Xu tloiuil Cltniruiun, Thirty-two States woro roprosented at tho ttrst moot i ok of tho provisu^ml oommittoo of tho National Silver Ho publican party which ^not in oxoontivo Bosgion at tho Inland l\otol in Chicago on tho 8th. Bosidos tliel committeemen of tho various States roprosontod, over a hundred silver Kopublicana woro pros out from all ovor tho country. The States roproHontod woro: Alabama, Ar kansas, California, Colorado, Connooti outr. Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, lvontuoky, Louisiana', Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana. Nebraska, Now Jer soy, Now York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wis consin, Wyoming and Wdst Virginia. Tho mooting was called to order by ex-Congressman Clins. A. Tow no, of Minnesota.. Aftor tho olosc of the chairman's address, J. H. Manager, of Woat Virginia, was ohoson secretary of tho conference. Telegrams of rogrot woro road from Sonator Frank- J. Cannon, of Utah, and Oeneral Warner. ' A foaturo of the opening hobnu}u was the visit of a dele gation of women roprosenting tho Womon's Bimetallic Union and headed Iry Mr?lR Tilliughast, of Clovoland. Oommittoos on order of husinoss and plan of organization was thou named, of which latter, ex-Konstor Dubois, of Idaho, was made chairman. At tho night session, resolutions woro adopted outliningdho plan of action to bo pursued by tne party and recom mending the appointment of a national oxooutiyo committee of sovon, which in ?to havo gonoral oontrol of tho conduct of tho party. Charlos A. Towno. of Minnesota, was elected permanent cnairman of the na tional committoo, , Tho larger part of tho evouing sossion was, aftor tho adoption of the Resolutions, given up to informal discussion. The members of tho national com mittee aro as follows: Alabama -Cut ler Smith; Arkansas < Thomas Boles; California? Nathan Colo; Colorado - A. M. Stovonson; ? ConnocJ^cut.x Joseph Sheldon; Delaware? Choiles G. Pretty man, Idaho? F. T. Dubois^ Illinois'? James II. Teller: Indi&na? F. J. Yoor his; Iowa ? William Connor; Kan sas?Frank B. Lawrenoe; Kon tuoky ? A. J. Mogsit; Louis iana, S. L. Carr; Massachusetts? Nor man CAtnero/i; Michigan? C. E. Wat kins; Minnesota? Frank A. Day; Mis souri ? J. D. Clarkson; Montana? Chas. S. Hartman; Nebraska? D. D, Grogory ; Now Jersey? James H. Fleming; Now v York ? Bon S. Dean; North Dakota? II, M. Secot; Ohio J. J. Harper; Okla homa? F. S. Peck; Oregon? ChaB. W. Talmatlgo; South Dakota? S. "B. Lion. Uttfh ? W. C. Jouos; Washington ? G. W. Thompson; West Virginia? .J". Ti. Menonger Wisconsin? D. F. Powell; Wyoming ? A. A. Johnson. Tho States of Maine^ Now Hampshire, Pennsyl vania, Vermont, Bhodo Island, Mav.y land, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Tonnossoo and Texas were loft out. Tho Southern Hallway Suit. At Ashovilio, ,N. C. , Tuesday, tU'o injunotion case of the Southern Bail way Company against Governor Itus sell, Attornoy-Genoral Walter and tho directors of the road was called iu the United States Circuit Court. The mat ter is in the form of a bill of equity, praying that the soveral parties defend ant may be restrained from bringing suits in the- State courts to annul tho ninety-nine year leaso of tho Nortk ('Carolina Railway to tho SoUthorn - Baihray. Judge Mcltao, of Baleigh, opened, the argumentfor thedofondant. Hon. John CI. Carlisle, ex-Socrotary of the Treasury, is to close for the road. A good many other lawyers wero pres ent, among them Henry Crawford and Franois Stetson, of Now York. s u? fc HO Y-Him* CONUttKSS. Kcport of the Proceedings from l>)ty to Pay. SV.N \TR .IcnhDnp. The Senate made greater progress on tho trti'i!l bill than on any dav funco l ho debate opened, complete ' iujj mora tlian half ot tin* important metal schedules. The spanking w?* done by tho lUnnooratio Sonators, Uio Uopnhiicnn Senators taking uo part to tho debate, except at n\ro intervals to answer 1 1 iifst ions which would expedite tho advance Qf tho hill. Messrs. ,Ioiioh u?' A rk annus, -and \ est.~ urged numer ous amendments embodying in tho main tho Wilson rates, hut those vvovo rejected with onlv one exception. *!I,H except ion related to anvils, on which Mr, Vest secured a reduction ol tho committee rata from 0 to If cants par poum'. It was tho llrst change made w\tbaut tho assent of tha committee, a\id it was duo mainly to tha listless manner of many Senators in voting. 1' was agreed not take olY cotton tion from tha dutiblo list, andsothoy remain tax ed aa heretofore. Senator I illinan so ciircd tho adoption of a resolution >\bout 1 1 to dispensary law oi his State. I ho Sonata is now to consider what logisla> tion is necessary to restore tho control of alcoholic liquors in South Carolina. j kmc 5hu?. Tho Sonato attain n>adtj good progress (Hi tho tarilt hill, cover ing about tan pagos of tha metal sehod nla and almost completing it. 'Ilia formal contest against tho measure was mainlaiued by many amondinanla, which were votoddown, and tho finance committee sustained. The debate was mainly of a technical character. Tho Republican Senators continued tho pol icy of refraining from minting speecho# Hefore the tarill bill was taken up, Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, gave the Senate anothov hour of excit ing controversy over 'tho proposed anew investigation, llo moved to dis charge tha committoo on contingent expenses from further consideration of the roaolution recently otlored by him to investigate the alleged speculation in sugar stock, which brought several Senators, to their feet, and tho talk was animated. Tillman dually withdraw ing his motion. During tha debate Mr. Tillman informed the Sonato that Mr. .lyncR, chairman of tho eoi^>?tvittee, told him that he was ready to report his resolution, but ( Jallingor said that. such assertion could not bo correct, and then Mr. Tillman said let. Mr. Jones spoak for himself, and then ho (Jones) gavo assurance that tho roaolution would bo reached indite time unless takon from the eommitto. "But aside from this," proceeded Mr. .lonow, "I cannot shut mv eves to facta connected with this subject. I bolioyo tho Senate of the United States is an honorable body. I boliovo tho Senators are gontlouion, as a rule. " *< , J iini! 4th. ?Tho Sonato mot at 11 o'clock and had a nor iod of speooh- mak ing and as a result little progress wan made on tho tarifV bill. The advanco covcrod about two pages, or Bevon par agraphs, and brought tho Senate up to tho wool scdodulo, tho first item of which wan conaidornd, but not com pleted. Mantle, (Hop.;) of Montana, wpoko for two hours on tho wool sohod nlo, urging an increase in tho ratos of tho wool grower, and Butler, of North Carolina,- made a plea in behalf or tho inoome tax. The consideaation of tho tariff bill by paragraphs began at H o'clock. Lead oro, load droas and me tallic mineral substances (I7li to 181 in clusive) were pa'ssod over, Tho mioa paragraph (18'd) led to a contest. Pritch ard, of North Carolina, proiwued ah amondmont, llxing the rate on rough mica at 15 cents per pound, and on out mica at JtO cents per pound. Aftor a lengthy discussion tho mica paragraph wont over, also the nioklo. Tho House amondmontB to tho bill to prevent col lisions on ?i)lajw.bft.V8.ttud.wtttorH of tho United Statoffoxeept tho Groat Trnkos. wore agreed to. Tho President signod tho sundry ci\\l bill. , . , .T*:nu 5th. - When tho Sonato laid asido the tariff bill it had roaohod tho sugar schedule, which has boon tho aubjectof so much intorost and conflict. During tho day many ot.t&e para graphs of, tho wood Bohodule had been agrcodjlo, but that restoring lumbor to the dutiable list of $2 per 1,000 proved tho greatest stumbling blook en countered ainco tlio debate bogan. It lod to an extended debate, dur ing which a wide divergence of views was developed on tho Demo cratic sido of tho cnambor. Mr. Bacon (Dom. Ga.) gavo his wupport to tho committoo rate, saving it was essen tial to tho lumbor industry of the South. 1 Ho fd so 'spoke in favor of a revenue tar iff so adjusted as to ffivo equal benefits to all industries. Mr. Barton and Mr. Vest dashed several times on tariff doc trine, Mr. Vest exi)ressing rogrot that a Democratic Senator should assist lit re storing to tho dutiable list ono of tho three products-- lumber, salt and wool which tho Wilson bill put on tho free, list Mr. Clay; of Georgia, ulso spoko at length on tho tarifl bill, criticizing the sugar schedule and other features of tho bill. Mr. MoLaurin (Dem. H. C.) who rocontly- entered tho Honate, niado bis initial speech in criticising tlio Tatcs of tho wood schedule, saying tliey wore not designed to benefit any Southern enterprise, and if there was anything of tho kind it wasnieroly inci*. dentaL > Junk 7th.? Tho Senato disnone<l or tho Lumber pnrngraph, which had been uioro stubbornly contested than any feature of the 'bill, thus far, by defeat* tho motion of Benotor Vest to place white pine on the free list/ The vote w<l8 yeas,*#),- nay# 88. , The,, contest was mainly /"significant in breaking party linen. mmoh~ bstft been maintained. " * ? ~~^II&,(lUrij^~Ebe early >te. Ontne final vfte ; io Sehators voted j VertT? proposition, i , ; Bacon aflfd~ Clay; cEne/Y, of IxmUf ? ^ ? ? w*.* ? __ _ , a an ? ? - "?w . ? . - - ? ^ ? ? JPTTTtlllBillt of Kr Carolina; jH n,of Virginia; Bawlios of Utah and Sir /Carter, Cannon and ? other band, end.M??ara. ailrar Kepubli Yeai motion, tol spoke in paiticnlar about restoring I v/hito pine to tho tint iablo list, urging i that tho yatoa were designed to ho pro hibitory against Canadian pine. There waa nothing, he Hiud, "in tho olap-trap argument'* of AntoVioan high wagea, as tho wagou of t l?o lumbermen in Canada wore, on a whole, higher tlmn in the United BtutftH. Junk Hex. H.v tho decisive vol? of ?li} to tO tho Senate adopt oil an amend ment to t ho tarilV bill, placing raw cot ton, tho groat product of tho South, on tho dutiable Hh|. at 'JO per cent ad valo rout. It itt tho JlrHt tini<? in the history of tariff logialallon that a duty on cot ton has boon .incorporated In a bill. Tho amendment was proponed by Sir. Bacon, of Uoorgia, on l^x individual responsibility, and without tho approv al of tho Hnanoo^oommUteo, which thus far haa boon voqulaito to tho auocoss of every unicndniont, oxcopt a minor one, which wont through by default, Marly in tho day tho sugar schedule wan pahaod over and tho agricultural schedule taken up. IiO?h than two pages woro disposed of. Tho para graph 'on cattle wont over, but tho balance of tho agricultural schedule, to and including paragraph was agroed to as reported, all amendments oxcopt that- of Mr. Macon being re joetod, When tho tarilV bill was taken up, at p. lib, Mr. Allison, of Iowa, reuuestod that tbosngnr schedule bo passed, Mating that it would be con sidered on the lith. Tho agricultural schedule being next in order, was con sidered. HO US 10. Junk J{hi>. In tho Houno Tci'ry (Doin. ),i-of Arkansas, demanded the' immediate appointmout of a committor on foreign alYairs, hut wan ruled out . of "order and an appeal from t Ho decision of Iho ohrtir was laid on tho table Ivy a strict party veto, Several bills wove l?a8Hod by unnnimoua .consent. Tho Frye bills to provent collisions on cer tain harbors, rivers nnd tnlnnd waters of tho United States, and the Senate resolution for the relief of the K?l I'aso Hood sit (Vers, amended so as to make the appropriation of $H>rOO0 available out of the unexpected balance of the appropriation for the Mississipj i lined suil'orers, were passed, and the confer,-, once report on the' Indian appropriation bill was adopted, and the Mouse ad journed until the 7th. ?Jus b 7'tn. I n the House, aftor tho passage of two Senate bills, they had a wrangle over adjournment until tho 10th. It was carried by a voto of 70 to HO. HKLPINO TJMjSiAN. Slmonf oii'k Decision lias Aroused (lift, Cold Water ISloinonf, A spooial from Washington bays: ''The tomporanoo elements all ovor tho (ionntry aro coining . to tho support of Spnator Tillman in his deslro to havo light thrown on tho qtiostion as to wJjnt legislation, anv, ifl riooe'ftfiary to givo full efleofc oi the law whioh aocords to each State tho right to fOgulato tho liquor t' ufflo within iU borders. ' 'People who have b^eii disposed to oritieieo the dispensary eyetefrt and its author are with hJm in tho light whioh comes as tho result of Jn^oSi^onton's roeont decision.* S<Hmto'r "IToaiv is ono of the strong supporters of thojillinan liosition an<l most of the members of the Honate believe with him tlnit Judge Siuionton's decision is in tho tooth of tho Wilson law whioh was jnado to fit tho to wa ease somo yoars ago and under tho operations of which the Alaino law is mado offootivo. "That law was paasod in 1H!)0 aiyl/ civos, in as plain language us a law can < to oaoh Stato, tho kadio power to rogu late tho ealo of liquors that are brought into that State, as tho Stnte has over .liquors produood in the Stater Mid the law adds that they 'shall not bo exempt therefrom by reason of boing, intro duced therein in original packages or otborwiso. ' ? 'Judge Siiuonton lmsos his dooiaiotf, as it is understood hole, on tho con tention that the Houth Carolina law is not an oxerciae of tho polieo PPWP? of tho State. "That it ib tho 'intent ion of Congress to give absoluto control of tho hqtior traffic to the individual States there oan bo no doubt and if further legislation is necessary to perfect existing law on that point it will onacted ( MOVKMKNT FOR <?SOO!> KOAP9. South Carolinian* I'uttliiff Roaliii In Bettor Condition. The progressive jn^ess of South Caro lfiiift has been agitating tljo question of good roads for a long time, but, ill tlib middle and low country, with very in different results. In sev?|?t Counties in the I'iedinont belt tho ' people have roalizod tho importance of good high* ways, and in several counties, notably in Pickens. Anderson and Oreenville, i considerable improvements have been j made, considerable expense being in curred for road machines, mules, etc., and oivil ongincors boing employed in the scientific i>ort of the work; tfow;< over . .Richmond, of whioh Columbia is the county float,- ban made the first move in tho Btnfo to macadamize n highway. The beginning is on a vory small scale, as a section of road just beyond the oLty ^limits, and only 170 yards" frr length, will l>o operated on. It is one of the -woiel places iu the county^and ' bears a .great amount of Iragta. G ranite screehlfigt wilj bo used and tho macadam will be nine inches thick. The progress of the experiment will be watched with great internet, beeitowif 14 it successful, as to cost ostiolaVtk mhL endurance, it is likely benda *ill bo issued to macad?mi*? the romds of the township and all other county saata will tike similar fcction. In tha hilly ooUfe" quantity of the necesasry With the cbaingau DECISION 10 1 MM - -? ? ?? -?v Gov, Ellorbo, of South Carolina, \ ? Outlines His Procoduro, CONSTABLES TO BE RETAINED. nn UJ WuU'U.OrlAluttl TauUuKoa-i-riut - ItottloH Cannot Ho 8ol<t iiu jSuchi * ,>luoti to lto Ooup. ? l-ast Thuv.sday, Gov.. Kllerbo, of South Garni inn,, defined the courso ho will i urauo in enforcing tho disiKUisary ?av. Ho said ho hud decided to keep the constables on duty, ftfj by his con struction of tho "vriginal package" riling there was muelt for them to 'do, I' Wo are not going, " he said, "to Koyz o anything tdiippod into -tho y,tut(? for personal use or -anything sold by poome of other Stale# iu original pack aged, T nndoratftud by 'original pack ago^ that u man, ? cannot, for instance got a -dozen. pint paokngos in .ono cuho injiil . ?,oll those pints separately, hnt must sell the whole nnbrokpn case. Th'd' Cohstabloa will have to watch those reooiving bo'xeH of bottled liquor or liquor putc.up-in otbev shapo, and if anything; ..,1oss,.Um>u ?the whole, will be 0011,1) fiC/itpd "As I rtndorstnnd it, tho oitiziifta 01 this State will not be poriUift'ed 'to nell in oiiginal pnckagenvur >in any othot way. I think, liowevoiv oitiBona of thia Htiite can properly ant of ngouts.Jtpi' non-residents. "Of course, tbe friends of tho di'sp\>h': wary wilt not bo satisHod 'With' anything short of an ayipflnl to tho eouift of last resort. }> . ? ' ' ' .. . . . There will ai?oQ<lily >bo a toBfc of ?the corrootnOHs of tho construction- >pla?od on the Simonton decision by Governor ?UHorbo. . "4 ? Dozens of ninn aio proptiring' tO' Bfell liquor in paokagos as woli aHhalf piutft, importing thenH 1)1 eases and barrols* and alao to noil beer< bx Ute bottler. Aor cording to, tho, poaititfu ta^eu ty,y the Governor, tji&pean only (teal in whole1* ?alo quantities. Tliis would be'ncrrid^ vintage to' purchasers, a a tho# *tnn tneniHelvoB order sUch ? packages . . for 'fWsonal yse,"' have them shipped. jcM? t?ct and ?nVe proiilB of the mjddlQm^p; 1 CouM of Inquiry t<? be'Caltfcrt. * "v |- \rjve faoulty of the South Carolina C<lllego have InvoBtigMod tho, facte eoh* nedtod with the disturbance ott'the col lect) ball field, in Coluinbia, 'and ?a a remiit haa roportcd'tlie conduct' of Ad4 jutant-Goneral Watts to' the- Gcvovnor, itu commander- ii^ohiof, for his, , action. Governor Ellorbo, ^on.j^cQipt of -tho full report, aoting under ^fe Htate jawi has deolared that he would order a cjollrt of ijujuiry to investiga'to " the niVrtira. Judge A<lvocate General Mayfl^lO "will' be the ehairnn^i of the court. yp jpoends. umi 1 *^' -' -?,- rm" ? ""????'? Tillman's ISfow ijlil. 2 . 1 ? . ' ? * wj* v. Km mt or Tillman,' from tho committee on intor-fttatc commoroo, baa introduc ed a bill giving Statute tho name $qnjr<}j .otliquor imjKjriofl ..into* Htato^h*^ they oxoroiuo 0vor liquors of dohteftuc manhtatfturo. Tlio bill^is intended4*? in part moot the dbjeotidnB:to tU&'SWle diHpeiiBary law,- ? pointed * -Out' ifct *the recent decision of Judge Hirnoutou;(.xjf ><?/> -<.i LIQUOR jOKALHRS ttpLt> "rtAjD?*L Not RcCclveri Oo'odA Ye#''. A special fr6m (^har)on'ton ta'th&jfct*' lant* Coftsttttitlbu'" hUVIT: Th'rf ! ?ale grocery men and thee*<iiqiior*leelJ era in Charleston eeerae to tbe/dmirtlni^ .. t. _ * ItniMi'A /or! -od uwiot juuge nmiyii^u ' Tliev baVe pltfcod orders btit 'tho -stuff in not to be ?hippd<i Unt?l ?ome 'de unite steps are' taken, by thc' Kfave- aumtu^- ' .tration. Before tb? -dtepen WW .W . L *??4a A<Vn/if avafv ntiiAl* ltl till Hront(iuto effoct pvery othe? storo in city Hole! whiskey and b'edr/ and p'li majority of these meriaroiiow COunt* ing on nolling. again < C One Wholesale . dealer ha* scoured a, warehouse ana bap! it to apuear tb*t. UP If to act f8/; tjip agent of ?ome outside eouiuiny that will sjiip^tlio tfqodtf t6 the' city t'6 i>e warehoused ana sold to individuals; Since ihe decision .was rendered, the ft tate corifltablea, . ^ho .b^vq been /idle for weeks\ have starlfed ont on whole sale raids Jbnce more and li'ave Biicceeded' in capturing a great deal of contraband1 liquor. /The reason' statu* to' l>e that' the blind tigers are putting too mu6)> faith ih the iujnnction# nud rnro selling! in tiro original drink/mpre. freolyjLhiMp1 usual. V 7 | Charleston is expeptlhg.a big revfval' in buMiriW -relational when t4*e*ti?>>eif-' sary i$ dHvCji^our of the enormous amount of Wbtskey.ir- K>||d and wlule 'tha mohev loaves the aver* age man poorer, it appears to pat moire money incirculatioh.' ' 7 ; - ?-?' - ? TILLMAN'S RILL -v ?