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? VOLUME VIII. ?> CAMDN, S. 0., Fill DAY, DECEMBER 10,4807. NO. H. THE i ESS AGE J 'it ?? " ? ? , | ~ 1 1 1 President McKinley's . Annual " Coinmnnication to Congress." ? - ?/ S- ? V CURRENCY REFORM IS URGED. ,?i i Advises Against tho Recognition of C\iba as a Belligerent. <: . : . i Tlio riflftnolal Qncatlon DlacnMcd at ;Oroat I-ongth?TMulrs th$ Secretary of tho Treasury Should Uq EtnpoTrcred to ?' tMlto llomls at a l-ovrov lutereat, and That Troainry Notes lledeoined in Gold fihoTjldWo Ijolaaued Only on Payment . of Gold?Says Spain Should rtavo JVtovo Timo In Which to Pacify Cnbn ?Arguments Vov Wntrailan Ann ex a* ilon? Jayafi'a I'cav/i Allayed? Tho .BI* ?.,..jttetalito IM,sftlou Abroad? The Mos i:: bijRO Also I)oa)a AV I IU the tTulon Fa? <ino Sate, (ho Nicaragua Canal, lto? Xlef for Alaska G <dd jruhters, tho i" Indian Question, Arbitration nud Civil ' Sorvlco Reform ? Economy UiRod. '\y<i9tfnt<vros, D. 0. (3iv5olal).?-ThQ mos* sago of President MoKlnley was rooeiy^d by tho Fifty-fifth Congress Bhortly after ^he first regular session' openod at noon, Monday. it is ouo of tho louKOst message* sont to Congress, and deals at length with tl^e Qurrohoy problem, our roln^ons to Spain. nttdCuba; tho annexation of Hawaii, and many other topics of govornmont and rol Srlofly, It points out the crying nocosslty ojt ourrenoy reform. iudorsos Secxotary Oqg0'? Plan, maintains that United B^atcs Aotea redeemed In gold should not be paid out agala except for gold, and that tho Trowury-resorvo danger should bo stopped. "^To IntorvojiUbn iu Ouba U ; tho gtand t^on by tlitf President until Spala has had a ohApgo t/o try Sagasta's policy. Hawaii should bd annexed as eo<5n as : possible, and Congress should study "OUfc . details -01 administration of tho islands. ' -?Our relation^ with Japan ate friondly? frnd blraotallfo negotiations with European are' progressing. Yfhe Government may become a railroad owner by bidding in tho Kansas Paciflo. "j?ho message Is, in part, as'follows: Tattio Sonato and Houso of Beprcsonta tlvesK 'A * It giv&s mo pleusuro to bxtond greollng to tyo i'lfty-Qfth Congress, assembled ia 'session at live seat of Government, with mauy of whoso Senators aud Hepro negatives I bavo boon associated in tho _ legislative -service; Their meeting occurs ?under felicitous conditions, jflstlfylng sin* oj&re congratulations aud calling for our fcfatefut acknowledgement to a beneficent rxovldeno?, whloh has so signally blessed ?hd prospeiod us as n uatlou. roue* and tfdod will with all the nations pt' " the earth contlnuo unbrolcon. A matteV ' of gonulno satisfaction Is the growing fooling of fraternal regard and unlfloa'tlon ot all fleotlons of our coun ' try, the Incompleteness of which has too " long dd'layel realization of tlio highest .blessings of tho Union. The spirit or pa triotism Is universal and Is over Increasing in fervor. The public questions which now JoftSat.tuigrOBa usjvto lilted far above either partisanship, prejudlco or former sectional differences. They effcct overy part of our common country allko and permit of no .;5lYJ.filoii . on.. andont -llnee. - ?Questions pt 'foreign policy, of rovonuo, the soundness of the ourrency.thclnvlolabllltyftfnntlonal obligations, the Improvement of'tho nubile sendee, - appeal to tho individual con science of every earnest citizen, to what-' over party ho belongs or In whatover soo tlon of tho country ho may reside. . The extra aOsslon of thts Congress, which elosod during July last, ouacted Important legislation, and wnllo its full offedt un^ not ypt been r<inlizod. what It has already ac complished assures us of its tlmellno&e and wisdom. To test its permanent valuo fnr? tt)6r tlrnO will bo required, aud the people, satisfied $rith Its oporatlon and results thus far; OW Iff h6 mind to withhold from it a fair trial. CmrrtVcy frovl?lon. Tariff legWfation having been settled by the oxtra session o f Congress, tho question met pressing for consldoration 1b tha{ of tne currency, Tho work of pnttlng oar finances upon' a sound basis, diffloult as it _jnayflcem, will nppeftr eft9l?r wbon wo- re call tho flnnnoinl operations of tho Govern ment sin co 1806. With the great resource? of tbo Govern - moot and wit U tho honorablo example of tbo past before rts, wo ought not to hesitate to entfcr upon n currency revision which will mako our demand obligations lvss onorous to tho Government and relievo our financial laws from ambiguity and doubt. Thyro aro many plans proposed M ft rem edy for tho ?vH;" Before we can find the true remedy wo must appreclato the ?ovH? ? ~ Tue' ovll of tho present system l$Ja in~the RWftt epsi to tho/G maintaining 1 tho parKy of forms of money; that Is, keeping J?tt.0f them at par with gold, WO surely ojmnot be longer heedless of tho burden tlif* Im poses upon tho people, even under lalrly posperous conditions, while the past four ptttl, mm of tho Government, At suoh titles th.a Government has no other way to imp ply Its doflelt and maintain redemption but through tho Jnoroaao of its bonded debt, a? rtur(ngthendrrtlrilatraUonof ray predecessor whin $203,815,400 of 4)f por oont. bond.* wore Issued and sold and tho prooeedsubod to pay tho oxponsea of tho Government. wHn ou* tAveiiuoa oqual to out expenses thcvo would bo no dofloft requiring tho is hUAnooof bondBv. Cut if tho gold reservo falls below $100,000,000, how will it bo re plenished oxcept by soiling more bonds? Is there any othct way practicable under existing law? ,< . ? Thi aorlouo question then Is, shall wo SofttlnuO tho policy that haa boon pursued (n tho past -that Is, whon the gold roaervo roaches (ho point of danger, Issuo more bQiula and ?upply the needed gold? or shall wo provide o^hor.meftua to prevent- theso Veourrliift' drains upon the gold reserve? If no further legislation Is had and tho poljoy of selling bonds la to bo eontlnuod, thon Congroas should glvo tho Secretary of tho T reAsury nulhorlty to boII bonds at long or short periods, boavlng a leas rate Of lutor est than Is now authorized by law. 0 Tho Kurtless Chain. X earnestly rooommeQd, aa soon as tho receipts of tho Government ato qnltoauOl qtent to pay all tho oxpenses of tho Gov ernment, that whon any of tho United States notes aro presented for redemption In gold, and aro redoomed In gold, Buch notes shall bo kept and set apart, and only paid out In oxohango for gold. Tula la nn obvious duty. If tho holder of tho United States note prefers tho gold, and gots it from tho Government, ho, should not receive baelc from tho-Govornmnnt a Unitod States noto without paving gold In exchange for It. In my view it la of tho utmost importance that the Government slrbuld be rellevod from the burden of providing nil tho gold required for exohangca and export, This responsibility is alono borno by tho Gov ernment Without any of the usual and necessary banking powers to- help lisolf. The banks do not feel tho strain of gold redemption. The wholo strain rests upon the Government, and thOfilzo of tha gold reserve In the Treasury has come to bo, with or without reason, the Eignal of dan ger oil ot security, This ought to bo stopped. i,, Tho Socrctary of tho Treasury hns out lined a plan In great dotall for tho purpose of removing tho threatened rcourrcnco of a deplotod gold reserve. Regarding Ouhft, The most important problom with which this Government Is now nailed upon to deal pertatutng to Its foreign rolntions concerns its duty toward Spain and the Cuban insur rection. Tho story of Cuba for many years has boon ono of unrest. For no ortduvlng period efnoe (ho enfranchisement ot tha contlpent.il possessions of Spftin in tho ..Western Contlnont has tjio oondltion of Cuba otthe polloy of Spain toward Cuba not caused eoncorn to tho United States. The prospeot frAm timo to time that tho woakness ofrBpain's' hold upon tho island and tho politioal vloissltOdcs and embar rassments Of the homo Government might lead to the tranBfor ot Cuba to a Continen tal powor oallcd forth, botweon 1820 and 18C0, various emphatlo declarations qif tho policy of the United States to permit no disturbance of Cuba's connection with Spain, unless in tho direction of indepon donoo or acquisition by us through pur ohaso; nor has thoro boon any ohnngo of tills doolarcd policy olnco upon tho purl of the Government. Tho present insurteolion broke out fn February, 1898. It la not my purposo nt Hjjl&timo to rooall its remarkable incrcaso or tivcharaotorizo its tenaoious rcsi6tauco agaiDBt the enormous forces massed against it by Spain. Tho rovoltandtho olrorts to subduo' it eatrled destruction to overy quarter of tho island, developing wide proportions, and dofying tho ef forts of Bpala for Its suppression. (The clvilizcd ? codo of war has bcon disregarded, no loss so by the Span iards than by tho Cubnus. Tho existing conditions ea?not but fill .this Government and the Amerioan people with tho greatest apprehension. There is no desiro on the fiart of our people to profit by the misfor unes of Spain. Wo have only tho desiro to eoe thet)uban? prosperous and contontod, enjoying that measure of self-control, which is the inalienable right of man. ~ Good Ofltcok Hofusod, Tho offer jnado by my predecessor In April, 1890, tendering tho frlondly ofllconof this Government, failed. Any mediation on our part Vt95Jftot ncccptod. In brief the answer road: There Is no effectual way to paoify Cuba unless tt begins with tho actu ul submission of the rebels to tho mother country. Tho oruol poliov of ooueenbfaUou was Initiated Fobruary 16, IBflfi. 'Jme pro ductive districts controlled by thqfapanish armies wero depopulated, The agricultur al Inhabitants wero herdod in onl about tne garrison towns, their lands laid waste and their dwellings destroyed, Thlepolioy tho lato Cabinet of Spain Justified as a tieeessvxinensure of war, nod as n means of outtiug off supplies from tho itrsnrgonts. II has utterly failed as a war measure. It was not'aivilizod warfare. It was extermin ation. ' Against this abuse of tho rights of war I iavo felt constrained on repeated occasions ,to enter tho Arm and earnest protest of this Government. The instructions given to onr new Min ister to Spnin bnforo his deparluro for his post directed him to impress upon that i Govornmont tho slncero wish of tuo United States to lend Its aid toward the ending of tho war in Cuba by reaching a peaceful 'and lasting result, Just ana honorable allkt > Spain and tho Cpban people. It wasv ;ea that a neighboring nation, witty ' ?ge Interests In Cuba, we could bo jreqr ,*d to wait only a reasonable time /or ?tae /toother country to establish its 'author#; and restore peaco and order wltbra tho borders of too island: that we coti Id not contemplato an ladoQnlto period lor the accomplishment of this result. J Spain's Uej>ly. The reply to our note was received on the 28d day Of October. It Is In tUo direction 0t a better na^?t?tftn^ng. It^nrpro It ndmtts i <fjH>ythe trar for peace ' present Si rarln Is fuj anf^b ust. It declares that tho iDani^b Government is bound by ! overy consideration to a change of policy that should satisfy tho United States and pacify Cuba within n reasonable ttmo. To this ond Spain baa decided to put Into effect the political reforms heretofore ad- | rooated by. Ine present Premier, without -hnltlcg-for any consideration in tho path #h!atUn Its Jucj^rnaent leads to peace. In thy absence of a declaration of tho H that this Gdfernment proposes la carrying ont Its proffer of good, ' *" *" Spain be left freen 'U nen icew obU? ?h,UI duties and Tot the .aft ? this dfewawrrr-i 1 unmindful that tho tw^HonMa of Cong tw# in the spring of ISM expvW&A tho opinion, by cotiifo-ront resolution, ttfat a condition of publlo war oxlsted, requiring or Justify ing tho recognition of ft statu of bolli^cr* onoy in Cubj\k In tho presence ot those significant ox protalons of tho eontlmont of tho legUla tIvobrrtooh.lt bohoovcs tho Kxcontlvo tf) soberly consider tho condition's und^r whloh so Important rt moasuro must needs lost for Jufltlrtontlom It is to bo aeriously consldored whether tho Cuban iusnrroction passes beyond disputo tho nttrfbutos of Btatohood, whloh Mono can damand tho recognition of boliigoroncy In its favor. ttesultj of Iteongottlou* Turning, to tho practloul aspeots of a recognition of belligerency and viewing Its Inconveniences and positive dftDgW* MUl further pfttl IKcnt con'Mileval lone appear. Tho net ot recognition usually takes tho form of a solomn proclamation of neutral ity. which recites the do facto condition of belligerency as Its mot|vo, It announoes a domestlo law of neutrality In tho declaring State. It assumes tho intornational bblU gations of a neutral in tho presoueo of n Public stato of war, It warns all olt teens and others with in tho jurisdiction of tho proclalmant that .they violate theso rigorous obligations <?t their own peril and cannot oxpoct to bo shioldod from the oonsoriuonces, Tho right of visit and soaroh on tho seas and selzuro of vossols and cargoes as contraband of war and good prizes under Admiralty law must, under international law bo admitted as ft leRltlmato cons?quonco of a proclamation of belligerency. The onforcftmont of this enlarged and on erous oode of neutrality would only bo in fluential within our own Jurisdiction by land and sea, nna applicable by Our own instrumentalities. It could Impart to tho United 8tato9 no Jurisdiction botwoon Spain and tho insurgents. It would give tho United States no right of intervention to enforce tho conduct of tho strlfo within tho paramount authority of Bpaln, accord ing to the international oode ot war. Recognition Unwjso. For theso rwwons, I regard* tho recogni tion of tho bolllgorouoy of thoQuban Insur gents aa oow unwlflo and thorofoco inad missible.- Should that fctop herouftor be dpomcd wise as a measnro of light and duty, tho Executive will take It. Intervention upon humanitarian grounds has bnen frequently suggested and 1ms not fallod to receive my most anxious and earn est consideration, Rut should suoh a stop b6. now tnkon, when it la nppnront that a hopoful change has supervened In tho pol icy of Spain toward Cuba? undo;; tho now military commando* a broad clomonoy la proffered. Measures havo nlroady been net on foot to rellovotlio horrors of fitarvatlon. Tho power or tho Spanish aja*1t?5, It Is asserted, Is to bo uso'l, not to ft inroad ruin and desolation, but to proteot tho resumption of peaceful agricul tural pursuits and prpductlvo Industries. Spain to4llavo Store TJine. It J? honestly duo to Spain and to pur friendly relations ,\vlth Spain that she should bo given a reasonabl??lmnco to real ize her ospeotatlons. Sho has recallod the commander whose brutal orders Inflamed thoAmeilOftb thltid h'iid' shocked the civilized world. 8bo has modified tho horrible order of concentration, and hasundortakon'to oniie for.tho holplcss, aud pormlt.thosQ who (le elro to resume tho cultivation qf their fields to do so, and nssurosthom of tho protection of thOffcBpantsh Oovornmont In thoir law ful occupations. Sho has just released the Competitor prlsonom, horotofore sontQncert to death, and who imvo boon tho subjoot of repontod diplomatic corrospondonoo durlug both this and tho preceding Ad ministrations. Not a slttglo Amcrloau elt i*?? is now In avrssfc cr CvUflnorriont Ju Cuba of whom this Government has any knowledge. Tho noar future will demonstrate wlrotlior tho indlspeneablo condition of a righteous peaco, Just alllce to tho Cubans and to Spain aa well, equitable to all our interests so Intimately involved in tho welfare of Cuba, la likoly to bo uttalned. If not, tho oxlgonoy of furthor and other aotion by the United States will romafn to bo tuken. Whon that time comes that action will bo determined in tho lino of indlsnutablo right and duty. It will be faccd, without misgiv ing or besltaucy, in tho light of tho obliga tion this GovormncHt owes to Itsolf, to tho people who havo confldod to it tho protec tion of thoir lntorcsts and honor, and to humanity. : lT?Trall(?!) Annexation, By a special message dated tho 16th day of Juno lant I laid boforo tho Roust* n treaty algnorl that day by tho plonipotontl wlef^ot- tne United States and of tho Ho? publlo of Hawaii, having for its purpose tho incorporation of tho Hawaiian Islands nS an integral part of tho United Statos and under its sovereignty. Tho Bcnato having removed the injunction of occrocy, although the treaty is 6tlU ponding boforo tlmt bodv, tho subject may bo properly roferrod to in this moseage, because the necessary action of tho Congress is roquiced to determine by iogtslnttan many details of tho eveutnal union, should tho fact of annexation bo ac complished, as I believe it should. Whllo constantly disavowing from a vory early period any aggressivo policy of ab sorption in regard to the Hawaiian group, a long serlos of deolarations through thrce quavters of a century ban proclaimed tho vital luterest of tho United States In tho in dopondont lifo of tho islands and their in tercommerclal dependence upon thiseoun* try. At tho samo titno it has been repeatod ly assorted that (n no event could tho en tity of Hawaiian Statehood cease by tho passage of tho islands under tho doming, tion or influence of another power than- 1 no United Statos. Uudor theso ciroumstancojj the log lo of even ts -requ Ired that nnn esa= tion, heretofore offered but declined, nhould in tho rlponess of timo como about as tho natural result of tho strengthening ties that bind us to those islands, and bo reallted by tho freo will of tho Hawaiian State. That treaty was unanimously rati fied, without amendment, by tho Senate and President of the Republic of Hawaii on the I0th ot Soptombor last, and only awaits the favorable notion of tho American Senato to offoct" ttio eotf>j/loto absorption of the" islands Into tho domain of tho United States. Japan and Hawaii. Tho questions which have arlsdn betwftcn Japan and Hawaii by reason ot tho treat ment of Japanese laborers emigrating to tho lplfinda under the Hairalian.Japanese oonr^ntion aro-in a satisfactory otago of settlement l>y negotiation. NtcarMma Canal. A subjaet of largo importance to.vour country and . increasing appreciation on the part ot the people la the completion ot tho great highway ot trado between tho Atlantic and PaeiQe, known as the Nlcar* ngua CaoaL ? XU uUlUy aad value to American 'commerce is universally ad mitted. The coumlulon appointed under I date of July 34r last "to continue tho 1 earreje aifcd-ezaatnations sutfcort?ed t>y ' the aot apprered Marc* 3, WW." in regard to ''the proper route. feattblUtyand cost of oooffcruetiott ot the Kloaragua Canal, l with a Tiair of mafcfog o<>j?ple*e piaae for the entire tries a ro ponding and in ccntomplntto** They bailors t but the doubts which havs boon v.iisod in curtain quarter* respecting tho possibility of maintaining tho stability of the parity between tho mctaln and kin* ' drod questions may yet bo solved t>y fart&r4 j negotiations. r.av. Xte.Plpwi'lty. In ordof toexnonio u-j etrlyn* possible tho provisions of tho third and fourth r.tfo* tion.s of tho Hovonuo a?*t , npprovod July 3^ 1897, I appointed tho Jfon. John A. of Iowa, 'a Special Coiumiyjionov Plenipo tentiary to undertake tho requisite negotia tions with forolgu countries desiring to | "HVtttl themselves of theSo "provision*", Tha : negotiations aro now proceeding with sev eral Governments, both Kuropovu aim . American, AUatrt tho ScaU. Tho ojXorta whioh hart boon made during (ho two previous yous by niv prodoco^soV to fioouvo bettor protection to tho fu r soal* in tty> North Uaolflo Ocean and tiering yea wore tone wed at an early clato l\v this ad ministration, and have been pursued wit it earnestness. Upon my invitation tho Uov: ernments of .laprtn and liusMa sont dels gates to Washington, and nu international conference was hflld. Tho Government of Groat. Britain did not I see proper to bo reprwontod at this confer ence, but subsequently 8^n.t to Washington | as delegates tho expert Commissioner of Great UWtain and Canada, who had during tho past two years vlsltott tho IMbylov Isi ande, and wbo mot In tlonforonco similar Commissioners on tho p.yt of tho United States. Tho result of thr\oonfereneo win an agreement onimportannfactsoonnootod with tho condition qf tho ?eal hdtol, hereto fore In dispnto, whtoh shew id rrtaco boyond controversy tho duty of the Governments concerned tp adopt measure* without de lay for tho preservation and 'restoration of tho herd. t'rtv Arbitration, International arbitration, cannot bo omitted from tho list ot subjects claiming our consideration, liyents havo only served to strftngUum Ibo Kouor.il vlewa on this question trxpjasa^rt' In my inaugural artdre^s, XI?o be?#!?tltlmont ojf the civil Izatl war Id la moving toward tho settle ment of dilYfivonaea botwoeu nations with out resorting to tho horrors of war. KOftdA of tlio Navy. Tho great incronso of tho navy, which has taken plaoo In recent yoars, was justl flod by the voqulcemonU foe national do fenso, and hnsrecolvod public approbation. Tho tlmo 1ms now arrived, howovor, when this inoronso, to whtoh tho oountry la committed, should, for a timo, take' tho form of incrcnsod faollltlcs oomm'inan rato with tho lncreaso erf our naval ves sols. It is iru unfoutunato fact that thero Is .only ono (look on tho Pacific oon^k-eapublo of docking our largest Ships, and only ono on the Atlantic coast, and that tlio lattor has for tho Inst nix or sovon months been under repair nu'd, thcreforo, incapnblo of uso. ImmodUto stop.? should bo taken to provide throo or four dock? of this capaolty on tho Amentia con^t, at len&t ono for tbo PdQlilo coast and a floating dock In the tlulf. Asthcro ur 3 now on oho stocks flvo battle ; phfoflpf tliQ lgrgasfceuins wlilali cannot be completed for n yenrdr two, I concur with tho rccommondutlon lot tho Secretary of the Navy for nn appropriation authorizing tho eons truoliou of 0*0 bafcflosbip for tho I'aelfto ooast; and ftl#> that sovoral tor pedo boats bo authorised In connection with oq.r goneral syflt.or\ ot coast defenoo. ? AlasJrau Government. Tho Territory o ! Alraka requires tho prpmpt iv nd early attention of Congross. The ooudltlons now existing demand mate rial Changes in tho laws regarding tho'i'or rltorv. Tho moat influx of ponulntloa. In tho spring will not permit us to longornog-^ lnet tho extension of civil authority within ? tho Territory or postponcthocstabllshmont of n more thorough govornmOnt. Tho startling, though posslblv exagger ated, roporta from the Yukon Iiiver coun try of tho probablo shortage of foodior tho large nunibor of people who aro wintering thero without the moaos of leaving tho country aro confirmed in such m casino as to justify bringing the matter to tho atten tion of Congress. Should tboao roporta of the fluttering of- our follow citizens bo fur thervorlfiod, orery oftortat any cost should bo made to carry theni relief. Tho Davrcs Commission. Py r.oction JO ot tho act of March 3, 1803, I ho President was' authorized to appoint threo commtssloner.s to outer Into nogotin lions Willi the Cherokbo, Choctaw, Chicka saw, Musoogoo (or Creek) nud ftominolo nations, commonly known as tho flvo civil ized tribes la thin I udian Territory. Tlio provision in tho Indian <iipproprlu tion act, nppeovod .In no 10, 1830, makes It the duty of the commission to investigate^ and determine tho rights of applicants for citiKenfiUli> iu tlio flyo civilized tribes, and' to malco complete census rolls ot the citi zens of said tribes. Tho commission Is at prc3ont ongagod in tUi3 work. ? Vollow I'avev Scour/10. Tho recent prevWonco of vollow lover in n number of cill09 and towns throughout tlio Uoath has resulted In much disturb ance of oommcroo nnd demonstrated tbo, nooessity of snob nmcndmontH to our quarantine laws ns will make the rcgaln tions,of tho national qunrantlnouuthorltlos paramoant. Ui.'loo Vnclfic Sale. Tho Union Pacific Hallway, main line, wns sold under tho dcorco o t tho United Stntoa | O^nrt for tho District of Nobraskn on No vember J and % of this year. Tbo amount ' duo tho Government consisted of tho prin cipal of tho subsidy bonds, $27,235,512, and tho aocrftod luterest thereon, tai.211.7ll.7o, making tho total lndobtodn.es3 $50,118, 23.1.75, Tho Wd'at i ho 6.1I0 ? covered xha first mortgugo Hen and tho cntfre mortgapjo claim, of tbo Govornmont, prwolpal and lulotsat. The salo of tho subsidized portion of tbo Kansas Pacific? lino, upofl wluoU tho Gov ernment hold* a second morUjiago Hon, ban boan postponed at tbo instnnio of tbo Gov-t eminent toDcccmbor 10, 13371 I3y tbo do-' crco of tho court tho upset! prloo on tho s>nlo of tho Kansas Pftoido will yield to tho Government Cho sum of ?3.5^0,009 over all prior lions, costs and char^esX la so Important a matter as iji? Govern.-*' monl becoming tho nossib'o otnior onfall-' road properly, I looT constralnod t<? lay he-, fore Confjr.wj theso faotn for Its oonslaora-. tlonbafoiro tbo consummation of tho sale. Xt is clear to my mind that tbo Government ?Mhould'not permit the property fo bo sob! At a prico whieH will yJold less than one., half of tho principal of itu debt, or lf&s than, one-fifth of ltd ontiro dobt, principal and intojrest. But whotber tho Government.' rather than nocept less than Jta claim. nhouhl beeomo a bidder, and thereby tho owner at tbo property, I mbntft to tbo Cos. utosn for (iffttOPi . jn n.T-.^ . CI *11 Service. - Dntiog the post lair month? tho Civil flfawtco n*a hang placed ttnan a atfll firmer basis of huatnass metboas an<l personnt merit* While the right ot onr reteran sol dlera to reinstatement in dasanrlog esse* has been aaeerted* djsmts*als for naeraljr political reasons bare beea,^ oarefaiiy guarded agalnet, tbo oxaalnatlda, ler ad. mittance to tbo aervloo eajawed. end at the same time rendered leas teStafeeland mor? rrmtif h m4 ? rtltlliH hie ^vte* 'ft hearing ftefora dl*-; eaeaa wfcaca toeompeteiuijf Iftfc* tpAttror Uio ramorai ftl AIAL fW mmy A# tfciliijrfMlil ? vl pWwf^f# IWPPTItI " . ? tTwimA. * Of/tfi* The Executive Committoo M e#ots in Columbia and Elects Officors, : CHARLESTON'S NEW SHERIFF. ' Newbohl Not Kioplo.voil by tlio State ? Mcl/iiui in to Oppose (lory's I'o^tol Savings Hunk Hill in Congress, ? Tho cxooutivo eommittoo of tl?o Good I Kond.s Association of South Carolina, ' appointed at tho reooutoouvontion, mot in Columbia for tho purposo of electing oAlcors uudor tho resolution adopted a1 tho convention and for tho furthor pur jioso (>f adopting a constitution and by laws. Tboro w?? ft Rood attendance of tho mombors. Tho following oftloors of tlio association wore choson: Prosidont, Col, .luo. P, Thomas, Hiehlaud; First Yioo-Prosidont, W. S. King, Darling' ion ; Secretary and Treasurer. C. C. Wii aou, Columbia. Tho following consti tution was adopted: Artiolo 1. Namo?Tho namo of this organization shall bo tho South Caro lina Good Roads Association. Artiolo 2. Objects ? Tho objoots aro to awaUen 11 genoral interest in road improvements throughout tho State, suggest methods of budding and maintaining thoin, uoouro tho logisla tion, State and national, that may bo nceoasary for their ostablisment or support, aud to conduct, or fostoi snob i publication^ an may Borvo thoao pur poses. Article 8. Membership? Any citizen of tho Stato of South Carolina who is intoreatori in tho general improvement of tho rondo of tho Stato may bocoino a moinber of tho association bv makinar application to tho vico pro&hleut of hi* county, Articlo '1. Officers? Tho officers of tho association shall bo a prosidont, ft itrst vico prosidont, andonosecond vico prosidont from each oouuty, and a sco* rotary and treasurer. Articlo b. Govornmont~Sootion 1} Tho.managomont of tho affaire of tho association shall bo vested in thotfoncr nl board, composed of tho ofJlcors. They lift 1 1 tlx such rulos for tho conduct of tho business of tho association ns they may doom proper. Any vaoancios in tho general hoard may bo filled hy tho prosi dont. Five members shall constitute u quorum, ? ? yi hoc. 2. Thoro shall bo an oxocntivo eommittoo com posod of tho president, llrst, vico prewdout and tho seorotary and treasurer, who shall Control tho ulFairs of tho association whon tho gon oral board is not in session. SOC. ' 2. Tho prosidont shall, at tlio annual meetings, appoint tho following committcos:*'On flnanco, ftvo mombors; on louifilation, fivo mombors. Tho eommittcoo shall perforin such duties ns may be assigned them by the execu tive eommittoo. s^ticlo (J. Amendments? This ,o(?n?ti tulion may bo amoudod at any i-ogu* lar meeting of t ho association by n voto of a majority of tho mombors pres ent. -Ke.^peCtfully submitted, ' M. L. Donai.pson, Chairman Comhiittoo. Tho United ^States Circuit Court of Appeals, in Richmond, Va. , has af firmod tho docnsioi>from .Judgo Simon tou in tho caso of tho Truck Farmers* Association, of Charleston, against tho Northeastern Railroad et al. Tho ap peal was heard beforo Judges GolF, Morris and Rrawloy. Tho opinion from tho United fStatos Circuit Court' was a victory for tho railroad*, aud tho caso was decided in conformity to the priu> ciplcif laid down by tho Tbfpromo Court. A groat deal of intorost lias been tulcon in tlio caso by tho truck farinaraaround Charleston, as tho result was to dccido whether or not tho Intor-Stato com merce commission could fix froinlit charges, tludgo Simontou hold that j this could not bo done, and a highor court has sustained him. At tho meeting of the Danghtors of tho Confederacy, in Abbeville, tho fol lowing officers were elected: Mrs. \V. O. MoOowati, o4< .Abhovillo, president; first vico-president, Mrs. II. B. Buist, of Rock Hill; second vioo-prosidont, Mrs. CJ, R, Holinos,' of Charleston; third vice-president, Mrs, Jamos Evans, of Florence; fourth vico-prosident, Mrs. Vandiwor, of Anderson; secretary, Mrs. Thomns Taylor, of Columbia; trcasuror, Mrs. 8. K. Durham, of Mar ion. In rospouHC to an inviiation from tho Greouvillo Daughters, inado by Mrs. Williams, of that city, who is a daughter of ox-Jurlgo Hudson, tho Htalo Convention docidod to meet in Grconville next year. Tho convontion closed sine die. , t A special from Washington Rays : "Mr. [?'McLauriu was interviewed on the Gary postal savings bank bill . He will op pose tho bill in it* proseHWjhape bo causo, ho says, it differs materially from iho national banking system. It may bo perfcoted, howevor, by a pro vision authorising tho ro-Ioaning of money on cortftin conditions. He will offer an amendment to that effect. ftVfVBtoKjyta&aurin earnestly favors the repeal of tho 10 per cent, tax on State banks and will introduco n bill early iu the session to that oft'ooV " ? . , .. ..... (HfW. Sllerbe has relieved Detcctivo NewbcM as a Btate officer and ordered bim to turn iu hia commission and pi#- ] tols. Now hold's future views are to study law, andrn nearly ready to apply forV'adtafpftion . to the bar. . He - may . practice iu Chester. Governor Eljerbe has appointed Mr. J. Elmore Martin aa sheriff of Charles ton county to aueaeed - the late aheriff Ferguson. The epflointmeafc was a >pl? in generel ere 1 'Wf ' ' "i 9 Ii-U saki^tbiS tha famous Geo. " R^Jbt.grau'l.iad J* opaiafto Columbia ?te car, piteh hi* big ha jrm lecture en bis t&iSnd&s teiebnaj '# n liiiESIIOLj Bishop Capers Writing a Chapter of ( 1 History, | WANTS A REWARD ISSUED,1 Uurl>er Paltl a Compllmcnt?Pftrtlftl Showing ns to Attoiuluno# At t li o liccont Fair? \ Uljj Kntorprlao. Has ft town undor (ho dispensary law (? right to voto itsolf "wot" and thou bftYO ftn 0. 1\ toopou up instead of a dispensary ? This Is ft now qneb'.ion that lifts fttison and will havo to bo solved. Unofficially it in slated that tho citizens of tho town of Luokuow, whioh has boon "dry," hold an elec tion. Tho purpose of tho olootion is shown by tho announcomont inndo to an oftloial to tho ort'eot: "Wo havo gone 'wet' and will havo an oviginftl pookago atoro. " This brief mossago croalod amusement at ftiat, but on second thought, it was by no means cor tain that thoy did not havo tho ri^ht to do hti thov n>o allogod to in tend doing. Undor tho law, no dis pensary can bo established in a "dry" town unloss tho pooplo no voto, and by Jmlgo ft I in on ton's deci sion, no original package storo can bo opened whero no lienor is legally sold. Tho citizens of this town havo votod that they want liquor 6old in "their midst," or for ;t, rather. Havo thoy tho right to nav that they will havo an O. P.. ntoro, boforo a dispensary is OH tablishod? No doubt thofttato board of control will grant a rcquost for opening disponr.ary if one ismado. 'J lion thoro would bo no quoation as to tho right of tho O. I'. people to come in too. Un less Bomo furthor dovelopmonts arise, it is likely that tho question will re* main unoMllod, aa tho wholodisponaary qostion, it is beliovod, will bopa.ssod npou within n month, by tho Unitod btatos Bupromo Court. Mr. Barbor, who is now only 98 years old, was paid n compliment while in Washington a fow days siuco, from a nonreo which hoshouUl valuo. Aseooiftto Justico Uarlftu? who is a typical Ron tuokian, and, thoroforo, is fond of Iho )g.ood things of life? beautiful women, 'smart men, lino horses and pood whiskey? was hoard to say, aooording to a special to The Bogistor, that Mr. Barbor was not only tho .\oungost attorn oy general that over appearod boforo that bar during his twenty yoars of continuous sorvicothoro, bnt that ho was ono of tho ablost. The votierahle justioo was admonished that Bouth Carolina was a "peculiar" Btato#> that sho hold "poouliar" dootrinos regarding Statos rights, nullification, soceesiou, oto. , and that sho was "peculiar" in ro lation to great mon. To this ho replied that thero woro eomo of her "peculiar" ideas to which ho could notascribo, but that ho endorsed in toto hor "peculiar ity" in respect to producing suoli Btal wart-miuded mon as Mr. Barbor. The Rooretary of Btate hna issued a commission to tho Long Island Im- , provomont.ond Construction company . of Charloston. Tho capital stock iB to i bo 830,000, divldod into fiOO shares, i Tho corporators are J. II. Lawrence | aful If. Wallaco Lawton. The company j proposes to dovelop Long Island, which J lies just north ot Bullivan's Island, j nmong other things, a fiuo hotolwill be erected. It is also proposed to j bridge the jttfttoJjM-befcween Charleston j and Long Island and run electrio cars j to tho island. LotB will bo sold to tho j people of the city for summer rosidenco purposes. It has boon freely pre dicted thnt if the scheme is carried through, and compoteut ongineors say that it is perfectly practicable, Bul livan's Island will be a resort of little importance in comparison. Tho following is a partial showing at to tho attondanco at tho recont Btato J Fair by days: Admission. Coupons. Total. ; Nov. 8 20 ? 20 Nov. 0 10*4 240 348 Nov. 10 1,01)4 2,760 3,800 Nov. 11 4,i324 4,140 8,470 Nov. 12 801 82-5 080 Total- 0,007 7,483 ; 13,300 Tile figures give no acourate indica tion of tho numbor of visitors who pass ed though tho gatos. Thoy simply in clude those persons who bought railroad tickets with coupons attaohed, as indi viduals, and thono who bought tickots ot tho treasurer's office. Thoy do not include all thoso who entered the grounds upon block tickots. ? ?_ Deputy Commissioner Wilson, of thA Internal Bevenue Bureau, al Wa?h ington, has roceived tho following tolo gram from Bevonuo Agont ForguSon, at Oreonville, in regard to tho fight with moonshiners:.. "i)cputy Collectors Phillips and Lave Btowart were wounded on raid by lili Pittmau. Please offer rotvard at onco. " ?he De partment has instituted an investiga tion and a reward m?y be offered later. ? * Tho 6 tale, of Colnmbia, says that a t etition is being circulated throughout tho city looking to having the general a&iembly pass an act providing for the election of the aldermen of the city of Colombia (roh the city at large and not bfmMtdt, iMfifct present, irom wbafr CttnM heard the petition i? not receiv ing very many signature*. In Marlboro connty the radnction in the pride 6t cotton baa almost a topped the sale, the farmer* preferring mm take lOj oenta a bushel/, State's Corn mittoo to tho Peoplo of North Carolina, | TO YOUR TENTS 0 1 ISRAEL! Tho ChlflAflo Platform IlOftlHrmcd? Want All White Men to l*arMoIi>u(o In l>rtiuarloA ami Convention*. The North Carolina State Democratic ICxeoutivo Committeo mot in IUIoigh a fow days agQ ami lasted tho following address to tho peoplo of the State: "Tho roproflontatives of tho Dowo oratio party in North Carolina congrat ulate tho Democrats of her sudor States who, with a llrin Bland for t l\o princi ploH embodied in tho Chicago platform, navo won eplondid viotorioa for tho people. "in rojoioing at tho suceoaa of tho Demooratio party in tho late oleotions, wo romind tho people that Domooiatio majorities woro lavgoat, and Jtepubli can xnajoritiofl wero smallest, in thoBo States where that platform was tho is sno. It is a signilloanl faot that Domoo ? raoy was dofoatod in tho States whore local concerns were allowed to over shadow tho prinoiploe of tho party. Do* mooraoy is for nil the people. Tho ro cont utteraneoe of tho people nro plain and deoided. They havo oxprossod thoir faith in tho Chicago platform, thoir boliof in bimetallism, thoir disgust and disapproval of llopnuhcan oreoda and praoticos, and, above all, their hatred of tho tvrannona gold Btandard. They show that they will no longei4 submit to the robbery of trusts, tho domination of bosuoa and tho oppres sion of tho money power." Tho con demnation of the money powor." Tlio condemnation of tho hvpooriay and falsehood of the Kopubfioan party ia crushing. "it io equally pronouncod, whothor wo hear it, lond and froo, in tho whoufc fields of Ohio and Iowa, or struggling for u.tteranoe in the wealth oongestod oontreof 'Creator Now York' whoro tho candidate for mayor received 8U,00U plurality ? a oamfidato whose only oampaign uttorauoo was: 'X aui a Demoorat; who wao heart and soul for tho Chicago platform and tho ouudidaloa who stood on it, ' "No less significant ifl. the. fact that tho pooplo of tho State of Now York havo eleoted by 71), 000 majority &b chief justioo of tho Court o I Appeals, a statesman who sought support bvjjm nounoing that ho 'had voted for *1 Ion. Win. J. IJryai) last year. ' 'And w^h this glorious nows of Demooratio success wo rojoice that 'shame international bimetallism' ban beon oxposed. Thero is now no room for Republican dodging. "Wo ronfllrm our boliof in tho princi ples of tho Chicago and Stato niatforma of the Democratic party, a? adopted in. 1890, in their entiroty: and wo will still support those prinoiples until they axe written in our laws. "Wo would bo untruoto tJio Arm apd loyal allegiance tho Demooratio party of North Carol iua boaro to our greatest loader, Hon. William J. Bryan, if wo fail to express our confldeuco in bis honor and integrity and in his devotion of head and heart to tho wolfaro of all thepoople. We emphasize tho faotthat our great viotary was won in tho State of Ohio an jally ap^ 'We view with alarm tho depressed . 3 : i ? . i iv . ? ' . * 10 and Kentuoky, where he per sonally appealed to the peoplo. oondition of trade and tjio low prioee of all products raisedb* OUrpebpIo," but we romind thoso who heard Re publican oratose in_18Dtf. piodiflt-iiitft. disaster if the Demborats were eleoted, that MoKinley is President of those United Stato* and both branobes of, Congress aro Repttblicau. The peoplo aro swift to draw the proper oonolu* siou^ "We thank all patriotio citizens who joined with us last'year in carrying tlu> Btato for our presidential candidate^ and we invite to the future councils of1, tho Demooratio party? the party of th? people?all men who believe in ita prim ciplos, desire its supremacy, end wl will assist in carrying out ita polioi4?t "In less than one year opportunity > will be given the voters to exprese * nrm adherence to those principles. Wo regret that the ballot box was not thia year opened to all North Carolinian*. North Carolina is now aeoidentally : publican. We do not believe thai any number of intelligent and virtuous mrni expected or hoped for the present in this Stato. We aro sure all good men are eager for a change. We Bare fallen on evil days in North Carolina. They reoall the days of reoonstraotfovi. ?They demonstrate the trnth that no Southern State can bo governed with honor and decenoy by the Republican party. Two large a number of ita vo - ters are ignorant, for the maaaea to control, and two large A number qf the leaders are vernal and corru^VTo give North Carolina goodgbveratmenfc We look with horror upon the evils wrought by a combination of Ilepublieena and tho corrupt element# of the Pepnliat party by means of which our Legis lature baa become a farce, many of onr office-holders become corrupt and crim inal, and hrnorauce and yioe raiead above intelligence and vir tare. We denounce the effort* of this combination to place the insane of .the State at the mercy of inoompetent, vicious and liiai ful men. and we condemn the efaenjpfte - wrought in our law* whereby and impure man have been control of acboola, courts, ' *?ylttme? Tbeeeare ibein aequencea of Bepobttcan Democratic party promisee on Ita retnrn to power to * Aheeeabnees. It will guar en atTken hla rig hta^bnt ft He? SBw Stater _ women of tfce wnJ m