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fp KENTUCKY MORE PACIFIC. Thif Outlook For a Peaceful Settlement of t!ic Difficulties is Favorable. FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT By Which Both Parties Propose to Be Governed. Troops to be Removed From Frankfort, and Goebel Election Law Repealed. gislativ it, at gfidilr be it: i ero ?i| kdatuif Since the (tenth of Governor f?ool>el on Saturday evening, a chaotic condi tion lias oxiatcd in Kentucky. Imnu diatoly after <lhe death certificate was Signed, 'Lieutenant Governor lteckhani was sworn in to succeed Goebel. For a while it looked like civil war was in evitable. but. subsequent events have given the situnt loo a more hopeful as pect. ?je qu<l [cliieiij onal Id, to tl t?le thc_ yng ufl Meanwhile the- legislature (the Re audkspublican part of it) Is holding dally it ytfcpSS{0n^ in Jvondon. where it was ad lide. (I V?entaIioumC(' Governor Taylor. No quo it least! and I wil as mf h the probable outcome, is contained in le following specials: Louisville, Ky., Special. ? The peace rum being prwent it adjourn.-; from day jo day. The results of a "peace con ^reuce" between the opposing factions ield in Louisville Monday night, and ' cited. Agisted CI be ex wt bu [' culllf>)nferenee, held at the Gait House fonday night between seven represen itives of the .Republican' party and (ven representatives of the Democrat party, resulted in the signing of an :reement embodying seven specific prop >t see nt-.? wijited i g wltl irriitcd nnent aft hi] il the [?opositions, which promises a settle >nt of the party differences wlvi % elf 1 ?y by an VJf in a |?m t.hf fe, hem but. il lient lated bear otectsl Heca'f above i Assembly resolu tion ??ting lies tees. [cught about two State governments Kentucky. The agreement is in sub hace as follows: 'irsi, that if the General tiuii ;m jf .Mtiu'nt fi joint session shall adof ' nn ratifying their r [jpting the contest i ihel and lieekham, u*. S. Taylor and John Marshall, shall 91V|AHUU\U4I ' t witht>ut fuj"tl,er protect. ji^Jl npeak leeo-nd, That all parties shall unite lma- speawn effort to bring about such a mod ,vj :inotbj,( jan 0f tho election law as will pro thel0- for non-partisan election boards sasl1^1 i'n\ jnsu,.<> fr0(. an,j fa.jr elections. me#*-iiir> B| . .,.??? -<?' Rx-1- Jiilrd, That the conditions shall re ^rlri'ot liklii -}n status quo until Monday, the ed I'Cfore |gm| Assembly meeting and ad ?fcalm* <>G^h?inS from ',{ty to ^ until that noiv _ U*th. That nothing shall be done litter or prevents Joint session of leseral Assembly from taking ac m tho resolution. [h. That <he State contest, board meet and adjourn from day tc It ii til Tuesday, without taking any 1 on the contests for minor ofli *his postponement ii suggested ler 'that the cation of the General the|rt- * i^i Id he W ?I~J '1\:J tl WOI Tow clai liestior to 18S |cn it ??led af to be Incuts \, and but in rlhen ex -J JtAe mor| Of :h ayei r i>hji Ka! railr< are tfhan | eels JZB 0 high comn llr^t a lit wat |> be btj had 899 X < Nol iftenf !1 enot it omj icy ca tcausf fionw lioJll. ? ?00 Th after "T'i lee h ton, haa a! of Ju city of ho| ConV' a repi ?ble t repre Aim ' . trict ^ ga;t 59. reforr 4rr??r ttons empire 1 4? tiba. and ose ?day nd t now sin V?r. ' rlecti >k his send ?hirope nrd a tho nnj 100 to} cart |c mt News Notes. House of "Coinmtonw has rejected Kdmnnf! Fitzmau rice's amenrt to the address In reply to the from tho throne, by 323 again.sr nend4iient, to 139 in its favor, .;f notflible debate. Department ailvb-es from Hon atod January 24. report 12 new f plague and six deaths then? nuary 17. .exica-n Goveniiment has gmnt Kaltms of 1,000,000 acres of inlnujig laivd fn.:n?tiiig the xioo. "Wfclker, ? p<K>r mechanic, ear. at Omero, Wis., have IIW.OO^), le/i by :i Kirp at Oa?l1eton, Vt. -rfour persons died .of sun i Buenos Ayres Sunday. The ,cr regifftere<I 120 In th?* Mgbest ever known. ee< Lost itai |ors, lOttsI Boaftf Abolished. ia, %?;?, , Speoial.? l'h?>Slate llqmr control ts to be abol * the management the dls rtse radically otianged. The ill to provide a^ew system or pa^d ln_ the house sad (the Governor will ap tfi jcoXe in tho house of Abolishing the the General A? jH of !dlmtiy?dtloa p, caused by lack of 3t>oard. There of open dishonesty in mj, hut it was plainly factional light among :i>oanLhad hurt the j Assembly on tile ratification resolutu-n | may ho first taken. i Sixth, That the State troops shall be J removed from the State eapitol at once ' though with ail necessary precaution j for the public safety. This mutter is | io he under the direction ??f General i )>an Lindsay, of Frankfort. i Seventh, That the Republican < -flic - ; ials of the Slute Guard shall have lm j inunity front eaarges of treason, usur pation, court martial or any other of fenses. The agreement was ,wign<;d by the ! following: Republicans, John Alar | shall, Judge John W. Barr, General I Dan Lindsay, T. L. Edelen, Dr. T. II. Hauler, David W. Fairleigh, (J. T. j Ballard. i Democrats: J. C. S. Blackburn, J. ! C. \V. Beckham, Sam J. Shackelford. I L'rey Woodson. Governor ^MoCreary, i Phil Thompson, Robert J. Breekin i ridge. j The course of events in the immedi ate future. depends largely upon Oov ! ernor Taylor. An important influence j in shaping the Republican policy, it is t believed,- is the lack of support v from j the national administration for the | coure pursued by Governor Taylor '.since he assumed office. ^Taylor's Proposition. j Frankfort, Ky., Special. ? TIk* news j of the agreement reached in Louisville i was (received with great relief in j Fran. Wort. Governor Taylor refused j to discuss the agreement, lie,, how i ever, made the assertion that if the ; Cloobel law was repealed and an ehv j tion law given to the people of Ken tucky which would insure a fair and ! honest count of the votes as cast, he would allow no personal ambition of ! his own to stand in fhe'way of a peaoe i fill adjustment of the troubles. Peace or War? j FRANKFORT, Ky., Special. ? Who I t.hor if shall be war or peace in Ken ! tuck.v rest with Governor Taylor alone, j The question has been in his mind all day, and he^d^flarcd that he has reaohed no decision. ! The text of the 'agreement, reached by the Ivouisvillo conference was brought to him Tuesday morning by a commit tee consisting of General Dan Lindsay, j T. II. Baker and T. L. Edelen. They ; handed Governor Taylor a copy of the 1 agreement, were clc?eted with him for j a short time and then departed. As they left the building Mr. Baker re marked: "1 hope and believe that the entire matter will be amicably adjust ed. More than this 1 am unable Jo i say at the present time." Notes Forty \s hole-alt? fish -houses ait :?? j ton. Mass. . have combined under the : name of the Boston Fish Company, ' ! with an ?authorized oapi'tivl of $f>,000, 000, with $100,000 paid in. General W. W. Averell. the last of | the great cavalry leaders of the Union j arnty in the civil war. died at Bath. N. i Y? Inst Saturday, aged 68 years, i Imlnans./Avho r<Vus>e medical treat 1 merct, are dying i^i large numbers in ! the Col vi lie Reservation, Washington t Sfa<te. Soldiers' Home ; Washington, I>. C., Special.-? The house committee on military affairs has acted favorably on the ^111 of Representative Brownlow, to establish a Soldiers' --Home. at Johnson City, Tenn., txj cost %\lt> 0,000. Cotton Duck Trust. ?Baltimore, Md.t Sptvial. ? The stock holders of the Mount Vernon -Wood - berry Cotton Duck Company, met Tuesday and re-elected the oW-bpaTd' of directors. TxjvI C. Bird, of Wil mington, Del., ?and E. J. I). Cross, of Baltimore, were elected- to fill vacan cies. The old officers were re-elected. This company, wJhlch 1s capitalized at $23,600,000, controls the mills of the Mount Vernon Osmpany, the Woodber tj Manufacturing Company, the Laurel Wlft Company, the Franklinvllle -Company, all of Maryland; the Green wood* Company, New Hartford, Conn,; Taltaeeee Fail* Manufacturing Com p.ny. Talhfcwee, Ala. ; ColooWa Mtll* Wf ATIItR BIKIU SEKU'Ct. A Hill ihnbodylng M??y Valuable f^ntureH. Kept osentative Wadsworlh. chairman of the commrytoe. on Agri ' culture, has introduced bill ,lulo ' Comrr.-'.s to reorganize th\ ^Weather Huron u on rath or radical lVjos. 1 !)?' hill propuscs to dlv ?<i?* the emYloyes oi tlu- Bureau Into nine grades, Including messengers ami stenographers. with a detlniu salary for each grade, ami re quiring not loss than two years hqv\ ire in any one grade lioforo becoming elig ible for promotion to the next highet j grade. as well as having to pass a pre scribed examination. The salary ft:, the lowest grade Is llxed at $3t?o, and ot t highest or ninth grade at froi? $a.;>oo to $g,ooo. The hill also provides ths the chief oi the Mureau shall ho selected irom among the officials of the seventh or higher grade, -and all the ether exc< u tivo olilelals of the bureau. In their or ? dor. are to he selected from the sub ' crdinate olilelals. This fcatur?of the | hill is to be commended a- embodying i the true principles of civil service re* f:;rm, as compared with appointments for toward for poll ileal services. \\ ha. | c.v.-'r object ion might, ho mads tc- the system, if it v.a.-; proposed to apply, it 1 10 all. tin not hold good in tin* appli cation ol tin- system to a sh h .1v sc; ' entily nu veau whero i' can not h*' butk [ jalulary. as the Wither Bureau has not hi n;*, whatever t? do with the polic\ of any cue admin-tratlou as c:>mp tied a. i ; h any iithi r. It- work is .tlway-? the ; >v :ne, and for the benefit of the who!; I -tiplo without dlstlnc ..Ion. The bill requires an applicant for a position in the bureau to pass a civil ' s.-rviee examination, or at present, bm I With this dill'er?nee that only such prr 1 .sons hp permitted to takn the^exnmi nation as shall have been solo- led and recommended by the Senators an 1 ItLprosentntives In the order of their . seniority and by State*-! in alphabet!* it order. The appointments from w:th ! out shall bo to the lowest grade In "v ( ery case. In other words, tlio palron I ago fir positions in the bureau shall hp with Congressmen." bat they shall have r:> intluence in the. advancement of employe.* from grade to grade, l a vorltism and political "pulls are elim inated. while merit and length of ser i vice are the recognized tests for pro motion. The most un'quc portion of the hi.. i- the retirement on pay feature, t here ! ar? i.wo conditions specified unde. which cniployes may be retired on p?y. or on an annuity. The firHt on ace -nr. of physical disability, and second by reason of an age limit. The hill pro vides that when, after 20 years K-rrvice. an employe shall become di.-abled foi tiir; performance of his duties, he ma.? he retired ami receive an annuity ?>f :;(? pr*r centum of the highest annual pay he .may have received during -h previous five years of service. Hie aV,'' limit for retirement is fixed .it '?> ye ns, and after 30 years of er-jtlnuo^n * : rvice. and is made compulsory. I o<' retired pay is fixed at 7"> per centum ui the. highest pay received. The length of previous service re tp tired I) si ore ai employe bf.omes ? |tfrihle for retire ..Ls.a.^i ? - flclent safeguard against any one *?c:k Ins employment i^i the bureau to i;>V en unfair advantage of the re{ Iremenl fcatrue, and at the same time it oper ates as an incentive to the employes to perform good and faithful worl; >o as to retain their position^ the > en quired length of time, while :hc reti. ed pay is small enough to be no in ducement* to feign disability so it? tf be placed on the retired list. There is also a provision made, in case of the death of the' employe be fore retirement, to pjy to his heir ; : ae greater poriioa of the money withheld from his salary, and in c:tnr> of volun tary resignation the greater portion sha?? be returned to him. While the plan Is an innovation that should be carefully studied before hi - ing enacted Into law, yft It f*eems but an act of fairness and jitsii'.-e toward a worthy class of employes to allow them to make provision for themselves it. their old age. aft-r having giveij the beU years of their lives to a certain line of work which is pe?nliar j ami technical in its nature, and ilnfits rather than fits them for an /tc.ive business career. They are ney/r sure Of their location, and hold llofinselves in readiness for a change of station at any time that the exigencies of the service may require, thus (hey tire in a large measure debarred from the ad vantages and privileges that accrue from a long residence in any commit n The Gtrman W*i DffrctiueAl ?laidL.^acttiaHjr kflfltf tn \irtrlr #?> erf all the bridf? in the empire c tttd likely to tx damaged or dwi 111 van* 6f wif; and. whit i^ wor* dupliiaK* * ywO JBIW J bridges, and o| other ciMJntTvfS in nlty. It requires ywrs of experience to hr rome thoroughly, efficient in the higher duties of the Weather Bureau.' and cf ' feetlve discipline is nwqfcssary that ev ! ery order from the . ^eritri! office is obeyed without question or hesitation. The whole bill has the warm support . of all the present employes of the Weather Bureau, many of iwiiotn iavo J already served from ir? to 30 yoars. and who would soon beeome'eligible for re ! tlrcment under' the provision* that pre , vailed wheh thpy, took eeryice in the Signal Corps ol the Army. , The trans fer fro the AfcrleuHural Department In ; 1891 deprived them of that advantage. True It Is tlfat tt)e bill ?maeks wmr what of paternalism, but of * palernal , ism bajw on right principles that too often Arc lost to sight in th?" hub-bub and turmoil of polities which regird* j employment, in t&e pwbH< ?enrire a^fe for political ly!, A . ! TRUSTEES ELECTED. j The Two Houses Meet in Joint Session ; AM) Fill. All. VACANCIES ? On The Hoards oil Trustees til Win throp College ami the Other Slate J Institutions. SEN AT 13. ' Twcnty-soeond Day. The Senate mot at 11 o'clock and had tho usual ; roll call and pray or. Tho nincrnor's message in rofernoec to establishment ! of a geological and industrial survey | was presented and road. On motion .?f ) Gruber no action was taken at t he time. Second reading bills to which there ! was no objection were taken up and ! passed to tho third rending, the tir.st l being Mower's bill relating to the lis cal affairs of the Statu. The saino was : dono with the following: i Young's House t>ill to limit the 1 i?? i bilitlcH o! partners after dissolution : of partnership to their own net.-; Oo^grovo's House hill to amend tin* ; act declaring the jurisdiction of the city recorder of Charleston; hiving . ston's hill giving preference to com: ! ties hiring convicts: Mower's hill rela ting to execution of taxes by .sheriffs; Mower's bill to amend the act by de fining rights of sinking fund commis sion; Mower's bill providing a penalty for county treasurer's failure to foi - ward taxes when due; Stevenson'.-; House bill to authorize Chestorflold and Kerrshaw railroad for stock in a 'consolidated company; Threntt's I > : 1 1 ? to amend the law relating to mngis j t rates; Committee bill to increase tho allowance for clerk hire to the super visor of Cherokee; Sullivan's bill to amend the law i it reference to obstruc 1 tion of streams; Marshall's '.till to ! confirm to the Independent Fire En gine company of Columbia the till > lo it.s lot on Washington street; Walter ! Introduced a bill to punish larrnty ami i Senator (.!. W. Brown had a bill to tlx tihc salary of the treasurer of Dar ! lington at $1,000; at ten o'clock the Senate adjourned. Twenty-third Day.-? The convpie ? tion of the State House was a question I which provoked on -acrimonious and warm discussion in the Senate. Sena 1 tor Mayfield being the central figure. Senator Hayfleld objected to some remarks of Senator Manning who . , termed the opposition to the bill ingenuous," which Senator* May field i said meant "intending to deceive. ' Senator Manning dlsch'ilhvotj, any in I tended reflection upon t he? other Sena tor, but it was evident th.i: Sonuy>lw May field was nettled and t>ir T no' 1 relish being considered a '/croaker ' which was another term usjed by Sen ator Manning, though without, refer ; ence to any particular person. When tjxe Senate con ve net! it ?> .in. the May field bill was again t:. ken tip and additional amendments wcro offered and adopted. One by Soup tor Connor provided that the commission er, dispensary employees and county dispensers shall not receive any sam ples or give any or drink any llquo" in stock. Another by Senator Appelr provided that t lie directors should opon all bids In public. The amend ments-were principally technical - in character, relating to the correct ver biage of the measure. Tho bill as: amended was th^n passed and ordered sent to the housfr- The Senate, iherc fore/ is through i ith the dispensary, for awhile at least. Twenty-fourth Day. ? The Senate as sembled at S o'clock, and on motion of Senat. r Archer it reconsidered tho vote wh'ereby it. had agreed to hold a Joint session and proceeded with regular business. - . ^ 'TMe following bills passed a third reading; Rill relative to election of school trustees in Winnslx:-ro. Hill to amend the law in reference to the obstruction of streams. The bill to complete the State House passed to a third reading, It being un derstood that amendments would bp, of fered when taken up for its final read ing. Senator Hay introduced a Joint reso lution providing for an Investigation of fho, dispensary. It differs from the. other introduced in that it does not re quire the investigation to bo made tliic session. In the details il is more sweeping than the flrpt one. Objection was made to immediate consideration and it went on the calendar. It wa3 agreed to take up only Senate second reading hills. The committee substitute for Seuator Mower's bill to. provide for the more efficient collection of penalties of dis pensers' bond went to the third rrod Ing. Senator Archer's bill amending the law regulating admission of'patients to Lunatic Asylum, regulating admission of inebriate.* and providing for pay ment and collection of fees was passed to third roading. Twenty-fifth Day. ? The Senate devo ted itself to clearing the calendar. By agreement only second reading Senate I bills were taken up. and fn this way the work of the body wad pushed alonu esrulderably. Perhafis the most im portant measure considered . was Sena tor Ragsdale's bill to require an analys is of cotton seed meals ami other meals uae<! for feed Jor domestic animals, the: hill being intended to prevent harmful adulterations. Its prdvislons are sim ilar tQ that of the Taws of other States and Is akin to the fertiliser tax law. i> was given ths saconfl w>d will probably pass tfte Senate by a safe ma jority. The Seontc met at 11 o'clock and after Vanmkt CM id* exercises iSwSrw!? are XT mw wm^Mcttsr aots, to pmridrtorta illWwrt whin siihll fn* r ? lb M ^ AMrk* (by .to rw judiciary committee in roguid to (lis penaers' homl-i, which \v n:? passed. Twcnt> sixth Hay. The Senate'.' morning session wn . devoted I ? dear ing the calendar ami the effort wa.-i very succos-ful, many third noting liillti being | ia hi- Ail mill sent to I J louse. The Senate met ai noon. ami ? f"( ?? r roll rail ami praxer pi: eedetl to bits iue>.s. The following third reading hills wort* passed: Aldrlch's hill to authorize ami ????:" ml: the ?u? the State Hons.' grounds a monument to tin* \v anion of the Confederacy ; Also, to authorize Clomson lo bu.hl a railroad from I tv> college to Calhoun station on t ho Son thorn Kallyfay ; .Mower's hill relating to duties of county auditor ;; Sullivan's lull to amend Ihe school ltw so as to allow ;ru.->U\s i.f the public .scnools in bo trustees of private or other r( hools also; Mower's bill t > n tpiire th:> koop lug by certain olllcers of a rec.-rd ami record of criminal statistic;?: ll.mgaa bill to make more specific the ait pro hibiting druuUi nm-ss and shooting up on the Highways; Xppelt's bill to ii\ time for court in the third judicial ciV cuil. Crosson's hill to amend ihe stall u. cs relating to ihe a -so.; siui ivL-^uu? colleclloti x ! school Inxc.it finrratl's bill (o create a sinkiuK fund for Cher ol;oo count} ; Senator ?\vehcr's bill .o regulate the admission ami retention of patients in the iunati- n-ylum: \p peli'.s bill to authoiizc p.ij mcni of claim for of Kaio Tobias; - er's Joint rcsolntit-n to authorize Co.; board of control la pay expenses of ug ricultural hall suit: Aldrh a's joint r? - olution providing for payment f claims f r : applies to Stale troops in war with Spain; Senator Shepp n d> concurrent n ?vluliun relating to the length of session w is tnUrn up a- a spot i.il order ami .Senator Henderson ottered the following substitute, whio'i was; adopted without discus.- Ion : Resolved, by the Senate, the, Tlou.-" (??Micurring, That the ( ompensat ion of Hie members of the (Jeueral Assembly at the present session shall not oxce \l compensation for forty days. If t lie House agrees to this resolution the ipie.-tion of th length of the session will lie settled. house. Twenty -second. Day. ? The session of (lie House saw the defeat of Mr. Prince's prohibition hill by :i vote nf Ty to Uii. This bill was an iroti-clad measure. and the House did not .seem j much concerned in it us thorn wa.-t lit i tie discussion, Patton's joint resob j tion was passed almost Mitaninio islv t on its tthird rending, the vote being '.MI i to L\ The only^memhers who opposed it were Dr. Gamble and .Mr. 10 M RagK/^nlo. Sohie who had voted against it on second reading favored it. There was oypo.-ition to Mr. C. li. Robin son's bill to validate in other counties > the tefulhers' certificates issue! by (ho several count lew of tin? State, but the Mouse refused to recommit it and the ' hill was K^nt to (he Senate. GraydonVi resolution to require an invent Ration of the fertilizer trust passed their third reading with MiiautltnuiiU. The udic | iary committee bill to au'.hnrixo the Carolina national bank ro eniei .suit against the State for the recovr rv of money paid on two of 4ihe penitentiary notes also passed thiVd reading, as uJd several local bills, all of which were sent to the Sehato. Prlnco thciu called ; up h1:4 prohibition bill; McCSfll moved to recommit: Mr. Prince spoke for bis measure. The liquor tight has got to come; -he wanted t0~ BOtt'e it as "soon" na possible. The House refused to re commit and Mr. Mease moved to rtrike I out the enacting words. 'Pharo was a favorable report on Che bill to charter the Columbia Union Station company, and on Mr. Prince's bill to sell the St:?te farm*; the governor's message i on the bureau of geological research was referred to Joint compiluees of ! commerce and of asrlculture; Mr. Ciioss' bill to regulate payment of de linquent taxes wa.-j reported unfavora bly ami killed; the dispensary caul dron dld^not. boil in the House at night and in consoqtience no solution was precipitated, it it omc v?vy Im I portant matter was acted upon ? the proposition to repeal the arti- lynching j clause in the constitution failed. It ! required H3 votes to pass, and received ? but f>3; II. II. Richardson' : bill to make It mandatory for sheriffs to capture es ! caped convicts passed second reading. Twenty-third Day. ? Tho House devoted much of the days session t. . ! the consideration of penei local Mils Hut little, of general interest w.i.s lone. Twenty-fifth I)ay.-*-*Tho House of Representatives spent a busy day. The . introduction of bills has increased tho cHt?B(lar to a book of a score of page.->, ? and the House on motion of Mr. C. P. ( Sanders, went through the calendar, ? took up bills which provoked no dis ! (Mission and passed them through the second reading. When this was coi: ! c.I tided the House adjourned until noon ! Monday. There . wtos not a quorum ? present during th^ arrester part of the 1 day. Twenty-fourth Pay. ? When fhe HC'U&f! met for the first time this hps sion there were no new bills presented. Thero were several committee report.* Favorable: On the bill relative t.? recording the satisfaction of mortgage-. ! Ml! to authorize a presiding judge to appoint and pay stenographers. Hall as to the pay of county treas urers. ' fin favor* trie: On Mr. MaglU's bill reiativS to the drawing of jurors. The third reading bills were taken ' up early and without a word cf debate ! of discussion went through to their ! third reading. Mr. Mcl^anehlin introduced a Hesolu I tion to repeal the constitutional pro vision as to the li^jfity of counties In Jcsuwy of Tynchings. This Is the third [ resolution of the. .-ante nature; others i have already been killed. . ? Mr. DeBruhl to~k up the *uh<titnte I ctilhi i. ii adv'|?i< t) No possible harm, j he thought could eoine f rt ???? t ho hill ; I'lii' Circuit ( *? *" r I : are u? pans on the ! adopt on til l!?i' children. The IKiimc was in (hi* mhUt ? ?f (hi' j i 1 1 ?vk it 1 1 !i ;i ( (? child hill WhOU 1 110 SollUte , came mi for the elections set for today. | The liis: ( l<< tiou w hs for a member jof ihr hoard of penitentiary directors A/fr mi< ce-cd Mr. T I Cunningham. re signed. Mi lfydrjch nominated r> . M O. liowland, df Sp irfinhurg. Mr. ! loll ; nominated li A I'ug dale, of Chciiii'i'. Mr. Rowland v\as hy a vote of i u ( t,> -?:s. Mr. Sheppard thought it would expedite matters to have one election for t h<-' unexpired term. Next c.uue two directors, iihv, of the ! sail!.- hoard, whose term shall ho two ycai'v Mjj y Stevenson nominated Mr. W. IV jfjA\n. of \hheville: Mr. Denly i nominated Mr. Jeremiah Smith; Mr. Moss nom'nated Mr. fJoorne W. Ktlrey, of i)rani:i liuri: : Mr. McD >w nominated i Senator \V. U l.ov<\ oi York: Mi'. Cuu^lruau pnrsinate.l Mr. D. li. I'ourl toy . i i' Silu.ta. Messrs, Mann, of Ah 1 n* \- i llt^ : Jeremiah Smith, of I lorry; D. It. rucrlfoy, of S.tlnda. and (leorge \V. Fnlroy, of Orangeburg. arc nil members , of fin- House of Representatives. and ' Mr. l.ovi is t!i<' -ni nnilii-irt Senator from Che ?dor. I'lii' otlleial election le-uHed as fof lows: Senator l.ove 11". Mr. Mann ??7, Mr Jeremiah Smith l". Mr Crrvge \V. Kaire.\ !. Mr. IV M I'urrlfoy loia! \ ot e cast I -1 1. When t ho voting w;i- concluded tlol votes vlood* l.ove 111, Cnirev 17, Mantj 7o, Smith '1,"). Peurifoy 17. The newly eleeted diieciorx, Messi/. Maun .nut I i'o\>x tnfte the places of Yfr. S. P il. <!:irt'ir and Mr. W. O. Tat Jim. of the old l^.tfid, Mr. Rowland wa.'j m|> poiutod fof the unexpired term hy 0*o? ernor Mc^/wceney upon the resignation' t.t .Mr Ciniulngham. who was appoint ed censtn supervisor. W title the tellers were working in the vote, for directorslVesidontSenrbor ough called for nominal ions for trus tees of the South Carolina College, to serve | *> r six years. The nomine' a were: Mr. Charles K. Spencer, of Vorkvllle, wan nominated hy Mr. lleDow; Dr. W. T. C. Hates, of Oraugehui'n. hy Mr. r.raiitlev; ('id. John T. Sloan, of Rich land, hy Mr. Means: M r. Junms Q. Da ?vis. of Winushoro. hy Mr. Johnson; Mr. .Inliau Mitchell, of Charleston, hy Sen j a tor Rarnwcll; Mr. Robert Macfarlaiid. of Darlington, hy Mr. Marlon. Tlie-e were jill (lie nominees. Mr. (taut! suggested that the provi dent cast the vote of the hody for t ii ?? i seven nominee*. Mr. Scarborough held 1 this' to ho out of order under the con* stitution. Mr. Shcppard thought i( in order for Senators and inenihcrs to say. "I vote for the seven nominees." lie thought this would lie a compliant e with the constitution and this was held to ho in order; ?o as the roll wiu> called members would announce: "The nori: i inflow." "1 Vote for the ticket." etc.. The seven gentlemen nominated and elected are all, excepting Mr. Spencer, ! members of the present hoard of trua ; tees of (he South Carolina College, and Mr. Spencer is an alumnus of tho South i Carolina College. Tlii! now act requires sc.vcu. mm-ol , fico-holding trustees and all flip trua \ teofc of tho South Carolina Col lego are ; i:i private life. Thorp worn 130 votes i cast. all c-nst for the nominees. Tho election of trustees for Winthrop j College was next taken up ami the ! uoiiiiiiwt, werjj Or. K. S. " .foyiUw,' '<>/ I Co-lu m blu^rfCien ted by Mr. Mel)ow; i Dr. A. <*. Fuller, of Laurens, by Mr. (J. ' P. Smith: Or. T. A. Crawford, of Roc'c TTI1T7 by M r. C. T*. Sanders; Mr. C. A. ! Woods, of Marion, by Mr. Ilydrlefc; Mi. j A. M. I>ee, of Charleston, by Mr. Hacot; j Mr. \V. J. Roddey, of Rock Hill, by Mr. I Means; Mr. W. N. Rli^er. of York, by 1 Mr. Weston; Senator H. H. Tillman, by I Mr, CaiiKU;nan: Mr. r>. \V. Mof/iurlri. j by Mr. Stackhou.se. ; Twenty-sixth Day. ?Those, was bare ly ji quorum present when tho House j of Representatives assembled ?t noon. Very little business was accomplished, j Thirty-five bills passed second reading, j Three second reading bills passed. : Mayor Rishop and other citizens of j Buffalo, were extended an Invitation J to address the Motive on the Pan-Am i erican exposition to be -held at Huffulo in tho summer of 1901. I The following passed setxind reading. ? no hills being taken up which provokfcd^. i discussion a,s so many members we.e j absent: Crum's bill to amend section 4 of act | defining duties sinking fund eommis ; sion ; Stanland's bill relating to salar j ies'/jof offfcers In Dorchester county; Dendy's bill felatinff to road working I in Oconee. All of the bills which pass j c*d second reading Saturday were taken r np and put through the t!ilr<t and llnnl j reading. They wcro as follows: DeRruhl, relating to the adoption of ' children: W. H. Th/nuts' hill to pro ; vide for the formatldii of reUgiou*,- ed ucational, social, fraternal or ciiarita ? hie lodges, .societies. associations or . companies; Crum's bill to regulate the ; drawing of mc-noy appropriated to Stat'.* institutions; Patterson's bill to J authorize bonding of Ram well graded school district; Mower's bill to re ! quire the Joint committee of the Oen rrai Assembly, to begin examination- of I hooks of comptroller general, sinking j fund commission anil State treasurer us soon sm practicable after the end of ! each quarter; W. J. Thorna#' bill to ; make it a misdemeanor, to entice away, ! harbor or conccal any ward or appren tice from guardian or, master; Gra ham's bill to repeal the law^equlring the publication of a notice in newspa per when entry upon lands Is forbid den; McCullough's bill to amend the act relating to Instruments purporting to have them sealed; also, introduced a. resolution expressing the stflfpathy of this State With the Doei* In their struggle with the Knglish. The Imme diate consideration was objected to. New mils were Introduced as fol lows: V r. - "--r-rr-r? <r _ fprhM thA iM?Minlnitlftft of doctrines eontray to the Bible; Ba . vis, to repair Gibson's dam. Union jjcooircrr Mcctmomfli toccgrectthe ir of SoaUi Oaro ? ' " ' ?? ? ^ A. AW ON ABBOTT. ; lieorxia Philosopher on fbe Higher Criticism. ] WI RE Pl.KNTV CF UL'SOCfcCES ! ' ; ( J [ 1*111 Differs with I. y man Abbott) iaWta .. Remarks About the Autnanticlty of Bible, i> A I .iwyor whoso chief hu&iiiwg; - w sw u> defend criminals wao aaHed- the i M't-rot of his cucccivS. aiud iio rcplled-"Ifc j is i? deny every tiling anal call for the^ Now ICnxl.tml uBno&tlelsm and 1 high, r < riUolsm of ta?o scriptures seem , to h at' .1 liko mvxLm. Tho deeper in. tn goos into solonco tho more liicHn,*'< t il I- ilro to call for the proof; os-iieol&lly* if lit* h:is nioro learning thin brains* . ^ . (tad Jia<H u> at rsi in his mtTWt t!> tj&lVb^the* m.vMorlc* of life ami nature. * I u.ts ruminating about tUla. tor. B h id Juy.t rvui the proas d is-pa boh ea that, liov. I a iii:\n Abbott, Avho tfuoeeeded: 1 ion ry VV.tu'd Horchor, had In u public mid ih\sh in Ivtr'ion declared that tte.--; ; Hook of (icntvis was a myth ? logond writ Ion !>cfci t> tho flood by ?ome un? kumvu prophet aim! that it waif im ji. -slble Pur Moses to h.ivo known oftho v tilings th'.ih i ran si) i rod 2.000 years lie- ? ^ fore Mo auh born, and ho a&ks: ' " What ' Wore hio resources if they wore not I'lcKf fwlvs and myths?" I l know tlM't. it linos not beeoiho mo to teach theology or t ho =in fall iblli-ty of. tho scriptures, but i t occur# to me tt if Mr. A'l>bwtl can undermine the of iJencala ho will overthrow tho wJ : Ktnnturo of Biblical atllhoritfc^ h is wiMii'iooil tho wear and. *?''/ ? tinm for all those < MU n?;7 Tho Biirio Is tho standard (bf tho ? the ? lHM<nif?1tt^yf i bo natlohs, ami it must . stand aw a whole or fall ns A. whole. .r 1 Tln^ reverend gen'tlenum professes to ? believo in Mte now' testament and part | of tho old, hut If ho is Teally a Obris i tlan "ho must hollevtf'Mtte much of theij; ! old trstomenit as tho Sa>vipr aiid Hig I (ipot&les did- It was Christ .whs saldr in tho paraitdo of I>lvos ami I>a$atriw. "If tihcy will not believe Moses ' ami (ho prophets. noil/her will they believe though one irotfo from .the.- d?wd< i? till at Moses \Vho predicted the oom- v Inn of t ho Savior when ho was giving tho laws to tho children of Israel -^tihatr | M-osts to whom flod Intrusted Wis tables of stone 'that contained tho coia I niandiiH'nts, and who wrqifco tile -inoat | hoantifnl f-onK In tho Psalms of Dav^ r . ! - tha t w ho appeared In glory "??T j the mount while tho SavJor wtiug'foane j Ugurod ? that Moses of wthom I^aultMtld ? lie wais faithful as a tjasthmmy of thoao thl tigs which were to come o^ter.' Re ! foreriK:vs ?iiM? too iHimcToats to quote?* 5 all showing that Moaes wtas th? vlofr i goront of itOin A-lnvlgltty, nnd wasi'-'tt"-*-"" i pmphet. inopfrod by Him. ~ v ^o, Mr. A'blxrt.t can"no% UphoM thO | new testament and pull down, the old. . lie must sustain or demolish all. It is j tho same old attack ot Bclemoe upor* j miraeles booauso they <uunnot 'be ex I plained upon any hypoiMieais of human^ nvi.?on; when. 4ho Mr. j Aiblxxtl himself is a etuitentiouB mdr* lu le, ami oatfnot toll how he thtaiikw or . whero the power of thought or the fauul4.y -^>f- -meinoi ji Is loo&tdd, nor how . he can. at will raJso hi? hand or ck?e. v his eye; nor how he took form ? and shape in his mother's womb. All na ture is ?, miracle; the leaves at tbtf trees, 'the cofcr of tiie floswm, ihe fligih't of hkdcbNihe Infinite emultneea ? of matter a>n^ g>irm?, the Iflflittte mag-, niitude and boundless extent of the heavons and of spa?e. ana tavatt <?res ? lion there is nothing that has pride, vanity and self-conceit save man ? ant - agnoefcki oi' skeptic or an fadkUfl ? "Tho fool (only) has said in. his heart, tthere is no God." I have recently -rislted tho good obi city of Columhns and received its hos pitality and benedictions. It Is lust my age, and through alt these years - ?has moved bloodily and surely, torward, " maamifaiet wring with serenity Sod dig- ' ' 'the charaC Irer its cultured men ?rA women gave it in the beginnlnfc. How l?roadly beautiful ft was laid out; how bountiful is Its shade; how green Hub grass on .its public grounds; how beautiful ths river that gfirdleo It. Not for a single year has tihare^ibeeoa may retrograde in the manners or morals of its j?eople. * t/onsiderini Its cllsia(i. society and prosperity .X do. not a city 'thait I had rather live In. It .already large chough for thotml ? for Jeff<yj^on *? ^?ke a truth who? he w:j_ eald that great citlf# were pt atllsffKlnl to good fteallfi' a nd good- , . . course, we favor the taoreajfcs of an to dustrial population that ksep the _ wheels and spindles , turning and Mis mm wolf from the doorand the beggar flrom 1 3 the streets and if every city cared for of misery to he carried before tiia legislature, I visited the yung tsenrs J clulb rooms of the Eagle and Fheuix mills. YeA, club roona? . ,<or CacuKiu ? . boys where they can spend their eve nings and read and vfrito sad battto and exercise Instead <rf going to ttft ..._ saloons. The beauttfuT Www 2,000 volumes of staiklard books ai? the reading tsbUa.are furhlshsrt the best nsvspapir^ literature. I ???*?' I^a^ant and attsirtlTe these rooms. They **? nearly so to the Tj come members. to the blg'twaatsd.y ^ ^ tachrment to thy. Wills 'TuA . ownsn pay all lbs sawMfts *t-? operatives to the milts as Oolumims r does, there wmilO the no object losoas -~=M