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" >r ; rhe VOL. XVIII. TILLMAN INTERVIEWED, WHY HE ATTENDED A RECENT CON FERENCE IN COLUMBIA. \ \ BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1895. NO. - What Wm Ayrgod t'pon by Thos* Who Wer* at thu ,Confemice—Rqual R*pr«- ■antatlon lu the C'onetltutional Conven- T«ntlon of Both Fartions. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 22.-Everj'- one WH6 has any eyes or ears has re alized that something important is go ing on in the political world. A good deal of what has been done has been known, but for obvious reasons noth ing could be said about it. There have been conferences and consultations between various leaders of various factions, and rumor’s tongue has been wagging to a considerable extent and no end of reports have been in circu lation. Whenever Senator Tillman comes to the city it is expected that there is something in it, and he was ouite naturally a central figure to those who were doing the speculating. It was known that he and Governor Evans had a conference on Monday- night, lasting for several hours, with a-number of leading Conservatives. This conference naturally excited more interest and curiosity among those who were not on the inside than anything else, and it wm given addi tional force from the f^ct that it is the first time, so far as is known, that, ‘•Our Ben,” as he is popularly called, has ever met with -leading politicians on the other side except in battle roy al on the stump, when, as they used to say, “the fur flew.” Everyone has beenjm the qui viye to catch on to v^r&appen^al r the^^ ^buUit must be confessed that although it is a hard matter to keen such a thing quiet* the participants in the various conferences have kept their .own coun sel remarkably well, and there has been really no authentic or well grounded statement of the real pur poses of Monday night's meeting or what came of^. Senator Tillman came here ostensi- it will be well to say that neither Gov ernor Evans nor myself claim any right to speak or to act other than in dividuals. The people are the masters in South Carolina,- and we can only advise or give our' opinions. The lie who have honored us both so with the Conservative leaders he said: “I have no objection to letting it be known why I agreed to meet these gentlemen. I did so simply for the purpose of showing that I, as an indi vidual citizen and as a man occupying a responsible public position, am ready L itnd.Anxious yo do anything within reason that I can to bripg about'a beT- ter state of feeling. There is a hack neyed phrasecontmually appearing in the bitter anti papers—‘The Tillman- stock Irby-Evans irby trade papers—“The Ring—and the in e of the recalcitrants who have fought me personally andkthe-?Reform party from the very beginning is to charge all the animosity which exists, to the machinations and influence of this “Ring.” iSome of the loudest- mouthed and most blatarfi^talk along this Ime has come from men who would certainly never have been heard of in the politics of the State but for the Reform movement. Now. fortu nately I occupy a position which in the minds of all fair persons, should lift me'above any charge of sinister or selfish motive in what I am trying to do. I realize with painful certainty the seriousness of the crisis, which is upon us in State affairs. The Consti tutional convention has been called in spite of the intense opposition of al most the entire ‘Anti’ faction. There have been charges of fraud, in regard to the vote on this question, but that is neither here nor there. Fraud or no fraud, and no one has produced any proofs of fraud, the convention is to be elected and will meet next Sep tember ; and the question now agitat ing the mind of every thinking man in the State is as to how it will be con stituted and what will it do when, it assembles. The distrust and suspicion which has been industriously foment ed in the minds of the factions, towards each other have brought us to this de plorable condition: that we must eith er shortly enter upon a -struggle for the mastery of the convention, which will leave wounds to rankle for a life time, or we must come together. The present unnatural and strained rela tions must cease, or we will commence a fight which will leave one faction or the other complete masters, with an intensified desire for revenge burning in the hearts of the victors. I wish to avert such a struggle if possile, and when I consented to rfieet those who have persecuted and opposed me with all the vigor and .malignity of which they were capable, in an effort to de vise ways and means for restoring hannony, I gave an...earnest of my honesty of purpose that ought to save me from the charge of selfishness or fear, though I am satisfied it will not do so. Those breeders of strife who live by fanning the flames, and those aspiring self-seekers, who, under guise of patriotic motives, would be tray the Reform movement, will try to make the contrary appear. It aoes not matter; I can bear that with the same equanimity and indifference that I have borne their attacks in the past.” , v “Senator, will you tell us what you did in the conference?” ' - “I was iuSt coming to that, for to my frienos I need make no explana tion or concealment, and for my ene mies 1 do not care. In the first place, bly to attend a meeting of the trustees of the Winthrop College, and it was not* untiTafter he had gotten through with an important executive commit tee meeting^ that I managed to get a chance at him fer an interview. The interview was_started in Columbia, but as it grew in import it was found neo^ssary to accompany Senator Till man to Cliarlotte in oraer to complete the interview, as he had made all ar rangements to go on to Washington. When asked the direct question as to the truth of the various reports which were'in circulation and with which he was associated HeTvator T4-llTOtm|cion a.ml distrnsl whieli exists as to the said: “I do riot know why my presence here should put so many tongues to wagging. .^Ordinarily my rule has heen to pay no heed to such chatter; but to leave people to find out for themselves about such things.” When asked about the conference Ohly such mi portance and yield such adhesiori to our advice as they deem best. ‘The Tillman-Irby-Evans Ring’ is of the people, and a very large one, and while we may tie the ends which bring the ring together, we under stand our position too well to imagine for an instant that we can do more than advise. We must convince our friends that what we advise is best ho- fore we can expect them to follow. In a wqrd, then, in ■ ! tharmeeting we tried to arrive at an understanding, which will unite the people of the State once mSif&without any surrender of princi ple on the part of anybody, and pre vent any struggle over the convention; and we realize very fully the delicacy and difficulty of tne task- ^T'he more radical and unreasonable elements of both factions will necessarily be dis gruntled and endeavor to antagonize the scheme. But we cannot give any serious consideration to the opposi tion of such men as these. We must appeal to the patriotism and good sense of the large conservative mass of both factions to make the conces sions which are requisite to bring the4n together. As the victors and the rul ing majority, the concessions must ne cessarily come from the Refonn side, the conditions must be subscribed to by the other side.” ‘What concessions do vou'hllude to?” ■ <» ' begin with, 1 would say that-the one overpowering and essential idea which made the convention a necessity was the preservatiori of white suprem acy by such qualification of tip; suf frage as will save us from negro dofiL ination In future under any and all conditions. If this essential and fun damental requirement shall be sub scribed to by all those seeking admis sion to the convention, along with a very few other changes in the present Constitution, the other questions like ly to arise in the discussions before the convention will inevitably be decided on their merits as general propositions in government and cannot by any pos sibility excite any factional debate. It follows then that if the factions can unite in formulating the basic princi ples to be incorporated iti the Consti tution by common .consent, the ques tion as to whether the convention shall be composed of a ma. Reformers or Conservatives is of mi nor consideration: But for the suspl- Ine good faith and honesty of each side towards the other, I have no earthl doubt that the Reformers would reac ily grant to their'opponents e< resentatkm. It will depend en “How will the division be made?” “That 1 canriot say; each county must settle that for itself. One other important matter is the reuniting the people in support of the primary for ^convention will the election of delegates. Give both fwork on the sides representation on boards of man agers, or, if the delegates are chosen by a convention, let it oe understood that all parties are comriiitted to the sup port of the nominees.” . “Would you be willing to take the stump in advocacy of tliese general propositions'?” necessary, ves; but I can lie adjusted by each county getting „ any such necessity. The onl v trouble I see that may arise is , , Thattlusse who have smight-tohetm^ ulittfonn <*f prineiples.has unanu Lhft ntamle nmlor iLo ernten l.V rCSOlVOd that del* gates to the rep- on th^ attitude and utterances Conseruative faction and the newspa pers which represent them whether such an arrangement can be consum mated. If the charges of fraud and ‘ring rule' and the bitter sneers which Imve become to be the daily theme of the newspaper writer and scheming ollico-seekers are continued, it is ut terly impossible to ask the majority to trust those who show so much distrust themselves. twd-wWr w hilw claiming to be honest themselves, accuse all who oppose them of being dishonest. Confidence is the first requisite to compromise.” “Are weJU) understand you‘to say that you are willing for the Conserva tives to have half of the delegates to the convention?” . “Provided, we can be assured^on cer tain points, yes. I can conceive of no harm that could result arid of Jgreat benefits that might accrue therefrom. To illustrate: A purely factional con vention would be a misfortune, and if the delegates f to the convention are elected, as they should hc“ because of high character, intelligence and liberal ty of thought, the attrition of such minds against such minds in intellec tual combat seeking after truth and the best Constitution possible, would make the convention an ideal one. If the convention was composed of a fac tion or dominated absolutely by fac tional feeling, it would be far more radical and likely to incorporate unrea- soriable provisions in the Constitution, and we must never forget that we are to live under the Constitution to be framed, as well as our opponents, and that we toould hurt ourselves as badly as we would hurt them by making a bad Constitution. A sense of fairness should compel us to give them a fair share of representation, or even more than a fair shai e if they will let us. A Constitution is different from an act of the Legislature in that it cannot be repealed oy the Legislature, But con trols the Ilegislature, hence its import ance. All classes and all interests of the State should, therefore, have rep resentation in the conventiofi.” “How is it to be brought about and how would tlie Conservatives get their half?" “There’s the question. If our pie could by common ccfrrae'nt f* the factional strite which has divi them and elect delegates without re- e ard to factional lines, it would be far etter, but that is a mere theory and we are conf refuted by a condition. The factions are here, the bitterness is here, the distrtlst is he-he, and last and most threatening, all the negroes a; e here to create a dread on the one side and to § reduce temptation on the other. Un- erstand me, if the tight has to come, I have no fear of the result. White supremacy and Anglo-Saxon civiliza tion will inevitably triumph, but it will be the saddest dav in the history of the State when it shall be recorded that sensible practical, patriptic mea would not meet on such common ground as exists, and cease their strife for a time in the interests of the State and of posterity.” ——— _ “You have just spoken of conditions to which the Conservatives must sub scribe. What are they?* v “The main one, as 1 have already mentioned—the preservation of white supremacy by a qualification of the ballot. Anotner, is that no delegate peo- shall be elected who does not pledge TIIp POMMITTEF'S APPEAL himself to vote against submission to 1,,L tUUMilLUiiD AITUAL. the people of the Constitution adopted, for it goes without saving that the fight which we are seeking to avoid would be precipitated in such an event. Next, that every delegate must sub scribe to. the general proposition that no white ffi&n should be dmfrajjtdiisBd,- THEIR ADDRESS TQ THE DEMOCRATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA* ‘ ent of th* Condition* Now Confront- the will of the white majority and a loyal support of the candidates chosen by the regular party machinery alone preserved the purity of the victory which was won against such fearful odds in 1876i The slogon, “An Inde- pendent is worse than a Radical,” has been no idle phrase,but a living,burn- except for crime. Still another, is that the Constitution shall deal >nly in gen eral principles of govemmeut and leave the Legislature absolutely un- trammeled on the questions of police regulatioris and free schools; With all delegates loyally supportirig these general ideas, together with the pre servation of the homestead, it becomes a matter of indifference to the people whether the Conservatives or tha Re formers are in the majority in the con vention. There are various other ques tions which will enter into the discus sion which will precede the election of delegates, but tliey will settle them- sel res and the people can instruct as to their wishes.” An A|>|>*-al for Wliltr Unity. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 22.—Special: It will be remembered that at tne re cent meeting of the Democratic State Ex6cuti\*e Committee, in this city, a sub committee was appointed tP pre- S ire an address to the party in South aiplina. The sub committee met on Tuesday night and, as the result of their con ference, bus issued the following ad dress: To the Democrats of South Carolina: The demand tor a Constitutional convention To frame an organic law adapted to our people and our condi tions has become a cardinal principle of the Democratic party of thisSiate/ The call for suen a convention hits been duly made by the people; provi ded for by the Legislature, and the “If it becomes trust the matter the good men in together without the p&ople! under the guise of pacifi cation may endeavor to threw obsta cles in the way. I would say further that these views afrnotnetf, and have not resulted from any recent develop ments. Last fall, when I was strain 1 ing every nerve to have the convention called, I expressed practically the some ideas. It will depend upon the spirit in which the Conservatives meet our people. ‘A soft answer turneth away wrath,’ and if we begin a race to see which shall outdo the other in obliterating the scars of our past bat tles, satisfactory results are bound to follow. The Reformers can be per suaded if the right means are used. They cannot be bullied or driven.” * “Suppose after the primaries are held or the nominations made it were nd that thfe Conservatives had not d half of the delegates, what assemble to do its of September next. Upon the complexion and acts of this convention depend the welfare of our people for many years L»come. Therefore tlie election of proper dele gates to the convention Is of para mount importance. Our best and wisest citizens should be chosen for tliif great and responsible trust. Realizing this, your State commit tee, charged by the constitution of the party “with the execution and direc tion pf the policy of the party,” in ac : coruance with i^ constitution and les,has unanimous com no idle mg text, failft in wmcn meant Anglo Saxon supremacy, good government and tlie preservation of our civiliza , tipn. fo But the sword of Damocles lias been suspended over our heads through a ConsLkutiou guaranteeing universal suffrage. The census oT 1870" shorts that the negroes have a majority of more than*#0,(X)0 men of voting age. The huge blhck snake, which; anac onda-like held the State in its folds and came so near crushing it to death during the dark jieriod from 1H68 to 1870, has been redered harmless, tem porarily paralyzed, bv theTogistration and eight-box laws. Rut it is not dead, nor is it even sleeping. Encouraged by the bitter feud existing between the umitesand on the belief that they will be'called on as-a lialance of forces, to settle the quarrel, the itepublican party lias been reorganized, tne negro preachers, always the most influential leaders of their race, an* already pre paring to mobilize the blackjiorde. It is a sad commentary on the mail ex tremes to which lactkyial pojlitical strife can carry men to note the atti tudeof some of our men and iiewspa pers toward the movement. Thirsting tor control and blind to all the evil con-* sequences they encourage the negroes to political activity. Irreconciliaoles, few in number, we are confident, hut bitter and sclieming men areevidently in league with them, and a jH'rfeet understanding wsuns to exist. The devil, moving and instigating them, these as a matter of simple justice, they could not feed any great dissatis iney couia not teeu any gre faction if they received- t pie ju at dis woiif liiS--. their strength in the primary of 18i>2— but by proper conduct and advocacy of the demands of the people they can obtain more tlian ventipn to represent the views of the Democratic party of this State, should be nominated at a Democratic prima ry to be held in each county on the day of July next, unless the county executive committee shall adopt a different riiode of nomination, and the Stab- committee will in due time prescribe suitable rules to goyern the primary election. It cannot be ignored that the factioris “Reformers” and “Conservatives” exist in the De mocratic party of this State, and that much bitter strife has existed between them. But no matter where the blame, if Any, should lie, the time has come when union and harmony should again prevail among the white Demo crats of the State. We believe the great body of the Democracy earnest ly desire the restoration of peace and harmony, and we observe with pleas ure that patriotic men on both sides are sincerely endeavoring to bring about a union on fair and just lines. tty etc 1 r> fair and honorable lives put forward men who have not made themselves especially obnoxious, and should that faction show a will ingness in Charleston, Sumter and Richland to do by the Reformers what they ask the Reformers to do by them, it would increase the chances of the idea of an etjual division. At all events, it is worth while for us to try, and we will succeed in electing a satisfactory convention,' beyond doubt, and one that will do noth iiTgri^Tr*’) r' u n rennn able, and the Constitution which it frames will command the respect and support of all the people, just in pro portion ;ts u shall represent all the peo ple. 1 have been accused of being an element of discord and strife. If 1 am allowed, 1 will endeavor to merit the blessings promized the peacemakers, and if I fail, 1 will at least have a cleaj^ conscience. ® “What do you think the “Forty' will now do?” . "I don't know. I was never taken into their contilence, and therefore am not aware of what schemes they have in view. But it uas seemed to me that any effort antagonistic to the action of the regular Democratic party or an attempt to nominate any set of delegates by caucus, such as they have called, would precipitate the very conflict they claim to wish to avoid. Our people should frown down any effort along this line.” v : -- "What do you think of the address of the sub-committee of the executive committee of the Democratic party ?” “I think it an able and timely pres entation of the case from a De . o- cratic standpoint. It is especially timely and strong in recalling tire scenes and incidents of the struggle of 1876, and the evils suffered at the hands of crirpet baggers and negroes. If the memories of those days will riot bring the people to their senses and cause them to forget and forgive the hard things said and done during the last four years, then nothing will. If both sides cultivate Catholicity of spirit and charity and muzzle the hot heads, our people wm com to gether.” => appeal to the, negro to arbi- v® * . trate the differences among Demo- Went Llk* Hot Ci»k«a. London, Feb. 21.--The United States loan prospectus was issued very ikto yesterday afternoon, and a regu lar fight ensued at Morgan's for places in the line, and this morning theje was a renewed rush of subscrioens. The loan was. subscribed- - .for. times oyer, .^h^^fttnium at-. tune ?i thic»>ftftcrnoou readied 4jj. - Wrecked, ■* ' ' . Baltimore, Md., Feb. 15.—A pri vate telegram states that a party of Baltimoreans had been shipwrecked on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. The steamer was caught iu severe storms and wrecked a short dis tance from the island. The passengers took to the life boats and reached land, where they will remain until rescued. Sad’Death of a Utile Hero. Parsons, W. Va.. Feb. 19.—Word has reached here thaT two school chil dren, brother and sister, aged 10 and 12 years, were frozen to death in Clover district, this county. They were found locked in each other's arms, and the brother had wrapped his sister in his coat. we should strive to prevent means E revent a bitter e control of the Constitutional convention, with its in- -mcMi uu on a mountain and showing them the ne groes. saying: "Energize, mobilize these black men. and you can rule in South Carolina.” The plea is mail** by the licpuhlican leaders that the Republican* do not seek to obtain oil ice or regain control of the government, hut no men of sense can be deceived by such a plea. Their offer to vote for the best men of the faction which will give them their rights may be a temptation to a few ultra politicians but we have more faith in the good sense and patriotism of the conservative masses than to Ixv lieve that they are to be thus fooled, or that they can lie led designing men to form an only bring disgrace t*> them and jeopardize, if not destroy our gov ernment for all time. We. have the opportunity, so long sought, of fixing tne privilege of suf frage so that the fullest political free dom sliall obtain and all danger from the ignorant black majority, which has lieen a menace to our liberty and civilization and has us on our progress, forever. as an incub be averted Will not our people, rememberinl among crats. There is no reason why all white Democrats in South Carolina cannot heartily agree and unite in the adoption of a Constitution. The tr^is- cendent issue is the preservation of white supremacy by a qualified suf frage. In this issue Conservatives and Reformers alike are equally and vital ly qoncernyd. On this supreme issue th«j,ocsin should be “white unity for There was once people, i TG and 3, and tht ay not be amiss to such a time, recall It. Nineteen years Ago a dupl govern ment existed in our State capital, With two Governors, each claiming to be the legal executive, and two Legisla lures w ith full sets of State offic* rs. Trie one government was composed of carpet naggers, scalawags and negroes tlie vilest set of thieves and scounurels known to American history, was sus- tained by Federal troops, who had been ordered to seize the State House by Grant. The question o& the Presi dential succession *vas in doubt, and the iron-willed President, without a scruple, propped the edifice built by Gtn. Canby and the carpet-baggets with bayonets, because the State's electoral vote was necessary to save the Presidency to the Republican party. The other government was sustained by the white people of the State with d unanimity and determination born of despair and with the immovable purpose to throw off the yoke of igno rance and vice let the consequences be what they might. But it was a period of doubt and gloom and,the minds of men have never.been, kept at such high tension for so long a time. The campaign of 1876, with the exciting scenes which it engendered, the Ham burg and Ellenton riots, the Cainhoy massacre, the red shirt cavalcade*, tlie troopsat tlie polls, all tliese were fresh and vivid pictures iu the minds of our ppop^e. South Carolina had been and w|is then in sore strait. Her citizens had been Subjected to a tyranny such as has iftver been borne Jby an Eng lish-speaking people “since the Sixon wore the Norman collar.” The sun of hope had been in eclipse for eight long, jdark years and their liberties hung in the balance. But true to their lineage andihe love of freedom in herited froor'therr sires South Uuro : lina's trite tons canr.e together as one man and when thus united her contest ^ *7$ ajuL io. igaro. q] white unity, ceased their mad strife and come together as the sons of a com mon mother to protect that mother and secure for themselves and their posterity the blessings of liberty and good government, freed from the black shadow which has so long been over our beloved State. There has been bitterness and angry crimination and recrimination on both sides. The spirit of antagonism if longer .nursed can only'EreeiT’disaster, an(f” Lb"'p&TTffrT should wish a constitution made by a victorious and euranged faction after a .ight in which white meii have call ed on the negroes to 8-*ale die differ ences. Whatever have been the causes of the difference* which have embroiled our people, we can tdl unite in select ing our best, our wisest, our purest cit-. izens as delagat* s and leave it to their wisdom and patriotism to trame an organization lor the Suite. Let tluse delegates be chosen at a pryinary.' in which all white Democrats can unite and move, and vote for men without regard to past political differences or atliliutioua. Let character, patriotism, ability and devotion to the main pur- C for which, the convention has i called be the tests of fitness of the delegates, and let the nominees of the party be .loyal supported at the elec tion. A Constituion framed by our., best men, elected in this spirit, would be worthy of our 8tate and its- history. All must recognize that a Constitution should deal with principles proper to be incorporated in the organic law, and not with matters of detail, which is the province of tlie I .legislature. With a Constitution made by ourown people, suited to their genius and con dition, endorsed by the great body of the white race as prompttve of the best interests'of the whole State and establishing by adequate and valid provisiqns the supremacy of tlie white men and delivering us forever from the fear of negro-domination, our State will begin a new era of progress and prosperity bur State goverririiqnt, and the nor of our choice was (|uly installed and assumed undisputed control as soon as the troops were removed, while tlie horde of miscreants who had defiled, qur State House fled beyond our'Borders Tor safety . It is not pleasant to recall that sad and gloorny period of-our history, but some of dur people seem4*' have for gotten it, while others were too young to know and realize the terrible condi tions and the almost superhuman ef forts which were necessary to rescue the State, can read the story with profit, if they will heed tlie lesson of the SUfte’s rescue from the darkest pe riod it has ever known. \Chite unity alone wrought our redemption. White unity alone kept the govern ment in the hands of trie intelligence and virtue of this. State.. Obedience to (Signed? ' ^•vVV'^vVv> C. M. Efird, Ira B. Jones, W. D. Evans, .. J f J. Gentry, J. P. Glenn, y Cbmmrttgrb.. Hurnetl to DestU. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 21—At o'clock yesterday morning, Mrs. Wm. Norseweatlrer, standing in front of an open grate, caught tire and Was most horribly burned before assistance reached her. She suffered agony sev eral hours before death. Over in Girard, about IU o’clock yesterday, Mrs. C..C. Best, who was recently re leased from the asylum, was left alone in the dining room. She had not en tirely recovered her iriind, though she was not considered hopelessly crazy In some way she caught tire frem the stove and was burned so fearfully that death is inevitable in a few hours. FOR FREE SILVER. BLOOD ON THE MOON. That la the Way the Unitml State* Senate Stand*. Washington, Feb.’21.—In accord ancc with the order made Thursday; the Senate met today at 11 o’fclock, which is to be lhe regular Iibur bf meeting Ull the 4th of March next. There wta ti fair attendance of Sena tors in tlie chandler" when the pro ceedings uwSned. Tlie Via* Preaufent having laid.before tlie Senate the res- olution offend last night 1>y SffrWbl- cott, declaring it as the sense of the Senate that a consideration of the sil ver bill should not be entered upon at this session of Congress, Mr. Jones (Pern.) of Arkansas, who has charge of that bill, said: “I wish to say that the friends of the regular order—the (lending silver bill—have no disposi tion to incur the risk of an extra ses sion. We so stated at the beginning Developments have shown,, that while the friends of the measure Have a ma jority in this body, it is impossible to pass the bill at tlie present late day of the session without ! A EX-GOVERNOR PROCTOR KNOTT MAKES LURID PREDICTIONS. me session wiinout incurring a very grave danger to the appropriation bills and an extra session. Under these cir cumstances, the friends of the silver measure have authorized me to say that they will not further proceed at this sessieu of Congress.-’ " No comment was iriade on this an nouncement by any Senator and no formal action was taken on the reso lution. t ‘ • Other business having intervened, the silver bill was made the text of a Speech by Mr. Higgins (Rep.) of Dela ware, who referred_ to its status as legislation let alone,” and said that all the bill amounted to -inasmuch us i‘ «ould jiot- Iiefonic » hi w—ngt* adivltt- ration of policy and that the raaoluUon of the Senator from Colorado meant just the same thing. Mr. Higgins'H|>eech was interrupted at 12 o’clock by the Vice Pn-sident, who announced the close of the morn ing hour and the taking up of.the un finished business, being thesiRrer bill. “Let it be laid as?de ( informally,” Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, suggostixi, so as to allow the Senator for Dela ware to conclude his remark*.” "I must appeal to the Senator from Delaware,” Mr. Gorman broke in, well as tq the Senator from Arkau to cease this discussion at this time All the great appropriation bills are pending in the Senate or in commit tee,.iuiu it will be almost impossible to haveiair consideration of them unless we begin now. I .must appeal to the Senator from Delaware in the public interest to give way and to permit me to make a motion that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the In dian appropriation bill After H* Say* fti-Mrtaltsm Most Com* *r W« Will: Wont On* than th* Fr«n«h Boviwtlna, Wawiinoton, Feb. 16.—Con gw* man Hatch, Democrat from Mupoun, in a live minute* speech in (be Hotue last Thursday aroused the opponent* of the gold bond resolution to great enthusiasm. He bad but little ume, be said, to explain why he wa* to be a E ll liearer at this financial funeral. a word, it was because the passage of this resolution would make evenr debtor (>ay his debt in gold. He read amid much demonstration a letter ad dressed by ex-Govertior Proctor Knott of Kentucky to Senator Blackburn of Kentucky in which Mr. Knott charac terized the pending proposition as the "last insolent demand of the goidite•. <, “They don’t seem to want to leave u* a hereafter. Whenever the govern ment agrees to pay gold, silver is doomed for all eternity. As old Judge Forbis said to Johnny Moore, Good- He bye, world; howdye Hell ?’ ” ter and applause.) * The letter continued; (Laugh- "Great God! how. rapidly tills long suffering people are being drivwu to the dreadful alter- native of slavery or internecine strife - to determine whether they will tame ly hold out their hands and* have the shackles of a remorseless plutocracy riveted U()on their wrists, or fight. “Now, mark what. I say. if tne inex orable law of cause and effect has not •bgrrr- of the Almighty, unless a halt is called d. q. you may expect to see the urors of the French Revolution put the American stage with all the L on us Gor further discussion, Mi*. man made his motion, audJ&r. Butler modem improvements, and that with in the next decade. 1 remember 1 was susjteeted by some of my friends of S olitical lunacy in, 1860 lieeause 1 pre- icted that in the event of Mr. Lin coln's election there would be war be tween the States. They could not see why it ought to be so. Neither could I, but I 'knew the causes which were , at work and which would in the loni ime ’HP prod l,c « that result, and I regai 1 edNris election simply os the spark which would explode the mine. So when the fierce cloud appeared in less than one short year whicn deluged the country in blood for nearly a lustrum, some of those who had thought me a croaker, a mere dyspejitic-peesimisi, began to regard me as Byron did Jef freys -us a d—d discerning fellow.’ I tell you, Senators, in all seriousness, 1 see far more reason to apprehend e-rerre Ihe speedy approach of a ten who desired to go on with the pooling bill, demanded the yeas and nays. The vote was taken, and the motion agreed T«5=-yeas 33, ' uayi ‘12. -The negative votes were given by Senators Blanchard, Butler, Camden, Cameron, Faulkner, Hunton, Junes of Arkansas, Lindsay, Marlm, Mitchell of Wiscon sin, yuuy and Wolcott. The effect of the vote was to displace the silver bill—remitting it to the calendar—aj.d to In ing the Indian appropriation bill before the Senate. On tfiis bill Mr. Higgins resumed the lloor and went lution in this country than. Lord Ches terfield saw in France when he wrote his historic predictions from Paris, he 1 That gentleman ^a- tor who went to England some time ago, bought him a place on the island and became a British subject, saw what is coming as plainly as I do, so he~look time by the forelock and stepped out when there wan not such a rush for state rooms as tncrtr will be after a while. He knew very well that if things should keep off as you and .1 have seen them for some years past, the time was not far off when ou-withths delivery nf his speech,on Ilf?’ 1 iTL a ,T the Jones silver bill and agamstit ^^ ^nuld, bs stuih s FTOwd oLhli: asa Mr. Chandler next addressed-the Senate, not upon trie Indian appro priation bill, however, bui up^n the silver bill and against the Wolcott resolution. Mr. Daniel replied to the speech of Mr. Higgins,\ wpich was, he said, a dismal and pitiful picture of the dis tress now pervading the civilized world. That distress, Mr. Daniel said, was widespread. He might say: “From Greenland's icy inquutairis To India's coral strand.” While that Senator .had called at tention to a starving Manchester and to a degraded India he had told the Senator blit little of the distress which pervaded his own country in consequence of the ill-conceived and ill-considered action of Congress in re pealing the' purchasing clause of the Sherman act. Not a single'prophecy which was made by the friends of that repeal had been fulfilled, but the predictions which he (Mr. Daniel)' had then stated in his argument against the repeal had been fulfilled. He had predicted that the unconstitutional re-‘ peal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law would be followed by a decline in the price of silver, by a further decline in the prices of prop erty, bonds and securities, and by an attempt to retire the greenbacks; and all these predictions had been fulfilled. The Democratic party, which had pledged itself to the coinage of both gold and silver and to the repeal of the tax on State banks, hail failed to keep its pledge, and would now be “deprived of power, without ever be ing in power." - Fred Dougla** l>*rfd. Washington, Feb. 21.—Frederick Douglass, the well known colored or ator, died'SudduBly at 7 o’clock hast night bt hearvafsease at Tiis home-hi Anacosfia, Ti suburb of Washington. He was a prominent figure in the . woman’s convention this afternoon, 1 ' 111 ^ wo 7^™- where he occupied a seat upon the platform. * He was apparently ui the best of health at that time. K»tcn by Wolre*. Rome, Fe#r 19.—Hundreds of hungry wolves from the Alps have in- vaded the plains in ihe province of Piedmont, and.several villagers have been killed. The authorities have sent troopes to shoot them and many have been destroyed. The German Reichstag has adopted a resolution instructing the govern ment to issue to the other powers of the world invitations for an interna tional monetary conference looking to .the remonetizing of silver. Before the resolution was adopted the secretary class of people hurry mg aboard every out-going steamer he might be shoved off the stage plank.” - -- Oar H^nd* In Dai New York, Feb. 21.—The subscrip tion books r >r the $62,315,000 United Slates 4 percents, were opened prompt ly at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the ottice of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., and just twenty-two minutes later tlie subscriptions were closed. There was little or no excitement at the of fice of Morgan fit Co. In fact, the at tendance there was about the same as on ordinary business days. This is accounted tor by the fact that the bulk of the bids were sent in by mail, and for this reason today's performance was looked upon as a mere formality, to use the expression of one of trie hading members of the syndicate. The bonds were subscribed for at least ten times over, and the loan in every par ticular lias been an enormous success Mr. Morgan is authority for the state ment that no details will be given out until Saturday, when the allotments are to be made. The bonds sold at 4 ’ per cent, premium in London today, and 116 was bid here on the street this morning. A principal member of the syndicate is authority for the state ment that the enormous over subscrip tion of the bonds was astounding,even to the syndicate. The success of the whole deal abroad cannot be measured in the immediate connection with the sale of the bonds. It is anticipated that it will* revive the interest in American securities and stimulate an interest in our railroad securities such as lias not existed since the Bar ng panic, thus turning tlie real balance of exchange in our favor,, so that when exports of breadstuff* begin next fall the natural flow of gold will once moc^bp toward the L nited States. Tne Steain upon our gold holdings will thus be relieved for the first time A Big Fir*. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 15.—Ex-com- missioiier Traxler, who arrived in this city yesterday morning, brings news of a destructive lire which visited Timmonsville Tuesday night A block uatea am: of ten stores situated almost in the bean of the town was completely des troyed by fire. All the buildings were of woop and were soon in ashes. The loss is about $15,000, with little or no insurance. Two Thousand Killed. London, Feb. 20.—A Hong Kong dispatch to the Globe gives an account of the explosion of the magazine at [ of the imperial treasury, on behalf of a fort at Takoa, Formosa, by which the Emperor, declared that the object 2,000 persons were killed. This is ob- arined at by ' * viously exaggerated. \ sympathy. resolution A Groom Hose* Htm**l£ Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22.—Jason Swanson, of Sugar Valley, Ga., was found hanging to a beam in the bam Tuesday morning. He was a young man only recently married, and n^- reason can be assigned for tne deed. His wife went to a neighbor’s for a short call and ^rhen die [ found his dead body.