The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 20, 1895, Image 1
BARNWELL,! S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1895.
NO. 41.
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Jmljce <;o1Tb Injunrtlon DixHolved by the
Circuit Court of A|>|>e»lii on the Ground
of Lock of .1 urlndlction of'the Kqnity
Court.
Richmond, Va., June 11.—The cele
brated South Carolina ragistration
case was decided in the Uuited States
Court of- Appeals here today . The
State wins, Judge Goffs famious in
junction is dissolved and the original
bill will be dismissed. The decision
of the court was announced by Judge
Hughes shortly before .3 o’clock and
an outline of the court’s position was
given. Judge. Hughes submitted h
strong individual opinion and the or
der reversing Judge Golf Was entered
at once. None of the counsel who took
part in the argument werf present.
Judge Hughes, in announcing the
court’s decision, said: v
“This case was heard by the Chief
Justice, Judge Sevmour and myself,
on Friday last. We thought it was of
a character to call for an early decis
ion and it was determined after ad
journment on Friday that the decision
should be annouced later and a decree
entertained. The case was exhaus
tively argued at the bar and nothing
can be gained by waiting a further
time for the examination of briefs.
We are of the opinion that the injunc
tion which was granted in the case
ought to be dissolved and the bill dis
missed. A. decree to that effect will be
entered at once. The opinion of the
Opart on the important questions pre
by the record will be prepared
Chief Justice and filed and re-
as soon as possible. Meantime,
a brief statement of the grounds of the
decision prepared by the Chief J ustice
is now filed.
_ The Chief Justice expresses his views
as follows: “The judiciary act of
March 3, 1891, contemplates prompt
decision on appeals such as this and
as we cannot giveextended expression
to our views at this time, we content
ourselves with a brief statement of our
conclusions.
“Under section 7 of that act, where,
upon a hearing in equity in a circuit
court an injunction is granted or con
tinued by an interlocutory order or de
cree in a cause in which appeal from
the final decree may be taken under
the provisions of this act to the circuit
court appeal may be taken from such
interlocutory order or decree granting
or continuing such injunction to the
circuit court of appeals so by sectipn
5, appeals or writs oFerror may
taken to the supreme court in any
case in which the legislation or law of
a State iaclaimed to be'iii-r .youtraven-
tion of the Constitution of the United
States. But although the constitution
ality of a State law may be drawn in
question in the circuit court, yet if the
case may be disposed of on other
grounds not involving the validity of
such law, we think this court has jur
isdiction on appeal. Carry vs. Rail way
Company, 150 U. S. 170, U. S. vs.
John 155, U. S.109. If, in the instance
f*t appwyfa fromJntarlocutory orders.
on consideration it should appear that
the question of the constitutionality of
the law is controlling and must be de
cided, the cause can he remanded to
the circuit court, so that petition to
the supreme court for certiorari may
be made. American Construction
Company vs. Railway Company, 148
U. S. 372. - ■ ' >
’“In this case the bill of complaint
challenged the constitutionality of cer
tain laws of South Carolina, hut the
question was raised on the threshold
whether the case made was one of the
equitable cognizance, and this bein,
so, we sustain the jurisdiction an
overrule the motion to dismiss.
“The jurisprudence of the United
States lias always recognized the dis
tinction between law and equity as
„ under the constitutional matters of
substance, as well as of form and pro-
, -„ cedure. Cater vs. Allen, 149 U. S.,
451; Mississppi Mills VS. Colin, 150 U.
8., 202, 205. It is well settled that a
court of chancery is conversant only
with the questions of property and
the maintenance of civil rights. The
court has no jurisdiction in matters of
a political nature, or to interfere with,
the duties of any department of the
jjoverunseat, except under special cir
cumstances, and when necessary for
the protection of rights of property;
or in matters merely informal which
do not affect any right of property.
In Sawyer, 124, l T .. S. 200; Fletcher
vs. Tuttle, 151, 111; 41 Ilordesty vs.
Taft, 23 Maryland, 513 ex parte Lums-
den, South Carolina, 19 S. E. Rep.,-
749.. «
* “The equitable powers of the court
can only be invokedby the presenta
tion of a case of equitable cognizance
and there can be no sueh case in the
Federal courts where there is a plain
affd adequate remedy at law, nor does
illegality alone afford ground for
equitable interefereuce, Shelton vs.
Platt, 139, vU. S. 591.
“Tested by these principles, the bill
of complaint cannot be maintained,
for it asserts no threatened infringe
ment of rights of property of civil
rights, and no adequate ground .'for
eqdity interposition^.... Being of this
opinion the restraining order must be
reversed and the cause remanded with
directions to dismiss the bill.’' V
JUDGE HUGHE’S OPINION.
Judge Hughe's opinion in the South
Carolina case is, in part, as follows:
The Judge giverf a careful review of
the record, and continuing says:
“There is nothing in the record to
show that the complainant is a man
of color * or that those for whom he
sues are colored persons. The bill
contains no allegation that the parte
of the law complained of were devised
X 'nst the complainant or those for
m he sues on account of their
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude. There is nothing in the
averments of the bill from which it
may naturally, or must necessarily be
inferred that the 4 complainant and
thnaw for whom ha sues are
color. There artf no averments m the
bill which show that the case falls
within the purview of the Fifteenth
amendment of the Constitution of the
United States. Nor does the bill con
tain any allegations \fhich raise a
Federal question under the clause of
the Fourteenth amendment which for
bids a Stale t° deny any persqp the
equal protection of the lawai. It
charges that; the provisions of the
registration acts complained of is to
give unequal facilities of registration
to different classes of citizens, but it
does not point out how this is so. It
leaves the discrimination as to the
of registering, if there be
to-inference and re
search in sources other than its own
averments. It charges that the pro
visions of law complained of discrim
inates, but does not describe the man
ner of discrimination, or define the
classes affected, pro or con, nor does
it show that the laws complained of
in discriminating between classes as
to the privilege of registering granted'
by them, violate the clause in the
Fourteenth amendment which forbids
a State to deny to any person within
it, the equal protection of the laws. It
confounds privilege with protection.
“The bill has no reference to a Fed
eral election in setting out complain
ant’s case. The gravamen of the bill
contemplates only a State election to
be held for members of the State con
vention to convene in August next. It
is not shown that any Federal elec
tion is to be held in South Carolina
before November, 1895.
“To the bill just described and to
the order of injunction granted by the
court below in pursuance of its pray
ers, several objections are urged in
behalf of the State of South Carolina.
In what follows I shall consider but
one of these. In the ruling of the
Circuit Court rendered on circuit, in
this case, it was held that the coprt
had jurisdiction to restrain a county
supervisor of registration in the per
formance of his duties under the elec
tion laws of South Carolina. The di
vision of our government into the leg
islative, executive and judicial depart
ments is a distinguishing feature of
our American policy and it is essen
tial to its existence that each of these
departments shall be independent jof
the other. The division is fundament
al and organic. It would be just as
dangerous to its stability for the judi
cial department to override the others
as for executive or legislative depart
ments to do so. Hence, while the
right of the judiciary to pass upon the
constitutionality of the laws is un
doubted, it has that right simply as
an incident to its protection of private
rights. It has not that right as a mere
means of settling abstract questions
in the enforcement of pri
vate rights it has not the power to in
terfere with the discretion vested in
the other departments pg-with the ex-
ercise of political powers of this de
S artment. It seems to me that it is a
angerous encroachment upon the
prerogations of the other departments
of the government, if the judiciary be
entrusted to exercise the power of in-
terferring with the holding of an elec
tion in a State. If the supervisor of
on^B county can be enjoined from the
performance of the duties imposed
upon him by the election Taws of the
State from whom - he holds- his com
mission, those of the other counties
can be also; thus a single citizen in
each county,;and if he is not even a
qualified voter, can enjoin an election
throughout the entire State, and thus
deprive thousands of their rights to
vote. If a court has power to do this,
free elections are at an end. If elec;
lions are improperly held, there are
appropriate means provided by law
for Questioning their methods and
remedying wrongs without the exer
cise of this dangerous power by the
courts. A candidate who has been
defeated may contest; a voter whose
right to register has been denied may
proceed to compel the enforcement of
that right, and these provisions give
what the 1-legislature deems sufficient
protection to the injured, but in my
judgment one citizen cannot, under
pretense of righting his own wrongs,
Jtners.
“I repeat that in the case at bar may .
have been competent for the court to
grant individual relief, but the bill
asked more. It asked similar relief for
all other citizens of the county situat
ed like the complainant.. It practical-
iy asked the relief fbr numerous
political party, forming tf portion: of
the people to whom the Legislature
was solely responsible for its laws and
to whom alone the genins of our insti
tutions makes the Legislature respon
sible. Moreover, it brought the court
into immediate and active contact
with party conestations. It make the
court a controlling factor in party
strife. It can imagine nothing more
pernicious than a direct participation
by the judiciary by judicial action, in
the politics of the people. The -bill
asked practically that tne process of
registration under the laws of the
States had been suspended an entjre
county during the pleasure of the
court and that all citizens of a county
not then registered as voters should
be deemed the right of suffrage during
that pleasure. It seems to me that the
mere view case shows that the injunc
tions were improvidently granted.
I think the bill should be dis
missed.” ’ ^
disfranchise otr
“I do fiot think that a court has ju
risdiction to interfere by injunction or
otherwise with the enforcement of the
laws by officers holding and deriving
their powers from these laws; certain
ly not to the extent
V
done by this bill.
conclusion I have not considered the
question whether or not the registra
tion laws of South Carolina violate
the Federal Constitution or laws
prefer to ' rest my opinion upon the
ground of the independence of the
different departments of the govern
ment upon the impolicy of interfer
ence by the courts in question which
will result in dragging constantly in
to array party politics, and upon the
general principle that each depart
ment of tne government and each of
ficer therCj high or low, has the right
to administer according to his test
judgment the duties imposed upon
him by the laws crating his office
“As illustrating these general prin
ciples, I refer to the following decis
ions: Mississippi vs. Johnson, 4 Wall,
475, Gaines vs. Thompson, 7 Wall
347; Louisiana vs. June, 107 United
States, 711 Hagood vs. Southern, 117
.United States; Ayers in re 123 U. S.,
in re Sawyer 124 U. S., 209. It is use
less to cite the many cases which
beard on the questions arising in this
case and so profusely at the bar.
'“So far as toe rights of the individ
ual complainant in the bill were con
earned it may have been competent
for'the court to grant individual re
lief. The Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States the other day granted relief
from the payment of an income tax to
the individual complainant in his
suit before it but it went no further.
On the authority of Mississippi vs.
Johnson, supra, we may assume that
it would not have entertained a bill
for enjoining internal revenue officers
of the government from collecting in
come taxes generally. The judicial
power covered ’Che right to grant indi
vidual relief, but it aid pot extend to
the general power of repealing the law
imposing the tax as to the entire pub-
TKT -
A Full Synop»ia of the rrweetlliiK*—The
Democi-ata Control the Itmly—The 1’lat-
fonn and Ueaolutlona Adopted—Tillntan
and Kvans Attend.
DESTRUCTION BY LIGHTNING.
Some Intereating Information Furnialit-d
- by State Obaerver Hauer.
Columbia, S. C., June 12.—Fur the
past few years the observer of the
weather bureau have teen collecting
statistics regarding the damage done
by lightning to life and property in
the United States. Their result shows
the following causualities and fires in
this country for the year of 1894 as
tabulated by Mr. Alexander McAdie,
of Washington, D. C.:
In January no lives were lost so far
as known.
In February two lives were lost, two
persons injured, and 50,000 feet of
lumber destroyed.
In March six lives were lost, three
persons injured, and two barns, two
churches and five dwelling houses
struck and damaged.
In April fourteen lives were lost, fif
teen,, persons were injured, one barn
and seven dwelling houses damaged.
In May fifteen persons were killed
by lightning and tnirty-four severely
injured; twelve houses were set on fire
with a loss of not less than $35,000;
thirty-six dwellings, four churches,
two school houses struck, and more
or less damaged; fifty-eight horses abd
twenty-two cows not in stables were
killed.
In June ninety-six persons were
Memphis, June 12.—The convention
was called to order at 2 o'clock by W.
X Brown of Memphis, as chairman of
the central bimetallic league, of Shelby
county, Tennessee, which sent out the
Call for the convention. On the plat-
orm were the following: Thomas-
Jcott, Secretary of State of Louisana;
U. J. Cunningham, Attorney General
of Ijouisiana; John Fitzpatrick, mayor
of New Orleans; A. J. Warner, presi
dent of the American bimetallic league
Gov. J. P. Clarke, Arkansas; W. J
Bryan editor of the Opiaha World-
Uearld; Senator James Berry, Arkan
sas; Senator Stewart, Nevada; Anson
Wolcott, Indiania; Senator IwG. Har
ris, Tennessee; Alex I)rimar, Califor
nia; Representative II. D. Money, Mis
sissippi; Senator J. K. Jones, Arkan
sas ; Senior Marion Butler, North Car-
lina; Senator J. Z. (Jeor^e, Mississippi;
Senator David Turpie, Indiania; Ex-
Governor Eagle; Arkansas; Gov. L.
Bradford Prince, New Mexico; ex-,Goy.
killed and one hundred and two sev
erely injured; sixty-nine barns were
damaged not less than $49,000; forty
nine, horses, thirty cows and fifteen
sheep not stabled were killed; eighty
dwellings, twenty-two churches, one
railroad depot, one oil tank, one grain
elevator, six mills and factories were
damaged - ; the loss in the eight last
named being no less than $257,000.
In July sixty lives were lost, and
one hundred and three persons injured;
forty-six barns were damaged not less
than $50,000;' .forty-five d wel lings,
twelve churches, two academies, three
ir factories and. twarailroad de
pots were struck; twenty-four horses
and thirteen cows, five mules and six
sheep not stabled were killed.
In August seventy-eight lives were
lost, and seventy-six persons injured
eighty-one barns were burned with
loss of not less than $129,800; forty-one
dwellings were struck, . tjventy-two
horses and fifteen cows nbt stabled
were killed; five churches, two acade
mies (one with a loss of $38,000), two
mills and one oil tank (loss $20,000),
were struck.
In September ninety-nine persons
were killed, and fourteen severly in
jured; fifty-six barns were struck with
a loss of not less than $141,500; forty
swo dwellings, two churches were
ttruck, fourteen horses not stabled
were killed. -—»—=
In October six persons were killed
and two severely injured; two barns
valued at $2,000, two dweillings, two
churches, and several stacks of grain
were fired.
In November one d welling was struck
valued at $3,000.
In December one barn in Ohio, two
dwelling (one in San Francisco, Cal.
it attempted to be “
In arriving at thi^ 5S tning 18 aImOSt
unknown), were struck
During the year 336 persnos were
killed and 351 severely injured; 268
terns struck -with a damage of $407,
500; fifty-five churches were struck
damage unknown; 261 dwellings and.
several Oil tanks, factories andeleva
tors, the damage amounting to not
less than $351,000.
' It may be said in general that tjie
risk in the country is five times as
great as in the city. With regard to
trees, the oak is most frequenlly ant
the beech less frequently struck.
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Shame on Brttlnh Seamen.
London, June 12.—The passengers
of the little British vessel WhynOt,
which was on fire and abandoned at
sea by her crew, leaving the passen
gers to save themselves as best they
couldf have arrived in Jersey, whither
they were bound for the purpose o
working in the potato harvest. They
discovered the Whynot was on fire
Saturday. There was no panic on
board and the crew and passengers
worked together to suppress
the flames. After -a time, now
ever, one of the soilors
threw a bucket overboard and the
Captain -ordered the (crew, four
in number, to lower the only
boat and recover it. When
the boat was lowered the Cap
tain and crew got into it and rowet
off and did not return.
Another Fool 'With » FUtol.
Chattanooga, Tbnn., June 12.—
Tilden McKinley, a farmer’s boy eigh
teen years old, aqpdentally discharget
a pistol, sending a ball into the neck
of Koxie Echols, the nine-year-old chik
of a neighbor, producinginstantdeath.
The boy was committed to jail today
without bail charged with murder, but
stoutly declares he thought the gun
was eippty.
A 0R|^,(iATHERING.
TWO THOUSAND FREE SILVER MEN
s MEET IN CONVENTION.
time the equilibrium was maintained
by law between the two parties but at
last the holders of gold, bring the same
as the holders of debt, "succeeded in
having the government interfere by
law in this strife. They said we .will
not dispute any longer about relative
values. Silver- must be barred out.
When we have killed silver . for the
use in coin, it will be worth less and
less. •.
“We can buy and sell it at our own
price and the ratio will be an idle fic
tion of the past. The syndicate of gold
is of no country, of no age or creed.
Bimetallists are not against gold. We
are for silver and justice. Much has
been written on the stability of the'
value of silveejind gold, concerning
which it may be said Doth these metals
are variable in value. Each chan
in value from time to time, like other
commodities, but they vary in value
infinitely less than any other commo
dity. It is said that if we restore sil
ver to free coinage, gold will leave us.
This isasserted asprinciple under what
is called “the Gresham law or rule”
where two or more kinds of money are
circulated together,.the inferior will
drive out the better currency. This
rule, savej in very rare instances, lias
no application to coin. But what party
in our country is seeking to debase
its coin? The loss of our gold, the de
part lire of our gold will, assume oppo
nents say, bring about depression. Yet
th
other day. I do not know what to
note Mr. Carlisle when he said that the
emonetization of the white money
would mean misery and unhappiness,
for half the people of the world; then
John*G. Cariiile was the tribune of
>eople, t now he is 'the high priest of
the temple of Mammon. Mr. Carlisle
the plebian and Mr. Carlisle the aris
tocrat are two very different kinds of'
jeople. But I do not want to complain
of Mr. Carlisle. Every woru he
said about the demonetization of
silver has come true.
“It is impossible under the present
condition of the American agricultur
ists to compete with those of India and
1 .he. Argentines. You lake ybu r bushel
of wheat to the London market and
you get 50 cents for it When the In
dian or the farmer from the Argerp
ines takes his money home, he has
100 cents. Under the present system
. . 0 gold staid with us from the beginning
Benjamin R. Tillman, South CarolmaiT- 4n usual quantity and proportion until
Evans, South Caro-
Gov. John Gary
Hna. - -T -••• -
From start to finish flic convention
was one of great enthusiasm. Every
pronounced free silver utterance was
the signal for prolonged applause and
when the various, well known in pub
lie life, appeared on the rostrum each
received an ovation. When Chair
man Brown had called tlie convention
to order, L. 1>. Bitei offered a prayer.
He emplored Divine guidance for tbe
delegate and hoped they might te lei
into adopting “holiest money - ’ as their
platform. This created a bit of sensa
tion until it was learned that he meant
free silver. *
Col. Casey Young, of Memphis, wel
comed the convention in a ringing
speech, in which he predicted the sue-,
cess of the cause that had called the
convention together “When only a
few days ago, - ’ said he,” the objects
and aims of this convention were de
nounced from this stage by a distin
guished public man, as rebellious and
revolutionary, he proclaimed the truth
as sublime as ever fell from the lips of
man. The sturdy, honest yeoman of
the land, the busy toiler of the fields
and shops, the patient artisans who are
building up the nation's wealth and
greatness, are in open rebellion against
a despotism, cruel and remorseless as
any that ever brought sorrow to any
member of tbe human family. The
forces of the grandest revolution that
ever hurled a despot from power are
gathering for an outset that will sweep
every enemy into the dark sea of de
feat. The invincible legions which
lead it will never halt or waver until
their standards are planted on the
shores of every sea and their banners
float in triumph over old England
herself. They will never lower their
Hags nor sheath their swords un
tile the conflict is ended and a glorious
victory won : hoTuntiraltThe temples
of Mammon are turned into sepulchers
for the burial of greed and avarice and
let us hope for the sake of suffering
humanity that no angel of resurrection
will ever unseal this tomb. Can these
things te brought about? In the be
ginning of tte struggle which j^ave
separate fitfffonalily- to the Amncan
colors, our ancestors gave to the world
a declaration of independence that
rang like a bugle call through every
land and awoke the slumbering spirits
of liberty among people. The descen
dents of these heroes and patriots are
about to send forth another declaration
of independence to all the nations of
the world in fixing their ownfipancial
system and in legislating for the good
and happiness of their people.
Senator Harris arose to introduce the
permanent chairman. He made a
short speech, explaining tlie object of
the convention and the call. It was
I
strictly non-partisan and was called
for one purpose only—to consider the
rehabilitation of silver. “Democrats
can te here in this convention,” said
Mr. Harris, “without impairing in tlie
slightest degree their allegiance to
their party. So may Populists and
Republicans.” Senator Harris then
introduced Senator Turpie as perman
ent'chairman in the following words:
“There is no more able or tnrerbimet-
allist in the United States of America
than David Turpie of Indiana.” Mr,
Turpie addressed the convention in
substance’ as follows: ,, »
“Coined money has always beep
and yet is in itself a thing of yatu&««id
this value is of two kinds—the metallic
or bullion value and the monetar
worth or legal value; the latter is a
ways a matter of law—the bullion
value is always one of estimation and
opinion. The bullion value of silver
and gold here and - elsewhere has al
ways rested and rests today ujjqn the
conception, qpon the one opinion
upon one single and simple item of
belief, that as there has been in the
past so there will te in years to come
not departure of either of such metals,
which as to the quantity shall make
them comparable in value with any
other materials suitable for the use of
mapkind as money. There has al
ways teen a difference between the
commercial or bullion value of the
two metals and the legal or coinage
value.-' According to the tests of the
enemies of bimetallism, that the legal
value of coined money must te the
same as the commercial or bullion
value of the metal in it, nothing could
be more dinhonest. According to that
test there is not and can not te an hon
est dollar of either silver or gold. The
use of silver or gold money has added
very greatly to their commercial or
buillion value.
“Although every friend-of human'
ity rejoices in the destruction of ex
elusive government ownership of the
precious ores, and other metals, yet
there was.one consequence which fol
lowed the private ownership of the
same much to be deplored. For a long
1873. when we ceased coining silver.
“From 1873 to 1878,.when silver was
not coined gold touched a low ebb.
When, in 1878. we began tocoin silver
again gold returned in larger sums
than ever 1 and stayed and increased
with us. Since we ceased the coinage
of silver in 1893, during 1894-95 gold
has left us again. The faith of the ad
vocate of a single gold standard is
compoutided of one truth and one per
nicious error that coined standard dol
lars should te of equal legal value is
true, but that the metal in them must
te of equal bullion value is a fallacy
so contrary to our common sense and
experience that it cannot te much
aided by prophecy. I>et us, as bimet-
alists, remember that we are Ameri
can citizens of the great republic deal
ing calmly and deliberately with our
own highest interests. Let ui^ take
counsel of faith and hope. Let ils]f&
forth with the manly liearts without
fear, telieving in all conlideijce that
the silver and gold dollar of our mints
the money of the past, sound tried ant
true, shall.also be and remain the
mqney of the future.”
The election of E. B. Wade, of Ten
nessee, as secretary, followed and at
the suggestion of Senator Harris al
the nesK<s])aper men present were made
assistant secretaries. Resolutions were
passed that each State should name a
vice president and a member of the
committee on resolutions. A roll cal
of States followed, with -these names
presented: Alabama State Treas
urCr Frank Smith as vice president
and James Bankhead on committee on
resolutions; Arkansas Senator James
H. Berry as vice president and Sena
tor J K. Jones on committee on reso
lutions; Colorado, Alva Adams, vice
president and Charles S. Thomas on
committee on resolutions; Florida del
egation delayed, but will arrive to
morrow; Georgia, Judge FrM. Lairfp
ley as vice presidentand Henry Jones
on committee on resolutions;Indiana,
David Turpie as vice president am
member of committee on resolutions,
Kentucky, J. Randall as vice presideni
and Joe A. Martin chairman of com%
mittee; Ixmisiana, M. J. Cunningham
as vttg'-president and Gilbert L. Du-
p8ee on committee on resolutions
Mississippi, W. G. Yergcr as vice pres
ident anu J. Z. George on committee
on resblulions; Nebraska, Wt J. Bry
an as vice president and on committee
on resolutions; Montana, Paul I Fuse
as vice president and Charles 8. Hart
man on committee on resolutions
Nevada, W. M. Stewart as vice presi
dent and on committee on resolutions
North Carolina, T. F. Heath as vice
president and Marion Butler on com
mittee on resolu'ions: Ohio, A. J
Warner as vice presidentand on commit
ti^on resolutions; Pennsylvania JosC
Sibley as vice president and member
of committee- on resolutions; South
Carolina, John Gary Evans as vice
president and ex-Governor Tillman on
committee on resolutions; Tennessee
Wm. D. Bate as vice president and Ed
gar Carrrtack on committee on resolu
itions; Virgina, P. F. Weaver as vice
president and E. C. Treadway on
committee on resolutions; New Mexi
co. Rev. J. D. Bush as vice presiden ,
and L\ Bradford Prince on committee
on resolutions.
Amid enthusiastic applause Senator
Harris was then named delegate a.
large from the United Sales.
Tne Convention then adjournei
until 8 o’clock in the evening, when ii,
reasssembled with Senator Stewart, o ’
Nevada, presiding. Congressman
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, then address
ed the convention. He said; I be
lieve that there are going to te two
parties at the doming election: - One o ’
them wjll te the monometalists am
the other tbe American people in their
majesty. The gold stanuard has teen
erected many times before. Aaron
erected a golden image, but L was no.
a success and once Nebuchadnezzar
set him bp one and said whosoever
refused' to bow down anc
worship it should straightway te can
into a fiery furnace and burned u
Without meaning to make any invii
ious comparisons, I respectfully refer
you to Grover Cleveland’s letter to Gov
ernor Stone of Mississppi.
There were three men “who ref usee
to worship this image and Nebuchad
nezzar ordered the furnace to temade
straightway °seven times hotter, am
had these men cast in, but they walk
ed upright amid the flames and came
out brighter and happier than ever.
.There are a good many Nebuchadnez
zars in this work yet, but they do noi
cut much of a figure. If you wil
just read along a little further you
gujre. If you
iff
Will find that Nebuchadnezzar foum
his level all right For seven years
he had to eat grass. We silver people
have all the logic and all the law on
our side. The Secretary «f the Tre-
spoke to you in this hall
THE CROPS IN THE STATE.
HOW THE CROPS WERE AFFECTED
BY THE HOT WAVE.
Th* Intereatlng Weekly Butletla mt the
State Weather and Crop
Yeatarday by State Obeerrer I
sys
you are simply fostering the industry
of other countries. This is a ruinous
competition for you. Mr. Carlisle
told you when he was here that the
wages of everybody had increased
under monometallism about 51 per
sent.—it is not that way in my country
Fifty thousand coal miners in Ohio
and Pennsylvania had 9 cents a ton
taken off their wages about the day
that Mr. Carlisle sjioke to
you here in Memphis. Why.
they toll you that wheat out of
which they make bread, was lower
than it ever was and yet more people
starved to death for the lack of this
low priced wheat than everdid before
They tell you cotton and wool are
cheaper than they ever were,yet there
is a greater army of tramps walking
up and down our highways and ©ur
jy ways today in rags for the lack 4 of
this same cheap cotton and wool.
They tell the farmer East that what
he needs to make times tetter " is a
higher protective tariff. In certain
{ ia
ie needs to te prospe
Y'ou have to give thi
as a medicine according to the* locali
ty. Now the fact of the matter is tar
iff has nothing to do with monetary
panics and it’s about time the
Columbia, S. C., June 12,-The fol-
owing weekly bulletin of the weather
and crops for tlie past week, covering
he heated spell, was issued yesterday
by State Observer .Bauer:
The unseasonable hot weather re
ported in the previous bulletin con
tinued on two days of the week just
passed, with maximum temperatures
of from 95 to 102 over the entire State.
Gardens, corn and the various vine
crops, and truck generally, were be
ginning to wilt under the influence
of the hot sun, and in placet the
effect is described as having been the
same as though touched by froet.
Wore serious injury was done, the
mt weather was terminated by a slow,
fertile rain, that was of immeasurable
jenefit, reviving everything. This in
turn was followed by cool nights dur
ing the ,week, whjch were especially
trying to cotton that is already unsea
sonably late and small, although in
much tetter condition than it was two
weeks ago. The cool nights had the
effect also of renewing the destructive
activity of lice on cotton and cut
•arts of the West they tell him what
us is f
ins tariff question
srous is free trade
/rt
gave it a long needed rest, nn<
lieve they are going to do it. There
were two monetary panics under
high tariff and two under a low tariff
and I think this shows the tariff has
nothing to' do With Ibis.
The President says he is afraid the
silver dollar will depreciate, but the
only way the dollar can depreciate is
for prices to rise. This equivalent te
an admission by the Paesident that he
is afraid prices will rise. If the Pdfisi-
dent would divide his anxieties more
equally between the persons who pro
* ithe
i per
duce the wealth of the country and
the limited few who absorb them, he
would make a tetter chief executive.
The magnificent patriotism of Mr
Rothschild, who, although an alien,
t willing to come to this country
and save
of $9,000
United States lost and which he gain
ed, is worthy of note as is also the
magnificent patriotism of Mr. Cleve
in a in thus helping to save the couu
try. But if these two men could save
the country they could also wreck it.
“With the mints open to the unlim
ited coinage of silver and gold there
will te no more talk of a fifty-cent dol-
lafcL. They say our shores would be
flooaed.wfth silver if the mints were
open to free coinage. Now that is no,
true, and if it were, true we wouh
simply give them something to liave
rather than for something we wouh
rather have.
nkerCornwall of Buffalo, made
a vparixin Chicago the other night to
a fit ofviunkers and the next day a re
porter showed me the article and asked
what I thought of it. I told him if he
would have a number of copies print
ed and distributed to all the voters in
the United States I would never make
another speech on the silver question
but would rest my case on mg argu
ment. He tells the bankers they must
keep their thumbs on their customers
We have felt the thumbs of the bank
ers heavily in the last few years.
“We must win this fight in 1896,
we do not win it then it will be too
late.There will be two avenues open
ling to come to this country
a it for the paltry consideration
),000 which the people of the
to the people after 1896. One wi
repudiation and the other revolution
and both I dread. If the English were
to land it© New York you would help
to drive them out, wouldn’t you ? The
English are in New York; they have
teen there for years. Will you drive
themout, even if party lines have to
te dropped?”
The convention then adjourned un
til tomorrow.
8BCOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS
Memphis, June 13.—The first thing
the convention did this morning was
to adopt a platform which wul te
found elsewhere in this issue. Al
though nothing was said in the reso
lutions about abolition of party lines
a« proposed by Sibley, Stewart am
others, the speakers of the day, almost
without exception, took care to assert
their Democracy and to repudiate an;'
affiliation with either Republicans or
Pqnulista.
The committee on resolutions intro
duced the following resolutions,
which, like the platform, was unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, That a committee com
posed of one member from each State
te appointed by the delegates^ thereof
in this convention whose ditty it shall
te to correspond with the representar
live advocates of bimetallism and bi
metallic societies in, the different sec-
tions of the Union and devise meas
ures to advance the cause of bimetal
lism throughout the United States,
That this committee shall have power
to cause a national conference of bi
metallists whenever, in the opinion
of the committee, toe cause of oimet-
tallism can be advanced thereby.
Said committee shall have power to
fill all vacancies.
At the beginning of the afternc
session Secretary Wade annoufu
that these letters endorsing tte work
of the convention had been /Received:
Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama;
John P. Jones, of Nevada, and Jas.
L. Pugh, of Alabama and E/ C. Wal
thall, of Mississippi The letters were
worms on other crops, particularly on
xrttoiu lands; while more rust'devel
oped in wheat over the western portion
of the State, where this grain is not
yet ripe enough to harvest. •
Tlie weather was very unfavorable
for farm work, and crops are generally
free from grass and weeds with the
grounds in fine condition. A few
telds continue grassy, but this excep
tion is inconsiderable.
During the 4th and 5th (Tuesday and
Wednesday) the temperature was from
8 to 12 degrees above the normal, but
during the remainder of the week it
ranged from I to 4 degrees per day be
low toe normal, making the average
temperature , for the week nearly nor
mal.
The highest temperature reported
was 102 on the 5th from hooper's Pick
ens county; the lowest was 56 on the
9th at Hardeeville and Spartanburg.
wee*
The mean temperature for the
Tor the State was about 76.8 and the
me period is approximately 76.
A quite general rain began during
and continued
If
the evening of the 5th
at places until the evening of the 6th.
The greatest rainfall for the week was
measured at Cheraw and ChesterflekL
but a number of widely separated
places reported measurements of one
inch or more. In jgeneral the rainfall
was the heaviest m the western and
northern portions of the State, al
though no place hut that received
some rain. The average of 40 corre
spondents who reported the rainfall
for the,week, is 0.80 inch, and toe
State normal for the same period is
approximately 1.00 inch.
There was somewhat more tH«n an
average of sunshine, and more along
the coast than In the interior:
The winds were high and easterly
during the greater portion of the week
and their tendency was to negative
the good results of the rain, and were
not otherwise noteworthy. .
The condition of cotton has greatly
improved within too last two weeks
and is particularly fine in the western
portion of the State where stands are
reported “as fine as ever seen.” The
plant is small and continues lousy in
places. Fields that were not fertiliz
ed show marked inferiority. The cool
nights latterly have checked its growth
somewhat, but not materially. Fields
are well worked and generally clean.
About all chopped to a stand.
There is no marked change in the
condition of corn, which continues
very satisfactory. It shows some im
provement in color and less in growth.
A fairly good stand has been obtained,
except where damaged bv cut worms
season, and
from the repot
It is very small for
condition appears,
of the correspondents, to be quite u
form over the entire State. It is
ceiving its last plowing in the m<
southern counties, where it is teg
ning to tassel. Stubble land tei
planted to corn and peas.
Wheat will soon be ready to harv<
Some lias already been* cut. 1
stand is generally thin, but it is he
ing very full.
Oats are being harvested with a 1
yield, running from a full crop
about 50 per cent of one. SprinjFo
have improved, but their condiuoi
exceedingly variable, differinggrea
in the same portions of the State, a
even in the same counties. The ax
age of all reports would make itsor
what less than an average crop.
< Tobacco is doing well at places a
reported fair at others. Worms hi
appeared unusually early, and i
proving troublesome. The tob*
culture has infused hopefulness h
the farmers, whether the crop pro
remunerative or not.
Rice abbut all planted, and its
dition generally satisfactory.
Melons have been doing poor!
lately have advanced rapidly a
blossoming. v <
Sweet potato draws scarce in th
country and the acreage will be g
ly reduced on this acpOunt Elsewl
its condition is fair and the era
receiving about tou same attentk
in former years. Irish 'potato**
yielding a/full crop from thee
truck fann westward.
and sorgumare reported
a poor stand generally.
the J
ON PAGE FOUR. ]
acreage of peas is _
. * »«parate crop am
same land with corn.
Early apples, peaches, plums
cherries are ripening and are hi
marketed. Fruit exhibited for ml
present is of inferior quality, cod
cherries, being evidently marketec
fore it was ripe, a practice which <
not be too greatly condemned. B
berries and Blackberries i
pienutui