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.£11 , \ PIPIHMi •' v«\ ■ 1 ■ •• »C <\vm 0 <’*c. • . -V Uv . . ■ -—-— yoL. xvm, 4^ BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895. *r ^ NO. 50. M ■ TUAMAil -— be allowed to IN HI8 P5BATE6 ON THE PROHIBJ- t ttoHjgUESTIQN. \\Q The Jury Derided Kleveil to Kltflit In UJ, Favor- ProhlbltlanUt. Acknon iMfg. He Wm Too Much for St- John. . The jury appointed to decide the merits of the debate which Senator Sea Tillman and Prof. Samuel Dickie, national Chairman of the Prohibition party, held on Thursday nieht at Pro liibition Park, L. I., endorsed the opinion of tbe@&udience, which favor., ed the Southern Senator throughout. There were seven Prohibitionists on the jury and fourteen anti-Prohibi tionists, and they decided eleven to eight in Senator Tillman’s favor, two not voting. He earned the audience with him “i* prohibition - morally right or e,r last night as thoroughly as he did on the preceding evening. He was in the. midst of the prohibition stronghold, contending against their theories, but the audience applauded him as though he were struggling in their behalf. Most of the audience were Prohibi tionists, but their delight .e^ben Till man made a point against his oppo nent was enthustastic. He is a speak er of considerable magnitude, free from most of the platform tricks, and nfllural.in manner. The methods of ex-Gov. St. John, of Kansas, who was his opponent, be long to the old school. So theaudi ence listened to Tillman with delight. and applauded him in such a way that their favor must have been intended not so much for what he said as the y in which he said it ' But, he *e a great impression on his hear- and their delight was unbounded in they learned that the jury was ;th tnem in giving him the honors of the debate on Thursday. —— The question last night was, “Is Prohibition the Best Method 'of Tem perance Reform?” The debate was slow in starting, and after the audi ence had sung a hymn, “Come Thou Almighty King,” air. H. H. Carr, who was introduced as the founder of the women’s Republican clubs of New York, sang “Rowing Home with Mol ly.” Then the superintendent of the building Announced that no interrup tions would be allowed from the audi ence. On Thursday the interruptions no share in the debate. Dr. Leonard, who is the secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission, was made chairman, ana he was told to keep his eye on his watch, and see that the speakers did not go over their time. The suppression of the audi ence deprived the debate of some of its liveliness, but there was nothing to prevent them from applauding, and they did this when Senator Tillman gave them a chance. Ex-Gov. St. John opened the dis cussion. He said: “I don’t know when I have enjoyed more speaking on prohibition than be fore you gooa people here, and under these circumstances. Thirty years ago Senator Tillman and I represented ex tremes of political opinion, and I am ► prou nere one of this country's most distin guished citizens, who is known U> ev erybody that makes any attempt to keep up with the political questions of the day. The question that parted us thirty years ago is settled now,'and settled xorever. We are not here to night as politicians in anv sense of the word, but as citizens of our com mon country to discuss a comparative ly new question that has forced itself to the front during the past twenty- five years. I claim for Senator Till man that he is as sincere and consci entious in what he is doing as what I claim for myself. Wo what we can in an hi our fellow men. I am other aide of this debate is upheld by such a courageous man as Senator Tilt- man. We kpow that he has courage, as well as a great deal of gray mat ter in addition, and I would rathel' be whipped by him than vanquish a little Western scrub like myself. “I stand here tonight for prohibi tion first, last and all the time,. be cause my experience of the last twen ty-five years has taught me that it js not only the best way to promote tem- peranee reform, but because my con science tells me that in the sight of ‘God and man it-is right. I knew that all the States of the Union are with me, and 1 know that prohibition is the rule of the Bible. It says always, ‘Thou shalt not,’ and there is not a word in it in favor of licensing any wrong, nor will my friend find there wora about dispensaries. The lajv is prohibitory all through the statutes of the States, and the.’United States .Supreme Court has said that the g d liberties of nobody are inter! anc with when the permission to sell 1 is denied. ‘ ‘The Constitution says that the fun damental object of the government is to promote the welfare of the people. Last night Senator Tillman read the atatement of; Gov. Larrabee of Iowa, in whieh he denounced the saloon and the breeder of the liquor traffic as tne Breeder or pau perism, crime and degradation. The Legislature of Iowa endorsed that, and ao do L end I claim that anything which breeds crime, pauperism and degradation should be prom hi ted, not licensed or dickered with, I found today that the statutes of South Caro lina are in perfect harmony wjth my against them? It is enjy opinion. The whole criminal code is feeling that the saloons n prohibitory, and a man can’t kickhis dog without violating the law, and he cannot get a license to do it^ nor deal with it according to the dispensary system. South Carolina laws strictl prohibit the adulteration of food, an do not allow the terrapin to be taken under a certain size. You Cannot get a license to take them. “No living picturee nor impure lit erature are allowed, and you can’t get a license for a living picture, or treat one of them in accordance with the dispense ry law. Every one of theee laws is prohibitory. You cannot dis seminate infectious disease, and you cense. give a maa f yoirllMafc “The dispensary, system would al low you to Rive* man as much seven much se after he ilnnan, was years itch as be' Wbatdfi 21 y**am old. Senator Tilrman, you know, regulates such matters; he doe* not prohibit them. .But his statute laws in South Carolina degTeven With the sale of liquor, and this is prohibit ed within certain distanceu>f a college. Everyone of these prokibiuons is po I- tive, and the only rvH not prohibited is the liquor traffic. “The State steps out hare and says that after , a man is .21 years o|d he can get as much liquor from the State as he wants. But I have no doubf that within the next ten years the Senator will be as much a Prohibition ist as I am, and God bless the day when jt, oqmes. . Rat I want him now to answer thefce questions: wroiuri” .“Why, iuhjl own d&they apply prohibition to Cykrything ex cepting the liquor traffic? ‘‘Can the liquor traffic, under the United States Constitution, be recog nized and regulated? “Have 'not the people under the United States Constitution the right to prohibit liquor traffic? “I want him to answer these ques tions," Governor St. John concluded, “and 1 wtonder how a man can come here and plead before God and man for giving this damnable business the recognition .of a State.” There was applause for the Gover nor as he ceased, but it soon lost itself in thtfeuthusiasm which greeted Sen ator Tillman as he walked toward the front of the stage. The sptetators shouted and applauded, and for sev eral-minutes the Senator was unable to begin his speech. “I am glad to be here,” he said, “particularly as I have been slandered and lied on more thau any man south of the Mason and Dixon's line. From what j’ou have heard and read of me, I suppose you conceive me to be some thing between an anarchist and an idot. I want you to take a look at me and see if 1 am as black a- devil as I have been painted. “Gov. St. John and I are here to discuss in a friendly way an abstract question of government. I endorse every word that Gov. Larrabee wrote liquor ^traffic. Gov. St John now read some statis tics showing how Kansas had increas ed in wealth since prohibition became * law there, and how muqh the gov ernors and other State officers, who were once opposed to it, had to say ;n favor of the condition! that exist now. " v , ‘Why, in the town I live in,” he said, “there are 4,000 people, and we have only one policeman. Formerly we had 2,000 people with two police men before the prohibition came in. We haven't had a fight on the street in fifteen years, mid everybody attends to his own business On last Grand Army day in Kansas there were 16,000 men gathered together. Not one was drunk. That couldn’t happened in any State except Kansas.” When Gov. St. John was told his en minutes had expired he took a lit tle more time to show how much rich- Kansas was with prohibition than South Carolina with its dispensary. More in sorrow than anger Gov Till man said he regretted very mtich that his antagonist nad alluded to the fact that South Carolina was not as rich as Kansas. He said he did not believe that Gov. St John intended to wound his feelings. , > “South Carolina,” he added, “is a conquered country. She is struggling under the $2,000,000 which she sends every year to the Northern soldiers who conquered her. Let the pension tribute be returned to us by Northern soldier who will settle here.” He enumerated the advantages of his dispensary system, and said that the principal were the removal of all idea of profit and incentive to sell ;the procuring of a standard article which was sold undiluted, as it was not open ed; the fact that it was not sold at night, and only for cash. He was told to stop then by the chairmah" There was the usual applause which accompanied the Governor all the evening, but the audience made no conclusion as to who won last night's debate.—N. Y. Bun. tract from Gov.'Larrabee's speech. As he took his glasses from his pocket he said: . | • I -—- “J have to wear these thing?, you see, because 1 have got only one eye, and I have to carry the' Other old thing around without seeing anything through it?’ “But Gov. St. John makes a mis take,” he continued, “when he con founds the saloon with the dispensary. They are ndt'at all the same. I do not find in anything that he has said more than mere assertions in proof of prohibition. The question is, is pro hibition the best method of promoting temperance reform ? . “What is temperance? It is moder ation in.the use of the pleasures of life. What is reform? O, the sins >ud to have the honor 5T meetimr that have beerr committed tn the namo of 20, of that word. To the crank it is his specialism, but it is generally accepted to mean a making over for the better. The question is, how .can we teach men to use intoxicants temperately? “Gov.’St. John is horrified at the results of intoxication, but he forgets that we are a self-governing people, and must have the permission of fifty per cent, of the people before it can be decided that men iiave not the right to drink whiskey when they want to. He says there is no licensing in the Bible. ’ — • > fail to find a single instance in is prohi filed there, prohibited in Mosaic isands of years have indulged in the use of intoxicants. Ever since they learned that alcohol could be produced by fermentation, they feel that they have .a right to drink, and you eannot convince them otherwise. ‘‘Untilyou get men to believe tlmt they are better as hypocrites and liars than in their own iniquity you can never persuade them that they have not a right to drink. ' If this prohibi tion had been as great and vase a thipg as its followers claim, it vmuld have been the law of the whole land instead of the exception.” Senator Tillman talked some more about his dispensary, and the chair man reminded him that his twenty minutes Was drawing to an end, “As a proof that the law has failed wherever it was tried,” .he concluded, “you can see tluit It was necessary, even when sincere end conscientious men were trying io enforce the law, for the States to go back to licensing. Iowa puts a clause in its Constitution forbidding the sale bf liquor except Tor medicinal, pharmaceutical, and mechanical purposes. “What a stretch was given to the meaning of those words. I know from my own experience in enfopfcing the law-how impossible it was to prevent the invasion of these laws. My experi- ence-haa taught me tl^at the law must depend on the governed for its en forcement ‘‘If you have not $ot a public opin ion with you the law can never be en- forced. Where can. you get the Jurors, the prosecutors and .thfe witnesses when the feeling of the public is so when the must go is strong enough to support that they pled as will be accepted as gut ipte< ‘‘The United States Government de mands a tax from the whiskey, and who can is a license to sell it le who sell _ tint there How can the idea ' of prohibition be obtained when there is no means of enforcing it? This is.a self-governing country. “Unless a law rests in the will of the people there is no power to enforce it The Supreme Court says the power citizen to sell li- apeople I TheBuj does hot lie wiin any quor contrary to the police power of the State, but this relates to the selling and not to the drinking.” UNDER THE STAMP OF THE OLD DEM OCRATIC PARTY. Not Tot Broken. An Aurara special dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean says Edna R. Brown Garman of Kaueville, Ills., originator of the famous letter chain! system, which was widely discussed recently in the papers,-and was started by her for the purpose of collecting cancelled postage stamps, still receives several hundred letters per day, al though the end of the chain was sup posed to have been reached several months ago. Recently among the let ters received was one from Henry Clancy of San Diego, Cal., inclosing a check for $500. Mrs. Brown Gar man’s letter chain was started about a year ago, her unique scheme being to secure 1,000,000 canceled pos stamps, whicn she hoped to sell tor enough to pay the expense of hospital treatment for her crippled sister-in- law, Mattie Gannan. She wrote let ters to three friends, who in turn were to each write to three more, and so on until the number of 50 was reached. The chain was then requested to stop. Each person receiving a letter was to send ten cancelled stamps to Mrs. Gannan. The results were wonderful. For a month letters poured into the little Kaneville postotfice- at the rate ,000 a day, and Mrs. Garman es timates the number of stamps received at 5,000,000. The cripplea' girl has been sent to a hospital and *can be cured. This will be pleasant news to those who aided Mrs. Garman in her work of love and devotion to a crip pled girl, who, as will, be seen by the above, can and will be cured. ? (heap RateM for the Fair. Charleston, Aug. 13.—A largely attended and representative meeting of officials of the Southern Passenger Association was held this afternoon in the Charleston hotel. The meeting was in session for almost two hours without any spectators. Much rou tine business, it was ascertained, was considered, though the greater part it was of no local concern. The chief matters of local import consideret were rates between Columbia am Charleston, Columbia and Savannah and Charleston and Savannah. The petition of the State fair committee re questing special rates over various lines received careful and considerate attention.^ After a little discussion it was decided to grant the rates aske< for by the committee, which, it was understood, are about two cents mile for the round trip for a radius o ' 250 miles. An official statement of rates will be.published later.—State A Sad Death. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 14.—In Dav idson county yesterday Hamlet Swing lost his life in his efforts to keep his sweetheart from drowning. -The young couple were out driving when the hone shied in crossing a bridge and ran the buggy off. Mr. Swing jumped frem the vehicle, but the young lady, with the horse and bug*- S , went overboard, falling several it. The young man ran to the bank and swam to the rescue of Miss Galli- more. In the struggle and excitement she held him too heavily by the neck and he sank and was drowned. Just as she was sinkiug the last time Mr. Robert Young came upon the scene in a batteau, and seeing her long hair in the water reached down ;Ahd pulled her out and she was saved. The body of Mr. Swing was found and taken from the water about 10 o’clock at night. He Was about 20 years old' The horse was drowned also. FOR FREE COINAGE. INTERESTING LETTER. Organization of the Convention of Silver DentoeraU In Washington—The Partr’a Keeord on the Free Coinage Quest loq. Au AilJreaa to the People. WAHHJNGRON.Aug. 14,—THe confer ence of Democrats favorable to the ’ree coinage of silver liegan at noon oday at the Metropolitan Hotel, the session being secret. The object is to effect reorganization within the party strong enough to dominate at the next National Democratic convention and to commit the party to free coinage in the next national platform. "Free coinage of silver,” said a irominent Democrat this morning, “haa always been advocated by the Democrats; it is a doctrine older than the party itself and I cannot see why we should not obtain the end we seek.” , Two hours,before the meeting of the congress, the lobby and pariors of the hotel were filled wth well-known pub lic men, knawn as advocates of the extended use of silver as a money metal. The conference was called to order promptly at J2^o’clock. Senator Jones of Arkansas, was made chairman, and Mr. Hinrichson of Illinois, secretary 'Wpnator Jones, in opening, said that the conference had met in accordance with the call, which ex plain wl its pur pose. He wanted to see a silver mili lia organized to cope with the gold forces. A roll call of States showed the fol lowing delegates to be present: Alabama James F. Johnson, Jos. Hodgson, John W. Tomlinson, II. N. Wilson. S. W. John. Ohio -S. S. Yoder. Georgia—Patrick Walsh, L. F. Liv ingston. Indiana—Allen W. Clark. Delaware—J. F. Saulsbury. Maryland—W. M. Coleman, W. E. Mannakee, Charles R. Darby. Kentucky—Urey Woodson. Mississippi—W. S. Stockdale. North Dakota—Willis R. Bierly Missouri—Gov. W. J. Stone, Ixm V. Stephens, Harry M. Hill, M. W, Ruby, Gow Allen, Jos. K. Rickey, Louis Houck, Scott Miller, R. W. Bo- George E. Simmons, Thomas (). spea claii from the several States to meet them at Washington for consultation with the view of securing co-operation and concert of action among tiiose Demo crats throughout the Union who be lieve in adhering to the cardinal Dem ocratic policy of bimetallism, aqd who are opposed to committing the party to the Republican doctrine of gold monometallism. The present confer ence is the result of action thap taken. This is purely a voluntary assemblage and therefore, does not assume to >&k with party authority and dis- aiming all Tight to bind any person by onr utterances; but profoundly conscious that the Democratic party today confronts a crisis the most mo mentous in its history and fraught with far reaching, peril to the people and the country, we are assembled as individual Democrats to take counsel together, and for the undisguised pur pose of inaugurating and promoting a thorough and systematic organization of the Democratic masses, so that they may go forward as one man with a resolute purpose to rescue the old par ty founded by Thomas Jefferson from plutocratic domination. Therefore, with this object in view, this convention of American Demo crats, comjiosed of representatives from twenty-two of the leading States of the Union, m&ke the following de claration on the monetary question, which has been forced, into the leading place among the issues of today: The Federal Constitution names sil ver and gold together as the money metals of the Upited States. The first coinage law passed by Congress under the Constitution made the silver dollar the unit of value and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio measured by the silver dollar unit. From the beginning of the govern ment following a policy formulated by Thomas Jefferson and firmly es tablished by Jackson, the Democratic has been the party of bimetal ism, favoring the free coinage of both silver and gold at the national minU, and opposed to a farming out to bank- corporations the government’s sover eign power of issuing and controlling the money of the people. The act of 1873 demonetizing silver was stfrreptitioualy passed without the approval Or knowledge of the Ameri can people, and from the time when the effect of this act in fastening a sin L _' _ J" mocratio party are crowned with success; therefore, be it, Resolved, That the Democratic party in national convention assembled, should demand the free and uuli coinage of silver and gold into primary or redemption money, at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the action or’approval of any other nation. Reeolved, That it should declare its irrevocable opposition to the substitution for a metallic money of a panic breeding, corporation-cre<lit currency, based on a single metal, the supply of which is so limited that it can be cornered at any time by a few bauking institutions in Europe and America. Resolved, That it should declare its opposition to the policy and practice or surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by the law to the gov ernment of redeeming such obligation in either silver coin or gold coin. “ Resolved, That it should declare its opposition to the issuing of interest- bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace, and especially toplacing the Treasury of the government under the control of bankers and the issu ance of bonds to be sold by them at an enormous profit, for the purpose of supplying the Federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monomelalism. With a view to securing the adhe- rer^se to’a re-adoplion of the Demo cratic financialpolicy above set forth by the Democratic national convention to be assembled in 1896, and of the nomination of a candidate for the presi dency, well known to be in hearty WHICH REVEALS THE STATUS OF THE REGISTRATION LAW FIGHT. Tk* Comm no lotion U ObM* A Donflam to Ooorgo W. Morrnjr, tbo mack CoufroaMnM—Tko Lawjrora Wont Morn Mon or- Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 16. —The fol lowing letter was yesterday made pub lic by ex Congressman Geo. Washing ton Murray, the black representative of the black district of South Carolina in the last Congress. Tbe letter is from the attorneys who have been prosecuting the registration law test cases in the United States Cou/ts on behalf of the negroes of the'State, and it now gives very fully and compre hensively the present status of the le gal fight It tells ’the exact condition of afrafts In regird to the cases, and explains the course that the attorneys intend to pursue. Here is the letter however, to speak for itself: Washington, D. C., Aug. 7, 1895. Hon. G. W.Murray, Rembert, 8. C.5 Dear Sire Our Mr. Obear returned yesterday'afternoon from Richmond, where he had been to argue the Gow- dy case. Judge Goff limited the argu ment to the question as to tbe mate riality of tbe differences between the two cases; and after hearing full ar gument filed ^he opinion, which I pre sume you have, ere this, seen in the papers. He found that the Gowdy case has the same scope and effect as the Mills case, and is governed by ipon this country the single gqjd stanuard ^ was understood, the De”’'^~“ , ’“ 1 u dine, George E. Simmons, Ihomas U. has consistently and persistently urged Towles, Judge L^e Wood sides, E. J. [that the grievous wrong be rignteo. Bean. West Virginia—John J. Cornwell. Tennessee— Senator Isham G. Har ris, Col. Casey Young, Gen. N. N. Cox, Col, E. W. Carmack. Arkansas—Senator James K. Jones, Itobert Neill, W. F. Stone. North Carolina'-Ex-Senator Thos. J. Jarvis, Representative Lockhardt, Mr. Josephus Daniels, Florida—Senator Call, Frank E. Harris, John S. Beard, J. E. Alexan der, E. R. McKean. Texas—Judge Silas Hare. Virginia—Senator Daniel, Wm. A. Jones, P. J. Otey, L. (^. Washin J. S. Duffie, J. R. Wingfield, 1'age McCarty, J. B. McCabe, D. Randolp, | porary causes and cannot permanent- Meade, T. N. C onrad, Jr., Frank alleviate the sufferings due to the grievous wrong be ngt Failure to accomplish this object has resulted in the steady apprecia tion of gold and a conspicuous fall in the price of commodities produced by the people; a heavy increase in the burden of all debts, public and pri vate ; the enrichment of the money- lending class; paralysis of industry, .he impoverishment of the people and unexampled distress in all gold standard countries. Experience has shown that while, under the single gold standard, there-may be an occa sional revival of business, actively ac companied by enhanced prices of a limited number of commodities, such revival is due to artificial and tem- the decision of the Circuit Court of sympathy therewith, we hereby pledge Appeals in the latter cause. It is man- our mutual cooperation, urgently re ifet that it will be impossible to bring commending* to Demecratic brethern I any suit in the Federal courts touch- in all states to act ; to begin vigorous- i D g the registration laws which would ly and systemfttically to prosecute the no t have the “same scope and effect” work of a thorough organization; and L* the Mills caae .and the proper steps to this end the adoption of the plan of now are to bend our energies toward organization of here with submitted is getting, as speedily as possible, a de- r©commended. Icision upon the questions involved from the Supreme Court of the United States ; and we are in a better position to accomplish that end in the present condition of things than we would have been if Judge Goff had decided in our favor. Had he done so the State would, probably, have adopted one of two courses: either have dis obeyed the injunction, or have in duced Mr. Chief Justice Fuller to call a special term of the Circuit Court of Al ■ and before. If they Had disobeys junction we would have had the super visor arrested, the State authorities would have gotten a habeas corpus, returnable before the Circuit Court of Appeals, induced t^e Chief Justice to sit again, and have had that court turn the supervisor loose. Had this contingency happened ws would have been at the “end of our row,” because there lies no appeal to the Supreme Court from the Circuit Court of Ap- proceedings. i taken the The plan of organization recom- meiidea by the committee was then outlined to the conference as follows: Believing that a large majority of the Democratic voters of the United States are in harmony with the senti ments expresed in the foregoing ad dress, ana knowing that a full and free expression of tneir views can qn- ascertained and made effective rough proper organized efforts, we recommend the following as a plan of organization: First There shall be a national com mittee of Democrats who are in favor of both gold and silver as the money of the Constitution, which shall be composed of one Democrat from each State and the executive committee hereinafter provided for. Second. That until otherwise or dered by the national committee, Sen ators Harms, of Tennessee; Jones, of Arkansas; Turpie, of Indiana, and Hons. W. J. Stone, of Missouri, and W. H. Hinrichaen, of Illinois, be and are hereby constituted the executive special term or uie varcuu i^oure oi Appeals, appeal the case to that court, na have the injunction dissolved as tefore. If they had disobeyed the in- peals in habeas corpus Had the State authorities committee, and shall have full power other course we would have had to i a 3 * a. _v it si. ji„a_I ^ £ Hume, P. R. Nuckalls, J. D. Penny baker, Hon. John W. Daniel,John A. Jones, T. C. Rafti&dell, Tt." Rr—tee, Marshall McCormick, John F. Sow ers. Illinois—W. H.#. Hinrichsen, Geo. W. Fithian, O. Pf Thompson, W. E. Nelson, M. F. Dunlap, Geo. M. Le- crone. Geo. B. Parsons, Geo. E Doy- ing. Geo. E7 Brennan, T. W. McNee- ly, A. M. Rose, John II. Barnes, John W. Yantis, C. R. Tuttle. South Carolina—Col. John F. Treu- len. Colorado—M. B. Gerry, S. D. Trim hie, Olney Newell. The conference reassembles at 4 o’clock. Senator Daniel, in accord ance with the agreement reached by the committee on programme, report ed progress, and asked that the con ference adjourn until 10 o’clock to morrow morning, at which time they expected to be aide to report resolu tions and an address to the The request of Senator Daniel met prompt compliance, and the confer ence adjourned until 10 o'clock tomor row morning Senator Daniels of Virginia, otFened the follow resolutions, which was agreed to without discussion: Resolved That a committee be ap pointed by the chairman of the con ference. of such number as he may see fit, to prepare a programme of proceedings and resolutions, and re port the same to the conference at an adjourned meeting to be held at 4 o'clock today. The chairman of th« conference shall be ex-officio member of this committee. After the adoption of the resolution, a recess for thirty minutes was taken to allow the chairman. Senator Jones, to'prepare the committee. He^decided to appoint a committee of one'member from each State represented After the recess Chairman Jones an nounced the following committee Missouri, Governor Stone and lL-JM, Hill; North Carolina, Senator Jarvis; Illinois, W. H. Hinrichson; Indiana, A. W % Clark; (Georgia, ex-Senator Walsh; Alabama, Judge Johnson; Tennessee. E. W. Carmack; Virginia, Senator Daniels; Kentucky, W. W Woodson; Colorado, A. Newell ;North Dakota, W. R. ~ ' ~ Yonder; Delawar falling of prices brought about by the appreciation of gold and the inade quate supply of primary or redemption money. The rights of the American people, the interests of American labor, and the prosperity of American industry have a higher claim to the considera tion of the people’s law-makers than the greed of foreign creditors, or the avaricious demands made by “idle holders of idle capital.” The right to regulate its own monetary system in the interests of its own people is a right which no free government can barter, sell or surrender. This re served right is a part of every bond, of every contract and of every obliga tion. No creditor or claimant can set up a right that can take precedence over a nation's obligations to promote the welfare of the masses of its peo- E le. This is a debt higher and more inding than all other debts, and one that it is not only dishonest but trea sonable to ignore. The land and its products are the basis of all developments and pros perity. The productive capacity of a country must be the basis of its credit. In opposing the |K)licy of con traction, which must inevitably de preciate the value of land and ita pro ducts we are the supporter of property rights and sound credit, and stand be tween the homes and estates of the people and the red Hag of the auction eer. The policy of gold monometal lism has been characterized by repeat ed and disastrous financial panics. The farmers have found their prosper ity and independence constantly wan ing under its blighting influence. Manufacturers are interested too, for they find the prices of sale falling below the cost of the production. Mer chants should oppose it, for with fall ing prices they are often compelled to sell for less than they paid for manu factured goods. Neither manufactur er nor merchant, .can prosper unless the mass of consumers realize such prices for their products and labor as to supply themselves liberally with the necessities and luxuries of life, nor can the wage-earner prosper, for under depressed conditions there is leas and less competition for his labor nd authority and it shall be their duty at as early a day as possibly, to ap point the members of the national committee herein provided for, and to fill vacancies in the same. Third. That said national commit tee shall have . full control and direction of the pairio- tic efforts of the bimetallic De mocrats of the nation to secure in the next Democratic convention the main tenance of time-honored principales and politics of the Democratic party, and when the national committee shall have the authority and discharge all the duties hereby conferred upon tbe national committee. ~ • Fourth. It shall be the duty of the member of-the national committee men from after his appoiniment from the Circuit Court the Supreme Court, smd, from the Circuit is hampered by many take our appeal of Appeals to th at best th Court of technical difficulties, which not go into now—but which exist But as matters now stand, we will our selves Appeal the Gowdy decision di- rectly to the Supreme Court of the United States, and so get the whole case before them. The thing to do is to get the appeal ready at once. The expense of getting it up will be com paratively- very small It will take about $50 to pnnt the record—not our argument—that we can attend to later, and then $25 more, fee of the clerk of the Supreme Court, for docket- Have this much money raised mg. each State i m mediate ley I for this purpose and send to us at once, iment to take such I We herewith enclose you a blank ap- steps as he hiay deem best to organize peal bond. Have it executed by Jur. the bimetallic forces of his State, and j Gowdy and sureties as was done in the it is earnestly recommended that in Mills case, and send us ss soon ss each county and election precinct of signed. We ourselves expect to get to each State bimetallic Democratic clubs work today upon the “assignments of be orginized, and for the purpose errors,” and if you will push at your and he may appoint such committees canvassers as he may deem best Fifth. That fully realizing the fact that either this nor any other plan of orgaization can be successful without hearty cooperation of the voters them selves, we urge upon evey voter in every State in the Union, who is in sympathy with this movement, and who wishes to restore permanent pros perity to his home andcountry, to per fecting this organization, and that each of them shall enroll himself in such club. By unanious vote approval was given to the plan prosea, and the con ference then, at 12:45, on motion of Senator Harris, adjourned sine die. After adjournment of the conference the executive committee provided for in the plan of organization held a two | States, hours’ session, at which means of .flb- taining: an efficient National commit 1 tee were fully decided to divde the country into sections and to gi^e every member of the executive committee a section in which to correspond with a view of gettting the best men to ad vance the cause outlined by the. con vention. It was found necessary to take this step, as all the States were not represented at the conference and the delegates of many of those repre sented did not wish to name men for the National convention befor consult- their friends at home end we will have this appeal perfected and docketed before this month has passed, We have received no money on ac count of the balance of our fee and the expenses we have heretofore in curred . From what you said in your last letter, we fully expected that by thia time we would have had a remit tance from Beaufort, and are disap pointed at neither receiving a remit tance or hearing from rou as to the cause of the delay. We hope you will now give this, and the other equally important matters mentioned in this letter, your speedy attention. Having embarked upon this sea of registra tion litigation, let us not rest until we reach the haven of a fall decision by the Supreme Court of the United Yours Truly, Obear & Douglass. if V Mary It >i ; W. Bierby; Ohio, P. 8.1 The Democratic party is the tradition- m £ their mends at home. ps J. F. Saulsbury; al friend and champion of bimetal- The executive committee, .beforesep- ▲ Fatal Landslide. Columbia, Aug. 14.—Fifteen ne gro laborers had a narrow escape from death yesterday. As it was two of their number, Henry Young and Joe Jones were killed, and Richard Hall was severely wounded. The force of hands, under W. O. Gouch, foreman, were at work digging gravel at the foot of the embankment just north of the penitentiary wall ana forty or fif ty yards east of the canal bank, when suddenly a part of the embankment slid out as it were and the top came tumbling down, the stones and earth flying in every direction and causing the above stated fatalities.—State. land, M. M. Pullman; Mississip-1 lism. Ita strength and power and | arating, named following members of 8. Stockdale; South Carolina, | popularity have been largely built Upon its steadfast opposition to demonetization of rttver money and its record of unwearied effort to re store it to its historic place as a full money metal equal with gold. The effort at this late day to make it par. excellence thechamplon ofgoldmoSo- Again at thecaU of its chairman meiallism, the enemy of the policy it I *t° r Harris, of Temr has upheld and defender of the crime it has denounced, is an effort to dis honor its record, its promises, and ita principles. The moment the Demo cratic party is forced into this poai- J. F. Treutlen; West Virginia, J. J; Cromwell; Texas, E. P. Hare; Arkan sas, Senator Jones; Florida, J. S. Beard. The following is the report of the committee as adopted by the confer- enee: At a conference between a number of Democrats from the different States who attended the non-partisan conven tion recently announced at Memphis, Tenn., for the' purpose of promoting the cause of free silver coinage (which conference was held after the adjourn ment of the convention) i a committee consisting of Senators J ones, of Arkan • sas, Turpie, of Indiana and Harris, of Tennessee, was appointed and author ng, he National committee: Ex-Senator Walsh, of Augusta, Ga., J. H. Dennis of Reno, Nevada, C. S-, Thomas, of Colorado, G. Ainslee, of Idaho, J. H. Head, of Naahville, Tennessee and C. Armstrong, of Arkansas. The committee adjourned to meet Sen- F«l> Upon MumIsmhw. _ Constantino pul Aug. 13.—The valie of Adrianople has to the Porte that a stron_ band attacked Janakli. a town in the Kirdjali district, inhabited by Museel- mans. The Bulgarians burned 900 houses and killed many of the villag ers. The valie adds that the newsem- ■ anates from the villagers and may be exaggerated. valie of Salonica confirms the foregoing report and says that the event occurred on August 8th; that the band numbered l,00ff men and that 290 houses were burned. He places the number oi the lolled at twenty-fire. by Ughtalag. Aug. 13.—A special jnd, Va., says: Four per- killed by lightning in AaU«p for Tbrae Months, Montgomery, Aug. 15.—A to the Advertiser from Ala., aaya: Mrs. James of this county, was brought to today. About six woman fell into a d which she awoke at but it has been three _ ■he was awake. Twke special Killed Washington from Richmon , sons were killed by lightning tion, it heaps obloquy on its own past Prince Edward county, several miles put in hear mouth, w! ansi smnwn* ita nM——— with from this city, yesterday evening. The I ravenoualv. IMI tne residence of Henry Regd was struck, by lightning and Redd and his wife I over the Mod daughter were instantly killed. I to and crowns its great adversary with glory and honor. Duty to the people requires that the party of the people continue the bat- *•; ’>• -V '' i -it' >11 atei