The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 13, 1897, Image 1
VOL XX.
BARNWELL SOUTH _ CAROLINA. THURSDAY MAY
—
LARRY GAM I SPRINGS A SfNSAIION.
AIXEGKD CROOKEDNESS AT THK
gryfR rnsT'ENSA u r
shipped out; that this bribe bad been
u 11 or oil by at Atlanta firm, but after
wards that the Brm stated to said of
ficial that they could only pay 10 cents
a boit, and after bo fell in bis price
ThWlttw oftiuinl reportod Aha MpMte
A tietter Without Signature Which
Was Privately Circulated—6a«it
Acknowledges lie W'rote it and
Threatens to Expose Corruption-
Clerk Scruggs Tells Why He
Wanted the Matter Kept Quiet.
The Columbia Register contained a
few days ago tbe following letter,
which purported to have been written
to Clark Howtlt, <Sf the Atlanta Con
stitution, and has been exhibited for
tbe past month in a private way
understanding that it was written by
the editor of the Piedmont Headlight.
The story was told that the letter had
been brought to Columbia by Mr.
Biclcart, of Atlanta, whose name is
mentioned- in it, and who belongs to a
liquor firof* ia that city. Mr. Howell
is said to have transferred At to Hick
art, and hi used it tn promote his bu»i-
nees before tbe State board of control in
Ifcenale «4 Lquur. Gaatt was sorRlog
la tbe later*»u at tsetb W. bereggs,
tbs clerk of tbe loerd, wbo was a caa-
didake fee re eiectiue. aad bie priegl*
pel eppoeeet ee* 0. A. Is. Oeaie, tbe
•blppisg clerk, wbe t* chercrsi la tbe
*tHt~ w tk a.tcfH ag a brlwr from
Htrtarl Wkta tai* •sptaaatMa tbe
reader srtll be able to eedrrwtead tbe
aamepwadeer* ebkcb lathsws
SgabTaisMJbk K. C . T*b H. IWC
tentative of
bribe bins.
this firm are trying to
1 also stated in said letter other re
ports connected with the dispensary
management and tbe purchase of
liquors that smacked strongly of cor
ruption. I stated to you that I in
tended to publish these reports, that
tbe people might know them and de
mand an investigation of the whole
busines 1 . A few days after the receipt,
of this letter you came to Spartanburg
and asked me to suppress the publica
tion. You know at the time that 1
warned'you against tbe suppression of
anything crooked in the dispensary
among officials in.Columbia, with tbe, thatxame to your knowledge, and told
tent man for the plane be knew of.
Last year there was a business of over
+1,000,000, and tn all that only a slight
mistake of 50 cents bad been discov
ered in Mr. Scruggs' books, t'he stub
w^fall riuK but in transcribing it to
>ks the
the books the error occurred, STTntta gi’inu n&yg tortretp-my
that be knew of no man who^could 1 so stated therein. I have never made
you tbat you could not afford to cover
up the rottenness of anyone connected
with the dispensary because of your
friendship for him. You replied that
you did out with to hide any corrup
tion, and the official in question you
believed to be your enemy and was
working in conjunction with other# to
secure your defeat. I staled to you
tbat 1 beard the representative of this
Arm would tell much more, but that be
■as coerced or bniMened. aad
afraid of publicity, fearing that
might destroy hie chance* For future
NMinsn* with tbe dUpeaeary I w Id !
you further that I was not aallsiad. ;
aa4 that I nuils**d kf they aavu as ,
aavwd teat by lelllag Usa truth aad a! I
they ka«w »«al4 aot Isjeru tbetr pew*- I
tnr haatasaa that they eau>4
make a tail *tat*m-nt af a*i tw last* j
W Hi tats » I umas a an saw -•*
take the books of so vail A business
and keep them as correctly and plainly
as they are now. 'Because of his ability
to conduct the business Colonel Jones
says ho “sticks" to him and he cannot
help what tome people may think
about it. >
WOOD MAKER A STATEMENT.
Mr. I. O. J. Wood, who was the
bearer of tbe “Dear Clark” letter to
Atlanta, has made the following state
ment: * """ "" ’—
O i tbe Sunday before I went to At
lanta, S. W. Scruggs and T. Larry
Gantt-drove up* in front of Trimmter’s
forme. I went bul and wetrrup~at
they- invitation to the Piedmont [lead
light office, and while in the office
they wrote two Utter#, one addressed
to Clark Howell, Atlanta, which they
gave to me sealed. 1 did pot known
■ hnt wore the contents One other
letter written with pencil by Scruff#,
wbieb wunuopird by Gantt <io the type
writer. 1 don’t know whotbUoae ua#
orahlv and without prejudice to tbn
State • Interest. ! would not ask them
to do other*i#e, and they would not
were I mi so requeat.
In writing to Mr. Howell I had noth
ing to gain personally, and no axe.to
klffml Have to help -my friends, aud,-
any secret of standing by and worktBg ascertain tbe worth of th« trunk, as the
for my friends and .lighting my enc
miee. I have never received, -and nev- -ami he had toJf^Vback to the meeting
er tried to get, and neither would I
receive, uodar any circumstances, one
cent’s rebate. Bull brought tbo Dis
pensary law to this State, and deter
mined to weed out rascality if discov-
ered. and_it waa in my power to do so.
My reference to the explanation to be
made by Mr Wood in the letter was
that he might explain to Mr. Howell
our State for Blumenthul A Bickart.
Mr. Wood went to Atlanta and re-
hoekstore in Spartanburg and asked
IS m.. r lilo «*we Into my office and la reply to
uiry stated
an ioqt
Mr. Ho
'that
•Adreused to. Tht r Si. W I *#•*.- rg
to Atlanta ou tba foMuwtug Tuesday
l Lad dUsi ia my pusauadiup a* uavui
wp* which *a* wruwa ou lb* bark
with pupcit hy K W, *irri»fg*. rwrtu's
q sssltoas tot mo k» ask H umwwtWu* A
tLckucv uf At aatu. They
U.«m«aiba. A U ckart lx arks'
tbat Oast# Lad mail# a prupua
lb»m la tbe *ts<t tbat b* w«a
¥e dm not see
oweil, butbad left the letter with
Mr. Bickart, and who said tbat there
was no necessity for delivering it, as
he had nothing to say In tbe Outs# mat
ter, and that gentlemen had refused
bla offer to resalva pay lor •hipping out
bl* liquor# first.
I thought no more of
there was ao'hlng 1*
th# t** - .Smt aaniMf
meviiifppr rfuiU* tkiard
f*t»m dh$9»
pur
* myeef
the trunk aad b« would have to obtain
th* price of trunkn from some dealer
InXjolumbJa lieforo a price could be
tixisd. Mr. Garris #1111 insisted upon
an agreement an to price #o that he
could pay (or it. Deponent replied that
he hurt bn inir 11 Igrn 1,idtJLuLLhSjs<)rth
of the trunk, and had no time then to
He ta Pleased I
Palmetio Hiac
CAHOA4JIA
I situated. They ouly
flih a Vi.lt to the The Piedmnut region of flouth I
►- The Town# fibow * now lh# New Kn N
Board was at that moment in session
'• now tb# New Eoflaod of tho South.
a WowdeefYal Impmvomoot and the
too proud to take positions in the fao-
tweiee. —They -aeu hwok-koepn
writers, correspondents and tuperln-
People Appear Prosperous.
“ Hest on. embalmed 4bfl NilII 18(1 UMd,
pear as the blond you
Sn tmtntms hwHste.
The herbage of.your grave.”
L - tend in *oa« of thu i
to attend, to business ; thatlie Idld Mr
Garris that ha would send him the bill
for tbo trunk as soon as the price whs
fixed or that he could paydor it on his
next visit to Columbia, lie replied ; “1
will caij.iirthe next time 1 come to Co-
Tumbia and pay for it *
This is one of the verses oh a beautP
ful monument I looked upon with tear
ful reverence while walking tbrougn
Rmemont cemetery, at Newberry.
Calvin Crozler was a Texas Confed
erate soldier, who, shortly after, the
earn good honest money. Jnst think
of iV-what a revolution. For many
years we have suppoaed that tbe ttate
waa nearly worn out and her young men
would have to accept Greeley’s maxim:
“Go west, young man. go west,” but
not to. Northern South Carolina Is
ed the sale of the trunk
Board of Control. That the day upon
1 tYial he repui t- close rrf the war, was going home and richer to-day and more prosperous thaw
ak to the State had some ladies In ills charge. When *oy oortion of Georgia. Andersoa has
the position he wanted was as agent In which Commkstoner Gaston, Mr. Gac-
rls and deponent went to the contra
band room to deliver the trunk was the
(irst time he had any knowledge of tho
contents of the trunk to the best of his
Tocwliectton : but one thiny be b posi
tive about—tbat up to tbat time be had
never taken any pari of the contents of
the trunk, and at that time all be saw
in the trunk were a few partially filled
boxes of cigars and two or three cans
of peaches, but scattered on tbe floor
were sis or eight empty cigar boxes;
that on that day ie tbe presence of
<5 -toe aad Garris the deponent took a
■—dfei uf these nlgara Garris Vwk a
a frteed 1 hardful aad Ga*toa Ls>k a handful aad
I a. . twitted J
>
■baadfwl mm O
k* j teg / twHiad JadweGanlaw with
wtiag U» base bee- wrttMa tbe remark that be could bow aeeoeat
I# Mr C’-ark Hoe*!', aa* ' ,a W tike elgars wbieb be »«»eat»«e. aad
waiy Hrweialed aad ebowa Ha/ry bad
aaa<af me chat wsre lie' *e^k»; that rl
l vwpHed M ilakrd a** v e 11 trw»k be carried lato tba
I# Hjc l are I ww* aad tl»
raply re • •■*•*»•» *ama as taam. aad takd tbe a
•m Mr lb«aa#t. end t be uarf fMiwa
■S <ag lev several
wbarb Aapaaaat
aw fifia WeaMe Marne j <e saaebM lAa bM^lbim wtsat^MMa { M^mamrmad*■*»
•e* a .•.awaMa aad ’ gW. • Sb ••* «m* §m* «a..*^w%ua, L
charge
the train arrived at Newberry some
lawless negro soldiers who were in
camp near by went into the car and
grossly insulted tbe ladies. Crczler
and some others defended the ladles
and in the me)ee>ooeof the negroes waa
slightly*' wettoded.—Before t
left Col. Trowbridge sent some of tbe
negroes to arrest tbe man wbo did it.
They made a mistake and seized Mr.
Jacob Bowers, a railroad employee,
and hurried him away to the colonel's
quarters. Without trial be was sum
marily ordered to be shot. It waa near
mblelfhl wbea Crosier waa told of
Bowers’s arrest aad onodemnatioa : be
promptly weal forward aad declared
tbat be himself waa tba maa wbo
wooaded tb* aegre Hewers was re-
l"a**4 aad at swartae Beit mo -a lag
• real** *a* sbot to death, aatalib
etaadlag *fcte dvmaad Nor a trial aad
. tb* prwtaet af I'rtaee Klvera ae effievr
| Hi Trowbridge • eaesmaad Tbe aegre
| wiidtsrH das red wvsb bewdtob deligbt
Georgia.
nearly doubled her population 'during
the last live years. New stores, new
dwellings, new churches, parsonages
and a hoe public school building have
gone up, a new courthouse Is projected
and all this cornea from the cotton
_It does teem, as though the cot-
ton we grow shoo Id be spun and wovea
at home.
My last visit was to the old historic
towa of Edgefield—a town almost rw*
lined from the public gaze, but oao that
has always foil proud of He prestige as
the domicil of more great men than
aqgla tha State. McDuffie lived here
aad Governor Plekea# aad tbe Bettors
aad Ithetle aad Garys aad maay other*.
Tbe Ttlimaas flee here aad I was tha
honored guest of oae of them Th*
aobtlily bare aa better Ynaaain lhaa
^ r * r * **
Biu. Aar.
e berv
toM him li
Keabesvs te hts <
I ffMm *
a'mv ta* be ! M*
w**«
was v# frt
«d tarn
a
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sa -a* asaNfidf <
. O* ev bm |
•w
w v
•V •
if a
< aw ■»•
JjgtEi VaailMh
f«wte<
Scrugg*. aa latim
aad wblcb Is as fu
I* .a — si by ba*v ♦■•* w* m*
pamo ••*•*#« Iml •' I haw
ahsmt •
Ate* saw# saaa vamr** * •
aaaos»«e ag datil tW wwrse tatstst-1
Iso la ttftcwy twetAes ■■ a-
Tbe #ab teateea ef tbe lavwrwiag Mb-
ter bad tAe rff««t af Srtagieg wet etber
oarvwvpaadrscw aa thto eebjart. wbieb
reveal* the (art tbat tbe "Dear t lark"
latter was writtea by T- Lwry ttoatt,
editor af tba I’tcdnsoat Heedugbt
Tba manors te wbtob ailesioa ••*
■Mde bad beva tbs sabjrct of a brief
note a few days before te Mr. Seth W.
imalr (rleed of Gantt’s,
follows:
8l*AKTANIIUKli, 8. U, Feb. JO, |Hp;r
Dear Scruggs—I hear that an Allan
ta liquor man has offered a bribe
Vo a certain dispensary official, nod to
pay him 25 cents on each box of this
man's liquor that said official shipped
out. But afterwards the liquor man
stated tbat be had made a mistake and
could only give him 1U c^uts, and be
cause be fell in his price this official
then-stated that the firm had tried to
bribe him. It has, also, come to my
ears that a certain liquor man had a
mepiber of the board as his guest at
the hotel; that they slept together in
the same room, and that this liquor
man always got the best of the orders
from the board. There are other
rumors of a serious nature. I tell you,
Scruggs, as your tpue friend, tfiat this
condition of affairs will disrupt the
Reform movement. The people are
already restless and suspicious, and,
groaning a^ they are, under increased
taxation, they are prepared to believe
iv scandal they may, hear.
1 am making further investigations
into these rumors and shall expose tbe
whole matter. Truly, your friend,
T. L. Gantt.
Mr. Bcruggs beard of tbe letter to
Clark Howe’l being circulated in Co
lumbia privately, and believing that
his aame was ooaaecved with tha al
leged crookedaase. be wrote aad asked
Mr. Geatbaboet 1C recelviag tba taf-
April A MT
ef tbe Tib
as* warn* «d Tw
fip Mb fiHl
H Mb
Mr. Memyti rowto w*» It ter* ,«we*eMy pay *"* laecate par smse mj water A-, am* Wbabaeateate* teem *4 U * m* dte-te. *bteb te. »■ \wmU rwwef te.to.n
‘ ^4^ •••■I t C%Jd iMMlIpIMV I || f I >$t£b Vp Uf l* J ■ W&%A { (VP t ImMNI IS ^ t® 1 '* ®NNVi VwppN^ (■■■• PPiUM***
— W 6 ? William* aad rwmpteiaea tbat u*eart|«« agar eaaaaat Aa tebevw teate* I ooo »vbm tl » te W » te* gte’tow saw* ? * J
tetitag all tbfy baew tbay mpblg Wbvw mm ^m brtb* him. Mr Btcbart aiwbr* Mr pad *tea4 by my J fwrtbea lba« berate isiirf be ba*
lib* It cite tbe deal red latormatlea. I , -- - • ., m ■ . I »-*—■*- I a***a iaa«a a • a* « artlete mate tba •*■** gamas • g
an
ja*iy give tbe deal rad later malt
I aw laid two stem bar* of tbe Mate
heard tbe report tbat bad reached my
ears. Come up lialurdey aad *ee ata.
Truly, your friead,
T L Gantt'.
A UTATKMEXT ERON teTtUDOB.
Mr. Bcrugirs ucknowiedge* that he
did go to toe Mr. Gantt and pleaded
with him not to publish the reports he
hnd heard about Shipping Clerk Quite,
for tbe board had mvest'gated them
aqd bad exonerated Mr. Ouate. Mr.
Scruggs said he did this because tbe
Oispeesacy had already just passed
through one period ^o( great travail
{the rebate scat»dal)and he didn't want
it to have to pass through another.
He said he simply wanted to keep down
trouble, for the board had already set
tled the matter and the dispensary
could not stapd these constant scandals
in tfae newspapers, even though they
were proven to b6 without foundation.
He said he didn't’want to hide corrup
tion, but pimply urged Gantt not to
stir up this thing in the interest of
peace. • • • .
THE SHIPPING CLERK.
Shipping Clerk Ouzts was asked what
he had, to say concerning the charges
made {p the “Dear Clerk" letter. He
referred the reporter to the board of
control for furthur jin'ormbtron. It
was learned that Mr. Ouzte reported
the occurrence to the board and tbat
both he and Mr. Bickart, of Atlanta,
made statements. Tbe board exoner
ated Mr. Ouzte, for they afterwards
re-elected him. Mr. Gaatt seems, too,
to bare ooma to U& ooaclusloa that
nothing was wroag hers, as he vUtes
after Laving mad* aa la
to ba admitted
a
FHKK
nothing was wr
la bis latter, af
raaltgTliiia It
•swaateMaa la Cte |
a ba*. bam
> **teb mm
WuW Jama* la agaabteg^wf tea
fba date am. aaa Wy •Aau
tom m ffijftte *«• mmmmmt
--s:nr
tey ag ■ _
waa saaMBaasd teteva tea Bbavd asU | Frtead*
•teted tbat a* Lad mad* lb. ^ros*M<
lto. to pay <>.ls*. WL*v*-upja al* firm
. ■ a* b ack. *‘*d My la(»vmaat tb*.
• < nt on to »ay tLai Mr ItvekaM. after
I b. found out tbat bia bo.*# could sot
1 *eU tb. Slate any mor« goods. *tated
tbat be wanted to supplement bln first
tcstitnonv, and insinuated that Quiz*
consented to receive tbe bribe of 25
oente, but bad only “blowed on him'’
when bo reduced tbe proposition to ID
cents.
Mr. Bickart came to appear before
tbe Board, but one of the members (a
friend to Mr. Outzs) objected to his be
ing heard. Now tho inference drawn
was that had not Mr. Outzs first
consented to take the 25 cents per case,
why did Mr. Bickart come a second
time to make a lower offer ? As per
haps every County Dispenser in the
State will testify, it is, or has been,
the hardest work to get their or
ders for whiskey filled, as sent in, for
othe£ brands are shipped in place of
those wanted. I believe that perhaps
this Bickart matter would unravel the
m/stery. and so determined to try and
uncover it.
Just at that time I was trying to get
Mr. I. O. J. Wood, of this city, and who
had always been one of my warmest
friends, a position. He had lost bis
place in the Dispensary in Spartan
burg, and I knew he needed work and
bad a family to support. It occurred
to me tbat I could secure Mr. Wmx) a
position with Ulumsntbah A Bickart.
aad, alw* unravel tbat report about >he
Quiz* matter.
Mi. Wood bad writtea te Blumeuibai
A Bickart aad tbay bad promised bim
a plan. 1 thought, if they aoulJ get r»
tasteted with if- Board I kaaw teal
Clark Bowel! wm aa imu
frtead of Mr Btetarv aad aated wa
ateykatfwtMv Waad. btetolgte abi
gtetea* MidaMW atewt Mr
I wteteHbdd kaadtepd——* te t
A*, to god Mr tesdar* to towi te*
^ __ _ _ _ «tod . »♦* *d » *
I viiA i him bum ap ■**>ite to*vw to am..-
• te*
IHl BlCtROGI IRiMtUDIISCMIUlS
UQI «4t. CIOAHd
l*KA« HKB
tea • • a •rag * arte
■.teste* s to . ft al
*wr Loaesaf «<xar***d emom ol pomtOoo
»• .a* ualy Iwito.iag mt a eminm
►bicb ba* *.r«e ia *• *»«v stada k *
•'••aaectto. .lib lb. litot* dtspeasary.
AMD tbat oa diver* ooeaelom *acb articte*
I as braady pracbm, braady eterries,
cigars aad other articles otter tbaa
. .. . , , i wine* aad wbUkto* have baea placed
linpiit air Key to the GoairaUate , cnttody ^ th9 commimt,mar te
Hoorn-DUpriutery onw ial* Appro- hM ofUB bite Mima of such
prime GimmI* L’ader 5eUurr to nrtlclM and also glveo them to others;
and to show tbat deponent did aot sup
pose bo was committing an act which
would make him liable to censure, be
gavp to two members of tfce board
some of these very cigars and told them
here he had gotten them; tbat he did
say to Lynch to say nothing to Hlakt-
ley, because Blakeley was his mortal
enemyrfw some reason he knows not
•to Party
should te I
Make*
Thrlr Own L'ar—Custom
the Daw tn this Ga*r.
The testimony in tbe matter of Beck-
rogo'a trunk and its contents, which
had been seized by tbe dispensary au
thorities, is quite voluminous and
teresting so far at it has appeared
The affidavits were taken by Judge C.
F. Townsend, the assistant attorney
general, and were signed in biwpres-
ence. The evidence to show Whlit be
came of the contents of the trivik is
somewhat conflicting, but it is evident
that people in the dispensary got the
contents of. the trunk.. Mr. Scruggs
acknowledges taking some of tbe ci
gars and peaches, but pleads that he
bad no idea of doing anything wrong,
as it bad been & custom for the officials
to appropriate such things to their own
use ever since be bad been connected
with the dispensary. But tbe evidence
can best speak for itself, and the pub
lic may form its own Conclusions.
«'LEKK SCRUGGS TESTIFIES ,
Mr. B< th W. Bcruggv, chief clerk of j
the dispensary, after being sworn.said .
That b> the be*v of hi# rwoullectioa j
Mr. C W GarrU told him iter, waa a
wuak la ite roatratmad room te .aat-
•d to tey. Dcpomat told blm te did
apt tfctak tte irwak aawM ba and aa
taaft
tey ta tte irate tte* te a am* al. Mr
Ugpifli tflna aagantoad ifimt te
is*.* amsMbww tmo yafiadt ami i-*#* *n* %
ted Mm t§ te wssiwd ga
pud « ate bun «a kt •
w an Ha
why, and he did not wish any distortion
of the facts, and this was tbe reason he
told him to say. nothing to Blakeley
about cigars or peaches; that he had
no objection to Mr: Blakeley knowing
he took the cigars and- peaches to the
clerks in his office, provided a friendly
and legitimate construction upon what
he did was placed thereon ; that when
F. M. Mixson was commissioner In 1895,
Mr. Blakeley checked up all contra
band, and be as well as" deponent on
divers occasions has been theaecipient
of tiiTro little courtesies through the
good offioess of CommUsloner Mixson.
—8. W. Scruggs.
—Prkda at Jonaaoe*burg\ South
'•ica' Cut aloe*, ft per busbelY-dour,
Africa
B 75. al! sacks tff
c-sato per you ad !
pwv tead L oattes.
roto X reals rock
prates; beef, 25
caobagto. 25 c*nt*
I east* aptoaa; car-
•tear, • aawt* par
T *■ sd km topw up*, mm aad sm>*s*a J mkdks
m araamatf asam aad
■ • *~* as a.
tte maffimk tefitom sd
vaas a batea
toyatkraaffk tte » sBaroua
11 baar yaara mas. ar. addte tor a
saHag. stoars* Iter, la aa Maa to#*
tar a ’»•) toaaqtov. aa.aiadga oi aark
er Latot* af wavk- From atgM to Iwaa
by te to a aM prodaror, ate wtea te
s rteaaLr* |p fit saly tor tte laarate
arwtroataa*. If fit tor saytLIag B.I p| vte
bis Lujr* Lav* to mlagta /tody altk Ik
bur ate alUraat* tb* y*arv of racb
Mr, Aall la tbu praaldaat of tb* BtaU
Pro** AsaouiaHo*
Of cuura* Ne.terry ba* a large cot
ton mill. Almost *v*ry Caroliaa Iowa
has one or more. Ak~fnu travel from
place to place they are la sight, and
give employment to tbe poor. Five
years ago L'nlon had only 1,800 inhabi
tants, bqt during all these distressing
years has continued to grow and pros
per until now there are 5,000. One lit
tle mill, as they call it, started the
boom and encouraged them to build
another—a very large ope, whose four
floors cover a space equal to six acres.
Next came an oil mill 'and a knitting
mill and other Industries, and now they
are boring for artesian water to supply
a system of waterworks. Neither in
Ihe’city nor near It are any people beg
ging for work, for employment is at
band. ; ■ - - .
Then go to Spartanburg and be ama
zed. When I was there a f ew years
ago there was nothing to make note of
save a college, but now thare are cot
ton mills near by $hat manufacture
149.0U0 bales annually, and it is claimed
that oo one county in the United States
consume* as much. Not an acre of sub-
urteo late cm te bought for less than
130 Everything prospers ate «v*ry
body •cm# bappy. Tbe taxabte prop
erty ba* iucretote four-fold witbia
populaUaa
"aCTL. Mt '*" >l "art
te +te» It
poiltl-
of which te la tte bate
lacte la power. Bach Da
ta ar. aow rogroUiag their ar*
If tte aleotloe ware to te bald
tomorrow there cm be little doabt
Mr. BryM would be suooemful. Hie
election iaat fall would bava been fol
lowed by a floMclal pmIc, which
would have been far reaching in ite af*
feet*. But tbe country would have
gradually adjusted itself to the ehaag-
ed conditions. In the light of develop
ments since the election, the people
are beginning to think that they would
prefer to have the Chicago platform
screws put on, and stand the consequen
ces for ; n few months, with tbe na-
surance of survival and revival, rather
than be saddled with the iniquities
crowded Into the Dingley tariff bill.”
The regular Democracy should make
wbat they can out of tbe tariff matter,
but never abandon tbe fundamental
cause of free coinage.
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