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1 11 T THE PROHIBITION < CONFERENCE. ISSI K MADE IN THE PRIMARY. Candidates Were 8uffKested for Gov ernor and Lieutenant Governor—A Vigorous Address to tbs People and a Straight Platform. Too State Prohibition conference was held on the 23rd lost, in the hall .of the House of Kspre&entatives at Columbia. Twenty-live counties were represented, and the conference went about its work in an earnest, business like manner, while the discussions were interesting and the results har monious. The conference was called to order by Mr. A. C. Jones, of Newberry, chair man of the Btate executive committee in the last campaign, and Mr. T. N. iisrry, of Darlington, was unanimously chosen fur temporary chairman of the meeting. Rey! Luther U G*altney, of Klgefleld, was asked to lead in prayer, and made a fervent petition that all may be delivered from the slavery of appetite. He Invoked the blessing of God upon the pooference, and - that the members might be shown the right way to overcome the evils they had met to combat. Mr. Berry thanked the conference for the honor conferred upon him as the temporary presiding officer, and suggested the appointment of a tem porary secretary. Prof. A. B. Stall- worth, of Greenville, was chosen to be secretary, and Mr. B. K. Nicholson, of Kdgefleld, was made assistant secre tary. The list of counties was called and the delegates were enrolled by the secretaries, after which the temporary organisation was made permanent. Mr. Waddy C. Thomson, of Lancaster, was made vice chairman. Mr. J. R. Kullmer, of O/angaburg, moved that the eoolereaee hear the address to the people xhtoh had been prepared by Ool. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, at the instance of the special committee in charge of prelh miliary organisation for the campaign. This motion prevailed and Col.-Hoyt thea read the following address : AN ADDRX.SH TO THK PEOPLE. The Prohibitionists of South Caro Una, in appealing to the Democratic voters to join them in suppressing the liquor traffic in this State, deem it pro par and right that they should clearly and unequivocally state their position with reference to the business con ducted in the name of the common wealth, which thereby makes all its citizens responsible In a measure for the continuance of this traffic, which we believe to be a crime against hu manity and a means of degradation to the people. In the firsj, place we have chosen to make this conttsl at the Democratic primary bicause we are members of this political organization, which is in virtual control of all the affairs of the Suta. them knew not what to de. This Sa loon had been abolished, and this was one of the objects for which they had struggled in tbe past, yet liquor selling was not stopped. On the contrary, the State bad been made to engage in the business under the pretence of con trolling the traffic and giving to con sumers a commodity that was “ chemi cally pure,” at a price that would cot admit of profit. This was coupled with tbe declaration that the'system thus inaugurated without the consent of the people was ” a step' towards pro hibLion,” and many acquiesced in the legislation with the belief that the Bute would really undertake to mini mize the consumption of liquor. It was a law upon the statute books, and many of the law-abiding and peace- loving citizens, though honestly op posed to liquor selling in any shape, threw the weight of their Influence in favor of tbe execution of tbe law. An armed consubulary was furnish ed wltb guns to shoot down citizens who violated the liquor law, if in the judgment of the constables it was necessary to enforce their authority, and thus began a long* reign of vio lence and turbulence in the land,for the law breakers were as ready and anxious to shoot as the men ‘’clothed wltb a little brief authority,” who acted upon the theory that their own lives were in constant peril, and their surest defence was to uke quick and deadly aim. The blooay catalogue need not to be dwelt upon, for it is the most shamefu! record in the history of the State, with the single exception of tne reign of the carpet-bagger and tbe scalawag. Meanwhile tte law was contested at every step, and the courts were invoked to compass its destruc tion, with the result that the main features of the system were sustained by the courts, and the statute was un impeded in its progress towards pro hibition. Dispensers neglected to ob serve some of the most salutary fix tures of the law and themselves be came violators where they were ex pected to become guardians; minors and drunkards -have found it easy enough to procure liquor with or with out the conivance of the dispenser; “chemically pure” has become a by word and to mean the vilest of the vile; tbe agents of the State have defrauded and defalcated In large numbers., and lew have been male to feel tbe penal ties for their misdemeanors ; toe State board of control has more than once become an exhibition of exceeding offence in tbe nostrils of the good peo pie of the commonwealth, to that time and again it was necessary to mane changes and bring about reformat’ons : scandals almost without numuer have tracked Its pathway ; charges of dis honesty have been constant, and tbe public was made familiar with rebates and the sample room ; in a word, tbe entire system has been permeated with suspicion, distrust and causes of offence In striking contrast with the honorable record of South Carolina's glorious past. Bat tbe system proven “ a steo to- ards prohibition ?" Not in the sense We have tne right to raise this issue that originated this phrase, but in an within tbe party lines because the machlner| of the State government has been used to construct and operate a system of liquor selling, which has for its chief object the conaUnt in crease of the consumption of liquors by the citizens of the State, mainly with the view of making money out of the business in which the Slate is engaged. We would violate conscience and prove other and truer sense the demand for I actual and honest prohibition of tbe liquor traffic has been largely increas- I ed by the failures and shortcomings of I the dispensary system, which has been I “weighed lathe balances and found I wanting." That is tbe icdictmenwwe bring against it to-day, aud to the De mocratic voters we turn for a verdict, in its stead we would offer them still recreant to-duty as good citizens If w^ further restriction of the liquor yraffic did not protest against this iniquitous method of obtaining money through tbe sensual indulgence and debauchery of our citizenship, and we are making this protest in a fair, manly and con sistent waj, appealing to tbe higher Instincts of humanity,-and pleading for the social, domestic, moral, reli gions and political, elevation of our whole people By banishing the evils now fastened upon the State in con destroying the profit and oeveragf fe tures of the present system, and limiting tbe sale of alcoholic liquors to strictly necessary purposes, such as medicinal, mechanical and sacramen tal uses. This substitution would take away tbe odium of the Slate's being engaged in a business that is prostitu ting the youth of the country, wasting the resources ofzthe poorer classes, bringing disgrace and degradsfCbni' the sale bT liquor is coo would protect our young mao hood, bring relief to wronged and suffering women and children, and inaugurate an era which would eventually rid pur homes of the blight following the use of liquor es a beverage. Tbe State is now encouraging this use of liquor on the pant of lu citizens when it should by every means discourage that which wastes the resources, paralyzes the en ergies and destroys the manliness of those who should be the shield and protection of our homes. The State is engaged for profit in a business that ‘ strips the home of conrtorts with as much certainty as a cyclone mows down the mighty forest; a business that opens the gates of perdition to lost souls; a business that the genius of hell has never fashioned a mpre complete method of recruiting^H* ‘ ranks; a business that has borne From time Immemorial the badge of disgrace in civilized and Christian communities, • and that is now exalted in the sover eign and enlightened commonwealth of SouUi Carolina to the dignity of government service and government protection, so that our, youth are taught by the example oMhe govern ment itself that the m*ni!>facture and ■ale of liquor is an honorable and 1 desirable occupation. Whence came this usurper of governmental autfiorin ty V Did the citizens of the State de- cree its Introduction as “ tbe best solu tion of the liquor question ?” ’ // Eight years ago the Prohibitionists of South Carolina asked the privilege of testing public opinion as to whether licensed saloons should be prohibUed within Its borders. This request was made of tbe managers of the Demo cratic election machinery, who con- sented that’ a separate and unofilcial box might be placed at each poll where every voter could cast a ballot for or against Prohibition. The opponents of the lloense system were without effi cient organization, but the voters vol untarily went to tha polls and rolled up a decided' majority against the sa loons. Political exigencies did not favor a prohibitory law, and although ■ majority of tbe House of Representa tives passed such a law, enough mem bers were afterward found to reject tbe law which they bad aided in fram log and a substitute was discovered in tbe present dispensary system. "Ye asked for bread and were given a stone a law is in chances of will be tbe presence ye asked lor a jhh and were gives a serpent.” Prohibition an awkward i were iltlon ucted, we homes of our citizens, and wltnho ing bread from the women and child ren who are cursed with the blight of the drink demon. Pronibitlon offers an opportunity to work for the eleva tion of the entire people, the better in struction and training of the young, tbe creation of incentives to industry, and the moral advancement of the State to keep pace with its material prosperity. Tbe benefits of a prohibitory law will not be fully realized in a year or even in five years, for tbe longer such existence with reasonable enforcement tbe greater benefits derived from its a permanent policy of tbe State. 4 generation that shall grow up without any knowledge of liquor saloons, whether operated by inUivi duals or the State, will be a population noted for its sobriety, wblob will be .the rule and not the exception among the young men. Once firmly rooted and grounded in tbe minds ot the peo ple, a prohibitory measure will come to be regarded as a necessity. More than a generation has passed since this law was enacted in Maine, and for a long time there was a vigorous fight against its continuance, but at this time both political parties are pledged to its maintenance as the settled polity of the State. The cry of repeal has been frequently raised, and not many years ago one of the political parties made repeal a plank in its platform with the result that not more than half dozen me miners were elected to the House of Representatives, which has over onehundrel in Us membar- ship, and the fight for repeal was an ignominious (allure. Gen.'Ne&l Dow, who was the apostle of Prohibition, a man of upright character and Irreproachable Veracity, In his testimony before a Canadian commission on the liquor traffic, de clared that there was no Sute in the Union where more liquor was con sumed in proportion to population than in Maine, prior to the passage of the prohibitory law. It was then one of the poorest States, and under prohibi tion it has become one of the most pros- sperous, largely tbe result of savings by the people (ram the discontinuance of tbe liqodr traffic. He said it was S uite within thq mark to say that not ae-twentieth as much liqnor is sold clandestinely in that State as was sold by the saloons before this law passed. Portland, its chief city where Gtn. Dow lived and died, had seven distilleries and two breweries, ifhlle many cargoes,, of rum were brought every year from the West Indies, and now liquor is sold thereon a very small scale, tne quantity not a hundreth part of what it was in the olden time. His estlmKte was that there is a saving d! 124,000,000 annually, which goes to in crease the prosperity of the masses, and he declared that it is far within the truth to say that 11,000,000 would pay for all the liquor smuggled into Maine and sold in violation of the law. This is the testimony of a man who spent the beet years 'of bis life even down to extreme old age in advocating a cause that he knew was beneficial in a moral, religious, industrial and financial sense. A whole generation has grown up there without being wit nesses to the effects of liquor, and there are grown men fend women who have never seen a drunken man. Is not such a-state of affairs worth striving for, even though the attainment of such a result Involves sacrifice, toil and en durance on the Christian men ’ and women can well afford to make the sacrifice and bear the toil, because It is in the direct line of obedience to their Master. The contest we are entering upon is not child’s play. The Prohibition Da- mocrats of South Carolina are not re sponsible that the Issue has to be made .on the political hustings. There,1s no choice left to us except to abandon the field, wherein we'would prove recreant to the most solemn obligations that rest upon a Christian people, charged with the moral and religious eleva tion of those around us- To relinquish the field means the continuation of the liquor traffic under the aegis of our beloved South Carolina, and per petuates a system that is undermining the public weal and destroying the probity of our public men, a system that sanctions with the broad seal of the State an annulment of the divine injuction, "Woe unto him that gives his neighbor drink, • • • and makesu him drunken also.” Kvery day, and every hour Through the day, tbe State of South Carolina is vending that which destroys tbe souls of men, and the servants of God cannot remain indifferent or unconcerned while this .law is contained ( n the statute books. “ Righteousness ixalteth a nation, hut •In is a reproach to any people,” and the hideous enormity of this sin of drunkennens fostered by the Slate must not longer stein the proud escut cheon of our common mother. We must.proM^t against this anomalous perversion of governmental power by which evbry citlzon ot the State is made responsible for a traffic that is abominable in the eyes of God. Tbe means of our protest is through the political agency with which we are in part entrusted as citizsns of South Carolina, and we come now to make an appeal to our. fellow-citlz sns that they will join us In restoring the old commonwealth to a right relation, whereby the liquor traffic will be put under ban, so that our rulers and law makers will be spared tbe necessity of legislating to increase tbe sin of drunkenness within our borders. Todo this iffeclually we are compelled to make this issue at tbe Democratic primary, and hence to have representa tives of our principles who will con tend for them before tbe people, and “ seek to obtain control of tbe execu tive and legislative departments of tbe I State government.” This is no un- | worthy aim orjobject, and we proclaim these purposes - , wnlch are not bid in a corner, to our political associates, de manding tbe right to make the issue at the primary polls, and insisting that fairness and justice requires tbe re cognition of our representatives in side the party lines, where every other issue is settled for the maintenance of good government in this State. We deny that any class of Democrats have peculiar and special privileges ac corded to them under the constitution, an* laws of the party, and we will maintain our right to be heard on the ■hustings- azui u>-,eg TUBlWmnPl TTYhg Tbe reading of the address was at people would read it is comparing "the gang ” to the carpet baggers then placed and many Mr. C. T. Scalfe said they should be careful not to put up anything in this tight to defend. Why not attack when thfere was a weak point on the other side. If there w&s a weak point in the dispensary law, the constabulary feat ure was tnat point. It was the prohi bitionists’ strongest weapon.' Mr. Jones’ substitute* was voted down. The Rice amendment was then adopted. The convention then adopted the entire address, the only amend ment being Mr. {lice’s, changing the term "Prohibitionists” to ‘Prohibi tion Democrats.” Oa motion of Mr. E. D. Smith the convention appointed a committee on platform and resolutions. It was se lected as follows: E D. Smith, J. A. Hoyt, W. C. Thomson, O. T. Scaife and C. C. Peatherstone. Mr. Watson wished to hear the re port of the committee on organization part of Its advocates yj Appointed in December. Col. Hoyt’s address, it was stated, was a part of it. Mr, Brunson said the committee had prepared a platform also. After some discussion the platform was referred to the committee on platform. Mr. J. L. Berg offered a resolution that the committee take some steps as to permanent organization. This was agreed to. Mr. Brunson, in order to test tbe sentiment of the convention as to the advisability of nominating candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, moved that tbe convention declare for nominations of such officers. Prof^Haynes moved to amend that all State officers be nominated. Mr. Stepp did not wish the conven tion to go into nom'natlons now, be cause they might select some nominee who wouii) not be In sympathy with the platform. The latter should be adopted first. Mr. C. T. Scalfe objected to tbe nom- inatisn of a full ticket; they had come here to nominate only for governor and lieutenant governor. Mr. Jones would like tbe committee to report on this question first. New berry bad instructed bet delegates not to vote for nominations ; that the De mocratic constitution forbade such ac tion. Ms. Jones said he was satisfied that they could not nominate or '* sug geet.” He was satisfied that if they did so the Sute committee could re fuse to count the voles. After more or less discussion Mr. Smith moved to delay discussion until after tbe committee had reported. Prof. Haynes did not see the use of turning over the business of the con vention to the committee. Tne convention decided not to refer the all-important question to the com mittee. Mr. A C. Jones then took the fl tor and read the proviso of section <S of the Democratic constitution, toblch he held prohibited them from making any nominations. This was put In because factions of tbe party had In tbe past met In this Sute and endorsed various 1 candidates. No man on tbe floor knew better wbat tbe prohibition committee had to contend with two years ago. He I bad been opposed to the famous March convention : he occupied the same posi tion today . be thought it was un-Dem- ocralic for them to make nominations tonight. He also felt that they should I assert their duty to vote for no one who | did not represent what they wanted. If they wanted to tight 'bey should get men to stand up in each county for their principles. If tnis was dons they would be on firm ground. Mr- E. 1). Smith was in favor of nom inations. He did not think there was a word in the constitution to keep them from "suggesting.” There were no "nominees'' of the party until after the primary. /They had a perfect right to name any full ticket in the primsry; after the primacy they would have to support the “ regular nominee” in the election. Mr. Smith was vigorously applauded. of two of us running on the Governor business ; and the balance of us going borne and running for the Legisla ture.” .< Prof. Haynes said this would be a "campaign of eduoation.” Last time only one man had fought the fight for f irohlbitlon, all other candidates being or the dispensary. Mr. Brunson thought a full ticket ill-advised and gave good reasons. Mr. Watson moved to accept Mr. Brunson’s suggestion of putting in at torney general with governor and lieu tenant governor. This motion pre vailed. Prof. Haynes wanted it understood that all who wished to run on tbe pro hibition platform for offices not sug gested by the conference could do so. Tbe vote on the main issue was about to be taken when Mr. Jones stated that the call waf not for a convention to make nominations. Tbe convention then decided to name {candidates for governor, lieutenant gpvernor and attorney general. Mr. Brunson suggested that a com mittee be appointed to make nomina tions. Gol. Hoyt protested in view of the small attendance. The convention then took a recess for 10 minutes to let the committee on platform report. When the convention reassembled the proposition to appoint a committee t) make nominations wav again taken up and brltfly discussed. Prof. Haynes said that the privacy of a committee room would be deeirable. Sheriff Bradham wanted the nomina tions made by ballot, without nomina tions from the door ; they did not need suggestions; let every man vote and the tellers count the ballots. Mr. Stepp suggested that the two gentlemen receiving the highest votes be declared tbe nominees for governor and lieutenant governor. At COMMITTEE this juncture REPORTS. the committee on ousiy applauded. He finally announced: I hate to do it, but I’m too big a man to run for lieutenant governor. I’m al ready a candidate in my district. I can’t come down. I just can’t do it." Voice—"What is it—coroner?” Mr. Kirby, of Charleston, spoke eulo- glstlcally in nominating the Rev. E.O. Watson, who declined the honor. Mr. R. B. Clinkscales named a thor ough prohibitionist—Mr. J. L. Tribble, of Anderson. - Mr. Stepp said the Piedmont did not wish all the candidates. He wanted a man from the lower portion of the State. / Mr. Brunson spoke eloquently of the nineteenth century’s close and then nominated Mr. E. D. Smith, of Sumter. Mr. Smith declined tbe nomination, saying he was not qualified. Mr. Peatherstone said there was no better man in tbe United States than J. L. Tribble, of Anderson; he did not believe that the Piedmont idea would injure the cause. Mr. Hall said that Mr. Tribble could not make the campaign. — Mr. Stepp said that Col. Hoyt was fine for fighting and very good on trail also, but he wanted a low-country man to help him tree the fox. He named Mr. T. N. Barry, of Darlington. Mr. Berry declined. Mr. Qaattlebaum spoke in the high est terms of Mr. James L. Tribble. If Mr. Tribble accepted the nomination be would be the best man. A delegate nominated Mr^ Stepp, saying he wanted to take a step in the right direction. Mr. Stepp declined. Mr. E. D. Smith nominated Mr. W. C. Thomson, who declined. Mr. E. D. Smith was then renoml naked. Mr. Smith spoke earnestly la declining the nomination. Finally Col. J. L. Tribble was nom inated by acclamation, Mr. Peatherstone here arose and said that be felt that they would make a mistake if they named a candidate for attorney general. They did not need FROM SCAFFOLD TO THE BRUCH. platform, Uzruugh Mr. iiialU^-rsworWd an attorney genera). "Tttr OffTCfiV' he" ’ em T A Young Lawyer Escaped and Became a Police Jadge—Ro mance of the Wild aad Woolly W«HT r ” In Western cities, especially those which partake of the character of a mining camp, there are maay citizens with pests. Among that rather an- merous class Judge Wirt W. Saunders’ life story is admitted to b« the most remarkable. . The last act of Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, was to pardon Mr. Sannoiarn, and the Governors message came near being too'late, for the sheriff and Sana- ders had ascended the scaffold before the pardon came. That happened only seven years ago, just across the State line in Oregon. a Five year* afterward Mr. Saunders was police judge of Spo kane, and hw is now one ot the leading attorneys of the city. Tbe only inci dent for which any membera of the bar have criticized him took place ia the police court during l^iz early struggles in Spokane. At this stage of his career every case won counted. Saunders said to the police judge in the coarse of hie plea: " l know this client of miaa. I know that for three months he per formed the hardest kind of annual labor. The testimony of the polios that he will not work is quite untrue.” It wis aa unusual appeal, aad the magistrate said : " Your testlmoay is sufficient to acquit -him, and It is all that is in his favor. By the wav, Mr. Saunders, where did you know him?" " He was my cellmate la the Oregon pen I lent lory, your hoeo>,” replied Saunders. The siienoe that foHowed the aaswsr was uncomfortable until the ooart apologized for thequestloa. Saaadeta’ snzwer was the first Intimation the general public* of Spokaaa had ooe- earning his pest. Shortly after thla Saunders made public a review of the +tr wliUltl •) eas ihe defendant. unfavorably on Mr. Berg’n permanent organization renoiutton. This was adopted. On a resolution sent in by a Dorches ter delegate endorsing the Charleston szposltlon the committee reported ia vorably. Mr. Featberstone suggested that IIUU.OOO be appropriated from tbe { rohtbillon treasury for tbe ezposltlon. he favorable report was adopted. THE PLATFORM was presented and unanimously ad )pt ed as follows: We, the prohibition Domocrate of the State of South Carolina, in confer ence assembled, hereby declare the following platform : 1. That competency, honesty and so briety are indispensable qualifications for bolding office. 2. That lazes should be made as low MiMssible consistent with efficiency of government. 3.* Thai the sale of intoxicating li quors for beverage purposes is not a lunction of goveromenl but a disgrace to Christian civilization, a dishonor to manhood and a political wrong of un paralleled enormity; that it is an awful crinde against the women and children, against tbs home, against the church and against God. 4 Tnat prohibition of the sale of in toxicating liquors for beverage pur poses is the true, ooaslstent remedy, and to this end we dsmand that the dispensary system he shorn of its evils, such as selling intoxicants as a bever age : and that authority be given by the general assembly for the State to sell alcoholic liquors for only medi cinal, mechanical and sacramental purposes. NOMINATIONS IN ORDER. The convention then resumed the discussion of the matter of the iorm of making nominations. The body de cided to have nominations from the floor. Mr. Rice rose to nominate one who had shown ■aid, “is at present filled by a man who under the most adverse circum stances, has shown that he it not afraid to do his duty." Hg moved that the convention recon sider its action as to this office. This was done. Mr. Stepp wealed to know what they would do if Mr. Tribble did not run. Tbev needed a mao who would make the fight. Bit was decided to allow tbe executive oommillee to select some ooe to take bln place. Mr. Smith took the position that whoever was chosen he should make the Ught on the stump in each county. ~ Ua motion of Mr. Fnathnrstonn It was decided that the chairman of the con vention, cooperating with the candi dates selected, appoint a campaign com am tee of five, which would look after the county organizations. THE NOMINEE EUR UOVERBOR. ' Col. Hoyt was called foi^aad respond ed, and said he could not detain them to make a speech. But he would Ir, htard oc the stamp inmil (be countiee in advocacy of prohibition. He oal wished to say that he would "do utmost to win victory In the year 1VU0, and, said he, "I believe we are going to have it." The convention then at 12.&) a. m. adjourned sine die. WEATHER AND CROP REPORT. tenlively listened to, and greeted with appiguse. ' *' Mr.•Abercrombie, in view of the length of the address and of " some cutting expressions” therein, moved that it be referred to a 'couimitWse al five with Col. Hoyt as—ohairman to select such parts as should be used and have It published. Mr. i(ice asked to amend the open ing terms so as to have them appear as prohibition Democrats appealing to other Democrats. Mr. Featberstone dress most excellent lars, but tbe motion ble was tbe Correct ways opposed to this thought tbe ad- in some partlcu- of Mr. Abercrom- one. He was al- dlspensary law, but there were honest men who honest ly believed tbe dispensary system the best solution. He did not think that this dispensary reign should be com pared with the carpet-baggers’ reign in South Carolina. It was a mistake to use harsh language when it oould be avoided. He believed Qol. Hoyt was sin:ere in all he said. Prof. Haynes said It was not good policy to use harsh expressions. He thought that they would make the dis pensary’s friends stick closer than ever. Col. Hoyt said be wished to read the part criticised by Mr. Peatherstone ; he wished to show that he referred to merely one Mature of the enforcement of the law—the conflicts between the people and the constables. If it was not true the court records were not true. i - Mr. Jones then moved that this pa per, along with>11 others, be referred to a committee of one froth each coun ty. Mr. Boggs—That’s about the size o: the committee here. He thought live enough. Mr. Jones wanted at least a commit tee of ten. Mr. Watson said it would merely re sult in two discRMlons instead of one He saw no reason why they should not act upon it. This was unquestion ably the most virile document that has ever been brought .before a prohlbi tion aonventlon in thli State. The ed dress stated facts and it should not be emasculited. They should thus come out oiear cut and plainly. Mr. Eton wanted the convention to w%» table the subetitute. Mr. Abercrombie said he thought some things had been said in the ad dress that were ueaeoeewy. The e same clause. He then read a. letter from Senator Till- mao, written two years ago, in which the Senator said so far as he knew any Democrat could run for an office in tbe primary, and.he could not see why any Democrat could not be suggested or inated by any'idvocates for a cer tain party policy. Col. Hbyt sai^ the test was the ac ceptance of the candidate's pledge and assessment. When this was done there was no power to keep them out of the irimary. Tbe whole tnlog was in the Democratic State chairman's hands. The MEroh convention in 1890 was no parallel to anything they might now do. There was nothing in the. whole matter ; if Col. Jones ruled them out then tney would have to have another conference. ) Mr. Peatherstone said there was no doubt about the right to nominate. Even if there was, there was not now nor never would be a State committee that would turn them down. (Ap plause.) Mr. Abercrombie of Lexington want ed them to tight or go home and shut their mouths. Mr. Jones asked Col. Hoyt what v^as tbe object of patting this section in the constitution. Col. Hoyt- Now, that is one thing that I do not know. (Laughter.} Mr. E. D. Smith said it was put there to prevent a recurrence of " the very unfortunate thing that was known as Haskellism in this State.” Mr. Jones did hot refer to this an swer, but said he had good legal advice that they could not nominate. Mr. Stepp bald * everybody’s mind was made up. If they did not nomi nate, it was like a countryman getting a wagon without a horse or an px to pull it, and getting on it and saying "Go on.” There was no question of their right to nominate. They were ail Democrats. A delegate from Chesterfield was a thorough prohibitionist, but a Demo crat first, and. be thought they ought to obey the party law. Mr. J. W. Hamel said the convention was not after nominating men to run outside the primary election. It was merely to select some ooe to represent their principles who would go ia And file his pledge as an iDUividuat^ The conference was about to decide tbe main Issue when Mr. Abercrombis asked that they discuss the amendment to name a fall ticket. * Mr. Boggs urged the members not to vote tor a full ticket. " I’m le favor his them, but who bad made the fight two years ago—one who had proven faith ful. He named Mr. C. C. Peatherstone, of Laurens. Several seconded the nomination. Mr. Featberstone apprec'ated the compliment. He had done the best he oould two yeers ago. Were it not thet it would be impossible for him to again make the campaign he had made two years ago, nothing could keep him from accepting the nomination. He ooulc not. HLa was a prohibitionist through and tfcreejrh. . He had to decline, He was applauded. Mr. Davis nominated Col. James A. Hoy tyOf Greenville. Tbe Rev. E. O. Watson said he wish ed to name one who had the highest sense of honor; who had the power with his tongue to speak for their cause. Ha nominated Mr. Joel E. Brunson—a man ready last time to- run, but who could not, being withdrawn. , - Col.'Hoyt .'was very thkbkful to his friend, but he could>ot get bis consent to contest for t*his place.- He bad al ways been for temperance and prohibi tion. He had never asked his frlAdi for poeltlen. He asked that l)ls name be withdrawn. Mr. Brunson regretted very much that either of the ethers had declined. He had had no purpose to become a candidate. He hated to see good men slipping away from duty. He wanted the convention to name its choice. Mr. Stepp hoped that Qol. Hoyt would not insist on withdrawing. They wanted the best metf they could get. He knew of no man who had a better record than Col. Hoyt, public, private and war. It would be valuable to have a Confederate veteran as their standard bearer. Mr. Davis said that with Col-iHoyt as standard bearer they won d be stronger than with any one else. He refused to withdraw Col. Hoyt’s name, Mr. Peatherstone assumed the au thority to state that Col. Hoyt would take the nomination if given with any degree of unanimity. There was ap plause at this statement OOL. HOYT NOMIHATED. The convention then proceeded to ballot for Messrs Hoyt and Branson. The result was Brunson, 11; Hoyt, 39. The nomination of Col. Hoyt was made unanimous by a rising vola.. Mr. SproU said for ileateaaat cover- mr they needed the most available man. Ha nominated Mr. Julian E Boggs, of Pickens, amid applaoss. Mr. Boggs started to rise, bat was vigor- Weekly Bulletin of the Weather Be reeu for Couth Carolina. The temperature was seasonable durlog the week ending 8 n. m., Mny 21st, with n maximum of 93, and n minimum ol 4tt degrees, both reported from the northwestern portion of the State. The rainfall ranged in amount from one-fourth of an inch to nearly three Inches. The least amount fell extreme northwestern xoun ' ~ or central counties. PH Although the nights conllnut too cool for rapid giewth, and crops are backward over thw, western portions, tne weather conditions were favorable and caused improvement In the condi tion of all crops. The rains were bsne ticlal. and brought up all late planted seeds, and put bottom lands into con dition to be plowed and planted, ex cept in some western counties, where more rain is needed. Corn looks well and has good stands except where worms have damaged it on bottom lands. White "planting Is far from finished, some corn Is reoeiv- ing its second cultivation. Cotton is practically all planted. It is making slow growth, but either has, or is coming up to full stands, which are, however, somewhat Irregular in size. Cultivation and chopping iz gen eral. Some fields are still grassy, and grasshoppers are destroying cotton In one county. Sea Island has a good stand and Is thriving. - Rust continues on wheat to the del rlment of the crop. Xh&. recent rains have improved both wheat and oats, the latter being now particularly fine over large areas. Oats wRl soon be ready, to harvest in the southeastern counties. Tobacco has fairly good stands, and the ground is in condition for replant ing. The plants are small but vig orous. / / /•/ Rtoe improved with the warmer nights. Floating continues where previously hindered by freshets. . Sweet potato draws are being set out. Melons, sugar cane, peanuts, gardens end track generally show marked improvement. Peaches, al though dropping, still indicate a full crop. Pears and -apples continue to blight, and while the former will be plentiful, the latter will fee scarce. Large shipments of seasonable vege tables continue from the truck raising districts. There is complaint of scar city of field hands in some localities^ . —The Canadian government has sent a representative of its census de partment to New York to study th« methods which will be employed la co an ting tbe population of tbe metro polis. ~ and notwithstanding the rivalry that always axists ia municipal elections, the story of his Ilfs ia Oregon was not referred to by his opponents whan he was conducting the campaign that made him police Judge. Testimony was is trod need at the first of Sausders’s Oregon trials to show that he kllipd a men la Texas. How ever tbet may be, he went to Oregon when a young mao aad opened a Taw office. His social gifts ware highly ap preciated by the Isolated community where be resided, aad within a short time he became aa aspirant for the hand of tbe belle of the (owe. He bed a rival, aad one morning this rival was found dead la a mountain path, where it wee said Saunders had been walking on tbe night previous. It was a plain of murder. Circumstantial evi dence accumulated around Sauadere almost as rapidly as his frlaads desert ed him. Within a few hours ha was under arrest, charged with the mur der. At tbe trial, the judge admitted testimony tending to show thet Ueun- ilara-had killed a men la Texas- The Jury foued him guilty, aad eenteaoed him to tbe Oregon penitentiary for life. Saunders obtained a new trial upon tbe ground that the testimony aa to the Texas homicide was nadae In fluence upon the jury. It was excluded at the second trial, but he was sen tenced to hang. During ail this trouble the yoeag wo man was so ooafldaat of his Innocence that she promised to remain true to him a lifetime if need be. Great pres sure wes brought to bear upon the Gov ernor to issue a pardon, but the man had Influential friends, who sen ted counter-petitions. Just « motive Influenced Gov. Peuaoyersl the eleventh hour will probably never be known, but there was great rejoicing la the buochgreee town when the tele gram forbidding the sheriff to go oa with the execution was received. There ware^slso "SI changed since then, and nearly every one in that community, exoept the re latives of the murdered man, bellavea in Saunders’ Innocenoa. The young couple lost no time la changing the preparations for a fun eral into arrangements for a marriage. Saunders and nls young wife came to Spokane. Although they took aapaina to conceal the ordeal through which they had been, la soma wax or otkor it did not become generally known. When the story became publlo it did not change the attitude of the publlo toward the couple, aad at thla time there is probably not a man la Spo kane who does not look upon Judge Wirt W. Saunders as oae who oama near being e victim of circumstantial evidence. He has amassed a compet ence through his legal practice and lucky mining deals.—Chicago Inter Ocean. —Properly speak lag, the rtee, or weds; the woman ia married to the maa. The man taken the woaMi to wife; the woman is given la marrl sgs to .the —Wind mills are Urgoly being used in France as a source o{ mechanical power, used to generate electricity. The wind es hitherto bloweth where and when itlisteth, but now whenever it blows where there is a wind mill with a dynamo geared to U, it may ba made to charge accumulators whether it listeth or not, and the accumulator* will give np their stored energy when the wind is taking e rest. —One of the most Interesting feat ures of the Confederate reunion ak Louisville next month will ba a de tachment of Cherokee Indiana who served under Gen. George £. Thomas. Tbe Indians now live in North Caro lina and will attend the reunion as the f ueets of the delegatee-from that tate. OUR OREATBI For 90 yean Dr. IT APBCIALIST j; Newton Hathaway has so successfully trsatsd chronic dieses- es that he is acknowledged today to stud at the head of his profession in this line. His exclusive method of treatment for Varicocele and Stricture, without tne aid of knife or ceutery curee In BO per cent, of all cases. In the treatment of the toes of Vital Forces. 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