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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE/ 1 4EH VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1901. NO. 21 -H " TO THE PEOPLE. An Address Explainirg Why He Resigned His Seat ISSUED BY BEN. TILLMAN. Says McLRUrin Was Virtually Organ'z ng a Republican Party In this Sta'e Un* ^ der Another Name. Senator Tillman furnished the prcsG the following address Tuesday afternoon: mo tho Uemocratio Voters of the State. Follow Cit:z;ns: An extraordinary and unparalleled situation his unex pcotcdly arisen in the Slate, aud as I am manily responsible lor thip, I fcol that a proper respect for you, rr quires au explanation of my actions and mo lives. Eleven years ago by a very large vote you elected me governor of tho State, and two years afterwards I ?in reelcotcd by an overwhelming maj r ity. In '94 I was sent as your ret rest ntativc in tho oongrc n of tho United States is one of tho senators fn.ni Scuth Carolina. After six year' str vico in that body I <vas last your obo sen without opposition to b-3 mv own successor. I wan sworn in on March 4>b, list for the six yrars' t'.riu ending in 1907. Tho ink h*s hardly bcoomo dry upon my oath of effioo and yet 1 Lave undortd my resigta inn to take effeot September 15.h nt x<. My oollea&uc has also tendered his icsig nation to take effect tho same date, and thus there will bo two vacancies to be filled by appointment of tho gov crnor until the legislature can cleot cur successors in January next I deisro to announce my candidacy to suocced nij- < self and shall ask you to vindicato my action by jcur votes in tho primn'y, whioh will to ordered by the State Democratic committee- This is an (tl year in politics and but for tho coudi tions which had oomo about uiy action in precipitating a political campaign, and primary election would bj tnex causablo. A britf reviewcf recent io laical oicnts will bo necessary to givo ! that cxaplanaticn My colleague,.I no < L. MoLaurin, was elected to tho sen ate at a primary held in '97 to suocccd tho lamented Karlc. He nat. olectod i as a Democrat standing upon the Chi- i cago platform of 1896. Early in '99 < Senator MoLaurin jartcd company i with his Democratic colleagues in the < senate, ai.d has bit.ee voted for and ] advooatcd cverythirg that the llepub lican party now stands for, and htjC ttm persistently antagoni"cd his own ] nrtjv B in all of his publio l trances and aois/ H Notwithstanding that a new State gfon vention last May laid dowfftha priat. - ^ oiples ?nd xojyiitis ."f^tjlU-uB^.^nd a B now national convention at Kansas City in July announced the pricoiples HE of Democracy as now understood |B throughout tho union, your Junior sonH ator has aoted though ho wcro entirely independent of tho pcoplo who oleoted him acd has felt under no obligations in nKnV 1 Knir urickflo ' 1. -1- ?:ii ( .mwm motiwa Vl UU liiuir Will ?b their representative. When congress adjourned last March ho and his sympthizers in the S.ato bogau at oneo an aclivo piopaganda of his now doctrines, which ho olaimod wore Democratic, hut which all truo Democrats must know arc only Republicanism in disguiso and very thinly disguised at that. IIo made a speech at > Charlotte. April lGJi, in which the Dcmociatic party is sneered at and assailed. Ho mado another apcech at Greenvillo last week filling out and develop ng his new theories, and took pains to indicate his perfect accord with Mr, MoKinlcy in all his policies. Ho Lad appointments already ar ranged to make speeches at mleast time other plaoos?Galfuey, Yorkv'ulo and Spartanburg?and had begun an active canvass for reoleotion, fifteen months before the regular campaign, whioh would choose his successor, in the Democratic primary of 1902 would open, it was natural that these gentlemon who proposed to contest for his seat should bo unwilling to premature ly announce their candidacy and take the lield againts him. He had the dis penbing ol federal pationago placed at his disposal by the Republican president, and he had unlimited money furnished by his Republican allies, cr Mc Kinley Democratic followers in South Carolina and his purpose was to go up and down the Stato unopjoscd and unanswered to organize his new pio litical machine. ihis was tho situn tion up to the Galincy meeting and 1 was conlronud withtlo question of TT..-V nun UIJ 'ill.; UUUl/1 lliu U ? I I" II 111 stances. Recollect that I am a member of the national Democratic committee, an your representative; 1 was tn the committee on piaifcriia in Loth of the iabt national conventions and hoi|.c<l frame too licoiaralions of principle and policy upon whioh we went to battle, and 1 wad cliairinan of the committee on platform in your last Staio eonven lion. Remember tto that both at Charlotte and at (iieenville, dir. ctly and lridir* et ly, 1 had been asMiilod by Mr. McIjuu rin and you will understand why 1 wan anxious to meet *"y colleague at Gal! ney, and when incited by a large num Dorof oitizeLB of Cherokee county I will ingly accepted. Tho result of that meeting ih now well known. Mr. McLaurin wan unexpectedly brought faoo to faoo with tho question of resign alio.' and appeal to the peoplo whc.se confi denoc ho had alusod at d whoso trust he had betrayed, lie tried to dodge tho thrunt, by charging that I was attempting to dictate and bonn tho pooplo and interft rc in the race with which 1 had no concern and was safely csooncod in u y scat for six yearn and had nothing to lose, but well afford to lay down a code, of moral cthicn, for another which I wan unwilliDg to follow mynclf. I saw tho opportunity to precipitate a battle at once rather than wait ftftocn months and 1 offered to resign if he would, and tho result you know. I acted from impulso it is true, but 1 have always acted upon impulso And an a public man 1 can affirm with tho Hacrtdncns of an oath that all my impulses have been to servo tho host interests of the pooplc who havo honored mo. 1 had ovcry opportunity to weigh tho oonnoqucnccs of my aotion and to get out of it without disorodit, but 1 folt thon and still fool that ray duty was to foroe ] thn fighting mod rid tho party of all i traitcra. Tho situation as I understand it, is this. Tho pooplo who aro interested in having two senators at Wash j ington to do their will and stand by their principles will havo an opportu nity of being honestly aid honorably represented. This has not boon tho caso during tho last two years, and as | Mr MoLaurin remains in tho senate it oould not bo tho oaso. As to tho burdens of tho eon.est. t Tho citizens of a given county will loso but two days, to bring about this inuoh desired result, ouo day to attond tie campaign meeting and tho other to go to the primary. V\ hilo I will havo tno fatigue and expense of a Stato canvass which 1 oould^fljjK bavo avoided. Tho oontcso^^^Mn the Democracy and tho u an w^^^^oks to bc'.r?.y it v will bo fought w^Pout any local com- | , plication what cTer. Voters will not bo iLtlucnocd in thie contest by tho do- ^ siro to elect lconl favoii:cs aod thus 1: swapping will bo prevr ntcd. The i'sjUCb q will be clear out. Tho organization of tho "UoinuiTcial Democracy," another natno for McKmlcy Diurooraoy, will * havo to be oensuraated in a iuuoh ' shorter time and under much less fa t vorablo oondiloas. Our party has tho oppcriuniiy to rebuke aod punish * treachery at once as warning to those ^ who rosy l,o wavering. Many good men v will ho jr-.von'cd Irorn beooniing Ko ^ publ:c?n in fa?f, though not in Dame by havitg tho it sues txilaiocd before they have aligned h msc;vcs node" tho ^ new bann r. Tho Democratic uniform % will be struck off ot tt o c who havo I rov-n unworthy to wtnr it and thry o will be made to urdervtand tho differ- jj i nee between hoaora >lo aud dishonor n able di charges. Civil virtue, tho ta j o'cd n 1 .tions which tdiou -1 exist be- w t?o n tho r presto ativo and hiH coo- { stiiucnoy will he m< re olearly UDdtr s'ooland sll true Democrats must re Q j icist the result. For m>Bclt and tho . sacr.ficc I have made I will say no .hir g ' I prefer to let tlie p opic of tho Sta e con ider the n.a'.trr for themselves atd pars upon my conduct as they may do t u rmine, whether it was right and pro r per or r?.sh and quixotic. I havo servcu tluni to tho ticst of ray ability with fi zeal ar.d hencsty sitoo I have been their servant and shall continue to ilo so if they coutinuo to honor and trust mo. f When 1 cannot truthfully say that L rej resent the msj irity of the pcoplo of South Carolina aud veto end speak as * they desiro', 1 become, "as sounding 1 brass and a tinkling ojmbal." And n prefer the retirement of privato life to the degraded clevatio" of a high posi- g Lion ontaincd by dee. it and held against o ihe wi-hes of the pcoplo. I put my ease o in yeur^rands fccVr wiii exJ7'r_- I fi iicatju^iy c^ac more fully in the coming | priy?ary osnva.?s. If. H. Tillman. ' NO FARMER'S DREAM. j Mr. Bauer Tells How the Rain Affected ' Crops Lost Week. < The Tains last vcck wore heavy. J Thcro is no disoountiDg thnt fact. 4 There were many evidences. Hut here ( oomcs Mr. Beuer, tho looal weather j hnrnati dirrntnr whn r>i1<ia nn ?V>" ?? ?v i-uva vu V' V with dreadful statistics. Mr. Bauer Hays in his weekly report: Kxccssive rains over the entiro Stato characterized the beginning of the week, and general rains prevailed at its eloso. The amounts for the week ranged from nearly two to nearly ten inches, the former in the souihwostorn counties and the latter in Spartanburg a?id York counties, with an average rainfall of 1.6S inohes for the Stato. Bottoms were flooded and the crops that were on them wero dostroyed; hillsides and terraced lands wero badly damaged, eroded and gulliod, and tho young ootton and corn washed up. Tho Broad and Croat Poo Deo Kivora in places rose higher than for many years. But asido from tho physical injury to lands and crops by tho excessive rains, the moisture was needed, and all orops were greatly benefited. Hail ocoured at many prints, but only in portions of Abbeville, Kigcficld, Saluda, Sumter and Wuiiamburg counties did it seriously damage orops. Tho ground was too wet to plow during tho greater part of the week, and fields are becoming grassy. Cotton is now quite generally up to good stands, and chopping out is being proscouted wlurevcr this work has not been finished, but cultivation is needed. Tho rains caus.d a marked improvement whero the stands wtro not destroy* d, and poor stands aro now confined to early ootton that was not replanted. In Ococoo stands arc dying. Si.a island cotton looks better, but blight has appeared on it. Corn on uplan s ) a-i a healthv color, is growing, and stands aro fairly good, but practically aii bottom land corn was uestrojed ar.d mu-t bo replanted. Bud worms ar^ d dnui'goiu placi s. Tobacco loons woil in a few localities only, and its general condition is poor. >1< ro io being r.ot out, as tho ground is now in good condition for growth. The acreage of Juno ilea will he reduced, owing to tlic high water ooviw log lands U ai would have been sown to v Uvmi.v HIV VHIJI ll?3 IUI]irUVCU> Wi oat oOniinnia very premising, ex 1 ocpt that rum hai developed in New- * berry, O.ronce en-i Inion counties; ' some wheat will k?oq bo ripe enough to harvest. Oats were benefited by the 1 rains, but much bottom land oats was totally dta<royid, and some of rank 1 growth *?i lodged Oats ar- fast ripen- ' ing, and some j.avo already boon bar vested. 8j ring eowu oa's are poor. ' Minor crops, truck, pastures, fruits, gardens and berries wcro all groatly 1 benefited b/ tbo rains, a d although ' lato look promising, except melons, 1 which are pior. Apples and peaches I aro dropping, and prospective yields ' aro therohy groatly reduced. All crops now Dcod tunshino and cultivation. Wants to Down Tillman. ! A dispatch from Washington says Hcuat< r McLnirn in speaking with 1 friotds thorow li rcferenoo to tho re- 1 signation of himsell and Senator Till- 1 man, ho cxprosse-i tho oonfidont bolief ] that Tillman would bo dostroysd. On 1 tbo suggestion being made that tho poo- ' plo of South Carolina might rcbont their ' resignation by sending two now men in ' their plaocs, ho is nuoted as saying that 1 ho would not reeret his own retiremont ' from the senate if by tho saerifioo of 1 tho two yearn remaining of bis torm bo 1 oould finally.disjiORo of Tillman, llis j general expression was one of groat oon- ' tidonoo and satisfaction in tho situa- ' tion. 1 M'LAURIN'S REPLY. Statements Made Necetsaty by Tlllmans Chgrg?s. IE CHAR0E9 FAL8EHOOD8 Against the Senior Senator. Appeal to the People to H?lp Relegate Bun to FarmA Special to tho State from Bennettsillo Thursday gives Senator Movaurin's reply to Senator Tillinin's adIress to tho people of tho Stale for pubication. \> My Fellow Cititens: Tbo address of Senator Tillman to ou rcndcrod it necessary that I should ay something in explanation of my notives and actions. I sinoticly rogr'ii hat yon arc to bo subjootcd to the oxenso and cxoitcment of a senatorial rimary this year, but I feel that I am lot responsible. Had it not been for lenator Tillman's intrusion up. n the latfney mooting there would have been o ucocssity fcr it. A joint debate was rccipitatod by him contrary to my tishea and of the gentlemen who iu ited mo. Ho forced himself upon the ieetiDg by his own admission. No thcr honorable courso was left to me ut to accept his proposition or lay lysclf open to the charge of coward ae. It is too late now to cooeidtr rhotber it was wise or unwitc and be people must judgo between us. 1 esire to anuouuee my candidacy iu pposition to the senior senator for he unexpired long term, and will disuss with him in a fair and reputable rancor the national issues of tho tiny nd leave it to you to ju go wno can ho more "honestly aud honorably" eprosent you in tho United States enatc. Iu 1807 I was elected to tho cnate as a Democrat and 1 am still a >cmoc:at In everything I have said and done havo had tho good of my pcoplo at cart, to them I am ready to render an ooounl of my stewardship, but net to ho senior senator; perhaps in this lies ly chief sin. hi my recent speech at Greenville I avo the pcoplo the reason for my offi ial aotion 6inoo 1S11H. It is uscless^rff 10 to reiterato wLat I said^nfthat pccch, as it has_ l^n ^**f?ively pub ishe(Tian,(r"JT-prosiimo generally read. Wore it not for charges made in tho iddrcss of tho senior sonator, it would jo unnecessary for mo to say more, ttut 1 cannot allow hi? to assail me md my Democracy without saying tomcthing in my vindication. Hu ibargos that, after the adjournment of songross in March laHt, with tho aid >f my friendn, 1 oommonood in tho stato an aotivo propaganda of my now lootrincs, "which arc olaincd to be Democratic but aro nothing but llo[.ublicanism in disguise." Ho arro ;atos to himself tho powor to dcoido for he pooplo as to tho righteousness of ny course and viaws, and is not will?? r.i . - i ' up, iui iuuiu ly near ana judge ior hcmaolTos. Hia indecent intrusion lpon the Gaffney mooting il!ui?ratos lis methods of "bosaism" and his doliro to "rule or ruin." Aftor my re.urn homo in April last i received invitations from citizens of Greenville, ifork, Chorokot-, Newberry and Spar anburg counties to address tho people in tho national issues of the day. As heir public servant, 1 could not disregard their imperative calls, and 1 accepted tho invitations. Had I not done >o, uiy political opponent would have charged that 1 could not moot my conititucnts face to face ard explain my political aotion. It was not my pur >oso in accepting those invitations to nauguato my campaign for rcolcotion nore than a year in advance of tho primary, but to attempt to enlighten he people and rcinovo false improslions produoid upon tho public mind >y tho senior senator and his sympahizors. L had been porsietontly ma igned and misrepresented and tho only neaDS afforded me for lu/ vindication vas to got tho ear of tho people. This vas my only object in making speeches vhoro 1 was invited to go, and had it lot been for theso invitations 1 should lave remained silont. ilavo we reached tho point wboro a lumber of privato citizens cannot io rito one of thoir representatives to tddrcss them, williout including tho tnior senator or fust obtaining his permission? Tlio senior seraior, it levins, willed that 1 should not be teard at that time and determined that l should wait for his bidding to go, joforo tho p.ople. 1 ho senator a.nO ihargcs that L am a Republican and vaa organizing a Repub ioan ptrty lore, if he believed this ohargo, why lid he consent to run with me in a LKmcoratio primary? I denounco the iliargs as an infamous falsehood and he senior seia'or know.^ what ho says s untiue. In his recklessness, the .enior senator further charges that the lispensing of the public patronave has )cen placed at my diHporal and "unimitcd money" is furnished me by tho Republicans to aid in tho scheme of .Iio organization of a new (tarty. 1 ienounco tins no a malicious falsehood. In my Greenville speech I explained ?hy L had been consulted about the federal patronage and at G.fluey i deuounocd, in his piosenoe, both of these charges an wilfully false and yet ho roitt rates them in his addro-s. Hi* purpose in repeating what ho knows to do slanders must be evident to all. Tho senior senator undertakes in his iddrcss to throw tho wliolo responsibility of tho presort situation in the State upon me. After defining my Ih-mooraoy and branding mo as a traitor to tho party, he meekly says that ho and his Democracy were asisilcd by mo, aod it was incumbent upon him to crush me and my iofluonco in this State. Tho senior senator hau undertaken r\ herculean task, for "truth jrushed to eaith will rise again." Tho lonator forgets that ho insidiously and maliciously asiailcd uio last muiiner, when 1 was unablo to defend myself, tnd after my Charlotte shocoh, in an inlciviow, made falso ana slandorous jhargos against me. 1 did in my Charlotte and Grconvillo spcoohes critioizo liis i'opulistic Democracy, and 1 have nothing to rotraot. Ho impugns tho motives of othbrs, lut when a reply is 1 made bo ories cut that he has been attacked in an unjustifiable mannor. Tho pcoplo shall judge of our Domooraoy and not the senior senator. It is ovi dent that tho senior senator fears that ho cannot defeat mo on a fair field with no favors. Else why is ho assailing mo in his addross and threatening to put out other candidates? What was said on tho Btand at Gaffnoy and the correspondents botween us will oonvinoo any fair-minded man that our resignation was with tho understanding that tho raoo was to bo botwoon us only and tho campaign was not to take place until tho fall. Tho sonior Senator said on tho stand that ho would unito with mo in a lo tor to Gov. Mobweenoy reqursting him to withhold action until a decision by the primary. Tho^d^grin-ftteraotcr istTca. of the man and his politioal methods llo is addicted to making reckless and false charges against others whioh ho never substantiates. An honef-t man is always chary in oharging others with dishonesty. Tho thief often orioj- 'Stop thiof." IIo is an ambitious boss and habitual disturber of the polities! p? aoo and harmony of South Carolina Last summer, fur tho sako of ptaeo ho was given no opposition, and as soon as tho doors wore o'osed and all entries bariod, ho mado a slan dcrons attack upon the Hiblo and tho u.iaisiry of this Stato. Follow Oiti z.ns th-uo will never be anjthiug like unity or quietude tmoDg our poople until he i: roll tated to i rivatc life. Hi? iceendisr? appeals to olais hatred and prejudice, i-.uohas he tuado at Qatfocy to the fac.ory operatives, and his dictatorial spirit and utterances, will keep up dissensions, divisions and dis'ord in thoS.a.o. With tho aid of the people 1 will make a h*roio effort during Ibis campaign to break down "bossism" with its train of political evils and I invito aii good citizens to assis^noto inaugurate an era of free tho eoh and independenc e of the part of tho people of Sou lit a. Tho senior Senator, in tl ud of a farmer's life in k I county, o.uld be viewed as a pi lest pigmy and a blessing to ihtf (Sigaed) John Lowndes MaLat Brutality in Andorson. ^ A dispatch from Anderson to Th? State says a mcst shocking caso^Vnuiuad biu'ality has oomo tsv-'light in tho Anderson oo.ton miH^ullago, this oity. It. Brown Butji^Sia a young white man. Two^^cars ago ho married a rrett^-youDg woman and they havo a hawhcalthy boy, 7 months of age. Mrs. [nurriss supports tho family by her work in tho cotton mill. Burries says ho is not in good health, and slays at homo and is the nurso. The child scorned to irritate tho unnatural fathor. Frtquontly ho pinched tho helpless infant to stop its crying and moro than onoe thrufct it roughly in the kitohon eafo, whero tho baby sobbed until ex haustcd by its crying. The poor mother's heart was torn Dy this brutal trcatmont of her*ahi!d, but was powerless to prevent oruelty'of tho hu3u*nu. Last week the climax cimo. The baby oried lunger and louder than usual one evening and finally the infuriated fathor olutchcd tho child brutally by the arm, and throw tho crying boy up on the floor. Tho poor mother lifted tho baby from tho floor and discovered thai tho left arm was broken between tho shoulder and olbow. When ho saw what ho had dono, fright took possession of him and ho professod doop remorse. Tho affair was reported to tho polios and the Chief arrested Burrias upon a ohargo of disorderlv con duot, but was released on bond. The mayor is undecided as to what disposition to make of the caio. lie will either try tho oaso in tho mayor's court or turn Burriss over to tho sheriff. The affair has created a great deal of talk and tho opinion nooms to prevail that Burris out to be handled in tho superior oourt on a charge of assault and battery of a high and aggrovatod naturo. Tho case was to bo heard today but Burriss sent a doctor's cc'.ifioato that ho was not ablo to bo present. Ho iDa > r< eoive a coat of tar and feathers yot. Backrt McLauriii. A dispatch to the Charlotto Observer says two hundred and fifty citizens of Bonncttsvillo, Sonator MoLaurin's homo, marched to the senator's residence, called him from hiB bed and tho object of the visit was announced by T. \Y. Bjuohicr, Esq., in a beautiful specoh. The sonator stood on his front porch And in palhctio and patriotic strains uf eloquence spoke of his unbounded appreciation of this evidence of tho endorsement of his homo people. 1 he sonator said he was in tho light to stay, and that thero were signs of dodgiug by Tillman, but that ho intcn?itd to l.o.d him to tho agreement. ho senator said that ho only wanton Tilmau in tbiorae?, and that ho would give the people a clean, decent, hightoned campaign, or, if Tillman preferred, ho could threw as much mudtsTillmtn wtnud. Senator McLaurin said :h*t the stnato was too small for both T.ilman ?od oimsolf, and that ho want cd to aueoi Senator Tiihnan in every couoty in South Carolina. Such men as Cap:. 1' L BrecdeD, C. K. Kxum, 11. W. Carroll and many such prominent business men led tho orowd. Bennottsvillo will he almost solid for McLaurin, a-.d the oitizena. thmnA Mr KAiMh!** pledged yeuAtor McLauiin thoir support. rihall B<* a I i<*i 1 No Moro. The ra'glo will hereafter bo tho model nnd emblem of tho Wiman S^utTragiflts. Alico Stono Hlackwcll, of 11 ston, daughter of tho woman a rights loader, liucy Stono, in an address to her associ atos in Chicago 11 u hday during a reooption to delegates on route to Minneapolis, paid: "Hereafter tho Amorioan woman must ceaso to bo a hon which oould do no bottor than caeklo and seratoh. She must ooasc to bo a moro nightingale, that can only food hor young and warb'.o. Sho must bo tho oagio mother and hor slogan must bo 'Woo botido tho malo ohickon hawks which swoop upon hor offspring.' " A (Juki: of M til ice. GUsnn A Co's jewelry ntoioon 125th stroot New York, was wrecked by dmamito Wednesday morning, and tho wholo front of tho store was blown in by tho explosion of a nitro-glyoorino oartridgo. Tho pohoo say tho explosion was a clear ease of malioo. (ilea son & Co. had somo troublo with thoir neighbors rooontly whioh would indicate in tho opinion of tho polico, that tho plaoe was blown up for rovongo. ? Jl GOVERNOR REFUSES To Acc?pt th? Resignations cf Senator TMIrran and McLaurin. CAMPAIGN NOT DESIRABLE. Ha 8ays It They Shculd Resign Unconditionally He Would Appoint Their Successors Immediately The following ia taken from thoStato of Saturday. _ _ ? (icv. [JoSwoenoy has returned tho resignations of tho senator*. This aotion oreatcd as muoh of a sensation as tho Uaffney opisodo itsolf. Thoro wcro a number of loiters awaiting the governors arrival from Chickauiauga, and every one which toochod npon the honatorial lumpus begged him to take soino action to prevent a campaign this summer. The governor staied that ho is himself opposed to a campaign in an eff year. -J To a represontativo of Tho Sta'oisfo said. Theso gentlemen, I see l^^ho newspapers aio unable to agr^w upon the torma of tho resignation. One warts a campaign in AugwLt. ?r ri t.k? other oonsidora that tho J^anvass canno' bo hold boforo tho ljRih of September Tho people of tbjp Stato have appealed to me to rotur^rthc resignations, and I havo (inno syr Ir they want to re&iga tho c IB Jessie t thorn *ay s?"? acd mako tho rosig^fiatioE8 cffcctivo im mediately. I^rVould appoint their suooeisorsjrffilces than two minutee an 1 a halt f governor stated that all sort of lit ion had Icon made, hut ho lit tbia tho best oourso. 11 o had pproached to .tender bis resiguais governor in order to booomo >r himself and to let Lieut Gov. I. Tillman becomo governor, and d alao boen urged to accept tho resignation, the vaanocios to be supplied upqn the result of tho Democratic primary. i the letter Hollowing is tho governor's letter, a oop^r of which was sent to each pods torj rientlomon: Your letter tendering your resignation as United States senators from South Carolina was rcooivVid on the eve of my departure to Chiskamauga to take part in the oeromoaios inoident to tho unvoiling of the monument which South Carolina Las justioreotcd to her bravo and heroic soldiiers who lost their lives in defenoe prinoiplo on this historio battlo ^^^^ilcnoo mv delay in aoknowlcdgreturn your rosignatiol^K^^Vou may havo moro timo for sori^^^HnsidoratioD of the effects up thie 8tp.te of this aotion on j^^^art. The commission which yourooid is tho higheBt oomplimont and testimonial which the peoplo of this Sta^c can pay to oqo of its oili zona. It /m possible that you have taken tb'is stop hastily in tho heat of debate and without duo rcflootion of tho cocsoquonoes to tho peoplo who havoiso signally honored you. It was only last year that our pooplo had the excitement and turmoil inoident to a campaign and in another _ Ml L, !. .1 ' - yoat wu wiu do in mo ntiasi ot ruribor political strife. The pooplo aro ontitlod to ono year of poaoo and freodom ant from political battles and bitterness. The indioations arc that a campaign such aB would bo precipitated by vacancies in those two exalted positions would be a very acrimonious ono and personal ratter than a disoussion of issues, and from suoli a can*.ass our people should be spared. In faot it would bo oalauuty to the Stato to bo torn asundor by a headed canvass ia this "off yorr" in politics. Thero oan bo do possibiogood to come of it. The people of tho Slate aro gotting together and working fortbo advancement and unbuilding of tho material prosperity of tho oommonwcalth, and 1 should rcgrot anything that would retard this progress. Itis not my purpose in thus writing to prevent tho fulloat and freest dis oussion of all publio questions and tho education of the people along all politi oal lines. Uj the contrary, i heartily favor tkat and beliove it can be best accomplished without the bitterness and tho personalities which would be inseparable from a campaign during tho coming summer. Under our party rules a campaign will bo ncessary wilhin a little more than a year, and ample timo can be had for a full discussion of tho issues now before tho poopto. licking these views and looking to the in tore r.t of tho pooplo of this Stato ?thoir pcaco, prosperity and happiness ?1 rcspeoifully decline to accept your resignations and beg to return them ht rowith. 1 have tho honor to bo, eto. THE SENATORS NOTIFIED Of Governors Refusal to Accpt the Resignation's Tendered Ilim. A special to the Stale from Bennettsville says: There wss general satisfaction expressed here Friday afternoon when tho news of Gov. McS weeney's action was received. Vour correspondent immed ately visi ted Senator MoLturin al his residence and the followicg is his statement: ''Tho unexpected notion of Gov. Mo Sweeney loaves ntc oomplotely at sea. I wan reluctantly forom into the fight hut when I saw tho insulting remarks of Senator Tillman, 'if McLiurin is afraid to meet me,' otc , 1 tnado up my mind, if possible, to break off ovory prong of that old pitohfork and wear him out with tho l.aodlo before I was through. I "Tho contemplation of my resignation is no new thing with mo. I valuo my honor and integrity as a man far more than I do a scat in tho 1 nitod States Senate. I wished to resign last winter when I was so oruolly assailed for tho taunts and sneers that met my efforts to hcntlil South Carolina nearly drovo mo distracted. I will withdraw my resignation if Gov. McSwoenoy has rc'iuostcd it, booauso 1 appreciate tho pairiotio motives that inspiro him and am willing to uuilo with him in shielding tho people of this State froui strifo and bittornoss. A "I had been rt joioing at tho coming oppo 'unity to vindicate myself. 1 in tend to spoak on suoh invitations as 1 j did at Haffnoy when possible, and L will not consent to any interference bv Senator Tillman or anybody else. I desire, whero tho people wish it, to . speak and render an aooount of my 1 stewardship Tho pooplo have a right 8 to this and it is bat just to me. After JJ making my speeoh at Newberry 1 will , take Mrs. MoLaurin north for treat ment and will not make any moro ar rangemonts to speak until after wo ro turn. I hope cow 1 will bo lot alop^and tbero will ho no further 0 notoriety as it is nauso%ugrjJ^to ino." v WBATJEHSKAN BATS A special to The Stale from Trenton, t Senator Tillman would have t nothing to say in the early evening in f] regard to the governor's action, but late g, Friday night, in responso to numerous ,\ ici(uiros ho issued tho following state- p mont: + "Have reoeivod no letter fro^jrf^ciov. McSwconcy and therefore d^*"not know upon what grounds orJ^y what authority ho^aots^. ^^i(f^powcr is purely """"uu'"*' "r"i"nr^':fT dcolioation to aocept no effect from a legal Unless I am mistaken tho rfovercor's function in tuah cases is simply to notify tbo president of the | senate en one haad and the State legia Uturo on tho other that vacancy exib s. Ho oan advi-e withdrawal or resignation, but co hiog more. ? H. K Til'min." MTA URI OBJECT 8 Bays Hit Health Will Not Permit a Bummer Canvass Senator McLaurin, a? indicated in an interview published in The State, protest* against a canvass of tho Stato in August. Ho has written to Col. Wilie Jones, ohairm.n, asking that the State ?xccutive coiuujitteo arrargo for the campaign to bo held at some other tiiuc. lu his letter to Co'. Jones, Mr. Mo Liurin Gtates that ho wants tho issue between himself and Tillman. Ho says: Hear Col. Jones: 1 noto in today's paper that you speak of the campaign between myself and Senator Tillman beginning about August 1st. This is entirely out of tho question so far as 1 am oonoerncd. I made it point to date tho rosignalion September 15th, because 1 knew that it was absolutely impossible for mo to canvass tho Stato until tho weather became ooolcr. I ro signed in good faith to submit the quobtion to tho voters of South Carolina. 1 want fair treatment aud an , opportunity to present my oase to tho , people. Sonator Tillman intruded h:m sol! into this fight. 1 am ready to fight to a finish, but want no "draw'' or "fouling." My suggestion would be, as congress does not meet until December 4ih, that tho oommittco request Gov McSweonoy to withold aotiot until tho result of tho primary is ann^^oed, and then appoint tho man reomving the highest number of votes. Lot tho ( legislature elect my suocossor as it is only for a r.hort time, or lot you geatlo- , men who desiro to contest arrango your i canvass ontirely apart from mine and , Tillman's. 1 would also suggoat that you per- j mit be and L to arrango tho schcdulo t for our mcottinge. It is my dosiro to ( oonduot a oloan, deoent canvass, free t from personalities, if pormiittcd to do ( so; but 1 am ready to tako what oomcs. , 1 wish it distinctly understood, how- , cvor, that l cannot entertain tbo idea j of canvassing in August, and that one < man at a time is all 1 care to fight. 1 , had enough of tho four to one business t in 181*7. 1 appoal to you as man and ( chairman of tho party for fair play. , Tho roason I suggest withholding ao- , tion on our resignation until aftor the , primary is that there are many post offieos and other matters of interest to tho State, among which I might men- ( tion tho Charleston exposition, whioh t demand tho attention of a aonator. To t take away from the State this protection ? for even six weeks may cause trouble. 1 ^ do not care personally, however, what j is done about this, but think it my duty , to mention it. j Voursrcspeotfully, j John L. MoLaurin. COL JONES* ANSWElt, t Col. Wilio Jonos, chairman of tho t Stato D.nnoratic Executive committee, < yesterday addressed the following to t Senator MoLaurin in reply to the lattcr's e protest against a canvass of tho Slate in tho month of August: t Dear-Sir: Upon my return homo Wed- 1 nesday from Chick am auga I read your 1 open letter addressed to mo in 'Iho t Evening Kooord, and I will now answer 1 it. 1 simply stated that 1 thought that F the oanvass would commence in Au ? gust next because at that timo the crops aro laid by and tho farmers rro at lei- ' sure, and the merchants havo littD to i do, and 1 thought that it was tho host 1 timo for the people to hoar public speak- i ing. It has alway been customary since t wo havo had tho primaries to h^vc tho i canvass during August. This is amat- 1 ter entirely for tho committee to deoidc. I 1 really havo no authority to do anything 1 in this matter cxc-pt to call the commit- i iuu vugemur. iuh 1 win ao in a snort l time. I i oa can rent assurrcd of oro thin*, i and that is that tho Sta'.o Democratic Kxooutivo ojnunittcc will bo absolutely fair in all tha' it has to do. I have 1 never been associated in my life with a body of men who desired to aot inoro fairly, and did act fairer, than thin oommitteo has alwajs done. It is com 1 posed of some of tho best mm of our ' State, and thoy will give evorbedy ab solute justice. The I'rivileKo Tax. The privilego tax rcoipts this year show that more guano was washed | into tho sea by tho May froshot than in any previous year sinco the State has been cxaoting thin royalty for tho inspection of fortilizors. This tax is 25 Cents a ton, avowedly to pay for the ohcmicoal examination of tho fertilizers to protect tho farmers from adultcratod fortilizors. By this memos is accumulated a sum which very neatly pays tho running expenses of Clcmson college where tho stuil is analyzed. Tho total amount reeeived from this soarco since tho first of tho year is 177,528.43, against, $75,214 for tho wholo of last year and 965,497 for 1898. The receipts for tho romaindor, of tho year will be small, yet tho figures show that tho salos this yoar will bo nearly 10,000 tons in oxooss of last yoar. THE VETERANS IN GREY. invention Called to Order With a Historic Gavel. Tuesday of last wook was a gala day n Memphis. On ovory hand wore gcd voterans, many from evory St^aJa o the South. The city vtsb j2p3fu^ely ocoratcd and banmygj^-fi^ fl,ing rem ono ondjjjrfliQ 0;^y t0 tj,e other, lu n^woj^thouBandH of Confederate ^y^osprosent. Thousands rnoro aro uK by every train and amn di? ity will be filled with veterans and mitors. Uoncrtl Goorgo W. Gordon, of Memhis, Tuesday morning called to order bo annual convention of tho United lonfcderate veterans with a gavol made, roin a tree whioh shaded the>ravorite ?*t of Jefferson l)*vi?.a?-aCuoauvoir, liss. The William Jones, of ""Ta.^ offered a touohing fraycr, while the veterans stood barohraded. General Gordon then introduc- I cd Governor MeMillian. of Tonnessco. Governor MoMillan gave a most hcar.y welcome to the visitors. Hs complimented tbo men of tho South on their glorioui record-in the war and deplored tho fact that so many had passed away. Mayor Williams of Memphis was noxt introduced. He ex tended to tho visitors a m<-st cordial welcome. Mayor Williams' address of wclc >d.o was in part as follows: "Mr. Chairman and Confederate Veterans: "Jmt forty yoars ago, you loft your ptaaeful homos and wont out to submit to the arbitrament of tho sword great constitutional questions, whioh Htatormanship had boon UDablo to postpone or dcoido. Imbued with tho deep c >nviotion that you were in tho right, ye>u fought with a c.urage and heroism wLiah has boon (queued in no country and in no a^c. For four long years you march d and fought over hill and val.cy and field, leaving your blood a a your oomrados strewn behind you, till overwhelmed by numbers tho S.ars and Gars went down in glorious defeat. "When tho dust of baitlo had olcarcd away and tho causo for whioh yon fought dies aod your homes your ranks decimated, your fields desolated, your beloved south turned and shattered by tho ecourgo of war, but with truo he roism you Fct vour hand to tho work of reconstruction. You gathcrod togothor your familios, you rebuilt your homos, you cleaned the rust from your axe and plow aod began again tho development and cultivation of your native land. ' Veterans, it is fitting that you should rcunito in tho oity of Memphis. Tho men of Memphis fought and died on tho fiolds of Shiloh and Franklin and Murphreesboro and Chiokamauga and wherever the fight was hot and the work hard. It is fitting that you should ine?' io Memphis, bcoauso hero was tho homo of that groat bol^ier and cavalryman whoso daring deeds and Jit'ng in war have won tho admiration of mili tary oritics in Europe and in Amerioa ?Nathan Bedford Forrest." Tho moat Interesting ad-ircss of the day was mado by the famous Southern votoran and orator General John B. Gordon. General Gordon said in part: "Govornor, Mr. Mayor, Bishop Gailor ind Representatives of Memphis: f or tne third time it is my duty and high privilege? to respond to Tonnesico's weloomu to the United Confed;rato Veterans. For the third timo licco our organization this State embraces with maternal arms these imnortal remnants of Sooth's matohless irinios, first, oho welcomed us at Chatanooga, thon at Nashville, now at VIomphis, and what placo oould bo nore fitted for such a gathering than his city, by tho great rivor which was meo the highway for ironclads, whoso vators were ohurned by torpedoes in i seething oauldron and whose bluffs vere ramparts of defense for a struggling pooplo. "Four thousand years ago the anoitnt Memphis, built upon the banks of he Nilo, was tho homo of tho Gods, ho seat of Eastern learning and worihip the proudest metropolis of tho iroat Egyptian delta. In this Memphis * no anoient scat of eceptcred monirchs, but it was for a long timo the iooio of Jefferson Davis, who, evon in lis decpost humiliation and woeful exloricooe towered in moral grandeur .0 far noblo stature than the Egyptian nodes or Persian monarohs or Grook >r Kinaan invader over attained in all heir glitter of royal equipage and iphcmeral glory. Here in this Memphis no Alcxandor ho Great ever worshipped in lifo or aid in state when dead, but hero lived lcre fought, hero diod and here rests ho houired ashes of Nathan Bedford Forrest tho equal in native untutorod ;ehious of the greatest cavalrymen of iny ago. "Wo aro glad therefore to moot in Vlemphis. It is appropriate bcoauso of ts graphical position and by tho stoad 'ast adherence of its pcoplo to the imnortal memories of tho past, it is in ho very heart of the lost but forever oved Confederacy. It is appropriate bcoauso it is built upon the bank of iho treat riv?r whiah Kin<ta villi its liquid links tho distant sc cions of our great common country, for this oily of Memphis 19 ono of tho fountain heads of that stream of American brotherhood and unity which flows with cvor increasing volumo . hrough all liberty loving Atnorioan hearts." Committed for Arson. A dispatch to Tho State from Florence sajs K H. Wilkos was bound over to court Wednesday ovening oharged with arson. Tho 1 roliminary oooupicd the entiro day. Carl Morgan was tho main witnois and was tho only witness called. Muoh of tho evidouoo was sensational and may implicate others in both tho attempt and burning of tho Chaso building. Tho ease excited intense interest, tho court room being Gllod duriug the hearing beforo Magis tratc Lloyd. J. I\ McNeil conducted tho prosecution and Shipp, Spears and llagsdalo tho dofenso. The evidenoo brought out was strong. Thirty-oue Found Dead. A sensation was oausod at Burningham, London, on Thursday by tho discovery of 111 bodies of infants in a collar beneath an undertaker's tstab- I lishmont. Tho bodies wcro in various stages of decomposition and huddled together in soap boxes. Tho establishment was conducted by a widow who Friday was ehargod with causing tho infanta' deaths. The prisoner was remanded. WHAT TILLMAN SAYS 1 ????? m Of Mclaurin't Open Letter Cn^ Will* J^ M T':RMS IT "SUCHIN8l LENCE" I 8ays He and McLaurin Have I No More to Do W th the I Senatorshlp Than If They W?oJ\3r?f^ ^ W'? Hud in Colombia Wednesday Sena- j tor Tillman gave oat an interview in regard to Senator MoLaurin'i protest against a campaign in tho month of August. " lie said: "I have read Cenator MoLaurin'a letter to Col. Wilie Jones, chairman of tho State Demeoratio executive committco, and it iB simply inooniproheDsiblo to me that Senator MoL iurin should display such insolonoo. "He appears to oonsider the senatorah I n ea Kninn V*5a w..| w?ug mo |'ii YAIU j>rupt*riy IPstead of a groat trust put into his hands by tho poople for a special purpose. Flo undertakes to impose conditions or make suggestions and requests that are of a purely personal character, intended to serve his oonvonienoe. Tho pcoplo to whom the offices belong are absolutely ignored aB they have been by him for two years or more. ! "It is well understood that there is only ono season of the year when our people have sufficient leisure for politics, and therefore it has been the custom to have tho canvass begin quito early in tho summer, the eloetion held and matters Bottled before the busy cotton picking season begins. "Mr. McLaurin would have all this changod. The poople must be put to tho trouble of attending their affairs to Buit him. "From my standpoint tho two vaeanoies which will exist caused by our resignation, are tho same as though both of us had died. "Our resignations have been tendered and tho two vacanoies are to be filled by the people at their convenience and as they see proper. "Mr. McLaurin boasted at Greenville that his health is excellent and that he is ready for the fray. There has been only ono little passage at arms, yet he pleads for a winter campaign as the fatigues of summer work are too great for him. "It is not, of course, for me to say what should bo done or to make ?ugSestions. 1 proemptorily deolinod to o so at Gaflnoy and do not propose to do this now. The Demooratio oommit- Q too will act, when it meets, for the best fl interest of tho party and for the eonve- ^ IltOtaC? of the poople and whatever wUl f fl bo done tho campaign wi:l fl bo satisl^^^^^HBo?'' , tf^fl | in's intimation to Col. Jones that^^^^ ' raoo should be confined to himself and ^flH Tillman. Ths latter was displeased? ^B evidently. He said: fl That is another idoa which illus- fl trites Mr. MoLaurin's conception of fl his own power and greatness and his H view of the office as a personal posses- fl sion. I oonsidor that my resignation fl puts mo on a level with every other B oitiasn, and I have no rights in regard W uvuuvViDUl^O UUkll bUU poupio JH shall give them to me. Any man who fl ohooses has a perfect right to enter the fl raoe for either term, and 1 shall wel- fl oome as many antagonists as see fit fl to contend for the place 1 have volun- fl tarily vacated." I That was about all that Senator Till- H man had intended to say, and he turn- H od to Col. Wilie Jones, who had H called, and asked if there was anything H in Mr. MoLaurin's letter which had not U boon touched upon. Col. Jones sag- H gestcd that Mr. MoLaurin had pro- fl posed, in the matter of a vaoanoy in H the short term, for the legislature to H elect. Tillman jumped up impatiently 9 and oxolaimod, "What right has he to H ask any favors of the Demooratio par- H ty which he has betrayed and desert- fl When asked what he thought of the H failure to the legislature to oritioiso jfl McLaurin's oonduot, Tillman replied flj that ho oould seo how the legislature H would naturally avoid such Action as flj unnecessary. That is of the past, and Rg of no oonsequenoo now. "A new situa- fl tion has boon brought about by a U stroko of lightning." flj lie then renewed his assertions that S when he went to (Jaffnoy ho had no OS intention of prcoipitating suoh an Be issue. fl "But 1 saw that this man would be 19 going over tho State doing untold injury. He would go up and down the 9 State with his patronage bag and a SB crowd of venal fellows at his heols 99 would be grabbing at every opportunity. 2jfl He wonld bring about and organization iffSl which might attraot a campaign fund yfl and would got a few thousand fellows |fl into trouble. When ho taunted me, it fl| (lashed across me how 1 oould put an fl| end to thi?- or *? I J* _ , v. ? w Jk Wivt PVUJ OWUU/ ?iW day, I saw whoro I oould got him into a boat and throw him out. I may Sjij got thrown out too?I am not moon- |S struck." j&K Tillman then spoke of an inoidont at s|jc the Gatlocy mooting. "1 watohed tho ggfj crowd. I got my optio on it, as they SB say. McLaurin novor got muoh ap- B plauso except from tho follows he had Ha brought ovor from Laurens and Spartacburg. Hut ho made one pitiful ap- IB peal. That 1 bullied him. That I had ^B treated him brutally in ooming whon 1 know his sensitive nature. It was Big the most eloquent thing in MoLaurin's B whole spoooh, and was rooeived with fflH gonoral applause, tho only time ho did SB get any. And then ho turned right |)B around and doolared that I was a hoo- fl toring, bullying domogogue. yet there bBBS was one man who was not afraid of me ggS Oh it was pitiful. One minute orying B to thorn to pull me off, the next boast- WSffl ing of his strength." ^B Bank Dynamited. |b Tho Mechanics1 Hanking oompany's ||fl branch bank at Bradnor, Ohio, was jjgpl blown up by dynamito Wednesday 3305 morning by burglars. Tho safe was de- ^B molisbod, the building wrooked and the whole town arousod by tho explosion, 5||ae but boforo any ono oould get to the soooe the burglars had fled with $10,- B 000 in cash.