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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE 1 I VOL I. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1901. NO. 22 fl | .. - - ;W-' ON HIS DEMOCRACY. Senator McLaurin Says He It a Diiciple of HIGH GRADE DEMOCRAT P. H? Makes a Ler g'hy Rpy to R?qjests That He Show I Whreln He is Not a 1 " 1 Ri nijh iron Tho following correspondence wag 1 given out at Bennettsvillc with the x pormisbion of Mr. Clayton: < Florence, S C., June 3, 1901 Hon John L. MoL&urin, Bennetteville 8. C. 8 Dear 8ir: 1 have taken great interest in the political outlook and as a matter of iu Btruclien ask that you aitlcrcutiute between , your views, and the vitwv lie'd by lending * Republicans. Most of us see no uiffercnce, but perhaps you can ehow some difference, so please do it, as 1 am not inclined to con ' demn you without a bearing. Yours truly, >V. F. Cite) ton. Binnettbville. 8. C., Juno 4. l'JQl. f Mr. W. F. Clayton, Florence, 8. C. Dear Sir: In your letter of Juno 3rd jou ' ask me "to differen'iate bet ween nr iews 1 and the views of leudmg Republicans as 1 most of us see no difference." 1 am very 1 busy at this time, but will die ato a few thoughts as they occur to me in reply to your I question. 1 do this with the more pleasure 1 became you have been opposed to me politi- ' cally, but show a desire to seek the truth * At the time of tbo adoption of the United ' States constitution there were several dis- ' linct plans of government proposed. Of J these plans the tight wis made upon two; 1 the Hanflltonian idea and the Jettcrsonian ' idea. Alexander Hamilton openly main- e tained that the Dr'tish constitution was tho 1 most pet fed instrument of its kind ever in existence. 11c wanted all laws for the gov- I eminent of the States to lc oasspd hv the i congress of the United State*. lie wanted r the president of th United States and the r senators to hold office duriug gio 1 beh .vior. v . He wanted the governors if the States ap- * pointed by the president of the United 1 States and he wanted the Federal govern- ( mcnt to assume the debts of the statute* He ? wanted a strong senate and a weak house of t representatives and openly proc a'med him- j self that the people were incapable of self- | government. John Jay was sett as minis- t icr to England in order to uiakc a commercial treaty which would have placed our t commerce under tliecontrol of Great Britain \ The Hamilton idea was so far carried out c that he succeed in preventing the incorpora 1 tion of a bill of rights in ihe Federal constitu f. tion. Under his leadership the congress i imposed the excise tax which made the rich c escape the burdens of taxatiou and placed t those burdens upon the poor This brought h about the revolution in Pennsylvania aud 1 came very nearly disrupting the now repub t lio. Thomas Jefferson forced the bill of (i I rights into the conslituti n as an amend- c | meat. As minister to F'ranc he succeeded in s I defeating the purpose of the Jay Treaty with I f England. Hamilton favored and Jefferson \ I opposed the graiitic? of monopolies, the i I estaMff?h^^j?J|BueJ Statei bank, and the c de>>ls by the Federal W government;- Associated wit'. MmSflEJfl er? Madison, Monroe, Hamuol Adams, Albert t Gallatin, George Clinton and Benjamin i F'rr.nklin. Associated with Hamilton wore i Jonn Marshall, John Jay, John Ac'ams and i l'inckney. The Democratic party has be n i in continuous existence ever since the ndop t tion of the constitution while the Federal c party of which the Republicans are tho sue- t censors have passed through a number of ] changes. The Federal party, at first sue- < cessful, tius'.ly committed suicide by carry- t ing their doctrine of a centralized goveru i ment so far as to pass the alien aud sedition t laws. Under this law the president was t authorized upon his own volition !o expel i from the country any alien whom he might I suspect as dangerous to the peace aud liberty < of the couutry etc., this radical measure i created a powerful reactiou ] The Democrats then remained in powor almost without interruption until 18t'?0 ' During this liure all the territory acquired by the United S ates up to lbVb was secure I except the territory of Alaska an 1 every 1 foot of it was encountered by the vigorous 1 denounciation of the Republicans. During this entire time the Democrats ' were the progressive men. They held to ( the principle that the people should rule but that the general government while keeping taxation at the lowest rate consistent with good government should expend the fund thuB derived for the good of the whole peo- 1 p'.e. In lboti they favored subsidizing 1 ilie Pacific railroad. About the same time they started Ihe subsidy to the Collins line 1 of steamships between the United tffates an 1 Eng and. Based upon the principle of the -?viiciDummi i.ui>iiiit'ii;mi iruaiy run r ranee, 1 they had concluded treaties with all the 1 principal na'tous and those treaties are still 1 in force. They had built up our foreign commerce until it excited the wonder and adrnitniion of the entire world. They had under Gen. Jackson stopped imprisonment for debt. They had fought two successful wars with foreign nations. They had ts tabiished a credit throughout the world second to no nation on earth. They were fighting for principles or the liberty of thought and action aid the freedom of American cititcnship. Matters of internal concern, the leaders of the party differed about. Gen. Jackson was the first to made a reciprocity treaty. The next reciprocity treaty was nadc by President Pierce. John Randolph acting against the leaders of his party voted against the embargo act and was finally successful in defeating that legislation. Clay, Calhoun, Cheves and Lowndes actively opposed Pr.>i dent JtHereon in the matter of decreasing the armv. The fir?l proposition of a jrotective tariff for the purposes of protection came from James Madison and Ca houn and Lowndes joined with Madison in its favor, 'ihe Federalists opposed protection, ('lay and Calhoun favored internal improvement and Madison vetoed thein Our great distinc live foreign polioy known as the Monroe dootrine was a Democratic policy The Democrats defeated the scheme of the Ke publicans to turn over Oregon and Washing tun to Ureal Britain. The Dimocratic prrly has never yel denied to any man within its ,incs the privilege ol free thought t>ml free speech. It hat never yet tailed to conect mistakes when it has made them It has lost no opportunity to build up the merchant marine and open up cur trade with foreign poits It opened up the Japanese ports when all of the nations of the eanli had failed. The paity has never heen inconsistent, and yet it ha* nevt r stultified itself by a thering to ptevious platforms when the conditions which demanded them had cliaiged. Until 18?>t> the Democrats had denied the power in the federal government to make internal improvements, and yet it was the first to ftdvoomc the gr. at improvement of the l'aoific railroad* and the Nicaragiinn c*nal. In the matter of taritf it *n? a protection party under Iho leadership of James Ma t: son; (lec'ared for free trade in 1818; for "in eidental protection" in 1808; a turitl for revenue only in 1880 and in 1881 the convention said: Moreover many industries have erne to rely upon the legislation for successful continuance, bo that any change of law must be at every step regardful of the labor an 1 rapital thuo involved. The necessary reluction nod taxation o n and must bceffect:d without depriving American labor of the ihility to couipe e successfully with foreign abor nod without imposing lower rales of luty that will be ample to cover any inireascd cost of production which may exist u consecp'ouee of the higher rate of wages rrcvailtng in this country." lu 1888 the platform still recognised that jther things besides tevetiue woie *o betaken ut ? account in framing tariff legislation. It laid: ''Our establishel industries and eu crpriscs should not be endangered." For more than half a century Democratic :onvolitions condemned a tidional hank and ind finally supported a metallic currency, a 1880. *884 .and 1888 the Democratic party leclarcd in favor of gold and silver and viper conveitible into ooin on demand la [802 i favored the coinage of both tnetals iadcr au interndional agreement. In 1888 he Hepih ieati piriform real: "Tim Hepuhlican party is in favor of the iso tf both gold unci silver as money and ioudetnns the prlioy of the Democratic adniuistraii.n in its efforts t> deuiouct ze tilver. ' In 1802 the ID public m platform was acnncai iu j.. ncipic upon this question vitb the Democratic piriform of 188U, 1884 mil 1888 Tne?e havo been protection Democrats ver siuce Madison ami Calhoun favored the iroection doctrine. There have been free ale Republicans from the foundation of he go/eminent. Such men an Samuel J. Randall, John j land ?lph and John (J. t'alhouu always spoke ! reely auj clearly whether or not they were ; a accord wtih the platforms of their parties. I L'he Democratic party has always favored reedom of speech and action The Republi- J sun party has always sought to so central- | 7.f the government as to carry out the idea if A'cxauder Hamilton. The Democratic larty 8ns been n party that has had for its j uilicy the greatest good to tho greatest numer while the Kepuhlioan party as a parly ias believed with Hamilton, it* founder, in leetowing benefits upou the few aud only mrdens upon the many. '-Until these latier lay saints," have lead tho party into socialsin, while as to expansion and subsidies, the Republicans have taken advantage of tho ituationand boldly got upon the Democratic ilatforni. They are now upon tho currency question radically where the Democratic party stood iptol8.it). 1'hcy areuow advocating the re procity of Jackson and Price. They are low advocating the Democratic principles vlnch is antiouuccd in the Democratic cnn cation of 18rG in the matter of building the 'acitlc railroad. They waut to apply that iriuciple to o-.ir foreign ojrnnierco. When ver the Hcpublicats are forced to abandon heir own policy they tike up Democratic lolicie". and ihe Democrats are asked to optose th iso Democratic policies because they iaye been adopted by the Republicans. T he Democrats of this country must stand ogetberuud restore their parly to the power rhich was theirs. They cannot do it by loniemning that which is good because the Republicans endorse it nor can they do it by ;oing oil after strange and unsound policies u order to secure some votes which might ithi-rwise lie ltepublic ;n. The fight of Hamil on and Jctfersori is still ou in this country md will be until it is fought to n finish. Ruber we will haveau aristocracy or we will lave a republic. If the Democrats are to liscard their fundamental idea of the liberty if the individual and freedom of thought ind action by refusing to recognixe as mem>ers of their party those men who have al *ays fought its Ta'tles in tho past, but who n the present believe that some of its poli :uaHBPB^f the true Demoktimipiitrftiinn nf miKl!* u^aiwa I# lot prosper if it is to oppose the extension if oar foreign trade, the creation of new narkets, the upbuilding of our commercial tud industrial interests, and the freedom f ihc individual. If tho Republican party, he record of which shows it to have been a party forbi Iding the free exercise of speech, joncentrating the wealth of the country iu he ha ads ol a few, liurdeuing the people by txcessive taxation, and c nducting public itlairs for the beuttii of private citizens; if hat party is to be allowed to turn its back lpou its record and aioptingthe progiessive features ol the I>emocracy, become the party )f progress, then the Democratic parly havug a'lowed it opponent to appropriate its principles cau no longer lire. I believe (hat the Democratic parly does not exist for the mere purpose <>t opposing whatever the Republican parly may suggest. I believe that it lives as ii has lived iu times past for the purpose of adopting that which s right and discarding that which is wrong ind conducting the att iirs of State so as to make all ruen equ >1 under the law. (8enalor McLaurin dwe.ls at length upon he moo y question and its interest does net warrant giving full rpace in these columns ) He vayo in part: There is not a line in any Democratic platform lixiugilie ration of silver and gold pri'.r to Ib'.Mi. There is not a line in any Kepuhlican platform a Ivocaiing or opposing the ra io of lb til or any ratio There were strong men in the Democratic party to faror of the free eoitinge of silver; there were utrong men in the Republican parly in favor of the free coinage ot silver. The Republican party adopted the first free coinage platform. Although silver was demon tixed by Republican legislation in lM7d, the only objec ion to I hat act made prior to l8'.tb came irom I tie Republicans i?lio had passed the mintage net under which silver w is dcrnonttiied. What did these tnen find when they reached Kansas City ' They fi und western delegations i.t which not a single man had tieeu a Democrat in ItS'.tJ. These men deroaudeti a reiteration of the lti to 1 plank of the Chic tgo platform. The proposition was m?de to them that they could have both candidates, and ihey could have auy plonks they wonted which are not tociaiistic or anarchistic and all the Democrats asked van that thoit party he preserved by maintaining its reputation as a safe and conservative orgnniiiiion. John VV. Daniel of Virginia, as thorough abiliever in the free coinage of silver as any man in his party and one of the grandest characters in the United States senate, worked like a beaver day and night to try to convince these western delegates that their policy was suicidal. Governor Smith of Marl and told them that the Democrats cculd carry Marylaud without that rlantt and could not carry Maryland with it. The old line Democrats declined to be driven from their parly by a man who during ten years of political life had been a Democrat, a Populist, and rt socialist. 1 he only office wsich William J. Bryan ever he'd he was elected to by the Populists, it being impossil Ic for the Democrats to secure uu e'ection in that district He acted with the Democrat in congress, but distinctly stated that be was not bound by a Democrat to p'at form. rt< nator MoLnurn qu >tes I lie congressional dtrtc'.ory to show that Charles .V. Towns, a Ivooulc I by Hryan for vice president, never rau for office unt 1 elected to the Fifty fourth congress as a Kcpuh ican, against Melvin II Baldwin, Democrat, and Kutel Ilalvorson, I'opulist. When a pa.ty of n en aro willing to see their party go down in defeat in order that u.M ?net % * r .IV Uiaiuirtucu IHCjr UllUOT UO* lieve that 'bis issue lies at the very founda lion of all government, or else they have some ulterior to >tiva. Tnesouth produoM no bullion It wtul<l have no need for maintaining n reserve in the ens. suet, as w.mlJ he created for the benefit of the w<st by the bullion. All of its contracts woul 1 be gold contracts. For all of its money it would be dependent upon the east Ami be compelled to pay whatever rates the easiern banks saw fit I to charge. Then a part of the same scheme was to prevent the Democratic policy of the repeal of the tax upon State hanks, in order to prevent the southern States from having any circulation medium whatever for loo it purposes. The west would have its silver as a btuis for obtaining the gold and the e est would control the gold, the south would be prevented from even having paper, and would be under llio absolute an . complete and perfect control of the east nut west. Wheu 1 made a fight iu the house for the repeal of the 10 per oent tax, Mr Bryan voted against it, and I invite your attention to his utterance at litis time, which fully confirm whst 1 say Congressman itiiley, of Tcxes, oue of the ablest men in the United .States, ca led my attention to this s nister u'titudeof Mr. Bryan at .he time. The trouble with the south has til ways been its clinging to irad'tlous and its lack of practical wisdom, in prevctt ing the other sections frctn imposing upon them by underhand mparts. The south is solidly Democratic, for nowhere in the world is there a greater lov. for freedom of speech, liberty of thought and action and absolute justice, which are the foundation stones of tho Democratic party. But they were asleep in Ib'J ? and 11M) and totally ignorant of the reasous for this new issue being f..rjed upon them, 'twas in the Democratic platform and they therefore voted for it. Now iiheboo/es tlieui to consider whtr if traa it* f K-.t tvlalf *<->?.? .? ?.! i!?a? ?. 11 1 -J ~ JHIi llVHI, learn, that instead of being Dotnocr iUc it was a counterfeit to be spurned and east aside. Tue south should now take advantage of the fact that it controls the Democratic party atid see to it, that those principle* of j istioe and equality which Ite at the tounda ion of Demooraoy are not again departed front and lhat no scheme for the enrichment ot nay stctiou, for the benefit, of any oiner section, shall ever agaiu be incorporated into a Democratic platform. Yours respectfully, John Lowed** McLaurin. TILLAN TO THE GOVERNOR He Writes a Caustic Letter Scoring McLaurin. Senator Tillman writing front Trcntoa, Juno 5, says to tho governor: Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your telegram iu which you say, "I understand Senator McL&urin's letter to bo a withdrawal of his resignation," and I have road that worthy's communication in which he graciously consents at your request "to hold on to his commission as United S.atis senator and .continue to scivj tno State as ho has ' done iu the past to the best of his abiii . ty." This loaves ma one of throo alter sa ives. To appeal to the Democratio 1 executive ooinuiittco to take tho matur up and determine what tho best interest of the parly requires to be tioac, to appeal to the senate itself to r determine the question as to whether a resigns::ou from that body, to take effect at mo in 6 future time is binding, or withdraw my own resignation- There are no precedents on this subket because in tho hundred and twenty five years of our national life, with more than 200 resignations from tho sonate, no senator has hitherto been willing to occupy the despioablo atiitudo now assumed by Senator McLaurin, and forced on 'mo. 1 am certain of one thing that 'qo oxeoutivo of a Slate bai no authority to decline a resignation that 7.as been tocdvved, and 1 am equally iltiOli-iiu tttAw >vUt U'j 00.. fined your action with t/t .al lands that your appointees would bo seated in the senate wncn that body moots in Dcocwber, and hold their scats until the legislature should act in January. My chief regret is thai i am forced by your aouon to engage la what the outI side world will oonsider a game of opera boullby withdrawing my own rosig nation alter Senator AleLaunn'b un dignified and puerile anion: but tne purpose for which it was tendered has been thwarted by Senator Me Laurin's precipitous acceptance of executive advice. liob Acres h'.s been otlidono for ouoe. As 1 havo already - said 1 had no motive or purpose in re , signing except to foroe AleLaurin's, and there is nothing for mo to uo hut accept the situation and withdraw my own resignation, liitboiawful to uo ao. Yours respectfully, if. li. Tillman. A Plucky Woman. For the first time in no history of the Iowa Stato University, a girl student, MifS Carolyn J arv;s ot llarli^gton. has been awarded a medal for bravery. A number of students wcro canoeing on the river near Cralivillo, when a strong wind capsizei the canoe in which Alias .Jarvis and li. M. Fagan wcro riding. Mies Jarvis' dress caught on the rail of the canoe, and she was unable to get loose. Mr F'ag&n, being una'j'ie to swim was obliged to oliug to the capsized canoe. I ho nearest shoro was fully "150 feet awa> ; the girl pluckiiy struck out towing the capsized canoo with Fa; ,gan clinging to it, and after a hard struggle reached tho land in safety. A Mysterious Affair. Jmcs McAllister, a liquor merchant of Jacksonville, Fla., was killed Wednesday at the home of f. II. West, 787 Talleyrand avenue, whito in a scclUe with Mrs. West. MoAliLfer hoarded ?,:a A. mui wiu YV OKIH. 1YJTJ. >VOSt OiaiUiS ihai sho took McAllister's pistol from his dresser, and McAllister, fearing that she contemplated suicide, tried to wrench it from her, and that in the noulli i the pistol foil to tho floor, was dtbcr.arged, the ball onteriug McAllister's abdomen producing death. Tho affair is a ajstorious one. McAllister wan from Charleston, whero ho had oon1 sidcrablo properly. A Direful Prediction. Sonatcr Tillman has rccoivcd a letter from Athelston Canton, of Mcadville, I'enn , a Democratic congressman, in which ho says: "As a Democrat and sincoro admirer, I beg of you to not ; insist upon resigning your seat in the (Joitcd Siatos sonato. I bclitvo if a eoQtest was waged in your Stato that a , Republican corruption fund would be poured info jour Stato that wou d br ?i>jnniiijg in us encei-" ana you might down D< fore it. 800 what IUoua hasdonjin Nobraska, in Dakota, it Washington, and in othor States. Holj kill MoLturin but slick to jour float, air; stick to it." Heavy Snow. Snow foil heavily Thursday through oiat tho central and northern portions of North Dakota. A similar utaic ol ?flairs is ropartod in towns on th? -laraofltown Northoro railroad. Th< snow quickly molted. Tho oldest in habitants cannot rccMl a siuii.'a ooour renco in Juno. ;?> BgB&fcft Mlm A WORD IN REPLY To Sena'or McLturin's Letter tc M'. Clayton. EVADED QUESTIONS ASKEO. McLaurio Dom Not Attempt tc Deny that He Supports Republ can Policies and Thut Evades. Tho following answer to the letter o< Senator McLaurio was the leadiaa; edi torial in Tho Stato of last Thursday It pre9onts the other side of the ques tion and will repay perusal. The Sta'< says: Senator McLsurin's reply to Mr. (Jlav ton's lotter is a v< ry olear rva?ion He pretends to show that the Konubli cm poiieics of today, wich MoLsunt supports, aroin accord with tho funis mental principles of Domocracy, but in stead of proving that proposition ? which would bo impossible?the sonatoi roviowB nono too accurately the history of the partios up to tho tiuio of the Civil War, and from that point jump; ti tho doolaration that tho south is ia tolerant and should become liberal?hi which ho may mean that the south iDemocratic and should become Hopub lioan. Tho contest betwoen Iiamiltooivn anc Jetf-.-raooian ideas is an hiitorioil fao for the discovery of which Mr. McLiu rin can olaim no orodit. Ho can, how ever, rcoeivo tho groatost measure of praise if ho will provo that tho ltjpub licsnism of today is in aeoord with the Jcffcrsonianism of a oontury ago anc that the Dcmooraoy of 1901 is in lim with the Federalist doctrines advanooc by Hamilton. This ho cannot do. Mr McLaurin knows wi 11 enough that thi K> publican party now stands for t strong national government, oontral'zi tion of power, a large standing arm] and special favors to olasses througl tariff proteotioo and subsidies to oor porations. The Dcmooraoy of Bryai opposes all those, just as tho Dcm >c racy of Jcfforeoa opposed them. It would bo foolish to aisert tha1 th Domooratio party has boeu right at all times and in every position it ha< talccD, but it is truo and osnnot bo contradietod that the Democratic party ha< always stood for tho rights of the people as against olasp priviliges. Anc today tho only hopo for tho preserva tion of truo republicanism is offered bj and through tho Democratic party Militarism, congressional absolutism colonialism and favoritism aro a few o tho "isms" not monopolized by tin Democrats whioh threaten to oblitcrati the ideas of Jefferson and to set nn ii their stead the theories of Alexando Hamilton. Against those tho Demo orats are arrayed. He wl o is cot fo us is against us, and though ever; Auiori rncit'zau has the right to taki juiiur mas iuo o{ ivd publioaaism iu tM|[^^Kai3uiL<i: is esteemed dospioabloau^dishotcs treachery. And, sad to say, that is th charge brought against John Liwnde McLturin, a senator from tho 8 ate o South Carolinal Mr. McLaurin does not attempt t deny that be supports Republican pol ices. That is whoro ho evaded Mr Clayton's pointed question. Instead o aaswering, ho di'oants, as wo hav said, upon tho differences which hav so long distinguished the two grea parties and then proceeds to assail th wiedom of the Detnooratio alliance wit' the Populists of tho woet. The fore of Mr MoLaurin's attack at this poic is nullified by the reoolleotion that a the time when tho southern Dome orats were smarting under tho leader ship of (Jrovcr Cloveland, then sm pooted and arterwards proved guilty o party troaolicry, Mr. McLaurin wa most eager for that same western alii ance. Ho even went 60 far as to swal lew the Oca'a platform without an Hiiiar coating anr' was almost as vigi laut as "Bravo Ben" himself in seekin ihatrlusivo "light out of tho west." 1 tho Ocala demands were not Populisu what were thoj? If Brjan was not Demoorat in 18!h?, what was M< Laurin? Did not the Uoala demand pledgo their adherents not to rocogn z the authority of the party caucus? _ i no statement that "tho only ottic whiob William J. Bryan ever hold h was elected to by the Populists" is perversion of facts unworthy a lov< of tho truth It is well known thi Mr. Brvan was cloo.ed to congress s the Democratic candidate in a strot Republican district by tho combine support of Uimocaats and Populisti The "fusion" botweon Demoorats an Populists in certain wostorn Slates < which Nebraska is ono is necessary t keep the Republicans from control an as a poliov of tho party it has boon a proved by Democrats of every variot fromdrovor Cleveland to BcnTillmar But these false assertions and intimi lions regarding the man who has twii been nominated as tho Democrat presidential candidate and who as sue last time recived tho largoat popnli vote over given a Democratic Candida hIiow just what Kind of Domoorat Jol L McRaurin has bcoomo. As late i 1897, when ho was a oandidato for tl sonatc, he professod allcgianoo not on to tho Chicago platform of 1896 in fu but to tho leadership of Bryan as wol Now he sots himsolf up as a critic Bryan and tho wholo Democratic par as at prosont oonstitutod, but wo do n think tho Democrats of South Carolii will take political lossons from ono wI in turn has been anti-Tillmanito, Ti uianito, Ocalaitc, Brjanitc and Kortji at d is cow a McKinluyito and llann itc. Mr. McLturin says a good deal aba freo silver and somo of it is true. It true; for instanco, that up to the la ' campaign both partios hai always pi foHstd to support tho principle ' biuiotallism. It is only recently th tho Kcpublioann havo oomo out iquai ly for tho single gold standard. I In this submission to tho demands of t money-interests, the Republicans h - avowed themsolvcs biiuotallists. T < aiooority of thoir profession boi f doubted by tho roal friends of ll 3 coonotnio prinoiplo tho Domocrai 3 parly came to be looked upon as t real defender of tht true faith. IIcc whou the Domocratio party now ( olarcs itaolf favorable to tho prinoi] of bimetallism, it is moroly advooating a policy bo distinctively American that noithor party has opposed it tin il the last few years. That is what Mr. Ma> Laurie proves by his wandering remarks on freo silver and that is all anybody oan prove. But do wo under stand Mr. MoLaurin to repudiate bimetallism? Is this another great change within four yoars? Mr.%M<:Laurin dwells at length on the ura of almost continuous Domo> oratin rule from Jefferson to Lincoln. That tho Domocratio party wss largely responsible for tho almost miraculous growth and progress of tho country duriug that time is well established But who controlled tho party then? Tho Djimorats of the south. Vet MoLaurin in tho very no*', breath tells us ' that "the trouble with the south has - always been i s clinging to tiad'uions and its !ajk of practical wisdo n, in pre venting tho other sections from impis ing upon thcui by underhand means! ' 5 In ono sentence the south's policy is lauded; in another it is oondomned. This in McLaurins's argument for hiB "Commercial Domooraoy!" For every tinio that MoLturin can i quote John (J. Calhoun in favor of a protective tariff we can quote Calhoun ono hundred times against promotion. - Calhoun, the greet exponent of Jeffer sonian Deimoraoy, steadfastly fought r the very tendencies whioh tho Djuioi racy is fighting today. Tho be>t ef? forts of his useful lifo were devoted to this cause. To pretend that ho would r favor the policies for which M.Kinloy i and (lau >a now staud is to grossly mis represent the great interpreter of tho constitution. 1 This analysis of Socator Mc Laurie's t letter ia pcrhapB already longer than its importance warrants. S.ill, if McLuirin is to proaoh his heresies from ' one ond of South Carolina to tho other, it is incumbent upon true Democrats to i point out the fallacies and the falseI hoods he is disseminating in order that 3 his misstatements may not lead aitray i the unwary, l'nis must be the excuse for any notioo given his ineffectual s efforts. i But tho desire of his oonstitutonts, as expressed by Mr Clayton, is not for ? Senator MoLsarin to instruct them in i political history. What they want him to do is to explain wheroin his present i position is different from that of the K jpubiioaa part/ of today and of tho last century. That was tho point of > Mr. C:aytoo's q lestion and that is the [' point Mr. MoLaurin has evaded. 1 M'LAURIN MAKES A PROPOSITION ' Which Tillman 8aya Is Too Puerile 1 to be Noticed. The following appeared in The State ' of Tharanay morning last: Senator McLiurin passed through f the city Wednesday afternoon on hie 3 way from Bcnnettbvillo to Newberry, 3 whoraLo will speak Thursday. On the 3 trainIvith him waB Mr. M. A. Teague r of tliJ Baltimore American, to whom Ssn?ir MoLaurin gave an Interview r iu V jh ho spoko very bitterly of Sccavjr Tillman, and stated that il 3 rilliJIu would tender to the govetnoi ^ .an i* "!i,:ona? resignation of hie ? of&ai^r ho," MoUshnn, wouiu contidci \ tnis a direct challenge to himself and q woull resign his soat and enter the n it) f Alit fnr Sainaf r\r Til1m.no n?aaa)!A? v- v <v? U^UMkVi 4 lliuiau O JfVDIllUUt f WMAT TILLMAN SAYS. The ltook Hill correspondent of Tho 0 State writes as follows to hiH paper an der date of June 6: Senator Tillman was not to be seen today until the f VVintbrop bemad adjourned for dinnei 0 at 2 o'olock. Ho did not eccrn inclined ? to notice tbo interview with Senatoi >t MoLiurin, appearing in Tbo State ol ? this morning. He considers tho stand h which MoLiurin takes to bo so puerile e as to be beneath nutioo and fccH thai 1 it would not be dignified in hioi to re 1 ply to it at all. Alter talking on othei sutj jots and evidently meuitating upon this, ho again slated that after think lag it over he di?l not feel that he had f any answer at all to make to it. Tiu mietvicw, ho says, eouies in too round ' aDout a way to take as a ohallcuge anc I ne considers that the action taken ai >' Gaf'noy covered tho whole situation, ' l'herc ne me' his opponent's quibblci 1 as to the form of the paper sent to th< * gjvemor and gave wlut he considered '? an unqualified resignation. At Gaff ^ iicv lie forced MoLiurin to "jumpo7er 3 board" with him believing that hi '9 "o aid make land and that McLiurit 3 could not." "li seems," said ho, "tha McSweeney has thrown him a rope am 0 hauled him in, though tho mattei 10 seems to havo boon arranged by mu 8 tu&l friends, and whilo I do not meat 3r to ohargo Gov. McSweeney with sin inter motives, he has been unduly in 19 ffuuccid and has transcended his au '8 ihority." When asked if ho though there was a possibility of tho junio 9 sonatoi taking the iui'.iativo in thi 1(3 matter and Bonding in his resignatioi )f first, Senator Tillman hooted at th ? idea, saying that after having turnc ^ tail ami run bofore, that would be boy' P play in McLaurin. 'J ; i. A Fierce Buttle. *o lord Kitchener, in a dispatch froi jo 1'rotoria. dated .Juno 4, says: "l>ixon' report of the fighting at Yiakfontoio sr 40 miles from .J ohauncsju'g, May 2'j l0 just rocoived. Oj our side, 1,450 mo with sovon guns woro engaged. Th force was returning to camp at Ylak ,Q fonttio whon the enemy uudor cover c a voidt firo, rushed the roar guard, cot sisting of two guns of tho 28ih batter (] anc 380 men of tho Djrbyshircs an Yeomanry. They temporarily capture ' ' tho two guns. When tho remainder < ol the foroo came into action tho Boei QJk *ovc driven off, tho guns woro reoa] jj turod and tho lfoor position was oi U cupicd- Our caualtics wore six otfiooi l0 and 51 mon kitlod, six officers and 11 _ men wounded and one ofb :cr and seve men missing. One officer and four mo bavo sinoa died of wounds. Forty-oi Boers were killed on the ground. Th further Boer casualties are not knowi ,0 Koinforoemcnts are being sent. Prizes for Counties, e l>'rootor Uonerul Averill of tho oj til position company returned Saturdi ho morning from Columbia, whore Kridi ad ho attondod a mooting of tho expos ho tion commission. The mooting was ng most successful one. Tho oommissio iat decided to givo thrco prizes for tl Lie throo oounties making tho best exhibit ho $1,000 to tho county having tho be ico exhibit, $500 to tho oounty having tl lo- second best exhibit, and $250 for tl ;>lo third best. ^ THE GOVERNOR 8 REPLY To the Letter Wrote Eim by 8?nator Tillman. Foliowiag is a cvpy of tho letters soot to Sonator Tillman by Governor McSweenoy: Sir: Your letter of .June 1st has been received. 1 havo cartful y noted its contents and the most charitable view which 1 oan take of it is that it waH written in the heat of passion and without duo oonsidoration. I note that you say that I bavo "transoended" my authority and that the governor "oan not oimpcl a member of the United States scu?te to hold his commission and exercise the fuoottoQB of that offire if In chooses to surrendor it," and that yeu "decline fir the proBent to withdraw" your resignation. VI.,t ??? ?..i .. ? I J jv\a iu> t uiimui y my iBiil'r au dressed to ycu aud to Senator MoLiu rio, you must have seen that I did not express any desire to ''compel a member of the Unitcd-Sates senate to bold hia oommiBuicn and cxcroiso the functions of that office," if ho obocse to sur render it. My solo purpose in returning the rcbignations was to at-k yev gentle men to consider dimly .and thought fully tho ccnsequnces to the people oi what 1 jjlged to bo a hasty act, and 1 muat confess that 1 am BomoahAt surprised at tho toco of your answer to my request. ^ " I ooubidtr tho oourBe which l Vw"k in this matter to be for the best interests of tho people of South Carolina, and 1 am rospooHibic to thenu alone lor my action. And, furthcrmc tc, 1 atill believe that my course has T?iot the approval of a majority of t'.ie oitiz.ns of the Stato, nor do 1 consider them "un thinking oitiz.ns,but men who kaow and reoognizj as) fully as any pjople on earth the rig.'nls and dutus and reBpoDHibilitiuB o'x oil zjnsbip, and do not need the services of any one to tell them their duty. You insin uated that 1 have been "impor.unoii ' ;to "await the convenience' of any present or would bo aspirants who "are; not ju t yet ready for various reasons 4to enter tho contest brought on so unexpectedly" and that for this rta son my aotion has taken tho uircolion it has, is unworthy of a man holding tho high commission which has been ' givcD .vou by tho people of South Car olira, and dcBervcs noiioo in this connection. However, 1 may say for youi bench ? that I alone am responsible for my reply and will give account for the 1 course I have taken to the people whe honored me and not to any one indi, vidual. In this matter I have done what I thought boat calculated to promote the ' present prosperity and contentment of tho people of my State, and shall con tinue to do so regardless of what any ' one man may say or think of my oourso. I did uot think that a political . campaign this summer could do any . good. However, had the resignations . been unconditional anl unrestricted, my aotion might have been otherwise. With due rebpjot for your opinion, I think I brvj as nigu "eouocp.ion of the offi se of senator and its powers'' -a* you or any other oitisoo of this btato, and you must have known that tho brief interview to which you refer moant that I would simply meet tho responsibility and perform my duty un der tho oondiaons. i If you still wish to resign your com i mission and will send to this office an unconditional resignation. 1 will exer i oiso tbo authority and power vested in mo by the people. Respectfully, M. B. MoSweeney. i MCLiUKir; ...ND THE CAUCUS| Was Not ia Line Witb. Party or Political Questions. > "Ohairman Jooes made a statement to the caucus to tho ifleet that he hac ^ approached Mr. McLaurin, of Soutv Carolina, and inquired whether it wai j his wish to participate in future ia th< i Pemooratie caucuses of tho senate ant ' Mr. McLaurin had answered that hi was not in line with the party on poli j tieal questions and did not desire ti i take part ia its caucuses." 1 The above is an extract from thi ' minutes of tho Peuiocratio caucus, o r the organ zation of the Democrats c " tho United States Sonato. Senator Till 1 man has given tho cxirac: for (ubliea Hon in connection with a lctttr froti " Senator 1? W. Carinaok, of Tennessee seorotarv of tho caucus, who wntes t 1 Senator Tillman: r Dear Sir: Some time ago I road at s interview or statement of MoLiurin n D some newspaper in whioh he made *3 qualified denial of tho charge that h J had refused to lake part in the Demo * cratie caucus. 1 was elected score tary, and 1 onolosc you an cxtraot fror the minutes. Senator Jones hadcalle< to boo him Just before tho holding of n caucus during tho extra sessions of th s sonato to know if he wished to tak , part. This caucus, you know, relate I, wholly to mattors of organiaitiou, eto n and did not involve any of the quo: o tions on which McLaurin claimed nc to bo in aooord with his party. So th a >f thore was no reason why ho should no i- have attended if ho still claimed to k y a Domoorat.?The State. d id .Illlikltiwl fA Ilia riaafla r9 Dr. Tnomas Bond, a well known eu p. goon and anilysist, oommittod suicid 3 Friday by throwing himself from tli rs third-story window of his rosidocca i 5 Hindoo. lio ha* boon sutf.riog froi in molanoholia for some timo. Dr. Bone Q besides being the late Mr. Gladstone |0 surgeon, was noted in connection wit 10 iu-jvsiigations and disooverios in tl 3 cases of several sensational crimes, no ably the Lofroy, Damson and Cam murders. t. No Objection if It Pays. iy ?on. Bates sajs that wo ooutiouo t ,y pay monoy to the Sultan of Jolo I i- koop him in good humor just as tl a Spaniards did, but that wo get mu< m bettor roturns for our expenditures. / io long as wo oonlinuo to got good returi s, from our permission of slavery an st polygamy io Sala tho Sultan is safe, io was only whon tho North oeaaod to g< io roturns from slavory in its midst th it began tho orusade against tho Soutl I EATEN BY SHARKS. That 8e<mt to Have Be?n the Fate of the Fishermen, LOST OFF CHARLESTON BAR A Horrib'v Mutilated Arm of a Negro Man Tj-ken From the Stomach of a ^Hj The News and Courier ? ?> ? the left irui of negro uijd, horribly mutilated and wangled, Wtti cut WidaeBday from the stomach of a ten foot ohark, which wis cep'.ured after a desperate struggle by tho crew of the light ship. v? The arm was undoubtedly that of one of the fifteen fish, rm^n lost in the Eqnall of tho Kasiero l'a'ohes VV hen brought to th<? tv.iv a.*.. ^ VI nt i 111 fliU 11 JUi > 11V OUUlll, 1U 111C CU' closure, and id beautifying the spot with * fl >wer8 ami shrubbery, lie has a great i heart, as he had a stout arm during the 3 war. lie f.iught as a soldier and as an ? American ha recognizes liberty of . thought, cspcc'ally when it is expressed in palr?oiic graveB. Our young 5 Southerners will iong remember their - visit to Camp Cbace, and especially in } meeting the brate old Federal Col. Knaus. J. A. H. Orangeburg, May 29. B r Desperate Robbers. ' A dispatch from Toronto, Canada, says of tho three moo, Fred boo ltioe, Thomas Jones and Frink llutlcdge, 3 extradited from Chicago to stand trial > f r the robbery of a tank in Aurora, a Ont.. ltico is tho only living survivor to servo out the 21 years imprisonment 1 to which he was sentenced Friday mornQ ing. Two tragedies havo put Jonos * and Rut ledge boyond tho reach ot law. 0 Jones died from bullet wounds received in a dosperato attempt to escape from the rfficcrs who were transfcrting tho 13 prisoners from tho court house to the ^ jail last Tuesday and Rutledgo ooui a mitted suioido Friday by jumping from 0 tho gallery in tho jail to tho stone court 0 below. The first tragedy which startled '' tho oitizins of the city was tho daricg > attempt made by tho three prisoners to csoapo from tho constable* on Tuesday night. While tho carriage containiig kt Rico, Jones and Rutledgo and two oon1 stabUs was prooocd.ng from tho oourt 10 homo to tho jail an aocomplioo threw throe revolvers through tho cab window. Tho desperadoes evidently were expect : . J V 1 0 -a . a lag ;u',9iuo Deip ior ii,",' actoa promptr. ly. S.ouring possession of tho thrco j0 revolvers tho thrco rnon opened tiro l0 upoo- tho constables. County Conn stable Boyd was shot and kiliod. Tho u officers roturncd tho firo and lonoa was j wounded in tho groin and arm. He died at tho hospital. A atroot car eon^ duotor, whose car ico burglars attemptlc od to board, struck Kutledgo over the head with a pieco of iron, knocking ip him senseless. Kioo surrondorcd. Kri day Kioo and Hatlodgo wore sentenced to 21 yoars imprisonment in Kingston penitentiary. Kutledgo was boing takon with another prisoner in to ohargo of one of tho jail puirds to dinto nor about 3 o'clock. Suddenly ho io made a dash and springing up tho stair >h way mounted to tho gallery running is around insidoof tho jail, 30 foot from is the floor. Climbing ovor tho railing id Kutledgo jumped. Ho foil headforolt most on tho stono floor fracturing his ot skull. Ho was immediately taken to the at hospital whoro he diod without regainh. ing ooosoiousnoss. ) V J A FEDERAL SOLDIER Whoae Reaeniment Died With the Lust Shot He Fired. To tho editor of The Sunday News: Major W. L. Glazo, one of the delegates of the Southern C*nep of Woodmen of the World, returned recently from a moslinti resting trip to Columbus, Ohio. The journey began its interest as he t reached Richmond, passing overhistoric battlefields, then, going by tho Chesapeake and Ohio, be ran up the valley to Kecova W. Va., thence through Soiota Valley to Colutnous. There ?ai a pause as ho stood atTrevillian Station. Hir^, in the great o?va'rj fitthl of .June 11 ?nd 12 lBtil, the 1 fathor of M? j-tr 01az3 gavo his life for 1 the Confederacy. Tnc son realized for tho 1 first time tho fcaoroJaess of this glorious battlefield, 'lho popularity of tho Ord r ' of Woodmen Iriught together represcn tativeB frtm every i art of tho country 1 and tho beautiful and timely proposition ' o?iui from them that tho Confederate graves at Camp Chase should bo decorated. The suggestion was made known. Col. Knaus, an ex tffiarr of tJiiV-Hljion army, (--ho has under a)k?tf to keep up this Confederate oorjetcry.) He j lined heartily in thtjyjTrnject; not only so, but led the SjUfiherncrs to the gravis at Cam?,'<?fca5e. This aot was a strong . voobd of uuion and lefts its duo weight. A largo attendance from tho country j around witnessed the proceedings. H. F. Simrall, a youi g MissiBsippian, presided at the services. First a prayer ffi? offered by thn Rev. .J. E. Watts, of Mississippi, then an address by D. E. ( Bradshaw, of Arkansas Mr. Will T. Collier, of Vicksbu*"* followed; then r was sung abovo tbo sleeping dead of ! the South ' Nearer, My God. to Thee," led by the Woodmen. Mr. Morris Shepard, of TexaB, and Ben Craveess, ' of Atkansas, mado addresses, after which "Asleep in Jesus" was Bung by tho audience. This was followed by a<l . dresses from II. I'ackncy Wells, of Louisiana, and Col. Kaaus of Columbu->, Ohio. Messrs E. B. Lewis spoko ' n?i:? i a.' I vi uii.u uaiuiiua, >j . ij. c u zgeiaia for Missouri and Major W. L Glazjfor ; South Carolina Tho occasion he'ghtencd to cnthusi' a in when Col Rimundson, of Georgia, an Ex-Con'cderate, and Col. lvcaus, an Ex Federal, took tho platform and clasped hands. Amid greatest applause the climax of brotherhood was reached. ( Fiowers were piled on tho great meaio( rial rock which marks tho sacred spot. "2,260 Confederate soldiers of the war of lbtil-1865 buried in this enclosure'' is inscribed thereon, and above is the patriotic, manly inscription, "Thceo 1 are Americans." Col. Knaut presented a silken national flag amid groat applause, and the delightful execrc'Bes ended with "Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow," ihe liev. Mr. Smith, of tho Grand Army, dismissed the audience with a truly olcquont prayer. Camp Chaso is five miles from Columbus l^nu is properly a city suburb. T*o thousand two hundred and sixty Con' federate a Nvho died in prison were buried here, V< these ?ve m.. from South CarcViina. When Ex President Hayes was Qovoqm^rn- Ch:a ho was pained to see (his burial spot neglected. He personally gave for several months 120 at his own expense to putit in batter shape. Governor Fortker continued the good cause until an appropriation of #6.000 was secured to surround it with a wail and keep it in flno oondi1 tion. A beautiful incident is that ton years ego Col. Knaus personally assumed the oarc of this ground. With a ommitteo of nineteen ladies and gentlemen there is an annual decoration on the 20ih of .June of these Confederate graves. t These i x rcisea are exciting public fa vor a'd crowds attend every deonration. Col. Koaus is now planting trees, some ?f i .1, ?... .?.- Q.utL .1 irg trntck, V.v?rflfTa and delivered to Co^<r,?r Vaughn the lacerated limb was V TiaBiined o'.otscly by the fisbormen who .9 escaped the storm, but there was no mark or sign by whion it conid boidon- I tificd. The negro was probably dead I when his boiy was seized by tho sharks. With thiB latebt discovery at tho I li.bt ship the evidonco is almost oon elusive that tho orows aboard the throe fi-himr boats wero drowned. The J searching parties which wont to sea I Saturday and Sunday came back with I stories of the numerous sharks seen 9 skirtiog the waters and apparently I hunting for prey. These rapacious V monsters seemed to have detected an A -J odor of death and many of lham fol- 9 lowed the boats doggedly. They fl splashed through the waves, darted back and forth, aod followed water trails H which might have boon leading to where H bodies wero afloat. Two df the boats which managed to cscapo the fury of the 6torm pulled to- ^^^9 ward tho light ship and remained there Friday night. Tao sharks had followed at a distance. They returned toward the Patohes, but oarlp Saturday morningthey wero secu again, wandering aim- ^^^9 Italy through tho vater and eagerly 9 searching for hidden, ghoulish food. I The men aboard the light ship oast oat 9 a line, bat without makiog a capture, 9 and the Bharks disappeared. They ap P pearcd again at intervals, and then ' rushed away. Tuesday, however, sav- B eral of the ten foot monsters swam near fl the light ship and in the afternoon sev eral of the inon on board let down a rope line on which had beon attashod a _ J strong hook. The bait was supplied. flfl One uhark dived playfully about the hook, jorked at the bait and then dis- ^fl appeared. lie came back again and J seemed bolder. All at onea he opaned 9 his big jaws, took in the hook, and started away with the priae. When ^Mfl the rope was hauled in taut the monBter ^ B'luinnod and fought. The men ho^=? Jfl I ing the lino were exports at shark ing, however, and th?7 let ifyu rope slack off and by the heouliar twisting H known only to the experts gave the shark a big jerk which caused his big ^HB mouth to open for gallons of salt water ^HH| to pour in. After tnis had boon repeatod onoo or twioe the monitor became groggy, although ho ???? atiU -fl^Hflflfl^flfli^BI viciously and slapping at the boat, \ while his eyes glared with anger. He ? fl saw the dospcrato situation and tried hard to escape. But the line was .^"^B^B drawn in more and more, finally, when H weak and whipped, the shark was draggel on deck, and lay there twitohing 9 and dying. Quick work by the orew fl ended his existence. fl The light ship ercw had suspeoted fl that the sharks were out prospecting <^fl for the dead fishermen and it was do- ^B cided to rip the stonach open to see if ^^B the monster captured had feasted oo iho unfortunates. Bong knives were ^Jflfl foroed into the tough meat and ^^^^B the fiash was torn apart. After digging for the stomach the crew poll- ^^^^fl cd out a strange object, which proved ^HHj on a closer examination to be the arm of a man. Too oarcass was removed and the arm was preserved. When the HH| fishing Eucaok Victoria hove in sight J5fiS3flB early Wednosday bhe was signalled from H the light ship and turned her course ^^BgSjcj near in. <J?pt Abram Gray, in command of the smack, was deputizid to bring the arm to the city. jfl They Come lli^li fl The Newport Mirjing News says the 9 froight on the $20,000 oargo of coal fl which will be shipped from Norfolk by fl the goveronnnt to Manila will be $00,- fl 000, or three times the value of the fl fuel that the British steamship Ataka fl will take to the fleet in the Philip- fl pines. That is a slight indication of fl the beauty of holding those islands ani s of running the subjugating business at H that distance. There is neither glory fl nor profit in it for the country, but. the ^B i/aaioa mn ci Kawa *? Eight Miners Killed. By the Explosion of a quantity of ? powder and tho suffocating iuiios that J? followed eight men were killod in the seventh level of the Ludington shaft of SB the Cbspin mine. Suddenly there fl was a tujnhlo and smoke began pouring dfl from the mouth of tho shaft, Rosou- Jgg ers huried in to the mines as soon as tho smoke cleared sufficiently and found eight miners deal. Tho oause of the explosion has not yet boon determined. Kay and Roy. Ray and Roy Burgess arc two remarkablo twin brothers lately living in |HS Auburn, N. Y. They aro seventeen I years old, 5 feet 0 inohes in height, weigh 144 pounds eaoh and are somuoh like that Ro> has immigrated to Koene, iH .V II to acquire identity. Even the ^H| llertillon measurements failed to dis- '^K tinguish them, except by a few soars. Fisherman Lost. aH Five fishing boats which wont on a I ^Kg fishing cruise in lieland waters have / 5# been missiug for two nnnths and are [ now believed to havo foundered in a gale April t>. Thoir entire crows, nambering 117 moo, aro supposed to havo |3j porished, There is general mourning n too neighboring villages. For Governor. It was officially announoed Thursday that Mr. M. It Cooper would next year JB;|M bo a candidate for governor on the platform of a rigid enforcement of the dispensary law. Mr. Cooper was a member of the State board of oontrol beforo being elected secretary of state. 'H