The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, June 12, 1901, Image 2
THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE 1
I VOL I. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1901. NO. 22 fl
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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
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Whreln He is Not a 1
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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.
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