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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. ' VOL 1. BATESBURG 8 C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1901. NO 34 | A HOT DEBATE. Senator McLiurln Oossto Andarton Un? xp 'Ctarily HE DEFENDS HIB COURSE. Co'. Johnstone Foil ws Him In an Abl * Sp*<cH Siting Sarcasm and Irony But No Abusr. Tho distinctive fealuro of the political meeting Friday at Andorson was the debato between Col Johnstone and Senator MoLaurin, who had UDexpcolodly arrived at Andortoa. It seemed to bo absolutely unexpected, and most people did not believe it. When Con- f groBsuian Latimer bad about concluded , lija argument a note was handed Chair- | < man Hreszialo to tho ciioat that Sena- i tor MoLaunn would arrive about 1:30 c and so, after a conference), it waa do- o oidod to adjourn tho mooting until u after tho arrival of Senator MoLaurin v and to rcBorve tho remaining spoakcr, i Col. George Johnstone, to reply to c him Congressman Latimer and Mr. <J Ilomphill did not havo the opportuni- * tioa of tho afternoon session, which c was full of onthusiasm and tiro. l MhAUltIN ARRIVES t Senator MeLaurin ctmo into tho hall c with tho most hearty of woloomea. His s >v frienda ohoorcd him time and again ana ho must havo felt well over it, bcciuso [ ho mado a capital Bpceoh and ho whe , believes MoLiurin oannot take care of himsolf is woefully mistaken; but ho * mot a foo of rematkablo ability in Col. 1 Geo. Johnstono. 1 Mr. MoLaurin opened up tho second * scetiOD of today a mooting in a speech of over an hour, and during that time c ho was heartily applauded at frequent K intervals. He did not mention Tillman * throughout his speech in any way vand bo mado no rcfuienoo to Latimer, r who had punched him good and hard a durmg his speech, but it was more es s pcciauy in bis second or reply speech that ho made his best effort. It was '' thon that he took elf his collar and got * down to buBinoss, and it was then thai u ho throw real feeling into his speech, n roplying to biting sarcasm of Col. 1' Johnstono relative to his holding the * put so ttriugs to publio par;ouago and other things that ho urged showed tho I drift towaid Republicanism. 1 Senator MoL&uric had tho voioo of 0 John Ashley and ail knoff what that moans; ho made so many interruptions 11 that somcoho wanted him puntiou. Hut 1 there wero others for MoLaurin if * cheers count for votes and tho whoop- 0 iug was steady andj|jyjm Some say it ? oitT3tf8 olhur r. ,??iUMi/wno 011113 here wSik,^?^au' [j rin, whe held ofho?>? ?? tnern. P - J~ UuiV ? W O WUbC.w. .(D -i- -5 W i:-t others?many others wbo cheered for " MoLauriu aud if oheore are to be votes there will bo uianyTicie for Comrncr- * oial Demooraoy, if do ohango couius. ' Tho MoLaurin folks had plonty of cheers hot no one who knows ought oi 1 Carolina politiob can count thai way. ^ JOHNSTONE 8 MASTERLY REPLY. Just aftor Mr. McLaunn came Col. 3 George Johnstone, and ho was ohoored 1 and encouraged as he has no doubt t never before been by an Anderson au- ^ dienco. a Men who had opposed him for con- h gross got up aud hurrahed when he rau jj nis sharp poiuaid of ridioulo or ear p oasm deep into tho political body oi t McLaurin. And how ho aid ii! Li had 0 the ring of Matk Antony s oration? ti "and these aro honorable geniicuijD, u and thou a jab?and so ho wouid say a ho believed what MoLturin said aud then a punch and then ho wouiu again 1( testify to belioving McLaurin s state c meni about the public 1 lhc.s and an- j other out to the core. It was neat, it rt wesohau, it was masterly and it iuel j the issue?tho whole of it. '1 hat tho g audience thought well ot it they show- , ed ana beyond question. And how c Johnstone did buster a son in law of Citizen Ashley who rung iu Tillman _ and who gavo Mr. Johnsto; e just the opening ne wantou to grow ckquent in ? ^ burying partisan feeling and insisting j that M-Lsunn of all men had no right to attack Tillman. Such au opening ; did Mr. Johnstone givo McLaurin 1 u <] one of his premises of facts aouut ship 1 subsidy and MoLaurin as the rmali bey g says "did not do a thing" but take the 2 advantage of tho alleged inaccuracy of laot and pummel his opponent on that 1 point. r It was a clean, but a sharp and vig- J oroua debate and the kind that ought to tell. Mr. McLaurin did r.ot say i whether ho would atter-d any other j mootings if invited, lio said ho had b Hastened on from Norfolk and was still seasiok. 2 THERE'LL COME ANOTHER DAY. t Congressman Latimer and Mr. Hemp * hill had heart burning that it was Dot thoir foituoo to havo tho tub with Mo- ' Liuriu but they aid not anliaipato the c fun to ask for last plsoe, but there will come another day. There were from * bUU to oJU in the ocun house, most of * whom wcro seated and of that number not more than 150 to 2 0 in r.!l bothcrco t to make ail tho noise, but 2 j Anderson men oan make a good noise. The 6 speoohes lasted until a few minutes bofore the party left tho court house for < tho train and tho skeletons ol tho 1 speeobci?mere tkeletons?are woll < worth reading. 1 M I.AUKIN IIEAIll* FROM Senator McLaurin said he had no ^ idea yesterday ho would bo luro. On \ ' every great <i lestion there wm more t than otic side and lie ascribed to all t who oiffcred with him honorable mo- 1 tivc3. His course has been murcj '<? ' sontcd to tuoh an extent that when he i saw tho papers at Norfolk ho decided I to bo at this moetiog, no matter what the cxponso or fain. Ho had boon t charged with trying to help organize a < k llopublican party in this Sta o Tni* I r was untrue and ho nocqa:voo*Ily de niod any and all such sia O'liums. ' W There are now too many parties and too many politicians. Ho never had ' boon a party to tho insinuation that ho < ^ was helping tho Republican party. [ Thon ho took up ibe conditions in lS'.M) I L and how tho Reform movement and : ' primary started and tho primary ays- I Leiu, ho said, was oao of tho wisest a.oves that could bo Btartod. Democrats could then differ and have their rights sottlcd by tho whito voters. Ho had pursued a proper ciurso and ho believed as firmly as ho oil that there pas a (Jod in Heaven that his -position would in timo bo vindicated. Do felt that bis evory action had boon right und id tho interests of the people. Whether oleottd or not his position hac put the people to thinking aud lookiug [o their own welfare, and if it does nothing else he hoped his contest would elevate the plane of aoontoat of issues, tic said he could have easily avoided . 1 I a I ? 1 l J ?_:t me lunri uuiumg-', iruujiuM auu iriuulatioos at.d taunts. but he took hid positions for the good of tho people ho represented. llo then wont on to take up tho in men aid first hi tidied expansion and lold that tho Djinoeratio djolrino had ?eou to add territory. Uatil tho Span s!i war tho polioy of too K-publican inrty had boin to oonuait and tho Djmoor&ts favored expansion, and thon io discuss:d whether it waB a wine, ast and expedient,. V'tUn? to r^rsuo. iio took up ihd-eventB leading *o tho Spanish waifaod iho industrial oondiiodb of Cubsv Everything that has centred sinoe t&at war cauio on, ho lould not aeo how coht&dioas could poaibiy havo been widely different frau vhat tbey aro today. Mr. Bryan, ho honght, could not havo materially hanged conditions. Tbo Philippines lid not oorno an a forenoon result; it tan an accident more or less and beaunc tho god of war wan on the Amorcans side. Ho took up the conditions tho Philippines and no always coalulcd thai the war wan a Democratic ear. Ho explained at considerable eogth hin veto and npecob on the Paris roaty and based hu vote upon tho old fact that tho oouatry wan in conliot with an armed toe and stood by us own country and people, whothor ight or wroug. Ho bad just gono hrough a hcaiod campaign; ho knew rhal it wan to bo maligned and slanlerod and be knew it would bring him ionsure, but he never for a minute resetted !us vote, lie connuitod no one. f tho treaty hal not been ratitiod l( ain atd tho United Statos wore again eady for war and Franco and tier u&oy were much in sympathy with ipaiu. 'l'heu Senator McLaurin took up the ucation as to whether thin is a good olicy. There can never bo imperialism mdtr tho American form of govern 'lent, and no man would oppose imenalinm more vehemently than ho rould and ho votod against everything ooking like imperialism in tbo Philipiuc government and ho felt in time hoso people would be given self govrnment. Ho olaimod that no poople were more atorcBtcd in tho retention of that noo ion thau wan the south, whioh is so rrapt up in cotton and manufactured r%ttr\r\ A nu n/mnlrt' */a ? maI. V? ?"./ vwua??j KV/ bVWVi. V LIVJ U iust <190 us raw material, and jo ho rifted on to show the opportuni ?a of his market, it was fooii ho liKJLt, for Amoricm mc > *o^ iihout the protection of too American ag. lie diu not believe it possible HQ existing conditions for the United tates to have maintained a footing in ho far oast without its holding the 'hilippines. This oountry would have eon c.iokod out by port charges if it id not nave the Philippines as a tacd-otf. la roply to Hemphill he a.d the insurgents had to ho subdued or the reputation of the oountry and hat was an oxpoQso of tho war proper, ut tho trade in China will bo worth hundred limes what it will oobI and is predicted tuat in live years no pub ij man could bo found in South Caroina who would advocate turning luoso j ho Philippines. Tho value as a base f operations has already been shown n the recent Chinese troubles aud has iudu (inn h tends of the United btatea hu China. Nobody it attempting to shoot rcligou into theso people. This oountry ould have it it those people to be tuureied and plundered, liaving denoted then only lorm of government t was .nouihJeul to establish a new ovcruuijut. Only ono tribo ho helu yas ever lighting this eouutry. This ountry had and lias a duty to perform nu this pcoplo will not shirk a duiy [ecause it oost9. Speaking el Mr. Latimer's refcrenoes o ship husiuy, Mr. MoLauriu uenied us statement. Mr. L turner said by way of correoion ho had oce-n unmt'ntionaliy misIuotud anu he did not say at Wahiaila Lai McLauriu voted for the ship subitiy bill. Mr. L tumor said he said lloLmrin spoke in iavor or the bill. Mr. MeLsturin said he used Tho Coumbia State as auttiority and that ?ught to bo fc"->d authority for Mr. jatimor. Mr. Johnstono beggod to make a disnterestod statement, and said Mr. jatimor was correct in what ho had aid at Waliiaila. i ho explanation was accoj ted, and dr. MoLaurin wont oa to mako a brief pooch in Inv?r of ship subsidy and aid ho would later proparo and publish us views ou ship subsidies, llo opoieod tho pending bill and a totally liiforcnt bill ib now heme prepared. Tho ory of the nigger iu the vrcod pile vas dead and evfcr> ur.p ot his blood vould bo sacrificfd for i ij nalivo Siato. lie said he wts not hanging on any soat tail. Voicu?Tho old ooat tail ia rotton, inyway. MoLaurin wont on to say his oppon ?nts Boomed to think expansion wan a oat ohanoo and so they mado tho most >f ship subiily and ho elaborated this mint. Mil JOHNSTONE IN KEl'I.V. Mr. (ioorgo .Johobtono was roe lived /villi much applause, in faot an ova.ion, and said if it were not that he bought tho Democracy was in dangor 10 would not bo hero, llo aooptod Moliturin'a statement that ho watt tryng to organi/.o a Kopublican party, jut ho insiatod that the adoption of MoLaurin's policies must and will load .o Republicanism. When tho hour *omos when tho jroat Democratic parly will (lisintcgrato man by man ho ?ould stand with tho last raising his roioo for tho Domooratio party. If MoLaurin's positions do not load to tho ruin of tho Domooratio party then ho lid not kuow what Democracy was lio said some of his firmest friends thought liko Mr. MoLaurin. Ho would ^ay nothing to hurt tho footings of those rnon or MoLaurin, but ho would do bis duty to his party and if it rnado any wad ho would ouduro it. Then ho pointed out tho diffsronoo bstwecn MoLiurin's expansion and what he called Domocratio expansion. Domocratio expansion eamo with tho ooQBent of tho governed and was only of Awcrioan territory. Thoy wore asked to havo local self-government and thoy oame in at ouce as oo part ners. That is D.mjoraey. Tho foroos with whioh MoLaurin is operating aro establishing despotic government, and then he ridiculed tho argument that, tho Filipinos had no government; and then Mr. JohnRtone showed tho present oonditions in tho Philippines and to these MoLiurin himsolt' said he gave assent. Mr. Johnstone urged that theso peoplo are governod by tho auto era.ic power of tho proaidont alone. You who Lave boon pinioned by Sioklca and fan by aro poioted to the epnotaoto of tho Filipinos govorncd in tho sawa condition as tho south was years ago. Mr. MoLiurin junitios thiB autuorttio government of the president and sr.notion tho unlimited power of the r.rcsi dent. Hero is V7ai;Iiu?">**fc|i^-^0-o<> cratio oxpansion wiih self govern rn5V is elaimod to ho tho same as autocrat e government ho same aa you had wit1 Canby and Sickles. j Don Dlr tj\> ^auvuuu t jAMcd Mr. ^lc~ Lauriu'a argument that tho islands should bo hold for trado. McLaurin himself tells you thoy wear do olothos. Tho proper thing to do is to extend tho Monroe doctrine to them, mako treaty agreements and frienda of the people. Tnon ho jimpel into MoL\urin'a skip subsidy proposition, if it was to bo dono for tho farmer why uot givo the farmor the $1 a bale directly and bo on. Givo the money dircot to theso Mr. MoLaurin says it will help and not to tho rioh ship owners. What ho commented on especially was tho ohango of Mr. McLaurin on the troaty. It was for him to explain, and tho wholo thing was that McLaurin was mislod and mistaken and would not see it. lie enthusiastically favored tho isthmian canal and urged that the railway iuterests of the east and wost were fighting the canal prcj >ot. This canal would givo the southern maDufactur era and shippers the roal advantage. Ship subsides foster tho eastern and western ports and tho longer thoy are kept up the longer will the oaual bo kopt off. lie then insisted that MoLiurin had admittod his fallibility and that ho had m?do mistakes. McLiurin had upheld the Alliance and now held thoso viows to bo horcaios. AN Ol'KNINO. Voioe?Did not Tilim&n change too? Mr. Johnstone went on eloquently and foroibly to say ho was not a personal supporter of Tillman, but ho was not for pulling down reoords. This was not the tirni to revive past hoitilitics and ho for ono was too pa tnotio to say one word against Tiilmac to hurt him or his feolijgs if ho could, lie was uot now fighting any ore v ut he was fighting a principle, ai 7 Gamp.on stand together foi * pr notpie it must be light. (Great appltusi ) lie asked and prayed that tire people would support mon upon principles and not for personal fooling, it set uied u him that if anyono was to denounce 11. it. Tillman, John L McLiurin was nt i the man. (Intenso applause ) lie held him up as tho greatest of leaders, the greatest man since John (J. Calhoun, and it ill became dim to now denouaco Tillman. (Applause.) Or is it another conversion? ANOTHER, It was Mr. Canlicld, a son in law of Josh Aehlcy, who asked if Tillman had not also changed his views on tho third party ana Alliance and the roast and sarcasm ho got was really sublime. Then ho piotured the duty of a Christian people to tho Filipinos and ho showed what Christ would have done. MoLaurin says he has no purposo to establish a Republican party, but he is here traduoicg tho Demooracy of Jefferson. Then ho went for ship subsidy with gloves off, and how it diticrcd from Stato support of railroads, lie says ho wants no Republican party and yet ? e said in VVasningtOD MoKinley ought vo bo rociootcd by acclauisiiou. He says ho docs not proposo to organize a Republican party and ho believes him and yol he seems to hold the liepublican purso striugs of pubi:o patronage. Is Mclvinloy likely to help build up the Demcoratioparty? McKioley never voted a Doinji.iatio ticket in his !iio, and is ho buoh a philanthropist as to give all the public ollicos to Mohaunn for a stronger Democrat ice party? What a magnificent picture it is this MoKinley hunting for good Democrats to help build up his party. Then ho glowingly piotured how Leo and Jackson had sent thoir munitions of war to thoir opponents! It was miraculous how thoso appointments oauio without solicitation or aiinnnolinn If **? ? ...???-! I ? du^. VUV.VU, AW TTma UJ1I VU1UU1 lllJW Mcivinlty and speoial providouco coincided with MoLiurin' viow. m'lauiun replies. In reply to" Mr. Johnstono's argument Sonator Moi.iurin, in oonolusion, said rolativo to tho Btatoinont that ho had said MoKinlcy ought to bo reoleoted by acclamation, that he had said it would bo wrong to dofcat McKinloy booauso of tho oonduot of tho war. If tho issuo wan to bo mado on tho oonduot of tho war ho ought to havo been reelcotod. Ho raid it was an improper cauno for a fight for MoKinley had dono fairly, appointod southerners, oto. If ho bad cjnsultod his own pookotbook and comfort ho would havo aooeptcd tho position on tho 1'hilippino comaiis sion. It was a oatio of damned if ho did and if ho did not. Ho did not aooopt because ho did not propose to rotiro under tiro and ho intonded to oomo back and render an auoount of i is ecrvioo, Aftor Mr. .Johnstone was defoatod ho was going to hco if ho oould not got him a position out thoro. (Much ap piause and laughter ) As to tho patrouago in South Carolina ho naid all ho wished was to havo boon in Orecnvillo. Suoh spooohos an Mr. Johnstono's wcro an old an tho ooon story. Ho told tho prosidont ho oould not ho given any federal position and ho told hiin if ho wantod to do any thing for his pooplo ho would be glad to oooporato with him. Tho president is no autoorat; ho is a bravo, humano and broad-minded man. Ho explained tho position horo to tho prcnidont and ho had tried to put tho offices in tho lands of Suuth Carolinians. Ho could not put Democrats in all the offices, but ho tried to get the best he oould, aod if ho could not get Democrats ho got tho i most acooptablo Republicans. 11 j went to tho senate to represent his pcoplo and do tho best he could for them, lie highly complimented Mr. .Johnstone on his speech for ability and oourtosy. Col. .Johnstono had made a great blundor in his subsidy argument. 'J ho strongest lobby in tho sonate was tho | Pacific railway's, aad tbey did not favor the subsidy as he olaims, but fought it. Mr. Hill, president of tho Northern Pacific, fought the subsidy bill all the time. Tho subsidy bill and tho caual bill have to get togotber, and to this Josh Ashley said the tooth time, "That's tho Gud's truth." Tho south will nevor have shipping i interosts unloass i . gives and takos in legislation. As to hij silver views, thero was no man but a fto! who never ohaeged 1 his mind. He and Col. Johnstons wore 1 iuy> progressive io buck io ? wrong pooi'.ioD. He oharged his mind every | t;iuo ho found ho was wrong. Ho never attack"! anyone ? himself as best ho could. c Senator MoLturin mado moriy over t Mr. Johnstone's mistake as to the groat railroads favoring tho subsidy bill. With feeling he said ho would abiis- 1 the remit of tho primary. What ho c regarded as true Demtcracy was tho c voioo of tho white people of South Carolina at tho ballot box and ho c wanted no oommittco or boss to como 1 between him and tho people, and if tho c white peoplo said he was right then, I Col. JohnBtone would havo to notno to ? him. (Laughter ) if thoy did not en- * dorse him bo wouid "abide the result a and stand by the whito people. It 1 gavo him ploasuro to discuss matters * with euoh a man as Col. Johnstonoand ^ he would liko to discuss tho subsidy f b.ll with him. Col. Johstote agreed to E this, and this olosed thr meeting &i nearly 9 o'elock?just a few minutes before train time. August Koha. a Tho Week's Weather. * Stato Section Dirootor Bauer has ' oompilod tho following weekly crop . bulletin from reports from over the , StatoTho averago temperature during tho 1 week ending 8 a. m. Monday August 1 2t>, was slightly below the normal, * with a maximum of 95 degrees at c Batosburg, and a minimum of t>5 dc- a groes at Greenville. Tho amount of 1 sunBhino was below the normal. u The rainfall was cxocasivj, Allen- 1 dale reporting 2.58 inohes, Many \ plaoos report raios every day and ^ some bf them heavy, in somo locali- ? ties Bmall bridges havo boon washed 7 out and lowlands overflowed. Muoh \ damage i* reported to orops from rain 1 and cloudiness. 2so hail or damaging r wind has boon repotted for tho week. a ( Uon is si s I'ling and rusting, par- D ti. . aflv OQ santiv lard, ni nlav land* a thf damage li not bo p.eueral. Id P inany t/.'j CH/Wth-i* rani* ?ml 1 <ii4J "ilv " than uiai^'>il be quite genet* 117 oom man'ied ae^t nook. t< odder palling has been muoh ro- ti taruad by the gonoral rains and much o of it damaged. Early corn is a light j crop, wmle late is much better and * generally maturing well. 1 (j uo J week for maturing rice. Some w localities report that rioo cutting will p begin next week, one week earlier than u indicated two weeks ago. Other see- u tions report that harvesting will bo ton o days later than usual. fi Sweet potatoes aio doing fine and n white potatoes doing well. The pea- f crops is good as otlior miner crops. } Applos are falling and rotting. Poaches t nearly gone. Pastures aro derng well. > An Important Decision. An important question has been dcoid- ' cd by llio assistant attorney general in relation' to the authority of siLo.-l 1 trustocb to appoint ttaolicrs beyond thoir own term of office. The tiustocs of a sohool district in Greenville couuty who went out of clfico last spring, 6 claimed the right to clcot a teacher at v Duncan's chapel who was to teach the summer sohool after their own term expired whioh tno new irusteos thought i was an invasion of their tights. The b county superintendent of education h submitted tno qusst'oa to the attorney h generals cilice, and the following is d ilie reply. ' V>,u iequcsl to he advis i ed upon the following quostion 'Is it c legal for trustees for any school year to r make contracts for b ackers to servo f during the ocnooi year bueooedicg tho g year iu which thoir ooromiBnions expire, and, if so, are their successors bound t ty exocuto sail oontiacts?' achool trus- a tees, Luiuf, 'creatures of statute law t have uo power cot spcoihcially dclcgat- v cd by law, and such powers are strictly c consiruou. No auihoiity is given to c publio school trustees in tho sohool i law of this atato to olcot tea.'hirti bo- * yond their term of ofkoo nor oan such a poworb o implied. It follows, of ooursr, I o .L.. -1 i-- ? 1 ' iu?i Muy uiuonuii uoyouu meir term t would bo void Oihorwiso a sot of * trustees nowinofiiio ooull oontract with a toauhcr for au unlimited period, aud eujha toaohor would bj froo to aot regardless of tho wishes or tho wolfaro I of tho pcoplo." Another Charge. The State says tho latest ohargo against tho mosquito is brought by a North Carolina votoricary surgeon who ban boon combatting tho homo fever raging in soma portion* of that rilato. in hi* roport to tho agricultural department, so tays the Charlotto Observer's Kaleigh oorrcspoudont, ho deolaros that while "the dieeaio in not contiguous from ooo horao to anolhor," it is "in ooulalla from horso in any way, and is rapidly oairied by mosquitoes from nick ones to well onos. Mosquitoes oontinue inoculating the sick onus, so at to make it rapidly fatal." The fovor, ho says, "originally appeared in lSbT and at intervals of sovou to ton years has hrokon out wheu mofquitoss aro numerous." / tl 1 / 1 I \ ? v/m vfuruis i/e.uuy, i Ireno Kook, daughters of Bert K.eok, of Marion, Ind , is ill of diphtheria t and a playmato of tho sarno ago wan i taken with tho din?ano at tho samo time < and noiihcr is oxpeotod to livo. In tho t investigation to disoovor in what man- ( ncr tho disoaso was oontraotcd, it do- 1 volopcd that tho two ohildrcn had made i thoir way to an attio and thoro had l oponcd an old trunk and playod with < toys that bolonged to a child that diod i of diphtheria fifteen years ago. ] WHAT TILLMAN SAYS I i i ( Abou% the Charg ?s Mad? Against ( Him. ! 1 WARN8 THE MILL PEOPLE < i I Dtftnbs Himself from the Charge 1 of Having Abandoned the i Democratic Party and Discuses 0 her Matters. The >. owa snd Courier correspondent lays 3.nator Tillman especially regret- ' ted hi- ina'. ility to speak at Bpartan- j barg, because there woro several imroitan: points upon whioh ho desired 1 to define lia position onco and for all. A.tnon< thrao was tho talk thorc has been of eoeroion in tho ootton mills, i Before leaving the oity he gave out a itaU m^b^thc^publi cation 2<jvering ,hoee <4\T bins, ft rtas follows: Thorp h s been more or less stronuous ( ffort ma in various quarters to cast t mputati on my Domooracy and to ' iharge ti; I havo been disloyal to tho irganu uion in the past. Senator McLauriu's supporter sock to lofond his owu treachery to tho party ' >y making these ohargos, while on tho ^ tlher hand somo cf my old political op >onent* who havo nevor boon able to ;ivo m . y orodit for anything that c rai v i: or good, have joined in this a ,oeusa: and I therefore fool that it I s but right that 1 should let t he yo .it r generation of voters, who 1 l ;..it,g of tho faots; hoar tho ? iluin truth, so they may know how r nuoli ? :;nee to givo to those ol arges. fc liOW AiJITATION BE<>AN. ' L mau uy cntrtranoe in the political ' rena at Bonnettsville in '85 purely by evident. 1'he agitation began thore. ?his, f jwod up iu tho News and Courier iu a series of letters and ad- 1 iress^- ;ti advocacy of a farmers' ool ev. , look t politioal turn in '86. In ! lis Demooratio State Convention of , hat year 1 had a large follo'ri f but ?e wee beaten by those in poop sroi f the u:sehine, (the ring 1 oaiiei th.m) b nil eas among the first to move that lie no:u nation for Governor bo made : inaniioous and to plodg? my support to t ho su crssful caud dato. Continuing o ut agitation, whioh broadened into a 1 onr.an-1 for genertl reformation of tho t Itato Government and tho abolition of 1 aiioui abuses?wo were again boaton ! a 88 a very narrow maigin, because 11torl t General Karle, our oandidate, t efu-e to allow the use of bH name ti ficr 11 v balloting brgan, and 1 again ( loved io make the nominations unani- u nous, t fiue showing my loyalty to the t arty i% State affairs. m . s Ta^l'JO I was put forward as the s OID'" 4^ <'f A ' 1 (tub march oonK emtion 4 j run as a candidate for the nomina- ? ion for Governor in the regular Demoratio Convention and tho system of a oint discussions was inaugurated. 1 a as cvorwhelmingly elected in the )omoirtio primary, and although there c ras a bolt and effort to eloot ar: indc eudeut candidate, I was ohoacn Govrnor in November following by a laige itjjrily. Tho Alliance bad boon rgamzed in '89 and was a very potent actor in tho success of the Hoform lovemonts but there was a very powernl political current flowirg before the kliisnce was born. La '91 L discovered hat lien Terrell, the lecturer of the ( latioual Ali>anoe, was hystcmatioally oing from county to oouaty, sowing ho seed of Tniri-partyiflai and pr. *ohng the dooir.co of "voting for li;tay no ihe btby," rubor than tho Dimoratio party or any ether party. Th's cd t.> my challenging Mr. L'erroll to a lint discusbion on tho subject of the ubtrea-ary and other issues, upon jhic.i he was basing his propaganda, nd tho debate was hold ocfore lit B STATE AI.LIANC* a this city. 1 punted rutin the doate tho danger of tho white people of iout'i Carolina risking any division as ong as wo had such au overwhelming ngro maj.-rity, and insisted that nothng should be done of a political hartcter outsilo of the Democratic anks until we had held a Constitutional Jonvcutioo and tr.lt m steps to safe ;uara w.iito supr. maoy. I demanded ,nd obtained a pledge in that mooting o make tho tight against Cicvolandism ,td tho other undemocratic policies hot were being u<god by the New York nag cf the party iosido of tho Democratic ranks, and there aro 1 uodreda if witnoauos to the fee;. Tho result was n '92, notwithstanding tho Aiiianoo tas 10 absolute control of tho political itfaird of tho 8ta*c, aud thoro was an ivorwholming sentiment in opposition o tho Democratic party tenets as thoy vcro then I'UOMULUATED HY CLEVELAND ind his crowd, thoro w&i no effort made o organize a l'opuliat party except in , wo oonmies, aven after Cleveland had < eceivod tho nomination at (Jaieigo. Oar j suto Convention had denouuoed him , >n 'a prostitute of Wall street" and de- , ilarod that ho wait not a Democrat, but vhun ho rocoived the nomination I reurusd from Chicago and oouusolled 1 le i liesoouce in the result, and 1 mako 1 >old toassertlhat bat for my influoaoe I tud the influence of tho men allied < filh mo tho Stato would have gone to 1 ho Populists that year bv an over- 1 vholming vote. An it was, South Caro- 1 iua was tho only Southern Stato 1 vhoso Populism did not mako a bitter ' ight rgaiost tho regular Democracy. 1 ipoke vory bitterly of Jlevoland's policy 1 vnd proclaimed my desire for a union 1 ictween tho Southern and Wostorn I armors, and doolarcd 1 was ready to 1 oad a rovolt against tho Domooratic 1 ;>arty as then led, and lcavo it if need >o, whonover I saw anywhere to go, and 1 nade allusion to "a uuiit in the west" it a signal. In the meantime 1 sot njself soalously to woik to obtain a Jens'.itutional Convention so as to tako iteps to disfranchise as many of the i jo'ored people as wo oould undor the I l:h and 15 amoudiuonts. During the period from 1892 to 189t> there was bit,er and constant agitation in this and nher States against Cleveland's polioy, i md 1 denounced hit betrayal of the Democrats party with all the bitter ness that I folt. I proclaimed thai if tie was a Democrat 1 was not, and 1 noreiy gava voice, in all my dcnouooia .ions of Cleveland Damooraoy and ttroats of leaving tho party, to tho overwhelming sentiment in control of tho State. Id ether words, 1 was abrolutely loyal at ati times to tho majority of my fellow citiz-ns, who were Demo sratB, but not of tho Cleveland typo, ind what 1 said about leaving tho party then was not tho prevailing sentiment in South Carolina 1 made aspocch in Memphis and ono In Mt I.ftnia in aKinli 1 DENOUNCED CLEVELAND sud his policy as Un Domooratio and prooUimod my willingness and purpose to fight to recapture tho D'mooratio party from tho wreckers, and, failing tborc, to organize a genuino Democratic party, whioh should maintain tho prineiploB of Jofforson, tho father. I announood this policy as tho spokesman of tho Democracy of this S'.ato on tho floor of the Senate on tho 1st of May, 18H6, in a dobato with D. B Hill;'! announced it in a specoh at Denver, ono in Wiohita, ono at Lexington, Ky., at Dallas, Texas, and Atlanta. Ga.. in all of whioh tho slogan was '*16 to 1 or bust." The South Carolina Stato Con irirl;rn ' I Mil fo Jhioago Convention in 1806, was so horoughly imbued with the purpose to lavo a different kind of Democracy rom that of Cleveland and his follow trs that thoy sont a delegation to that Jonvention with instructions to withIraw and return home forfurther oouoibI in tho ovont wo did not get a plat brrn to suit us. I HAVE NEVER AT ANY MOMENT ir any timo or any place givon voioc to my fooling or sontiment about tuo Demooratio party that was disloyal to , ho will of tho majority of my fellow Jomoorats in this State. 1 harj al vays olaimcd to voico tho will of tho najority of tho people of tho ( kato and to bo a repretcnta ivo of the majority, and every vell-informcd man in the Stato knows hat what I havo apt ken is oapablo of iroof from tho records, and, thoreforo, repeat what I said at llaion, that any nan who oharges mo with disloyalty or vith any purposo at any timo of oppos i ng tho gonnioe Djmocraoy of South Carolina as represented by tho majority iftQ anrl Irnntva Via 1i<aa 1 AM CALKED A l'OPCLIST NOW I ?y Republican and gold bug papers aat aro so much in love with Com- ( neroial Democracy. I al ^r.7s have, and I lways will, spnrn Cleveland's Djmo toy as nothing but thinly di-guiscd Republicanism, and MoLaurin's Daliooraoy is even loss rospeotable. Clevaand never played tho hypoorita, whilo doLanrin was as eager onoo to press 1 oj ulism, pure and simple, as he is now o advocate 'MoKinleyis m, and Bow Lin, the apjBtle of Populism in South Carolina in 1892, was the first man he ;avo a job to after his appointment to he Senate, and it is said that this ami} Populist loader is now a strong upporfer of Senator McLaurin'a last >r.aBd-of polities. ? _ . Some zt tho r^i^vspsper ^<Uthh %nd ither ardent supporters of Senator Mo jturin have been very muoh shocked j nd outraged by what 1 said at Union , iS , A WARNING TO MILL PRESIDENTS 1 tot to attempt to ooorao the'r opora ivas. It is considered an unpardon 1 .bio sin that 1 should dare to throaton ! o interfere in this matter. What 1 1 aid on that occasion wat for tho pur- 1 toso of warning those mon against at cmpticg to go too far. I-ccognir j tho 1 ight of every man to try to porsuade thtrs to voto with him, but I dcDy 1 bat the employment of men in mills arrios with it a right on tho part of 1 ho mill to ooreco or oontro! the votes f tho employees. The rolaticn ba ' ween the mill ownoraadtho wcrkor 1 a the mill it one of mutual advautago, ,ud tho mills wore not built for tho mrposo of giving employment to labor, ' >ut for tho purpose of making money. Ml men who work in the mills give la 1 >cr for tho money tney rtoeive. The incrests of mill o veer aid tho mill hand nay be identic*! or may bo antagonis10. It haa been oomnonin tho N crih !or tho laborers employed in tho masu during establishment* to be driven rhen they cannot ba o&jclcd into vat g tho Republican ticket, and tho . .hreats of discharging laborers and cloning down works in !K> and even in ha last 1%residential olcction no doubt loourod tho McKmioy triumph. THE OWNERS OK COTTON MILLS .hat havo sprung up so rapidly in South J&rolina aro in many instance* Northern men, and possibly more Northern capital has been invested in this indusry in the last ton years than homo capital, but that does not carry with it iny obligation on the pait of the opera.ives to voto for a Hopulioau who comes cither openly or in disguiso. The mills n South Carolina havo boon troa'od by tho Stato Government, which is Domo jratio, with great liborality, but if ihoir owners attempt to drivo our native-born South Carolina D.-mocrals into tho Republican oamp the othor Democrats of the Stato will not oalmly submit to it, and the operativos will bo tho first to resist such action. There is no proof in the world that manufacturing io South Carolina owes anything to tho Republican party. Tho MI LI. OPERATIVES ARK NATIVES of this and adjoining States. They aro as thoroughly grounded in Democratic principles as the farmers or aoy other olass of our eititens. Thoy are as g >od peoplo as wo have, and 1 only deo.arod my purpose, if ao attempt to coerce thorn was mado, to go to tho mills at night aod explain to these people just wherein they aro boing misled or being unduly influenced or driven. In doing Lhia I do not propose to array labor against capital, but I do it for the purposo of warning capital to attend to its own business and not attempt to mako slaves of our whito people. If the mills aro olosod on campaign days, so as to allcw tho men to hoar tho npooohof, khoro would bo no neod of anyono going to speak at night. But 1 am losolvcd they shall hoar tho truth before joining the Republican party. I MEANT WHAT I HAIP and have nothing to regret or apologue for. 1 honestly believe that if such a move is made by any considerable number of tho mill ownors of tho State it will result in legislation that will do away with some of the spooial privileges now enjoyed by tho mills. The peoplo of South Carolina are ready to wol ootso capital for investment in this or any other maru'aoturiog industry, but < every free-born douth Carolinian will recent any effort by Northern capitalists or Southern superintendents and I presidents to dragoon froe ba-n men into becoming lt'publioans. Any man who wants n join tho Republican t *r ty and vote that ticket has a parfeot right to do so, bat I again warn thoeo I who way thick they have a right to drive the froo white men in their employ into tho Republican oamp to take 4 hoed how thoy press that idea; and 1 warn tho mon, many of whom are and always havo been my friends, to watoh oloscly and weigh all of these questions fully boforc voting. Ilo declared that thin was no ordinary contest, but that it was a death grapple between the forocs of freodom and tho forces whioh led on to mon- < arehy. He reviewed tho history of the 1 ccufliet in Cuba tnd of our interference j in tLat island ilo cmphas'zod the right of that poople to expcot of the United Slates that our original con- I trrot with them should ho carried out < in its spirit and its letter. Not to do , so was to breed in them abhorrence of the Amorioan dig and detestation of our morals. He entered at large into j JoWiyy &.r yuinstipql. and com Patted with effect the arguments c in behalf of ship Bubiidy. i J. 11. Marshall. I FATAL EXPLOSION Of a Larg^ Stoembcat on tho ^ D ilawara River. 1 Wnile the steamboat City of Trenton, 1 of the Wilmington Steamboat company, f was on her way from Philadelphia to 1 Trenton Wednesday afternoon her port 1 boiler exploded, killing several persoas 1 and injuring over a soore of other#. 1 Nino persons are known positively to ba J dead, at least 1'J arc missing, more of ' whom are believed to have been cn the I steamor, and two of tho injured still in tho hospital will probably dio. The c identified dead are. ) William Nelson, aged 67 years, a vet eran of the Civil vrar and formerly an inmate of thesoldiera's home, Hainp'.na, c Va.: James MoCormiok, 23 years, WU- 1 mingtoo, Del., fireman; Elizabeth ( Cireon 21 years, Philadelphia; William 1 lUinn UU likil - J . 1 - L i * ' ? A/UUU, <iu i uiikucipuii; ATinar K T. Lansinir, 11 years, Tronton, N. J.; ? William 11. Keen, Philadelphia: Jessie 1 Stratton, Trenton, died in hospital. In addition to these there are two ' charred bodies, bolieved to be thoso of ' Females, in the morgue. They are be- 1 yond recognition and will be buried in * potter's field. So groat was ' THE FolicE OK THE-.EXPLOSION ^ that & piano in ths upper drawing room of the be a' was hurled many feet away from the boat into the river. Tuis proved to be a fortunate circumstance for many of the injured passengers. Thrown into the river, soalded and otherwise injured so that they wore rendered helplesB, they olung to the ( piano, which had fallen into shallow water until rcsoued. * .When the explosion occurred Mate 1 ^. ftciveer *nd Pi'ot ' urry we'o in the ? pi! M hp.-ff' * * i 1 Both wero hurled with terrific force J From the little enolosure, and tho wheel < on the starboard side refused to work whilo that on tho port aids, for some * unaccountable reason began revolving 1 with lightning like rapidity. As a re- i sub. of ibis the rudder turned the kow 1 of the boat toward shore and sho <|uiok- f ly ran aground fastening herself in the a mud. By this timo tho vessel had caught t iro and thoio of tho passengers who t were sliil aboard wore oompollod to leap t For their lives Fortunately the wator t was not more than four feet deop and e many of tho victims of tho dirastor I ivcto alio to wade ashore, some how- t jver, who were too seriously injured to 1 hoi,- themselves, woro rescued by mem- <1 hers of too boat clubs whose houses a line the rivir front at this point. Tho t captain aad crow of tho boat conducted ihemteives as heroes. They rendered * all ths assistance possible to tho in- 1 jured and Uapt. Worrell was the last t man to ioave the boat. All of the se- 1 riously injured wero hastily oonvoyed t to tho hospital at tho Llouso of Correo- t lion at Hoimosburg, about three miles I below Torresdalo. c Although the soarohcrs. consisting l of * corps of city polioo, having been ? dragging the river over since Thursday i afternoon, they have been unable to i find any more'bodies.- That there are 1 iu ore viouma in the river is tlia firm be- 1 lief of the authorities, and ihe failure 1 to iind any auditional dead is supposed i to be due to the strong current ia the river at the point whero the explosion 1 occurred. 1 Tha water was pumped out of the hull f of the burned stoamcr, after vrhioh a < oarefui search was made for additional viotimsof tha explosion, but nono was found. Aq attempt was made at high tide Thursday afternoon to float the i wrecked vessel, bat it was unsuccessful. ] As to tho exact osuse cf tbo exp'.o- 1 sion nothing is yet known, but an in- ] vestigation is to be conducted at onoe. 1 Fire Marshal L?ttimer?C jroner Dugan, ] the police department and the Uuitea ' States boiler inspectors for this dis- i triot will caoh carry on an indondent < investigation, but little can be known j until tho survivors havobeen examined . and a careful inspection of the wrockcd t stoam-or shall have been made. I Many of the passengers who esoaped injury maintain that the City of Trsn- i ton, wbioh wa* late when sho left her wharf in Philadelphia, was raoing at her topmost spoed and that if this had not boon tho easo tho accident would < not havo happen d This is partly 1 borne out by a statement said to bavo | been mado by Assistant iCnginoer John i Chew. Chow told his wife that ho cx- i poittd to bo killed by aa explosion on j tho steamer, as tho company msdo tho ongineor keep up too high a pressuro of i BtCftUl. 1 On a Strike. , A dispatch from Columbia nays tho < textile union has do ared a strike at i the Whaloy mills. Offi jial action to that ctleot was taken Thursday night. At tho mooting of tho members of tho union it was dcoidod that omployment l would not bo aooopted until tho authori- 1 tics of tho ootton mills at! jotod with- ' draw their declaration against tho un- \ ion. A representative and thoroughly ] roliablo o.tixan who attondod the moot- I ing reports that tho hall was paokod to i sufl jaation and there woro many othors I why oould not got in. Yot with all < this orowd ihore was no intemperate i speaking, no rash utterances. A BRUTAL MURDER. \ Young Lady Matts a Volant Daath. CILLEO BY A BLAOK BRUTE. Although Shot in tha Haad Bha Lived Long Enough to Tall tha Nam? of Har Assailant. M*r? HnnHorunn ... lfi .. -..-"1* )d and killed Wednesday evening by Wm. Francis, colored, at the farm aouso of her brother-in-law, Caarlog E. ' Uayatt, near Colnmbas, Mo. Franoia led but hundreda of men are aoouring tho oouatry and hia capture and death are considered almost certain. Miss Hoadorson resided with the ;.* Hyatts on the farm near Oolambus, in th^o heart of the ri^nf* iytfrn'tntt;fLi1 lit trie t in "the !?tato. Wednesday even- jM ng the Hyatts went to (ho home of riends for a brief visit. Franoia, who lad been a trusted employe on the ?laoc for several years, was left to hia >wu devices. Shortly after sunset he mtcred tho farm houso for his ovening neal. Miss Henderson personally pretarcd it and was about to call the ne;ro when he stepped into the kitshen ind attacked tho defenseless. She lorcamod loudly and long for help, bat icne was at hand. The negro was Iriven, finally, by hor desporats resisone3 to the yard in the rear of the louse, but io tho end she was over- j lowered. 1 When tho Hyatts returned Miss Honlorson was found lying near the house . with a bullet holo above tho loft ear. The only horse remaining on the plaoe lad also boon killod in his stall, evilently to hinder pursuit. Miss Henlerson is said to have survived long inough to inform her relatives of her hssailant. This announoement removed ill doubts from the minds of the oiti:?ns here, and half a dozin posses wore mmedutoly formed. Evory inoh of .crritory in tho country ie now being icourcd. A suspect is nndor arrest at [ndopendenoe and another is being par- 1 lued near Sadalia. It is praotioally sertain that Franois, if oaptured, will J io barnod at the stako. 1 23NGRES9MkN HULL'S REPORT. Jj Filipino Can Hever Fully be an Ameri- * cm Citizen. Jfl Congressman Huli of Iowa, chairman of tho homo committecou miliLary affaire, who has arrive^at San fl Francisco on the transport^^^&oook from a five mouths' tour fl Japan aud tho Philippines, iiuproaaod with tu, possibilities Sew American possesions 5 tuo ori- H Ho "If 1 were a young man I don't know there I should rather go than to tho Jflilippines. For a man of braini and H ndustry the islands open a vast proa- H >eot in almost every line of business fl or one who has the grit to go thero fl nd stick to it. fl "The mineral, agricultural and tim- fl ter resouroes of these islands consti- H ute a field for oommeroial enterprise H hat is practically unlimited. Of oouree B he present oonditions of brigandage j uako it exceedingly unsafe tor peo- fl >lo to settle in tho islands away from M he protection of the military posts. | Jut tho people, or the great majority, ^ Lesiro peace and safety and are doing J >11 they can to help the troops attain j aisond. aA "01 oourso it is impossible to make fl >n Anglo Saxon out of t.n Oriental. A 1'hercfore, the FiHpiao probably never 1 sill be ao \tner.i-in citizen in the fl iroad sense that it is understood by all 1 hat term oonveys to tho man born in 1 ,he I'uitcd States of white parents. J [Jut as soon as he gets a sufficient edu- j nation and booomes a little moro im- J .iregnated with our ideas and loses . fl tome of tho idoas acquirod by 300 yecxs issooiatioD with the Spaniard, the Fii pino will bo ? citizen 10 spirit, patriotscu, industry sod education, ftou will >o worthy of participating to the fulost extent in ftll the benefits of this government. "Of course wo shall hsve to govern ;hom with firmness as well ?s with Kindness. 1 think 10,000 soldiers ihoald bo kept there for some years to 3omo." What He Thought. "I don't take much stook in these Horics about a drowning man's whole (>ast life rushing bjforo lus mindo's eye i like a panorama,'' remarked Unole Alton Sparks. "1 got tangled up with a horse in deep water onoa, and had a i pretty elosc call, but all I thought was, J 'I'd hato to have folks think 1 hadn't yfl more gumption than to get drowned 1 trying to ford a oreek where it's ten ' d feet deep. Wo must get out of this!' And 1 managed to out tho horse's harness, aod wo both got outalivo. 1 don't know what tho horso was thinking, but i m wining to bet it wa9 about the *amo."?Chioago Tribune. Accident to Tillman. Senator Tilliutn dil not spoak at any of the mooting* last we jk. On his way From Philadelphia to Spartanburg he got a cinder in his eye, and ho could not speak. Tho Stato correspondent lays tho cinder had worked its way into tho flosh, and Drs. Tabor and r; Bunch had to perform an operation to J3 remove it. This morning the senator was utterly unablo to stand the light. jo he took the first train to Columbia to havo a specialist treat his eye, icolariog ho would bo unable to attend ^ H iny of the other mooting*. Fifty Perish. The British War office has reoeived tho following disoatoh from Lord . Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Aug. 16: "While a party of 3D of French's soouts wore proooodiug to join a column near Bcthesda they woro surrounded in tho liills by a suporior foroe under Theron iud surrendered. One was killed and three woro wounded. Capt. Bothelheim langerously." Lora Kitohonor doci not give tho date, but the oasualty list indioatos August 8. \ .. v w K