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CON VENTION NOTES. WORK Ci? TUM BODY NOW UN DKR FULTJ HKADWAY. ?Ooboto on Various Measures Now in Full Blast. Six toon th Day. In tho constitutional oonvontion Friday tho committoo on corporations ! roportcd an artiolo covering that sub joot in uinotoon sootious, most of .which aro wholly novol in tho organic law of tho stato, tho old constitution having touchod vory lightly upon tho regulation o,f corporations. Tho first Bcotiou do?inos corporations to bo all associations and joint stook ooiupa nics, having powors and privilogos not possessed by individual? or partner ships, and excludes munioipnl corpo rations, Sucootmive Kootions show tho follow ing provisions of general interest; No railroad, express, telegraph or tole phono company is allowed to mako contracts rolieving it from its common law liability. No charter shall bo granted by special law except to insti tutiouH under tho oontrol of tho state, but tho legislature is required to pr? vido for theil* organization undor gen eral lows, and all charters aro to bo subjoot to repeal, livery corporation doing business in tho stato sholl main tain at least ono publie oflico in it for tho transaction of business, an exhibit of tho holdings of stock, oto. All dis crimination in charges or faoilitics for transportation and all charges of higher rates for short than for long j distances aro prohibitod. Any rail road may connect with, cross or intor 8cot nny other railroad. No railroad or transportation company shall con- I troi or consolidate with parallel or oompoting lines, and juries aro to do oido tho qi:cition whethor lines aro parallel or oompoting. Tho legisla ture is forbidden to grant any foroign association or corporation a licOuso to build, operate or lonso railroad lines iu South Carolina, but in caso of in terstate lines tho ownors must bo in corporated undor tho stato laws. No gonoral or special law shall bo passed for tho beneiit of any foroign corpora tion operating a railroad in tho stato. Tho legislaturo is forbidden to grant any charter for banking purposoB, but corporations or associations for such purposes may bo formed under gonor nl laws. Tho repv "t of tho committeo on mu nicipalities loft it optional with tho . logislaturo to liceiiBo liquor selling or prohibit or continuo tho disponsnry system. A motion was mado to nmond by prohibiting tho granting of lioonsos for.tho salo of liquor. There was a long debato upon this, tho conserva tivo mcmbors and somo reformera do olaring that thoro was a gonornl under standing during tho campaign that this question should b? left OpW. "At Inst Tillman said that ho had pledged him- ! Belf to leave it opon and was commit ted, ano whilo ho did not want ovor to soo a saloon in South Carolina again, tho dispousnry might havo to bo aban doned for tho Gothenborg system, so it would bo unwiso to prohibit all licensing. In his motion tho debato was adjournod until Saturday to en able himself and othors to proparo au nmondmont which would moot tho difliculty. Aftor other work of no gen eral interest a recess wnB takon until ovoniug. Tho night session wns ono of tho smoothest tho convention has over held. Colonel Ilobort Aldrich offored Aan nmondmont which doniod to tho no ' gro tho right to hold any oillco in tho stato, and for on hour and a half ar gued from decisions of tho supremo court and the Congressional Record, containing tho story of tho passago of tho fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments, that tho right had never boon given tho negro to hold, ofiloo by tho United Slates constitution or amend ments. " Ho seemed to impress mauy mombors to such an oxtent that Sena tor Tillman jumpod on him with both feet and a stormy hour or moro follow ed. Colonel Aldrich and Tillman had it bot and heavy. Tillman was never moro vehement in all his lifo. Ho told them that if thoy did not kill tho matter thoro and thon they would make tho grootost mistako of their lives; thoy would bo rained. Tillman's influonco controlled. ?"<?o situation, and dospito porsistont efforts to adjourn, tho oonvontion laid Colonol Aldrich's Bchomo on tho table by a voto of 102 to 25. Sovoiitoontli Day. At Saturday's session tho first final aotiou on any ono artiolo of tho now constitution was talton. Tho artiolo cn tho oxeoutivo department, aftor haviug gono all through tho toaring process of thrco readings, was adopt od at oxaotly 12:12 o'olook p. m., and Waa sent to tho committee on stylo mid revision, boooming thereby apart of tho now documont. Anothor important featuro of tho day's work was tho adoption of nn nmondmont with tho parliamentary olinohor attaohed, changing tho timo of holding thu sessions of tho logi?la turo from Novombor to Jnunary, and aftor tho first four sessions havo boon held, limiting tho duration of tho pay mombors to forty days. This is a vory radical ohango in tho organio law of tho state, but judging from tho ox prossions mado by many mombors on tho floor, it will moot with much favor among tho peoplo. An effort was mod", by Mr. Patton to pass a resolu tion sympathising with tho Cuban pa triots in their efforts for indopondenoo, but it failod to got through, and was laid over for consideration on Mon day. Tho resolution road thus : ? "Resolved, 'J'lmt wo. tho dologato* of tho pooxilo of South Carolina, nsBcmblcd in con vondon for tho purposo of forming a constitn tion tor a freo and indopondent pooplo, cxtond our hearty sympathy to tho (Muan patriots now contend in; j for tho samo proclom light." Mr. W. D. Evans could BOO no rea son why tho oonvontion should nt tompt to sptoad itself ovor land and eon. Ho thought that tho Cuban question wns something with which I hoy had nothing whatovor to do. Ho asked tho oouvontiou to doolino to consider tho resolution. Tho mern hors thereupon objected to tho immo diato consideration of tho r?solutiou aud it wont to tho committeo on miB collnncouB matters, doBpito Mr. Pat ton'? ournost romonetranoo. Tho mutter of )>utting tho dispensa ry into tho constitution was cnllod up nod Senator Tillman was about to present tho following provision whon tho mutter wont ovor: "Tho general ossombly shnll novor, howovor, lioonso any porson or corpo ration to soil intoxicating liquors or beverngcB by tho drink, or oxcopt in unbroken packages of lews than a pint, which Sllall not bo opened or drank on tho premisos whore ?old, aud not to bo sold between tho holli's of 7 in tho ovoning and 5 o'clock in tho morning, and not oxcopt in a house thnfc has no door or othor mothod of communica tion with any other homo and in which no othor morohnudiso is kopt for salo." It was decided that tho legislature moot on tho second Tuesday iu Janua ry instead of tho fourth Tuesday in November. Tho following also was passed : "Members of tho gonoral assembly shall not re?oive any compensation for moro than forty days of any ono ses sion. "Provided, That this limitation shall not. affect tho first four sessions of thc genoral assembly under tho constitu tion." Ponding tho settlemont of tho ques tion as to whother tho por diem of leg ialation bo S3 or ?4, tho oouvontion ad journed until Monday. Kigliteouth Day. Monday was tho ilrHt day since thc commencement of tho constitutional convention that tho oalondar WUB OVOU nearly through. It was distinctly n routino day in ovory sonso of tho word. Two more articles, thoso on tho im peachments and nmendmonts, neithei loaded with any dynamite, passod to ri third reading. Tho rost of tho doj was dovotod to sections of tho roporl of tho committeo on miscollnnoouf matters. Everything ealcnlatod tc bring about a light wns passed over. Tho convention carno dangerously nour passing a woman's suffrage clause beforo realising what it meant, bul tho trou bio was seen in time. When tho convention met in th< ovoning a matter that had boen brow ing all day was prosontod. It carno ii tho shape of this resolution, offeree by Mr. J. E. Ellcrbo: "That tho cou volition shall adjourn on Friday, Oe tober 4th, to moot on Tuesday, Joou aryl4, 1800." There was a long debato and a hare fight upon tho adoption of a provisioi putting a married woman's property rights on identically tho samo footing with thoso of au unmarried woman. Thon tho divoroe problem was takoi np, and when the convontiou adjourn od at 11:15 o'olook p. m. tho hoatoe" dohato was scarcely moro than hal complotod. There aro throe proposi tion ponding/ ono absolutely agains any divorce, as South Carolina standi today ; another to allow no divorce except for conviction of adultery iu i court, and not allowing tho guilty par ty to romarry. Tho third is to al^ divorce "by tho judgmont of a court as shall bo proscribed by law." Nineteenth Day. Tho very important suffrage artiol of tho constitution waa reported b tho committeo, of which Senator Til) man is chairman, Tuesday. It is b long odds tho most important ropoi tho oonvoiition will consider. Th leading aootiona read as follows: Sootion 4. Tho qualifications for BU frago shall bo as follows: a. Itosidcnc in tho stato for two years, iu tho oom ty ono year, in tho election distriot i which tho oleotor offers to voto foi months boforo any election ; providoe howovor, that ministoro of tho gospi in oknrgo of an organized churo! shall bo outitlod to voto after ?i months' residonco in tho state, otherwise qnnliflod. b. Registration whioh shall pr o v i c for tho onrollraent of ovory oloctc onco in ton yoars. o. Tho porson applying for rogistr tion must be ablo to read and wri any section of this constitution < must show that ho owns and pa; taxes on $300 worth of proporty this stato; provided, that at tho fir registration under thin constitutio and up to January 1st, 1808, all mn porsons of voting ago who con road olauso in this constitution or und< stand and oxplain it whon road thom by tho registration offioor, sin bo entitled to register and booor electors. A soparato record of all literato porsons, thus rogistorod, BWO to by tho registration offioor, shall filed, ono oopy with tho olork of coi and ono i ix tho ofllco of t ho scorotn . f stato, on or boforo Jenuary 1 1898, and such persons shall roms during lifo qualiitod electors, nub disqualified '>y tho provisions of si tion 0 of this artiolo. Tho oortifioi of tho olork of court or ncorotary stato shall bo su Rio io nt ovidonco establish tho right of said class of ci /.ons to registration and franchise d-Any person who shall apply i registration after January lat, 181 if othor wiso qualified, may bo rog tercel; provided that ho can both re and writo any sootion of this oonstii tion or cnn show that ho owns, and 1 paid tnxos during tho provious y< on proporty in this stato nsscssod $.300 or moro. 1 o-Managers of olootion aimil ro quiro of every oleotor oftbring to voto at any oleotiOn, boforo allowing lum to vote, proof of tho payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed against him for tho previous year. f-Registration certiilootes when lost phnll bo renewed if tho applicant\ is qualified under tho provisions < f tina constitution or if ho bas boon regis tered a? provided Iii Bub-scotion "O." Section 5-Any poison denied rog istralion sholl bavo tho rigbt to appeal to any all courts of this atato to deter min? tho quostion nuder tho limita lions imposed in this article, and tho general assembly shall pr?vido by law fur tho correction o? illegal 01 fraudu lent registri tiou and tho punishment of fame. Section o-Tho following porsons aro disqualified frohl being roistered or voting: First-Perdons conviotod of burgla ry, theft, ai son, obtaining goods or monoy under falso pratenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, cmbe/./.lomcnt, bigamy, or crimes against tho elootion laws; provided, that tho pardon of tho governor Bball remove such disqualification, Second-Persons who aro idiots, in sane, p-uipers supported at tho public expense, find persons confined in auy public prison. Section 7-For tho purposo of vot ing no person shall bo deemed to havo gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence while em ployed in the service of tho United States nor while engagod iii tho navi gation of the waters of this state, or of tho United States, or of tho high neaw. Section 8-Thc general assembly sholl '.provide by law for tho registra tion of all qualified electors nud shall prescribo the manner of holding elec tions and of oscer faining tho results of tho same; provided, that each of the two parties casting tho highest number of votes at tho preceding olection shall havo representation on tho board of managers at each pre cinct, and on tho board of county can vassers in each county. Section 9-Tho several counties in tho stato shall bo divided into election districts with ono precinot in each of the same at which alone tho voter registered for that precinct can east his ballot; provided, that a voter may be transferred from ono district to an other. Section 10-Tho goncrnl assembly shall ?pr?vido by law for the holding of party primary elections and punishing fraud at tho same. Section ll-Tho registration books phall ol os? at least thirty days before an election, after which transfors and registration shall not bo legal, except ns to persons coming of ago in tho in terim. Section 12-Electors in municipal elections shall possoss all tho qualifica tions heroin proscribed. Section 13 - At any special oleotion in inoorpoaated cities and towns of this stato for tho purposo of bonding tho same or for raising r?vonue, all resi dent owners of property in said oities and towns of tho nssossed value of two hundred dollars who aro qualified . oleotqrs under this constitution shall bo entitled to vote. At suoh olootion tho votor shall produce a receipt for all taxes, county stato and municipal for tho previous yoar as cvidoueo of bia right to vote. Tho fight began Monday night on tho divoroo law and continued all day Tuesday. By a voto of 8G to 49 tho convention adoptod a strict seotion that "no divoroo shall evor bo granted in this stato"-not for any oauso what ever. Senator Tillman made a big effort to havo divorces granted in othor states recogni'/.od, but for ouoo ho was overwhelmingly votod down. Tho par liamentary clinchor was put on tho di vorce olauso as adoptod. Tho convention promptly voted down tho proposition to tako a roooss till January 14. Another proposition to take a recess for ton days was also voted down. T won Moth Day. When tho constitutional convontion was called to ordor Thursday morning an effort was xnado to limit all sp aeches in tho futuro to ton minutes, but it failed. Wednosdny night when sootion 3-4 of tho legislation nrticlo, reading "tho marriago of a whito person with a negro or mulatto or por non who shall havo any negro blood, shall bo unlawful and void," was cnllod up, Delegato Robert Smalls pesentod a sensational amend ment to add tho words: "And that any whito person who lives and cohab its with a negro or mulatto porson who sholl have one-eighth or moro of nogro blood, shall bo disqualified from hold ing any officoof ernolnmont or trust in this stat?, and tho offspring from any such living or cohabitation shall boar tho nomo of tho father and shall bo entitled to inherit and acquire prop erty tho samo ns if they woro legiti mate. " After an all-day battle this amend ment was killod and tho original sec tion won adopted with t his oor root ion by Senator Tillman, attached: "And tho parties to suoh marriago shall bo punished as tho goneral assombly may prescribe. " Tho section on polico and munioipol corporation was amended on motion of Mr, Patton^of Richland, after a sharp fight, so that for fivo successive years from tho timo of their establish ment, municipal corporations can ex omptall manufacturing establishments from taxation. Tho only important action of tho convontion at tho night session was agrooing to a resolution oftorod by Sonator Tillman that when tho con , vontion adjourns Friday it tako a ro [ cess until noon on Tuesday, Ootobor 16th. This was adopted by a voto of 83 to 88. Tho reasons givon for tak ' ing a rcooss woro that a m:tabor of tho inombors woro bick, o nuinbor of law yers would obsont thoniHolvea for sales doy whothor tboy woro excusod or not aud that tho busincts of many far mor? at this particular limo demnndod tholr prescnoo at homo. Tho convention dovotod tho romnindcr of tho night sossion to hearing argumonta for and against eliminating tho right of dower in any nnd all lands allotted by tho husbaud during tho coverture. RICCICSS OF IQ I Ci UT DAYS. (Joust ltutlonal Convontlon to Tnko t\ Short Recess. Aftor four wook'? work nnil strain upon what Congressman Tolbert call? tho "automatic mouths" of tho dolo? gates, tho South Carolina constitution al convention at noon Friday took n recess until October 15. Just a few days siuco tho conven tion overwhelmingly defeated a mo** lion to toko a recess, and tho action was a surprise. Senator Tillman brought tho matter up Friday night and stated that his reason for favor ing it was that tho farmers ought to ho at homo a fow days to seo about gathering their crops. Tho conven tion agreed with him, and a rcceeu wa? ordered by a voto of 83 to 38. Thoro waa just a quorum present when tho convention met at 10 o'clock, and tho day's session was necessarily a brief one. Tho light on tho question of abolishing tho right of dower in South Carolina took placo during tho session. Tho convention finally do cidod to rotain tho dower in tho now constitution, by a vote of 83 to 18. Tho following resolutioiiB, offurod by Mr. H. C. Patton, woro considered and adopted : "Resolved. That we. tho delegates of tho pooplo of South Carolina assembled in convention for tho pnrposo of framing a constitution for a freo and independent people, extend our hearty sympathy to tho Cuban patriots now j struggling for tho taino precious rights." ii "Resolved second* That wo call upon 1 tho federal government to rcoognizo tho Culmns us belligerents, so soon as tho rules of international law shall permit. " An offert is being mndo to do away with thc holding of a session of tho legislature this wintor, ns is shown by tho following resolution, introduced by Mr. J. IO. Fllerbo to bo coiiBwlorod immediately upon tho ronpoembling of tho convention after tho recess: That, with a view to savo tho neces sity and expenso of holding tho ap proaching session of the general as sombly, it bo referred to tho commit U'j^xm fi mince and taxation and on the legislativo department to frnmo and present for the consideration of this convention an ordinanco providing for Htioh tax lovios and appropriations as mny bo necessary to carry on tho state and county government until tho first session of tho general assembly bo liold, as provided for under tim oou ?t^tut.ion, GROWTH OF TIIIC SOUTH. Tho Industrial Condition ns Reportod for tho I'nst Woolc. Tho Chattanooga Tradesman reports tho following now industrios incorpor ated or established in tho Bouthorn states during tho past wook: Newport Grain and Milling Co., of Newport, Ark., and tho Thompson Oil and Oas WorkB, of Wheoling, W. Va., eaoh with $100,000 capital; a sash and door factory to bo built at Palatka, Flo., also with $100,000 capital; a manganeso mining company nt Roan oke, Va., capital $50,000; a $50,000 cotton oil company at Brownwood, Texns.a $'10,000 construction oompany at Columbia, S. C., and a $40,000 oil i and gas compnuy at Wheoling, W. Va. , A cotton mill with 150 tons daily ca pacity at Greonville, Texas, and a 30 ton oil mill and oil rofinery at Now Orleans, Tja. Thero is also reported an olootrical plant at Canton, Miss., a 50-barrol flouring mill at Mndieonvillo, Tenn., i an ico factory at BJoxi, Miss., aud an oil and fortili/.er company at Ander son, S. C. A knitting mill is to bo established at Brunswick, Qa., and woodworking plants atPiodraont, Ala., Mc, Al pin and Willistou, Fla., AthonB, Ca., Trouton, Tonn., and Orange,Tex. Waterworks aro to bo built atEnfauln, Ala., and Canton, Miss. Tho enlnrgomonts for tho weok in cludo brick works at Harrimon/fonn., iron and nicol works at Houston, Tex., an incroaso in tho oapital of tho Gaff ney cotton mills at Goffuoy, S. C., from $200,000 to $000,000, and an on lnrgomont of tho Woodstock woolon mills at Woodstook, N. C. AN ELECTRIC PLANT. Chattanooga l'nrtlos Got tho Contract for a Streot Railway. At a mooting of tho board of aldor mou of Moridian, Miss., a resolution to award tho franchise for tho opora tion of on olectrio streot railway on tho streots of tho city and tho maintonnuoo of an oleotric light plant to furnish lights for tho oity and motivo powor for tho railway to W. B. Hall and as sociates, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was unanimously passed. Tho board of council has concurrod with tho older manic bonrd in tho adoption of tho resolution. DI R UCI ORS INDICTED. Chattanooga Grand Jury Aftor Mom bora of Uiidorwritora' Association. Tho indictment brought by tho grand jury now in sossion at Chattanooga against tho Kentucky aud Tonnossoo Undorwritors' Association for main taining a trust is still somothing of a sousa (ion. It has boon impossible to loam tho names of tho gontlomon in dicted, but ono of tho members of tho grand jury said that ovory man on tho oxoentivo oommittoo of tho ossoolatlon would bo pulled up boforo tho court nt its January torm, THE WHITE METAL PKOGKKSS OP THE GREAT SIL VER MOVEMENT OUTLINED. Homo of tho Longuo Committees An nouuuod-l?o Honest-Mooting lu Huntsville, Etc. Tlio Meriwether Vindioator say ai "Acoording to tho domooratio plat forms silver was 'honest monoy' iu 188d and 'standard monoy' that should not bo discriminated against in 1802. Is 'honest monoy' and 'standard mon' oy,' monoy against whioh 'no disorimi nation' must bo used, sound monoy? If so, silver lilis tho bill." i Sllvor Mooting flit HuutHvlllo. A largo, enthusiastic and intelligent mass mooting of democrats from ali portions o? Madison county, Ala., was i bold at Huntsvillo a few days ago. Spooohos woro modo by Judge William j Kiohnrdsou, ox-Congressman W. \V. ? Garth and Captain Milton Humes, j Resolutions woro adoptod ratifying tho j tho action of tho Birmingham confer onoo of Soptombor 10th and favoring ? tho freo and unlimitod coinago of sil vor with equal mintngo rightn of gold ! nt tho ratio of 10 to 1, without connul ? talion or ngtcomout with any foreign j nation. A strong central campaign 1 committoe of tho Madison County Bi ! motnllio league, with authority to or ganizo clubs in ovory precinct of tho county, was appointed. Indiana's Silver Mon. Tho oxocutivo committoo of the In I diana Stato Democratic Silvor League mot at Indianapolis a few days ago. j lu an intorviow President Clark do clarod that wbilo tho movomont is ho ing kopt wholly within tho demoQralio j party it is rapidly spreading ovor tho stato. Ho says : "Among tho district members aro members and ex-members of the state committoo. In many instances tho county chairmen named aro couuty j chairmen of tho rogular domncratio or I ganizatiou. Tho mon who aro at the head of tho movement boliovo they I will have such a perfect organization j emly in tho y oar that they can name at least ton of tho state committeemen; can control a majority of tho distriot I conventions that soleot delegates to th? j national convention, and will bo able I to control tho stato nominating con vention and exact from it a freo silvor resolution." Sliver League Committees, Thc exeoutivo committoo of tho Na tional Silvor lougue, whioh mot in Memphis on Septomb'. 12th, did not ehooRO all its national committoomen, And its work hos not yot boon oom pletod. Somo thirty-five comraittoo mon havo boon ohosen. Sonntor Inham' G. Harris is not now in Memphis, and ho ie tho possessor of information, but from nnotbor sourao somo of, the ap pointments havo boon ascertainod, as follows: Tounossoo-J. M. Head, Nashville Mississippi-Col. It. H. Taylor, of Bardi?. Texas-Sonator Horace C. Hilton. Arkansas-Carroll Armstrong,ohair man of tho ntato domooratio excontive oommittoo. Georgia- -Hon. Patrick Walsh, of Augusta. Alabama-J. W. Tomlinson, of Bir mingham. ? Louisiana-Attorney Gonornl M. J. Cunningham. North Carolina-Ex-Sonator and Govornor Jarvis. South Carolina-Stato Superintend ent of Eduoation Mayflold. Illinois-W. H. Hinriohson. **? Prosporous With Silvor Bonds. Tho Chioago Inter Oooan calls atten tion to tho following leoont dispatch from tho City of Moxico : For tho present tho bani? horo Imvo moro European ox olia UKO lo o?for than the market can Absorb. Till? is due to tho gratifying ?nd constant demand for tho now eilyer flvo per oont bonds in tho prlnoipal trana-Allentlo money markots. While our noxt door noighbor ia happy and prosperous with tho froe and unlimitod ooinago of silvor and with an ?ssuo of silvor bonds, what aro we doing? Tho Intor Oooan says: Tho issuing of bonds calling specifically for gold ls non familiar in this country. It is be ing done hy ni a?es, counties, oitlos and ?ll sorti and combination? of long-time borrowers. Even farm inorUngoa ar?. mario payable lu manr cssos in gold. It is purely a matter of bunine PH, which concerns only the borrow- r and ?he lender. When, howover, it was proposed tomako tho United States bondi payable In gold, Instead of coln, a proicet waa entered, and Tory properly, too. 'Hie govornmenl ol tho United Slates alono has tho power of mak ing money, aud a bond dir elimination In favor of ono partloulnr monoy mo:al would groatlj embarrass tho maintenance of bimetallism, and, perhaps, rondcr it impracticable without financial revolution. Congro's was wiser horoin than thc president. Tho Mexicana havo not boon so weak as to follow tho cxomplo of n foreign power ovor tho sea. They havo os oapod England's financial domination. At no time in tlw> bl ?tory of tb? ooun try has Moxioo enjoyed slioh gonoral prosperity^ Homo monnfaoturos aro inoroaBlng and woalth is aooumulating. Within tho past ton years tho doposits of tho banks of tho City of Moxioo havo inoreaBcd from 07,000,000 to ovor $35,000,000. Thia objcot losson ia plain ongottgh for ovon tho wayfaring man.-Atlanta Constitution. . BO Honest. IFrom tho Atlanta Gonai Ration.! Tho gold etandajfd organs of tho south and wost are/not pulling oona fortnbly in (ho Bomo traoos -with tho singlo gold'standard mou of tho north und east, lu tho south and.' woBt wo hear a great deal of lovoly talk about "in 1er nut ional bimetallism. " Tho sug gestion ia mado that a half a orop of" cotton, with higher prioos, moons prosperity. But thia ?B ono of tho moat soriouH delusions : nf thoso who; aro trying to fool tho people, ? short orop nt higher piicos will bring no moro ruonoy into tho country than a largo orop at lowor prices ; and inonoy is what is needed to carry on business, Tho ory of tho goldbugs iu tho south and wost is for international bimetal lism. Thia is folly, of courue, and tho poople will como to undoratnnd it as such when tho campaign comes on ; but, meanwhile, tho northorn and onstosu goldbngs are goiug forward knocking intornatioual bimotallism iu the head. They say that but ono of the demoorntio stato Conventions (that of Mississippi) that havo aotod this year has deolarod for tho freo and; un limited coinngo of silver, while Kon tuoky, Iowa, Maryland, Ohio, Ponn nylvnnin, Now York and Now JorBoy hove doolarod againet it-tho ratio of strength being 18 to 270. Thoy purposely omit Nobrn'ska, which nominated a full stato tiokot on a freo ooiungo platform, and aleo omit tho domooratio stato conventions of Illinoie and Missouri, which dcolarc|d for froe coinage, whilo in KonthokV tho dotuocrntio candidato ia making t\ straightout light in favor of free coin-\ ago. \ Hut what is tho condition of affairs in Now York, whoso attitude may bo falcon ns a fair anmploof eastern non ti men ty Heuator Hillurgod in tho Syr nouao oonvontion that a steady effort bo made in favor of on international agreement, and dooloring ngniust froo coinage "only under prosent condi tions." ThiB wna a part of tho platy' form proposed in the draft proparoctf by tho Bnhoommittoo on resolutions/ All roforonoe to ah international ftAroomont was strickon out in Jtho * (innnoial plank as passed, and a broad declaration against froo coinngo undor any conditions was substituted. This *hown that tho froo coinage movemont, ao far aa tho oast in oonoorrtcd, has no rolation whatnvor with any nttompt to inaugurate "international bimetal lism." That is a more cloak for tho singlo gold staudard, nnd of late tho boldest of tho oastorn organs havo thrown off this olonk os no lougor nec essary, and aro now striving to oon Yinoo thoir rondors that nn interna tional agrocmont in as impraoticobleos - froo coinage. Tho wholo content is now ono bo tweon Ainerioan bimotallism-tho res toration of nilvor-and tho single gold standard. Wo do not blamo tho east ern people for advocating tho eiuglo Goldstandard. It is to their tomp?r rary inforoats. Under- its.operations' " thoy haVo gained pretty nearly (til that ' tho rost of tho country has lout, ' and ' . thoy hove great rcacon to. advocate a [ . ."fl?undV ourronoy. at. tho expOoBo of y. unsound prices. Option has advanced, . but only bocnuao tho fnrmorn woro \ oompellod to out down thoir-oropo, owing to tho low prioes tinder tho sin glo gold standard. But tho ,-hjghor priooo thoy aro gotting now, "with a abort crop, will not by any moans re pay thom for tho IOBSCB thoy sustained under tho low prioos of last yo ar. Whilo tho oastorn gold standard mon havo shown a disposition and a desire to throw off tho thin disguise of [ international bimetallism, the southern and western gold standard, mon aro making tremendous attempts to draw it olosor around their Shoulder?. Wo do not think that any honest voter oan bo dooeivsd by any suoh barofaoed Boheme, but wo do think that if the single gold standardiste of tho sonth and wost doBiro to appear before tho rest of tho oountry on an honest plat form, thoy o'^ght to discard and throw away the ehnm and disguise of "inter national bimetallism," whioh is .essen tially and entirely played out. JUDUR THOMAS SICLKCTEO AB Temporary Commissioner to Sue- ' coed Mr. Flnloy. Judgo William Bailey Thomas has neon appointed temporary commis sioner of tho Southern Passenger Asso ciation to suocood Mr. W. W. Finloy, who was rooontly oleoted third vioo presidont of tho ?outhorn Railway Company. When asked about tho ap pointment Mr. Finloy said: "Tho oxooutivo boord of tho South ern Paesongor Association, at its mooting in Now York, Saturday, ap pointed Judgo M. Bailoy Thomnn to fill tho ofttco of commissioner tempo rarily, or until a pormanoht ohoicoortn bo mado. Tho mooting adjourned Saturday without sotting a dato for tho soleotion of a permanent commis sioner, and it io impossible at prosont , to gain any deflnito idoa of what will j bo dono in tho mattor. Judgo Thomas will oot os commissioner until snob timo as tho oxooutivo board of tho as sociation may moko another chango,' JOHN O. NKW INTICUVIKWIf.b. j Says Harrison Is In No Sonso rt Cnndl dato for President. Colonol John 0. Now, who mnnnged Harrison's oampaigns for tho nomina tions to tho presidonoy and who was oonsul general for tho United States to London during his administration, has authorized an interviow. Tho gen erol, ho. ,snys, does not dosiro to run ogoin for tho prosidonoy. "Ho is in no sonso a candidato," said tho colonel, "and tho storios that ho has withdrawn in tho intoresfc of anyono aro without foundation, In foot, woro his advice solioitod," con tinued Mr. Now, emphatically, "ho "Would soloot noithor Hood nor McKin loy as tho ropublioan onndidato." Oolonol Now positively declined to stato, howovor, who tho gouoral woitld favo-*:.