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MYAMIN SPEAKS. J^C?otin??d from'.pogo l.'J ) red' icn3or, lived but ? fowehorl woikfl; Governor Ellorbo tendered ino tho nom iuhiion. 1 realisod tho radical uaiuru of h-nno of my uttoranocu and voten, and whilo I oould not forosoo wiat h*B hep P'-ned, 1 know wy ua*uro well enough to fool oortftin Utatliaviog onco onl?Btcd lu thq fight I would nover tu-n back whilo lifo lasted; I, thoroforo, rcfuBod to ooo opt tho appointment at tho banda of Governor Ellorbo unless ho would guat?ntc? that tho Excoutivo Oomuiit 100 would ordor a primary and permit tho people to pai?.' upon. tko issues whloh j, had raisod. OAMt'Aiatt OK 1897. It is unnecessary for mo to rofor lo Hint hitlor fight. You nil remember the mooting in Groonvillo, whoi o 1 wa* insulted, bullied ond hailed like BOIUO wild beast, it was a enmplo of somo of tho rest. For myself I om willing lo ' hot (he dead past bury Us dead.*' 1 havo no ill fooliug towards any one cn account of it, I spoke, I believe, in every county in Ibo ?lato outside of my Con gressional Dlsliiot oxcept three. 1 advocated my views not only on tho JarltT hut on what I oousldorcd tho veal lino of policy lo ho pursued by Soulhein Representatives. 1 carried about eighty per oent. of tho volo oast And ovory cornily except throo, whioh woro lost from looid considerations hy BraaU margins. 1 w.'eh I had .limo to recount to tho pooplo what tho rice/ schedule, which I got into that hill, haB dobo for tho rico plan ters on tho coasts off South Carolina, th ) vu?to piucos il Ima redeemed, tho thousnuds of dollars it has brought Into this State. What tho duly on pina has dono for tho lum ber intorosts, widen woro hoing sacritloed to tho whilo j^ino imported freo of duty from Ca?ad**.' Tho North, whioh is almost baro of tlmjfjoi', instead of going to Canada, lou hoon foroed to go South, and that has put thous ands of dollars into thia State. Thoro is no telling what an arrnngemout of tho sahodnlo on cotton goods no ns to prevent discrimina tion against coarse favrios, hun incant to thc cotton mills oftho South. COTTON I'MNTKHS SACRIFICED TO A HENTIM EMT. Thia ?B not tho placo to explain what, tho retention of tho homo market moans whou a manufacturer tooks a foroiga outlet. 1 will rofor. howevor, to (ho duty on raw cotton, whioh I advooatcd at tho tinto Cott.n, com and wheal oro our groat, exports. Now 1 wont lo ask any mau of reason, why lt is that a duly of lwouty-fivo oonts por bu di el 1B puton wheat, and fifteen coats per bushel on corn, whilo nothing is put upon ootton? Tho throo stand oxnotly upon tho ?arno basis, lt ?B this, Northorn Rep resentatives proteot oom mid whoat against importations from Canada andcleewhoro, whilo. ?? colton bas boon saoriQcod to a moro sonliracnt. I think that I am tho first Roprosontatlvo in Congross lo point out tho clangor to tho ootton p enters ?rising from tho importation of Egpjlion cotton. Ten years ago thoro woro no importationB to I epcak of. Tho yoar 1 mado this speech j thoro was in round numbers fifty-nijc millions of pounds and last year thoro was almost sovonty millions, on inoronBO of nearly twen ty per oent. Sinoo thon two mills havo hoon built in South Carolina (in ono of whioh I am lntoroflted) using nothing but Egpytlan oot ton. Now 1 contend, if tho ootton farmers woro proteolod Uko tho wheat and corn plan tors, wo could produco any kind of ootton that ls nooded. South Carolina is tho homo of tho ootton plant. No cotton comos into competition with our Sea Island ootton, and common senso tolls mo, that wo ona devolop any grado needed botweon that and tho short staple. Ton yearn ago tho "Allen long slaplo" was planted all over upper South Carolina, and 1 know of somo men who bought gins especial ly adapted to Ibis cotton, but they had lo throw them nwny. Egyptian colton has driven thom out oftho business. Tho rod hills of this up country aro tho vor y place whore this ootton should bo grown, hut how can wo develop it in competition with tho cheap labor cf Egypt? What ave wodolng now, meeting ft'1'1 r1-.r:,",r ??***?? . ? ra ,!""" M . ovrcago whilo English ougincorsnro constructing dums in tho valley of tho Nilo, whloh wilbla two y oars will udd ono million and one-half baiea or ono eighth to tho ootton orop;.whilo woore roduoing thonorcago hero our competitors ort inoroasing it, and wo aro to furnish tho mnrkot for tho increase. I say, tvwsy with tho impractical statesman nbip which will sacrifico the ootlou plnntors of Houth Carolina to those of Egypt. After I WOB olcolcd to (ho Senate I aitcmptod lo purim o tho santo lino in everything, but I was very ill for a long timo after my campaign, oonfincd to my bcd at ono (imo for 'noven wooka. Theso terrible cami aigns of ours in tho heat of Bummor, making spceohes day after day, sitting for four or fivo hours, your clothes wot with perspiration, in tho sun, and ono half tho limo without diunor, Ibero orobutfow mon who havo gono through with it and not had their health impaired. 1 have no doubt but that il. shortened tho days of tho gallant Karlo and oyen rugged John Irby. THE TREATY WITH SPAIN. While I was in this pliysioaland mental condition, tho war with Spain oamo on and 1 had to grapple with theso now cpiestion?. 1 was sick, heart, body and soul. .All that I wanlcd|u pcaoo and to Y?o let alono, Tho oruol laurits and sneers of "Republican and traitor hurt mo (hon, whilo I can laugh nt them now. I mado up my mind not to oroato any futlher issues, but tamely fall in and follow tho load of Jones, Tillman, Pettigrew & Co., and thon to quietly retiro at the end of my (erm. My intimate friends know Hat thia woe my intention. Whon they oon oludcd to d of ont tho tronty, 1 could not BOO what great harm could como tb tho country from foroing tho Republicans lo oall an extra session. It would only postpone matters by one month, At tho request of somo of tho Dcmooratlo loaders, I madoa specoh, not against tho Ircnty but against Imperialism, whioh opoeoh was al tho timo, and with tho lights hoforo mo, my opinion. 1 had not drawn tho distinction botweon Expansion and Imperialism, and 1 fully intended to vote against tho ratification oftho treaty, I was so tired of hoing abused and nocusod of dis loyalty to my party. At lhat lime, how ever, I oontoudod in privnto that tho . rejection of tho treaty was' unwiso even from a parly standpoint. I had thon, as I have nov/, very littto oonfidcice ia the political sagacity of Sonator JumcB K. Jones, and I boliovod that Sonator Gorman waa at heart au Expansionist, becauso ho votod for tho acquisition oftho Hawaiian Islands, and I suspcotod him of nn ambition after Mr. Brynn ndviscd (ho ral ideation of tho treaty, to defeat it and thus BuppUnt him in tho leadership. Not that I objected to this, for Qormnn B a conservative man, and might havo been clootcd President tho last limo, could ho havo commanded tho no mination. Howovor, on Sunday afternoon, tho day hoforo tho Iroaty was to bo voted upon, (ho nows was Unshod ovor tho wlros that our troops had been firod upon by tho very pooplo whom wo had freed from tho tyranny of Spanish opprcssion.This presented an entirely now situation and hoforo I had finished reading tho "extra" tho correspon dents of tho New York Hun and I think of tho World, called nt my houso bo toro I had consulted with any human being, and I ex pressed this opinion, os tho files of Hie uows papors will show. Ono month of delay might recoil floriona conscquonocs lo tho people of tho United Htntos. lt must bo remembered that Spain hod tho sympathy of ont ro Eu ropo, and af tor tho battlo of Manilla noth ing but tho toot of Dewoy and tho attitude of England provontcd us from hoing forcod into a war for which wo woro totally unpro pared. To defeat tho treaty meant that wo woroi'tlllat war with Spain, and that our BOldlore woro iutrudors in (ho Philippino Is land. To ratify the treaty moant mt a a(nto of war, but a moro influrrcotion and deprived othor nationa of an exouso for intorfororjico. It Booma lo mo any way , that no matter .what the situation or causes may bo, that tito only position for a man to toko whon wo aro on gaged in a foreign war ia lo Bland by lila own country, right or wrong. Lot mo review th? situation a moment. In tho first place, 1 had not, as long aa it oould bo avoided, boon In favor of tho war, und had but littlo sym pathy willi tho inflammatory addrosBfB made' In Congrosa, whloh embarrassed tho Preai dent in hishum?rdi Moria to"Cavort tho war, I could ?ot but look with'dfutruat upoi thoso mon who forced the war on by frantic oppoaln and then, 'tho vory moment that hontllitiea 4 ??: woro bogtiu, oiltlolaed ?very movement ?nado to bi ln g mw to a speedy and suoocas?ul cud. lt was u small and pretty pa?t for ?onatora to play. Aguinaldo had mauy warm sympa thizers lu Congross, who compared him to "Georgo Washington" aud his half naked followers to tho libr?os of King's Mountal i mid Hunker Hill. B(mo Ol them uvvr can not conceal tho chngrla which thoy fool at Iho capture of Aguinaldo aud tho cessation of hostilltloi. ltlsobargod that my voto ratl dod ?h<? treaty and s'oopol tho wa*. If so, I am proud of tho faot, and I am ihiukful th ?t 1 had tho strength to do my duty and cast that voto I fear that I would not have had (ho oourogo to dolt, had I not felt that mj veto was abiolutely neoetsary; but roaliz ing tho farreacbing offcot and tho fearful re sponsibility, 1 cast mv volo accordingly. I havo never seo-? tho 'lay whoa I regretted lt, and my o.hlldron will reinombor it after I am dead, with pleasure and pride-, as the most glorious aot of my lifo. KXl'ANSION. I will not undorluko to doraonetinto tho wi id oin of vxpinsiou, but will content my self by simply saying that tro aro a nation of expansionists. Wo havo oxpandod during tho last ono hundred yeais on (his continent from eight hundred thousand to four mllion equaro milos. Expansion U tho bod-rook of Domooracy. Thomas Joltorpon, tho firet expansion President, added 1,122,000 aquaro milos to our aroa. Tho annexation of Tex w, California Arizona, New Mexloo and Hoyada wero by D inooratio Administrations. An drew Jackson would today bo donounced as an Impirialist hy tho vory same pooplo who oat "Jackson day dinners" sud worship at his Bhriuo. Old Ilioko'y said on this sub ject, 1 I havo thought with tho ancient Ho rnau, that it ls right never lo cedo noy tor rilory within tho boundary of tho Republic, but atwiys to add to it by hoaorablo Iroity, thus extending tho area of freedom," AH (his talk about imperialism is bosh. Tho people uudoretaiid it as tho cry of ''wolf," when thoro is no wolf. Whon Mr. Hryan abandon? d tho monoy question and at templed tosubslituto . imperialism," ho stood about ns much ohance of. beleg olectod as a a split-foot bull-frog did of kicking all tho wator out of Eako Mlohigan. At least, that, is Ibo opinion of a frioud of mino. ThoprlCo paid for theso luanda has boon given as an oejooliou Thia i* absurd. England, Franoo, Gormnuy, Ilussla or Japan would pay ton times as much to occupy our pojitioa in tin Pni Ippino lslnuds. hying as thoy do along tho Asiatic ooaat, thoy aro tkog^toway to tho Orient. Tho pooplo of tho South aro vitally lu ter?sled iu tho Irado of Ohlua; so far, wo havo oa'y louohod oao of tho prov?noos Minister Wu, tho othor night in Charlotte told of thc teeming millions in South China, and said tho groat problom was to oioiho th? pooplo. They aro forced lo use silk to moko tholr olothQS, but that this was oxponsivo and almost an impossibility. I am told that, for fear of wearing thom out, tho Chineso very raroly wat h thoir olothes. I havo heard it wittily said that tho ohief differonoo botwoon tho Chiueso and Japanoso is, (hat tho formor novor wash their olothes. and tho latter novor wath their body. I boliovo it was Mr. Wu who said tho othor night, to leaoh tho Chineso to wear ootton Bhirts and then get tho emperor toisauo an odiotto moko tho taila only ono Inoh longor, and tho oot ton orop of tho South would bo exhausted by thai ono inch, and nono loft for Europo. If any argument was needed to show tho im portanoo of theso markets, tho effoot of recent troubles in China is sufDolout. Cot ton goods aro stackod up in tho warehouses uDRalablo, and when tho boat judges thought last fall lhat ootton would bo twolvoond ono half to fifteen cents por pound it has declined moro than threo conti. I am an oxpau alpinist-I favor tho political, commercial and religious oxpauBion of our country. Thia is along tho lino of progress. Wo oatt not at tain a cot tain growth and then stand still. An in tho individual, so lu tho nation Wo either movo forward towards perfection, or baokwards towards dioay. Thoro aro o^r. tiiu orises in tho lifo of overy man whioh seizo'l loads to suoocs?, let thom pa?s and tho ohanoo is lost forever. Tho capaoity to tako advantage of tho opportunity constitutes tho di ll oro ooo between tho mau who 6uo)eods nod tho ono who fai B, and B!V-'*<nnrj Jt natinis, Wo havo. gn?o?^^tfeifciiof our op jiortunueB, au? * for ono nm lu favor of pushing it to tho Windi. During tho past contury wo havo beon absorbed in testing ibo great question ofooustilutional repri-son latlvo government and tho dcvolopment of America. Tho timo hus now oomo when wo must havo foreign trndo, and not mcruly subsidiary io our industrial development at homo but as necessary to eur continuo I prosperity. Our reaotiroos and population demand wot ld* wide avenues of Irado, and we cannot sep?ralo tho cornmoroiul mid polliio-.il olen cuta iavolvo I. What aro wo to do with our surplus products? Thi? is tho queittion onguiing tho adoption of all tho civilized nut ions of Ibo earth. Tho only Hold unncoupicd is in tho Orlont 1 boliovo that tho timo is near at hand whon Iho oot ton trad? of tho South wilt bo with (he Ori ont. When our oommoroe ou tho Atlantio will bo insginifioant oompared with that of tho Paoiflo Minister-Wu gnvo us somo val nublo informa'ion at Churlo! to. Our manufacturers aro roaohing out for this trado, and what bettor eau I do as you Sena tor than hojp them. No Stnto will reap a richer rownrd than South Carolina, with all tho water power and manufacturing devolop moi.t tu tho Piedmont reg.on, and with threo Biioh harbors as Charleston, Qcorgotown and Port Hoyal. How oan I bolter sirro the fanners of (his SlateT They will sharo in tho benefits of ?his trado. lloro ls tho Unitod Stales midway botwtou Europo aud Asia Almost an island when tho canal is out-? with tho Gulf of Moxloo on the South and tho Great Lakes on tho North; tho Atlantio on ono sido and tho Pocilio on tho othor, and with tho peoplo of two oontlnonts bidding for our produots.-lho possibilities dazzol tho imagination, lt is no idlodroam. I boliovo that most of (ho peoplo within tho sound of my voioo will live to soo it realized Wo havo become a paoiflo power with 6,000 miles ri coast on that ocean; with tho Hawaiian Iulands and Aleutian Islands aa resting placea, and the Philippines aa a^koy to tho "Opon Door," wo aro tho only nation strong enough (o compel Russia, with her traus f iberian Railroad, to respoot tho iategrlty of tho Chineso Empire, Aa long as tho Unitod Statoa and Japan soy "No," (ho Chi nos? Empire must romain in taot and tho door bo loft open to our products Whon I think of how Btrangoly lt has all oomo about I oan not but boliovo that (he hand of God ia guid iug (his governmortt, and that he has watch cd over nnd directed us along tho path where lie greatness, peaoo and prosperity. 1 on un ot undertake to discus) the question of a go? eminent for theso omlyinf, possoselous; wo havo Mottled othor problems of a moro complex nature, and I cannot. L it boliovo that a solution will bo found just; humane and salisfaolory lo all oonoorocd. My volo on tho Army Rill hos boon ntl oked. NOT TUB FIRST Tl M B SOUTH GAROMNA HAS RI8BN AIIOVK PARTY. It was a long (ho lino of eupporting tho foreign policy of (lils government. Let mo say right boro, thal I am net tho first Con gressman from South Carolina who hos votod against his party and supported tho Preai dent whon it oaroo io a quoitlon of a foreign war. Three of tho groatost mon that South Carolina has over produoed, Calhoun, Lowndes nud Chovos, supported tho govern* ment ogainst their party during (ho war of 1812. Uhovea used thoao words, which I re peat from tho boltom of ray houri: "Irre* spootivo of party, for tho groat inlerost of tho nation.1' <, In oonnootlon with tho fight now In pro* g! 088 against mo, Ibo fina proteotlvo tariff bill evor introduood was by a South Carolina Hoprosentitlvo, howndjou, and advocated by Mr, Calhoun in ono of tho gmt os t upooohoa of his lifo. I his la not tho first limo that our gallant titilo Stalo has risen aboyo ucotlon and acted for tho intorest of (ho nailon. Tho Army Bill provided for a maximum of ono hundred thousand men and a minimum of sixty r'"o thousand, and botwoon thoao amounts (ho discretion was loft to tho Preil* dont. At (hat timo tho insurrection was In progress, and my common sonso told rae thoro was but ouo of two (binga to do. Either put enough men in tho field to oruah (he rebellion; or quit and oomo homo. I believed ia the formor plan, and so votod, Follow-oitizena, thoro io a great dont of olap-trap talked oren in tho United Hinton Sonata, About one-half of thoao mournful speoohes on (ho groat danger of "Imperial* lom" and "Mllliarlam" wero for homo con* sumption ami tho mont of thora WOTO made after oom for tablo beefsteak and a boltlo of ( m***&9>??iiii??m mt ifoh?iM?d<? ??ito ???fr^wv^^fct^ ?Mut?m'fl Extro Dry." I seo Ibat ?luoo Ibo robelllon. 1B over, tho President says Hut ho will UtkO thu minimum ?mount. Hurdy, follow oltUcns, I couui ufln\l ip trust * rann on ft question of ?hat kiud whom t ao people?' tho Uallcd Stotts had clcoted to tho Presi dency. Why not oxotolso a Utile common soaso-lt is asimple sppMe^ton of tho iu'o three. If an army of4thirty thousand men is required fer h population of 85,000 00; pojplc, is nu army ot 00,000 mon too muoh for a natiou of 70,000 OOO? COpgrijBi ha? for years boen npend?nu; mouoy along tho oom.'? and buylug expensive guns, aud absolutely many of tuotu oro ljiug out uud rustlDg for want of mon THH 6UD81DY illili. Now, fellow-oltizons, this brings mo t> tho muoh-disutissed Subsidy lilli, lu tho first piuco, it ii astonishlog to mo what a tula conception tlioro ls as to this m nt tor. Thorc has nover hoon a volo on tho Subsidy Dill, and yot, eton my good friond, Gonoral But ler, whom I love Uko a father, Bpeaks oi ..MoLaurin's volo on tho Subsidy Bill.' Thoro nover was a voto on tho Subsidy Bill aud !? wm woll understood a tbo limo tba 1 mado my opocch that t Ii oro would not bo c voto nt thats.-sslon. If I desired to decolvt tho peoplo and play an unworthy part, mig it Justas well havo kop'. BI ont and no had that issue in ?his ohnpaignj bit I fol that tho pooplo shoul 1 bo cduoated on thli important moasuro. My voto w*s of n< praotioal valuo undor any cirouniBtauooa beoaiuo, If it oou'd havo boon brought lo i voto, thoro was a mi.joilty of lagoteen t< twonty in favor tho bill. 1 did not intent just al thu timo to mako a sol speech ou th bill, 1 aroBO in my scat, to prosent tho rose luliou of tbo Cotton t?pianors' Assioialion and boforo 1 know it 1 hud drifted lalo Bpoech on tbo gonoral principios of tho bill Whati8 known as (ho lianna-Pay no Bil ha already beoa obanged BO much that th aulhoiB of tho bill would ?ot know it if tho mot il in tho road, Thorc was at tho limo i grcul many amoadincnto pending, and n< body ovorhuowo what a bill ot' th a s-ort wi bo uutil it posses tho Conference Cou mille betweon tho two Uousas; tbla billnevor wei so far ns to got a voto, kt.alouoa ooufcrouci So far os 1 am oonoorncd, 1 do not profei to bon master of tho suhjoot. Whon yo outer Ibo realm of oooan insights, with ti relativo cost of high knot and low kn speed, tontingo und wages it takes n oxiort to undotutand, &o. Sonator Fryo u vory able' mau, uud I do not believe tboi in a more honest ono ia Ibo American Co gro&s. Ho hus dovotod twonly-livo yoars tho study of thosoquostious. and yot I ha no doubt Hint you uuuld find Boino mombo of tho South Carolina Legislature whj nov taw a big ter ship (hau a oauoo on n m poud, wno know moro than Sona'or Fryo, anybody clso, on thc subjoot of th pping ni oooan freights. ONLY A "BTKAI." WltBH NOT COMINO Till WAY. Ono of Ibo great ohjeotions lo tho si tidy is thoy oall it a "steal." Well, 1 low-elli zr na, that i j a vory poor argume bppono&ts of tho river and harbor, prnlolli of any other bill eau make t*-o earoo ohar I was a' Hi tlo ainuB?d lo BOO thc hoad-linei tho Nows and Courior, "Tho Ship Subs Stoal," whon in tho samo wook tho Mayo ChailoBton aud tho odtlor of that piper w in Washington wauling niuo million doll spool ou a uaval station, and a subsidy o quarlor of a million for tho Kxpositlon. scorns lhat a subsidy is only a "Btu il whoi is not coming their way. By auoh foo denunciations ef tho subsidy principle it boon diflioull to got a fair consid?r?t Talk about lobbies. Thoro nover wa? a rx powerful lobby in Washington than that pOBcd to the subsidy formoi by the g: trans continental inilroads and tho fore steamship ov nero, I may say somet? lalor on this subject whioh will ombi some pooplo, buf will refrain at this t! Thoro is nothing in tho principle ot tho itself Which iuvoivcastealing, defrauding gOYormnont of scolional advantages. T| may have bcon oonioabiiBOs in (jraotln^ nidios whon it was ia tho exporinioatal st but thoro is no roason now why thoro sin bo abusos, lu ibo administration of any thoro is a ohanoo of abuso, and yet tho may bo a.jgopii..&??,. ?kt abusos b'ei'og mo incident lo its excoutiou, This is what tho friends of prohibition tho dispensary ouch olaim. Subsidies np now theory in tho South. Convent I wore hold during tho twenty years prc lng tho war lo i ncour*go tbo building u tho roinmorco and industries of ibo So Mayne, Calhoun and MoDullie wcro lea apints iu tbeso euterpr.ses. The establ merit of railroad aud steamship linea govoramout aid was ad voe dod. ?outh oliua subsidized railroa s boforo tho Two mill?n dollars wcro givon to ooast bo Biuo Ridge Road, whioh has novo-; com plo od 1 think I oin sa tbal nt ovory line of road ocuiatruoied in thia ! boforo tho war was subsidized, either di ly or indirect y. Tho Lcg'alnturo of L lau? gra-jtlei a sabsuiy ol' $5.00 por for evtry vessel of moro than 100 tons 1 lu t'?o ?nto. Alabami g>to $4,00 a and exempted from taxadon all goode ported into tho State fron foreign oouut Tho N ((ional < lovorntnent ommrl >-d thc lantio and tho Paoifio by subsidizing roads and in this polloy wo have uncqi railr o id moihtiee, aid nave d iv? lo ped intor?tato trailio to such an extent tim are now forced to Botk an outlov for om plus products. All that is eroposoJ, i follow in dovoloping our foreign trade samo prim,ipi- B tlmt havo Buooooded in intern*! 'dovolopiacnt. Is thoro any now or strango in this? It is good cou business seuso. VVhat diilV.ronoo in pi plo ia thoro between tho titoto Qoveru subsidizing railroads, and the Federal ernmont Bteamship linos?? WHAT nOKS llRYAN THINK OK III8 I'OI.t l'ARTNKR OV 1800? I havo in my hand an artic'o a-lvot subsidies by Mr. Sewell, who waa o Bryan ticket in 18V-ti. I would Uko to what Mr. Bryan thinks of tho "Demo of his recent political partner, .nineo h nltuoked mino." Twenty years ago, wo wishod to develop manufacturing ia Carolin?, dil wu not Bubsidizo (.vory < mill by exempting lt from taxation? progrosslvo town or oounty has not dizod railroads or othor entorpiiBoa i Hal IO its development? 1 never uaw l di vid ual,..who over amounted to anj who was afraid ta spoud monoy oa hi and so ii, is with towns, ooun i s Statt governments. VOTINO SIHI.HIDIV.S TO RAILROADS MKWSI'AI'Bns, Why should tho Southern pooplo, i face of t hon* facts, ropudiut9 the spirit ly years ago? What a gross inoonsli for Sonntors and lt-promutulveu to don tho subsidy piiuoiplo and endeavor to i tho prejudtoes i f tho peoplo, when : ovory ono of thom from tho South taol votos n subsidy to tho ?ouihom Rallrc oarry lng Ibo fast mail to Now Orlons. Why, follow oitlzens, thoy volod Postoflioo Appropriation Bill at tho la oion with niubiidy of thirty fivo milli* lars for oarryiog tao mails, It is ro subsidy to tho magazines and uowspap who oountry, for tho rcoeipls aro that loss than tho expenditure for that ol mall. A subsidy of aino n illious poi is muoh moro dofenoible, in my jud) in the doTolopmont of our foreign Wo spond millions of dollars building voseols, usoful only in timoo of war, yr build VOBBOIS usoful both in war and Kvery vessel aooopting thoeubsldy is of tho navy in timo of war. Tho quos not as to tho principle of the subsld that is a part of our ostabliahed poltoj Stato an National, but lt ls whet hor th tloular subsidy is for tho general w Is it expedient? Is it wiso? I shall a few moments to this nspoot of th Thoro was a limo when by govornmc aud encouragement, wo had a nie marino, and carried ninety por cont produota abroad. Last yow only ni OOnt. was carried in American b Why is thib? KUHOPH VS. UNITED STATUS. It In beoft'ifto in thia contest of against tho United States, foreign nhl ers got a subsidy from their Oovomm twenty million dollars besides tho adi of lower wages,-and haye thus drlv Amorioan Hag from tho high non?. V this subsidy to tho forolgn ships in im fro!ght rates ovor; and ovor again. 1 drained of two hundred millions a yea wo pay forolgn vessols in freights. ? country could stand BUOh a drain. A ?o iou4 to ? tbo oe oro wo aro jth*t KVIr. jry leam t os thoo, wo aro paying a subsidy, aud he! ls a question of whether wo will eu' Amoiloauor forolgn vessels It is fer mo to dl?ouss boforo tbislntolligor. onoo ihoimporUnoe of our foreign tra , Europo aud tho United S ates aro to b potitors lu tho markots of t'io world, o afford lo put ourselves entirely ia thoir ha''] The power to bx freight rates gives ?boni jowor to lix tho prloo of our cotton, w' and manufaotmod product-.. SuppoHO thoro should bo a gonoral K peau war, and the merohaot matine Eu?lnnd, Oormouy nod Norway waa prc In f b tr*nspoit servloo. What would bo|lho effect on cotton and cotton goods? I tell f/ou that you would roe cotton hauloi into streets of Groonvlllo and not sold nt th oonla, but simply hauled back homo. Tl would bono buyers, beoauso thoro wolli no ships to oarry colton or cotton g> abroad, buslnojs of all kluds would languish, and thoro would bo failures on ovory httWul Conditions havo ohaugod-boforo tho warf wo woro buyers abroad, now we are sellers./Wo aro asking foreigners net to exohango J?T0 ducts, but to como hore to buy. Noftjhig would Buffor ia oaso of a European war like ootton. Thoy would have to oorao horor to buy wheat, com, bacon, mulos and howes, as England did io tho Door War, but hey oould do without oottm forayoarorao, AU thb ships would be needed for war i 'sos Foodstuffs high and no sale for ootton, ' "hut could hurt tho South woree? What, t).io % I? moro dopendont on Amor?o au ships thaifttho oolloo oropV , K Doos any man of common sonso suppoifj m this great ooutest for iho trnde of tho 0 if fut that tho ships of Germany and ?nglaad .coin g to glvo us tho same advantages they do their own incrohaaU? As Tliurbov, of Now York, rooontly aald, "Ei ship is a missionary of trado, and Bl linos work for their own countries jual railway lines, work for thoir terminal poiJntH His os absurd for tho Uuitod States to /roly upon foreign ships to distribute hor-gfinls, ns ll would bo for ono business hous?\o W?y upon tho wagons of a oompcting housw to make Its doUvorios." Thoro is no section so vitally intort'Blod in ahips os tho Soph, Why, Charleston, Mobile and Now Orleans should rival Now York, B? far as harbor Jar?; oonoerncd Wo bnvo already felt tho I ono fUs of our Asiatic trade, and in it lies tho possibilities of our futuro, but wo mustliavo cheap frolght, rapid transportation, and tho preBtlgo of the Amerlom ll lg over our own ships. Our Southern ports aro discrimina ted against by tho samo groat railroad lines that aro lighting tho opportunity for an American merchant marine Wo must ijnvo a Pouthorn ooramerco, not a S-Uth?rn Toat same iniluonoo has provonted tho AOH etruotion of rho Nioirrguau Canal, odd I prodlot that thoro will bo no o .tn al, until its friends S?d tho ndvnnilo? of a m crehan t rna rinojoin forces and work ia harmony. I'ho two aro inseparable. They will either fail togothor or suoceod togothor. W_en dial limo oomcB, freights will movo North /?"d South, mute td of East and West. Our p?rts wi 1 bo tho gateways, and tho South will de velop with uucquallod rapidity. Cannot fniy man of sonso BOO that tho money powor head ed by C. P. Huntington and Hill, wilh groat railway systems running East and West,do not want froights dell >ot..d South? With tUs ohango, the Seaboard, Coast Lino ind South? orn would riv*l io greataoss tho thrco IravS continontal lines. Tho producer of v*w material will prosper, just in proportion to tho demand for his product. AU that cur Soulhorn peoplo havo to do now ii to bo Wi*& and conaorvaUvo. and favor tho groat pvb Ho mo mures looking to tho promotion of UO material and industrial interests oflhocooft try and tho honor and glory of tho nation. DO YOUH OWN THINKINll. Follow-citl'/.on.s, with HO many thi?gS to talk about, it lins not boon possible for mo to do moro than Bk I m tho surft?o, but I hope I havo boon so fort?nate as'te exoito a desire on your part toinvostign'p for yonrsolf ftnd not lot Homo old most buck, who doos not know that tho w/V has onded, clo your thinking. Those o/o practical vital issuos. AH your Bounty. I havo frankly Btntod my position. Thoo aro two Hldos to th oso quostions.^J^fUF* .abbot *n i^Ht cil^torendo of op?iilo but no man cnn impugn my motives HU coHHfully. NOT AN AUTOMATON novor could answor tl o OIHIB O? n*n automaton in politics or business. 11 yiold to tho dictation of no man. lt Ils chnraotorl8tio of a Scotchman to tlili ik and act for himself. 1 havo assortod ni id will always assort my pomonal and po litical individuality. I havo blazed out my own path moro than onco in Conni,y, Stato anti National polities, (md followed lt without rogart! to popular applauso . I mudo "Peace and unity" very popu.lnr onco in this Stato-too popular, in faa't for nome of UIOHO who onco donouucVod tho '*Ijoador of tho Movement," ^IOW grovel in tho dust at tho foot of thelr\old timo foe, humbly content with thocinisoB that fall from his lipn, forthosnko of/tho fow crumbs that drop from tho table REFUSES TO PRKAOH THU O?SPBL < DU8PAIR, If l-o-olootod, ns far ns in mo ItpsJ my voico and voto will bo itsod in boha'lf of thoso moasuros which mnko fori hu man progress and human hnppli oiks in tho presont world; mensures ? walch will unite and knit mon into a vider r?cognition of t ho brotherhood o!f man. My yoico will go, riot to invoko patty pre judice and party passion, not topsoil a gospel of doHpivir, not to hoUy ta. croate bittornoHS, but to assist In 'Its tion. Tho rancor of party projudico, mont of party spirit, tho n^ita public spoils and Hellish ends, the' tho fetters that clog, tho mauaole Impodo our national dcvolopinon threaten our national lifo. A COMMISSION TO S'iOOY CHINA ^ff.''OIl TANT TO THU SOUTH, Whon a inoasuro is boforo C proposing tho orotition of a non-; Ingress l'artisan bien to In t liow rodacts it hun n that which cotton commission of trained business visit China, to investigate and rop( willer mnrkots for American i may bo obtained iiinmij; tho oig drod million of peoplo who livo portion of tho globo, a monson would bo of moro be ne ti I. to tli-l spinners of tho South than nlnjtst any single economic monsuro ovor InWoducoil Kihi > Congross, shall I blindly fo low tho load of tho modern apostles of r.lomoora oy and vote against it because thW ?""..<< uro orlginatoH upon tho Republic*11 sltlo, and becauso a Republican Jirosldont would havo tho naming of snob Vommls sion? For ono, I havo'a hlghorjconooP" tion, not alono of my prlvilogo,/u,tfc my duty, to stand by and advanco \V ovory honorable ?ifort tho Interests V* those pooplo through whoso favors ll havo a ])laco In tho halls of legislation!- Whon to bo a successful politician onoipust oil" tor alono to projudico and folbPV blind passion in HB loadorship, I shftU' ?von if .taunted by tho latter-day saitt> of mooraoy, profor to bollovo thnPmy ?on duct 1H in strict accord with f?v policios of thoso grand old Domocrnthj heroes of tho pa?t who In their dayauclM0? gifted with patriotism and wisdom, t?tulo tho Democratic party known throuw"out the nation as party of prggross as w>U ?s tho party of powor. ? IS PROSPERITY HO FIllOItTI'Ur, ? I'UAN TOM? ' Wlionovor prosperity ls so frightful ft phantom that 1 must olthor got,80iU'0il ftt that phantom or stand by fro Issues that promoto prosperity, you ncort uot foar that I shall tlodgo. Who*0T1' oor* tain "latter-day saints attempt to force mo to tho accoptancoof thoib^trlno that ft dead Issuo of tho past is r vital forco in tho living present, I sh-'l mako my porsoiiftl protost. whono'01) to bo tm accoptablo Bomoorat, acc'l(??'? to tho doilnition of a party lod by Allon, Pottl grow anil Tollor, I must nttiPk ?mil op poso ovory man anti ovory mo1?? re that is nwt marchi nj? baokwaid, I sl^' rosorvo to mvsolf tho riglit to state ttflt South Carolina turns hor faco with ht)50 with courngo towards tho futuro . Whonovor, in tho faco of a pon (H P?* litlcal contest, ono must havo a i<M chill cftoh timo ootton goos from ?vo Ptwelve cents or wheat to a dollar a buslifj onou i\ino oftttle or hogs go up a contVPOiuul; Oitoh time ho roftds an ?dvanoo ct ton por cont. In wftgos; oaohtlmoho scps ft no tico In tho pnpar of "Men wiitod" In our groat hutu strl al army; oaoh timo that an old, llngorlng niortgngo ia onncollodj oaoh timo that no soos n now roof, put upon tho house and u fow moro comforts for tho old mother at tho llroBtdo^oaoh " imo ho soos tho burdons of domostlotoll ghtonod for tho wonry wife, to bo com llotl to havo a ohlll for four Mr. lilyan's unces would bc hindered by each ?.ad ml of thoso varlod olrcuinstnncos during the last throe or four yours, would diavo kept mo in a porpotual Bhivor. For my solf, ratlier than bo a sufforor from nu imaginary aguo, I shall prefer to glory in thoso ovldonoo8 of prosperity und hnppt iioss, rathor than conjuro thom up ns spoolers ovou if sumo politician's ohanoos art thoreby lessoned. When to bo approvod by "tho Jiittoi day sainte of Democracy" as n consistent party man, ono must turu his baokto tho rising Bun and watoh alono its sotting, and .when, luBtoad of viowing tho glories of tho morning, ho must conjuro up .tho phantoms of night, ? shall rest content io placo my faith In thoso immortal prln olplos, willoh tho fathors of Democracy promulgated, afc tho f rm ul i on of our government and whioh liavo boon soaled by tho dovotlon of patrlotlo mon and con secrated by tho blood of heroes. Whon marching from a condition of mlsory, whon lloolng from a land of Sodom, must ono nooda look back .with yearning? When, llkothochoson ol God, osoaplng from tho task-masters of Egypt; and marching towards tho land ot* premiso (lowing with milk and houoy, with woallh of corn, vino and olivos, abounding in fatness, must wo still attorn nt to satisfy tho morbid cravings ot that appetite which yot yearns for tho lloshpots of Egypt? OIVK TUM YOUNO M RN OF ?flIH SOUTH A 011AN0H. When pig Iron was stacked up in tho yards afc Chattanooga and h i rm ingham, unsalablo at six dollars por ton, furnaces cold, mon hilo, and 1 now lind furnaces blazing) yards pul pty, mon working, and customer's knocking at tho door to buy that iron afc prices which havo ranged from sixlcou to twonty dollars per ton; whon, instead of four couts. I sold my cotton this year at cloven, shall I. as a loyal citizen of this glorious Southland, with tho visions of tho greatness that Ho bofore hor, standing as sho does at tho opon door of opportunity, shall I follow tho loadovship of a Pottigrow, AUgolt, or Tillman; or shall I exert ovory honorable offort in my powor to make tho present mensuro of prosperity but as a faint glimpse of tlio coming morn, compared witli t)io splendor of tho sun at its me lidian?* Aili I to ho turned from my cou iso conscious of tho absoluto unselfishness of my purposo, to do all that may Ho in my powor for tho welfaro and happiness of tho people whom I lovo; am 1 to bo dotorrod from my courso, becauso some political WOIVOB aro heard howling upon my track? I seo boforo mo a mother, who ovor and again has with bowod hoad and in duite yoarning asked horsolf. "How may X so roar my son that ho may go out into tho world and achievo BUCCOBS?" This | j bas boon a stonier problom in ibo South than lu tho North. Tho diversity ol | j manufacturing industries lias loft tho avonues of success wido opon for tho young mon of tho North, whilo to tho young mon of tho South thoro havo boon but fow avonues opon for thoso rightful ambitions which Uro tho boart of ovory j youth. I would, if in my pawer, boforo I am called homo from my labors, pro mote a condition whore I might BOO these boys-ono, porhaps, tho president of a great factory, the other perhaps tho troa BUror or secretary, another tho manager, and anothor porhaps as tho sales agent establishing markots for South Carolina products throughout tho world. All men cannot bo lawyors? clergynioj., ^ bankers, but ovorvbnv -/ftrtlETKning ^J\gQa3??m^mor, and tho education af "nRffueu by our public schools, has a roa ponablo right to aspiro to tho proudest t positions of ominonco in tho world, finan cial, Industrial and commercial. 1 woul.i if in my power, promoto tho condition 1 whero your sons might go out into tho broad ayouuos of Ufo with ovory impend ing barrier torn down, whoro tho boy upsn tho poorost farm in South Carolina, or tho son of tho loast paid oporativo at tho mill, could march out with hopo and courage, and, having boon taught thoso lessons at tho mother's knoo whioh must ovor bo his guiding star, lind that oppor tunity for sticcoss and eminence which his qualities command. With tho great raco problem, which has for so many years confronted us, happily settled, as ? said aTTCharlotto, "why should wo bo misorablo slaves of one party and a foot-ball for the other?" Let it bu understood that tho industrial and commercial interest of tho South como boforo tho intorost of any politi cian. 1 cannot boliovo that narrowness, bigotry, prejudtco or tho arts of tho wily politician, should bo pormittcd to sworvo us from a courso whioh loads to tho at tainment of thoso objocts, whioh bring in their train blessings to every farm and 'fireside, to ovory hearth und homo, in our grand old commonwealth. Why should tho achievement of somo narrow political ambition stop tho young mon of tho South from tho opportunity of winning tho samo success which is opon to tho young mon of tho North? Somo twolvo years ago, a boy of Gorman parontngo just out of ii little school noar Pittsburg, wont to work in nu iron mill Quick, activo, willing, obliging, ho was soon promoted to a position in tho draughting olllco. A short tl ino after ?yards ho was promoted as assistant fore man, thou as foreman, then as suporlh tondent, thou as manager, thou as presi dent, and to-day ho stands as president of tho largest corporation that tho world has cvor known, and by common roport draws a salary of ono million dol lar.1 por your. This ls an oxtremo casu bi t merely an oxamplo of thousands and tons of thouands of similar cases in tho North. .1 cannot boilovo that thoro aro higher intelligence, greater oapacity. or truor worth, to bo found anywhoro than among tho youth of our State. Tho dlf foronco arisos alone from conditions and environment. What fathor or mothor, what good pa trlotlo oitizon, what Christian man, thou liroubi tonoiivo my, l-onlir.ing un X do tllO marvolous advantages that South Caro lina possesses for manufacturing, and recognizing tho indulto possibilities of development, if I hopo that thatdovolop mont shall como speedily ns a blessing to you and yours. Cnn thoro bo a commorcial triumph an industrial succoss, that will not bring ploasuro to my heart? 1 boliovo that tho intelligence and tho Christian patriotism of tho pooplo of this Stato will arlso to a conception of our grand possibilities If my lifo shall bo prosorvod to witness this marvolous triumph, do you think tho attacks made upon mo by solllsh, ig norant mon, with thoir own purposes to Heryo, will not be forgotten, or, at loastt tho wounds thoy may loavo will havo honied, and ovou thoso who condomn to day will join with mo in a shout of thanksgiving that will stir ovury hoar oapablo of lofty soutinrent. A Village Swept Away. A dnpatoh from Oharlotto, N 0 , lays reports from remoto oountios in .ho mountain distriots show groat dc itruotion'by tho storm. In H.eke rsvill lixtoon rosidonoos and tho Baptist rituroh wtro washod away? Qaintor Mooro and hits son wcro drowned Bvory homo in Magnotio Oily, a vii ago in Mitchell oounty, wa? dostroyod Vt Boan Mountain station, 20 rosi lonoos woro swept away. Six largo itbros on Big Hook orook wore oarriod .way and ono man, John MoKinnoy, Irownod, whilo an unknown man \sm ;illcd by a landslide. Heavy Losses. Tho damago to tho Anhovillo dividion >i tho Bout hom railway ny tho recent lood is eji imatod at a half million dol are. Ifoi sovoral c\ys Aehviljo was omplotoly out off from tho outaido 7orld. BOTH RESIGNED. Tillman and MtLaur?n Vacate Their ?tats In Senate TO MEETON THE STUMP. **he Resignation to Tek* Effect "n Novembf r. The People In Primary to Recommend Their Successors. Tho mooting of Sonatora Tillman and MoLaurin in joint debato at G d?noy on Saturday had a most sensational ending, being nothing IOSB than tho resignation ot bath Tillman aud Mo Laurin as Sonaton from South Caro lina. Tillman had six years to servo and MoLaurin a yoar and ton months, but thoy havo unconditionally resignod in o:dor that they might go boforo tho pooplo and test their htrongth, tho. un derstanding being that this test shall dooido whether tho pooplo endorso Sonator McLaurin'n Demooraoy with ils expansion, ahip subaidy and "oommor oial" idea1* or that of Sonator Tillman, w th wi a . McLaurin oalls his Bryan Uomooraoy. Stator MoLaurin sought to narrow tho fioroo contest to Tillman and hiinnolf, whore a i Ssnalor Tillman insistod on resignation as originally poposod on tho ground that ho oould not diolalo to tho Deruooratio ooa.mit too as to who Should bo iu tho raoo or whoa ii, should be. T>llim?n io his ppooch hid hammered and bannojred away at tho idea that MoLauriu had botrayed tho t)uo l)a mooraoy and that if ho wrro not a Ko publican ho ought tobo, for ho lind sup ported all proposition and dootrinos. J'illman urged that tho dooont thing for MoLaurin to do-tho only proper thing, was for him lo rosign his position and go be'fom tho pooplo and if they ondoni od him, bo returned; or stay ot homo if dtfoa<od. MoLaurin had deserted thc party p'atfotm and ou?ht to ro i in at orme, ho persisted. Soealor MoLaurin in turn inoiutod that ho was a ?tmoorat and that on oatior.ai ?BSUOS ho waH iroo to aoi with indopendenoo and did so. Tillman laid "lot MoLaurin rosigu and go bo Poro tlo Dennoratio primary thia yoar and I'll go nemo and koop my mouth shut and let tho other follows at Loud to him. If you elect, him, 1 tako it as ttotioo that you don't want mo. If he is a Uc-moorat then I am not," Thon, MoLaurin, turning on Tillman, tug gostoi that Tillman allaya found a bombproof, and thon 8?p.itor MoLau rin wont on to Ba>: 4 Oh'yqs, Tillman ?ays why don't I resign? If I'm olootcd lt will mean tho peoplodon't want him, bul ho Btopped theio; ho is smart.IJYou ?ivot o?'.oh him oouainltting himsolf Loo far Ho did not oay if I'm ole o. ed ho would ?eslgn. pai toa will nover hoir of Benjamin Tillman losigning, 3jnAtor Tillman jumped up and said: "I will say it, and do say it " S .ma tor MoLaurin: "Agreed." Tillman: 'Til resign right now if you will, and wo ?i l go boloro tho pooplo." MoLaurin: Sapor a id wo'ii feign it right now." ' .IcLanriu: liThat suits mo." Later on in Tillman's fiva miiu -.es' reply, ho io marked t-Kftt ho wou'd not reply to Mo Laurin's ohargo that ho wan brutal in his treatment and indeoont in harass hg bim as ho did; thoy would both bo hulero tho pooplo tom and thoro would bo no neod to disouss matters.further tor J. Ho was reidy for tho agreement at onco. MoLaurin: "So nm I." It was soon aftor that tho agroomont and resignation woro sigacd. S ?na'.or Tillman wont dirootly from the aourt l ouso to tho law oflioe of Mr. J. 0. Ovis and thoro diotarcd tbo first formal roeigaation whioh ho uignod. lt reads as fi Hows: (Jaffcoy, S. C., May 25, 1001. HisExcellency dov. M li MoSwoonoy, Columbia, 8. C. Si) *. Wo ht-roby tender our rofiigua tiots as seiia orit from Sou,h Carolina in thc Uuitod States sonate, and ask ai a pomonal fuv>v flat you do not ap point our siooefisoro, unions thoro ho an ox;ra session of senate, until tho Doutooratio Statoo mmitteo shall havo ordered a primary to ohot-so tho mon io bo appointed. If you will kindly ad vice tho Stnto ohttirman of tin Domo oratio party aod ask promt aotlon iu ordering luoh a primary and arranging for a oanvass by tho candidates, , wo nhnll bo under obligations. Yours ref peo fully, B. lt. tillman. U. S. S. Mr. J. C. Otts Wfio asked to dolivor Ibis in perron and ho wau n : co m pauicd hy Editor IO B. Hook of tho Augusta Ohiooiolo and August Kohn, represent ing Tho Suto and Tho Nows and Cou dor; Sonator MoLaurin was drosoing it tho bonn of Mr. A. N. Wood, and nvited tho visitors to hia room. Tho aper already tdgncd by Tillman was landed him. lt was agrceahlo to him, 'rom what ho said,. exoept ho folt hts loalth would not permit of a summor i&mpaigo and ho did think in would )o right for him to bo doublo tcamod md havo all tlmolbor opndidatos in tho tdd against him. Ho was uowoll and tis wifo in tho hospital and was feat ful >f tho strain, ho said ho seemed to ho tuite faint aud uttorly exhausted whllo alking. Ho Buggostod-?^;*W<indmcnt o tho orginiol pjopoiuit/ir -r willohwaa .ppendod as a postscript, whioh road as ollows: "Tbo o mpaign ia to bo hotweou B" t. Tillman tnd John L MoLaurin for ho long ti rm of c-ifioo whioh tho for aor resigns and to bo hold during tho imtl's of Oo obor and Novombor. 'John L MoLaurin, U. S. Sonator." Thia was signod and pino loft for onalor Tillman's Signaturo, and Mr. leo ll. Koostor roturnoi with tho arty to tho lav/< moo an Senator Mo (.auxin's roprcsontativa. Senator Till ?an simply had tho rcoord and no ?as-na wore assigned for tho chango. Io said ho bad no right to dictate to ho Ddmooratio committee whoa it hould ordor tho primary or who should o allowed to run, as anybody oould un for his placo. Tho i mi tr muon t Waa Humed to Mo Laurin to loavo off tho outlier i pt or makoaoountor proposi on, and shortly afterwards tho folio w ig proposal oamo from sonator Mo aurin: To his Exoollor.oy, tho Governor, Co lumbi, S. C. Sir: wo hornby tondor our resigna ?ons to tako cifoot when tho Dmno ratio Stato oommittoo shall ordor a rimaiy okoMon, during tho month of fovombor, to ohoos? our &UCOOBBOV8. It riving boon mutually agreed ihat a dat oanvnss ?hall bo mado by us dur ig tho months of Ojtobor and Novcm ar. Senator Tlllmtn roturnod the pro >aal on tho samo grounds au boforo, td thon wroto and sont this? lottof to mntov MoLaurin: on. John L. MoLaurin, Doar Sir: I bavo oomplicd striotly Ith your taunting proposition that "Bonj, Tho Tlllraoh?to, took goodjara netto put himsolf in f\ny Jeopardy," and when ? rospondod "I will rofigri if you will do oo today," yoif said. "1 will do that." Afterwards, at tho oioflo, you repented your W?II?ORUOBB to carry out your agreement. Now. you cook to!; nnAg? rtiiV of it hy putting ioiUOBSiblo coodit?oj..(j Wo cannot diotato to tho governor or tho Bemooratio executive oowinitloo. Wo o*u only do *hab wo said wo would and lovo tho rost to tho authorities. Will you. or will you not stand by your plodgo. B. lt. Tillman. Thia lotter wan soot by hand and to it oamo tho following reply: Hon B. li. Tillman. Boar Sir: I am moro than willing to oarry out tho proposition whioh your lotter indicates you woro "taunted iuto aoooptiog." Congress nieoto hi Boocuv bor. I iuvito you to J lin mo iu a lotter to Governor MoSweeuoy tondoringhim our resignation lo take effect in ample limo for our suooeoeor? to bo appointod. I prcfor tho osnvasfl to tako plaoo dur ing Ootol:or and Novombor as, on no oount of my physioal condition, 1 oould not stand it dming tho summer niontho If you aro ninocro in your proposition, unito with nie in alottor to Gol. Jones, requesting him to oall tho executive oommittco and arrango for tho primary. Or, if you prcfor, let UB pUoo our resig nations in tho hands ol' tho governor unconditionally to take cffeotHcpt lptn, lhavotho honor tb lo yours mp ot fully, Joe Ii MoLaurin. TUB FINAL IJRTTEH Tho fooufl had boon reaohod aud Sen ator Tillman diotatod this formal inetTU-. mcnt, whioh ho .signed Gaffrrov, May 25, 1901. His Exoollonov. Governor MoSweeuoy, Columbia, S. 0. Sit: Wo horoby tender our r OM JJ na tiona os sonstora for tho State of South Carolina in tho Unitod States scuato to tako effect Nov. 15th next. Yours ,ro ypcotfully. With 8onator Tillmr.ji'fl fiii?nr.turo this paper was aont to Sooator ?VICL?U rin, and in a fow momouts ib was,' tdgnod and roturned. Tiioro waa no letter of explanation, but with tho two signatures it wai posted, and nit li our. h strio^ly officiai buainoRB, 2 cents BIMU-J was attaolud and tho lotter wont to dov. MoHwoonoy. It will bo loft to tho ytato Bomooratio oommittco whoa tho primar) will bo held and whether it wi-1 bo opon to all oomors. Tillman says 1 o wants just as many as want his full tenn to run against him and ono pri mary with fitriotly so*, atorial candidat' a will be oidorcd. THE SECRETS OF fcUCCESS Examples Which Go to Show That Courtesy Pays. Success says a young man wont into \ goutlomon's furnishing houso in St. iiiuis, and asked to KOO a certain stylo of collara. Tho lordly clerk behind tho ocunlor looked at him indifferently, and Irawlod: "Haven't ^ot any; they'ro cu; of stylo, anyhow." Tho would-bo sustomor turned en his heel and sought mothor store, "hero ho mado known ilia wauts in tho samo languugo, the aloit j'.crk ropliod, courteously: ''I'm afraid wo aro cub of ihoso, but I'll ooo." Ho samo beok a .muir.o lalor to tho young man, bringing with him sovctal styles of o?llars, ung. said: 'Tin,sorry, but wTaTo^?o?y onT?^mS^?^^ you oould wear sOnio of theta J.nw young man dooided that ho oould, and bought a dOzen. ,Moanwhilo the clerk 0 ?Hod his attention to tics, ha dkor chiefs, and hoad that woro "justin," and, whilo it had not ooourrol to tho purohasor that he needed those things, ho bought several, also shirts and un derwear whioh ho hud forgotten tliab ho wantod till tho shrowd and gentleman ly olerk oallod tho faot to his mind. Tho linn waB riohor by $20 whon tho dork bowod t ho young man but ; and that ?toro seoured tho stoady patronago 01 a good ouatomer, who, had tho oouu tor boen in ohargo of ? difforont man, would havo gouo to tho first firm. A man wont out to take tho oon 6U8. Ho had never worked lor tho government boforc or worn a badgo, and tho woight ot' it, tho importance of it, worried .him, and- ho wantod tvorybody to know aboutit. Ho found, however, that "tho ma'jsoj" didn't oaro who ho waa oi* what ho voprosontcd. Whon ho throaloned irato fomaloe with tho penitentiary, told thom impressive ly that ho waa a "govcrnmonb ofli oui," and requostod thom to look upon hia insignia of ofiioo, thoy sob tho dog on liiiii., aitaokod him with a broom, or requestod him to "wait outil tho ould mon gits homo," whioh ho deoliuod to do. Now, any ono is awaro that refus- I tug to answer tho oonsus man is a yory ainiator orimo, bub thofodoral officers looked over tho roport which the young mau brought ia from a tone mont district oontainiqg a wonderfully mixed population, and quietly aont an other maa ovor tho Bamc route. This swoot-tompcrod genius usually appear jd at tho baok door,, being awaro that ito gonorally voxoa?a-woman to boodl ed away from her work to answor foolish questions, but ho was alco paiok to reoogaizo plaoe* whore it would'bo on Unpardbnablo sin to enter oy tho rear door. This oousustakcr was ' sun?hino it lelf. Usually ho had aakod half a doz m quostions nod got tho ansWord ro lordod hoforo tho viotim disooverod who vho was, as ho had oarofully oonoenl id hia badgo and buriod,tho .fact that io waa a "govdrnmonb official,," Bo Vas taotful with all mon and wo mon', io ro??grtiz.d a? cduoatdd poison,*' ?atevor tho^surrouading?, aud did not' |9 in so many words if suoh ti one oould? oad and writo. Noithor did ho fiad-it dvisablo to inquire of a rod-headed, rsh woman whothor silo was white or olo?od.* Ho; mado lovo to tho little hildren, oom pl i m on tod tho mothers, nd pattod. tho:doga, Whon tho oon us was fioishod, net a man,.won?an or UUd had ojoapdd him. An assoas or rent out to OBBOSB tnxo.i. Ho worked tard all day, and brought in reports rom forty families, which ho had so ured through' inuoli4 tribulation, .pd pith tho firm oonyiohon that tho8o peo .lohad hopolo?uly perjured thcni'ielven. 'hero waa anothor assossor who worked hroohonra, and scoured.hon,ost reports rom ci? ht y eight f?milioB; and, whon io lifted hia Kat and' o?id *'Gdd morn-1 og," pooplo wcro norry ho couldn't tay lon gov,. and it v/ati all booauso of bo diffoTonoo botwoon.tho twp mon. Thoro, waa an exprosfl ag??t who ?Hod ?' iady'? attontlon to tho faot !iat ho "understood his bu9indaa," bo auso sho insistod thoro was an ox rosa of?o)at a plaoo ol which tho gopt had novor hoard,,?nd ho hadn't io graoo to afologiz) af tor finding lat tho lady w^an right. Thoro wa,s aothor man, in tho sanio ofiioo, who looived a wrap $ whioh a holplOHs oman-brought in ' hanging ovor her rm bcoauHo "?ho couldn't Mftko a ?okago tosavo hor lifo;", and foldotVH, od it, and tioaled it, smiling Uko art agol alf tho whjlo, whatovor ho thovsght act^bub woy multiply instance. hOro l? a nilo that still holds good Iii ablio and privato Hfo: "Tho moto ex itod & man'tt position, tho moro >urtcoua fa his manner." His posi on, ls tho *08ult o? oourtosy,, ;? ^.;!-:^';'*:^l6ji?MwBHffl?HB Dtanuss C?isjiiot bo Cured. by lo?ftt application?, as they cannot Nach tho ti fr eased portion of theow. ThOto ia only ono way to cure doafnoas, and that is by oonstliutiuunl rotnodios. Poafnors is caused, by an inflamed con-!, dit/jn of tho HUOOV-S lining of tho ??*l-t.k?hi?n; Tiil.n. . When this . tUDO gets inflamed you havo a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, oud wbOn it is ootiroly closed deaf noBB is tho ro sult, and unless tho inflammation oan JO taken out and thia tubo rostorod to .ts normal oondltion, hearing will bo destroyed forovor; niuo oasoa out of ton . oro otU'scd 1 y catarrh, which is noth ing bat. MI inuauacd condition of tho muoous f,ui facts. ? Wo will givo Ono Huodrod Dollars for any C?BO of J)oafeo3? (ea^sod by oatairh) that o*o not bo ourod by l?ali'fl (JnUrih (Juro. Bond for circulars, freo. V J. QHEN1CY & CO , Tolodo, ,0, ; ?old by lintKg'bt^, 75o. Mall's family Pills aro tho hos t.. Groat Damage Dono. Tho redout heavy rains did groat damago to bridgea and miib andrei-, roads iu thu upper part.of tho Stato. I - Volume? ot Tliem? .' j How many volumes they would flt!? i What tomes of p?hdrous Wolght, ? \ ? " Tho'smart things that wo do not think : ; To say mitti too lato. I . -Philadelphia Press. ; inn ItcnMon. "What malms you put so much of your writing iu dialect?" , ' "Well," answered tho novelist, "it Is a sure woy of pleasing ? great many people who aro BO proud of being able to guess tho pronunciation that they', don't bother about the sense of it all." -Washington Star. MftfeliiHT Hlmaol* 'Voputnr. Friend (to" saloon lceoper)-WJiy^o - you treat your friends.sp oftcn.'BfanB? Hans-Veil, yor sc -?, I voot ash many of dem ash. possible io i;arrpuut mino pier ven I'm dot und gone, und I {'ought " may po dey might po more apt to db it ' if I ox dem to.surrount some of lt Vpn ' I'm still alifo. Sec?-Judge. / Ia *Ue OMI?l!r?n> Mnygrronnrt.. . Muriel Mulligan-Rupert Rafferty wtantcd.mo ter elopo wit' Mm yeStiddy afternoon. , I^ifl Flannigan-Why didn't yer? Muriel Mulligan-I VrUs afraid wouldn't git back in time for supper.-- ' Town Topics. In Kotttuclcjr. Tho Colonel-It's amnzln* how tho Dhlldrcn growl It seems Uko yester day when that boy of your? waa baby. ft Tho Major-That's so! I can hardly; realizo that he's carryin* his owri eovk^ ' porowl-Ruck. , " - nrothorlv Adview, Miss Fuzzle-I want to break my en gagement but don't know ho'w to do' lt without driving the poor fellow to sui- ' tide.. . \ Little lhother-Why don't you lot' aim sec you in curl papero just ortco? : .-TJt-RlU. Saw'"Milks,' Corii Mills; Rice Iliuleis, Engines, Boilers, Planers and A? * '"'Vs i?'tit^ m Swing Saws, Ripsaws, and.all other; kinds of \vppd working machinery. My Ser geant Log Beam ?aw mill is the heaviest, strongest, k and,. most efficient . mill . for tjie money on the market, quiok, accurate? State Agent for . H. B. Smith Machine Company wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide valve-Automatic, and Corlis?, wiite me. Atlas, Watertown, and Struthera and Wells. V. Vi BADHAM, 1326 MainM? Columbia, S. O. STANDING 0N< ; With a diploma of eur Collego ?nyo'?r pos session, you pood no politlo.1 "pull" or ia- , flu?hllal friohd?Mo holp you to suooeaa, hut oan stand on your own woriti and advance eitrolyto tho front: InvT lt worth tryJng. For furihor information addross/ i > \, NHW?W.llttY'8 . MJ3TNE93 , COL LKQE, Oolumbia, S. 0. ? 4?i -.?SA fe ouo?.RoAert?gAMre CnoTONBuG?.' l ued.rxDAS, : insect tirz. " If Death Dust ls not for silo by your loalor, wo.will,upon rcooipt of 2r> conta jond you .thc largo paoka^e by mall post paid. h' ? . AprlMO. 8t. ?Lddroas, ?ox 105, mts?