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"Bo Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives ia Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence." YOL. XXVI BENNEITSV1LLE, S, C,, y MD AY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1901. NO 30 A HOT DEBATE. Senator McLaurln Qoaato Ander son Un* xp 'Otoo ly. HE DEFENDS HI? COURSE, Co'. Johnston? Foll.ws Him In an Abh ?paech "f Biting Sarcasm and Irony But No Abuse. Tho distinotivo featuro of tho politi ed mooting Friday nt Andoruon wad tho debato botwoonCol. Johnstono and Senator MoLaurin, who had uncxpoot odiy arrived at Andoritoo. It Boomed to Vo abaolutoly unoxpeotod, and moot pooplo did not boliovo it. When Oon grooBinan Latimor had about oonoludod hib argumont a noto was handed Chair man Bro?fcoalo to tho olloot that Sona tor MoLaurin would arrive about 1:30: aud BO, af tor a oouforonoo, it wao do oidod to adjourn tho mooting until aftor tho arrival of Sonator MoLaurin and to roaorvo tho romaining opoakor, Gol. Goorgo Johnstono, to roply to him. Congressman Latimor and Mr. Homphill did not havo the opportuni ties of tho ?ftornoon sossion, which was tull of onthuaiaam and uro. ? MLAURIN ARRIVES. . Senator MoLaurin oaino into tho hall with tho most hearty of woloomos. His frionds ohoorod him timo and again and ho muat havo i'olt woll ovor it, bocauso , ho mado a oapital spoooh and ho who - boliove? MoLaurin oannot tako oaro of j himaolf is woefully rniatakon; but ho mota foo of remarkable ability m Uol. : Uoo. Johnstono. Mr. MoLaurin opened up tho Booond Bootion of today's mooting in a spoooh of ever an hour, and during that timo ho was hoartily applauded at frequent intervals. Ho did notmontion Tillman throughout bia opocoh in any way and bo mado no roforonoo to Latimor, who had punohod him good sud bara buring hi? spoooh, but it was moro OB '.'ipooiaiiy in his second or roply spoooh - that no mado his boat otrorc, it wan thon that ho took oil his collar and got down to burn nuns, and it waa thon that bo throw roal fooling into his spoooh, Toplying to biting aaroaam of (Jot. Johnstono relativo to his holding the put no strings to publia partonago and othor things that ho urged snowed tho -drift toward llopublioanism. .?. Senator MoLaurin had tho voioo of John Ashley and all know what that 'moans; bo mado so many interruptions vthat someone wanted him puriliou. Bul ?thoro *woro othors for MoLaurin if - ohoors count for votos and tho whoop i?a-waa nti)*dy. and long, -?orno say it ?oft mo largely from oin/.on ii ol" ot her coundon who oamo horo with MoLau rin, who hold oflioos or wantod thom. * 1 boro woro outiuders but thoro woro others-many others who ohoorod for JMoLaurin and if ohoors aro to bo votos thoro will bo many boro for (Jommor .oial Domooraoy, if no chango comos. Tho MoLaurin folks had plonty of ?ohoors but no ono who knows ought of ?Carolina politios can oount that way. JOHNSTON K'S MASTERLY REPLY/, Juat aftor Mr. MoLaurin oame Col. <Gfcorgo Johnstone, and ho wau ohoorod and onoouragod aa ho has no doubt nover boforo boon by an Andorson au dionoo. '* Mon who bad opposed bim for oon ? gross got up and hurrahed whon ho ran raia sharp poinaid of ridioulo or sar >:oasm doop into tho political body of ; MoLaurin, And bow ho did it! It had I tho ring of Maik Antony's oration ?"and thoBO aro honorablo gentlemen," and thon a jab-and so ho would soy ' bo beliovod what MoLaurin said and tjhon a punoh and thou ho would again ! testify to bolioving MoLaurin's stato ? mont about tho publia oilmen and an other out to tho ooro. lt waa noat, it -'was olean, it waa masterly and it met '. tho ?B8U0-tho ?bolo of it. 1 hat tho audience thought woll of it thoy show cd and boyond quostion. And how -Johnstone dui bnator a son-in-law of jOitizon Ashloy who rung in Tillman .and who gavo Mr. Johnstono juBt tho opening ho wantod to grow eloquent in burying partisan fooling and insisting that Mu Lauri n of all mon had no right to attaok Tillman. Such an opening .did Mr. Johnstone givo MoLaurin in .ono of bis prounsos ot facts about ship . subsidy and MoLaurin SB tho small boy * says "aid not do a thing" but tako the .advantage of tho allogcd inaoouraoy of taot and pu mmol his opponent on that point. It was a oloan, but a ?harp and vig orous dobato and.the kind that ought ito toll./ Mr. MoLaurin did not say whothor bo would attond any othor jmootings if invited. Ho said ho had 'hastonod on from Norfolk and was still isoasiok. THERE'LL COME ANOTHER UAY. " !UongrcB&man Latimcr and Mr. Hemp ihill had hoart burning that it was not thoir fortuno to havo tho rub with Mo ILauriu but thoy did not antioipato tho tun to auk for last plaoo, but thoro will ?como another day. There were from ?SOO to 830 in tho oourt houao, most of wfcom woro scated and of that numbor not mote than 150 to 200 in all bothered to mako %\\ tho noiso, but 25 Andorson mon oan a un ko a good noiso. Tho spooohos lasted until a fow minutos bo foro tho party loft tho court houso for tho train and tho skolotons of tho spooohos-moro ekelotono-- aro woll worth roading. M'LAURIN IIKAR1) PROM Sonator MoLaurin said ho had no idea yosterday ho would bo hero. On ovory groat question thoro wai moro than ooo ?ido and ho ascribed to all who differed with him honorablo mo tivo?. His oourao baa bcon ?niuropro Bontod to euoh an cxtont that whon ho saw tho papors at Norfolk ho dooidod to ho at this mooting, no mattor what tho expones or pain. Ho had hoon ohargod with trying to holp organizo a Republican party in this Stato. Thia Was untrue and ho unequivocally de ntad any and all such sta'omonip Thoro aro now too man v partios and tod marjy politiolano. Ho ncvor had boon a party to tho insinuation that ho was helping tho Ilopublioan party. Thon ho took up tho conditions in 1800 and how tho Reform movomont and primary startod and tho primary sys teni, ho said, was ono of tho wisost ir.ovos that, oould bo ?tartod, Demo crats oould thon differ and havo thoir rights nettled by the whito voters. Ho had pursued a proper oourso and ho boliovod as firmly as hu did that thoro wan a God in lion vu? that his .position would in timo bo vindioatod. Ho folt timi, his evory ant ion had boon right and in tho iutorosts of tho pooplo. Whothor olootcd or not his position has put the people to thinking and looking to thoir own welfare, and if it doos nothing olso ho hopod his oontost would elevato tho plano of a oontost of issues. He said ho oould have oasily avoided tho hoart burnings, troubles and trib ulations and taunts, but ho took his positions for tho good ot tho pooplo ho ro'protiontod. Ho thon wont on to take up tho is suos and first haudlod expansion and hold that tho Domooratio doctrino had boon to add torritory. Until tho Span ish war tho polioy of tho llipublioan party had boen to omi im it und tho Dvimooratsiavorod oxpansiou, and thon ho disouss id whothor it was a . wiso, just and expedient polioy to pursue, llo took up tho events loading ?o tho Spanish war and tho industrial oondi tionB of Cuba. Everything that has ooourrod sinoo that war carno on, ha oould not seo how conditions oould pos sibly have neon widely dilforont from what thoy aro today. Mr. Uryan, ho thought, oould not havo materially ehangod conditions. Tho Philippines did not cuino as a forenoon rosutt; it WAS an aooidont moro or loss and bo oauso tho god of war was on tho Amer icium sido. Ho took up tho conditions in tho Philippines and no always con cluded that tho war was a Domooratio war. Ho oxplaincd at considerable length his veto and speech on tho Paris troaty and basod hid voto upon tho bold faot that tho oountry was in con flict with aa armed foo And stood by his own oountry and pooplo, whothor right or wrong. Ho had just gone through a hoaiod campaign; ho know what it was to bo maligned and slan dered and ho know it would bring him oousuro, but ho novor for a minuto re gretted his vote. Ho oonsultod no ono. if tho troaty had not boon ratified Spain abd tho United Statos woro again roady for war and Franco and Gor many were much in sympathy with Spain. Then Sonator MoLaurin took up tho question as lo wholhur thin is a good polioy. Thoro OAU novor bo imperialism under tho Amorioan form of govorn mont, and no man would oppose im perialism moro vohomontly than hu would and ho voted against everything looking hko imperialism in tho Philip pine govornmont and ho folt in timo thoso pooplo would bo givon aolf gov ornmont. Ho olaimod that no pooplo wore moro interested in tho retention of that SOO tion than was tho south, whioh is so wrapt up in ootton and manufactured cotton. Any oountry to boooi.no rich must USO its raw material,' and Bp ho drif tod on to show tho Opportunities of this markot. J.t was foolish, ho thought, for Amorioan moro h AD ts to try io got into tho foroign markets without tho protootion of the American Hag, Ho did not bolievo it possible with cxistiug conditions for tho United Statos to havo maintained u footing in tlio far oast without its holding tho Philippines. This country would have boon oiiokod out by port oharges if it did not havo tho Philippines as a siand-olf. In roply to Homphill ho said ibo iuburgontB had to bo subduod tor the ioputation of thc oountry and that was an oxponso of tho war prop or, but tho trado iu (Jinna will bo worth a hundred limos what it will cost and ho predicted that iu livo yoars JO pub lic mau could bo lonna in South Caro lina who would advooatoturning looso tho Philippinou. Tho valu? as a baso of operations baa already boon shown in tho rodent Chinoso troubled and has made firm friends ot tho United Statos and China. Nobody is attempting to shoot relig ion into thoso pooplo. This oountry could havo loft thoso pooplo to bo mur dered and plundered. Having de stroyed thoir only form of govornmont it was incumbent to establish a now govornmont. Only ono tribo ho hole was over fighting this oountry. This oountry had and has a duty to porfonn and this pooplo will not shiik a duty booauso it costs. Spoaking of Mr. Latimer's roforonoos to snip mundy, Mr. MoLaunn ueniod hia statement. Mr. Latimor said by way of oorroo tion ho.had boon unintentionally mis quoted and ho did not say at Walhalls that MoLaurin votod for tho ship sub sidy bill. Mr. Latimor said ho said MoLaurin spoko in favor ol tho bill, Mr. MoLaurin said ho UBod Tno Co lumbia Slato as authority and thal ought to bo good authority for Mr, Latimor. Mr. Johnatono boggod to mako a dis intorostod Btatoment, and said Mr, Latimor was correct in what ho had said at Walhalla. Tho explanation was aoooptod, and Mr. MoLaurin wont ou te mako a briol spoooh in favor of ship subsidy ant said ho would lalor preparo anet publiai his views on ship subsidios. Ho op possod tho ponding bill and a total.} difforont bill is now boin? proyarod. Tho ory of tho nigger ia tho wood pib was doad and ovory urop of his blooe would bo aaorifiotd for bis native Slato Ho said ho was not hanging on an] ooat tail. Voioo-The old coat tail is rotton anyway. MoLaurin wont on to nay his oppon onta aoomod to thick expansion waa t lost obernoo and so thoy made tho mos cf ship subsidy and ho elaborated thii point. MU, JOHNSTONS IN RRPLV. Mr. Goorgo Johnatono waa rooivoc with muoh applause, in fact au ova tion, and said if it woro not that hi thought tho Dornooraoy waa in dango ho would not bo horo. He aoopted Mo baurin's statcinont that ho was try ing to organizo a llopuhlioan party but ho insistod that tho adoption o Mo Lauri n's polioios must and will loa< to Konublioauism. Whon tho hou comos when tho great Domocratio par ly will disintegrate man by man h would stand with tho last raising hi voioo for tho Domooratio party. I MoLaurin's positions do not load to th ruin of tho Domooratio party thon h did not know what Dornooraoy wan Ho said somo of his firmest friond thought Uko Mr. MoLaurin. Ho woul say nothing to hurt tho fooling ( thoso mon or MoLaurin, but ho wou.1 V- *' ' V'' . Jr \ :?::'/ do his duty to his party and if it mado any mad ho would onduro it. Thon ho pointed out tho difforonoo botwoon MoLaurin's expansion and what ho oallod Domooratio oxpansion. Domooratio oxpancrion oamo with tho oonsontof tho govornod and was only of American torritory. Thoy woro asked to havo looal solf-govornment and thoy oamo in at oneo as oopart nors. That ia Dornooraoy. Tho foroos with whioh MoLaurin is operating aro establishing dospotio govornmont, and thon ho ridiculed tho argumont that tho Filipino? had no govornmont; and thon Mr. Johnstono showod tho presont condition? in tho Philippines and to thoso MoLaurin himsolf said ho gavo assent. Mr. Johnstono urged that thoso pooplo aro govornod by tho auto oratio powor of tho presidont alone. You who havo boon pinioned by Sickles and Ganby aro pointod to tho spootaolo of tho Filipinos govornod in tho sumo oondition ns tho south was yoars ago. ? Mr. MoLaurin justillos this au to oratio govornmont of tho prosidont and HP no tion tho unlimited powor of tho prosi dont. Horo it is claimed that Domo oratio expansion with self-government is claimed to bo tho samo as autooratio govornmont - tho samo as you had with Uanby and Sioklos. Thon Mr Johnstono roastod Mr. Mo Laurin's argumont that tho islands should bo hold for trado. MoLaurin himsolf tulls you thoy woar no olothos. Tho propor thing to do is to oxtond tho Monroe doctrino to thom, mako treaty agroomonto and Irionds of tho pooplo. Thon ho jumped into MoLau rin's ship subsidy proposition. If it was to bo dono for tho farmer why not givo tho farmor tho $1 a balo di rectly and Bo on. Givo tho money di rect to thoso Mr. MoLaurin says it will holp and not to tho rich ship ownors. What ho oomuiontod on ospooially wan tho chango of Mr. MoLaurin ou tho troaty. It was for him to oxplain, and tho whole thing was that MoLau rin. was mislod and mistakon and would not BOO it. Ho enthusiastically favored tho isth mian oanal and urgod that tho railway intorostB of tho oast and wost wore lighting tho canal project,, This canal would givo tho southern manufactur er,') and ohippors tho roal advantago. Ship aubsidos fostor tho oastorn and wostorn ports and tho longor thoy aro kopt up tho longor will tho canal bo kopt oi?. Ho thon insisted that MoLaurin had admittod his fallibility and that ho had mado inistakos. MoLaurin had uphold the Allianoo and now hold thoso viows to bo horoBioo. AN OPENING, Voioo-Did not Tillman ohango too? Mr. Johnstono wont on eloquently and foroibly to say ho was not a per sonal supporior of Tillman, but ho was not for pulling down rooords. This was not tho timo to rovivo past hostilities and ho for ono was. too pa triotic to cay ono word against Till man to hurt him or hin feelings if ho oould, Ho was not now fighting any on o, but ho was fighting a principio, and God knows whon Tillman and Hampton stand togothor for a prinoipio it munt bo light. (Groat applauso.) Ho askod and prayed that tho pooplo would support mon upon prinoiplos and not for personal fooling. It Boomed to him that if anyono was to donounoo B. li. Tillman, John L. MoLaurin was not too man. (Intonso applauso ) Ho hold him up as tho groatuut of leudors, tho greatost man sinoo John 0. Calhoun, and it ill boor.mo him to now donounoo Tillman. (Applauso.) Or io it anothor convokion'/ ANOTHKK. It was Mr. Canfield, a son-in-law of Josh Ashloy, who askod if Tillman had not also changed his viows on tho third party ana Alliance and tho roast and sarcasm ho got was roally sublime. Thon ho pioturod ibo duty of a Chris tian pooplo to tho Filipinos and ho ohowod what Christ would havo dono. MoLaurin Bays ho lias no purposo to ostablish a llopublioan party, but ho in horo traduoiug tho Dornooraoy of Jef ferson. Thon ho wont for ship subsidy with glovos cir, and how it ditfored from Stato support of railroads. Ho says ho wants no llopublioan party and yot he said in Washington MoKinloy ought tc bo roolootod by acclamation. Ho says ho (loos not proposo to organ iza a llopublioan party and ho boliovos him and yot ho acorns to hold tho ito publican purso strings of publie patron age. Is MoKinloy likely to holp build uri tho Domooratio party V MoKinloy novoi votod a Doinooratio tiokot in his lifo, and is ho suoh a philanthropist an tc givo all tho publio oflioos to MoLaurin for a strongor Domooratico party'* What a magnificent pioturo it is thu MoKinloy hunting for good Domooratt to holp build up his party. Thon ht glowingly pioturod how Loo and Jaok son had sont thoir munitions of war t< thoir opponontsl It was miraculous how thoso ap pointmontB oamo without solioitation 01 suggestion. It was marvelous hov MoKinloy and spooial providonoo ooin oidod with MoLaurin' viow. M'LAURIN &BPLIBS. In roply to Mr. Johnstono'fl argu inont'Sonator MoLaurin, in oonolusion said relativo to tho statomont that h< had said MoKinloy ought to bo rooloo tod by aoolamation, that ho had Baid i would bo wrong to dofoat MoKinloy bo causo of tho conduct of tho war. I tho ?BSUO was to bo mado on tho oon duot of tho war ho ought to havo bool roolootod. Ho said it was an impropo oauno for a fight for MoKinloy had don? fairly, appointod southerners, oto. I ho had oonsultod his own pookotbool and comfort ho would havo aoooptoi tho position on tho Philippine oommis sion. It was a oaso of damned if ho di? and if ho did not. Ho did not aooop bocauao ho did not proposo to rotir undor fire and ho intondod to oom baok and rondcr an aooount of i is ?orv ioo, Aftor Mr. Johnatono was dofoatoi ho was going to soo if ho oould not go him a position out thoro. (Muoh ap plauso and laugh tor,) As to tho patron ago in South Carolin ho said all ho wishod was to havo boo in Groonvillo. Suoh spooohos as Mi Johnntono'H woro as old as tho ooo story. He told tho prosidont ho oout not bo givon ?ny f?deral position an ho told him if ho wantod to do ans thing for his pooplo ho would be glad t oooporato with him. Tho prosidont 1 no autocrat; ho is a bravo, haman and broad-mindod man. Ho oxplaino tho position hore to tho prosidont an . .. ^ . ..... ho hud tried to rut tho offiooa in th* I hands of South .Carolinians. Ho could not put Democrats in nil tho offiooB. buti he tried to got tho boat ho oould, and ii; he oould not got Domocrats ho got tho moat aoooptablo Hopublioana.^ Ho wo ny to tho flouato to reproBont his p?opld and do tho boat ho oould for thom. H& highly complimented Mr. Johnatono oh hia spoooh for ability and oourtoay. ' ?j Col. Johnatono had mado a gr?a;? blundor in his subsidy argument. Thu strongest lobby in tho aonato waa the. Pacifio railway's, and they did not f^ vor tho subsidy aa ho claims, hui fought it. Mr. Hill, prosidont of the Northern Pacific, fought tho subsidy bill all tho time Tho subsidy bill and the oanal bill have to got togothor, and to this Jooh ABhlcy Baid tho tonioV limo, "Th?fa tho God's truth." : ?Bj. Tho south will novor have shipping iutoroBts unlosBB it givos and takes IA l?gislation. ? . . Aa to his silver views, thpro Wau no man but a fool who novor chango]! his mind. Ho and Gol. Johnstono were too pro?rcB?ivo to stick to a wrong po1* sidon. He ohangod his mind over;/ timo ho found ho was wrong. Ho novor attooktd anyone but trlod to dofond himself as bent ho oould, Sonator MoLaurin mado morty over. Mr. Johnstono's mistako as to the groat railroads favoring tho subsidy bill. ? j With foaling ho said ho would abidiV tho rojult of tho primary. What ho rogardod aa truo Dornooraoy was the voioo of tho whito pooplo of Sout^ Carolina at tho ballot box and hp wanted no oommittoo or boss to coin? botwoon him and tho pooplo, and if th), whito pooplo said ho was right thou, Col. Johnstono would havo to como w him. (Laughton) If thoy did not en dorso him ho would abido tho rosuH and stand by tho whito people. P. gftvo him pie UH uro to disouss matters with suoh a man as Col. Johnstono and ho would liko to disouss tho subsidy bill Kith him. Col. J olia ton o agrcod to this, and this oloaod the mooting a| noariy 9 o'olook-juat a fow minute^ boforo train timo. August Koko. Tho Week's Weather. Stato Seotion Dirootor Bauor hptfj oompilod tho following weekly crop' bulletin from roporta from over tho: Stato: Tho avorago tomporaturo during tho week ending 8 a. ni; Monday Au^?si' 26, was slightly below tho normal?' with a maximum of 95 dogrOoa at Batosburg, and a minimum of 65 dc ' grooa at Groonvillo. Tho amount o' sunshino was bolow tho normal. Tho rainfall was oxoossivo, Alan dale reporting 2,58 inches. Many: plaoos roport rains every day and; somo of thom heavy. In somo looaliV tios small bridges havo boen washed/ out and lowlands overdowod. Much" damago is roportod to crops from raia and oloudinoss. No hail or damaging wind has hoon roportod for thovw.oek.t Cotton io shedding and ritstihg.^ji^^ tie'?tft?ly* on tia?dy ?a?u/'?h* vi?y.^Wuu^ tho damage is not so gonoral. In many plaoos tho growth is rapid andi still fruiting. Picking though lat ci than uwal will bo quito gonoral ly oom*! monood next wook. Foddor pulling has boon much re tarded by tho gonoral raina and muoh of it damagod. Early oom ia a light orop, while lato io much hotter and generally maturing well. Good wook for maturiug rice. Some localities roport that rioo outting will begin next wook, ono wook earlier than inaioatod two weeks ago. Othor noc turna roport that harvoating will bo ton daya lator than usual. Sweet pot&tooa aro doing lino and whito potatoes doing woll. Tho pca oropo ia. good an othor minor crops. Apploa aro falling and rotting. Poaohos nearly gone. Pasturoa aro doing woll. An Important Decision. An important quostion has boon decid ed by tho assiotaut attorney gonoral in rolation to tho authority of school trustoOB to appoint teachers beyond thoir own torm of ornoo. Tho tiustooB of a school district in Groonvillo county who wont out of ofiioo last spring, olaimodtho right to oloot a teacher at Duncan's ohapol who was to toaoh tho Bummer sohool aftor thoir own torm expired whioh tho now truateoo thought was an invasion of thoir rights. Tho county Miporintondout of oduoation submitted tho question to tho attornoy genoral's otlico, and tho following is tho roply. 'Youroquost tobo advis ed upon tho following q ioBtion: 'Is it legal for trustoos for any sohool yoar to make contracts for tuaohors to sor ve during tho sohool yoar suocooding tho year in which thoir commissions oxpire, and, if so, aro thoir suooossors bound to oxoouto Baid contracts?' Sohool trus tees, hoing oroaturoa of statuto law have no powor not spcoi?oially dologat od by law, and suoh powers aro strictly construed. No authority is givon to publio aohooi trustoos in tho sohool law of this stato to oloot toaohers bo yond thoir term of ornoo nor can sud; poworb o impiiod. It follows, of course, that any olootion boyond their torre would bo void Othorwiso a sot ol trustoos now in oil! JO oould oontraot with a toaohor for on unlimitod poriod, and sucha toaohor would bo froo to aol rogardloss of tho wishoo or tho wolfare of tho pooplo." _ Another Charge. Tho Stato says tho In tost eharg( against tho mosquito is brought hy t North Carolina votorinary surgeon wh< has boen combatting tho horse fovoi raging in somo portions of that Stato, In his roport to tho agrioultural depart mont, io says the Charlotto Obaorver'i Haleigh oorrospondont, ho declaro? tba while "tho diaoaio ia not oontagioui from ono boroo to a no thor," it ia "in ooulablo from horse in any way, and ii rapidly oarriod by mosquitoes from siol onos to well onos. Mosquitoes eon tinuoinooulating tho eiokonos, so as tc make it rapidly fatal." Tho fovor, ho says, "originally appoarod in 1867 ant at intervalo of sovon to ton years hai brokon out when mo?<iuitoos an numerous." Old Germs Deadly, Irono Kook, daughtors of Bort ?Ccok of Marion, Ind., is ill of diphthorli and a playmato of tho samo ago wa takon with tho disoaso at tho same timi and noithor is oxpooted to Hvo, In th investigation to diso over in what man nor tho disoaso was oontraotod, it do volopod that tho two ohildren had mad thoir way to an attie and there ha? oponed an old trunk arid played w.tl toys that belonged to a ohild that dloi of diphthorla flfteon yoars ago. ?.'?; \ . . v ? V , ?.. ' WHAT TILLMAN SAYS ac..*?;; i About tho Charges Mads Against Him. WARNS THE MILL PEOPLE? Def onda Himaolf from the Charge of Having Abandonad the Democratic Party and Dla CUSAS Other Matters. Tho Nowa nnd Oourior correspondent says Sonator Tillman oapooially regret? tod Ina inability to spoak at Spartan* burg, booauso thorn woro sovoral im portant pointa upon whioh ho dosirod to do?no hi? position onoo and for all. Among thoso was tho talk thoro has boon of coeroion in thu ootton mills. Beforo loaving the oity ho gavo out a otaUmont for publioation oovoring thoso questions. It ia aa follows: Thorohas boon moro or loss stronuous off ort made in various quarters to oast imputations on my Dornooraoy and to ohargo that I havo boon disloyal to tho organization in tho past. Sonator Mobaurin'a supportor Book to dofond his own troaohory to tho party by making thoso ohargoa, whilo on tho other hand somo of my oldpolitioal op pouonta, who havo novor beon ablo to givo mo any orodit for anything that waa worthy or good, havo joinod in tim aoousatloo, and I thoroforo fool that it ia nothing but right that I should lot tho youngor gonoration of votors, who kno<7 nothing of tho faota; hoar tho pla vu truth, so thoy may know how muoh orodenco to givo to thoso ol.argon. HOW AGITATION UEO AN. I made my ontrtranoo in tho political arona at Bonnettovillo in '85 puroly by accident. Tho agitation bogan thoro. Thia, followed up in tho Nows and Oourior in a serios of lott oro and ad dresses iu advooaoy of tt farmer?' col lege, took a politioal turn in '86. In tho Domooratio State Convention of that yoar I had a largo folio vi jg. but wo woro booton by th?so in post . s?ioi of tho maohino, (tho ring I oallcd thom) and I was among tho first to m ovo that tho nomination for Go vernor bo nado unanimous and to pledgo my support to tho auoooBsful oaudidato. Continuing tho agitation, whioh broadonod into a demand for goner?1 reformation of tho Stato Govornmont and the abolition of vailous abuses-wo woro again bonton in '88 by a very narrow margin, booauso Attornoy Genoral Earle, our oandidate, Refused to allow tho uso of bia namo ai tor tho balloting began, and I again ;$pvbd to loako.thO-nominationg urmni i\m *\Mwit\ftwp leyaltj^;td\vtlie; In 1890 I was put forward as tho nominoo of TUE MARCH CONVENTION to run as a oandidato for tho nomina tion for Govornor in tho rogular Domo oratio Convontion and tho system of joint discussions was inauguratod. I was overwhelmingly oleotod in tho Domoortio primary, and although thoro waa a bolt and effort to oloot an indo pondout oandidato, I was ohoson Gov ornor in November following by a laigo majority. Tho Alliance had boon organizod in '81) ?nd was a very potent faotor in tho suoocss of thc ltoform movomonts but thoro was a vory power ful politioal current flowing beforo tho Aliianco waa boru. In '911 disoovercd that Bon Teiroll, tho looturcr of tho National Alliance, waa systematically going from county to county, soffiug the Hood of Thiri-partyisw and preach ing tho dootriuo of "voting for Bo tay and tho baby," rnthor than tho Darno oratio party or any other party. Thia lcd to my ohallonging Mr. Terroll to a joint discussion on tho nub]cot of tho sub treasury and other is?uoa, upon whioh ho was basing his propaganda, and tho debate was hold before THE STATE ALLIANCE in thia city. I pointod out in tho do bate tho danger ol' tho white peoplo of South Carolina ricking any division aa long os wo had suoh an ovorwhelming negro majority, and insisted that noth ing should bo dono of. a politioal character outside of the Domooratio ranks until wo had hold a Constitutional Convontion and taken stops to safo guard whito supremaoy. I demanded and obtainod a pledge in that mooting to mako tho fight against Clovolandism and the othor undemocratic polioios thot were hoing urged by tho Now York wing of tho party inside of tho Domo oratio ranks, and there aro lundrods of witnossos to tho faot. Tho result waa in '92, notwithstanding tho AUianoo was in absoluto control of tho politioal affairs of tho Stato, and thoro was an ovorwholming sontimont in opposition to the Domooratio party tonota as they woro thon PROMULGATED BY CLEVELAND and his orowd, thora wa? no oifort mado to organizo a Populist party oxoept in two oountiea, oven after Clovoland had roooivodtho nomination at Chioago. Oar State Convontion had denounoed him as "a prostitute of Wall atroot"and de clared that ho was not a Demoorat, but when ho roooivod tho nomination I re turned from Chioago and oounsollcd aoquiosoonoe in tho ronnit, and I mako bold toassort that but for my influonoe and tho influonoo of tho men alliod with mo tho Stato would havo gone to tho Populists that year by an over whelming vote As it was, South Caro lina was tho only Southern State whoso Populism did not make a bitter fight rgainat tho rogular Dornooraoy. I spoke vory bitterly of Oleveland's polioy and proolaimed my doiiro for a union botweon tho Hon thom and Won to. n farmers; and doolarod i was ready to load a revolt against tho Domooratio party aa thon lod, and leave it K nood bo, whonover I saw anywhoro to ?o, and made allusion to , "A LIGHT IN TUB WEST" as a signal, In tho moantimo I sot myself lealbusly to work to obtain a Constitutional Convention so ai to toko steps to disfranchise AS many of the colored peoplo as. wo could under tho 14th and 15 amondmonts. -During tho period from 1892 to 1896 thoro was hit ter and constant agitation in this and other Statos against Cleveland's polioy, and I denounoed his botrayal of tho Domooratio p?tty with nil tho bittor : ;? , a*- ?! noss that I foll. I proolaimod that if < ho was a Do m oof at I wau not, and I moroly gavo voioo, in nil ray don?unoia tions of Olovoland Domooraoy and throats of loaving tho party, to tho over whelming sontimont in control of tho Stato. In other words, I was absolute ly loyal jj? all timos to tho majority of my follow oitizens, who woro Demo orats, but not of thu Olovolaud typo, and what I said about loavi?g tho party thon was not tho prevailing sontimont in South Carolina. I mado aspoeob in Momphio and ono in St Louis in whioh 1 DENOUNCED OLKYELAND and his polioy aa Un-Docaooratio and proolaimod my willingness aod purposo to fight to rooapturo tho Demooratio party from tho wrookors, and, failing thoro, to organizo a genuino Domooratio pnrty, whioh should maintain tho orin oiploa of Jofforson, tho father. I an nounood this polioy as tho spokesman of tho Domooraoy of this Stato on tho floor of the Sonato on tho lat of May, 189G, ina dobato with D. B. Hill; I announced it in a spoooh at Don vor, ono in Wichita, ono at Lexington, Ky., at Dallas, Toxas, and Atlanta, da., in all of whioh tho slogan was "1(5 to 1 or bust." Tho South Carolina Stato Con vention, whioh sont delegates to the Chioago Convention in 1896, was so thoroughly imbuod with tho purpoBO to havo adifforont kind of Domooraoy from that of Olovoland and his follow ors that they sont a' derogation to that Convention with instructions to with draw and return home forfurtn?r o?ttn?* Sol iii thu ovuut wo did nut got a plat* form to suit us. I HAVR NEVEH AT ANY" MOMENT or any timo or any plaao givon voioo to any fooling or sontimont about tho Domooratio party that was disloyal to tho will of tho majority of my follow Domoorats in this Stato. I have al ways olaimod to voioo tho will of tho majority of tho peoplo of tho Stato and to bo a ropresonta I tivo of tho majority, and ovory . woll-informed man in tho Stato knows that what I havo speken is oapablo of proof from tho reoords, and, thoroforo, I repeat what I said at Union, that any man who charges mo with disloyalty or with any purposo at any timo of oppos ing tho genuino Domooraoy of South Carolina as roproBontod by tho majority HOB, and knows ho lien. I AM GALLED A POPULIST NOW by liopublican and gold bug papora that aro so muoh in lovo with Com mercial Domooraoy. I alloys havo, and always will, spurn Clovolaod's DJ mo oraoy as nothing but thinly di<guisod Republicanism, and MoL turin's Do mooraoy isovonlossrospootablo. Cleve land never playod tho hypoorito, whilo Mclaurin was ns eager once to press Populism, pure and simple, as ho is now to adv?calo MoKinloyism, and Dow den, tho apostle'of Populism in South Carolina in 1892, waa tho first man ho gayo a job to af tor his appointment to .tho ; Sonato, and-it iii - said vhat. this, sam? ^Populist- loader is ^o\V '? st??nfe ?upportor of Sonntor MoLaurln's last brand of polities. Somo of tho newspaper oditors end othor ardont supporters of Sonator Mc laurin have boon very muoh shookod and outraged by what I said at Union as A WAUNINO TO MILL PRESIDENTS not to attompt to oooreo tho'r opora tivoB. It is oonsidorod an unpardon able bin that I should daro to throaton to interioro in this mattor. What I said on that oooasion wai for the pur poso of warning thone mon against at tempting to go too far. I roougnizo UK \ right of ovory man to try to persuade i othors to volo with him, but I dony that tho omploymont of mon in milli oarrios with it a right on the part of the mill to aorooo or control tho votoe of the omployoos. Tho rotation bo tween tho mill ownor aod tho workor in tho mill is ono of mutual advautago, and tho mills woro not built for tho purposo of giving employment to labor, but for tho purposo of making monoy All mon who work in tho mills givo la bor for tho money they roooivo. Tho in terests of mill o vnor and tho mill haod may bo idontioal or may bo anta?onis tio. It has boon oom non in tho Nor tl for tho laborors employed in tho maau faoturiog establishments to ba drivoi when thoy cannot be oajolod into vot ing tho Hopublioan ticket, and. th throats of discharging laborer* nut dosing down works in 96 and even i tba last Presidential elootion no doub scoured tho MoKinloy triumph. THE OWNEItnOy COTTON MILLS that havo spruugup so rapidly in Sout Carolina aro in many instanoos North ern mon, and possibly moro Norther capital has boon invested in this indui try in the last ton yoars than hore capital, but that does not oarry with : any obligation on the patt of the opon tivos to voto for a Ropulioan who oom? eithor oponly or in disguise. Tho mil in South Carolina havo boon treatod b tho Stato Government, whioh is Dom? oratio, with groat liberality, but i their ownors attompt to drivo our nt tivo-born South Carolina Dem oorai into tho Ropubliean. oamp tho oth< Domoorats of tho Stato will not oalml submit to it, and tho operativos will b tho first to resist suoh notion, Thor is no proof in tho world that mnnufa turing in South Carolina owas any thin to tho Ropubliean party. Tho MILL OPERATIVES AUK NATIVES of this and adjoining8tatos. Thoy a aa thoroughly groundod in Demoorat principios as tho farmers or any otb olass of our oitizons. They aro as gx peoplo aa wo have, and 1 only doolan my purpose, if an attompt to ooor thom was mado, to go to tho mills night and explain to those peoplo ju wherein thoy are boing misled or boil unduly influonood or drivon. In doii this I do not proposo to array lab against oapital, but Ido it for the pa poso of warning oapital to attend to i own businoss and not attempt to ma! slaves of our whito peoplo. If tl milla aro olosod on oampalgn days,, as to allow tho men to hoar the speoohe thoro would bo no need of anypno goii to speak at night, But I am ?osolv? they shall hear tho truth' boforo joinii tho Republioan party. I M KANT WHAT I SAID and have nothing to rogrot or apologi for. I honestly bollovo that if suoh move is mado by any oonsidorablo nm ber of tho mill ownors of tho State will result in legislation that will . away with somo ot the apodal Privileg now on joy od by tho mills. Tho pc plo of South Carolina are ready to w< , . V /'.V/:' ',..... oonio capital for invostmont in this or any other manufacturing industry, but ovory froo*boru South Carolinian will rosont any offert by Northorn capital ists or Southern suporintondonts and prosidonts to dragoon froo horn mon into boooming ltipublioans. Any man who wanta to join tho Hopublioan par ty and voto tiut tiokot has a perfect right io do BO, but I again warn thoau who may think thoy havo a right to drive tho froo whito men in thoir em ploy into tho llopublioan eamp to tako hoed horf thoy prose that idoa; and I warn tho moo, many of whom aro and always havo boon my frionds, to watoh olosoly and woigb all of thoso quostlons fully boforo voting. Hn dcoUred that this was no ordin ary oontost, but that it waa a death grapple botweon tho foroos of froodom I and tho foroos which lod on to mon arohy. Ho roviowod tho history of the oonfliot in Cuba and of our intorferenoo in that island Ho emphasized tho right of that poople to oxpoot of tho United Staten that our original oon traot with thom should bo oarriod out in itu spirit and its lotter. Not to do so was to brood in thom abhorronoo of tho Amorioan dig and dotostation of our morals. Ho entorod at large into a discussion of tho Philippine quostion and oom batted with effoot tho argumonts in behalf of ship subsidy. _J. H. Marshall. FATAL EXPLORION Of a barrio ?toe mb nat on fha -*~- -*"i> etotr ?r* ytiaiMf_--J While the stoamboat City of Tronton, of tho Wilmington Stoamboat oompany, was on her way from Philadelphia to Tronton Wodnesday aftornoon hor port boilor oxplodod, killing sevoral persons and injuring ovor a ?jooro of otho?. Nino ? i nm no aro known positively to bo doad, at loast 19 aro missing, moro of whom aro boliovod to havo boon on tho stoamor, and two of tho injured still in tho hospital will probably dio. The idontifiod dead aro. William Noleon, aged 67 years, avot oran of tho Civil war and formerly an i murdo of thosoldiers's homo, Hampton, Va.: Jamos MoCormiok, 23yeera, Wil mington, Del., f?roman; Elizaboth Green 21 years, Philadelphia; William Dann, 38 years, Philadelphia; Arthur ll. T. Lansing, ld years, Tronton, N. J, ; William H. Keen, Philadelphia: Joanie Stratton, Trenton, dlod in hospital. In addition to these there aro two oharrod bodies, bolieved to bo those of fournies, in the morgue. Thoy are be yond recognition and will bo buried in potter's hold. So groat was TUE FORCE OF TUEUBXPLOSION that a piano in the upper drawing room of tho boat waa burled many foot away from .tho boat into tho river. This proved to bo a fortunato oiroumstanoe for many of tho in ju rod passongors. Thrown into tho river, soaldod and othor wino injured so that thoy wore rondorod. helpless, they- clung to tho pi?ttb, whian, had fallon into ?bMMfc; whiev until rosetted, \> ? '. When tho oxplosion ooourrod iMaVo' Vandeiyoor and Pilot Curry woro in tho pilot homo. Both woro hurled with terrifie foroo from tho littio onolosuro, and tho whool on tho starboard side refused to work wbilo that on tho port side, for some unaooountablo reason began revolving with lightning Uko rapidity. As a re sult of this tho ruddor turned tho bow of tho boat toward ohoro and she qulok ly ran agrouud fastoning horsolf in tho mud. By this timo tho vosaol had caught f i rc and thoso of tho passongors who wore still aboard woro compelled to loap for thoir lives. Fortunately tho water was not moro than four foot doop aud many of tho vie ti md of tho disaster wore ablo to wado ashore, somo how over, who woro too sorioualy injurod to help thomsolvos, woro rosouod by mem bers of tho boat olubs whoso housos lino tho river front at thia point. Tho captain and orow of tho boat oonduotod thointolvcs as horooB. Thoy rendered all tho sssistanoo possiblo to tho in jured and Capt. Worrell was tho last man to loavo (bo boat. All of tho se riously iDjurod wero hastily oonvoyod to tho hospital at tho Houso of Correc tion at Holmosburg, about throe milos bolow Torresdalo. Although the searohors. consisting of a oorps of oity polioo, having boon dragging tho river ever sinoo Thursday aftornoon, thoy have boon unablo to find any moro djodios. That thoro are moro viotims in the river is tho firm bo* liof of tho au th or i ti OH, and rho failure to tl nd any additional doad in suppoaod to bo duo to tho strong eurrent in tho river at tho point whoro thu explosion ooourrod. Tho wator was pumped out of the hull of tho buruod steamer, after which a oaroful soaroh was mado for additional victims of the explosion, but nono was found. An attempt was made at high tido Thursday aftornoon to float tho wrooked vosaol, but it was uasuooossful. As to tho exaot oauso of the explo sion nothing is yot known, but an in vestigation in to bo oondnoted at onoo. Firo Marshal L atti mor, Coroner Dugan, tho polioo department and tho United States boiler inspootors for this dis triot will oaoh oarry on an indondent investigation, but little' oan bo known until tho survivors havo boon examined and a oarof ul inspootion of the wrooked stoamor shall havo boon mado. Many of tho passongors who osoaped injury maintain that the City of -Tron ton, whieh was lato when she left hor wharf in Philadelphia, was xaoing at her topmost spood and that if this had not boon tho oaso tho aooident would not havo happen.d. This is partly borne out by a statemont said to havo been mado by Assistant iSnginoer John Chow. Chow told his wifo that ho ox* posted to bo killed by an oxplosion on tho n to a m or, as tho oompany mado tho enginoor keep up too high a prosouro of stoam. On a Striko, A dispatch from Columbia says tho tcxtilo union has deolared a striko at tho Whaloy mills. Ofluial notion to that effoot was taken Thursday night. At tho mooting of tho mombors of tho union it was deoided that omployraont would not bo aoooptod until tho authori ties of tho ootton mills a ff sotod with draw thoir declaration against tho un ion. A representativo and thoroughly roliablo oltlson who attended tho meet ing roporta that tho hall was paoked to suffooation and thoro were many others who could not got in, . Yet with all thin crowd thore was no Jntomporato "Oftklng, no rash uttoranoos, BRUTAL MURDER, Young Lady Meet? a Violent Death. KILLED BY A BLAQK BR?TE. Although Shot Sn th? Head Oha LWad Long . Enough to Tall the Nama of Har Assailant* M*ry Hondorson, ?go 40, wfis'lassault od and killod Wodnosday evening by Wm. Franois, oolorod, at tito farm houso of hoe brothor-in-law, Oharlos B. Hayatt, noar Columbus, Mo. Franois flod but hundrods of mon aro noour ing tho oountry and bin oapturo aud death / aro oonsidorod almost oortain. Miss Hondonon rooidod with ibo Hyatts on tho farm noar Columbus/in tho heart of the riohoat agricultural distrioi in tho Stato. Wodnosday ovon ing tho Hyatts wont to tho homo of frionds for a briof visit. Franois, who had boon a trustod omployo on tho plaoo for sovoral yoars, was loft to his own dovioos. Shortly aftor sunset bo ontorod tba??rm-hou*o4ot Ms.oyjoning -??isa Henderson personally pr? parod it and was about to oall tho no gro when bo stopped into tho kitohon and nttaokod tho defenseless. Sho soroamod loudly and long for holp, but nono was at hand. Tho nogro was drivon, finally, by hor desporato rosis tonoa to tho yard in tho roar of tho house, but in tho ond sho was over powered. Whon tho Hyatts roturnod Mil? Hon dorson WAS found lying noar tho houso with a bullet bolo above tho loft ear. Tho only horse remaining on tho plaoo had also boon killod in Hi? stall, ovi dontly to hindor pursuit. Miss Hen? dorson is said to havo survived long enough to inform hor roiativos of. ber Assailant. Thia announcement romovod all doubts from tho minda of the. citi zens hore, and half a doa o n posse! were ' immodutoly formed, Evory inob of torritory in tho country is now hoing ooourod. A auspeot is under arroot at Indopondonoo and ano thor io hoing pur? sued nonr Bedalia. It is practically oortain that Franois, if oaptured, will bo burned at tho stako. ttl CONQREBBMAN HULL'S BEPORX; Filipino Can Nevor Fully bo an Ameri- : eau Citizen. Congressman Hull of Iowa,, obalr man of,tho boueo commiUo? oa mili tary oi?aird, -, who. has arrived r>V Sab ^rAbO/'i'' ' o ? ihr, .Mlv-;?;v--..:,;'?: ?4*)>.orU>f? from'a ?vc months' tour of Ohiu'f Japan and tho Philippilios, is dbep?.? impressed with tho possibilities of tho Now American, possessions in the ori ent. He says: ' 'If I were a young man I don't know whore I should rather go than to tho Philippines. For a man of brains and industry tho islands opon a vast pros poot in almost evory lino of business for ono who has tho grit to go thoro and stick to it, "Tho minorai, agricultural and tim ber resouroos of these islands consti tu? a fiold for oommoroial enterprise that is practically unlimited. Of oouwo tho prosont conditions of brigandage mako it exceedingly unsafe for peo plo to settle in tho islands away from tho protootion of tho military posts. But tho people, or tho groat majority, desire poaoo and safety and aro doing all they can to holp tho troops attain tain end. "Of oourae it ls impossible to make an Anglo Saxon out of an Oriental. Thoroforo, tho Filipino probably novor will be an American oitizen in the broad sonso that it is understood by all that tomi convoys to tho man born in tho United Statos of white parents. But as soon as ho gets asuffioiont edu cation and booomos a little moro im pregnated with our ideas and' lonou some of tho ideas aoqtiirod by 300 years assooiation with tho Spaniard, the Fil ipino will bo a oitizonin spirit, patriot ism, industry and education, and will bo worthy of participating tb the ful lost extent in all tho bonoflts of this govornmont. "Of course wo shall havo to govorn thom with firmness as well as with kindnoos. I think 40,000 soldiers should bo kept there for somo yoars to : como." j. What Ho Thought;. "I don't take much s took in thoo o stories about a drowning man's whole past life rushing bdforo bis mindoVoyo liko a panorama," romarkod Unolo Al lon Sparks. "I got tangled up with a borso in doop wator onoe, and bad a protty oloso oall, but all I thought was, 'I'd hato to havo folks think I hadn't moro gumption than to get drowned trying to ford a crook whore it's ton foot doop. Wo must get out of thiel' And I managod to out tho horse's har ness, and we both got out alive. I don't know what tho h ora o was thinking, but I'm willing to bot it VMS about tho samo."-Ohioftgo Tribuno. Accident to Tillman.* Senator Tillman did not speak at any ! of tho mootings last wosk. On his way from Philadelphia to Spartanburg ho got a olndor in his oyo, and ho could not speak. The Stato eorrespondont says the olndor had workod its way into tho flesh, and D/s. Tabor and Bunoh had to perform an opomtior, to romovo it. This morning the soueftor wits utterly unablo to stand tho light, sobe took tho first train to Columbia to havo a spoolalist treat his oyo, doolan ng ho would bo unablo to attend any of tho other m actings. Fifty Perish. The British War ornoo has received tho following dispatch from Lord Kitohonor, dated Protorla, Aug. 16: "Whilo a partyof 60 of FrenotYoscouts wore proo?odlng to join ? ooiumn near Bethesda they wovo surrounded in tho hills by a suporior foroo undor Thoron and surrenderod. Ono was killed ana thtoo woro woundod. Capt. ?lt?tholhelm dangerously." Lord KitOhOnor doo* P.otgivo tho dato, but tho oasuaUy Hst. ?bdioatos August 8,