The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 27, 1890, Image 1
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A JUVKNILK STORY.
HY 8AK^1I 1\ MUIOHAM. ]
"1I?? who does one funit at lirst,
And lies to hide it, makrs it two." |
^NIv name i.s .Jasper Cooper. On '
the morning of my thirteenth birthday,
I received two presents which !
made me feel vcrv rich ami happy. !
One was a small gun, from Undo
Herbert, with plenty of powder and i
shot. A letter accompanied this 1
beautiful fowling-piece, which con- 1
tained these words: '
"1 am sure you will enjoy a gun,
Jasper, but remember lire-arms are
very dangerous weapons unless ban
<llcd with great care."
The other gift was a fine spaniel
dog, from my father.
A boy is a rare one whose happiness
is not complete with a dog and
u gun, and it seemed 1 had come into
t he sudden possession of an immense
fortune, and a long ssason of sporting
pleasures arose, and was unrolled
like a gay panorama before my
eyes.
All the rest of my birthday was 1
. M
passed in admiriugnnd talking about
my presents.
"W hen Uncle Herbert makes a
present, he knows exactly what to '
give" 1 said, with a glow on my
face. "There's nothing I've wanted
i ? 1
so much jis a gun.
Father mid mother smiled.
"And my dog is a real beauty; not
one in town like him in color,"
stroking the animal fondly. "What
a good name he has, too?'Cesar.' If
1 had chosen it myself, 1 could not
like it better."
The dog had been taught to carry
baskets, and a number of tricks, like
falling suddenly on the floor whenever
a certain word was given, and pretending
to be dead, to bark at a signal,
etc. His canine understanding
appeared wonderful to me, and noth
inggave me more pleasure than to
make him show off his knowledge.
Just two months after Cesar's nr.
rival, one bright autumn morning,
as I stood bv the gate, 1 saw Nathan
Hagley come up the street. He had
been away several weeks on a visit to I
relatives in Kentucky. I numbered
him among my choice friends, aiul|'
hurried joyfully to meet him.
"How do you do, Nathan?" I ex
claimed, grasping his hand.
"Very well, and how are you, '
Jasp?"
"Tiptop. Clad enough to see you. 1
When did you get heme?"
"Night before last. I've had a
grand time. I've been boating a '
good deal. 1 can swim real well;
been tishing and hunting, and I've
come back quite a good shot, they ^
say. I hear you've been coming up j
in the world, too; that you have a 1
i .. .1 >>
?iiii ami a <-iog.
"Ye*," I answered, laughing.
"Cesar, come here.''
The dog ran to my side.
" Why-wouldn't like to own such '
a fine spaniel as that?" 1 inquired, 1
proudly.
"lie is a first rate-looking dog," re
plied Nathan, warmly.
Uncle Herbert sent me the gun '
and a lot of powder and shot. We
must go shooting together often."
"I'm going 10 Make's Woods to '
hunt tl is afternoon. There is plenty }
of small game there. We can get a '
- bag full by night. Go with me; (
do!"
"Cant; 1 must go to school."
"Can't you get excused?"
"No; Mi. Lowe told us he should '
not excuse any scholar without a '
note from one of his parents; and '
father is out of town." 1
"Your mother will write one for
you." 1
"She can't; she's real sick. She's 3
'I , j
been since last evening, and
hasn't, sat up a minute."
Nathan looked disappointed, and '
there was a long silence. Then I '
said rellecti vely:
*'I want very much to go ami hunt
with you, but don't know how 1
can."
*'Oh, you must go."
"Well, how can I?"
"You can contrive a way to get excused
front school, I know. You've (
J a clear head, and a long one. I '
wish ntino was half as good. Just 11
start up your wits'and you'll find a *
way to go. You arc sharp*, .Jasp. I '
Lshftll expect you right after dinner." *
After a little further conversation,
A
)ONWAY^
Nathan went home, and I went into
tho house.
I was pleased with Nathan's coin[iliment.
He was two years my senior, find had
great influence over me. To have!
him call me "sharp," and think 1
had wit enough to get a respite from
school for ;i hunting frolic, without
aid from my parents, flattered my
vanity, ami weighed more with me
in my tempted state of mind than
any fear of wrong doing. I wanted
to go and hunt with Nathan, and
soon all my power of mind was di
reeted to the accomplishment of thisj
purpo.se.
How could 1 contrive to go? II
revolved the question again. I'
would he impossible to get. either
father or mother to write a note to
Mr. Lowe, asking-for my release from
school duties; ami what could 1 have
us a substitute?
Sudddenly a thought dashed into
my mind. Why couLl I not write a
no'e.myself, and sign father's name?
I was not a good speller, but a
good penman, and I was certain 1
could easily counterfeit father's'
handwriting, and no one would know I
the difference. 1 searched his desk,
mil found an account-hook written ;
by him. I carried it to my room,
iind placed it on the tahle before me, j
in ill for a half an hour wnscomplete-1
ly engrossed in attempts to imitate:
his (diirograpliy.
At last I thought 1 had succeeded
remarkably well, and the result of
my labor was the production of a
neat, carefully worded n<>to, so ox-'
net a counterfeit that I was sure Mr
r.l^ir.1 1 1 .1 ll.Vt'AI. 1....'., .. .I.ml.i r I
I 4V It \ 11 Will VI III 111 11 III' <1 IIIMI IM, U1
its genuineness.
My chief difficulty was in the sig
nature. When I came to that, I
stopped, puzzled to know what, to
put at the bottom of what I had
written. I could not remember how
father was accustomed to end his
letters. I had brought letters and
papers from the postoflic-',addressed
to "Mr. Asa Cooper," "lion. Asa
Cooper" and "Asa Cooper, Ksq ,"but
whether Ife would put one of those
titles to his own name was a question J
I could not settle. I bunted about,
:md found three letters I had received
from him while I was at grand -'
father's but they were signed "Your I
ifTectionate father," and were no
Gjuidc now. I wanted to see his
business letters, but none could be
had.
After much deliberation, my workwas
done, and 1 gave si chuckle of
lelightat beholding it.
! wrote as follows:
"Mit. Lowk?Dear Sir: Will you
Oblige me by excusing my son Jasper
from school this i\ M. his Stud
ics are wearing upon him and I think
lie needs more Open air and xercise.
"Very Truly yours.
Hon Asa Coopkk."
I read this three times, to be sure
thore was no inaccuracy in it. The |
capitals ami punctuation seemed to
tne to be correct, and 1 placed it carefully
in my pocket, took my hat and
books, and hurried to school.
Just after the forenoon session I
presented my note to Mr. Lowo, and
watched him narrowly iis he read it.
I noticed a faint smile stole over
bis lips, but he asked no questions,
md gave me ready permission to he
ibsent, and 1 supposed lie had no
loubt of its genuineness.
I went home jubilant, enough, ate a
basty dinner, called my dog, and
with my now gun on mv shoulder
started for Nathan. He was expectng
me, and stood on the piazza as 1
ipproached the house, lie shook
ny hand joyfully.
"So you contrived to get excusced
from school," he said; "I was sure
rou would. How did you manage
t?"
"Oh, easy enough. 1 wrote a note
md signed father's name to it, and it
;0ok the master in completely. He
et me off without a word."
xr-.i. i i *
iiui'UHii laugneu.
"You've a good head, Jasp. You'll
liake your way in the world."
lie took his gun and game-bag,
nid we walked off toward Wake's
iVoods. I was very happy. Itseomjd
as if u sudden transformation had
aken place. In the forenoon I was
i plodding school boy, and a little bier
found nie a real sportsman on a
lunting expedition, the tirst I hud
;ver experienced.
We crossed several pastures a rocky
1
tm ,
" He True to ) 'on
S. P., THU
hill, ami then came to the edgo of
the woods. The trees were just tinged
with the gold and the crimson of
an'lunn, and every now and then a|
l.l I'll fil? .1 cr* 11 I *.>..11 It'll utinll li.iliivnw* '
v/ii m 11 o\|uu i vi if iio otrii il v/|' J M
from brunch to brunch. Nutlmn fired
at a small flock of black birds; one
was h;s particular murk, but (ho instant
the report of his gun was heard
there was a quick flapping of wings
and a rapid as .out into the air by the
entire (lock. Not one was killed, o?
even appeared to be wounded.
lie next aimed at a blue jav, and
though it. did not drop to the ground
as he confidently expected; one of its
tail feathers did, which convinced
hi in he hadjibnost made a good shot.
' If one can once get the knack of
shooting, it is easy enough. The
last time f wont hunting was in
March, and 1 brought down one at
every shot," said Nathan.
"I've done well, firing at a mark,"
I said, "I've hit it lots of times.
Pon't see why if won't be just as easy
to hit game. I'm sure I can."
"Stop talking; keep still; there's a
squirrel," commanded Nathan.
lie hurried w th swift, noiseless
feet toward a large oak tree.
Hang went his gun, and the frightened
squirrel hopped into a hole in
the trunk of the free, and was seen
no more.
We went n little further, and crept
quietly behind a clump of low pines'
and remained there, keeping a sharp
look out for game.
"Look!" I etelai ini'iL "there's a
dozen crows coming this way; they
arc lightin', sec 0111? now let lly; you'll
give some of them a raj) this time."
Nathan raised his fowling-piece,
and carefully placed it so the barrel;
came in range of the crows; then he
polled the trigger.
' Bang!" spoke the gun again, and
a shower of shot, rattled down on to
the ground.
"I know I must have knocked
some over!" exclaimed Nathan, in
wild excitement, and ho examined
the place from whore the terrified
crows had ascended; but not even a
few feathers were to be seen; not a
trace of them, dead or alive, was left.
Nathan looked a little disappoint
ed.
"ftven old, experienced hunters
fail sometimes," he said, hopefully.
"My luck'll come soon."
We went on, still eager as ever for
sporrt.
A woodpecker next appeared in
sight, pecking the bark of an ancient
maple-tree.
"I shall hit this time, I know!"
exclaimed Nathan; and again the re
port of his gun resounded through
the woodsIt
was kis first successful shot.
The bird was killed, and Nathan's
face shone with delight as he picked
it up, quivering and bleeding, from
oil a rock.
(to bk continubd.)
Successful Preaching*
(Wilmington Messenger.)
Thorough preparation for the pulpit,
is a necessity. Beaten oil for the
sanctuary is a solemn, imperative
duty. The New York Churchman
lately said a strange thing about
writing sermons. It said that "history
cannot be written in a hurry
like a sermon*" A hastily written
sermon will not be thoughtful and
meaty.and full of the morrow and
fatness of the Gospel* Great sermons
like Hubert. Hall's masterpieces
or Hobert, Smith's rich and fruity
discources, are the product of many
days of assiduous toil. The accomplished
and able George William
Curtis says it takes him three months
to prepare an oration, Ho is one of
the very best of living American
writers and edits Harper's Weekly.
Hobert Hall said a common place,
ordinary mortal could make a sermon
every day, a strong man two,
and a first rate man but one in a
week. Mr, Webster worked for an
hour or two on one sentence in his
famous reply to Havoc. The best
preaching is the outcome of toil. The
Alabama Christian Advocate ]>ertineatly
says:
"The preacher who goes into the
pulpit with an empty head will soon
find himself preaching to empty
pews. The man of the Nineteenth
century wants ideas, not fuss and
sweat."
0
f,
v Word, Your Work and Yoi
^sdayT^
THAT CIIAKLMSTON 11LOCKADB,
How llio A(lrin;it to KaiMe it
Came so Near to Suoeess.
(From the New York S'nr \
- - ? /
The famous attempt to raise (lie
Charleston blockade occurred on the |
morning of January Ml, i80M, the
Rebel rams Palmetto State and Chicora
being relied upon to perform
this duty * tit was known totheollloers
of the blockading fleet that the!
Confederates were'building the rams
for the purpose, and* consequently
they were constantly on guard. The
appearance of anything suspicious
in the harbor, nojinatter how slight,
had the effect of calling the crews of
the h'oekadingships to quarters, and
the thing was repeated so often that
the jack tars were slow in responding
to tho boatswain's rattle and
hoarse crv.
On the Mist of January, at the;
earliest dawn, a suspicious hlack
smoke was observed in the luibor.
There were also soon a number of
excursion boats crowded with people,
who, it afterward appeared, ,were
to follow the ironclads out at a safe
distance to witness the import. The
foreign consuls wore also! on board,
in order to report, the result to their
respective governments^ At 4.MO
o'clock the Confederate rams were
seen from the deck of tlje gun boat
Merccditu making their wjayout, followed
by the excursion steamers.
AH hands wore called to quarters
and all preparations were made to
give them a warm reception. The
Mcrccdita was the first to receive
thej attack, and thr Palmetto State
siriicK nor inn <>n die <|uartor, making
an ugly hole In her sidy and firing
into her ill the same moment.
Capt. St ill wagon, finding it impossible
to use his guns with vlToct, was
obliged to surrender, and the crew 1
were at once paroled.
While this was going on the Keystone
State was lyingon her starboard,
and at once slipped her cables, went
out to sea in order to get up a full
head of steam and return with the
object of running into the rani and
sinking it. While she was doing
this a well directed shot from the
ram pierced the boiler, killing twenty-three
men and stopping her in
stantly. The rain then attacked the
Quaker City, entirely disabling her
and killing thirty of her crew.
Matters began to look serious, ;
when one Ilousatonic, a regular na
val vessel, came to the rescue, engag- !
ing both rams and pouring in such a j
lively lire that the Confederates were |
afraid to open their ports. For two j
hours the tight continued, until finally
the rams retired without fully ac- j
complishing their object. It was,
claimed, however, that they had rais- j
ed the blockade, but as the Ilousatonic
maintained her ground it was I
not allowed.
A /I/Wiiwl l II ar infAHni?t-iA??.il i?n<ir#A 1
lU I 11 111 I MH.K U Ml I I
the law of blockade is as follows: '
"A valid or lawful blockade requires
the actual presence of a suflieient
force of the enemy's vessels before a !
certain place on the coast. A block- 1
ade ceases when the blockading force
voluntarily withdraws, or when it. is f
driven olf by a force of the enemy."
In this case anew blocklade re 1
quires a new notification, consequent- i
ly had this attempt been perfectly I
successful the result would have been
to open the port with ships of all nations
until due notification, which in ,
this instance would have taken sixty
days at least.
At this time the Confederacy were
in desperate, straits for war material |
and merchandise* They could neither
get their cotton and tobacco out
or their supplies in except what was
done through the blockade runners,
and the frequent capture of these
made the business very risky and expensive.
These sixty days would
nave neon ot the greatest value to the
Confederacy and might have changed
the entire aspect of the, war, and
might have furnished a pretext for
those unfriendlyjto us to acknowledge
the belligerency of the Southern
Confederacy. This was the best service
the Housatonic ever did. She j
was blown up soon after.
Previous to this time the navy had
i
not established videttes to give warn
ing of approaching danger. This
incident opened the eyes of the navy
department at Washington, and afterward
a regular system of videttes
v /S:
ir Cowntnj
fOYEMBI
was maintained all along the block- [
nded coast.
At the time ?>f this light. Capt.
Joseph W. Congdon, now command \
ing the I'nited States steamship
Manhattan, was the otlicer of the;
11- i 1 t i i * * 1
ui'UK on i no uousaromc ami directed
the lire of our guns, which so inato-:
rially aided in the result.
The Silont Vote.
The following thoughtful words
from Senator (lorman of Maryland
are calculated to make thoughtful
men think, '''he Maryland Senator
is reported to have said touching the
present, overwhelming majority for
the Democracy.
"1 have been looking over the figures
this morning, and I find thut 1
we polled within 900 our full vote
in Baltimore city, while the Republicans
were several thoutftpid short.
So it, goes in nearly all of the States.
The returns show that the Republicans
were so disgusted with their,
leaders in Congress that they refus-,
od to vote for them. They did not
turn round and vote for .us, but they
simply remained away from the
polls."
How strikingly is this true as to
our own recent elect ion Willi some
10,000 or more white voters that remained
away from the polls, cither
from a feeling of dissatisfaction or
for want of registration tickets, we sec
before us a condil on of disorganization
which bodes the Democracy of
the State no eooil.
O ,
It is clear to see that this silent
vote is a lnenaeo-which cannot, be
very well neglected in the administration
of affairs if we are to have a
restoration of harmony in the Democratic
ranks.
The Register is impressed with
the fact the harmony in the Democratic
ranks and harmony among
our own people is the first essential
thing to he sought afterWo
go further and say candidly
and squarely that any rule that fails
to secure this harmony must go
under, and ought to go under. It is
nothing to us who holds the reins, |
hut it is everything to us that whoever
does hold them should not drive j
us to destruction.
This harmony is not only essential
to us as a common-wealth, but
two years hence if we are caught, in
any such political snap as that
through which we have just passed
?thanks to the good sense and good
feeling of the colored voters-?wo
will risk losing our place in the Domocratia
family.
Can the people of South Carolina
afford this risk from any standpoint
of common sense or patriotism?
The Wegistcr cannot, if it. would,
oil 11 1 mi t I Inn i 1 ?? jl I A
on u ii viiiv uiwrj i ii i jicii n I (lisunu'l. II
does not presume to dictate to anybody.
It, only desires to put the
danger plainly before the people and
their chosen representatives, (who it
cheerfully supports in any good work)
so that the great responsibility of
the situation shall come homo to
them.
Let every man in the State
remember that, situated us we are,
the first of all duties is the duty of
getting together, and that the first !
of all instrumentalities injgetting us
together is a prudent and judicious
Legislature. -Columbia Register.
llnniMiiy and Calhoun.
The recent allusion to ' David
Ramsay, the first American historian,
who was a nat've of Pennsylvania,"
suggests that the ruins of his
birthplace can ytt be seen in Last
Drumore Township, Lancaster
county. The il us'rious historian's
birthplace is within two miles of
the house in which Robert Fulton
first saw the light of day. Within a
short distance, too, is the birthplace
of (Jen. .fohn Steele, who com-,
manded a company tit the battle of
Brandy wine when only 10 years old,
was Speaker of the State Senate after
the Co'onies had gained their independence,
and it was in his pros
illl/UI ll .1 -
viiw OIIUO^|UUIItijf) winu; iiU'iny us
Indian commissioner, that the fa*
inous chieftain, Logan, delivered his
eloquent speech, These three distinguished
men were born within a
radius of a few miles. The blood of
Steele and linmsuy llows in the veins
of people yet living in Southern Lan- i
caster County. The Pattersons and
Olendenins, well-known families/jurc
relatives of the Hamsays, and urealso
uliL
1R rir, I800.
distantly connected with the family
of John C. Calhoun, whose father!
removed from Southeastern Pennsylvania
<> South Carolina prior to,
the birth of his illustrious son, who
was a cousin "once removed" of Dr.,
Kamsay,
S\l!/?!? L- ? nr ll-illl ........ ...1 l.I '
. n n f;iini IU llHIilMIUIIS
kinsmen, one of Dr. Kamsay's descen
ilunts says: "It is a tradition of our
family that David was a very precocious
boy. At the age of 0 lie could
read the Bible without difliculty; at
12 he was assistant tutor in an educational
institution in Carlisle; at 10
lie was graduate of Princeton College
lie afterward gra luated at a Pliila
delphia medical college and settled
in Charlestons. C, when 24 years
old. His death in 1815 was sad.
lie was shot on the streets of Charleston
by a lunatic, of whose mental
unsoundness he had given evidence
be fore a commission de lunnticojn-fpi i
rondo* He lingered two days and
then t here died one of greatest physicians
of the New W orld and the
father of American history."
Writ ii?K t ho TInniHglvlnp: l*roelainiit
loll.
President Harrison (writing:)
"Whereas, it has pleased the Almighty
in His infinite wisdom to lay the
heavy hand of aflliction upon?."
Kntor Wananiaker: "Hey, there, '
|> i, 1.I I...I. *'
'VII, ll Hill i3 Mint, Mill Hi t? w Tiling.'
President I larrison: "Ah, is that ]
you, Wanny? I'm just drawing up
(ho Thanksgiving proclamation.
That's all."
Wnnnmaker: "The d 1, psh! You 1
don't call that a Thanksgiving pro- J
clamation, do you? *'
Harrison (jumping up:) "Laws
mo, what am I writing anyhow, I am
bewildered, Wanny. It's that oloction
news that did it. Wanny, can't
you write one for mo?"
Kntcr liaby MeKce: "(*an'pa, oh,
gan'pa!"
"What, my darling!"
"W'en 'oo goin' to bo buried?'
"llush, inv child, what makes you'
talk so?"
"Kvcrybody says 'oo'sdoad, gan'pa.'1
Wipiamaker (gruffly:) "Send that
child out here."
Wnnnmaker (writing:) "Know all
men by those presents t hat I, John
Wnnamakor, Proprietor of Philadelphia's
Cheap Bargain Counter, do
issue this, my proclamation, as a
reminder that my goods defy"?
Harrison (excitedly:) ' Hold, AVannv.
That won't do at all."
Wanamaker: "I can write a proclamation,
Ben, It's that confounded
baby who spoiled it."
Harrison: "Let's quit, Wanny,
and call in Blaine and let him write
it. You and 1 are too confused,
Wanny?we're too confused."
A 1 > 1281'Kit AT I2*N< HUM MAG 12
A Tipsy Man Starts a How
Which Nearly I2imIh in a ltaee
War.
Jacksonville, Flu., Nov. 17?A
very serious shooting affair occurred
at Roddick, near Ocala, Saturday.
George Sanders, a white man, crazed
with drink, ran amuck and tired
a revolver at several persons, with ;
out doing any damage, however.
Two men, named Williams and Fri-!
day, succeeded in disarming him
after a desperate struggle.
A negro, who did not know the
cause or the trouble, ran across to j
Sanders' store, and told his brother
Bob that two white men were trying
to kill Georgo. Bob seized a gun
and rushing to the scene of the con
ilict, began firing right and left.
Williams was fatally shot; a young
negro, name unknown, was shot dead;
Friday was slightly wounded, and a
negro woman, who was passing by,
was also slightly wounded. During
the tight some one, unki own, shot
George Sanders in the face with a
charge of hirdshor, but only slightly
wounded him. Some unknown
person also shot Bob Sanders in the
side, and it is thought he is fatally
wounded. Assistance was telegraphed
for from Ocala, and Deputy
Sheriff Sellers was sent there. He
arrested George Sanders and soon re
stored quiet. Williams, the first
man shot, died from the effects of
his woun'ds at noon to-day. There
IL'OkJ " ? 01 t A - JX *
ituc ^ivdb I'.vuut'iuwni' ill jirt it
was reported that a riot was in progress
in Kcdelick, and the Oca I a re-j
serves were called out.
?"The tree of deepest root is found |
least willing still to leave the ground
and this could once have been most
truly said of chronic pain of any sort.
Hut after the lapse of so many ages,
a sovereign remedy has been found
in Salvation Oil. Kvery provident
hoirseholder should keep it.
ISJ"o. r2G.
IIIOII IIOPK FOR M>2.
Tlio Furmors* Allluiico will Probably
Mukc a Siraljjlitout
Fight Two Voai'H llcnco.
(From tin* Now Yuri* \
Washington, November 10,-Tho
spectre of the Farmers' Alliance
overshadows all other political considerations
here. Clever politicians
estimate the vote polled by that organization
in the recent election at
not less than 2,500,000. The Alliance
people themselves are saying
nothing that can be construed as an
indication of their future purposes*
The expectation is that their par*}'
will increase so rapidly during tho
next two years that their voting
strength in 1K92 will not fall much,
if any, short of 5,000,000. In that
event they will undoubtedly place a
Presidential ticket in the Held, with
a moral certainty of carrying half a
dozen Southern and Western States.
Already they are claiming all the
agricultural States in '92.
This is, of course, an exaggerated
and over sanguine view of the situation,
growing out of their recent success,
but they have a reasonable pro
liability of carrying Xort li and South
Carolina, South 1 >akota. Kansas,
Nebraska ami Minnesota. 1 am
told by their leaders hero that not
only will they continue to develop
strength in the States where they
ill ready "shown unexpected power,
but that Ohio, 1 ennsylvania, New
Vork, New Jersey and Massachusetts
otter them an equally promising
liold. The work of organizing will
goon rapidly in these States from
this time, with the possibility of
bringing one or inoro of them also
under t heir dominion.
W11.1? PUSH WITH Vo OTIIKK RAKTY.
It is obvious to any student of
political affairs that the Alliance
people are "feeling their oats," as
they figuratively put it. They organized
originally for mutual benefit,
but they have drifted into politics
almost imperceptibly from the
start, and thoir manifest purpose
now is to secure control of the country,
or at least develop such strength
as will enable them to hold the balance
of power between the two great
parties. It is not their intention to
consolidate with either. Their leading
men tell mo they will welcome
any man or set of men who may
choose to enter their ranks, but they
can only be admitted by renounc
nig lorevor meir iorincr political
uffi 1 iatioiiH. It is only us a distinct
organization with distinct aims and
purposes that they can hope to win>
and from this course they will not
swarvo a hairsbreadth.
The Alliance people are claiming
fifty-fiive votes in the next House.
Of this number forty are straightout
Alliance Representatives and
fifteen others have committed themselves
in writing to the measures advocated
by them. The more important
of these measures are the free
silver coinage and sub treasury bills.
They will not stop, they say, until
they accomplish the passage of both.
.Judging from their conversation
they expect to do this before the
close of the 52nd Congress.
OlM'OSKI) 10 8fcCrlO\AUSM.
There is tenet of their political
faith which minded men without recard
to (it her f?nii?w1.>riiti?i*?a will
O " "V" ' "W
cheerfully endorse. They are opposed
to sectionalism and to the
stutemcn who support such doctrines.
They tell mo seriously that
their principal opposition to Senator
I ngalls arises from his malevolent
and repeated efforts to widen
the breach between the North and
the South. His other sins they
could forgive, but this they regard
as unpardonable. I asked them
what in that case they purjjosed doing
with Senators Hoar and Chandler.
They replied that as sj>on as
the organization becamo stronger in
Massachusetts and Now Hampshire,
these gentlemen should be immediately
turned down, unless their "brigadier
scalping" tactics, as they
term them, are abandoned.
The General Counciljof the Alliance
will hold its annual meeting
at Ocala, Fla, December 2 next.
About two hundred and fifty dele
gates and fifteen hundred other
leading members of the Alliance
will be in attendance. The Conference
be an important one, and before
its close tho aims and purposes
of the Alliance for the future will
no doubt be better understood.