The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 22, 1894, Image 1
VOL. VIII.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S QUOTA.
HOW TUN NNDNUALi PATRONAGE
is distkiiu;tni>.
Aii I ii forest in;; Chapter About tin*
Men niul Women in Government
Positions IVoiii this State ?Who Secured
Tliem Places and What Salaries
are Drawn?A Meagre Showing
II * 1 l!l .
Special to the Circcnvillo Mountaineer.
Washington, D. (J., Feb. 17th.?
A groat deal has been said about
patronage and who was recognized and
who wasn't. I have compioted a list
? of 2111 South Carolinians who have received
" recognition,''with the names
of thoso who have secured these places.
A review of the list will show that the
State has received very little recognition.
It is claimed hore by the depart- !
ments that the scanty allowance of
otllccs apportioned to South Carolina is
owing to factional ditlerencos. Anyway,
it serves as a pretext, and answers
tho purpose well. Probably South
Carolina has fared worse than any
Southern State, hut it is pretty goner
ally conceded that tho Eastern wing of
tho Democracy get not only tho lion's
sharo but also tho best placos. Hundreds
of Republicans are still holding
over and there seems to be no likelihood
of a change.
The statomcnt was made on the floor
of the House a day or so ago that there
wore 800 more appointments credited
to tho District of Columbia than in the
fourteen Southorn States.
Nobody knows how many appointments
are from tho South, it is certainly
true that some are credited to
South Carolina who have nover been
inside her boundaries, oxcopt probably
on a visit.
Representative McLauriti mado a
stragotic move some days ago to get at
tho facts. He introduced a rnanlnt.ien i
requiring tlio heads of all departments
to report to the House the namos and
pay of all employees from South Carolina.
His resolution was reported unfavorable
exeept as to the Agricultural
Department. Somebody on the committee
had a friend to protect, so ho
failed largely. Representative MeLaurin
says ho will ronow the light
and keep it up continually so long as
ho stuys in Congress.
Representative Talbort is lighting
along tho same line, lie says he cannot
boo why justice is not dono the
State, but ho is going to know why before
ho quits. lie has had a late encounter
with tho Hon. Hoke Smith,
and as no appointments are to be had,
is inclined to bolievo that tho Honorable
Secretary of tho Interior has
Senatorial aspirations, and all vacancies
in this department will fall to tho
Georgia Colonels.
My own observation is that persistant
work is all that a good Congressman
needs to got all ho wants. If you
are hunting a place and your Congress
man gives you a strong recommenda- j
tion in writing, and does not accom- !
pnny you personally atthotimoof your
visit, or subsequently, to tho Depart- :
partmont, you had bettor not waste |
any more nlckles or slioo leather, but j
pack your grip and start for homo.
A letter to the departments eudors- ,
ing an applicant moans that you are
not politically important enough to
bother with. I saw a dear, good, innocent
woman the other day who had
about forty letters from various Con- j
f'ressmon that had boon used during
ior two months attompt to got something.
A place was wanted for a certain
young gentleman a few days ago.
Three Congressmen and a Senator
went down in a body to a Department.
They got the placo.
Every Democrat curses Civil Servico.
Even Bourke Cock ran in his final tariff
speech on the floor of tho Houso took
occasion to donounco it. Tho principal
is alright, but tho administration
is eortainly against tho Democrats and
in favor of tho Republicans.
To begin with, some of tho officers
aro most uncivil. Tho chief clerk in
the Examiner's office is simply a brute,
who, being clothed with a littlo brief
authority, imagines himsolf inaccessible,
unapproachable, and certainly is
as far from' being a gentleman as
Ileavon is from Iiades. A fow morni
*> . . I I /I /\/>.tn o 1 o mD //\?? ?*?.
ilign i unit u\>v,arjiuii v\j <voi\ iwi buimu |
information rogarding one of Greenville's
applicants. Had I been a moan,
yellow dog I could not have been treated
with much more contempt. Just
about time I wan finishing a lady camo
in to get somo information. Sho was
treated with so much discourtesy that
one with the least instinct of.a man
could not stand by without having his
blood boil.
? It will bo remembored that President
Clovoland in a former administration,
just at its closo, placed the Itailwuy
Mail service under Civil Scrvico,
fixing the loth day of March, 1889, as
tho time to bogiu operating. President
Harrison changed the date to May
1st, in order to allow Headsman Clarkson
timo to work his axe. IIo did it
vigorously, and ono thousand clerks,
all Democrats, were dismissed and Republicans
put in their placo. Then ate
May 1st Civil Service was throw [a P<
tho railway mail employees
negroes in many instaiv'
the South replace^ \
men. \
1 lj^
Hoprosentativo Honk, of Ohio, Introduced
a bill Inst October by which the
Postmaster General Is allowed to reinstate
all former clerks without regard
to Civil Service. The Judieiarv Com* I
mittco imported it favorably on Thursday
and it is now on tho 1 louse Calendar,
and will bo pushed vigorously until it
becomes a law.
Congressman Shell will probably
propose an amendmontso as to include
tho Post Oflloe Inspectors, who were
similarly treated under the same rule.
Tho National Association of Demo-1
cratie Clubs are holding a meeting
hero this week. Gen. Hampton is one ;
of tho vice-presidents, and will have
| charge of their management in tho
South.
An unfortunate conception of their
scope has probably destroyed tho good
there might have boon in thoorganiza- '
tion for South Carolina. Speaking of
their aim and object Col. Chauncoy F. |
Black said :
" There are States in which, under!
certain circumstances, this organization
furnishes the oniy refuge for true (
Democrats intent updn national work,
sucli as a tarilV reform. Where inn- ;
chines unfriendly to politicul progress
or economic reform have taken posses- j
sion of tho old State organizations, or
whore Populists or other third parties
have temporarily seized them, a system
of Democratic societies in touch
with a regular national organization is
almost tho only method of co-operation
with tho National Democracy open to
straight Democrats. These societies,
even where they are not required for
tllill/ |llll [IUBU ill* II1U |IJtMMIIg IIIUI11 < ' II I. ,
teaching sound constitutional doctrine
all tlio your and overy year, and permanently
embodying tho most active [
Democrats, would seem necessary to
prevent tho sudden disorganization of
tho Democracy which has so frequently
befallen it South and West, from temporary
popular delusions."
Tho South Carolina colony woro
much saddened by tho death of Mr. J.
W. Camel, lie was popular among
his follow ofllcors.
Dr. Menders, father-in-law of South
Carolina's distinguished lawyer, .1. .1.
Darlington, hold a brief but touching
service over tho remains of Mr. Camel
at tho private chapol of undertaker
Leo. A guard of honor, composed of
forty uniformed police, escorted the remains
to the Pennsylvania depot, and
as a special token of respect, Major
Moore, Chief of Department, commanded
the detachment.
NAMES A NO POSITIONS.
Gen. Wado Hampton, Hail road Commissioner,
$4,500; two clorks, $3,000.
T. Stobo Farrow, Spartanburg County.
2nd Auditor Treasury Department,
$.'{,000?credited to Butler.
W. O. Bradley, Abbeville County,
Chief Treasury Department, $2,000?
1 111 f lop
E. M. Brantley, Orangoburg County,
Chiof Treasury Department, $2,200 ?
Draw ley.
E. M. Uuekor, Columbia, law clerk
Interior Department, $1800?secured
through Ituokor, of Georgia.
Dr. .J. it. O. Landrum, land agent
()klohoma, $1800? 1 hitler.
.1. E. Nettles, Darlington, Consul,
$2100?Bra w ley.
Kirk, Charleston, Consul, $2400
? Draw ley.
E. M. Hammond, Aiken, Ordinary
Oklahoma, $000?1 hitler.
J. D. Brown, Columbia, laboror
printing office, $70 per month.
J. C. Youmans, Hampton, laborer
Census Bureau, $2 per day?ButlerTalbort.
II. II. Scott, Edgefield, messenger
Senato, $1100?Butler.
J. ,\1. Baker, Abbovillo, Assistant
Librarian, $1020?Butler.
F. C. Caughman, Lexington, doorkeeper
Senate, $00 per month?Butler.
W. Beattie Perry, Greenville, Pago
Senate, $75 per month?Butler.
.1. Y. Jones, Abbovillo, doorkeoper
Senate. $1200?Irby.
A. W. Ware, Greenville, printing
oflieo, $2 per day?Butler.
B. P. Foster, Pickens, Agricultural
Department, $50 per month?Butler.
linger Godbold, Marlboro, printing
oflieo, $2 per day?Butler.
J. A. McCall, Marlboro, messenger
War Department, $2 per day?Butler.
MeKinnon, Marlboro, laborer
printing oflieo, $2 per day?Butler.
C. W. MoFeat, Columbia, book binding,
$3 per day?Butler.
Evans, Charleston, compositor j
Gov. printing oflieo, $3 per day?Braw-!
ley.
W. 1. McDavid, Columbia, composl- j
tor Gov. printing oflieo, $3 per dayButler.
Wyatt Holmes, Edgefield, doorkeeper
Troas. Department, $(10 per monthButler.
Marx Kahn, Spartanburg, laboror
Census oflieo, $2 per day?Butler.
M. P. Trapp, Fairfield, laboror
printing oflieo, $2 per day?Butler.
Wm. Assman, assistant librarian
House, $1200? Brawloy.
Mrs. Jenkins, Greenville, printing
office?G. W. Shell.
Miss Mary Croft, Groonvillo, Treasury
Department, $2 per day Butler.
Jas. Fair, Messenger interior Department,
$75 per month?Irby.
Yancy Gantt, formerly of Georgia,
Interior Department, $3 nor day?personal
by Hon. Hoke Smith.
Bradford, York County,composi
u>r printing onico, por .my- strait,
Smith, Oconee, compositor pi int
im? office, $3 nor day Latimer.
T E. Karley, Darlington County^
Messenger House, $1200- Me Pcorp
I Frank Rhodos, Marlboro, A | punl
I tural Department, $<>0 per m/Jmau i tryii
Laurin. ,-y? Rut- j otlie
Jaek Driggcrs, Mar quar
office, $2,per aay?-M'Dopartment, do n<
BennOitt Ferry, r they
Interior Depar.tt) House, $7"> per tificn
lor-Talbort. l>oen
Mrs. CV, Oconie, assistant elerk autlv
$2 pe?/t)? Brawloy. clure
ihdorson, Laurens, mail clerk bo fo
Lo, $7;"> per month -Irhy. in S<
>bort Tompkins, Edgefield, clerk seoti.
)rt Royal, $1400?Butler. by t
? Duriaoe, Edgefield, printing Pers<
CONWAY, S. C.,
oftlco, $.'l porday?Tulbort.
C'alvo, Document Hoom House,
$2.r>0 per day unknown.
The following' are quasi political appointment*.
secured by Hen P. Perry,
backed by Senator Butler:
Carroll llrooks, Kdgcfleld, conductor
Put man Car Co.. $7:*> per month.
Henry Charles, Greenville, clerk
grocery store. $">() per month.
11. P. Batson, Greenville, Metropolitan
police, $7f> per month.
.). W. Camel, deceased, Columbia,
Police, $75 per month.
S. B. Pdwards, Kdgellold, Police, $75
per month.
The following aro on tho various
street car and hurdle lines at. from $1.(10
to $2 per day : W. B. Waters. Edgefield
; riomor Bice, Greenville ; Georgo
Hanehor, Greenville; .1. K. Bethea,
Marion; Geo. QHfilth, Greenvillo ; \V.
P. Wham, Greenville: S. D. Lidor,
Edgefield ; Broadwoll, Anderson;
Lewis Parker, Marlboro.
A B^Q RAID IN PR0SPE0T.
Till-: ST ATI-: IIOAKI) OP CONTKOli
AFTER STORED LIQUORS.
Owners of Coutrabatul Whiskey arc
in Great DnngVr?The hinv on !
Sci/.ure of Storetl Light iiing ami t he
Coiillseat ion of Conveyances.
Columbia Register, Keb. lit.
All whiskey in South Carolina, in
quantities of five gallons and over, will
be declared contraband, and will be
seized as such, after the 2.'kl of this
month, unless tho packages, jugs or
kegs have a certillcato from Commissioner
Tralzor attached that they aro
not contraband. Tho Commissioner
is prepared to furnish certificates to
private citizensor concerns which have
the prescribed quantity on hand.
These certificates will not cost anything.
Certificates will not be issued to
former saloon keepers unless the
authorities are satisfied that it is not
the intention of these men to violate
the law by having this much whiskey
on hand. If it is desired to move the.
whiskey out of the State, however, the
certificates will lie issued. Application
has already been made by several
men who intend to take their stocks of
whiskey to another State.
It is understood to be the purpose of
the Stato authorities to make a big
raid on contraband whiskies just as
soon as tho2dd rolls around. They aro
in possession of a good ileal of information
about where whiskey is stored
and will use this information for all
it is worth. It would not be.surprising
if the State does not have to rent
another building in which to store
these seizures.
Tho law on the subject of contraband
whiskies is a long one but an
interesting one. Not only whiskey in
a fixed plaeo is subject to confiscation
hut that in transit will be seized. The
ttonil ! i? ??? 4 ....
< IUJVJVI ill lyi/uvv^ IIIr-> Ul OI 41 lir? 11* 11 !>ing
it, unless it is a triiin or steamboat,
can lie confiscated also.
The following are the sections of tlie
law relating to seizures :
Section 311. That no person, except
as provided in this Act, shall bring
into this State, or transport from place
to place within this State, by wagon,
eart or other vehicle, or by any other
means or mode of carriage, any liquor
or liouids containing alcohol, under a
penalty of one hundred dollars or imprisonment
for thirty days, for each
offense upon conviction thereof, as for
a misdemeanor. Any servant, agent
or omployeo of any person, corporation
or association, doing business in this
State as common carrier, or any person
whatever, (except an officer, seizing
or oxaming the same) who shall remove
any intoxicating liquors from
any railroad car, vessel or other
vehicle of transportation at any place
othor than the usual and established
stations, wharves, depots or places of
business of such common carrier within
some Incorporated city or town
whore there is a Dispensary, and then
only for such Dispensary, or who shall
aid in or consent tosuch removal, shall
u|?wii uunvictiuu ik buujcui/ M) it penaii-y
or lifty dollars or imprisonment for
thirty days for every ofronso : Providcd,
That said penalty shall not apply
to any liquor in transit when changed
from car to car to facilitato transportation
across the State: Provided,
That this section does not apply to
liquors purchased for a Dispensary
and hearing tho proper label or corticate.
All liquors in this State, exempt
Dispensary liquors and those passing
through consigned to points beyond,
shall ho doomed contraband and may
ho seized in transit without warrant.
And any steamboat, sailing vessel,
railroad, express company or other
common carrier transporting or bringing
into this State for sale or use
therein, except by the Dispensary,
shall suffor a penalty of live hundred
dollars and costs for each olTenso, to ho
recovored by tho Solicitor of the Circuit,
or the Attorney General, by an
action brought therefor in any court of
competent jurisdiction. Tho State
constables, shorilTs, municipal police,
or any lawful constable may enter any
railroad car, or express car, or depot,
or steamboat, or other vessel, withont'o
warrant and mako search for such/
traband liquors, and may exam^jj A
way bills and freight book?,(j j,,,,
common carries, and any ,ftor than T
ing with or resisting se urtj
he punished by a UPson detected turi
*100 or imprisonnM violating any app
thirty days. . this Act shall bo thei
Sec. 34. Tithout warrant: Pro- Sou
openly ovant shall be procured lead
of the -esonahle time thereafter. to < <
lialdo. J hat violations of any of "
vdtions of this Act, whore punish- has
t upon conviction is not especially it w
ided for, tho person or persons or heai
oration so convicted sh?n
?. / V>
sned in the discretion of the court fact
ig tho Hftmo. All alcoholic liquors, coar
r than domestic wine, and in tho S
itity more that live gallon-, which dont
>t havo on tho packages in which shro
arc contained the labels and cor- ufacl
itcs going to show that they have class
purchased from a Stato olllcer egat<
orized to sell thorn are hereby do- the r
id contraband, and on seizuro will confli
rfoitod to tho Stato as provided of fit
action 31: Provided, That this whic
3n shall not apply to liquor hold profU
he owner of registered stills, of
>ns having more than five gallons contr
THURSDAY, FEBRU
of liquor olsowhoro than at his or hor
homo, which they wish to keep for
their own use, may throw the protection
of the law around the same by
furnishing an inventory of the quantity
and kinds to the State Commissioner.
ami applying for certificates to affix
thereto. Aitor sixty days from the
approval of this Act any liquor fourul
in the State, not having such certificates
may bo soized and confiscated.
I'ersons having more than they wish
to use may obtain certificates to ship
beyond the limits of the State. Any
person affixing, or causing to bo ntTixou,
to any package containing alcoholic
liquor any imitation stump or other
printed or engraved label or device
than those furnished by the State
Commissioner shall for each offense
he liable to a penalty of ten days'
imprisonment or twenty-five dollars
fine.
Sec. !K>. Kvery person who dispossesses
or rescues from a constable or
other olllccr, or attempts so to do, any
alcoholic liquor taken or detained by
such officer charged with the enforcement
of this law, shall, upon conviction,
he imprisoned thirty days or pay
a tine of one hundred dollars.
Sec. fi7. Any person handling contraband
liquor in the night time or
delivering the same, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction,
shall be punished by imprisonment
for thirty days or one hundred dollars
fine. |
Sec. 118. Any wagon, cart, boat or J
other conveyance transporting contraband
liquor at night other than regular
passenger or freight steamers ami railway
ears, shall he liable to seizure
and confiscation : and to that end the
officer shall cause the same to be appraised
by three disinterested cit izens.
and unless recovered by claim anil
delivery* proceedings and suitable
bond, shall be advertised and sold and |
proceeds sent to the State Commissioner.
i
(QUAINTLY HXIMtKSKKI).
Lisbon Alliance lb-lines lis Slanil and
(lives Some Advice.
The following resolutions were adopted
by Lisbon Alliance, in Laurens
County, at its regular meeting on the
10th of February :
Whereas certain self-constituted
leaders, who are not Democrats, are
undertaking to take charge of and
control the Lie form movement in South
Carolina ;and, whereas, wo, membersof
the Alliance as well as Demobrats,
promised tlio people of this State in
1800 that we would not disrupt or destroy
tho Democratic party, and upon
which the machinery of the party was
allowed to be given to us ; noy therefore
be it resolved by the Lisbon Al1
ianco:
First, That we mean no personal disrespect
or want of allegiance to the
principles of tho Alliance when we
boldly proclaim that no Third party
manor Republican, whether ho is an
Alllanceman or not, or the editor of
the Allianeo organ or not, need attempt
to load us into revolt against the
Democratic party of this nation or
State,uind wo protest as honest. men
and Democrats against any interference
in our factional movement from
either Editor Bowden or any man who
is not fully identified with the Democratic
party of this country.
Second, That wo fully endorse the
agreement as to the calling of a March
convention entered into between Governor
Tillman and Senator Irby, and
will follow their leads because wo
know that they have been true and
honest Reformers, and no man who is
outside of the Democratic party or who
affiliates with our opponents shall re- |
coivo our countenance or support.
This is plain language but we mean
what wo say.
Whereas-1 some little men of largo
ambitions, desiring to bring themselves
into notice, have been a little too
previous by assuming to speak (from
Wrigh ts Hotel) for the people and to
call on a gentleman (whose political
eyesight has failed him, consequently
he has lost the Reform paths) to call
a March convention, therefore be it resolved
:
First, That March is rather early to
set out a gubernatorial plant, as only
one March drawing has over matured.
Second, That wo notify the politicians
and would-be leaders that tho
pcoplo are going to take a hand in
selecting their public servants this
year.
Third, That the people had better bo ,
consulted before any of their truleadors
aro asked to take a hack se | \V
Fourth, We would advise tho pc1 ; |r(
clans to be careful how and wha*-'"" i ir
of a slate they make, as thepo* j u,
ing naturally clumsy, would ... j do
smash it. .ould-bo j ue
Fifth, We would not.'1!" P w<
loaders that the farmydnm mll.-mnt 1,1
to the skimming of and win 1 sa
ghuin, and havo^oy have tho pure 1 on
skimming in t> j 01
tinue to skim old advise tho antis I
article. "O muck over the treach- .
Sixth, so-called Reformers, for | ?!'
not to ?;(' romembor that the main
Ory/f bsh keep in the run of the C,<
ti-el, and only the skipjacks get ' , i
.> shoal waters, make a splatter and fui
takon in by hawks. no;
r?VifhCUN'N(JUA'M' '' evident.
li Holmks, Secretary. ^1>
188
hp. Milks Coming South.?The wo
on of two leading* cotton manufuc* ant
ng concorriH in Massachusetts in pin
lying for permission to increase tha
r capital in order to establish the
thern branches of their business, etl,
Is the Boston Journal of Commerce aga
Dininentaw follows. rep
Now that the Dwiglit' company 11
joined procossionin that direction, win
ill not probably be long before wo past
of other mills making simlllar plat
ication, as it i9 unquestionably the the
, owing to natural coiulitioas, that Wa
ho goods can be made cho&por in by
south than here. It has boeu evi- pint
for some time by some of our the
svd and far-soolng cotton man- by
Lurors that sooner or later this pasf
of goods would have to bo rel- of t
jd to our Southern in ills, and that gros
nills of the North would have to tary
no themsolveH to the production pow
io goods, where tho skilled labor abut
h they possessed could bo more tho ]
table employed, and the fineness upoi
iduet, rather than weight was tho attei
oiling factor." and
ARY 22, 1894.
joLiAND S ilUIiT 1'OR SILVER.
FIIHK COINACJH l?HMOCKAT8 TO
THK FRONT.
Tlic rending Measure an Initial Step
?The South anil West Arrayed
Against tl.e aurtti and Idast.
W'ASHiNtrro*. Fob. l."?.?The bill in|
troduccd by Mr. Miami forthocoignuge
of tho seignioruge in tho treasury
belli# the regular order, it was tuken
up in Conimitte of tho Whole.
Mr. I taw lings (Dein.), of Utah, eontinned
his speech, which was yesteri
day interrupted by adjournment. Ho
said that tho gentleman from the
Kast smiled with derision at the financial
theories of tho South and West,
llut the latter sections of the country
could do without the Fast, whereas
tho Kast, with its great manufacturing
enterprises and teeming millions was
dependent upon the West and South.
The miners of tho West could produce
money for the people of that section,
while those of the Kast would be dependent
upon them.
Mr. Latimer (Dein.j, of South Carolina,
supported the bill. He reviewed
the demonetization legislation of 18711,
adduced evidence to prove that it was
the result of a conspiracy against
silver, and recited the evil consequences
that bad followed its enactment.
He believed that the Secretary
of the Treasury bad used the
latitude given him to discriminate
against silver. If tho Secretary bad
used the same ingenuity to interpret
tlie laws governing the seigniorage as
he bad the statutes bearing upon the
issuance or Doiuls, there would have
boon no necessity for tlio introduction
of the pending bill.
Mr. Hotulrix (l)cm.), of New York,
said that tho impression prevailing
throughout tho world was that tho
United States had gone out of tho
business of giving a fictitious value to
depreciated money. Tho demonetization
of silver, like an evil genius, was
now haunting tho Knglish House of
Parliament. The situation in India
had now reached an acute stage. Tho
question of silver afToctod tho entire
world, and was now awaiting settlement.
somewhere, in some way. Tho
world is now in a listening attitude,
waiting for Kngland to do something.
Speaking, of the pending bill Mr.
1 londrix said that its feature are good,
and its gonorul features are not now.
Kvory ounce of silver purchased by
this Government had boon paid for in
hard gold dollars, tho best money in
the world. The Secretary had heretofore
coined seigniorage. He had
never come to Congress to do what he
was authorized to do by the Sherman
act. Hut he had no legal or moral
right to take an imaginary portion of
the bullion deposited in tho Treasury
and designate it as seigniorage. The
Secretary of the Treasury had already
coined $117,000,000 of silver bullion,
and had made a seigniorage of $0,000,000,
which had been coined. Lot him
continue to coin seigniorage from time
to time, in reasonable amounts, but
not select an imaginary portion of the
bullion and designate it as seigniorage.
He believed that tho Secretary of the
Treasury could satisfactorily handle
the financial question at this time.
He believed that tho people of all
nocuous couiu trust to ills wisdom and
discretion, and leave the matter to
his judgment, without the enactment
of mandatory instructions. If a hill
was now passed, winch required the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue
what is practically Mat money, it would
add to the already groat anxiety of
people, and gold would walk out ofA>
the Treasury at an unprecedented b
i rate and create financial troubl
I which could not now lie ostlmated..0_
Mr. Simpson (i'op.j, of Kansas P< (,i
forced to the remarks made ietts, hi
Walker (Hop.), of MassacJttt tho ar
yesterday, in which ho sai<^ be loft pi
entire financial problem shvead Mr. h>
to tho hanks to solve. Jw that lie I to
Walker's biography, tod if a shoe- ; he
was a shoemaker, and the financial , pn
maker could disou-farmer '* The
question, why notcurrency which i
hankors desired of money making i
would he a mout the farmer and
for thomsolve needed a currency or
laboring pcoo tiie most useful to wl
which wotended with tho least ex- pa
them andholioved in tiio issuance of ! mi
pense. y. and thought tho Govern- oi'|
flat mild issue currency based upon is
: inerjdjt of the Government, and in- na
Uv?) urn circulating medium. He ! tin
I orod tiio ponding bill becauao it j Ho
buld increase tho volume of money, j OV'
Simpson refuted the impression j pol
hich he said had prevailed in the ' pai
list, that the Populists hellovod in an ; on
rcdeomablo currency. Ho pro- !
mncod the whole system of gold re- sh<
unption as a makeshift. There had hoi
.ver been any but Mat money. He
mid limit tlio issue of Mat money to pol
o wants and needs of the people. He tiel
id that there should be at least
ough money to supply a per capita ?er
'-elation of W froi
Mr. nvwriop (Dcm.), of Louisiana, thr
vored the i>m, which, he said, "
nply authorized tho Secretary of the pre
oasury to utlize tho receipts of tho and
>vornmont to pay its obligations. for
Mr. Knloe, (l)om,), of Tennessee, poli
o>rcd the bill and said that its oppo- clai
nts wore not satisfied with tho re- eve
nl of the purchasing clause of the tho(
erman act, but desired to stop the j will
lie of money in any form. He said to t
i opponents of this bill were in the dor
ods to kill every other industry, whe
I tho country. o*n?nt ?.!*?
? , ... VUUU Ul Ulip- IIIHJ
g coupons from bonds, Ho believed Sup
X us soon :us tho money realized >?y who
sulo of bonds hud become exhaust- Alii
the bunks of Now York would futu
in raid tho Treasury, and compel gani
eated issues of bonds. that
[o had talked with a gentleman any
~) said that if the pending bill wen
sod, not another bond could he ernn
3od in New York. If tho credit of still
Government was at tho mercy of mon
11 street it should lie allowed to go "E
default. The effort to establish a you
ooraoy would fail. Tho day whon gani
South could bo terrorized either form
bayonets or tinanciul threats had " I
ted. Tho people would take care are
homsolvos. It is the duty of Con- clvili
is to take away from the Socro- socia
of the Treasury his discretionary have
or. Thoro had been too much by si
o of such power. Ilobollovcd that wo p
peoplo would nominate s candidate adva
1 this National ticket who would, desir
p election, carry out their wishes carry
respect their interests
f
Mr. Goodnight (Dom.), of Kentucky,
marie* a lotful argument against the
power of tho Secretary of the Treasury,
to use money rierviveri from the
Will,, llf tuillllu f,,l? /.
K-,?. w X/. MW w\?o M?l (til T "HIV I |MI| |?uni."
than that of redeeming legal tender
notes. Ho favored the coinage of both
the seigniorage and bullion. At 5: On
the eominitteo rose and tho House adjourned
until tomorrow.
HACK TO FIltST I'KINCll'IiMS.
The Alllanee Has Hone Out of PollHen?Condition
of the Order In
Smith Carolina?-Address of the
Supreme < onnrll.
Col. lVArcy 1 \ Duncan, secretary of
the National Alliance, has boon interviewed
by the Columbia Register,
and makes the following statement as
to the work done in the recent meeting
at Toneka :
Colonel Duncan said that twentyfour
States were represented at tho
meeting by thirty-live delegates. A
number of other States which did not !
have delegates present sent in reports. !
Nearly every State in the Union made j
reports. All of these reports, said
Colonel Duncan, were of an encouraging
nature.
The report of the South Carolina
Alliance shows a total membership of i
about 38,000. Only about lf?,000 of this :
number are in good standing in the
order. Tho remainder are kept on the
rolls and will in time pay their duos
ami again become active members.
The membership in this State has not
decreased since tho last annual meeting
of the National Alliance.
North Carolina made a splendid
showing, her naid incinhershio hm'mr
with a total membership of '
many thousand ninro. The president
of tlio North Carolina Alliance, Marion
liutlor, was elected president of the
National Alliance.
The order, as a whole, has hold its
own bettor than tho most sanguine
members expected. There has been a
falling off in the membership of States
where tho I'opulist movement was the
strongest two years ago, and tho loading
members of the order in those
States attribute the decreased to the
activity displayed in politics. It is
the intention of the loaders in those
States to keep the order out of polities
in the future, although they state that
they will vote for men who come
nearest representing their views.
From what Colonel Duncan could
gather, however, the vast majority of
the men who left the old parties and
went to tho new one intend to romain
with the new one and fight for it on all
occasions.
As a result of the fact that tho South
Carolina Alliance did not take any
active part in any of the elections n
Ko.iy, <Jun>uoi Duncan says, its all airs
are in a more prosperous condition
than many of the other Alliances.
Tho business portion of tho ord'1' in
this State is especially in a soiu<l condition.
The business plan of aeration
of the South Carolina Alli 'J1'0
he adopted by nearly a' other
States. Their oxchan,jS uro
modeled after tho on'1" operation in
this city, which h*',, ,n u success <
from the start. Fxehango of this j
State has alway,*;,,coul"uffod the farm- |
era to deal wltV1!0 '"o'-ehants, except
in the matte of bo-tili/ers, bagging, |
wagons, ott tho hxchango can ,
furnish c> *|?or direct froin tho manu- t
facturor ^ policy the business <
men '<c not antagonized tho Al- (
| h
j'i'onel Duncan rosponded to tho J
. ess of welcome which wan made to ?.
l, National Alliance, on assembling c
Topeka, by Governor Lowolling. c
he delegates were royally entertained
y tho people of Topoka. t
PRESIDENT IiUTDKR'S ADDRESS. 1<
President Butler is only .'II years , N
d. Ho has been in the newspaper /
isincss for years ami is now the editor o
id proprietor of Tho Caucasian, w
iblished at Kalegh, N. C. The fol- hi
wing is tho address delivered by him ir
the National Alliance. It has never tl
ten published in any of the Southern o<
mors: ti
To tho members of tho N. P. A. and w
I. U., and to all whom It may con- to
corn :
"Since the inception of this grand hi
ganization there have been those ai
10 thought thut when some political w
rty championed our political de- a
tnds that then the mission of the p|
ionization was ended. This holief, th
based on the belief that a political ir
rtv will take care of the interests of ; su
a farmers. This is a fatal mistake. | sc
sides, it is proven by tho acts of j ti<
cry other class of citizens (except.; jfo
liticians) that they do not rely on an
[ tics alone, but organize for influence to
any and all parties. an
' Every wealth producer of America Wi
mill over keep the following truths ha
'ore him: < *?,
. inu. a nut. sooner or luter all of
itical parties arc controlled by poll- lot
inns. kn
"Socond: That politicians novor hit
vo any cause or class of citizens 8te
in a sonso of justice, but always nij
ough policy, fear or gain. Sic
Theroforo, the class of citizens re- gu
seated by the Farmers Allianeo the
Industrial Union can uover hope J
or secure relief or justice from any urjj
itical party, not even from one that <iet
ms to champion and endorse its dos
ry principle and demand, unless oati
y maintain an organization that eon
over sttind as an effective support reo
be man and the party that dares to to 1
ight and a constant menace to those
i dare trifle with the rights and
rties of the people, llenco, the ~
romo Council solemnly warns those 'ror
i aro true to the principles of the J)re:
anco that they would make a most 'ow
I mistake if they give up the or- j^P4
ization which is the only power 1,18
can force these reforms through
political party, and if indeed wo Kua.
? living under a perfectly just gov- ''1CV
lent to-day. the organization would rl(
be absolutely necessary as a groat t,vo'
tl force to keep it so. tll?
tut our Supreme Council calls upon P.'118
to ever remember that the or- rlve
zation has a great mission to per- "nor
outside of jKuitical reform. 1
f the wealth producers of America n
to keep pace with the march of
Ization they must do it through ?1
I and intellectual contact. We Two
not only grown In mind and heart Ang
ueh association and contact, but vide
ool our intellect for the mutual shou
ucoment of our Interest*. Wo and I
o political reform to enable us to abov
' out the mission. vest*
Therefore, in conoluaion, the) the t
" j
11
1
NO 32.
Supremo Council appeals to every one
who believes in the principles of the
Alliance to stand by and extend the
organization not only to secure the
benefits that come from organization,
but also to make certain that some
political party shall enact their demands
into law."
The Columbia Journal has interview
...1 \ t .. I tO 1 ? l - ? -
I > ?? tm. .j. ?* . nuwueii, eoner 01 mo
Cotton I'lnnt, since he returned from
Topoka, where ho hud boon attending
the meeting of the National Alliance.
Mr. liowden speaks in unthiiHiaHtic
terms ot his trip and expresses himself
as highly gratified with the results.
In speaking of tlio numerical
strength of tiie order he admits thut it
is not as largo us it wu* in 1891-92
when it reached hlghwater murk, but
, he docs not consider tiiis a disadvantage
hut rather the contrary. Ho explains
the falling ofT by the fact that
many members failed to pay their
duos hut they were still in sympathy ^
with the Alliance and would vote * * " v
always with those who were members
in good standing. This being so ho
thinks a well organized Ixuiy of 15,000
for Instance in South Carolina will
have as much force in politics as it
did when its number was double what
it is.
At the Topoka meeting ho says
there was a noticeable alwence of parti/.an
policul speeches, all the members
confining themsolvcs to Alliunco
issue swhich they discussed from an Alliance
standpoint. He said thut the
place for the next meeting had not boon
selected, but it would Is; either at Ix)s
Angeles, California, or Italoigh, N. C.
The California people were anxious to
have tint Alli<mn? mn??t ?l,......
were going to raiso enough money to
pay tho expenses of 'delegates and
their wives out thora jgdQIiis is certainly
an inducement wnu California
will doubtless have a big pull. ?
Mr. liowden didn't have much to say
alx>ut State politics further than to reiterate
bis bellof that an early convention
would Ixj held. About this lie
seemed to have no doubt. Ho was out
of tho State when the third term
boomlot was got up and did not wish
to express an opinion about it until
ho could gather some further information.
?m -? ? A
liOVElt GOES TO LAW.
Cancer Hull Ill-ought !>y a Kansas Man
to Keep IIiH Sweet heart.
Atchison, Kan., February 14.?A
proceeding remarkable and unheard of
before in legal annals, is soon to 1x3 instituted
in tho county district court
hero in the form of lnjun?'tlon *?uit
brought by Joseph E. Hank against a
beautiful and prentx??'88ing young lady
milium imibsi Antoinette Smytho, to
restrain hor from marrying unother
and handsomer man.
At first, when this matter was talked
about, the people of Atchison regarded
it more of a joke than u reality, but
they have now discovered that .Hank
is desperately in earnest and determined
to st.io if the court can prevent
the other feliow from stepping in and
maturing tho prize that ho has been
industriously working for during tho
past two years.
The novelty of such u proceeding is
-ho talk of the town. Society is all
igog over it. It is tho the sole topic
>f conversation in the little sewing
:i roles or about tho tea table. In fact.
-he lawyers are talking about it and
my mo not 1011 will hold ; that it would
)0 no more than fair and proper to
five the plaintiff, who has been encouraged,
a chance to coax the girl to
change her mind.
The prominence of the parties inorosteu
in this unusal controversy
ends additional /.est to the matter,
lr. Hank is tho city editor of the
itchinson Daily Glooe and a very
ntiinable young man. Miss Smytrho,
'hose hand and heart he felt he hud
irely won, is a charming young wotan,
who is living with her aunt in
lis city. She is highly cultured uiul
lucated and of vory retiring disposion,
rarely appearing in soeiety and
1th hut a limited acquaintance in the
?wn.
The gentleman who, it Is discovered,
is won tho affections of Miss Smythe
id against whom tho injunction suit
ill beaimod, is Mr. Charles Harrison,
prominent merchant tailor, of this
ace. Harrison is u third cousin of
e ox-president, and a young man of
roproaehablo character. Hut he is
avo and sly in his lovo affairs, and it
ems has, by degrees, won tho affoc>ns
of Miss Smythe completely,
ink did not roalieze this until it was
tnounced recently that Harrison was
I>o married soon. Inquiry was made,
d it developed that Miss Smythe
is the idol of his iioart, and that he
,d, during his occasional visits, suei?lcd
in securing" from her a promise
murriago. Hank and Harrison have
lg been fast friends. Hank did not
ow that Harrison was undermining
n, because tho latter would quietly
>al away from his friend ono or two
flits each week and pay a visit to Miss
lythe, while Hank depended on his
nday visits to hold tho affections of
> Pennyslvania girl.
V number of Hank's friends have
fed him to drop the matter, but ha
(linos to hoed their advice. Ho is
porately in lovo, and lieliovos if ho
i secure a restraining order from the
rt lie cun induce Miss Smythe to
onsider and make good her promises
lim.
-A special to tho Chicago Herald
n Memphis, Tonn., says: From
sent indications the Hoods in the
or Mlssisslnnl lo-o ?? ?
-rr. .?ow ) our Will Do
jatod this spring. Iho big river
boon rising rapidly during the
three days, the water on the
go last night registering 21 feet 0
ics, a rise of nearly three feet slnoe
lay night. This is highor than
before known at this season of
year. The danger line at Mem*
i is thirty-two feet, but as the upper
rs are all full and sending down
raous volumes of water it will bo
a few days before that figure will
cached on the gunge.
3. (?. ChafToo, nicknamed "Old
Per Cent," recently died in Ix?s
les, Cal., anil in his will, ho prod
that his fortune of $100,000
Id be devoted to building a tomb
monument to himself. Anything
e the amount stated was to be ip?d
in statuary to be placed around ^ . -