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? \(>L. VIII. " OUR WHISKEY REBELLION." tiiiijman's m;vn;\v and anai.vSIS. Tlic (iovoi inti' Hisnissos Hie Political AsjH'cts ol'ilio Darlington Trouble. North Aineriea \ Review. Tho attention of tin* United States has for more than a year boon directed to South Carolina. This State had endeavored to solve tho liquor problem, a troublesome one to all governments, in a manner so novel as to ho startling. So much has been published about the Dispensary law in the papers and magazines of the I nion that its scope and nor. 11 i i <???> nun KMirvu, uuu explanation ./ i | ... not needed iu this article. History bears out the ussertion that whenovor restriction or prohibition of the 1 i<ivi >r trutlic is attempted, resistance* either political or by force, is attempt' il. When South Carolina sougl1i a solution of this troublosonie problem, ami tried to solve it by passages of the Dispensary law. the inevitable conlliet with the whiskey element was expeeted, nor has the expectation been without fuUiihncnt. The general conditions can easily bo understood, for they would prevail in any other State were a similar law enacted there but the struggle between the whiskey and anli-whiskey clement in South Carolina has been intensified by conditions peculiar to the State of South Carolina and which would not obtain elsewhere. I will briefly outline these local conditions, so that the cause and violence of the whiskey rebell i?u> can be seen at a glance. 1'rior to IS'.To, under a vicious system of party politics, the control of the government of the Stale was in the hands of the remnants of the old slave-holding aristocracy, which hud saddled upon the State a condition of alTairs resembling us much as possible that prevalent, hefore the war of ISlil-tin. A complete return of those conditions, the outcome 4if that war had rendered impossible. 1 led a light inside the Democratic party, the white man's party, to free the State from tho rule of these old bourbons, who wanted the reins of government to rest entirely in the hands of themselves and those who would be subservient to their will. A ft im* ;i . mv.iwu f * ?/iiv/ ? mm; IIIHII UUU end to the other, meeting on the stump two representatives of the old orilor of tilings, I received the nomination of the Democratic party regularly and by an unexampled majority : but the old uristoeratie element would not submit, and ran an independent ticket, ait the regular election, appealing to the negroes for votes. 1 was c,looted by an overwhelming majority, the greater part of my support coming from the agricultural classes, which had until then been practicality deprived of a voice in the selection of the officers of the Slate government. The old Bourbon element had control of the press and the banks. Among them were the best trained intellects of the State, and these all kept warring upon the new order of things. Taking the position that naught good could eo:ne out of Nazareth, they opposed every aid of my administration, which has been for the masses as against the classes. In lKf)2, after another hot canvass, I was re-elected (iovornor, obtaining an increased majority. The Bourbons began to see that they could never bo returned to power by a vote of the people, and commenced casting about for new eombinutions and devices by which to regain power. In the fall of 1^!>2, the General Assembly passed the Dispensary Aet as a compromise between the wishes of the u I trn-prohibit ion i.-ds and the whiskey people. This law gets rid of the worst features of the liquor trallic, while not removing* liquor beyond the reach of those who desire to drink it in moderation. It. was natural that the men who had been engaged in the liquor business should try to evade the law and sell liquor in violation of it. They oponcd " blind tigers '' for the sale of contraband liquors. The Dispensary laiV provided for the commission of whatever number of constables was doomed necessary for the discovery aud suppression of these places. Tho Hour buns made (hit: feature the point or attack noon the law : their many papers hounded down them men, calling1 them 44 spies " and 4* sneaks," and applying I to them all manner of abusive epithets, thus seeking to stir up against them the angeroftho people in the towns and cities, the inhabitants of which constitute the opposition to the Reform movement which resulted in my election. Almost all the work of these constables had to be done in these cities, which made it easier to create bitter, unreasoning prejudice against them. Kvery daily paper in the State, save one, is under the control of the j "antis," as they arc called, and these have spared no effort in the attmnt to stir up anger against the constablos, the law under which they operate, and the administration which enacted that law. Realizing the effect of the assertion that liberty is in danger, they used that caered name in tho appeal for subversion of the Dispensary law and the retirement from authority of those who are responsible for it. Tho Jaw gives tho constables, when armed with proper warrants from tho civil authorities, the right to search private residences for the seizure of contraband liquors. Wore this provision absent from tho law, it would be practically inoperative, as men would turn their private residences into " blind tigers." whore they would sell liquor with impunity. The papers supporting the combination of tho whiskey men and the old political lenders alleged that, tho Dispensary law gave the constables tho right to search private residences indiscriminately and without warrant, which is someii.'..., Amrlo-Saxon blood will Mil 11^; U' "J... not .submit. These falsehoods stirred iip bitter, unreai-oning passion in the cities .iinl toivus against the constables, 4ind threats worn freely rondo against them. Being in danger of bodily harm, after having been mobbed and pelted with rotten eggs on more than one occasion. the constables wore armed for their own protection. Hypocritical titvo was made of the old adage that " A man's homo is his castle'' incite -violence. "A man's homo isijW ,:asttle," but ho has no right to turn it into a saloon and expect to exorcise tho same rights Ihoru ho would have in a * private dwelling. These were tho conditions of thought .and feeling existing at the time of tho Ik ' j whiskey rebellion, which broke out lust month. The towns of Darlington, Floronco and Sumter are points of a triangle connected by railroads. Darlington and Florence are ton miles apart and J both are about forty miles from Sum(tor. Certain people in those towns banded together for opposition to the Dispensary law, especially the constabulary feature of it. Several constables were sent to Darlington. The leaders of the conspirators spread broad rei ports that tite Constables were there for the purpose of searching private houses without warrants. This wus not truo: the eonstublos, under (ho Dispensary law, could not search private residoncc* without warrants, and they had 110 intention of searching any residence in Darlington?all of their warrants being for the search of public places, where contraband liquors were stored and sold. But the false report was spread and had its due effect. when the execution (if the war rants began. Large numbers of armed men gathered on the streets for the! protection of a "liberty" which was J not in danger. The live or six constables in Darlington were followed by | this armed 1110b which guyed, cursed, and abused them. I thereupon ordered the chief constable by telegraph to j proceed to the scene with reinforce- ; incuts. The six constables on the ' ground being in danger, 1 sent a mili- ; tury company from Sumter to Darling; ton for their protection while in dls- i charge of their duties as oMcors of the ! State carrying out one of its laws. The j mob quieted down at once, and the military company returned home the morning following its arrival in Darlington. In the afternoon bf the day of ill departure of the company, four of the constables, their work being done, went to one denot and the ot.lmr nineteen to the other, to depart. Two ! boys, citizens of Darlington, got into u i fight ut tho depot where the main body of constables was. One of them, I who was whipped, ran up town and returned. followed by an armed mob. ' A wrangle started a light between this , mob and the constables'. One con- ! stable and two of the mob wore killed, 1 and several constables and citizens I were wounded. When the mob were put to (light, the constables themselves took to the woods near by, for they know that the Hying mob would return reinforced by hundreds of armed fellow conspirators. Such was the outcome. The town bell was rung as a tocsin to the conspirators, and they turned out in the twinkling of an eye, all heavily armed. The constables were pursued and the conspirators in Florence and Sumter, being euUod out by telegraph, joined in the pursuit. Fortunately night soon caino on and none of the chasing parties came up with the escaping constabulary, or , else more blood would have boon shed. The disposition of the conspirators to exterminate the constabulary is shown by the fact that the train containing the four constables who had gone to the other depot of the town and had taken no part in the light., was riddled with bullets 11 red ih a desperate attempt to kill them as it came by on its way to Charleston. The mob took possession of the three towns, committing many acts of violence. In Sumter, where the first mobbing of Dispensary constables took place, there is one of the best managed , Dispensaries iti the Statu, and the 1 police authorities have assisted in the enforcement of the Dispensary law. The part this town took in the rebel: lion was confined to the going out of its most lawless and turbulent eiti| zens to aid in the chase of the consta; bios, Under the Dispensary law, part of | the profits of tho Dispensaries goes to the towns in which they are located, provided Ihe authorities of those towns assist in the enforcement of the law. In eases where municipal authorities j fail to help enforce tho law, the State Hoard of Control is vested with authority to withhold from such towns the share of the profits that would | otherwise come to them. On the morning when the constables were , lirst maltreated in Darlington the municipal authorities of that town were notified that they would receive no | share of the profits from the Dispon: saries located in that town, because they had failed to do their duty tol wards the enforcement of the law. A | similar notice had been given to tbe council at Florence. Thisaddod to the anger of the mob, and had much to do \s ith inciting the mob in Florence to | looting the Dispensary there. I was informed by the Sheriff that the civil authorities were powerless in Darlington, and was asked to order out the militia. I did so, ordering out at ! lirst five companies nearest the scene i?three at Columbia, one at Manning, I anil one at Sumter. The old political ltourhnns, aided by the whiskey element, brought speh pressure to bear upon the companies in Columbia that | they refused to obey the orders of their ! | Commander-in-Chief. The Columbia companies set the example, and it was followed by the other two companies I ordered out. Thirteen of the town companies, and the entire Fourth llrigadc, composed of the troops of Charleston, refused to turn out when J ordered to do so. Tho armories of two ' companies in Columbia, one in Flor* rnce, and one in Chester woro broken , 1 into and their guns stolen, possibly I with the connivance of members of tho I ' companies. The idea was that 1 would ; be left powerless, and that similar dis- I i order could be created in other cities, i making it necessary for tins United States government to take charge of the State, tints accomplishing their tietermination to overthrow my admin is* t ration and restore themsolvcsto ppwer by my downfall. But many military companies, without regard to politics, remained true to their allegiance, and the yeortmriry of the State volunteered ! for duty in such numbers as showed tlto conspirators that they wore powerless. Had I doomed it necessary, f could in forty-eight hours after isr suanco of the cult have had an armed foreo of 10,000 fanners at my command. But this was not necessary ; my determination to uphold the' laws of the State and to protect its otllcors, and the fact that I would bo supported by tbe best citizensof thoHtato, overawed the conspirators and they subsided. The trouble at Darlington culminated on Friday, March 110, at 4 p. m. Valuable time was lost that evening and night, while waiting to mobilize the militin|which failed the at the last. Orders did not go to the companies \yhie.h ^'Jjjr CONWAY responded until Saturday morning the lirst company that could bo depend ed on arrived in Columbia on Saturda evening at 5 o'clock. As a more dan gorous mob had assembled inColumbi on Friday night than was pursuing tin constables at the scene of tiie ilistni hance. I deemed it wise to concent rat' troops thor# to overawe it and not t leave the Capitol unprotected or inovi on Darlington until I had a force to d< both. SaUirday night and Sundn; militia and volunteer comnanics o farmers continued to arrive, so that 01 Sunday evening I felt warranted in or during .'KKI men to Darlington and ha< as many more in the city of Columbia This last force was mostly volunteer who had taken their horses from tin plough, and, shouldering their shot guns, hastened to sustain the govern nient of their choice. One of the most potent factors in tin suppression of the rebellion was th* seizure of the telegraph lines and the railroads. It is hard to say how mud mischief would have been done had not availed myself of the old statuti which was doubtless placed among out laws for just such an emergency. this means excitement was allayed am the insurgents were kept from being reinforced. The people had beei wrought up to a frenzy of excitement by the many blood-curdling and sensa tionul dispatches sent out before the seizure of the wires, and 1 fool sun had 1 not stopped their transmission, wo would have had eollissions between the excited and angry countrymen and townspeople in several parts of the State. The railroads obeyed theordei and co-operated with me without pro test,ndesorving great credit therefor, but I had to invoke the assistance ol the judiciary by injunction on the tele'graph company until 1 could use th* military and seize the otllc.es of the company by force. This caused considerable dissatisfaction among the newspapers, but under the like circumstances 1 would do the same thing again, even without authority of a statute, for the imhlie ed it. A prompt reorganization of the militia lias been ordered. All the men disgraced themselves by refusing tc respond to my orders wiil be dismissed from the service. The conspiracy is crushed and will raise its horrid head no more. The inevitable contlict with the whiskey element, which was made more tierce than is ordinarily the ease by the political complications, I have briefly sketched, has been fought, and the Dispensary law will hereafter be enforced more rigidly than ever. As 1 stated in an address to the troops: "The Dispensary law was enacted by the Legislature, by the majority ol t he representatives of the people. It is the law until the Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional or until repealed. The places to tight it are the ballot-box and the courts, and not with bullets." And until it is declared unconstitutional by tin! courts, or repealed by the (xonoral Assembly, it shall be enforced at all hazards. B. R. Tillman. A VICTIM OF .1 FA LOI S Y. Aii I'iifortunate Sensation Involving a Brilliant but Imprudent Young Woman. Special to the Atlanta Journal. Washington, i). C., May :i.?The sensation of the hour at the capitol is the shooting of Miss Vivia Castle, daughter of ex-Congressman Castle, ol Minnesota, and a niece of John It. Del lows, of Now York, in a negro barber shop in Minneapolis. The shooting was done by the jealous black wife of the black proprietor of the establishment. The New York morning papers tolLtllO story about as follows : .\iiss Castle bad, early in the day, gone to the postal eufu, in Minneapolis, with a drummer, whose name is unknown, for breakfast. Some hours afterwards she left. A rain came up and she returned for shelter. She told the proprietor she had a headache and asked if sho could not go up stairs to the barber shop to have her hair dressed. This she did, and in about thirty minutes the barber returned, telling Bluko, the negro proprietor, that Miss Castle was asleep in the chair. I Hake went up to her, and his wife, thirty minutes later, followed. She saw her husband loaning over the girl, and whipping out a revolver, she shot her. She tried also to kill her husband but was overpowered. Miss Castlo is well known in Washington and in Atlanta. While here at the capital she was known as sensational and extremely imprudent. She was the leader of a coterie of young society girls who cut a wide swath and caused the,older and more sedate to frown down on them. One of her escapades was to accept the dare of a young man to go with him to tho Theatre C'omiquo, a rather disroputable variety theatre* Sho was always a first-nighter at the big theatres, and had a box every day at the races. She was a regular patron of Harvey's and John Chamberlain's without the presence of a chaperone, and once created excitement by fainting at the capitol. It was also woll known that her weak lungs caused her much pain, and that she sometimes drank, and it is this fault, it is believed, which brought on tho horrible Minneapolis tragedy. Notwithstanding these things she was generally thought well of. Sho was reckless both inaction and talk, but nothim/ has ever baononed to show that tho jxh)i girl was radically wrong. Miss Custlo spent several winters at. the Halt Springs Hotel, near Atlanta, and is well known by scores of people in tho Gate City. Sho went there on account of her lung's, tho climate being' considered especially beneficial. it transpires that the unfortunate girl had left her homo without her parents' permission and they did not know she was in Minneapolis until thov hoard of the shooting. Sho is bolfoved to bo fatally wounded. There is littlo else talked of in Washington, Miss Castlo being so woll known bore. ?Miss IStnlly L. Gerry, probably the only surviving child of a signer of the Declaration (K.lbridgo Gorry.)celebrated her 92nd birthday recontlv in New Haven, where sho has lived for half t contury, ?The World's Pair stockholders are to bo paid a 10 por cont. dividend. , S. C, THURSDAY, ? * ? ; i A COMI'llOMISIS M ISASUlllS. ?. I Tin* Democratic Hrnntom Aki'iv Upon J.J a Turin* Hill?Senator Hill Casts tin <>nly Negative Vote, a | Washington, 1). O., Mav By n . , vote of U8 to 1?six of tlio I I Demourut* L, beinjj absent the Democratic Senator.-' () in caucus today adopted a resolution l> agreeing to support lite turitl hill ol o the tinanco eominittee, including the v eomproiniso atnendinents that have V ! boon airreed noon tiv tln> miimi ,i feroneos of Democratic Senators dur. ing the past two weeks. The rosoluI tion was presented by Senator (J ornian to the caucus, and discussed at s some length, as the session lasted from . a few minutes after 1 o'clock until . nearly 7 p. m. The six absent Senators were Mills. Irby, Butler, Murphy, Lindsay and (.Jib3 son. It is claimed that they were all . accounted for, and assurances were . given that they would support the , tariff hill. I The onlv persons in whose absence j there might bo any significance are Senators Murphy and Mills, the under standing being1 that all others were in I accord with any bill supported by the r majority of the Democratic Senators, i Senator Mills was not at the Senate t, during the day, and the call for the . caucus was sent to his house. It is > believed that he has some objections . to the concessions that have been made, but he has previously announci ed that he would support any bill that | provided for reductions in the present s law. Senator Murphy's caucus notice was also sent, to his residence, as he . wns absent from thecapitol. His position has all alone boon one of doubt, r hut several Democratic Senators assert that ho will support the bill, and ho is counted in the forty-three i who are claimed as certain to vote for the bill. The other absent Soiuii tors are either out of the city or failed to secure notice in time. Some of t.timn io*i?n?i?/l ?.."L. * V..VIII ?iut V UVVil vwtllin U Jl.1 a^illllM tho 1*111, and it was tsttitl they would endorsb tho action of the caucus. in presenting tho resolution and stating the object of the caucus, Senator Gorman said it was necessary to make t concessions in order to secure the united support of tiie party, and lie furi ther assorted that it would need a Democratic majority to pass the hill. Ilo stated that as concessions had been made on all sides, it was believed that the measure with the proposed amendi meats would now meet with tho support which was necessary to pass a i Democratic taritl' bill. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, the i member of the finance committee who has taken the most active part in the preparation of tho amendments known as the compromise bill, made a speech , in which be explained at length the proposed amendments, and told why they wore necessary. He did notdisi cuss nor read a'l of them, and selected i the most important and affecting the greatest interests. Senator Mel'herson, iof New Jersey, I spoke in support of tho resolution, and dwelt at some length upon the concessions which Northern and Kustdrn Democrats hail been obliged to make, and what they had to give up in order to meet the demands of the South and West. He claimed that the concessions that that were talked of by other ' Senators were not wholly on one side. Senators Palmer and Vilas made long and vigorous speeches, urging party harmony, and the necessity of early action. i Great interest centred in tho spbeeh of Senator Smith, of Now Jersey, and hie remarks were received with a , great deal of satisfaction, for. while he . said he was not satisfied with the hill. and was unalterably opposed to the in'; come tax, he was ready to support the measure with tho amendments which i had been agreed upon, although ho claimed that what were called concessions by the Southern and Western ' men were but small compared with the concessions which Eastern Senators ! ! made in supporting the bill with the { income tax provision. | Senator Hill, of New York, was not placated. He spoke only a short time, ,! but it was long enough for him to coni vinoo the caucus that his vote would I not be for the bill if tho income tax I remained in it. IJo said his position was well known. 1 ' Flo had made? his statement F)oforo tFie J ' country, and tliero was nothing to add ; to what ho said. Whatever tliese concessions might bo thoy could not compensate for a rider in the bill, which neither tho needs of the country or of ' the party demanded. Whilo not say! ing so in so many terms, there were | many who listened to him who believed that he would support the hill. The vote showed what those who i called the caucus expected. The conferences that have been going on among the Democratic Senators for two weeks had given the leaders the i information as to how tiie different I Senators stood, but they wanted olllcial I caucus action upon what had boon i : agreed to in the conference room. The | roll was called, in order to place all on ' record, and thirty-seven Senators voted in favor of tho resolution, and one, j Senator 11 ill, against It. The vote was received with genuine j gratification, and tho Senators believe j it signified that tho tariff bill would pass. Tho Senators present were Date, Horry, Rrico, Blackburn, Blanchard, Caffroy, Call, Cauldon, Cock roll. Coke, Daniel, Faulkner, Goorgo, Cordon, Gorman, Gray, Harris, Hill, Hunton, Jarvis (North Carolina), .Jones(Arkansas). McLaurin, Mel'horson, Martin, Mitchell (Wisconsin), Morgan, 1'aimer, Pasco, i'ugli. Ransom, Roach (North Dakota), Smith (New Jersey), Turpio, Vest, Vilas, Voorhees, Walsh, and White (California). Washington, May 4.?Mr. Vest, momber of the finance committee, prosontod the amendments to tho tariff bill agreed upon in tho Democratic conference yesterday. They all relate i to the income tax to l>o collected from corporations providing'for a tax of 2 i per cent, on the not profits or income i (above tho ordinary exponsos) of all banks, trusts, railroad insurance and other companies?not to apply, howovor, to tho building and loan associa( tions that make loans to their share( holders. Tho amendments were laid ] on tlio table and ordered printed. " Another armistic has been agreed upon in tho tariff debate which will 1 carry tho bill over till Tuesday. At 2 o'clock Mr. Harris, in chargo of 5 tho bill, moved an executive session, i and the remandier of tho day will be MAY 10, 1894. consumed behind closed doors. Tomorrow the executive session will eon1 tinue and probably Monday. Mr. 1 lurris said that there was business which must be considered in ex1 eeutivo session and this seemed to he ' the best way. lie hud many confer' ences with the Democrats today, and 1 ho told them that the Republicans objected to any further discussion of 1 the hill until they knew what it was and what the proposed amendments were, lie said as soon as the amendments were presented, the Republicans would go ahead with the bill and discuss and vote upon it in regular order. The Democratic leaders evidently think that it will be the best to clear ,,,, 1!? ? - - wwm i |k ihiiii^ oust.ess ami allow tho necessary tinio to tlx up all changes which have been proposed and propared. This may have boon brought about by tho assertion of some Democratic Senators that they think it is time, before it goes much further, that they bo informed as to tho changes which are proposed. Tho agreement reached today indicates that the managers <?f the compromise believe that they will be ready to present the proposed changes j the tho Senate by Tuesday, and that Wednesday, if tho Chinese treaty is disposed of on Tuesday, the tarilT Dill will be taken and pushed with all possible speed. a . . m A HIMKTAMjIC CONFiatCNCH. Knglish Statesmen Admit that Silver Must be 1'laeed on a l'nrity Willi C a old. London. May 2.?Tho international bimetalllst eonferenco was forifially opened in tho mansion house to-day. The opening address was delivered by Sir David Kvans. A large number of delegates were present, including some of the best known of the British and foreign financiers. Letters wore read from Archbishop ' Walsh, of Dublin, tho president of tho Bank of France, and others, regretting ther inability to bo present. A paper was read by Professor Shield Nicholson on the fall in tho general levei of prices in relation to tho appreciation oi goiu ami iiu' divergence in the rola- | live value of gold and sllvor, and a general discussion of the subject followed. Cablegrams were read from United States Senators Sherman, Voorhees, Aldrieh, Murphy, Brico, I Matt, Davis, Carey and Cullom wishing success to the conference in the cause of bimetallism in Kngland. A. ,1. Balfour, in the course of the discussion, said he did not believe the government regulation of coinage, if it were dime in the direction of making j it more stable and a fairer measure of value, could be justifiably opposed. The ! nations of the world were now, he said, standing face to face with a great dan- j ger which could only be averted by the i rehabilitation of silver to its proper ! commercial function. In order to do this international action was absolutely j necessary. Balfour said that there j were three questions with which bimetallism had to copo. They were these: Was a double standard possible? Was it just? Was it expedient? Scientists and economists answer these questions with an overwhelming " \ os." lie would not say whether the closing of the Indian ! mints was a wise step, but he did not J doubt that it was the most striking at- ! tempt that a civilized government had ever made to solve a monetary dilTlculty that was directly duo to monomotalisin. Mi*. Balfour said ho saw signs of a change in Knglish opinion. [ The leading commercial men had abandoned their form of hostility to bimetallism and come to the conclusion that tho only way to meet the grave j danger was to restore silver to its i former place as a circulating medium. | Mr. Balfour also said it was a moro I dream to suppose that each State was ! able to regulate its own currency in- j dependently. It was absurd to talk of , taking an isolated view of Hritish cur- ! roncy when the action of tho United i States, which bad not boon takon into concert with or from any friendly fooling toward Groat Britain, bad forced upon ICnglund and India the adoption of the astounding system which now J prevailed in India. England's present isolation was sellish and stupid. He > spoke personally and for no party he said. Leonard II. Courtney, member of, parliament, road a paper on ,4Tho 1'ractlcability of Maintaining ablatio Between Gold and Silver under an In- ' ternational Bimetallic Agreement," , and a discussion of tlx; paper followed. Letters in supportof bimetallism were received from General Francis A. Wal- ] ker. Arciibishop Walsh and Professor K. B. Andrews,of Brown University. A letter was read from Mr. II. II. Cannon, president of thcChaso National Bank, of New York, in which the writer said that the solution of the | problem of bimetallism rests with Great Britain. Dr. Arndt, the eminent Gorman 11- I nancior, expressed views similar to those contained in Mr. Cannon's letter. The bimetallists had a banquet this . evening. Henry Chaplain, former pro- 1 sidont of the board of agriculture, was 1 the chief speaker, lie reiterated his , familiar opinions on the silver ques- i tion. (IKNKllAIi COXRY'H MANIFESTO. Tlx* Aims and Purposes of tho Commonweal Oi'KUiiiMUIon. Oenoral Jucob S. Coxoy's groat , demonstration on bohalf of the 44 Commonwoal of Christ," in favor of good roads and the repudiation of national obligations to pay interest on bojuls in 1 gold, ended last week In a ridiculous | fiasco at Washington. The 44 army "| I had boon marching for weeks and ' reached the national capital with a force of six hundred. Coxoy and his lieutenants made a grand display in 1 marshalling the hosts on Pennsylvania avenue, and marching with great pomp to the capitol grounds, whoro I they were arrested by tho police for 1 violating the law against suoh demonstrations in tho district of Columbia. Gonorai Coxey, Chief Marshal Browne and Christopher Columbus Jones wero brought before tho police court under charges and released on bond. Oenoral Coxoy subsequently issuod a manifesto giving tho aims and purposes of his movement, tho main points being as follows : 44 The groat cry that wo hcarull over this land today is, how can you relievo the distress of the unemployed V N<i only the workintfinon, hut tie- employ ers of labor as well, nro troini; throng u life and death strutftfle to keep th sheriff away from their doors. . " While t he opinion may he that th distress of the laborer is greatest on ac count'of bointf unable to dispense o , his labor to {jet money to purehuso tie , necessaries of life, yet the mcnta atrony of tho business man is as ereut ' if not <_rrentor, than that of tho sturv iiiff working man. How can you ita n^ine a worse condition than that o , the hllsim-ss in-ill ,1 f..n,l i.... t ....... IWI IIKM IIIII; t<? appear, fearing that with it tlx sheriff will come to close up his Inisi noss. " .Now. this is a condition that can not he denied, which must Ik* rente died, and that at> ouee. It has heel brought about through tlx* tinancla system that we are acting under year ago we. had in circulation I billiot of dollars in actual money Ono billiot of dollars was in the hands of the peo pit*, making the small exchanges : ami ">(mi million dollars was in the banks tu reserves, and upon these reserves tlx banks had created I billion dollars o! confidence money, or confidence money to every dollar of actual money that they had in the hanks as reserves to redeem or pay the with. " This contidenee uxnu*y was created by the discounting of notes. Tlx* business men manufacturing their products. and soiling them on from one to four monllis' time, thon'bringing these notes, endorsing tlx:in and depositing them in thebanksand checking against them. Now, tlx* banks had created KM) millions of eonlidenoo money, makiug the exchanges of the business men jiist the same as the actual money, on the exchanges of the people. When the panic caino on, which was created by Kngland throwing securities upon our market, convert iug these securities into gold and then withdrawing the gold out of the country, and at the same time the press of the country getting up an agitation for the purpose of having the Sherman hill repealed, claiming that if the government did not cease the further purchase of silver that it would drive cold nut. nf t X?> country, tlioy succeeded in creating the fear in the minds of tint small depositors, and the latter commenced to withdraw them out of the hanks, and when the manufacturers, the employers of the very employees that had withdrawn their deposits from the banks, went to the hanks to get their paper discounted, the cashier said : " I am sorry that self-preservaion, being the law of nature, I cannot discount your paper." There was no use of him applyino- to any other hank, because the condition was the same everywhere. The result was, he not being aide to get his paper discounted, could not get the money to pay his employes, and must necessurily eloso down his works,'which resulted in throwing four millions of idle ai d unemployed men upon the country. ' Now, there is one way to change this condition, that is by inaugurating a public improvement system ami issue the money direct from the government, which shall he a full legal tender for all debts, and employ these men in making these public improvements, and pay the money direct to thorn without the intervention of banks, or the necessity of paying interest upon this money. Then it gets into circulation. This will set all the idle and unemployed to work immediately, giving them a purchasing power, thus enabling them to go into the grocery store, the clothing store, and boot and shoe store and buy the necessaries of life, clothing their families in ueceney, anil Having tno money to pay for it with, which will create a great demand for the nccossuries of life. Pricey of necessities will then go up because of the greater demand for the goods which will enable the merchants to dispOHO of their stock at a profit, giving them a chance to pay their debts, instead of allowing the sheriff to close them out." T1IP liOTTKItY AND Tlli; ( Hi ltClI Pflort to Pxcmpt ('liurcli Pairs from < )perat ions of Ant i-t*a tabling Laws. WASHINGTON, May 2.?The Senate hill for the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service was, on motion of Senator Hoar, taken from the calendar for consideration. A protest was made by Vest against the extension of anti-gambling laws to religious fairs, where articles are raffled off for charitable purposes. To a question by Gray, whether church members should be exempted from the operation of the law, Vest replied that if any Senator thought that church and charity fair should be placed on the same footing as the Louisiana or the Havana lotteries, ho was welcome to his opinions: but he thought the question hardly worthy the Senator from Delaware. Gorman coincided with the views expressed by Vest, and suggested that the bill should be laid over until tomorrow to allow some time to consider it. Hoar remarked that no office, he supposed, would interfere with church or charity affairs. Whether officers should do so or not was a question which might be discussed. But no provision of law could bo made that would prohibit the offense of gambling, and at the same time contain a provision that church members and amiable people might gamble a little for pious purposes. It was not practicable and would be mischievous legislation. Gorman, In enforcement of his own and Vest's views, said that tliero was not a oharitablo institution in Maryland up to twonty years ago, that had not been the creation of lottery systems by law, and that in two-thirds of the hospitals in Washington and the institution of the Little Sisters of the Poor, two-thirds of the revonuo eamo from those innocent frauds. There was no demand or necessity, ho said, for such legislation. Hoar, in further dofenso and explanation of the bill, spoke of Mr. Gorman's argument as calculated 44 to poison the youth of the district." If the pending bill was impolitic all the lottery legislation was impolitic. Finally Harris Ifroko in the discussion with a remark that if tho bill could not bo disposed of without further debate, he should object. 44 That cannot be done," said Gorman. "Thon 1 object," said Harris, and the bill went over without action. ' . . U?iOW 7/ U -.dhioK /. \< . - ;t (loK MltllT NO 43. It ST ATM NKWS IN lilt I11'. ' I) InlciTNtliiK NoU'h IVuiii Various Hour* 0 cc. ?Tho out crop in Sumtor County has h -on cut oil' ut least uno-hali, und the - loss fulls heavily on tho furmere. f Tho Ohul^u Tobacco Company "f LI VV.IU...II.. ' 1 - - | ............. oui|>|n;u lUSL WUt'K IWOtllOUH" 1 I mid* pounds of their pin?r tnhaceo to Richmond, Vu., whoro they hud made a sale to tohucco dealers. ' Tho Statu dispensary during tho past week has received 1 :"?<> barrels of ' whiskey. This stuff was shipped hefore tho Supremo Court rendered a decision knocking' out the law. Col. Gideon Lee, of New York, . who contested the will of the lilte Hon. , Thos. G. Clemson, in favor of his I daughtorf dropped dead front heart failure in Sun Antonio, Texas, on the | 22nd of April, i ?Hon. II. M. Shuman, of (Ireenvllle, was in Will bulla last week before Judge 1 .). .). Norton, on an application for bail t for Kloiso Gray, a colored girl of i Greenville, charged with infanticide. r An order was signed for hail in thosuin i of $1,00 ). ? Mi. John Allen, of l'aeolot an ex? Confederate soldier, lias just had a bullet extracted from the lower third of his right thigh. Ho has been carrying this Yankee lead around with 111in ovor since the fighting in front of 1 Richmond. ? Mr. T. W. Burr, of Greenville, S. C., has just completed tho contract Of putting a water tank and pipes for both hot and cold water in the residence of Maj. Win. J. Strihling, near Wulhullu. It is a two thousand gallons copper tank, and will supply water for all the rooms in his largo two-story residence, including bath room and kitelion. Silas Nicholson, a farmer living in Jackson County, N. C\, near the South Carolina line was impiloted several months ago in killing his son in a drunken row. Tho trial was set for April 20th at Webster, but. while Nicholson was in the courthouse lie had an attack of heart disease and died almost instantly, lie was sixty years old. One of his sous is vet to be tried for complicity in the killing. A special to the Augusta Journal states that Senator Butler ha*, made great gains in Meriwether township, Kdgcfleld County, and that nearly ItMJ out H?"? members of the Democratic (dllll llllV.. f,,1-in...I .. ....... .....I -I - - .VI i>?vM % Iitni wtuii iUUi Uf" clarcd for llutler and endorsed him against Tillmun. II. II. Towdos, who was the Tillmunito president of the old club, is now president of the new and is a strong llutler men. Tillman and liutler are both voters in this township. ? * mm <:itisi? roit phcsidknt. lCx-Honutor I'idniiintlH Says lie it (lie IiOgieul Democratic Candidate. The i 'hiladelphia Times publishes an interview with ex-Senator Kdmunds, of Vermont, and regarding the outlook in national polities tie spoke as follows: " I think there are sixty chances in one hundred that the Llepuhlicans will elect the next President and control the next House of Keprusentatives, although this is very hard to do because of the Smith's being kept solidly Democratic by traditions which cannot bo changed by living issues. The only chance for the Democrats is the possible return of prosperity before the nextoloction, a possibility which is not at a probability." " Do you think that the Democrats are responsible for the hard times?" " Ves; in a largo measure manufacturers have been afraid that the free trade plank of tho Chicago platform would be carried and that would have meant ruin to many interests. In addition the financiers and moneyed institutions have been afraid of legislation which would further debase tho currency. True, tho Wilson bill is far from being a fulfillment of tho turitT pledges made in the Chicago plutform, llllt. it. linn II1!I?1?? Ull/.l. ' otii/ii onuo|Ullx I'OUUU* tions in cortaln departments that its passage inouus the ruin of many industries." "Of Into years u groat deal has heeu # * said of logical candidates. Whom do you tlii 11 k is Lho logical candidate for 1'resident of the Democrats " Well, Mr. Crisp is a logical candidate and ho is an ahlo man, who would make a good President. No. 1 do not think that it would be impossible to elect a President from the South, granting that the Democrats could elect a President." "There are no vory serious obstacles, I think. The men who from their positions would under ordinary circumstances bo considered the strong candidates of the North and Past ought now to be considcr?d Impossibilities, as thoy represent factions, and not the whole of their party. Mr. Crisp has not been engaged in any factional light." " Hywevcr, it is dilTicult at this niirlv <lnu /? .~ni u 1 ? v ?-j oujr n mi ?* in no nominated, for no one can toll what an hour may briny forth." A OHUAT rAKIPP VICTORY. A Democratic Con^rPHMniau Klcctcd From McKlnley's Old District. Hamilton, Ohio, May 3.?Paul J Sorg, the Democratic candidate for the vacancy in the third Congressional district caused hv tho death of Congressman George W. llouk, has been elected over L. G. Kahtbone, Harrison's fourth assistant postmaster general. After a campaign in which the tariff was tho issue the district has gone for tariff reform by from 1,800 to 3,000. This in tho homo of McKinloyism, and in spite of the fact thatMcKinloy himself carried tho district last fall by about six hundred. Tho sole issue raised was that of tho tariff, tho Wilson bill, as it passed the House. Very rarely has a camnal^n - t o ? so bitterly fought been so froo from personalities. Tho only considerable influence on the election outside of the taritY issue was that of the A. P. A. This wan thrown against Mr. Sorg, so that it makes the victory of taritY reform greater than appears in the returns. Kx-Consul Joseph B. Hughes, of Hamilton, estimates that Sorg's majority in tho third district will be 3,(XX), The city of Dayton gives Sorg 96 majority. ft gave McKinley 4H1 majority i last fall. McKinloy's plurality in the whole district was