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VOL. VIII.
"A l ltM l) AXI> A SIIAM/'
A IA vol y DiKciiKKion in tin* Sonalt>Sln-rinan
Pours Hot Shot into Coxcy
Washington, May it. ?At the opening
of the session of the Senate the resolution
presented on Monday by Senator
Allen, (I'op.), of Nobruslta. for the
appointment of a select committee tc
investigate the police assault upon the
army oi UOXey, iSrowne and Jones ill
the Capitol grounds on tin- first of May,
was laid boToro tlio Senate and Souator
Alien uiado an argument in support
of it. llo had expected, ho said,
that the senior senator from Ohlc
(Sherman) would have introduced a resolution
looking to tho investigation ol
that "outrage," but, as tho sonatoi
fron> ~H-iio had taken no such step, lie
(Alien) had boon moved to dose, lie
had deemed it his duty, although it
was not a pleasure by any means, tci
otTor a resolution for the making of a
thorough and complete investigation
of the remarkable scene.
Coxey had come to Washington as
was stated by the press (if that was to
be replied upon) f >r the purpose of exercising
his constitutional right of petitioning
the Senate for the redress of
what he considered agrievance of himself
and many millions of people in
common with him. lie (Alien.) had
taKen various occasions to say that
with the purpose of the Coxey movement
he had not and never had had
the slightest -sympathy, lie did not
believe that it would be wise for Con
gross to appropriate money for the
construction of highways in the States.
That portion of Coxey's mission found
no sympathy with him, but he had to
doai with him and with the unfortunate
aflfl perhaps misguided men who accompanied
him simply in the light of
American citizens coming to the Capitol
of the nation on the purpose of publicly
petitioning Congress for redress
of grievances. Senator Allen went on
to read the address which Coxey had
tried to read from tlio Capitol stops
ami which ho had boon provontod from
doing by tho police who laid " violent
hands upon him and drove him from
the Capitol grounds."
" Are you not tho counsel of Mr.
Coxoy V" Daniel (l)oin.) of Virginia
a -ked.
" No, si!1,'' Allen answered.
'Has not," Daniel further asked,
"Coxoy full legal remedies for any
wrong which he may have suffered ?"
" I hope," Allen said, " that tho
Senator from Virginia will not undertake
to divert mo from the course
which 1 have marked out."
" L do not desire to divert tho Senator,"
Daniel said, "but 1 want to judge
us to the propriety of tho Senate acting
in this case; if the man has boon injured
and if he has legal remedy for
the injury."
Allen went on to say that it was not
true that ho was or over had boon
counsel for Coxoy. He had been called
in consultation with two Representatives,
Hudson of Kansas and I'once of
Colorado, ns to Coxey's rights and ho
had goue to the police court in connection
with tho matter. He wanted to
say to the Senator from Virginia that
it was a rule of his life to go wherever
his duty required him, and he should
do so regardless of whether it pleased
or displeased the Senator from Virginia.
But the rough hands that had boon
laid upon Coxoy had boon laid on the
rights of 7b,000,000 of American citizens.
It was for their rights that he
spoko today.
" Tho polioomon's clubs whi di had
been aimed at tho devoted heads of
these throo men had been aimed at the
head of every American citizen who
saw lit to raise his voice in defence of
his constitutional right. The blow
aimed at them was a blow at froo
speech, at the right of free assemblage;
and it was for those grout rights that
ho stood."
He described tho occurronco at the
Capitol grounds on tho first of May as
a scene worthy of having taken place
in St. Petersburg- or in tho capitol of
.some Eastern monarchy, and entirely
out of place in a reprosontativo ropublie.
These men had not cotno armed.
They had not been backed by a mob,
and had no show of military forco.
They had come simply a law-abiding,
peaceable, but perhaps misguided citizens
for a lawful purpose.
Allen ridiculed tho charges on which
Coxey, Rrowno and Jones had been indicted
in tho police court?treading on
and injuring the turf of tho Capitol
grounds?and spoke with derision of
the sacred ssil of those grounds being
trodden on by tho vulgar feet of people
who were not residents of Washington.
Hut there was not, ho said, a
Senator or an American citizen, who
did not know that tho real charge
against those men was their attempt
to exercise their constitutional right
of peaceable assemblage and of free
speech on tho Capitol grounds of the
nation.
Ho traced back tho right of petition
to the year 121a, when Magna Charta
was wrested from the King of England,
and said that there had never boon a
time since then when the right of
peaceable assemblage and tho right
of petition had been assaulted, and
while they had no particular sympathy
for Coxey, Hrowne or Jones, they
would demand at tho hands of the Senate
a close and religious recognition
of the right of every American citizen
to come to the Capitol grounds and petition
for a redress of grievances. Important
as tho tariff was, it was of no
importance if the constitutional rights
of tho people were taken from thorn.
Whenever tho rights of American citizens
to stand nnywhoro undor tho flag
..f iiij ortnnt.rv. and to proclaim his op
inions in u poaccablo and lawful manner,
was stilled, and whonovor lio was
deprived of the ri&ht of petitioning for
a redress of grievances, then liberty
was lost in this country, and the right
of the people was swept away by the
usurpation of power.
Senator Midrman expressed his
great regret that when important
business was pressing this resolution
should be brought bo fore tho Senate
and occupy its time. The wholo thing,
he asserted, was a mere sham and pretense
without a shadow of foundation.
Nobody, Senator Sherman said, had
ovor denied the right of tho petition.
Coxoy knew that any member of the
Senate of House would present his
petition and the petition of the men
who wore with him.
A loading citizen of Ohio had called
upon him (Sherman), and asked him il
ho would present Coxoy's petition, and
fco promptly answered '"yes; il
couched in proper language." He had
I also offered tointroduco any of Coxoy's
hills?although ho did not boliovo iu
one word of theiu. That message had
been carried to Coxoy, and ho hud i
replied that ho did not desire to hare j
his Di'tition neosent.ed in t.hut wnv.
but that ho intended to present it on
j the steps of the Cupitol. Ho (Sher'
man) hud no doubt that his colleague
(lirlco) would also have introduced
1 ( Coxey's bills.
lie deeply rogrotted the motive
which had led Coxey to Washington,
1 an 1 his wild delusion that Congress
could step into tta^ arena and build up
! 1 roads in all the townships, counties
\ and States of the United Status. There
' could be no wilder, more extravagant
j proposition presented.
1 The Senator from Nebraska (Allen)
had tried to make a hero out of Coxey.
> j For what V Not for what he proposed,
1 for the Senator, although his views
were extreme, dared not indorse the
i good roads bills, and dared not endorse
the assembling of men around
1 j the Capitol. The object of the
1 founders of the government in having
i an exclusive authority over tho district
was to protect the government
; from any such action as that of Coxey
and his followers. It had been done
| wisely and in the light of experience
in Kngland and Franco. If Coxey had
, the right to make a harangue from tho
f Cupitol steps every other man would
have tho same right, and yet neither
he a Senator of tho United States,
nor the Viee President of tho United
1 States had any such right, Coxey had
been allowed every right which anybody
could have exorcised. lie (Shor>
111: L11 "i holinvnil l.lint. on tho whole I
Coxoy was si kind, good temporod man
in many respects, but ho thought that
ho was a little Highly. (Laughter.)
j lie would not say anything unkind of
\ him, because he was a constituent,
i ' and he felt bound to protect him if he
woro unduly injured, llut Coxoy had
; come to the Capitol with the deliberate
and determined purpose to violate
the law which had been so wisely
< framed by the ex-Senator from Vermont
(\1 r. Edmunds.)
Senator Butler?''And ho did do it."
Senator Sherman?lie had the pur.
pose, acknowledged and declared, to
eoino hero and violate this law and ho
brought with him some three or four
| hundred men who sympathized with
him. It is true lie did not bring them
on the grounds but there wore great
crowds of people assembled to witness
i this extraordinary spectacle of what
i is called an army led here to get ConI
gross to pass a hill to make all the roads
of the country good so that every man
I can ride on his bicycle or in his carI
riage or on foot. (Laughter.)
Whether Coxoy or H.'owno or Jones
' violated the law, I neither know nor
: care. They certainly came here with
the intention (if violat ing it. I hope
i that Coxoy will go homo to Ohio and
I take 0'?ro of his wife and family, and
that ' others with him came from
that S. e they will also go home and
rather iTer the ills they have than
seek the ils that may come from other
sources.
There is no occasion for excitement.
At all events the Senate of the United
States is calmly to wait events and go
on in the discharge of its high duties?
treating their follow citizens, whether
wise or unwise, with forbearance and
, kindness. Lotus perform our duty to
our country and our countrymen will
sustain us. These peoplo who say that
they speak for seventy millions of people
will find that the majority of our
people are sound and strong, are in
favor of lawful moans and lawful ends :
and all this passing wave of excitement
will die away with the general
approbation of the masses of our poo
pie.
?
GOVERNOR TILLMAN TALKS.
llo Snj'N lit; lias no Authority to En1'oroo
the Now Law.
Shortly after the decision was filed a
copy of it was taken to Governor Tillman,
and he was asked point blank
what ho had to say about the change
in tho situation and the enforcement
of the new law. Tho Governor said :
" 1 am glad that we know what tho law
is at last, and will he able to stop all
this floundering alxmt in tho sea of uncortainity.
I am only sorry that they
did not leave mo tho constabulary to
help enforce it."
" Well, what will you do to enforce
this law ?" was asked. \
Tho Governor replied : " What machinery
have 1 got to do any thing with.
The sheriffs and police are under other
officers. They are not under my control.
1 can only lend my moral support
to the law and what official support I
may have, but I wish you would tell
mo what authority i'vo got. ?, of
course, want to see this law enforced
just as much as any other law.''
"Governor isn't your proclamation
taking control of tho police of tho
towns and cities of force vet?"
" My proclamation," said the Governor,
" was only of forco until tho dispensary
law was declared off. That
law being no longer law, I havo no
longer power to enforce it."
" I hit you could reissue that proclamation
now and make use of it to catforce
the prohibition law, couldn't
you ?"
" How could 1 do that? Tho necessity
does not now exist for issuing the
proclamation."
" Well Suppose tho municipal authorities,.
<:nd they cannot enforce tho
law, wlif then?"
4* 4..1,2 # 4-1 At A I
x *>u urxj noting iur granted unit
thoy cannot."
" Yos, I am."
Tho Governor then Bald: "Well,
we Imd bettor wait and boo be fort* wo
undertake to discuss idealities. I'm
not discussing emergencies that might
ariso six mouths hence. I never undertake
to orosa a bridgo until I got to j
it. I have no machinery to enforce j
this law. Beforo I had maohinory. I
took charge* of the local police then for
a specific purpose, tho emergency having
arisen. 1 did that because it was
said that tho other machinery I had at
my command toonfoupoa law wore inciting
riot and bloodshed. The people,
that is, many of thorn, now have
what thoy say they have been wanting.
I am willing to let them try it."
1 ?Col. D. I'. Duncan, the business
manager of tho State Alliance I'lxohango,
has written a letter to the Iiof
i formers of Union County saying that
ho will ho a candidate for Congress
from this district, lie will make nis
I light on Alliance issues.
CONWAY,
AN KXtVMPLK TO YOUNG MKN.
Willi u Ii?'sst?n to Kvoryboily on the
Cotton Milt truest toil.
Spartanburg I lorn Id.
This is tin 1150 of exports uud spociall
ists in every Uepnrtnieiit of labor, and
any young man who is not ashamed of
hard work, and who is determined to
succeed in the face of and in spite of
poverty and its attendant ditlloultios
should receive an insniratlon from the
examplo of 0110 of our own men. The
Herald makes no apology for a detailed
statement of the facts given below,
and indulges ,tho hope that our mill
operatives may profit by this example
and that many of them may become
the prime movers and the leaders in
the future manufacturing industry in
this grand old country.
Mr. Iliram D. Wheat was born near
Columbia, and is now only ."> "> years of
ago. At 10 years of age he entered a
cotton mill and was made a sweeper
hoy, and from that time until now he
has worked continuously in the cotton
mills of this and other States. When
the Clifton company was organized, he
was employed in a mill ississippi.
In 1880 ho accepted tiu) position of
oversee!' in the spinning room at Clifton,
and began work there before the
roof on the mill was finished. His
spinning room wasa model of neatness,
and was the admiration of all the mill
men visiting Clifton Mills.
From Clifton Mr. Wheat wont to
Danville, Va., where he was made superintendent
of a now mill just start*
;ng up. lie remained at this mill for
about one year, when Mr. Converse,
who has always exhibited wonderful
insight into tho qualifications of young
men, otTorod him the superiutondency
of the Clendalo Mills. After a stay of
some live years at Glendale, ho was
transferred to Clifton No. l,and placed
in charge of same. Upon tho completion
of Clifton No. 2, he was made superintendent
of both mills and held
tliis position for three years.
In June, 181)2, the people of GafTnoy
organized a company with $130,000
capital, and Mr. Wheat was elected
treasurer and general manager. lie
has had tho exclusive control and management
of this mill from that date;
and all the architectural designs and
plans, interior construction, location of
machinery, etc., have been made by
inn. iiic iirni uricK wits liUU 10,
1892 ; within six months cotton was run
through tho machinery, and in May,
1893, the mill was in operation. It is ,
thus soon tiiat tho GalTnoy Mill has
been running less than a year, and yet
at tho coming annual mooting of stockholdors
a dividend will ho declared on
the first year's work. This is something
unusual in the cotion mill business,
as mills generally do not or cannot
dcclaro a dividend until tho third
year. The policy of this mill is to pay j
out to stockholders tho earning of the |
mill and not pile up a surplus.
An $1,800 churoli and school building
will soon be erected, and the children
of operatives will be furnished tuition
froo of charge. Tho character and the
morals of the help is unsurpassed. The
mill is filled with the best and latest
imp"ovcd machinery that could be secured.
Tho factory buildings are all
equipped with automatic sprinklers,
Aerophor system of air moistenng,
olootric lights, convenient hydrants
houses, a large underwriters fire pump
of one thousand gallons per minute
capacity, located near boiler house and
at all times, nights and Sunday's ready
for duty, fifty pounds of steam being
kept up for this purpose, a resei*rolr of
175,000 gallons capacity, a 10,000 gallon
iron tank in the top of tho mill
tower for the automatic sprinKlor system,
etc. The mill is claimed by tho
mutual insurance companies to be one
of the best fire risks in tho country.
The mill contains 10,432 spinning
spindles and 300 looms. Tho numbers
of yarns spun are 28 warp and 30 to 40
filling and tho cloth is finished for tho
bleaching trade. Tho " Boston Journal
of Commerce," tho loading textile
irmnufacturing publication of this country,
in its recent issuo, writing of the
OalTnoy mill, says : "The product of
tho mill has been sold up and today
part of its product is sold ahead to
November 1st next. The goods sell at
a premium over New England made,
goods, commission men claiming that
the goods are bettor made and from
bettor stock than mostcf the Now England
mills use.
"This mill has been built cheaper
than any other lirst-class mill in the
South, tho cost per spindle being only
$15.24, which includes real estate, tenements,
warehouse, reservoir, luill
buildings and machinery. When this
mill was star-tod on lino numbers, it
was predicted by a great many mill
men that it would never ho a success
spinning these numbers, as it was
thought no other mills hut thoso in
Now Kngland could do it. Tho GalTney
mill has demonstrated that line
goods can ho mado In tho South just as
good as they (ran bo anywhere else in
the world and ho mado cheaper too."
Such fs tho success of a young man
who has thoroughly studied and mastered
his business, and who stands today
not only in tho front ranks in
South Carolina, but is classed as one
of the leading manufacturers of tho
South.
? ?
.JOINT D1CI1ATK8 KXl'EOTED.
The Proposed Personal Campaign of
Senator Uutler and Governor Tillman
in South Carolina.
Special to The News and Courier.
Washington, May 8.?-About tho
middle of next month one of the hottost
campaigns over waged in South
Carolina will bo opened between Senator
Ilutler and Governor Tillman for
Senatorial honors. Senator Irby, the
junior Senator from tho Palraotto
State, is chairman of tho State Democratic
committee, and it is incumbent
upon him to start the ball rolling. Ho
says ho proposes to call tho State executive
committee together on tho 7th
of Juno, and in about a week or ten
days following Sonator Sutler and
Govornor Tillman willcommenco their
ioint canvass. It will probably bo a
hitter personal strugglo hotwoen thom,
for Senator Sutler is anxious to retain
his soat in tho Senate, and Governor
Tillman has been bending all of his
political and personal energies to bo
elected as Senator Sutlor's successor.
Soth of them are good stump speakors
and they are to speak together from
the samo platform all over tho State,
i Senator Sutler is an aggressivo campaigner,
and lie and the Governor havo
S. C., THURSDAY,
boon shying political bricks at each
other nt long ran go for several months
past. When they come together on
the same stump there will probably be
some stirring appeals to their respective
followers, ami those who are familiar
with the characteristics of the two
predict an exciting contest from start
to finish. Both men are past, masters
in the art of working upon the passions
of their respective followers, and the
combat will take on a national us well
ivs a local llavor in view of Senator Butler's
prominence in tho Sonata ami also
because of the notoriety Governor Tillman
has acquired by reason of his famous
dispensary liquor law.
South Carolinians here are anxiously
awaiting for the battle royal to commence,
and at the present writing both
sides appear to be about equally confident
of victory. A well-known South
Carolina Congressman, who is supposed
to have a slight leaning towards Senator
Butler, for personal reasons, but
who has heretofore atlllintcd with the
Tillman movement in the State, was
asked to day for his opinion as to the
probable outcome. He replied that he
looked for a desperate struggle between
Senator Butler and Governor Tillman
on tho stump, and that at tho present
time it was difficult to piek a winner.
Senator Butler is supposed to represent
tin; Conservative or National Administration
wing of the South Carolina
Democracy, while Governor Tillman is
the loader of the Anti-National-Administration
Farmers' - Alliance- Populist
forces in the State. The Governor has
tho advantage of being surrounded by
the State organization and the political
machinery absolutely at his control.
Senator Butler has made advances to
some of the Governor's men by assisting
thorn and their friends in securing
Federal patronage, but in doing so it is
claimed that ho has driven some of tho
(Conservatives from hiscamp, and therefore
it is a question whether his recruits
from the Tillman camp have exceeded
tho desertions from his standard
among the Conservatives.
?
IT IS TOTAL PROHIBITION.
The Decision ol'thc Supreme Court ?
No Liquor Can He Sold in (lie
State.
IN T11K SU I'll EM 13 COURT?APRIL TBKM.
J. L. Barringor, ot al vs. The City
Council of Florence, ex inirf.ii .1 MUG
Brunson.
Those two eases instituted, in the
original jurisdiction of this court
hoing of a kindred nuturc, though not
involving the sumo questions were
hoard and will bo considered together.
The iirst is a case asking for an injunction
to restrain the city council
of Florence from granting licenses for
the sale of spirituous liquors, upon tho
ground that there is now no law authorizing
the granting of such lieensos,
and therefore that threatened action
of said city couiTcil in this respect is
ultra vires.
Tho second is a case in which the
petitioner applies, under a writ of
habeas corpus, heretofore issued for
his disehurgo from custody, in which
he is held under a warrant issued by
the mayor of tho city of Florence, who
is invested by tho charter of said city
with all tho powers of atrial justice,
charging tho petitioner with selling
spirituous liquors without a license, in
violation of an ordinanco of tho city,
as well as in violution of the laws of
tho State. Inasmuch as one of theso
cases involvos the liberty of the citizen
this court deems it to bo its duty to
render as prompt a decision as possible.
Tho court will, therefore, procoed
simply to decide the questions
presented in theso eases, without
undertaking now to give tho reasons
for the conclusions which will, however,
be hereafter done in an opinion
which will be prepared and tiled as
soon as piAiotieablo.
Tho court decides that under tho
law as it now stands, there is no authority
invested with the power to
grant licenses for the sale of spirituous
liquors within the limits of this State,
and hence the action of the city council
of Floroneo in granting such licenses
would he ultra vires and absolutely
void, and therefore, the injunction, as
.vi, 'j w??u "), Ill 1/I1U
caso first named must ho granted.
In the second caso tiie petitioner
moves for his discharge from custody
upon the ground that there is n<*w no
law forbidding the sale of spirituous
lienors within the limits of the State.
This court decides thnt this is a mistaken
view of tho law. On the contrary
wo hold that the act of 181)2,
commonly called tho dispensary act,
having boon declared unconstitutional
in all its provisions, excopt that forbidding
tho granting of license to soil
spirituous liquors, after the day therein
named, tho repealing clauses of that
act fall, and must he regarded as if
never enacted, and hence the previous
law forbidding tho sale of spirituous
liquors without a license remains of
force, under which the petitioner may
lawfully ho indicted. In addition to
this lie may also ho proceeded against
for a violation of tho ordinance of tho
city of Florence mentioned in tho warrant
under which ho has boon arrested
and is now held in custody.
It is, therefore, ordered that, In tho
case first named in tho title of this
order, an injunction do issue as prayed
for in this petition.
It is further ordered that, in tho
second caso named in tho title hereof,
the motion of tho petitioner for a discharge
ho refused ; and that tho said
,1. Kills Brunson he remanded to tho
custody of tho chief of police of tho city
of Florenco to ho by him sAfoly kept
until ho is thence delivered by duo
course of law. This oigth day of May,
1804. Henry Moivrr,
Chief Justice.
Wo concur. S. McGovvan, A. J.
y. j. Pope a. j.
? ?-?
?Kx-Troasuror Stevenson Archer, of
Maxvlaml .won n>lnnn/i 1..-4 1
??&?? j lutiUf i* (irri j '?!?I UWUUll X clB 0 W UUK
imd reloasod from tho Ktato prison.
He had been continod there since July,
1890, under a flve-yoar sontonco for
robbing' tho State troasury of $133,000.
Mr. Archor attempted to commit suicido
at his homo in Hartford County
when his defalcation was made public.
His downfall was ono of tho most sensational
occurences in tho history of
tho Stato. No man within tho confines
of tho prison wits moro popular nor
trusted furthor. Ho had been a political
leader for years and held "many
high olllces, being chairman of tho
Democratic State central committee
whon provon a defaulter. j
1 ^1 "J
MAY 17, 185)4.
(lOHI)ON TO Till-: l-'KONT.
Why No Commonweal Amnios Am
>1 ill-oil illy: l-'rom l ho South -The liepoul
ol' tlio Ton I'er Com. Tu.\ tlio
Simplest ltomctly.
WASHINGTON, I). C., May 10.?It remained
for General Gorilon, from his
seat in the Senate today, to eall the attention
of the country to the fact that
the South was furnishing no troops to
the commonweal armies marching tip
wii uiu caption ami 10 drive homo to
the minds of the people the fact that
those foolish and incondiury movements
wore the logical result of the
twins, protection and paternalism.
When the Coxov resolutions, offered
by Allen, wore called up this morning,
Georgia's senior Senator was recognized;
llo spoke for twenty minutes. The
galleries were crowded when he commenced,
and ho was soon surrounded
by his Democratic colleagues. Ho
spoke without notes and his speech
was splendid in temper and exalted in
tone.
11 is reference to the South and her
devotion to the constitution were full
of eloquent fervor, frequently eliciting
applause from his auditors. General
Gordon said in part:
j " Looking at this movement (referring
to Coxey) from a Southern standpoint,
1 feel that a great political lesson
might he learned from it, which it
j becomes Congress to heed. The inspiration
of this movement is in paternalism,
a theory of government which,
il adhered to, will increase this brood
of ill-omened movements. Its origin
was in a great central State (Ohio), its
father ami force came from a people
noted for their intelligence, enterprise
and wealth. Its divisions and corps
were moving upon the capital from
every section, save one. the South.
" ft iu t)w. Out.. ?.f " i.
. ? ... w? v^wnf^ i no continued,
" to note this marvelous exoniption
of ;i wholo section from the
now-born ami wide-spread agitations,
and inquire into the reasons for such
marvelous exemption.
"It matters not whether the lesson
taught by such exemption comes from
one or another section, whether it was
taught by the North or the South,
every wise legislator and every lover
of this wholo country would heed that
lesson and profit by it when he understood
it.
"This exemption," bo continued,
" is not duo to the presence of wealth
or the absence of poverty for the South
is still poor. It is not due to a redundancy
of the currency for there is a
great dearth of it. It is not due to internal
improvements and it is not due
to bounties or pensions for wo receive
neither, directly or indirectly, from
protected industries.
" Lot it be conceded if you will, that
this exemption is due in a measure to
the contented negro laborers whose
wants are few, in part to the genial
climate and prolific soil, in part to the
fact that the white peoulation are of
purest Anglo-Saxon bhffnl, devoted to
law and order as well as liberty. Still
the overshadowing reason remains to
be given. It is that the war and its results
taught our people to look elsowhoro
than to general government for
relief ; that the sternest of taskmasters
was necessity; to lean not upon the
legislative arm but upon their own
right arm ; to trust not to Congressional
promises, but to Cod's promises that
the rain should fall upon, and the harvest
come, to him who labors.
"This thought has developed the
self-reliance and manhood of that people?a
people loyal to the country, its
flag, its traditions, its forms, its constitution
and its laws. Their fundamental
thought is not that the government
is to feed them or relievo their
wants, hut that the government is the
agent, the paid agent, of the people,
to which the people must contribute
from their substancoto its support, and
their blood, if need be, in its defense.
" In this monumental fact is found
the reason that the South does not furnish
any recruits to the so-called army
of the Commonweal of Christ, moving
upon the capital to demand visionury
and unconstitutional measures "
General Gordon, after developing
tliin faot at some length, and with
groat force, declared that the proper
and only remedy was to de-centrali/.o
the government as far as may he consistent
with safety, to divert public attention
from the general to the State
government, to clotho the States with
the powor as the founders of this government
intended thoy should ho to
deal with these socialistic problems,
and to furnish a sufficient local currency
to meet the wants of local communities.
Ho said that tho first and prime
necossity in this program of do-eontralixation
as well as relief was to remove
tho tax from Stato bank issues. Ho
showed the ability of tho States to furnish
a safe and sufficient currency for
all local transactions. He invoked the
immediate attention of tho finance
committee and of the Senate to the
necessity of such action in view of tho
present threatening condition of tho
country. Ho stated that if such a privilege
woro granted to Georgia he
would answer for the result. That it
would put an end to the panics and
make his State absolutely independent
of the financial centers.
" This would bo the local effect," ho
concluded, " whilo it will save tho republic
from these threatening movements
which are in so many sections
filling tho public mind with uncertainty
and alarm."
General Gordon was warmly applauded
when he concluded, and congratulated
by his colleagues. He was
in excellent form, and his remarks,
necessarily curtailed as they are in this
dispatch, will show that. bn hau ml/Uwl
to his reputation as an orator ami
thinker and above all a defender of bin
section.
?In an address before tho Sunset
Club of Chicago on "Tho Ethics of
tho Cress," tho itev. 1\ S. Honson
said that "tho owner of a newspaper
is just as responsible for tho utterances
of his papor as is a man with a
gun for the result of tho shooting."
j lie clalmod that a newspaper is bound
! not only not to lie, but also not to tell
| all the truth, for " there aro tilings |
that ought not to bo said or whispered."
Ex-Congrossman Finnerty replied in a
serious speech from tho point of view
of a newspaper man. lie thought that
tho rougn handling of public men
benefited them, and defended tho publicity
given to crimes and scandals by
the assertion that it acts as a preventive.
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Till: l>.\Il(ilX(iT<)\ Tlt.VflIOI>Y.
Mr. ClitiN. N Mc<'ullou^h Admits that
Ho laired tlio HccoihI Shot.
( hnrl tie <ibsorvcr, May
Me. C. S. McCnllough of Darlington,
S. was in tho city last night. lie
was iino of tho principal participants
in tho Darlington war. Mr. McCullough
nutdo tin- following statcinont to tho
, Obsorvor :
' " Tho trollhlll U'llunillldixl 111' 11 i>niwi..l
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and an apprehension that it wan intended
to search private houses for
liquor. Our citizens felt tluit such a
proceeding was without cause and
without a foundation of right on the
part of tin; State constabulary or anyitodytd.se.
A meeting was hold in the
court house and it was resolved to
resist such an attempt if it should bo
made. No resistance was ever made
or intended to he made to a search for
places whore blind tigers wore being
run or even whore this was suspected,
hut we did not intend that search
should ho made in private houses.
l> Soon aftcr the passage of the resolutions
by the citizens, CoventorTillman
sent twenty constables to Darlington,
all armed with Winchester rifles. A
conIIlet was soon precipitated, in which
one of the constables, named McLondon,
fired the lirst shot and killed
Drank Normont. 1 fired tho second
shot and hit McLendon. There was
a young man from North Carolina,
named Redmond, who stood in front of
the whole force of constables and emptied
his revolver, and he was shot by
Cain. I want to say that Redmond
was as brave a hoy as ever lived. Only
five of the Darlington citizens had
pistols. They were eighteen of the
constables in the party and all of them
had Winchester ritlos. If we had
caught them before they got out of the
county they would undoubtedly have
boon lynched.
" Liquor is being freely sold in Darlington
now. Mr. J. M. .lames never
did close his bar or stop selling liquor.
He was raided several times but no
liquor was found except on one occasion,
and then only one-half pint. I
hear that the State authorities are
trying to have one or two indictments
made against Darlington citizens. I
don't boliovo that this can cvor ho
done as it would ho dillleult to got a
grand jury to lind any indictments. I
doubt also whether the constables already
indicted could ho convicted because
any jury would naturally have
men on both sides, and this would probably
lead to repeated mistrials until
human elfort is naturally exhausted.
" Tho town is perfectly quiet, now,
and will remain so unless something
unforeseen and now unthought of
thould make trouble in the future. I
doubt if Governor Tillman has given
up the Dispensary idea entirely. Tho
stock of liquors are being left in the
Dispensaries and it looks as if lie was
waiting until the complexion of the
Supremo Court changes, and it may
be that he will then try it again. Nobody
can tell anything about this at
the present time."
Till-: MOTH Kit or WASHINGTON.
Dedication of tlie Monument at
Fredericksburg?An Address by
President Cleveland.
FkkdbkicksuuRO, Va., May 10.?
The weather being propitious there
was nothing in the way of a most successful
celebration of tho event to
which tho patriotic women and people
of Virginia particularly have looked
forward to for so muny months, tho
dedication of tiiu monument to Mary
Washington, mother of tho llrst President.
From an early hour visitors have
been arriving at this ancient city,
whore so many memories of Washington
have been eontrod for a hundred
years.
From Richmond tlioro came Governor
O'Forrall and a large number of
civil and military visitors, and ovory
J/?I v Ui puviiU COIIW1 DlIlCIl 11.S IK tl.lt.
From the luitioruil capital a special
train brought President Cleveland,
Secretary and Mrs. Gresliain, Secretary
and Mrs. Carlisle, Secretary
and Miss Morton, Secretary and Mrs.
Lament, Postmaster General Bissell,
Private Secretary and Mrs. Thurbor
and many distinguished men in public
life.
Tliis train arrived about 10:30 a. m.,
and was met at the station by a committee
who escorted the special guests
to the Mary Washington house where
an informal lunch was tended to President
Cleveland, followed by a reception
011 the old porch of the mansion.
The procession, including various
patriotic societies and benevolent
orders, companies ofState militia, Governor's
stall, and representative ladies
on horseback, was then formed and
proceeded to the monument, where
the grand stand to accommodate 400
guests had boon erected on Washington
avenue. in front of the stand
nearly 10,000 people were massed.
The ceremonies commenced with
prayer by Kev. James I'. Smith, followed
by a brief address by A. P.
Kowo, mayor of Fredericksburg.
Governor O'Forrall followed with an
impassioned address of welcome on
the part of the State of Virginia,
which was frequently interrupted with
applause, and in an eloquent peroration
welcomed the 1'resident of the
United States. For several minutes
the enthusiasm that greeted the President
was without bounds.
Senator John W. Daniel, orator of
flw. <1.... ....... u.... 1 ?
I?.u UUJ , niK) UIIUII III liruii IICCU oy t'l'Osidont
Cleveland. A brief address by
Luwrenco Washington, a lineal descendant
of the mother of the first i 'resident,
(dosed the programme at the
monument.
Pcosident Cleveland hold a reception
during the afternoon at the Mary
Washington House, shaking hands
with several thousand porsons.
While the President was holding
ids reception most of the other dis- !
tlnguished guosts were entertained at
a Masonic banquet given by tho lodge
in which CJoorgo Washington was
made a Mason. At this banquet the
principal speaker was Vieo President
Stevenson.
A poem in lienor of tho occasion was
read by George Alfred Townsend.
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j ?Atlanta Journal : The decision of
the South Carolina Supreme Court on
the dispensary seems to have hud tho
( doubly lienoficent effect of closing both
[ tho barrooms and Ben Tillman's mouth.
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HT ATI'S XKWS IN HIHIOI'.
IntorcHlliiK N'oit'H I'roiu VariouH SourCOH.
?A reunion of Hurt's Bnttorv is to
take place at Bamberg on the 27th of
.1 uno.
?Tho President has reappointed
Mh, Caroline C. Youngbloou to be
postmistress at Chester.
? Tho lifo of ox-Judge Kershaw wan
Insured for $10,000 and tho money has
been paid to bis family.
?Tho Croon wood oil mill, notwith- i
standing tho loss of its ginnery by lire
bus declared a dividend of 10 per cent.
?Colin C. Manning, Esq., of Sumtor,
has boon appointed United States consul
to tho A zero islands, on tho steamship
lino from Now York to Europe.
Uev. (J. M. Tolson, the popular pastor
of the Lancaster lluptist Church,
has accepted a call to Cbrislleld, Md.
lie will probably leave for his now field
of labor about the 1st of .Inly.
?Sixty-one new military companies
have been commissioned since the Darlington
troubles, and almost an equally
large number are awaiting the further
action of (lev. Tillman and Gen. Eurley.
?Uev. .1. G. Law, of Darlington, has
boon called to the pastorate of the First
I 'resbyterian Church at Ocala, Fin. He
has not yet decided whether or not he
will accept. Dr. Law has boon pastor
of the Darlington 1 Vesbyterian Church
for fifteen years.
?Tho new cotton mill at Nowry near
Seneca is practically completed and last
week water was turned on the wheels,
sum some Mint* in this month the mill
will bo started up. Just ono your ago
on tho ltd inst. tlio lirst troo was cut to
clear away tho mill sito and now tho
mill is complete and some Hfty cottages
for operatives liavo boon put up.
?In future the educational advantages
of women in South Carolina will
he on a par with those of men. At a
recent meeting of the trustees of tho
South Carolina College it was determined
to adopt the suggoston of the
last Legislature by which tho doors of
the college will ho opened to women
and a normal course will he established.
? The friends, touchers and classmates
of Miss Mary Yoargin, of Laurens,
who was drowned soinotimo ago
in New York, have contributed u handsome
sum looking to tho erection of a
monument to her memory. Several
prominent men in this State have already
contributed, and those wishing
to do so can forward their contributions
to the monument committee at
Laurens.
?George Washington Murray who
represents tho Seventh District in
Congress, has invented a cotton chopping
machine and has sold the right
to a manufacturing syndicate at Waco,
Texas, making big money on it. lie
has throo patents and gets $f>,000 for
each ono. and $f>.00 royalty on each
machino manufactured for tho next
seventeen years. Tho machino has
been tested and has proven a success.
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STATU 1'IIKSS COMMENTS.
What is Thought by the Newspaper#
of Prohibit ion in Sout h Carolina.
?Nowborry Herald and News: There
is a strong sentiment in this community
and throughout the State in favor
of prohibition. Now let the law he onforced.
?Aiken Journal and Lteviow : When
wo have prohibition in this State wo
should have it by legislation, on demand
of tho people and not by accident.
?Greenwood Leader: Let all of
Carolina's good people rejoice. Let
tho law bo enforced on all who break
this law. Now Is tho time for every
one to watch, anil while watching, he
manly and let no man break the law
without pavinir tho nonnJtv
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?Sumter Wutchman and Southern :
We do not hesitate to dcclaro that the
unrestricted sale of liquor is an evil
and should ho suppressed. We favor
prohibition as the law stands, and believe
that under present conditions,
the olTort should be made to enforce it.
?Oconee News : It remains now to
see what sincerity there is in the opposition
claiming that they wanted
prohibition. We predict that every
legislature will be asked by them to
repeal the prohibitory law. We hopo
that every one will unite in upholding
the law, whether it is agrooabloor not.
?Johnston Monitor: The Legislature
is unintentionally responsible for
the prohibitory law. They did not intend
or desire prohibition. It is entirely
accidental ; and it may bo suid
that about the only good tiling the
South Carolina Legislature has accomplished
in recent years was dono by
mistake.
?Abbeville L'ross and Banner : The
present liquor status will likely remain
unchanged until such time as Judgeelect
Gary goes on the bench, at which
time the dispensary decision may bo
reviewed and reversed. The public
good and the public morals demand
that our old-fashioned bar-rooms must
close, and that tho equally objoctionahln
lilinil Uw??
v.Kvjt IUUOV gu.
?Spartanburg Herald : It is to bo
hoped tluit overy right-thinking' man
in the State will from this day forward
do all in his power to enforce this law.
We have already had too much insubordination
in this State. Wo have had
it among ollicers and private citizens,
and it has been damaging. Let us all
unite in enforcing this law, and if it
does not meet our views, wo can work
legitimately to eloct men who will
change it.
- Columbia Journal : The laws of
South Carolina prohibit the sale of intoxicants.
That is the decision of the
Supreme Court. The people of the
State as good citizens owe it to themj
solves to respect it. Especially are
i those who vohoinently opposed the disI
nonsary law bound in honor to prove
I by a consistent support of prohibition
I mi at uicir opposition to tho dispensary
' wus from disinterested and patriotic
| motivob.
?Tho Winnsboro News and Herald
I says : " A gentlemen from this coun,
ty, who has triod successfully a remedy
for blind staggers amongst stock, says
that koroeeneoil poured in tho oars of
the animal will surely cure. Ho has
tried It soveral times and it cured in
every ease. Tho second application
will euro If tho first does not, and it is
not dangerous at all. Ho states that
Itho kerosene will open tho ducts connecting
tho brain with tho nostril and
hat roliof comes in a fow hours."
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