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o r-r---fy. . ^ . ? VOL. VIII. STICKS TO THE ALLIANCE. TIIjIJMAX'S FIN WCI AI, CIIKI3D. Ho lOiulot'Nos the Alliance Domain's Kxeopt llic Sub-Treasury?Will Not ltiiul Himself to the Democratic Caucus?His Formal entrance Into i National Politics. On April IS, (iovornor Tillman rocoivod a letter from Hon. Thomas 1*. | \ru .i.-n * - ivxiwuuii, cnairrnan 01 tho executive committee of the Fanners Alliance, enclosing the following questions, which ho had boon ordered by the Alliance to propound to all candidates for olllco in tlie gift of the people of South Carolina: " Firr' * Will von discuss tho Alliance domu'/.aln the coining campaign, particularly those relating to the finances of the country, and defend them against the enemies of our order. "Second. Will you pledge loyalty to the demands of the National Fanners Alliance and Industrial Union abovo loyalty to party caucus and vote against any and all candidates who decline to commit themselves to this extent ?" To this letter Covernor Tillman replied as follows : Columbia, s. Cm April 28, 185h. lion. Thomas l\ Mitchell, Woodward, s. C. Uoar Sir: In reply to your letter of April 18, 1 desire to say : 1 will discuss the principles and policy of the Alliance in the coming campaign and make myself clearly understood. I am a candidate for United States Senator, and if elected will vote on all questions as my conscience and judgdictate. But as 1 shall not, if elected Senator, represent myself but tho people, 1 would at all times obey tho instructions of tho party in the State to which I belong as set forth in its platform. Yours respoetfully, 13. li. Tillman. Yesterday Governor Tillman rocoiv cd the following letter from Mr. Mitcholl : Woodward, S. C., May 14, 1894. Hon. 14. R. Tillman. Columbia, S. C. My Dear Sir : Your letter in reply to the questions on tlio demands of the Alliance was duly received, and as i do not think y .nude your position as j clear as you might have done and pos- | sibly not as clear as you intended to do. | I respectfully submit them again for your consideration. I am sure you are with us in this matter and 1 hope you will come right out aud say so. lean assure you. with my knowledge of the sentiments of t he Alliance and those in sympathy with the Alliance, this course on your part will cement them together in one solid phalanx for your election to the United States Senate and we will roll up such a majority for you that General Sutler will not know ho was in the race. Hoping to hear from you by return mail favorably in regard to this matter, I am, sir, yours fraternally, Thos. P. Mitch icll, Chairman Kxoeutive Committee. To tho above ho replied as follows : COLUMHIA, S. C., May In, 1894. Hon. Thos. L\ Mitchell, Woodward, S. C. My Dear Sir : Your letter of yesterday received. As you ask for a prompt reply, 1 answer at once. Having been the recognized leader of the Reform party or faction in the State since its organization in April, 1880, and having UUUU VAM) |M UIIIMUHA'U iUIW I Ml I r> | H )Iv(JlJ in my speech at St. Louis lust October, Hud more recently in my interview of April 9th, ult., f did not go into details in answering your letter of April 18th because 1 thought it entirely unnecessary. 1 had no thought of keeping any opinions or policy I hold on j)ui)lic questions hidden?as 1 am not a straddler or dodger in politics or anything else. I will, therefore, answer as clearly as , I know how, in order to satisfy all who may care to know how I stand. Tho tlnanoial policy advocated by tho Alliance embraces three things: 1. The abolition of national banks, and tho issue of paper money direct by tho United States government. 2. The freo coinage of silver at tho ratio of U> to 1. M. Tho increase of the circulating mediums, gold, silver and legal tender greenbacks, to at least $50 per capita of population. Those fundamental idegs or demands are accompanied by the schome for a government system of banking, incorporating tho sub-treasury idea and tho lending of money to tho people at a low rato of interest. To tho three propositions set forth abovo I can and do give my earnest support and will strive, if elected Senator, to seo them incorporated into law and beeorTio tho Hxou policy of our government. 1 also jun advocato and light for all tho other "demands" oxcopt that 1 doubt tho wisdom or practicability of the government owning and running all railroads, telegraph and telephone lines. 1 will take occasion during the campaign 10 discuss hi i t-uose matters fully. The one essential point on which 1 differ with the Alliance is the lending of money to tho people. I could easily dodge behind the " or something hotter," if so minded, but my self-respect and my duty to the people who liavo?6hown such love and trust in my leadership will not allow me toqulbblc or shirk, whatever consequences may follow this avowal. I would ho unworthy of the honors they have conferred on 1110 in tho past and of all trust whatever if I did not como out boldly and toll them the truth. This is the more obligatory on 1110 now bocauso I am seeking to enter national polities. In 1892 F did not discuss national questions or oppose the incorporation of tho Oeala platform in tho State Dorhocratio platform in May because I saw thery was danger of our hotheaded Alliancemon splitting off into a third party -tho fatal blunder which caused Mr. Cleveland's nomination and well nigh destroyed the Alliance In all tho other Southern States. Had our example in South Carolina l>een followed in the other Southern States' Alliance ideas would bo tho predominant ones in all the South to-da,v and our national administration would not he controlled by allied mugwumps and Republicans and traitors. F am differently situated now, being a candidate fo'r the FJnitod States /Senate, and honesty compels that every one who votes for mo shall know how I stand. * I am unalterably opposed to tho national government lending anybody monoy. Tlio Alliance is not consistent when It demands the abolition of national banks on the ground that the 1 system is unjust and robs the people (in all of which 1 concur) for the bonelit of a privileged few and then turns v around and asks that the government lend money to the furmor under a similar system on the same terms. It is a ' transfer of a special privilege which ' should novor have hocn granted to any- * body, from the hanks to the holders of " eotton, wheat, &c., and cannot bo dofended, because two wrongs never make r ono right. J llut without going further into tho J argument, which can he amply dis- J cussed this summer, 1 must remind you that in spite of all our olTorts to J restore silver to its place, tho money * power has sueeeoded in its long ohor- c is'nod purpose of demonetizing it. This ' was accomplished through tho unwise ( leadership of those Southern Alliance- ' men who left the silver Democrats at * tho critical time to organize the Third ' party and enabled Cleveland's honoh- ( men to divide many Southern deloga ' turns and control others so that ho got ' the nomination in spite of his record J on silver. Now, as South Carolina set 1 her sisters a wise example in 1802, it is incumbent on her to repeat it in 1891. J It. is time to be formulating the platform and marshalling tho people for 1 1890. ' Abating not one jot or tittle of tho t demands which can bo defended and ^ upon which wo can go into the coun- { try in the hopes of carrying tho next , I'residential election, wo must ollm- j inato all radical and impracticable | schemes and appeal to the good souse ,, and enlightened solf-interest of the ^ groat American people. Too many is- v sues will only confuse and divide us j and wo cannot afford to palter about lending money on cotton and wheat when wt have not been able to prevent tho Lombard & Wall street combina- (l tion from accomplishing the enslave- ^ ment of tlic masses by tlie domonetiza- j tion of silver, and the banking system ,, which enables those thieves to control *t tne circulating medium at will. Let c us give battle to the enemies of liberty and prosperity among the masses under the llag of " free silver, more greenbacks and gold?all legal tender and all receivable for any and sill dues, private and public," and we have some , chance of winning. Leave methods of distribution and system of banking alone to be settlod after wo win the light on those issues. Now, as to voting against caucus control, I can readily and willingly promise to sustain this policy and vote on the lines 1 have indicated without regard to any caucus. The Northeastern Democrats have set us an example on that line, which will In; sullicieut excuse for all time. The Senate Democratic caucus has made concessions to local interests which have destroyed what little there was of 'tariff reform" is the Wilson bill. The goldbug Democrats of the House refused to caucus on the repeal of the Sherman law last summer. Eastern Democrats and Republicans alike ignore party lines and caucuses whou their interests arc at stake. It is time woof the South and West should do likewise. The ( caucus was a good thing as long as it . served to rob thoso sections; it becomes obsolete when justice is sought to he obtained through its agency. My dear sir, in conclusion, I hope I have made my position clear enough at last. If it shall unite and cement the Alliance in my support 1 shall he glad, but if not, I shall not complain and will cheerfully leave the matter of my election in the hands of my fellow ( citizens. If honored by their suffrages I will in the future, as in the past, stand by their rights and interests with all the power of mind and heart which I may possess. If they choose to retire mo to private life, i will as cheerfully abide their will. Respectfully, Li. K. TILLMAN. j, ^ g STILL IN TUB IUOE. t a l)r. Sunipson I'opo Declares His .\ l'm-posc to Slay in tho Field lor (. Governor. f Editor Uogistor : As the press of ^ the State luis (unwittingly of course) v created the impression that I have " retired from the race for Governor ' 1 desire to say to my Reform friends h that I havo not withdrawn and will o not do so. It may bo that I will be v unable to canvass the wholo State on t account of the great expense attached, v but I sliall appear at enough places to H give my views on all questions. I t< desire to state that I will carry my I' own county. That L havo enemies d hero I will not deny, but their corn- a bined strength is not sidliciont to do- h feat hie. The opposition to me hero is v personal entirely and is aided by a v hostilo press. t I shall make tho raeo within the i Democratic party and will give every h assistance to tho upbuilding and per- h petuating of that party which has in tho past redeemed us from carpet-bag a rule. a The other candidates are my por- a sonal friends and nothing shall he said * or done by me to destroy that friendship. When it becomes necessary for H mo to get ollico to slander or abuse my d opponents I shall not be a candidate, j1 1 desire ollico upon my own merit and t not upon the so-called demerit of those t opposing me. c I havo an abiding faith in tho justice H of the masses and I hnlievn t.hn.1. wh?n h tho time comes thoso leaders who aro $ attempting to dictuto who shall bo c oiootcd will bo rologatod to tho roar, t On my ontranco into public life in ^ 1884 it was said by tho loaders in this ii county that I would not get .'100 votes n for tho Logislaturo. The election came olT, with six candidates In tho Held, three to bo elected, 1 headed tho ticket. In 1880 I had the honor of SH receiving 1,224 votes out of 1,500 polled d with six in tho tiold and thut too when t all of tho candidates, oxcept myself, c made a canvass of the county. I men- fi tlon those things to show that loaders cannot control tho masses ovory time. Ii I hope for a similar result in this can- t vass. r Of my devotion to Reform principles v you are aware. I was present at tho t birth of the movement; I assisted in rocking its cradle in its infancy; 1 saw s it grow to maturity and sweep tho State from mountains to the seaboard. 1 Let its principles be perpetuated. 'J Respectfully, C Sampson Pope. f Nowberry, S. C., May 10, 1894. t CONWAY, THY I NO TO RHIIIR SKNATOK9. \ii Infamous Atlonipt to Defeat tlic TarilV Dill?An lOx-Carpet Da^trcr tVom South Carolina Offers the Toinptat ion. <pvuiul to The News and Courier. Washington, April 15.?Bribery of ,wo members of the United States Jenate has boon attempted. An luthorizod announcement of this sen... . : i r 4 l- a i mi ituuiiiii laoi- was mane w>-uuy. i no Senators approached wore 1 lunton. of /irginia, and Kyle, of South Dakota. LMio object of this proposed purchase >f votes was the defeat of the ponding iriif bill. Evor slnoe the tariff fight )ogan in the Senate there have been raguo rumors floating around thoCapi,ol corridors and committee rooms to the dToct that the protocted interests nro)osed to spend hundreds of thousands of lollars, and millions, if necossary, to >rcvCnt the passage of the tariff bill vith its income tax amendment. Susplciou has rested upon more than >no Democratic Senator, although it las boon almost impossible to find any liroet and convincing proofs of thoir ielding to temptation in this partimlar. To-day, for the first timo, Sonator lunton, of Virginia, informed some of tis Senatorial colleagues that a man tamed C. W. Buttz, of South Dakota, lad olfercd to pay $26,000 for his vote bgainst the tariff hill. Senator Million was naturally greatly niortlfiod hat anyonoshoula for a single moment ( magino that his vote on that or any ithor moasuro is purchasable, bonce 10 was reluctant to have Llic fact that , ic had boon approached indirectly each the public. The following story of healTair was repeated by a Senator who , vasconsulted on the subject by Senator lunton. It appears that Mr. Butt/., , dio is remembered in South Carolina ,s a member of the earpot-bag govornnont prior to 187(1, has for a number >f years past resided in Dakota. Since lie tar ill lights began in the Senate 10 has been in Washington frequently, ,nd ho has shown a keen interest in he fate of the pending bill. He I U 1 HID 111IV Li 1113 11311 ItlSU II hi UUI'tiHII IJ VI !S 1 ioss interests in Now York, unci that i , million dollars if necessary will be 'xpendod by said interests to prevent ho passage of the tariff bill. Mr. luttv. did not submit his proposition lireeUy to Senator llunton, but went o War ronton, Vn., the home of Senaor llunton, and submitted the proinsition to the luttor's son. The eor espondeneo that has passed hotweon . nther and son onntho subject is in oxstenee and will probaby come out in ) he Congressional investigation that is ikoly to follow. It is said that Mr. . bitty, offered to give the younger Hun- ] on $25,000 if his father could bo inueed to vote against the bill. Young llunton promptly resented ho attempt to dishonor his father's . ood name, and at once notified the ienator. Senator llunton was deeply , notrifieil that any one should suspect hat his vote was for sale on any ques- ion, and he promptly consulted some f his porsonal friends on the subject, lo win advised to ignore the matter | nd dismiss it without further notice. ( 'he mere intimation that he might be pen to such a proposition, oithor ircctly or indirectly, was so repulsive :> him that he quietly commenced an , ivostigation to ascertain who is boind Mr. Butty. in this dishonorable i'unsaction. In the courso of his in- ' estigatlons Senator llunton discov- j red that Senator Kylo had also been j pproaohed by the same man on the t ame business. It appears that Mr. 1 bitty, was not ( isfmiri.iriwl liv lilu 11 iwiii'ihucfnI "> "J "" | o contiiminato the Hunton family and ] urncd Ins attention to Senator Kyle, he l'opulist member from South )akota, who was a Congregational 11 mister beforo ho entered tho Senate. , Ienator Kyle did not lose his temper j /hon Mr. Butt/ called upon him and iTored to guarantee him a snug sum if ie would vote against tho bill. Tho ienator was shrewd enough to realize hat ho might need a witness to such , transaction, so he politely referred < Ir. Butt/to thu cleric of the Senate | ommittoo of education, his personal , riend and private secretary. To Mr. < leFarlano Mr. Butt/ stated that lie nis authorized to enter into financial cgotiations with Senator Kyle or his epresentativo for his voto against the (ill. Ho explained that ho ropresentd a business syndicate that would bo billing to spend $1,000,000 to defeat he pending bill; lie added that it muId bo worth at least $150,000 to ienator Kyle or his friend if the Sonaor voted to defeat tho bill. Mr. Mc'arlano endeavored to extract more etailed information from Mr. Butt/ s to his responsibility and tho interest iO claimed to represent. In this he ras not successful, for Mr. Butt/ was cry cautions and declined to betray hose for whom ho claimed to bo aotng. IIo was at tbo Capitol yesterday :>oking for Senator Kyle, but thu latter 4 at presont absent from the city. These circumstances were whisporod round the Sonato ohamlier to-day, nd tho friends of Senators Hunton nd Kyle aro insisting that tho matter hall bo probed to the very bottom. It is said that other Democratic UnatAM V 1 rwiinwnn IM?VU UUUII Oj/JM UilCIHUI j ireetly or indirectly on tho name sub- t oct, und in more than one instance | lie propositions have been submitted | o tiie Senators by women who flguro ( ohspicuouslv in Washington socioty. t ionator Butler remarked to-day that ( ie had hoard it stated that as high as i 300,000 had been offered for Demoratio votes against the bill. Thus far here are no proofs that any of tho lonators havo violdod to temptation ' n spite of tho desperate oiTorts being } nauo by tho opponents of tho bill. pccial to Atlanta Journal. ' WASHINGTON, I). C., May 10.? ' Ionator I .edge, of Massachusetts, to- ' ay introduced in tho Sonato a resolu- 1 ion of investigation in regard to the ' harges which havo boon made of n'ibory and attempted bril>ory of ! lonators in connection with tho tariff ill. This is tho llrst official rocognl- ( loit that has l>oon taken of tho many I umors and of tho much talk with irhich the air of Washington has boon hick for a couple of months. j A New York newspaper' prints a i tory that Senators Ilunton, of Vir- t finia, and Kylo, of South Dakota, havo i >eon approached with offer of bribes. ] Cho story is that a formor roombor of i Jongrcss from South Carolina ap- i >roachod Sonator llunton's son and 1 old him that $25,000 would bo pivop if 1 8. C., THURSDAY, IV tho Senator voted against tho tariff bill. Senator Kyle is said to have boon otTorod through his elork $15,000 for a like voto. There seems to bo no doubt that such offers were made, but whether there is anything at tho bottom of them is doubtful. Tho man who made y tho offer has no standing, according to all accounts. lie gave the son of . ( Senator ilunton and the clerk of Sena- , tor Kyle to understand that ho repre- ?t sonts a largo syndicate of manufacturors who are determined to defeat tho tarilT and aro willing to spend ,v I.......... I........I.. 4... 11.!. 1 ml. t< Itiwiivij uti-guij !/?? till!) UUII. I III) Illiin w name is understood to bo Buttz. Ha V' was ono of tho carpetbag members of Congress from South Carolina aftor ( ' tho war, l)ut now claims Dakota as his 'V homo. People from that section of ' 1 tho country who know him say that ho 11 is without standing, and that ho could sl not command a hundred dollars. Tho other charge that Lodge pro- ,l poses to investigate is tho one made , by tho Philadelphia Press day before a. yesterday, that the sugar trust has ,l control of the Senate committee on I1,' finance, and had so far fixed tho tariff as they desired, and would continue to r.1 do so. Thoro is no truth in this .. charge, which has boon bandied about ' tho lobbies of tho capitol so long that it is shop worn and much frayed at w, tho edge. Lodge's resolution went over until tomorrow. It has caused a great deal of talk. It looks as if the intent of it ,u is to embarrass tho Democratic Son- !V ators who are endeavoring to give tho country a bill reducing tariff taxation. _1 Its evident animus detracts very much from tho intluonce which it would otherwise have. Washington, 1). C., May 17.?Tho HV Senate to-day adopted the I^odge resolution, providing for an investiga- jn Lion of the reported attempted bribery >f Senators I tun ton of Virginia, and y, Kyle of South Dakota, to induce them y, to vote against the tariff bill, and also tho newspaper assertion that the sugar trust has undue iniluonco on the members of tho finance committee in shaping tho sugar schedule of the hill, flic scope of the resolution was extend- "I Lid to an investigation of tho news- ''' paper reports that some members of 'j! the finance committee have been 00 41.... I 4-.!.. .1- .. - " >ljui ill CUI UUII SIOCKS, HIO JU'lOO l"" if which was affected by the com- Ja mi Hoe's action. The cominittco which will make the J1,1 investigation has not boon named yet, '*( though it is expected that it will be vv< mnounced by the Vico-1 'resident this ',l iftornoon or to-morrow. The proceedngs of the committee will, of course, J'l< ittract a great deal of attention at east, for a while. That they will be as ittondod by any very sensational Htt levolonmonts, is not very likely. There is apparently nothing in the at- Va tempted bribery of Huntonund Kyle, "? except that a well and not favorably V1 mown character about Washington j)a lid make a blulT in that direction. 'a This man represents nobody. He :ould not command three and a quarter as lollars inside of three days and a half. sa :Io made seine $30,000 when he was a :arpet-bag member of the House from South Carolina for one term, but he ias nothing now. an As to the other branch of the invostl- 'u Ration, that will bo found to bo about a iqual in results. There has been a IUi jroat deal of talk about the influonco a.n if the sugar trust and about speculat- 1,11 ng Senators. Tliore has not been, lowovor. one thing in proof atlirma- ' .ive in the talk. The talk had its 'ni irigin in quarters that are hostilo to 'ol .arilT reform, and has been indulged "V n for the purpose of hstructing that oform. or The Senators who have been named HU is being unduly influenced are more H*"' ,han anxious for an investigation. It f * ivill be found that Lodge, instead of Iring a Columbiad us lie thinks, has or limply lot off a pop-gun. Wl _ ah m . m si, A Notaijle Maukiage.?The re- no jont marriage at Coburg, the capital tr< ?f Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, of the Grand by Duke of Hesse and the Princess Molita, wl if Saxo-Coburg, both of them grand- foi iu...... r\?? i - > /iiikiiuii 111 yuuun v iciorni, in OI 111- 1 I iorost, as illustrating tho close ties tli ihut now unite nearly all the royal th louses of Europe. Queen Victoriahon- dii >red tho occasion with her presence, II< tnd the marriage took place in her a|>- ch irtincnts in the palace of her son, the fal Duke of Edinburgh, who is the reignng Prince of Saxe-Cobu rg-Goth a. by rhero wore present a distinguished lii: jompany of monarchs and princes. At on he right of tho altar was tho Emperor in William, of Germany, a grandson of M< -ho Queen ; to the left, her daughter, loj ,ho Empress Frederick, tho Prince of Wales, and the Czarowitch, who is toon to wed tho Princess Alix, a grandlaughter of the Queen. In the second ine was tho Duko of Connaught tho Tl: Juoon's son, and Princess Honry, of < Prussia, another of her granddaugh- 1 ,ors. It will bo reinemberod that the vife of tho Puke of Edinburgh, now go, ilso of Saxo-Coburg-Gotha, is the only in lister of the Czar of Russia, and that th ,ho wife of tho Grand Duko Sorgius, on irothor of tho Czar, is a sister of the Princoss Alix, who, as has been al- mi eady stated, has jurit been betrothed sei -o tho Czar's son. A triple bond, there- th ore, unites tho reigning families of hu England and Russia. Thoy aro further su jonnoctod by the fact that the Czar lie, ind Princo of Wales married sisters? St laughters of tho King of Denmark.? pa Baltimore Sun. or ?An important transaction of tho JV1 general conference of the Methodist , episcopal Church South was tho chang- '"J ng of tho licensing of preachers from wt no quarterly eonrorenco to the dis- ?" ,rlot conference. Ilerotoforo tho . iroachors have boon licensed by tho w, luarterly conference after having pass5(1 an oxainination upon the required itudies and having l>eon endorsed by die church to which they belongod. Henceforth they will bo endorsed by Va ,hoir church, rocommondod by tho . luartorly conference, and after having iinssed tho required examination, bo iconsod by tho district conference. ^ ?Col. Joseph Mooro, woll Kiuwrn ca among United States soldiers as tho ce man who planned and constructed all >f tho pontoon bridges usod by Slier- hu man on his inarch to tho sea. died at ti< his homo in Indianapolis a few days c( ago. no wont to the front as Liouton- d( ant Colonol of tho 58th Indiana. Ho ti bridged tho Chattahoochlo Ulvor thir- iz teen times. ti I AY 24, 1894. WAS TIIIC DKXOCIl \T SOLD? Miter CrowH CliarKt'H Hon IVrr; Willi Soiling Out tli?' Itclot titers ii ISO'*] niul llwit (\iuKri,'Miuaii Slid Was mi Accessory ?Slidl Denies I In Story ho I'm1 us He is Concerned uiu Clmlleii?es l*root*. ram the I.nureusville Herald. Some tlmo during tho eiunpaien o M>2, Hon Perry, as business managei "the Greenville Deinoerat, delihor toly sold the columns of that papoi dthough it was then posing as tin ,oform organ for Groonvillo County > the anti-Ueforin and anti-Alliano* uididatcs?Messrs. Johnstone, Hemp ill and Hrawloy?and opposed tin mdidaoy of Messrs. Latimer, Ktrai id Stokes. At this time we were it dinnie MeLaurin's district champion ig his candidacy for Congress. As ion as we learned these facts we wrote letter to candidate Stokes, who was , that time editor of the Cotton I'lant ,*i111 Mr. Howdon as assistant editor) id acquainted him with all the facts . the same time urging upon him tin icessity of exposing it in the Cotter lant. Capt. Shell planned this bar lin and sale and wrote the letters tr en Perry which consummated it, and 10 checks sent were enclosed in a lotr written by Capt. Shell ! We alsi rote Capt. Shell telling him of what e had heard and admonishing him ol ic danger to which he was subjecting u; candidacy of the lteform and Aliiice candidates. To this letter wc ivor received a reply ; but meeting iptain Shell on the train going to ilumbia on Monday morning after the unpaign meeting hero on Saturday, e asked him if he received our letter id why he did not reply, and he gave mo kind of excuse for failing to anfor our letter, hut did not attempt to my thut he had acted the part of an termed inter between Messrs. Johnone, llomphill and Hrawloy?stating at ho had only sent the checks at eir request, etc. Washington, 1). C., May id. > tho Editor of the (IreonviLe News. In your issue of Saturday, the 12th st., thoro appeared a most oxtraor nary revolution quoted from the iiircnsvillc Herald charging me with aspiring with H. F. Perry and others hocuro the defeat of certain lloform ndidates for Congress in the election 1892. The chargo i denounce as inmously false and demand tlio proof. >r the truth or falsity of the report I mid respectfully refer all concerned Messrs. Johnstone, Hemphill and awley and if they had any trunsac>n or bargain with Mr. Perry and I id any hand in its consumation such stated by the Herald editor, let them y ho. If Mr. I'orry over supported any ndidato for tinancial reasons I was no way concerned in it, but have a rid recollection of supporting his iper to the tune of two hundred (loirs under an arrangement made with her reformers, and I remember quite woll to have paid every dollar of id contribution out of my own pock; and not one cent was ever eonibuted by any one to mo as "mediar" to assist Mr. Perry in defeating y candidate. Capt. Leonard Wilims, of Greonviilo city?as honorablo man as lives?was hook keeper and unagor for the Greenville Democrat, <1 will testify that no such trunsacm ever occurred as stated by the oruld editor. On one occasion Captain Perry wrote s that Mr. Johnstone had subscribed r $">U worth of his papers and asked o to collect and remit the money to m which I did, without knowledge intimation as for what purpose the bscription was made other than ited, as it was none of my business, inpportod Mr. Perry's paper because was rccogni/.ed as a staunch ltoform gan, and until the election of 1892 is accepted hh orthodox. TMo |Horl'seditor has indulged in wonderful onco, to say nothing of his oliurity, t to have revealed so wicked and sacherous a transaction as described him at an earlier day, especially ion ho is one of the champions of Komi, and one of my worst enemies. 10 statement of the Herald's editor at 1 did not attempt to deny to hiin at I acted the part of an interineutor" between Messrs. Johnstone, jmphill and Bruwloy, and had sent ecks at " their request" is utterly so. 1 would furthor challenge tho proot another individual in South Uarola when and to whom I ever wrote o line, or gavo a single expression favor of tho election of either ossrs. Johnstono, Hemphill or llraw/. Very respectfully, G. VV. SlIKLL.. HOW IT WHili MS DONG. io IVoli iI>i(ionists are Organizing 'or the StipprcNHion ol' Hie lilquor Truffle. Mr. T. J. LaMotto, &fColumbia, a rognizod leader of tho prohibitionists that city, has boon interviewed by o Columbia Journal, and his views tho situation are given follows : "Tho Rrohibitionists are by no aans inactive as the newspaper men qui so anxious to make it appear and e public to boliovo. Organizations Lvini' fr?r f.linir iinnninl niihi?\un ?!.? r> - ?"? ?/ ? ppression of tho illogal tratlic in luor now prevailing throughout tho ate liavo boon per footed in various ,rts of tho Stato. Thoy comprise disoot, earnest citizens heretofore idenied with tiio Prohibitionists' movoant. Such organizations exists in unter, Lancaster and Columbia. They oposo to use every lawful means lother supplied by the ordinances or itutos of force which can be brought bear upon tho otTonders. The places noro it is alleged liquor is being sold o being brought under tho obsorva>n of the organization, and tho nocesry steps will be taken to securo ovi:nco which it is believed will in all wJOU \ UM *'? a/v/tii.... -4 1 ova w nuiuv;iUlJU Ml OUUUI U UUI1V KJUUIl. /ory citizen should understand that the viow of thoso upon whom this 3rk 1ms boon devolved they arc [uu.llv interested In the suppresslor violations of law and they will be died upon to bear their part of the uninon obligation. "Those who visit those places and istain by their patronage tnoso violar>ns of law may reasonably bo expect I to bo required to furnish such ovi mco as thoy havo of tho fact of viola on, and it is tho pur]a>so of tho organ ation to inako use of information it tat way as well as in any other bj which it can ho made available to accomplish the suppression of the liquor >' trallic. It need not he expected that J the I'rohihitionists, us that term is un' derstood to refer to those who have I heretofore been organized in the L'roI hibitlon movement, propose to assume ' to themselves alone the burden of this - fltfht against the saloon in which ever} citizen of South <Jarollna Is equally in1 to res ted. Our idea is that all must be " made to bear the full responsibility 1 which attaches to him as a citizen, and so far as wo are concerned wo propose I to assign tho share which belongs to those who are aiding and eountonanoillff bv theic itn.trniift.crn this vtnln.f.inn <?f law to take that part which properly belongs to them. 1 "The municipal authorities will bo furnished with evidence upon which \ they can apply the proper municipal penalties against tho violators, and in * addition to that those violators will ' have the opportunity of testing whoth' or the grand and petit juries of the ' country are, as they claim that they are, in league with them to defeat tho 1 operations of law. " I am satisfied that the law is being ' violated to a certain extent in Columbia, but from my personal observation and from information I do not believe ' that liquor is being sold to anything J like the extent to which it was sold from tho time when tho Hold was thrown open by Governor Tillman's assurance that lie would not interfere 1 with it, immediately after tho first decision of tho bupromo Court up to the ' time of the proclamation issued by Mayor Sloan. Many of those who were responsible and reputable who engaged in the tralllj under tho supposition that they could do so lawfully without license seemed to have b ?oo ne so far ' satisfied by the recent decision on that point that they have gone out of the business, and the business is now conlined mainly to irresponsible parties ! ' acting for themsolves or others, who ' are willing to take the risks involved for the money there is in it. " Of course those who are moving in ' this matter are not anxious to enter ' into this fight if it can ho avoided; they would much prefer that the men t who are thus openly violating the law s and defying the public sentiment on < this subject should in view of all of the ? consequences desist from doing so, but 1 they may rest assured if the evil con- I unites tiiiii, it is tho determined pur- ' poso of those thus organized against It I to uso ovory moans within their power to establish tho supremacy of law and < order in this State." < .JI2FF1CIIHONIAN IIUMOOUAOY. < The Pretensions ol* the Georgia Populists?A Pull State Ticket, is Put In the Piehl. < The l'opulists of Georgia hold a a convention last week in Atluuta, which included a number of negro delegates. A State ticket was nominated with .Judge .lames K. Nines , for Governor. The preamble of tho platform is its follows : " We, the People's party of tho Stiite of Georgia, believe in tho principles of government promulgated and | expounded by Thomas JelTorson, and wo announce our resolute adherence to the principles laid down by tho groat } Southern statesmen, who, at tho be- ( ginning of our political history, com- ( batted the schemes of the Pastern money power, as outlined by Alexan- ' dor llamiliton, and who predicted tho ruin which would fall upon this conntry when concentrated wealth should } dictate its legislation. Wo oppose, as | ho did, the perpetuation of tho public debt and the policy of issuing non-taxable interest-bearing bonds, whereby a largo portion of the concentrated ' wealth of tho land reaps a harvest from tho taxing of the unprivileged. ' We oppose, as ho did, the national ] banks as being of deadly hostility to tho spirit of our republican instisu- ' tions. I " Wo boliovo, as he did, in tho free ! and unlimited coinage of silver and tho issue of treasury notes to increase i tho volume of currency when tho necessities of business demand more ' money. Like him, we boliovo in a progressive income tax to discourage < tho extensive concentration of wealth I and to compel our selfish millionaires I to contribute to tho support of the 1 ffnvammanl ...l.I-.i. ? * - . l i nu.vi ?>11UUI/ rruioil (iniHiClS tnUtTl. 1 L?ko him, wo i)oliovo thut tho lifo of this i republic doponds upon tlio purity of < elections and obodionco to tho will of J the majority. Wo hereby renow our unqualified 1 endorsement of tho national platform ' of tho l'eoplo'a party; and wo favor, 1 in tho Statu of Uuorgia, tiio following' reforma : The platform then declares i in favor of tlio abolition of tho pro- < sent Stato convict system ; for furnish- | ing primary Hchool books by tlio State ; < for tho Australian ballot law; atul l against tiio acceptance of free passes < by public otllciais. I '1 ho platform contains no roforenco ( to tho govornmeut ownership of rail- ] ways and toiegraphs. Tho full Stato ticket is as follows: < Governor, .laines K. IIines ; Secretary ( of Stato, A. L. Nance; Comptroller | General, W. It. Kemp ; Attorney Gon- | oral, J. E. B. MahafTey; Treasurer, C. t M. Jones; Commissioner of Agriculture, James Barrett. ( Tho convention adopted a resolution thanking tho Atlanta Constitution and tho Atlanta Commercial which , "though differing with us in politics, have given fair and impartial reports of tho proceedings of tho convention.'* ( ?It has boon suggested that at the coining primary election, thoro bo a separate box in which to vote for candidates for tho United States Senate, just as the people voted on the question j of prohibition two years ago. It seems thut this would be a good idea, says the Yorkvillo Enquirer. Each candidate for tho Legislature may be pledged to vote for tho Senatorial candidate who receives tho majority of tho votes ..f V.lu ?/A.?rO.? ...wl ?K .... *1- 1 vi Ilia vuunuj, I/linn LIH- people miiy | have tho assurance that tho various ( candidates?thoso for tho United States ( Senate as well as those for tho Stato Legislature aresquaroly on their own , merits. Otherwise wo may look for serious complications. I ?The Aiken Journal and Review . says that during a thunder shower ro. cently a gun belonging to Ren Me. (Jlnne, colored, which was loaded and . standing in a closet in his house, was . discharged, it is supposed by lightning ! 'or oloctricity as it was thundoring and f lightning at tho time, i - --- NO 45. stati: m:\vs i\ hiiikf. Iiiternnt Iiik Notos IVom Various Sourcos. rv?. ...... i. . .v?%/ua ^uuuiij IKW QUVUI1 UUU* didates in tlio Hold already and many more not yet out of the shell. The Governor has olTerod a roward of $100 for the detection of G. T. Jennings, of Laufens, Who escaped from the jail In that city rocently. ?Prof. K. S. Joynes, of tho South Carolina College, will deliver the annual oration before tho students of the Prosperity high school on tho night of .1 lino 0. ?Prof. J. I. Clcland has resigned the presidency of Clinton College. Under tho management of President Clcland the col logo has made very marked progress. ?Judge Mitchell, of Lexington, will enter the race for Congressional honors, in the new Seventh District. Tho Judge is an ardent Uoformor, and believes in the Alliance demands. -J. Hondrix McLano, who was at one time quito prominent in Statu politics, is desperately ill in Columbia. It is said that he has consumption and his condition is such that his life is despaired of. ?The LMshopvlllo Guards have been ordered to turn over their arms and accoutrements to the quartermaster, and from this action it is generally inferred that Tilliuan Intends to disband the company. ?Governor Tillman has ordored a court of Inquiry into tho action of the military that refused to go to Darlington. Two Tillmanites and two Conservatives compose the court, which will convene on tho 22d inst. at Charleston. ? ino uovernor has commuted the sentence of Loin It. Ilaynos, a whito man, who was convicted of killing John It. Ilaynos in Marion County. Ilaynos was to have boon hanged, but Solicitor lohnston advised that tho sentence diould bo life linprisoniuont. ?Captain Kholl says thoro is not tho slightest probability that ho will roconjidor his determination to retire from Congress at the oonoluslon of his present term. He is unite satisfied with his career in tho House, and he looks forward with pleasure to the time when ho can return to tho comforts of his plantation. ?It has been suggested that on the occasion of the proposed picnic of the Citadel cadets at Kind's Mountain, some distinguished educator of the State bo invited to deliver an address >11 the subject of the famous battle that was fought there. Tho Yorkvillo Knouiror says that Rev. Dr. U. Lathan, of l)ue West, is the best equipped man in the State to tell the story. ?J. T. Knox, a whito man, who moved to Newberry about a year ago from Greenville, was mortally wound* cd on the loth inst. in an alTray with IPenry IMostor, a negro, who shot him in the right side, and then t>eat Knox with his own gun, besides stamping him in the mouth after he fell to the ground. Knox died two days afterwards, and tho negro made his oscapc| ?An enorgetlc effort is now being made to raise funds wherewith t> 3root a monument at Camden to tho [noinorv Of the lllte f!nn Tnahn.iK n ? ..V.,#.. ?UI , diaw, tho noblo soldier ami able jurist, rbo mayor of Camdon has appointed Mr. S. A. Murphy of Chester as tho collecting agent of tho monument fund ind all subscriptions sent to him will :x> thankfully received and properly wcknowledgod. ?Judge Frasor holds in a recent dej vision that the liability of a stockholder in a corporation created under >ho laws of Soutli Carolina does not expend to liabilities against corporations for tautj or wrongs. The caso was ihat of a man injured by a railroad corporation which afterwards became nsolvcnt. The Judge decides that lad there been a note or money duo in iny manner the stockholders would lave been liable for the statutory am)unt. ?Tho ordinance passed by the city >f Charleston, under an act of the Legislature of South Carolina, by which iho Postal Tologrph Company is cornlollod to nay yearly license of $UOO for easiness done exclusively in that city, s valid and tlie license collectable, according to tho decision of the United Hates Supremo Court, announced by Justico Shims. The decision afUrmed iho judgment of tho Circuit Court of iho United States for tho District of South Carolina. ?Tho Liopublican exocutive committee of the Stute was in session last week at Columbia. Tho most important thing done was tho appointment tiuuiuiuivifuu, consisting or lfrayton, Pordhatn, Dickinson and Webster, to leviso moans for testing tho oloction laws of South Carolina as thoy now it and in tho courts. This committco proposes to bring a tost case in tho State Supremo Court or in tho United States Court to tost tho constitutionality of tho Stnto election laws. Thoy propose to establish a fund for tho purpose and employ able counsel to make the tost. ?Tho South Carolina railway property has boon sold by tho first mortgage bondholders committco to a now corporation, with a capital stock of DOO.OOU, ontitlod tho South Carolina and Goeri/ia rallroiid ?mi v... ntf uivii r* ill ixi controlled by Charles I'arsons and associates. All past duo coupons will bo paid in cash. Thoro will bo a now 5 nor cent, first mortgage for $5,250,000. L'ho present reorganization is entirely in the interest of the first mortgage bond holders, who bought the road for 11,000,000. The rumor is again rovlved that the present purchase of the road Is really in the interest of the Louisville and Nashville. ?A wholesale shedding of blood was narrowly averted in Spartanburg on the 10th inst., and had it not boon for the tiinoly arrival of the police soveral persons would have boon cut or shot to pieces. Tom Harmon, erazod by drink, ontorod the steam laundry, whore the employes woro ongagod in work, and with an eighteen inch bladoil knife commenced cutting and slashing promiscuously. The employes fled to what they thought were safo quarters, but Tom soon routed them out of their hiding place and put them at flight. Several policemen came in the nick of time and promptly arrested him. He had on his person a dangerous looking pistol.