The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 31, 1894, Image 1
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iiuaajtiiiai tfi ?ibii1 ii >am jmniwn mi'ii4BWm>o
ANSWERING THE ALLIANCE.
llUTIilOlt'S VII0WS AS TO TIILO DKMANDS.
lie is Heady to Discuss Public Issues
?('uncus Cannot Itiiul His Con- |
science?The Sub-Treasury a Hack 1
Number?Opposed to ( overumriii .
..i I I.I- k.lllllliltlN 1IIK1
Telegraphs?Favors an Iiicdiuc Tax
and Hoponl of llio Hank l'a\.
[Senator llutlcr has replied to tho
questions propounded by tho Farmers'
All iauco, and undor date of May lii^
IS'.M. he sends tho following answer to
Mr. T. 1*. Mitchell, chairman executive
committoo of tho State Alliance.
Tho questions and "demands" aro
omlttyt|hy us, hocause thoy aro ul ready
kuowt'.r,fOiir roadors, and wo give tho
reply of Senator I hitler to tho questions
asked :[
Taking up tho questions of your letter
in thoir order, 1 bog to say in re- (
spouse to the lirst, 1 will discuss any
public question tho people may desire
to have dismissed, and as the "linaneos
of tho country" aro legitimate and (
proper subjects for discussion, 1 will .
discuss thorn with pleasure and without
reserve. I will refer more fully to ,
the last point of your inquiry, whether ,
I will "defend them against tho ,
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viiuiiuvo wi VMU ^jr wui J VM uui ) ? IIUI1 I j
coino to discuss the Alliance platform.
I don't quite understand, however, ,
whether you mean to ask ine whether .
I will defend the " tinances of the !
country " aguinst the enemies of your j
order, or the " linances of the country " .
as proposed by the Alliauco. I assume ]
you mean the latter.
Keplying to your second question, I j
hiflfcto say that in my political life I
hJvo never allowed any caucus, or
society, or organization, to bind my '
conscience, and shall not do so in the '
future. Caucuses, or societies, or organizations
of any kind, which seek J
to bind the political conscience of any
free American citizen, are in my iudg- t
inent, inimical to that freedom of con- .
science and political action, so essential J
to the preservation of free republican f
institutions. I have attended many j
caucuses of the Democratic party, to
which 1 belong : I have never heard (
the suggestion that any man's con- (
science, or political action should be t
bound by thorn. I never will so sur- |
render my individual judgment as to .
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uu uudim uj Jillv caucus. i mil loyui (
to tho principles of tho Democratic (
party, and shall ma'utain that loyalty ]
so long as it adhores to principles I |
think conducive to the best interests
of tho pcoplo, not a day longer. 1 '
have boon under tho impression that
tho Farmers Allianco was not a politlcal
organization, hut an 44 Industrial '
Union ' for the protection of the farm- ^
ers against impositions from other
soure.es. I do not believe in socrot
political organizations, we had a sad
experience some years ago with them.
Whatever concerns the political wol- ^
fare of our people should ho open to
the fullest, freest, most public discussion.
In order to prevent impositions
on tho people, the light must be turned v
on from all points of view. 1 recognize
no master in this country, except the j
people. Caucus rule should not be allowed
to usurp the rule of the people. (
I will, therefore, say I will pledge my |
loyalty to the demands of the Alliance, ^
so far as they meet the demands of my H
judgment and I cannot hold them above *
loyalty to party caucus, because I make
no pledges to " party caucuses," and ,
clony the right of " party caucuses, or
any othor caucuses tc command pledges j
from me to surrender my conscience
and judgment to its dictation.
Coming now to tiio demands, permit
mo to say, by way of pro face, that there '
seems to bo a very grave misupprehension
in tho minds of some people as to '
tb.o power of a caucus over its mom- '
bors. 1 have attended Democratic .
caucuses since 1 have been in tho Senate,
but nobody ever dreamed of bind- *'
ing any member of the caucus to vote
against bis judgment. For instance, |
Democrats and [Republicans dilTor
widely among themselves on linancial '
quostions. A caucus is held for con- t
sultaton and linancial topics are discussed,
but in the Senate and I louse
each man votes as his judgment dietates
; some may favor the free and un- j1
limited coinage of silver at one ratio <
or another; ^soino may favor the sub- {
treasury plan of the Alliance, and
after a consultation in caucus they vote JJ
for or against either proposition, when j
the occasion arises. Nobody is bound
by the caucus unless ho chooses vol- !
untarily to be so bound. No oaths are <.
administered, no pledges exacted, as a #
requisite of party fealty. If there wore, .
I would never attend a caucus.
In regai d to demand " first" of tho
Alliance, I will say that the sub-treas- 1
ury plan has been abandoned because |
it was found to be impracticable and
unconstitutional, and therefore it is
unnecessary to discuss it. In my judgment
a " better system " would be attaiued
by tho repeal of tin; 10 percent,
tax on Sta'o banks of circulation, and
I trust thai tho Alliance will take that I
up and make it one of the "demands." i ^
I cannot, of courso discuss thisproposi- 1
tion length in this connection, hut '
take the liborty of handing you one of
my speeches delivered in the Senate 1
at tho last extra session, in which I. H
have attempted to elaborate the argu- (
mont in favor of tho repeal, and beg v
you to do me the favor to examine it. *
J think you will Hnd that if this tax I
should be repealed wo would havo " a '
safe, sound, (loxiblo currency," and 1
enough of it. v
I favor "tho freoand unlimited coin- c
age of silver and gold at tho present 1
legal ratio of 16 to 1," and advocated 1
it in Congress before tho Allianco was I
organized, and am gratified to know c
that tho Alliance has adopted my plat- *
form on this subject. 1
Fifty dollars per capita is not too }
much currency for a country like ours,
but the trouble with our present li- (
nuncial system is not so much tho per H
capita amount of currency as tho un- 1
equality of its distribution. Some see- B
tions of tho country havo much moro
than $.">0 per capita, while in our sec- '
, tion, I doubt if we havo $2 per capita. 1
If in our State wo could bo guaranteed (
$20 per capita, if so much was neces- 1
nary for transaction of our business, 1 (
would compromise on that ; wo should \
then have about$20,000,000 of currency '
in circulation in South Carolina, whereas
I doubt if wo now havo $2,000,000.
If, by tho repeal of tho 10 per cent,
tax, the States should bo permitted to
authorize banks of circulation, wo t
should havo just so much currency as (
> our local wants requlro, and no more,? |
but we should have enough. i
/
I favor an income tax uml shall luivo
an opportuuty of voting for it in tho
that the Alliance was opposed to tho
farther increase of tho 44 bondod debt"
of the government and 1 agree with
the Alliance in that proposition. The
government could not pay cash for the
one hundred and ninety odd thousand
miles of railroads, and the vast mileage
of telegraph and telephones. The rato
of taxat ion necessary to raise the cash
would destroy the people, and tho only
pending tariff hill. 1 concur in 44 tho
demand that the money of the country
should bo kent as much as possible in
the hands of the people, and that all
national and State revenues shall bo
limited to the necessary expenses of
the government, economically administered."
This is good, sound doctrine,
and I heartily subscribe to it.
I can see no objection to 44 postal saving
banks," although a measure of that
kind would he largely tentative in this
country, and should be adopted with
caution and circumspection.
The second general demand, as to
the public lauds, is sound and in accordance
with true Domocr&tic principles.
The third general demand, 44 that
the government should own and operate
the railroads in the interest of the
people," and that 41 the telephone and
telegraph should be owned and operated
in the interest of the people"
would in my judgment, be impolitic
ind unwise. 1 have always understood
ilternativo to put the government in
)wnershipof the railroads, telegraphs
md telephones would be to issue eight
trillions of bonds to buy the railroads,
ind nobody knows how many millions
to buy the telegraph and telephone
systems of the country. Is the A11imeo
prepared to urge the creation of
meh a bonded debt upon the present
md future generations, and thereby
lerpotuate the national banking system
indefinitely? If so, I cannot go
with it. The government now has control
and supervision of the railroads by
tnd through the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and the experiment has
lot realized tho expectations of its
'fiends. Tho ownership of the rail oads
in despotic governments is justiied
on the ground that thej are miliUI'V
necessities fill* the mmiil muliiliiu.
.ion and transportation o/ armies. It
ias not redounded to tho interest of
.he people, for freight rates are 50 per
:ent. higher in those countries than in
.his, and they are consequently a groat
ntrden upon tho masses of the people,
believe 1 have now made full and eom)loto
answers to your inquiries, in geniral
and in detail.
If anything lias boon omitted, I will
fladly supplement what I have said, if
rou will call it to my attention.
Very truly yours,
. M.C. BUTIJEU.
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V C/VN1)1I?ATK FOll GOVKHNOK.
riie l'stimate ofa Consorvat Ivo Ncwspapcr
Upon Ills Clianccs lor Klecl
ion.
During his stay in Vorkvillo last
voek, Comptroller General Ellorbe
onlined himself pretty strictly to tho
)usiness for which ho came?his aniuul
settlement with tho county treaslrer
and did not talk much politics.
n answer to a question of a represcnativo
of Tho Enquirer, however, he
laid that he was most certainly in tho
ace for Governor and intended to ronuin
there either until he got the
ioniination or was defeated.
The probability is that General Elorbe
will make a good race, and inleed
it will not be altogether a matter
>f accident if he is the next Governor
>f South Carolina. "Ho is one of tho
iriginal Farmer's Movement men, a
irominent Allianccmun and for the
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..vnu IIIUI JUHIO IlilS MUUII Jill 1 UC11111 I >15III
>f ono of tlio must important ollices in
ho Statu government. 11 was ho who ininguratcd
the righteous light for a
noro equitable assessment of hank and
ailroad property and ho can probably
ay claim to having really accomplish*
id moro practical good for tlio taxpayii's
generally than any other official of
ho present administration.
Genera! Ellerbo has not had a great
leal of experience as a public speaker
md is not regarded as particularly
>rilliant on the stump, lie proposes,
lowevor, to make a canvass of the enire
State, say his say in his own way
old leave the rest to the voters, llis
rionds, of which he has quite a num>or
among the Reform leaders of this
iounty, as woll as among theGonservaivos
here and in different parts of tho
state, think that ho will he bitterly
ought by corporation influoncos, but at
ho same time they are confident that
n the approaching primary his past
coord and his unimpcachcd integrity
vill be a tower of strength?Yorkvillo
'inquirer.
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THE (iOVKltXOH'H APPEAL.
L'lie Conditions at ltlufl'ton Demand
Immediuto Action.
Governor Tillman today issued tho
ollowing appeal in behalf of tho destinto
at Bluifton :
L\> tho People of tho State :
1 desire to inako an anneal on behalf
>f tho white residents of BlufYton townhip,
Beaufort county. It has boon
>nly about two wookssinco information
vas received at thisoflicoclaiming that
froat destitution existed among tho
>eoplo of our own color in that locality.
was somewhat sceptical at first, eight
nonths having clasped sinco tho storm
vhlch dovasted tho coast but from
ntirely trustworthy sources and tho
versonal inspection of an agent I find
hat the.ro Is absolute want and need of
n-ompt assistance, elr>o there will be
sxtremo suffering and probable starva.ion.
Those peoplo lest their entire
jrop by the storm and wcro unable to
neet tholr obligations of last year.
L'boy liavo exhausted all means of
:redit in tho effort to support themselves
and to plant anew. '1 hey cannot
iultlvato tbolr crops with grass fed
stock and already animals have died.
1 appeal to tho charitable in their beialf.
Contributions in money sent to
no will be promptly wired for relief.
Jontributions of meat, flour, corn or
noal can be shipped to Thos. Martin,
ihairmanof tho relief corninitteo, Bluffon.
care of the steamer AlnUn of Haim.
drt or Savannah steamer Pilot Boy
i.t Charleston. B. K. Tillman.
Governor.
? At r^ongviow, Tex., five robl)crn at
/ho point of pistols intimidated hank
jffioei'H and captured #2,500. Citizens
>ursuod them. Throe citizens and a
nobber were killod.
CONWAY,
TIIK FlltK PI ION l> AT CM0J1SON.
The DcHtruction ol" llio itlain IlulhlllUf-l'lxei'llcill
CoiUlllCt of I lie Pallet
s?TUe Protection Ajcainut the
FltiiiiOH Was Not Adequate.
TI?o recent fire at Clonison Col'.oifo
was uisoovoreu at ?.<ju o clock on the
morning of May 22nd. It broke out in
tho third story of the main college
building in a room used for drawing
and storage of the exhibit of tho old
department of agriculture.
VVliou lirst discovered by the sentinel
on duty at tho barracks just opposite,
it appeared to be but a small
bla/.e, but by the time the ulurm was
sounded and people been 11 to arrive 011
the scene it had made considerable
headway, and threatened to destroy
the whole building, as well as the
chapel adjoining the barricks just opposite.
The long roll was boat, and the cadets
promptly responded to the alarm,
some with buckets, others with the
hose, waiting for orders to move. Soon
the hose was attached to the hydrant
and the command given to carry it into
the building where tho lire was, but
after going as far as the length of the
hose would allow, it was discovered
that more hose was needed, and that
water was not to bo had in suiHcient
quantity to do any good. This was the
fatal moment, for had tho hose been
long enough and water in gutHcienl
quantity this awful calamity, instead
of being a reality, would have boon in
name only. Those with the buckets
K.i.l nn nlon/i t.rV. Il,? 1.1
hum u\r | rmvaj HVI u V>V?UIVi ? il"
tor in sufficient quantities to bo of any
scrvieo. The only places available
wore tho small faucets whore tbo cadets
get drinking water, making itimpossible
to get water in this way.
There was some delay in getting
more hose?fully twenty minutes having
elapsed since the. lire was lirst discovered.
thus allowing it full time to
get a headway and beyond control, especially
when scarcely any water was
to be had.
It soon became evident that the
building was lost, and after some confusion,
work was begun to remove the
the furnishings of tho buildings. A
few books wore saved and all of Prof.
Welch's physical laboratory apparatus.
The carpets of the two societies
were saved, with a few things from
the museum.
liy this time the chapel was becoming
in danger, as tho Haines were already
leaping high. Seeing that if
the chapel was lost tho barracks necessarily
would follow, every one seemed
determined to stand firm at this point
ugaiust the gulping enemy and to resist
almost to death his destructive advances.
They were successful. They
conquered the dreadful master. They
made him bite the dust. Let praise
and honor be ascribed to these young
men for their heroism, for tho exposure
of their bodies, oven their lives, to
the angry flames in defense of Clomson
College against this consuming enemy
attacking her thus in her infancy.
The main building was soon burned
down, leaving only the shell of the
once magnificent structure. Tho
chapel, barracks, chemical laboratory,
experimental station and mechanical
halls still remain uninjured, consequently
the faculty has decided to go
on with their recitations just ub usual,
using tho above mentioned places as
far as possiblo and building temporary
recitation rooms where they are needed.
fPl?r> ii'ltnln Kitil/llntr tiro a
.IV/ K ?iw?v? lyu.ivuu^ It no Ul.TUI OU 1UI 1
only$20,000, nothing of eourao liko ita |
reul value.
Tho oauaoof tho lire in not definitely
known, though many, theories aro offered
to account for it. Somo think
that aa the museum contained much
loose, dry matter, audi aa paper, straw,
etc., it is {>robuhle that a rat carried a
match into some of it and consequently
the lire ; others supposo that an incendiary
caused tho whole atTair, while
others hold that it is highly probable
that as there were some brandy
poaches in the museum and as some
of theao had disappeared at other times
that somo ono went into the museum
for tho purpoao of tfottintf somo last
nitfbt and as it was very dark they
struck a match to see their way
and when they had seen, throw it
down regardless of whore it mi^ht
fall, of what itrni^ht burn and of what
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wnv 1 VOUIU Uil^ liU UUt
CIjKMSON TO 11K RKUUlI/r.
The Governor TuIkH About- the ColIc??'h
Disaster?The Outlook for tho
Future.
The Hate, 24th, itiHt.
As til ready announced, there is
going to bo no interruption in tho
educational work at Clomson College.
It is true that the colloge has suffered
a heavy blow by the destruction of tho
main building, but those in charge
declare that they will not allow this
calamity which litis bofallon tho institution
to interrupt in any way the
good work which is being dono. Fortunately
tho summer season is near at
hand and permits of such a course
being pursued.
Govornor Tillman has returned to
tho city lrom I took liill, and boing tho
most prominent member of tho board
of trustees ho was naturally asked
for information about the future of tho
college. Tho Govornor said that ho
had received notice of tho burning
whilo at breakfast at Hock Hill on
Tuesday morning and was very much
grieved thereat. Ho said positively
that tho State would go to work to rebuild
the burned main building at once
and carry tho work as far along as tho
money in tho hands of tho trustees
would permit. Ho said : " I will say
this much as a member of the board- that
tho school will run on if we have
to carry a lot of army tents or get
tents like tho evangelists use for use
as recitation rooms." The only resources
that tho board would have now
to start to work upon would bo tho insiiritnon
mnnev. unrl that, wim lint.
small drop in tho bucket. Thoy could,
however, he said, by stopping the
fitting up of tho mechanical department
make use of tho monoy now
being devoted to this department.
From what can bo learned hero, tho
blame for there not being more insurance
upon the building rests upon
a majority of tho members of tho board
of trustees. It is said by those who
ought to know that Governor Tillman
omionvorcd, when the insurance was
placed, to got tho board to Insure tho
building for its full value. Somo of
tho other members, howovor, thought
that considering the apparent small
S. C, THURSDAY,
' risk tho amount carried was suflleient.
Thus is Hie insurance feature of the
tire explained.
Nothing furthor has boon heard
from Clemsou in regard to tho tire or
the present status, but tiio board of
trustees tills been eilllml til meet Uin
col logo tomorrow evening, and thoy
will doubtless make a full investigation
and all arrangements for the
carrying out of tho plans suggested by
Governor Tillman.
T.HI'] PKNALTY IS Al>l>l<:i>.
The Railroads Must l*ay at Once?No
('twin Can Ho Collected l>y the County
Officials.
Tho decision of Judge Simonton is
against the motion tuado by tho Richmond
and Danville to have tho penalty
remitted on its taxes. The court
decides against tho road and the
penalty will have to bo paid. This will
bring into the State Treasury over
$.'10,000 which it would otherwise have
lost. The deoision is a follows :
" With regard to the penalty this
provision is made in the tax uots to
secure promptness in the payment of
taxes and as compensation for delay in
their payment. Tho provision is
general, applicable to all tax-payers
alike; indeed operates for the protection
of taxpayers who pay their
taxes. It is not unreasonable, and its
wisdom cannot be disputed. When a
taxpayer thinks himself aggrieved in
the amount of the tax levied upon his
property among the considerations
which must present themselves to him
if l... .o. t.? .l.~ ..... '
I . > iii|muouo i v'oio 1/111^4 tuo IIVA lh
the risk ho runs of tho provision for a
penalty. And whon he litigates, however
good may l)o his faith in tho
litigation, if ho fails ho must accept
the consequences of defeat. Tho question
he makes is very simple. The
tax ofllccrs make a claim, lie denies
[ it, tho court is appealed to, decides
and the consequences follow. If ho
loses his case ho is iu default. So the
law is written.
44 Now a receiver occuplos in this regard
no hotter position than any other
taxpayer. He is bound to fulfill all
the duties of a property-holder, must
pay tho lawful taxes levied upon his
property, and enjoys the same right
every other taxpayer has of disputing
the legality of the tax if he thinks ii
illegal, subject to the same consequences
which befall every other taxpayer
if ho fails. True, he is the hand
of tho court, and acts under tho instruction
and protection of the court.
And in those cases, after application
to the court, was authorized to make
the test. Hut the court did not and
could not free him from the nocessary
result of failure in such suit. The
laws of South Carolsna are as binding
on the court as they are on any inhabitant
of her territory, and no order
of tho court could protect the receiver
from incuring the penalty imposed by
these laws.
44 After careful consideration this
court has reached the conclusion that
it cannot interfere or prevent the pay
ment of tlio penalties attached to .so
much of tho tux as was doliquont. Of
course under the words of the law such
penalties attached to so much only of
the tax as was not paid, but with
regard to tho cost of executions the
result is otherwise. All this property
was already under execution and in
tho hands of this court. Tho universal
rule is that property in the hands or
control of a court cannot he reached
by any other process whatever. This
is the fixed and invariable rule in this
country under our duplex form of
government. This court cannot interfere
with the process of any of the
State courts, however humble. Nor
can the government of tho United
States interforo with property seized
under tho revenue or police powers of
the State. When, therefore, attempt
was made to levy on this property of
ino receiver sucn attompt wan nugatory
and void. No execution could be
levied on it and no cost** attached.
"It is orderod that the receivers
pay the penalty on all balances of
taxes unpaid, and that they do not pay
any costs of levy on any property in
their hands as receivers."
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TIIJIjMA.N'8 INTKNTK>NS.
He Will Start tli o Dispensary Business
A^ain II" AI lowed To.
SPARTANBURG, S. C., May 22.?The
first direct statement from Governor
Tillman since the Supremo Court decided
the dispensary law unconstitutional
was contained in a letter to a
citizen of this city today. G. I). Carrier
sold the Governor a quantity of
corn whisky, and at the time of the
decision there was a balance due in
favor of Mr. Carrier. It was to look
after this balance that Mr. Carrier
wrote a letter to the Govornor.
The answer to this letter gives the
first intimation direct from headquarters
as to what the State proposes to
do. Tho Governor told Mr. Carrier
not to bo uneasy?that tho dispensary
had cleared over $100,000 and would
"open up again as soon as tho courts
would lot them alone."
As to what move tho State intonded
to make hits boon a great mystery.
While tho dispensers are still drawing
their salaries and stock remains in all
the dispensaries, it was not known
whether the Governor was waiting
for the Legislature to meet so that he
could dispose of tho stock, or whether
ho intended to attempt to reopen tho
dispensaries.
This letter shows that ho will pursue
tho latter course. In July one of the
annmma HahiiI ..;n \ -i~~
klllf/IUUIV V/UUI V J UOUlVyUO Will IJO
ed by Judge Hugo no li. Gary, who was
president of the Senate when the dispensary
law was passed. Judge Gary
and Justice Pope, who dissented from
the recent decision, will constitute a
majority, and Governor Tillman evidently
depends upon Justice Gary and
expects tho reorganized court to overrule
the late decision.
Many of tho Governor's friends hero
take the position that such a course
would be unprecedented and they
condemn it in unmeasured words.
Many IhjIIovo that Justico Gary, under
tho rule ot these decisions, will not
disturb tho court's decree.
?mm
?Throe thousand printers have been
employed in the government printing
ofllco at Washington. Mr. Benedict,
tho preseut public printer 1ms discharged
nearly one thousand of these J
workmen, for the simple reason that I
they have nothing to do.
1
MAY 31, 1894.
GORMAN OX TIIH TAllll-'F.
The Maryland Scnitlor DoI'oiuIh tlio
till -A Tost Voic Shows a Qootl
y.
Washington, May 2d.?The tariff
hill was ttikon up this morning in the
Senate, and tho ponding question was
relative to railway hars of iron or steel.
Senator Gorman, of Maryland, made
the principal speech and opened in a
prophetic strain, saying :
" We are Hearing tlio end. After
twenty years of political progress, of
lliwillvit inwiuilU .1 1
| W.,*V? . V ^,M/n uu .uiu \ uiiniaill UUYUIUjlinont
ami t?f universal enlightenment,
tho Democratic party ami tlio Ainoriouii
people are within sightof tho promised
land. Emancipation is at hand
emancipation from partisan oppression,
from the greed of classes, from
extortion, from wilful extravagance,
from financial fantasy, from spoils,
from restrictions upon individual
liberty, from jingoism, from all those
evils, in brief, which the Democratic
I party inherited as a hateful legacy
from throe decades of Ltopublican
maladministration." m
llo tlion touched upon tho dllllculties
which confronted the Democratic
party on its return to power after
thirty years of opposition and the
vehemence of demands made upon
thotn. I le said :
" Wo wore not only urged, hut
ordered peremptorily to reform the
tarilT at once. Why wait? Vote (lrst.
Talk afterwards."
lie asserted that time and plenty
of it had always boon considered
absolutely essential in reforming <
tarilfs. The Mills hill did not pass the 1
House till midsummer. The M dvinley
bill did not receive the signature of
tlie President till tho last day of September.
Speaking of the House hill, he said '
that the House, In obedience to tho 1
obvious wish of tho country, passed
tho taritT bill early in the session.
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to the consideration of the various '
schedules and the result was nooos- '
sarily an imperfect measure which <
not only (uilud to meet the require- 1
meats of the treasury, but actually in- '
creased the deficit created by Kepubli- .
can prohibitive duties.
There was no expectation that the '
bill would become a law without i
change. The Senate hail always per- '
fectod such bills. Yet no sooner did I
the finance committee begin its work i
than the cry of "action " was renewed I
with extraordinary vigor, and the Do- |
mocratic Senators informed that any i
change would be set down as "a
betrayal of the party's promises," and ,
that every Senator who showed the ,
least concern for the interests of his .
own Stale was a traitor to the Union |
and to his party; that the Senate was |
no longer a co-ordinate body, but that ]
its sole duty was to ratify blindly the .
action of the House.
Then he added, with significant emphasis
:
" Our friends on the other side seem
very anxious to learn upon what theory
this bill is constructed. I will tell
them. It was constructed upon the
Democratic theory of a tariIT for
revenue with such incidental protection
as can be given consistently to the
industries of the country. It follows
strictly the course marked out by
i'rosident Cleveland in his letter of
acceptance. It is not a free trade
measure, but it is a longer step for
freer trade than either the Mills bill
Of the tariIT of 1888. It in not a protection
act for the' sake of protection,
hut it does discriminate between raw |
materials and manufactured articles
to the full extent of the dilToreneo
between European and American
wages."
Turning to the alleged influence of
the sugar trust and other like organizations
in shaping the Senate bill, he
said :
"Tho assertion that any trust or
trusts have dictated any part of any
schedule of this bill, I pronounce unqualifiedly
false. They have received
Home attention, although not as much
consideration as individuals engaged
in the business of manufacture; no
more and no less."
Upon the subject of the income tax
Gorman said he was in full accord
with the sentiments expressed by the
Senators from New \ ork and New
Jersey, and like them considered that
it Horvcu its purpose us u wur mix aim
has no fitting place in our fiscal systoin
in timo of peace. IIo would not voto
conscientiously to make this method
of taxation a part of our settled policy,
hut he could not ignor the fact that a
largo majority of his Democratic colleagues
honostly differ from him in
this matter and are willing to subject
it to a test of a few years. In view of
the necessity of obtaining additional
revenue so that customs taxation
might bo reduced without increasing
our debt, he was bound in honor to let
no ordinary prejudioo or difference of
opinion prevent the passage of the
tariff measure. IIo would vote for
this amendment, simply and solely,
however, as an emergency tax.
During the delivery of Gorman's
speech the drop of a pin could almost
have been heard, so deep was the hush
upon the chamber. The definition of
tho position of the Democrats and the
arraignment of their political adversaries
was given in impressive words,
and when Mr. Gorman closed at 12
o'clock, after having spoken (exactly
an hour, with the warning that the
opposition on tho other side could not
obstruct tho progress of tariff reform,
the galleries burst into a whirl of
applause, and quite a number of Democratic
Senators, first among whom was
\f ? v*.. .:..d t i a f
??ir. iiricu, uurriuu lurwuru lO congratulate
the Maryland Senator.
Vieo-President Stevenson quelled *
the confusion with his gavel, and 1
warned the galleries that demonstra- '
tions of approval or disapproval would 1
not be tolerated.
Mr. Aldrieh replied to Mr. Gorman
and was followed by Mr. Teller, who, i
as a test question, moved to lay the |
tariff bill on the tablo. The vote resulted,
yeas 28, nays 38.
?That groat stretch of country lying 1
between tho Missouri rivor and the i
Itocky Mountains from the Canadian !
lino to tho Arkansas river was but little
known twenty years ago, and over its 1
vast plains roamed tens of thousands
of buffaloes. Today there remains of i
those large hoards a remnantof barely <
2,000 head, und it is not known that a 1
dozen aro outside the confines of tho <
National Park, State parks und private i
herds. <
MURDERHD AT IiANGLBY.
AiitliiK ns (i Peacemaker When Ho
Wiin Shot ? The Hasty Conduct of a
Wild Young Mail.
Dr. Hugh Tolund, of lOnoreo, Spartanburg
County, wus mortally wounded
in a shooting sera no at Langlry. S. C.,
on the Hist inst. lie was wounded by
John Augustine, Jr., while attempting
to make peace between his murderer's
father and brother, lie died the next
day at 10 o'clock from the effect of the
bullet that penetrated his lungs. Dr.
Tolund lost his life while acting as a
peacemaker, preventing father and
son from lighting. John Augustine,
Sr., and his son, Charley Augustine,
were partners in business and ran a
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. v..B. .urn uiumK ) iiui/ii rrci'iil*
ly. wlion the tit*in dissolved. About <>
o'clock Monday evening father and son
mot at a store and wont in a roar room
to bo by themselves to settle some differences
regarding money matters.
Dr. Toland was in the store when
the two men retired, and after they had
been out a few minutes he heard hot
words being exchanged and he hurried
back to the adjoining room as a poncemaker
to prevent a dilllculty botween
the relatives, which he apprehended
would occur. When the doctor entered
the room he found the father and
son clinched and lighting. He ran between
the belligerents and parted them.
In breaking the fast hold of the men
the doctor pushed them apart with
such force that Mr. John Augustine
fell to the floor and the doctor upon
him. At this juncture John Augustine,
Jr., another son, rushed into tiie room
and, finding his father on the floor ami
Dr. Toland upon him, lie pulled his
pistol and tired at the doctor. The bullet
struck the doctor in the side and
penetrated his lung's, which caused his
loath. The same bullet that hit the
lector painfully wounded the father in
his hand. After the shooting Augustine,
who used his nistol once tnn
I " W,,M
[ tin off iiud escaped to tho woods. Ho
was not at largo very long, howovcr,
before ho was tracked down to a negro
jubin about a milo from Langloy,
where ho was arrostod without any
Lroublo. Ho was carried to A ikon and !
jailed.
The eoronor hold an inquostovor Dr.
Poland and the jury holds Augustine
responsible for murder. The shooting
was unnooossary and without provocation.
Augustine, without knowing the
lature of tho troui)lo liis father was in,
killed the physician. lie was too impulsive
and there was nothing to warrant
his hasty action.
Dr. Toland was an old gentleman
ibout sixty years of ago, who only
moved to Langlcy about Hix months
tgo. He was arranging to leave Hangley
and return to IOnoroo, S. (5., liis
former liome, whoro ids family now
live. Ho was a line physician of high
standing and a most respectable gentleman
who was highly regarded and
made many friends during liis short
stay in Langloy.
The homicide eroatod no little excitement,
and the people censure Augustine,
who is reputed to be a rattier
wild young man. The remains of Dr.
Toland were carried to Hnoreo for interment.
Augustine will be prosecuted
For murder.
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TI1K ISLKCTIOX OF SMNATOIW.
\ District Vote of the People is
Demanded?Public Distrust Ilan
Heeu Lately liicimusctl.
The Washington correspondent of
I.a A I " ?> * '
<nv ituiuiitit <IU1|[ UU1 IIIUKDH lilt! lOllOYVng
observations in regard to thu promised
amendment to secure a direct
/ote of the people in choosing their
United Stilton Senators :
Before the House again adjourns it
.vi 1L pass the Tucker resolution for an
iinendiuont to the constitution so as to
:>rovido for the election of Senators by
i direct vote of the people. The House
iommittoo has already reported it
'avorably. This report is in the (
dentinal language of the resolution
massed by the last Congress. Mr. (
fucker beliovos that the necessity of (
mch a resolution has increased since
that time.
44 The present Congress," he says,
4 has groately intensified tho feeling
.hat there should he a change in the
nanner of electing Senators which
.vould make the Senate lnore rosnondve
to the demands and votes of the 1
joopie."
After ridiculing what is known as
senatorial courtesy lie says: " If this
po the government of tne people in
fact and in truth, then indeed should
their agents as representatives,
whether in the House of Keprosentativos
or Senate, be responsive to their
wills, arid the host thought of the
jountry through the press, and loadng
magazines in demanding that no
vlTuto traditions, however sacred their
'olations to the Senate, no code of
"tiles, however honored for their
ength of service, should stand in tho
.vay of elTectuating tho popular interests
properly, and freely expressed
it the polls."
He then goes on to show how in the 1
public mind it is believed that the
senate has outlived its usefulness
inder its prosout mode of organization
ind election. He says that members
if the House have not infrequently
peon solicited to follow tho example of
.lie Knglish House of Commons and
>ass a resolution to ubolish tne Senate
is u co-ordinate branch of the legislative
department of government. Mr.
Tucker argues that tho change proposed
by tho resolution would restore
the Senate to tho old-time confidence
>f the people. Ho refers to Senatorial
falsehoods. Tho House will undouht?dly
pass tho involution, but when it
readies uio nonate it is one hundred
yo ono shot that it will bo incontinentlily
strangled.
? ?
?JofTorson County, Alabama, (Birmingham)
has two South Carolinians
in its delegation of six to the Gonoral
Assembly, James II. Montgomery ami
John McQueen. Mr. Montgomery was
born in Clarendon County in 18(12, went
U> school in Spartanburg and was graduated
from the law department of the
South Carolina College in 1888. He
begun the practice of law at Birmingham
in 1839. Mr. McQuoen was born
in Darlington County, is 80 years old
and is th j son of a Lnited States and
Confederate Congressman from South
Carolina. Mr. McQueen comes of a
distinguished futnilv, his mother being
a grand-daughter or Gen. Andrew Pickansof
the Revolutionary war.
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STATU NKWS IN UlUKF.
Interestii?K Notes IVoiii Various SowrCCS.
?Dr. E. S. Joyncs is gutting up a
pamphlet which will give a full account
of the Normal and Industrial
Col logo up to date.
?Tho President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of A. Mel*. Llamby,
Jr., to bo Collector of Customs for the
District of (leorgotown, S. C.
?Judge Izlar will not move to Charleston,
as has boon announced, but will
make tho contest for ro-olootion to
Congress from tho Seventh District.
Itishop Duncan, of Spartanburg,
who has long lived in South Carolina,
will preside this year over the Kentucky,
Louisville, Tennessee, North
Alabama and Florida Conferences.
?Prominent. i>itl?n?u /?f I
_ v wtmwvuii vi i inm>an i?; I
have published it card warning all
persons who persist in selling whiskoy
that thoy will bo prosecuted to the
fullest oxtont of the law for every violation.
Uov. J. 0. C. Newton, who has
boon in Japan for some years as a missionary
of the Methodist church, was
in attendance on the general conference
at Memphis, and will visit his old
homo in Anderson boforo his return.
?A very interesting mooting has
recently closed in the Baptist church
At Kershaw, Lancaster County, and 2J
persons joined during the meeting,
itev. I). P. Montgomery, who assisted
the pastor, returned to Uroonvillo last
week.
?The next session,of the South Carolina
annual Conference of the Methodist
Kpiscopal Church, South, will be
held at Laurens, S. C., commencing on
November 21. Bishop John C. Keener
will preside, lie is well known and
loved by the Methodists of South Carolina.
?Among tho many expeditions of
scientific men to Greenland this summer
will he that of II I. si.Miif.. M/O..W.I
superintendent at Lauren*, S. C., ami
Mr. RU88ell W. Porter. Thoy will
make mi attempt to map a part of the
unknown coast of Melville Hay.
?Mr. ,F. W. Weathers boo, who farm*
in Aiken County, recommends highly
the cultivation of the citron melon for
hogs, horses and cattle, lie says his
stock eats them reudily and fatten on
them. Thoy grow well on poor land,
last a long time, and are better for
stock than the watermelons.
?Capt. It. W. Lite* died at his home,
Troy, Abbeville County, on Sunday
morning, 20th inst. He was an active
member of the Reformed 1 'resbyterian
Church and took great interest in the
work. Ho horved through the war
and made a record for gallantry. He
owned the land whore Troy is located
and founded the town, lie was 75
years old.
?The State Teachers' Association
will hold its twenty-third annual meeting
at Spartanburg in the Converse
College building July 1-5, 189-1. There
will DO two sessions each day anil a
comprehensive range given to the subjects
of discussion, Parties desiring
Information al>out board, accommodat.innu
iMitoo ulirtiil'i ?? 1
.unvti, i?v., siiuuiu write to i"resident
13. P. Wilson, or J. P. Brown,
Esq., Spartanburg1, S. C.
?Tho weather bureau at Columbia
reports much ditliculty in securing cotton
seed for replanting in sections
of South Carolina and Georgia, where
growing cotton was destroyed by the
late severe frosts. Where seed could
be secured, however, tho process of
replanting is well under way and with
no further unnaturally low temperatures
tho cotton crop will not i>o materially
cut oil.
?Tho commencement exercises of
WotTord College willbe held from J une
10 to 12. Bishop Hargrovo will proueh
on Sunday morning, June 10, in the
college chapel. Dr. James II. Kirkland
will address the literary societies
on Monday, June 11, and the annual
public debate will take place on Monday
night. Tuesday, Juno 12, will bo
commencement day. Speeches by
graduating class in the morning and
speech before the Alumni Association
by T. M. Kaysor, Esq., at night.
Tub Citadkl Encampment.?'Tho
summer encampment of tho Citadel
cadets will be in York County this
year. The cadets are scheduled to
leave Charleston Friday morning, Juno
15th, and arrive ut Keck Hill in the
the afternoon, where they will go into
camp, spending Saturday and Sunday,
June 10th and 17th. Monday morning
following they will leuvo itock Hill on
a march of instruction to the King's
Mountain battleground, arriving there
Wednesday night, June 20th. The
cadets will spend tho next day there,
and thence they will go to Yorkvillo,
arriving there F: iday afternoon, June
22nd, whore they will remain in camp
one week.
On tho evening of tho 29th tho commencmont
exercises of the Academy
will be held in Yorkvillo, and on that
occasion the address will be delivered
by Gen. John D. Kennedy, of Camden.
Tho idea of having tho exercisos whero
tho annual encampment is hold is a
iiuw uuo, uuv im popular, many colleges
of recent years having adopted such a
regulation.
The eominoncemont sermon will bo
preachod in the Presbyterian Church,
at Yorkvsllo, Sunday morning, Juue
124, by the Kev. I)r. Atkinsou, of Columbia.
There is somo talk of a big picnic on
the King's Mountain battle ground on
the 21st of June, but the matter has not
yet been arranged. Dr. Carlisle, of
Spartanburg, will be asked to deliver
the historical uddress on the battle of
Kiug's Mountain, if the picnic is held.
One morning reeontly a little fellow
said: 11 Mamma, bow is it that soma
people can see in the dark and others
cannot?" "Why, sou," said the
mother, u no person can see in the
dark." The little fellow hesitated a
few soconds and said : " Well, I know
that last night when Mr. called
to seo sister It was real dark in tho
parlor, and he had not been there long
when sister said, ' why, John, you have
not shaved this week.' Now now did
she know that?" Tho mother gave it
up as too hard to answer.
?There are 300 mountains fn tho
United States which have a height excoeding
100,000 feet. Tho greatest
number are in Colorado and Utah.