The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 27, 1900, Image 1
VOL. XV.
SOME PLAIN TALK.1
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Ex-President Harrison Spoaks on
Our Insular P licy.
IMPERIALISM ATTACKED
A Speech That Puts the D stirgui*hed
Gentleman Out of
Harmony With His Party
Ex-President Benjamin Harrison, at
Ann Arbor, Mich , Friday night, attacked
tlicM Kmley administration for
taking tho pObiliou thut tho c institution
appeals to tlio United States, ex
olusivo of Put.r'o Pico and tho Philip
pino Islands. He declared that those
iDlaudsare a pin if tho United States,
and that the constitution extends to
the 111 in tpito of auy treaties or cougreBbional
legislation. Hon. llatriuon
Bpoku under tt.c auspices of tho Pooturo
AsbOoiation of tho IJnivorsiiy of
Miohigui, aud 3 000 persons heard hint
The subject ol his lcoturo was 4"The
Status ol Annexed Territory and of Its
Civilized Inhabitants." 11c oisjlaitncd
any intention ol making a hgal or anything
but a popular discussion of his
sul jcot. He said that recent anncxa
uou ot territory by tho Uuited States
was some what out of lino with Atoeri
oau l.istorj, and proceeded as follows:
Wo have now acquired intular territory
unsuitable lor Amerioan settlers.
even it' they were tot populatod as they
nro. We have taken on peoples lathor
than lands. Tho native labor ta cheap
and threatena eoiDpotition. We have
Baid that the (..limine will not atnal
gamato, at.d the Filipino will ho equal
)y blow at hast. It is not open to
question, I think, that if we had only
taken over tho Sandwich Islands and
tho Wist ludieB, tie questions would
have bein otherwise.
Tho Supremo Court has said that
constitution gives power to uiako war,
and that carries with it tho power to
acquiro territory. Tho people, then,
have delegated to congress and tho
president tho power to acquiro tcrri
tory, as wc have acquired the Hawaiian
islands, Puerto ltico, and tho Philippines.
These islands have been taken
over not lor the temporary purpose, as
I a- 1 /1..L _ L - i i - I *
wu nave uki'u *>una, tut to navo anu
to hold for over. Indeed, wo havo not
jet uiaue up our minds what we will do
with th(U), and only claim uow that
they are part of the United States and
its people must obey our authority.
It ib urged that Spaiu was not in
possession when the sjld the Philip
I iocs, but this is not proved. There is
no doult that any international trihu
nal would aflirm our talo to the Philip
pines. Tho questiou whioh (roubles
us is their status. Aro theso people
citizens or subjects, which? A reoont
ncwbpaier heading attracted my attention.
''Citizens of l'u< rto Kioo Not
Properly Citizens of the Uuitcd States."
Are they improperly citizens or citizens
improperly? There seems to be something
iini roper about it.
A ueaiy is a part of tho law in the
sarno sense that an act of cougrcss is,
and not as the constitution is. If tho
constitution leaves the subject open cs
to whether the pet pie ot l'utr.o Kioo
shall buoiiizeub after annexation, thon
the president and coi gross may deal
with them as they sco lit. If tho eon
NtlllltlOI) llfiH lilt 111! mnh nunlrr.vnrsv
? - "" VVX.AV
ihcn tho constitution must stand no
matter what the ticaty may nay.
'Ihero aro two views to bo taken:
Fiibt, that all governmental powers aro
uelcgaicd by tho constitution, that
equal uxation applies to every man
and woman within tho nation's soior
oignty; second, that tho term Uaiicd
Sums defines only those regions and
people within the organized tiiaics, and
that the government of the territories
is an atmoiUic government and not constitutional,
anu wo are uudor no obiigation
to treat as oitizens those living
in tho territories. This idea seems to
have lound its birth within a commercial
ncccbMty. J he man who entirely
depend upon the bcnevoleoooof another
is a blavo. A government of unlimited
and abboluto cxecuuvc power is not an
American government- For one, I do
not believe the makers of our oonsti
tution ever intended to confer the
power of any such government over
any ono in the constitution. It is not
right to tay that because of slavory our
iatbeis dm not mi an all men. it is
a difleiont thing to allow an existing
oonauion to continuo from orcaiiug an
cnmciy different condition to meet
oommetoial necessity.
1'eihapH it should bo asked further
whether tho rulo of equal taxation
mutt apply toail pcoplo. Tho instructions
of tlio president to the Philip
pine Uommibbion seem to indioato that
the constitution mutt apply to any
government that should bo established
ihcro. 'J ho provisions our fathers
fought for wero lor lights, not for
privileges. Mo man cau read that
bolcouie of rights which tho president
gave to tho Philippine Commission, in
an invtrso order, without horror. Did
jou ever read ono of tho treaties made
by tho United Slates with an Oid
World Power? On ono sido they speak
of tho "butpots of hor Majesty," aud
on tho other "tho citizens of tho Uaitod
Siates. Now if these provisions
guaranteed to oitizins of tho United
Siatos do not apply to oitiz.ns of tho
Philippino JslaLds, it is timo for us to
mend thoso treaties by adding 4,and
subjects" after tho words "oitizons of
tho United States."
Tho constitutional provisions rcgu
lating thoorimo of treason seem to ap
ply to thoso peoplo. Wo havo never
had any triublo with this question iu
our government of tho teriitories bofore.
What havo wo been doing? Havo
wo acquired these territories that wo
might hold them for oiovtn colonies?
There was only ono door of esoapo
II
from tho provision for uniformity of
taxation in tho constitution, and that
declared that I'uorto Rioo was not
a part of tho Uaitod States. It would
seem that a region whoro tho oduoa
tional and sanitary and othor rogula
tions aro of interost to tho United
States is of itsc'f a portion of the Uui
*,1 I . IJ aU-A
av'-a l iaiu.1. U WUUIU BUT III VII?L WU
should Hook to find a w*v to govora
thin territory that Providoneo ha?thrown
upon us, for which wo paid $20 000,000.
Bit don't you soo that thoro is a
pravir peril hanging over us? Aro tho
riithts of tho people upon tho mainland
secure when wo exoroiso arbitrary
power over tho pooplo from whom wo
demand entire obedionoo? Tho fl ig
oannot stand for tho benevolent poli
oies of tho administration. It must
staud for permanency. Is it not a
luockery to raise tho fl%g over the people
of Puerto llioo aud bid thorn rospeot
it, and then issuo to them an
absnluto power of government from the
staff beneath? If tho aot of anuexa
tion does not carry tho constitution. 1
oau think of nothing that doos. Tho
constitution goos to annexed territory
bccauso of the aot.
A gentleman wroto mo that it was
absolutely neco?sary to pass tho Puorto
llicau tariff to protcot tho beet Bugar
business. I thanked him but I oould
not boo that it roforred to tho questionI'ho
faot that wo givo all tho monoy
secured by tho tariff baok to Puorto
Kioo doeH uot affect tho quostion. It
aid not satisfy our fathers whon it was
proposed to expond tho money derived
troui tho Stamp Aot in this country.
Thoso constitutional questions will
soon bo settled by tho Supromo Court.
If tho oourt shall hold that tho constitutional
provstons rxtonl to all portions
that are governed by tho Unitod
States, then wo shall conform our legislation
and policy to this dootrioo, and
bo sorry that wo havo over hold thorn
at length in tho government wo off srod
them. Tho quostion whether tho gov
eminent can tako and control a hostilo
peoplo is not a constitutional provision,
but ono of tho oonditions which exist.
Tho consent of tho governed to logislativo
action is an ontiroly.difforont question.
Tho cntiro writton constitution
provides no rulo for this question. Tho
right to oonqucr and hold territory is a
different question from the question of
how wo shall govern thai territory
when wo havo acqnirod it
11 Great Brit&ia fiads tho question
of expansion and territorial growth increasingly
hard, it will bo harder for
ua bcoauao wo, as a ropublio, aro no
oessarily fcdoral. Tho old coach with
ita powor to staud as well as to movo
may boa safer vohiolo for govcrnniont
than tho bioyolo. I havo been making
no argument against expansion- Tho
rooout a(quisitions from Spain may
proHenta question of grcator loss than
of gain, k'ou will pardon mo if I can
not rojoioo bcoauso of tho acquirement
of territory which must be govornod by
authority rather than by tho pronsions
of that grand old constitution.
In conclusion, allow mo to suggost
tho sentiment: "God forbid that tho
day should over oomo whon the thought
of man as a consumer should absorb
that grand old dootrino that man is a
creation of God, endowed wiih iualionablo
rights."
A Desperate Lover.
Tho Columbia llooord says Moses
Bluostein, who has boon olerking for
Goldstein & Co., has gotten himself
int? muoh trouble, owing to his porsistent,
unwcloimo and forbidden attentions
to a joung lady. Tho young lady
is a daughter of Kabbi Soheohtor and
though sho naturally shrank from tho
publicity inoident to appearing in oourt
against Blucstein, she felt that hor personal
safety demanded it. It appears
that Bluostcin was madly in lovo with
thi young lady, but his nffictioni were
not at all reoiprooatcd Tho young
mm persisted in his attentions and
greatly annoyed tho young lady notonly
while sho was walking on tho strootbut
even whilo she was in hor own homo,
for tho evidonoo showed that ho loitored
about tho houso at timos and cvon
attempted to enter, though forbidden
to do so. It is further alleged that ho
mado threatening spocohos against tho
lady, and sho booamo afraid sho would
rccoivosomo bodily injury at his hands.
A peaoo warrant was sworn out against
Blucstoin this morning and ho was ar
rcstod and taken beforo Magistrate
Smith. Mr. John MoMastor roprosented
tho prosecutor. Bluostcin mado no
oxouso for his aotion, although ho had
ibreatonod to throw vitriol in her faoo
unless sho marriod him. Judgo Smith
decided to plaoo him undor a bond of
$f)00, but with tho oonRont of parties
interested, ho was given the alternative
of leaving tho oity. This ho accepted
and promised to leavo this afternoon for
Charleston. In tho mcantimo the peaoe
bond will bo held opon pending his fulfillment
of his agreement to loave tho
oity.
Worse Than Orphans
Tho divoroo question is a troublesome
problem in most states. Tho Charlotte
Observor says: "Judge Mills, of Kalamazoo,
Mioh., said the other day at
tho mooting of tho stato board of ohar
itics and oorrcotions at Grand Rapids
that ohildron aro boing sinnod against
moro from divoroo law than anything
elso. 'Childron of divorood parents
aro worso off than orphans,' ho declared.
'They aro allowed to grow up and
shift for themselvos, to form rooruits
for tho oriminal army.' Divorce is
easier to sccuro in Miohigan and its
neighbor states than at tho South, but
there is too muoh laxity in this rospoot,
and if our prospcotivo reformatory, now
boing agitated in tho public prints, is
sooner or later to be opened to the increasing
grass orphans, it is not a very
enoouraging thought." Tho Columbia
Rcoord thinks South Carolina's -way is
best. Tho divoroo problom does not
trouble this state booause it adhores to
tho dootrino that whom God hath join*
ed man should not put asunder.
CONWAY. :
HE SAYS Ills SAY.
What Cleveland Think? About
the Democracy
WHAT THE PARTY NEEDS.
The Ex-President Says It Is
Time to Give the
Rink and File a
Chance.
Former Prosidont Orovor Clovoland
oontributod to last week's issue of tho
Saturday Evening l'ost of Philadelphia,
an extondod artiole on tho plight of tho
Domooraoy and the romody. Mr*
Cleveland begins by reviowing tho history
of tho party and ho disoussos its
dofoots, ainoo 1801 in dotnil. In taking
up tho quostion of tho prosont
condition of tho Domooraoy ho says
that tho 8UOOOS9 of tho party in 18!)2
was so decisive and overwhelming that
a long oontinuanoo of its supromaov
was antioipatod. Thon oarao "tho fallacy
of froo silver and Populism." Mr.
Clovcland proocods as follows:
" Tho oulmination of Djmooratio woo
was roaohod whon its oompaot with
theso undomooratio foroos was oomploto,
auu yt nun uui i ausl mm uiu vvuiu BUiumonod
to do ba? tlo under banners whioh
boro strango symbols and were hold
aloft in unfamiliar hands. The result
of nuoh a botrajal was foredoomed.
This abandonment of the prinoiplos of
true l)?raooraoy, thin contemptuous
dihobedionoo of its traditions, and this
deliberate violation of the lav of its
strength and vigor wero, by a doorco
as inexorablo an thoso of fate, followed
by iho inovitablo punishment of stun
ning, staggering defeat.
"Tho disastor of 1872, invited by
similar adventuro. was quiokly followod
by a rot urn to tho professions and practices
of sano Demooraoy. Hut tho ex
tent and porsisteuoy of our wanderings
in 18(J(5is illustrated in a most astound
ing way by thoooramand, issued on tho
day ol our rout and discomfiture, that
A an OA n /I Ivn t t I <\ all Alii/1 f .. U 4 a ?? t b ?*
<* puuuuvi WOUIU niiwmu uu lUUI^Ut Ull LUU
Hamo field, with tho samo falso crios
and tho samo loalorship that had
brought us to tho surrounding gloom of
defeat."
Again ho says:
" Lhus in 1900 tho losson of 189G was
ooDtcmp'uously njjotod aud cv <ry
hopo of Democratic hucooss was wilfully
oast asido. Again our long suffering
rank and G'o, whose loyally and
abedionoo dosoryod bottor things, woro
soarificcd in a oauso theirs only in
name; and again it was demonstrated,
but moro olearly than over boforo, that
tho only forces that oan win Democratic
suoooss aro adhcronoo to rocognited
Democratic principles and rolianco
upon Democratic councils and loadorship.
"Why should wo notroturnto thoso,
and in thoir name again ao' icvo victories
no less glorious and renownod than
wcro ours in tho days of courageous advocacy
of our tiuao honored faith? Aro
our principles so shop worn or antiqua
tod as to nquiro ronovation or their
displacement by othora moro fashionable?
Thcro is not an honest Democrat
in this broad land that will oonoodo
these things, nor is thcro ono who
would not hail tho proclamation of tho
old faith with that fighting onthudasm
that foretokens Domooratio triumph.
As now oonditions ariso our nrinoiolos
must bo applied to thorn; but in tho
orced that has guidod us through a
oontury of party cxistonoo wo shall find
the key to every such application; nor
shall wo nood tho lexicon of Populism
to aid us in interpreting this orocd."
Mr Clovoland louohos in turn on freo
silvor and tho Fodoral Courts, and bolioves
that truo Domoorats aro against
condemning "tho Gonoral Government
for protecting itself in tho exorcise of
its function against violont obstruction
within a State."
Further on he dcolaros:
"I boliovo no Domoorat will havo tho
hardihood to deny that wo havo fought
our last two campaigns in allianoo with
undomooratio forces, and that this allianoo
was immonsoly oostly in defeat,
is thoro not good reason to supposo
that ovon in success suoh an allianoo
would havo proved unprofitable and
dangerous?" Ho preaohos tho roturn
of Demooraoy to its old faith. aa\inir:
"Sinoo Djmocrals?of ovory condition
and in ovcry part of tho land realize
that tho situation of tho party nocds
repair. Reorganization is not ncoobB*ry;
but a roturn from our wandering is
absolutely essential. Lot us bo frank
with oursolvos and oandidly acknowledge
tho futility of attempting to gain
Demooratio viotorios oxoopt in tho
Domooratio oause and through Demooratio
mothods. Reorganization is
worso than usoloss and tho arrogation
of superior party virtue will brood only
misohiof. This is a timo for sober
thought, tolerant languago and fratornal
oounaols. Wo are dealing with tho
oondttion of a party that oannot bo dostroyod
by oxtornal foce; and sinoo its
ruin oan bo wrought ODly from within
it should bo imperishablo. Above all
things thoro should bo a manly renunciation
and avoidanoo of unduo sectional
oontrol. Demooraoy will oporaio efficiently
on sootional lines.
4Thcro is muoh for us to do and the
fnturo is full of Demooratio duty and
opportunity. Our fighting foroos will
respond listlessly and falteringly if
summonod to a third defoat in a strango
oause, but if tboy hear the rallying oatl
of true Demooraoy thoy will gathor for
battle with old timo Demooratio enthusiasm
and oourage.
"If I should attempt to epitomize
what I have written, by suggesting a
DVVJI
3. C.> TITURSDAY, DE
plan for rehabilitation and maturation
of true Diuiooraoy, 1 should oinbody
it in thoflo worda: "Give tho rank and
fila a ohanoe."
THEY MADE A HAUL.
Safe Crackeri Get Seven Thousand
Dollars.
In South Carolina a gang of safo
blowers sootus to bo doing very offootivo
work Just at this tiwo. Sovoral
robberies of this character havo boon
reported during tho past wook. The
follows soera to bo visiting only tho
smaller towns. Sally's on tho Porry
extension of tho Southorn, has boon
tho last place visited. A dispatch from
that town to Pho State lays "tho store
of Dicks & Sally was entered Tuesday
morning boiwocii 2 and 4 o'olook and
tho ir >n sal'o blown open with dvnamito.
Tho robbers soourcd about $7,000 in
gold and ourronsy besides bonds and
mnrtagos valuod at over $2 000. Tho
robbers had with thom tho drill with
whioh tho holo was rnado in tho safo,
but tho rest of tho tools wore stolon,
sorno from tho oominissiary of tho soo
lion master of thoSouthorn railway and
othors from tho blacksmith's shop of
Whito & Inabnot, whilo a sorow driver
was taken from tho stook of Dioki &
Sally Tho loport was hoard by sovoral
citizens but it Doing so noar to Christ
iias they paid no attontion to it, think
ing it was sorno ono celebrating prematurely.
Messrs. Dioks & Sally oflor a
reward of $500 for tho recovery of tho
uionoy and anothor of $100 for tho ar
rest, w th ovidonoo to convict, of tho
safo oraokors. I think a dctootivo
would do well to oomo hero immediately
and soo tho situation.
Tho authorities of tho law at all adjacent
points havo boon notifi d and
roquosted t> koop a watch out for tho
robbers. Tho oss is a heavy blow to
\lcs-trn 1) nlrrt 4?lle Tim firm r/\k
bc<l buys a onsidorablo amount of oot
tou and to ihi? fac. is at ributod tho
holding of bo largo a sum iu tho safo
This is only ono of Hevoral ro iborios of
tho kind i] tho Stato recently, and it
is oontidonlly beliovod that a rogultily
organ zed gang with inon going ahca >
to spot douirablo plaros to rob has
struck tho Stato and is anxious to work
its small towns for all that tiny oan
possibly scouro. A thorough applioa
tion of buckshot by watchful country
merchants might tend to warn the gang
to sjok other olimes.
Don't use any of tho oontorfoilp
of Do Witts Witch Hazel Halve.
Most of them aro worthless or liable
to oauso injury. Tho original Do
Witts Witch Hazjl Salvo is a certain
ouro for piles ccz una, cuts, scalds, burns
sores and skin disoascs.
Dr. E Norton.
More Negroes Than Whites
i no annual roport or tho superintendent
of oduoation, just about to bo
issued, wi 1 stiow that tho total enroll
moot of tho publlio schools amount to
271,787 for tho ontiro Stato. Of these
126,395 aro whito pupils and 155 602
are oolorod pupils, Below aro givou
tho onrolluicnt figures for tho raoos by
oountios:
White. Colorod
Abbovillo 2,873 5 314
Aikon 3 468 4 812
Anders)n 7 254 (.039
Hamburg 1 316 2 388
Haruwoll 3,231 4 980
Beaufort 1,123 5,768
Berkeley- 1,493 3 557
Charliston 4 802 7,709
Chorokco 3 008 1,591
Ohcs.or 1 903 4 351
(Jhostorfiold 2,719 1,600
Clarendon 2,130 4 218
Colloton 3 101 2 419
Darlington 2 820 3 815
Dorohcstor 1,318 1,752
Kigcfiold 2.136 4 000
Kaufiold 1 642 4 827
Florenoo 2 717 3 293
Georgetown 1 275 3 2*s6
Groenvillo 8 318 4,431
Groonwood 2 136 4 279
Hampton 1 921 2 812
Hoir/ 3 825 1,298
Kershaw 2 814 2 504
Lanoastor 2 975 3 419
Laurens 3,458 4 683
Lexington 4,006 1,735
Marion 3 815 4,086
Marlboro 2 161 3 166
Nowborry 3,276 4 843
Ooonco 4,072 1,258
Orangeburg 4 659 9,456
1'iokons 3 597 1.202
Kiohland 2 208 4,817
Saluda 2 555 2,617
Spartanburg 8 305 5,062
Sumter 2,886 7,196
Union 2 267 2,925
Williamsburg 2,636 3,862
York 4,066 5,979
Total 126,395 155,602
Help is ncodod at onoo when a person's
lifo is in danger. A noglcotod
oough or oold may soon booomo soriou
and should bo stoppod at onoo. One
Minute Oough Ouro quickly ouros
coughs and oolds and tho worst oasos
of oroup, bronchitis, grippe and other
throat and lung troubles.
Norton.
Masked Burglars.
Four maalcod mon onterod the home
of Miohaol Frjmin, living near Middleton
Onio, oarly Wednesday morning
and bound and gagged hicn and then
Hoarohcd the house. Finding nothing,
thoy roloased him and told him they
know he had just revived $3,000,
which ho must produoo. Protesting ho
had no monoy, ho was twioe knooked
insonsible. He lay holpless till the
next morning, whon ho was resouod by
passersby. Ho is in a serious condition,
but may reoover.
Whon you need a soothing and healing
antisoptio applioatioa for any purpose,
use tho original Do Witt's Witoh
H?Z)1 Salvo, a well known oure for
pilos and skin diseases. It heals sores
without leaving a soar. Beware of
oountorfoits.
Dr. K. Norton.
V
CEMBER 27, 1900.
A TERRIBLE MARCH
tsxperioaoAt oi Hull's Uommand Id tho
Mountains of Lux on.
Tho following passages, dosoriptivo
of Gon. Hall's expedition last October
to lUnangonan, over the Siniloan Moun
taius, aro taken from tho Muuila
Tirnos:
Gon. Hall had in tho meanwhile
started on what was probably ouo of
tho most difficult niarohcs ever undortakon
in tho Philippines by a Urge
body of troops. Ho had in his ooni
111 and ono company of Macabobo soou's.
two companies of tho Second Uuitcu
S atos Regulars (II and K), two companies
of tho Kighth United S atos
Regulars, and two companies of tho
Tnirty-sevonth United S'ates Volunteers.
O ving to tho d fli mlt and dvigorous
trial over the Siuiloau Mountains
ho took also 300 Uliineso as packers,
uiulo-wagons being usoless. Gen. Hill
loft Hinloan for Uitiaugoman, situated
about forty five milos distant; but it
took him six days to make tho maroh.
His official report covors thirty pages of
logal-oao. but it Will hn ft difficult mat.
tor to understand tho hardships endurod
by tho troops on this tu iroh by morol y
reading a report of tho expedition.
Tho l'asig Rivers and its tributaries
wero orossod forty-ftvo timos. Kain
full night and day; tho rioo and bread
wero soaking wot, aud beoamo h?-ur aud
unfit for food. In addition to this tho
troops worn loadol with their equipments
and lOt) rounds of ammunition.
Tho maroh w is further hampered by
tho Uainoso piokers, who, after tho
thirty days, gavo out entirely, and in
orossing the swollon streams would loso
tho provisions on which tho troops so
uiuoh depondod. Tho (Jhinoso had a
most sevoro task, and suSerod mueh
more than tho soldiors; and to lighton
their burden oaoh man took an extra
100 rounds of ammunition in his li aver
saok. In spito of all that oould bo
dono, however, tho expedition was harassed
at cvtry turn by tho paekors.
Many of thorn would have boon drowned
had it not beon for tho bravery of tho
troops (ihroo privatos are mentionol in
tho official report for special aots of
horoism )
On tho fourth day out, thrco insurgents
wero oapiured, and a rebel oamp,
only a few hours old, was found. About
tliin time Gen. II ill s horse was killed.
Tno fearful strain of tho maroh bad
told on every one in tho expedition,
which was now strotobcd out in a long,
straggling lino of suffering mon, seine
six miles in longth, half of them hare
footed, and with clothing torn from
thorn by tho heavy junglo, worn out by
loss of aloep and feud, aud with thoir
rations reduced to a slioo of raw baoou
| a day por man; but relief oauio whon
tho head of tho oolumn crowded through
tho last canyon and struok thoboaoh.
For tho next two days 105 disabled
mon woro under treatment, ono of
whom (Frivato Chapman, Company L,
Thirty-sovonth U. S. V,) died from
oomploto exhaustion. Fight Chinoso
diod on tho trail, and four afterwards
diod on board tho (Jaronno.
Rural Free Mail Delivery.
Congressman Stanyarno Wilson, of
tho Fourth Congrossioual District, has
sont out tho following lottor rogarding
tho buoooss of tho rural froo delivery
systoin, and tho way of obtaining its
extension:
4,Froo rural dolivory boing no longor
an exponmont, this Cougros* will ap
propriato several million dollar for its
extension. About every oommunity in
tho district can secure tho benefit of
. i 1
cue servioo aunog tno oomiag joar, by
making application therefor. Tno
oouroo to pursuo id this:
* Presont a petition, addressod to tho
First Assistant Postmaster General,
signed by thoso who dosiro tho sorviee.
Puis petition should be signed only by
heads of families, and should mention
the number in caoh family. It should
set forth tho nature of tho country
whoro tho delivory is desired, whether
densely or sparsely populated, tho
principal avocations of tho pooplo, the
character of tho roads, and tho distanoo
whieh, under tho oxisting oonditio is,
each patron has to travel to rooeivo
his mail, and should bo accompanied
whoncver possiblo by a rough map indicating
tho routo or routes proposed.
4This petition whon proporly signod
should bo sont to tho Representative
in Congress, or to ono of tho Senators,
with a request that ho ondorso thoreon
his recommendation of tho rorvico
askod and forward tho petition to tho
denartmont. 4'l'ho routo should ho ho
twcoo twonty and twenty five miles in
longth, and servo not less than ono hundred
familios. Upon receipt ot tho poti
tioo a spooial agont will bo dotailod by
tho departmont to visit tho location,
map out tho routo and seloot tho carrier."
Thoso who want the bonefita of this
admirable law shouldmako arrangomonts
at onoo to soouro it. All thoy havo to
do is to follow tho gonoral instructions
given abovo.
In tho Philippines.
Tho nows from Manila today is tho
samo old story of a rush of na.ivos to
swoar allegianoo, and inoidontally of
battles in which from two to a dozen
hoathon are transformed into oorpsos.
Periodically for twonty yoara past wo
havo boon hearing about tho rebellion
in South American oountrios being
over, and it begins to look like tho poopie
who live twonty years heneo will
reoogmze a familiar ring *in the nows
from the Philippinos.
Instantly Killed.
Campbell C. MoSvain, sootion foreman
of tho Louisville and Nashville
railroad, was instantly killed at Molina
Fla., whilo suporiotonding the unloading
of heavy timbers from flat oars. He
was oautht undor the timbers and his
head and body orushed and horribly
mangled. He was to havo boon marriad
December 26th.
I
THE 8HAME OF CHRISTIANITY
Diagractful Conduot of Some of the
European Soldiers
A dispatch from Pckin says that
"Minister Conger personally boliovci
that the Chinoao havoj been taught
a icseon oy ino tooting. ' They should
certainly have been taught ? lesson in
hatred, in revengo, in debauchery and i
in oruclty which thoir nation will not !
forget in a thousand years and of whioh
it haa had very littlo need, Minister
Conger speaks under the smart of his
own wrongs, and though his temper is
easily understood it is not tho proper I
guide for a government that is socking
stinpl/ to bo just Oi tho contrary,
tbo more it is in ovidonoo tho more ?,) !
parent is tho reason why tho adiuinn- i
tration should havo put a oheok upon
its too zealous representative, as it is >
reported to have dono by Tho Times- j
Hi raid's Washington oorrcspondont. ;
Tho Tnnes-llorald says:
If tho pcoplo of this country ooul l
realize all tho horrors that havo boon
wrought in China in tho nimu of oivil
ization and Christianity thoro oould
not fail to bo a whirlwind of protosts
from cvory part of tho land, a thorough
expression of public indignation at pub110
meetings. It would bo inouuibont
above all upon tho ministers of tho gospel
and ohuroh orgauiiations to show
that they had no sympathy for the
frightful work which is repaying Chin
cse barbarism that is just as savago and
far moro extended. Huroly Christianity
oannot Htand for Buoh atrooitios; tho
niMhionanos in particular cannot stand
for ihoin. And if thoy aro willing to '
faoo tho tauut of tho Chinese Ministor
VVu that the simple teachings of Christ
on mooknoss and forbearanoo aro not
praoiioal they oannnt afford to Bubstitulo
rovongo for jiiHtioo. Right hero
in Chicago thcro aro largo and influential
bodies of clergymen which meet
weekly, from whioh somo onergotio doolaration
might bo expootoa against tho
oourao of tho ropaoious, blood-soaked
allies.
Tho looting is only part of tho outrages
that aro boing oomuiittod, but it
has boon carried so far beyond any posibility
of honest military justification
that it can bo regarded only as a continued
series of crimes. In tho goner?l
and utter demoralization uo roppcct
is had for tho fundamental principles
upon w men justice is supposed to rest
among western nations. AndsinooMr.
Conger's cwiuuiont would indioato that
thcro has boon little if any ohango for
(ho hotter wo may supposo that, as a
correspondent of Tho Westminister (ia
actio wrote 1 ato in Ootobor, it ia still
"Loot, loot, loot from morning till
night, and somotimes from night till
morning." Truo, tho Americans, tho
Rritish and tho Jipanoso havo attempted
to stop tho praotioo, but ordors that
all goodH must bo paid for aro ovadod ia
tho m&nnor rovoalod by tho following
brief aucedoto:
Ono woll known offioor of a ocrtain
nationality a fow days ago oame back
to his quarters with a large piooo of
most exquisito ombrodiory, two fur
ooats and soveral piooos of oarved jado
?all of which ho said ho had purohas
cd for 20 ocnts. ''How did you manage
it?" ho was askod. "Well," ho roplicd,
' I gavo tho man who owned it,
bosidos tho ooin, an opportunity of inspooting
at oloso rango tho muszlo of
my rovolvor."
This offiocr was a brigand nupportod
by tho new Holy Allianoo, and his victim
wasprobanly somo inoffcnsivo Chincho
who had novor raised his hand
against a whito man. Tho stnglo inoidont
is oloqucnt of spoliation by wholosalo.
And asido from the thicvory,
burglary and highway robbory what a
story of dreadful brutalities is told.
S'X thousand Chineeo driven into a
river by Russian soldiory to bo drownod
liko rats, and not an armod man
among them, only holplcss oaptivos of
both hexes and all ages. Runtitivo ex
podtlions like ono which was roportod
rcoontly, whioh went on its way rav
aging and plundering and killing whoro
ttiero was not a Iloxor to opposo, only
friendly na.ivos to bo murdered and dospoilod.
As tho dotails como in they aro more
And moro horribio and cxoorablo. From
tho boatitudes of the Savior to thoso
orgios is a shocking transition whioh
should mako tho blood of evory true
Christian boll with shamo.
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mado aro DoWitt's Littlo Karly Risers.
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NO. 22
THE FIRE FIEND.
Columbia Vtlted by W jr?? 8u'n
In Twanty Yea-a.
THE JEROME HOTEL BURNED.
The Total Lots Will Amount to
Something Lika One Hun*
dred and Fifty Thousand
Oollars.
Wednesday night Columbia was
visited by tho most disastrous fire io
twenty years.
Tho Jerome hotol and three large
rueroantilo establishments on Maiu
str^ot and four smallor ones on Assembly
wtro dostroyed. Tho total estimsted
loss is$142 000; insuranoo, $51,000
Tho firo started at 8 o'olook in the
rear of Van Motor's (urnituro store, a
lamp having exploded. A livory stable
and a hay warohou <o ad j >ining oaught
in almost a second's timo and tho fire
started to burning through to Main and
Assembly strcots, oloaring everything
until stopped by an alloy dividing the
sqnaro.
Tho Jerome has boon political headquarters
for tho stato for yoars. The
building and furniture woro valued at
$75 000; insuranoo, $20,000.
Other losses woro:
| J. M Van Motor, two atoro buildings,
$15,000; stoolc (furnituro), $30,000 inBuranoo,
$20,000,
M. MoKanoy, stook vncorios and
household effoots, $9,000; insuranoe,
f I OUU.
King lUnknt store, stoak $6,000; inBuranoo,
$6,000.
May's stablos, oontonta $1,000; insured.
1) F. P. Laaphart, two briok store
buildings, $1,000.
Wra 11. Lyles. store building, $3,500;
inauranoo $3 000.
The tiro was under oontrol at midnight.
Tho firo had to bo fought with two
onginos, as tho third was off boing repaired
Hard work to provont tho fire
sproading. Auguita, Charleston and
Nowborry woro askod for asaiatanoe.
AN
IMPORTANT CASE.
Now Before the United Stntee Supreme
Court
Tho United Statos aupromo oourt now
has boforo it tho most momontoos isauos
that hare boon proaontod for its decision
since thn il*un r?# a I ?? ? J
??W V. mm j .. Vft UIHf ut/
Siato'H rights. Upon its deliveranoea
dopcnds tho immodiato and porhapsthe
romotc futuro of tho ropublio. Traditionally
tho supremo oourt is unbiased
aad unaffootod by political oonsidorations
and prejudioos, yot it is hardly
human for a tribunal of niuo mon not
to bo in a mcasuro aft jotod by past, if
ot prosont, party tios and a til illations.
In oousidering thisphraso of tho que#tion
it is romomborod that throo of tho
judgos, or one third of tho whole nambor,
wero appointed by President liarrison,
who has only reoontly doolarod so
strongly for tho strict intorprotation of
tho constitution It is understood also
that others of tho Judgos onj>yvery
intimate social relations with tho Republican
cx president, who was entertainod
bv and with thorn during his late
visit to Washington. Tho Solicitor genoral
of his administration roprosente
tho plaintiff in tho P??pko oaso involving
tho status of tho Philippines. Of
tho motnborsof tho oourt thoso are R)publioan
appointoos: .Justicos Qary,
Brown, Shiras, Harlan, Brewer and
MoKonna, and tho Domonratio appointoos
aro Chiof -Justice Pallor, Justices
White and Pookham Of the Re
publican members Washington oorrespondonts
prodict that Justices Harlan
and Browor will ?ido with the Dcinoorats
in giving adcoision against oolonialism,
which will inako au anti-imporialist
m tjrrity. Tho latter has already in a
public addross declared against imperialism.
Justioo McKonua is tho only
appointoo of Presidont MoKinley. Removed
from tho political arena and free
from tho dangors of political changes,
tho supremo court judgos ought to be
ablo to formulato decisions with impartiality,
and until tho court doos other,
wiso wo aro disposod to give it oredit
; for frocdom from bias and prejudice.?
j Tho State.
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