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THE PEOPLV JOURNAL. T. 0. 11013IN130N, EInTOR. PUBnisHED EVERY THURSDAY. ubscription Onc Dollar a Year Sat lo postOce ato Pcickous a 00oeral conmiI1uniations lcft ou lie week to give place to the pro. modings of the Demoratic execu. Yo conunIttee. Cyrus W. Field, jr., died in Now -ork, on the 6th instant. The STATE newspaper in Colum in has sovered its allegionco to resident Cleveland and has do lined the offers of peaco by the tate Democratic Exocutivo Coin jittee. It hais no place to lay its eary head. It bot its last dollar a Cleveland and is politically busted." The JoURNAL hi had little to 3y about Congress, for the reason hat Congress has dono little, it. ad been waiting for results, and othing of consequence resulted. he State bank tax repeal bill has eon defeated, which shows the tter disregard of Congroes for the ishos of the South. The Prohibitionists disappoint I the scheming politicians, by ioir wise and conservative course I the convention which they hold i Columbia last wook. They were sod by the liquor mon in the fight gainst the dispensary law and oro discarded whon their sorvices oro no longer needed. Thiat wa strange combination and the rohibitionists aro now onsider Ig what it has gained by that. un atural allianco, while the liquor oniont. is rejoicing and growing ch under a sy8tylI, eqljN-jtIII to todorato licoJsI , pro('. f tectd.% by liIu icipail I p1OWe1r. They are hgill lng to rellizil, that hli e tlisted I the wrlong Sid ill tlt, 0ecelut (11 agin-st t he (dlspensarN law, W horo are I ho mon of the Siut hi, ho had such im ilphilit conid.ncee i Orover Clvlndadlii tillail1 Il planis of a sound currency and )Cedy rohf? His assert il tmeAssage" t4) Congress that tliu poa11 ot Ilio piirpchiasill e lllitiso o) ilisideraLion1, wasi elloiigh to (g bit. Ie any one1, 1 tht lhe wou 1b..he. af 1is cOnstituen ts. Whore is thle hof that- wold restilt. from the issago of thIisi~ repoal ing act? hazt will the petoptle have in the( ape of tariff reform? How muel nlger (10 they want to- give thi +miocratic president with a Domt rat ('ongross a chance? SENATOR IRBDY. At the meeting of the State ex utive committee in Columbi it week, Senator Irby preside thi the dignity and grace, a aracteristic of him. In the pr< adlings of the meeting, which ai blished in the JOURNAL this woee pears his lucid and unbiaso itement of the question, whic d been agitated throughout 1 to and provoked the most livel ucussion in that meeting, whi did not attempt to infhuence igle member of that committt have an opportunity to vote h victions by a tie voto, the 10 ~mers knew his Convictions, an *was satisfied with the voto of 1.h sjority. He was mn full accor th the sentiment that prevailn< recognizing the men, known .rd partyrtes, as true and loyu mbers of the party and entitle alljprivileges accorded any mon 3enator Irby has more than all mn in the Reform ranks boo nerepresented by the press of th uteo, oven Reform papers hav uet been free from this chargo lie JOURNAL has closely watcho st'aator Irby under the fire of thm avspaper guns and was pleased t onhim, standing firm and faith to the cause of the mnassei A nile other leaders showed a ton , enoy to waver and to yield, Semi : Irby was uncompromisingl: ...adfast and watchful for the bos Sterests of the Reform movement The County Alliance of Piokenm C- sruty wili hold its next regular meoeting July 11th next. Bly order of the District Alliance. JOHN C. WVATRCINs, Seo'ry 3rd District Alliance. -The CYonnty Alliance of Pickens will sueet al Glassy Mountain School House on July Ili. W. T. U'DZL,, Pre. I$ *rt Bous.Az~zww meets 84nrdeg V *b. at 8, p. m. Business of Sia >ad *U .eanbere are requested to THE RTE8 FOR THE CAMPAIGN, Am~ngjed by the xeentive 061b mitte. The MedeiUg of the ConaMnittee. SCHEDULE FOR THE POLITICAL Fxoiam IN SOUTH CAIROLINA-BIG DIscUs SION OvEn WEAVERITES AND HAS KELLITES-ALL TO BE ALLOWE[ TO VOTE. The meeting of the State Demo. cratic Executivo Committee last night was an interosting and in portant one. Boesides the fixing of dates for campaign moetings, the question of allowing tho men who voted for Weaver in 1892 te vote in tho coming campaign was a livo one. It oxcitod tho warmost talk of the evoning. It was 8.45 o'clock whon Chair man Irby walked into the room, shook hands with his friends, took his sont and calld tho Commlittee to order. The majority of the members had boon on hand for twenty minutes or half an hour. On the right of Chairman Irby sat Socroary Tompkins and the next man was M. F. Tigho, tho pri vato socrotary of the Sonator. Troasurer Willie Jones sat. on the loft. Chairian Irhy 9hLad a cigar in his mioulith and spont a fow miniutes in rea(ling sonio LI tors on his dsk. (hi instruction of the chairman, Socrotary Tompkins road tho roll of memiilbrs. Tho majority of tho rogular mienibors who wero absent had telegraithd and had subst-i tutos in- their pluceos. The chairman announcod that a quorum was prosent, and that the committoo was rea(ly for business. Dr. Sampson 1opo moved, an(i thu imotion was carried, that a sto nograI phorI'1) heapoi n ted. He Tomov od hat M. F. Tigho act as steno gralpher. Thluis motion was carried. r. lol)E thought, that it was ox coedingly imiportaint that ai steno Iraph)kwr 1)e emiployed. Clirman irby suggested that thn sssion should bo t secrot one ;.s i 111portan t t. bu-si ness wis to be coIsi(ered. le sai(l ho would on tertain a miotion to this offect. No niotion was iado for awhile on the0 str e'ingth of this suggestion, but W11 tually it, was made. Son ator Filely opposod the motion saying that thore Vas nothing tc b)e h id iln the work of the commit too.. The1u motion to exclude ropor tor's, against whom it w~as jitond 0(d, was finally withdrawn. Chlairmuan 1rby thought that thi first business would be the fixini of datos for the campaigni meotingi Gonoral G ray, of Greenville, mov ed that a committee of five bo aL polinted to fix dates,0. -Ion. D. E. Finley of York, o: fored as a substitute a schedu] which he had arraingod and wh ic w ~as as follows : S Resolved, Thalt thioonsuinig Don Socratic Stato campaign mooeting 6 be held as foitows: . Yorkvillo, Tuosday, Juno 19th. e Chostor, Wednesday, JIune 20t.1 d Camden, Fridaiy, J1uno 22d. hi Sumtor, Saitu rday, .Juno 23d. io Chosterfield, Tluesday, Junie 26th y' BIIIEnnttsvil1lo. Wedlnesday, Jun<11 Lu 27th. a D)arl ington, Trtisdla, J1une 28t1 'u Florenice, Friday, J1unie 291th. s Miarion, T1ue'sday, Ju aly 3rd. - Conway, Wednesday, Jluly 4th. d1 Georgetown, FrIdaty, July 6th. 0; K inigstree, Saturday, J1uly 7thb. d M~anning, Tuesday, July j10t.h. I, B~onnueau's, ( Borkoley,) WVodnesJ s daiy, July 11th. Lh Chlarloston, Thursday, July 12th d Wal torboro, Friday, J1uly 13th. x- Iloautfort, Saturday, July 14th. Hampton, Monday, JIuly 16th. y Barnwoell, Tuesday, July 17th. ni Aikon, WeTdnesday, .July 18th. e Edgofield C. H., TIhursday, Jul o 19th. . Lex ington Ci. it., Frxiday, ,Jul a 20th. e Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 241 C) Orangoburg, Woednesdany, ,Jul; - 25th. 1. Cohunbia, 'l Tursday, July 26th - Nowborry, Friday, July 27th. - Laurons, Saturday, July 28th. r' Union, Tuosday, July 31st. t Spartanburg, WVednesday, Aug .I1st. I Green villo, Thursday, August 2d Pickens C. H., Friday, Aug. 3d. Oconee, Monday, August 6th. Abbeville, Tuesday, August 7th Anderson, Wednesday, August 8th. Mr. Findley's schedule was finally adopt ed without opposiltion and is seen above, After this had been dlisposed of, Mr, Kirk. land, of Kershaw, Introduced the following reaointion in regard to voting at primary elections: "Resolved, That in the ensuing Demo oratic primaries the following'pledge shall be enacted by the managers of each voter hefea ha nast. his vnta - "I soleoly swear that I am entitled t vote in this primary eleetion and will abid, * the result of the same." Secretary Tompkins, by request, read th oath enacted at the primary. It was prae tically the same as that proposed by Mr Kirkland, and the latter withdrew his reso lution. Chairman Irby remarked that there wai some misunderstanding as to the qualifloa tions of a voter. He then spoke as follows: "Gentlemen of the Committee: "There is one question that is being agi. tatod:ln South Carolina and has been agiti ted for several months to which I wouhld call your attention. So far us I am con corned, as chairman of the Deunoeratic par ty, I do not proposo to dodge the questiol. In its consideration I shall not mandertake to influence or dictate to miy mneimber of the committea, and I repoat-4t-mest emphati eally. that I will not (lictate to the e4nmit tee, but to auggest to you gentlemen, that we march right up to the front and take our position upon this question. So far as I am concerned, as the member of this coinit tee from Laurens and the chairinma of the Executive Committee of the party of this State, I shall not hesitate (even should it be necessary by a tie vote to give my opinion by my vote) to express iny own convictions on this question. "T'rhe question I refer to is this, and I am unwilling to evade it, for I see a disposition to dodge it, though I do not use the word dodge in its offensive sens-whether men who participated in the primlaries of 1882, in ti e nominiiation (if State ofloers and oth er candidates who voted in the club and sent delegates to the State convention which elected delegates to the national con vention at Chicago to nominat atPresidente -whether these men 'who ara known as Third partyites, shall be pernitted to par ticipate in the general priiary to be held in Augusta next. As your chairman I feel it to be mily duty to say that we should take some positive, decided, outspoken action on this question. I say, I repeat, that we, as representatives of the Democratic party of South Carolina-and I am glad to see that every county is representedi here-ought not to dodge that important question. If we believe that the men who participated in the primaries of 1892 and voted for Wea ver should not be permitted to vote at the approaching prinuries we ought to say so. If we believo that they are Democrats with in the meaning of the Constitution and rules of the Democratic party, then we ought to say so and pernit them to partici pate. What I wish to emphasize is that we should not evade or d(odge this question. We ougiht to discuss it fully whether it bc in public or private, but we should declare whether or not they (nnll participate undei our rules. If we do not take such actior we lay ourselves open to the charge that w4 have doidged tlw (tiestiont niid that thlii committee was unable to solve it one wa' or the other. I thought, gentlemnen, that I was my duty to say this much to youl 01 this subject whicll is nlow openl to you fo discussion." Ch'airnan lrby's remarks brought on th hottest discusslion of tho evening and nmad things iively for i goodt whHe. Imllediiti ly after the Senator had concluded Mi Mollette, of Sumter, offered a verbal res< lution that tile mIenl wh-> voted for 'Weav: In 1892 he excluded from voting. The motion had 1n1o sooner been mada than a half1 dozen member's were on the feet ready to offer somne kind of a resoluti( or toi maikel a speechI. Mr. I)erhaml, of 11e ry, was recognized by the ('hair andl offere the following resolution as a substitutei Mr. Mellett's resolution: '"Resolved, that th~ose white mei~n who v, tedl the We7aver ticket in 1892 shall be ni I. lowed to vote in the comuing primnaries."' 1 )r. Samupson Pope11 made(1 a strong spec in favor of the substitute, lie said tlu, th~is commi111tteeC had( allowed the lHaskellitt to vote in 1892 and1( thle m1en1 whio votedl < .' Weaver had a right to be treatedl in ti osamec miannmer. Tihe D~emocri party nlee .0ed whlite voters and1( did nolt wanit to thros h1 any of them11 out. of the par'ty. ( A Pplause. Tihe mlenl who voted for WVeaver' were nm worNo thIan thlosei who vo'ted for Ha[zskell ( A pplause.) !8 M1r. K irkiaini, of Kershiaw, ofl eredu as al amnendmlent to thle sublstitute the words "Uion taking the oath prescribed by th< partyv.'' He said that he had no0 speech i iake bumt thoullghlt t hat this provision was wise an plihropelr. Editor TI. C. Roinsoni, of Pickens, thloughlt hat the piroptosedl amenidme.nt was an insult to the men who voted for Weaver. Tlhere were good a11,1 true wvhite Ilnen in his county whio voted for Weaver. M1r. TPownies, o~f Edgetleid, asked tile qnes Iah adplde by otlig for Weaver i Colonel Neal, of Amderson, did not think ally morce shlould be required of tihe men who violat-ed thleir pledges In 1892 than oi thet muen who did( tihe same thing in 1890. Col. F. E. MixsonI,actinig as the represen, taltive fronm narnwell, moved tc lay on till table the amendment of Mr. Kirkland. National Comlliitteemnan Donaldson, o: GIreenville, thloughlt thlat the amnendmn shlould be adopted 5o a1s to plrevent anly mis construlction Of the actloll of tile 'oimmiltteg Ju tst before M1r. D)onaldson'5 remlarks hIoweverC, tile mlotionl of Colnel Mixson ti lla' on1 tile table( tile amuewhnenllt of Mr' Kirkland w~as pult and~ carried by a vote o 21 to 8, therebyv calling out, tile remarks from Mr. D~onahlsonm that lhe thouilght soma aruzend~ment should1( be5 mlade to M1r. Der Senator W. I). Evans sahl fhe thloughlt cv ery party desired to incerease its ilmmber ship and its strengthl. H~e wished thlat cv eryv miian in Amlericat was aI )emocral. Ui for one1 would like to ask every man11 t. comle inlto thle party. Mr. Robinson salid that. thlor< hadI hoon1 a goodI deal1 of talk about the violation of pledgos, etc. Th< mon01 of his~ county who votod foi Weoavor dlid not~ considor that tho)~ - had1 viilaed any pledge, uloss il was a moral one. Thle great major -ity of thom had not taken any pledlge iln the primary. Dr.' Pope dleclared that the oath~ -throughout the State hlad been ad. ministered to fow voters and thlat not many~l of those who votedI for Weoavor had taken any oath in the primary. Mr. Molletto said that the chair man and the comlnitteo had mia undetstood lhis motion. Ho meant to exclude only 'those who had taken the oath,, participated in the Primary and then voted for Weav er. Hon. S. A. Nettle of Clarendon, - to stop the discussion and to please the difl'eront minded comilittee men, introducod the following resolution, which was accopted by Mr. Durliainl In place of his own rosOltitioll "Rosok 'T' i .no white man shall hO eXClII dpMl AXom pfrticipat in1g M tit) Demiocratiu primaries who sluall i take .th) oath. required by 1hc Domocratic party." hSe akig.t o this reolut ion C. A. 1)nls,'7f-)iflfrl n1indo thlon1gost spxaeol/~,of 1.ho0 8e8sion, and onee of the most oloquent. lie said he was glad that Mr. Nettles had introal uC.thf resolution. It was along the line of liberality and kindnoss niid' would tend to increase the membersip of the party. Ho. declaredil however, that he could not remain silent after all the nakind Y.marks which had boon made about Democrats. He said that t019 HaAkolite move mont may .avedeen inexpedient, and he had condemned it at the time, but to say that. Judge Has kell was not..,a ..Democrat was to controvert instory.- -He asserted that Hasko A was a'Dehiocrat and had always been one. In the heat of. politics discussion men might say be was not'a Democrat, but in the quiet of the home circle there came a chaiige'in that feeling and all must recognize him as a; Demo crat. In .1890. Mr. Douglass said, there hid1eoon no pledge in the primary. . The men who voted for Haskellad taken no pledge and had viQiated no oath and it was their right to vote in 1892 without the sanction of the Demo. cratic 4xocutive committee. He said that he would be untrue to himself and to his convictions if lie stood by and did not draw a distinction between the men who voted for Wonver and those who voted for Haskell. He asserted that thero wi as a vast difference, anw(d till his vords intimatod that u the Weavorites wore the worst, of " the two. . Mr. Douglass was intorrupted by uiembers of the committoo who asked hii about the Haskellites who had voted for Ensor for Con r gross and itf Hiaskell himself had not voted for Ensor. Mr. D~oug d lass saidl that lho did not kniow 0 what Ilaskell had done, but as for himself, he hiopedl that his right. ~arm would lose its cunning( when lie votedl for a Republican ev'er am lDomocrat. Mr. Douglas concluded with a prIatriotic ap~peal for peace and laudatory and pretty remarks abIout. the farmers, Hie wanted( to se the~ people' huappy and wanited to see Mr. Nettle's resolution car oDr~i. Po Apoko of the panegyrnic ofM.Douglas and1( of hiS itui i ations against . the Weavoritos. Thleni Dr. Polie dleelnrod that there was a tale b~fnod the atction of the comniittee ..tw q years ago in allowing Hamskellitos to return to the party, It was to keep from disrupting the party and to bring about harmony. White men were at work registering negroes. lie declared that itf any 0on0 would showv him a.. Weavorite wvho had tried to voto nlegroos lie would bo in favor of turning him out of the p~arty. Tlhe Hlaskellitos had voted negroes against white men, hut no Weaverite had done so. (Loud applause.) After this the question was quickly settled. Mr. Mellette's resolutiom.was set (downl on by ale most a unanimous voto and Mr. Nettle's substitute was carried. The Weavorites and the Haskoll - ites and all kind of "ites" wvill be allowed to vote in the next pri mary plrovided they take the oath 'prescribed by tne party. Dr. Pope said that lhe had been instruictedl by thoe Demnocrats of his count-y to inqluiro wvhethier clubs having lt membership of loss that twenty-five should be (disbanded. Chairman Irb~y saidl that it, was his imnpression) thamt no county con v'ention should allow a delegate from a club which -hadl a mnembolr ship of less than twenty-five. It wvas the business of coumnty conven) tions, however, to pass upon that question. On motion of Mr. Douglas the rules of 1892 were adopted as the rules for this year, a few changes being mnado in da to, etc. The first. primary will take plaee 0on the last Tuesdaiy in Alighst the 28th. A resolution was introduced authloriaing the treasurer to pay the mileage of the members of thb committee No election of officors was held, as that is not done until the counties select new members of the committee. On motion of Colonel Neal, Secretary Tompkins was au thorized to furnish each county with 100 copies of the rules and Constitution of the party. qolonel Mixson introduced tho following resolution, which was laid on the table: "Resolution, That all candi dates for United States Senate, Congress and State officers be required to file with the Secre tary of his committee written pledges to abide the result of the August primaries, the pledge to he filed not later than the 17th of June, 1894, and that no can didate be allowed to enter the race for - any office after that date." The following resolution, in troduced by Mr. Mellette, caus ed much laughter: "Inasmuch as we feel that the executive committee of the Democratic party in South Caro lina we tare not only the active force in formulating and carry ing out the plans and principles of our party, but are charged with the duty of preserving erfect adherence to the party, e it "Resolved, That we feel it our duty to 'instruct each county chairman to have the following question asked directly through the press and at every campaign meeting, to all candidates for State ard national offices: "Will you support and do yout endorse the principles of the par ty as enunciated in the.platform of the Democratic party adopted at Chicago at the last national convcention of that party?" On motion of tolonel Neal, the resolution was tabled. The member from Darlington caused some mcrriment by sug gosting that the resolution be referred to President Cleveland for his approval. WiO onI 6olored Lows, ANd o Big lot of Fais, Just arrived. Our Dross 6oodIs Are all new--No shoddy shop worn Goods in Ntock. To be sohl cheap. Every One warranted to give satisfaiction. D~on't fail to call in--we have the coolest place in town. JOHN T. LEWIS & SON. We want to buy Chickens, Eggs, Beesiax, Corni, Peas, &c. Will p.'y highest, piIces. June 17. PRIZE WINNERS P'urnishied on 15 days test Trial when hec piqer contruel is signed. If you' want an organ of Rteputaition Bloy the Carpenter Organ. LOW E.ST PRICES FOR CAMFH, Sheet Music 6 % cents till Juno 30th,. Bargains In 01 lOANs now. Gall or write W. J. R. STILEs, Teacher Vocal and In ~trmenta1 Music, 31 Main Street, Green. W- 3. B, STILES. JTune 14, 93. & Plums M WVill be scarce this year, but I have a few for cash buyers. Plum number 1, is a lot of the "3 osh Berry" grain Cradles, fourteen fin gers with the Blood blade for $2 a piece--these plums will all soon be picked, so come quick. Another sweet plum is these New Orleans Molasses 5 gallons for $ . ask your neighbors what they think of them-bring your jugs arnd try a fewv gallons. .My customers are always satistiedl with the Flour I sell them, every snek just as represented. Come around andl let mec showv you some good Coffee, not a black grain in it, then I have plenty of thle 5 lb Coffee, most all your friends8 can tell you what a nice plum it is. It you get hungry while in towni drop in and see what a nice lunchb I cani fix up for. youl. N ice lot of Ihams and Break fast Ba con;~ fine Conifect iohnaries, Candles, Haisins andl Lemons. So take a look~ at. my fine line ot sh~oes. Ladies Oxford Ties~ nice enough for Sunday at 75 ete. No 11s0 to go bare hoa ded any long er, llats froms 5o up to *1 for a fine felt. If you chewv or smoke, it will pay you to look at my plums in that linej from 20c per lb. to vs high as you wvant to pay. I am overloaded on robacco if the price ian object come iii. Bring In your CORN, PEAs, [BEESW A X, 110NEY, EGGS &c. want to trado. yours &c. May21.1M4T. 0. HARRIS SLA UG 0 SMITH & ] Will offer for Thirty days the f, Suits at a terrib Lot 1, 87 Suits, 84 to 42, at $12.50. sold for loss than $16.50 and many of Lot 2, 12 Suits, 84 to 42, at $10. T This we boli( Greatest I Ever made in Clothing in Greenville. brics and made by the best tailors tha ish. A few minutos spent in oxamint moans a sale. g Como and soo th Yours truly, Sil Main anid Wua May 2.1, 1894. Galvanizi Sheet Miet We carry at all times, a stock of ( COPPER, GALVANIZED and PLA &c., and are prepared to do all kii REPAIRING, from putting a bottot out and out elaborate articles and v Our prices are always as low as good work. Don't have work ef th or Galvanized Iron until you come t When you want a ('OOKING W'10 ELMO, and LIBERT'Y, and conme to DON'T STOP ! Until, You have ex OFFERED AT TI SITE the Court iHI ING ) NOTICE. I have secured the lot of Dry Good andnc am authorized 0OF COST I gWg] if I can suit you in Pickensi, s. c., May 17. They must be sold. MAN HOOD R~ 1 't kace r ~ ~ h.x 1 Spi Bvon h i s uaa ae Crbs Oalesnin '~~o n in'~ ~pi otmCarpet's, A Coflsand Casets," Day and Night. Telephone Nos. 6-1 anti as. Nght calls will be aweredl by Tele- ( BMITHI & SMITH; 6I1 and 65 MaIn Street. Grenvet. 0. n M X 2S3T C3.r BRISTOW Olowing lots of Fine Frc 1e sacrifice: Noiio of this lot has ever I thom at $20 and $25. is lot was sold from $15 to $.C vo is the Saerifice The Goods are of the finest t cut goods porfect in fit and tion of thoso numbors wo th Bln. hington Streets, Greenville, S. ( ed Iron R. a..2rnw al Work. lifferent sizes and werghtf IN SIIEET IRON, ZINc 'I ids of Sheet Metal Work n in a Coffee Pot to mak essels in the above metals. Lanl be made consistent v is kind done, nor buy Coj o see us. ILREATH-DURHAM CO., n Tonos. Greenville, VE remember the IRON 1K1 see them. iy unined the B A R GAI IE NEW STiORE, OPP use, (FREEMAN BUIL sale of the remainder of a lard s, Notions, Shoes, &c, to sell them, REtGARD)LES Iring anything you have to soli the article, I[ can in the price LE E P. OR R, Ag't. "YO E U . R RE~u.* t 4&)REer 'ui bac orfun rat .od -e s.: fCLII r a d. i th aI 5or der Wo~of1 IAt G W dOl. igns oy Statio,5 N rog n i fa, rzeeiyvedue his snbtcOol o li. e eoc uit St lie n aesot Fat. ns--CWrloere andce l Sent hem.o I pa'~ thej( highestre fo will sell you Goodsh in oehiango at th. lember that I keep) everything :in the line of iroceries and Dry Goods. J. E. Brown,