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*% t _L THE PEoP.L.,DE A 8 VOL. 5p-NO. 2o. IICKENS, S; C., THURSDAY, AUIGUJS'I k.OEOLAAYAR SENATOR TILLMAN AT TIRZAH. WHAT N9E SAID TO THLE AliLIANCE. MEN IN YORK. The Cloak of National Democracy Thrown Aside-Governor Evans oi the Contitutional 4. onventionla Benjamin R. Tillmgan made his first appearance on the hustings nine year agoat Tirzah, in York County, and thc Reform movement there had its origin, He spoke there again on last Thursday at an Alliance piu-nic, and openly do lared his purpose to throw otf allogi ance to the National Democracy if the South and West will join in the forna tion of a new party pledged to silvor. S6nator Marion Butler, of North Caro lika, first addressed the meeting in V long and vigorous speech. He main tained that Congrossmen were misrep resentatives of the people : that they had covered the financial question : that the people had risen in revolt: that a big crop of millionaires hau grown from tho present flinancial sys tem; that the currency question hId become so serious that the time had como for the mnasses to fori their new party and fight; that the present lead ere were traitors; that the foreigzi financial policy was revolting: that tie time had come to choose between alle gliance to party and allegiance to the Constitution ; that Clevoland had acted as a faithless overseer to the people's farm; that party labels should be wiped out ; that he was a lopulist be cause he was a Democrat. Then le exclaimed dramatically, ' Would to God we could call up Andrew Jackson today from his grave to lead these pco P)1 against the same enemies that he fought and thought he had crushed, to hurl deliance at and crush the gold bugs." He Iwent on to say that we had to-day 'the English on our shores as then and 113 had the Tories here fighting with them. Now that we have all those dangers here as in his time we need an Audrew Jackson to lead the people against this tri-headed monster which will destroy American prosperity and American liberty. Si did lnot have the privilege of liv ing in .lackson's time, but when I saw your distinguished Senator here ('l'ill man) stand up at Memphis, and noted the flash 01 his Oye, the set of his countenance and the ring of his voice as he declared for liberty, first, last and all the time, I said to myself : 'Here we've got another Androw Jackson who will stand against the Tories and drive them out."' Senator Tillman made the closing speech of the day. After some prelimi nary remarks lie spoke as follows : "When I received the invitation to speak at Tirzah iny mind travelled back to l186. Capt. Tillmnan, who had been raising soine rumpus in the News and Courier with his Pen, was invited to York." The Senator then Indulged in a Ii tie fun at his own expense, and referi ed to the old Tirzah, where he made his first extemporaneous speech nine years ago. "I had been iongue-tied previous to that, but the people of York clipped it, and my tongue has been \vagging Over since." H-e was glad to be on hand today. He thought they liked him, because he had always tried to toll them the truth. This was what he wanted to do now. This wzas an Alliance meeting. The Alliance was not so strong in numbers as heretofore, but as an edu cative force its principies were strong or than ever. lie felt proud that the Alliance was the organization tih rough which our principlesof reform had been advanced. Wby are you so poor ? lie said that Senator hiBtler told a truth when he said lifty voter. inl one party are cutting lifty others' votes in a diil forent party. "' Look at your condition. Although the United States has prloduced uin examplled crops for many years, there are mill ior a of our peop1 e star'v ing, and other' millions naked. \Ve will always be Democratic in principle, biecause we sucked those principles, wit jbour mothers' mail k, but we cannot, con tinue to wvear the livery of a party in wvhich such debauchery and treachery exist. "When you look back at the repeal ~of the Sher-man law you lindi that the Reopublicans and D~emocr'ats of the Northern section votedi v: ithout regard to party linen. They. buy your- Con gressmen up there at Washington like you buy sheep. They albo contr-olledl the nomination for l 'resident in both parties." It did not miatter- whiethier lianrrison or Cleveland was eleted. Thue Rcepub. licans had been tr-ying for years to demonetize silver and couldl not do it. TIhe change of the government fromt one p~arty to another enabled Cleve land, by the uise of the p)atronarge, to dlemionetizAe silver. Th'ie greedy D)emto crats who had pledged the people to light for silver. sold their votes for olhices for their friends or for money, I don't know which, andi the conspir acy was consumed. The D~emnocratic platforml~ was good enough to b)e electedl on, but not worth carrying out,. Th'le result has been that our yardstick which measures valucs hats been cut in half, with the elleet of doubl)1i ng the jpurdhasinlg power of the gol dol)1lar. Ittak es now twice as ounehi of l abor, or the products of labor, t) buy a dol lar. 10verything has shruntmk in value except debts. T1o all intents and purll p)0s0 they have been dloubledI. I will illustrate. If a manti had ten biseuits and there wore two plates of butter-, one whbite and one yellowv, and you throw away the white (silver), there is only half as much butter to the bin cult as there was before. The shr in k age in the amount of buttor rep resents the shrinkage of the price of comi'uodli tics, and until we make them bring back that other phi'te of butter all the prodlucer's of this countr'y will have to spread~ it very thin, andl a groat many will hlavo neith Lor broad nor1 but It is clear that bo0th old parties are dlisintegr'ating anid a ne(w al ignmnent is in prIciess nf formiationi. Party ties are weak.:ned, bIAke drolwn ing mon01 who catco h at htraws, the peopl)1 ar'o casting 5,hout for- means of relief. Th'le issue has hore'tofor( obiscuried 0or side tracked, but inl tihe au(xt, l'tesidenltil campjaign the only quiestin will be the Ii nancial qutestlonl. A ne-w Mason & 1)1xon's line is formling oni 1.he1 (one1 side with the N orthearsternl seetion, consisting of thle (e1 (ditor' and1 ntuutfu facturing States. O n thme othmer side. -wIll be a Solid South allied w ith a praetieally Solid West. An examination of the cenists reporbltl will indicate the enormous increase in the wealth of the New England and Middle States, as compared with the rest of the country, and oven a fool must know that it Is the result of legal robbery and unjust discrimination by Congress. Democracy is a dear name to us, but we no longer have the substanco-we have only the shadow. Aesop's fal)le oftthe dog and the shadow will illus trato the situation and shlow the condi tion of those of us who cling to the name, whilst we can't get the sub stance. We had a very small bone under the Sherman act. We snapped at the shadow of a great relief promised in 1 the Chicago Platform and the restora- I tion of the DIemocracy to power. and I we have lost the little bone we had . and got nothing. At Memphis I undertook to repre- % sent time people of South Carolina and V told the friends of silver that, if we t ''old not get aL mian whoml, we could i trust in the Democratic party on a b platform that was unequivocal and ex- b )licit, % e would cast our cloctoral vote t for the candidate of som1 other party. L "6 i)id I represent you ?" (One or two t Noes aItn IL chorus of " Yes " were e heird.) " WlAH, I'll take a hand primary on t it. I don't want you to declare your- b selves l'opulists. I ask all of you who t lie wiiling to vote for a man for Presi- t dent, pledged to free siiver, whether a he he IL Democrat or not, to hold up a your hands. iThere was ia forest of open palms in the aiir in a moment, only one man, Mr. lull, voting in the negative amid derisive cries.) A " Now, gentlemen, he's not to blame -ho's only blind. I respect and ad mire ien who disagree with me, but n who have the nianhood to stand by r( their convictions. n "We are all white men, but for ai God's sake, for South Carolina's sake, tl never' let it be said that the white men a appealed to the negro to arbitrate their differenees. I am no1 Po)ulist. d The Democratic party in the North- w west has been ptractically disbanded in a( ten or twelvo States. What hope have P we of electing a Democratic President,? SI What sort of iL hope have we for gen. r< uine Democracy to win in tile next 0] general election ? The r.sult of the last election indicates that the Repub- w licans have strong hopes of electing d. the next President and there are many ill men in tile South who think it a good if time to join that party in the hope of c< getting offico. I have been looking for p< 'one now converts to that party in 1) this State, but so far none have an- bi nounced themselves. Car we stand se four more years of this sort of tiling, si b)Oys ? Well we have stood so much tl if it. that 1 don't believe you can starve us. Nothing can do that, but my God, s it is so awfully tiresome. " While the South is practically a iolid for silver our condition of finan- ct .ial slavery is almogt intolerable. We il Imust endure our suffering until the h hand of A meridan brotherhood is at 3eachdl out to us by the Northwestern F rarmers, and they cry a'oud in their o :listres, 'Come, help us.' The only to hope is to ally the South and West to- h< .ether against the North and 10ast, lo but don't let us impose the condition ti .)n those seeking the alliance- that we at go as Democrats alone Those people p( Jiospise that naie. That hatred is an A inheritance of the war-just as we 01 hate the namne Republican. Those. d< states contain a larger percentage of ti Union soldiers than any others, bo- ti .-ause they moved there just after the T war to get soldiers' homesteads and ti they have been accustomed to connect A the word Demuocrat and Copperhead cc together just .as we connect Republi- e an and negro together. Those people L ire now being ground to powder bie- d tweon tihe upper andi nether mill ir stones. Why not both sides give up ft party names and meet half way ? If ti your house is burrning down, will you fi stay in it because it is labeled Demo- mr eratic. We can't take the name of L l.opulists because thley have too mtany IV 'i iss' and rad ical ideas, and they have e' pandered too much to socialism. They ti call me an anarchist-a right bran new n onc--but L cannot stand many things ci inl tihe Populist platform. Whly, in al God's name, stay here and go down ri withl tile hull1 of tile old rotten D)omow- ti cratic sip; Y At Memphis I tread on ti some Democratic toes. B~ut onl tihe r' other' hand you should have heard tihe vi wild hurrahs of those who agrc with mie. It was like a ilmanlte camu- tI paign hmeeting in 1890. Now they II talk aibout a ring. Yes, its a hand1's-all- IL roundl ring of 610,0(00 Rtefor'm D~emocrat- r ic voters-and I am proud to belong tor it. I I cannot see how any man can p) standio by tile Demnocracey w hen itis8con- a trolled by such traitors as Cleveland o and1( Carlisle. I say t~o youI now-whlen o the time comies we cani deliver the~ l electoral vote. I believo. I know we C can d1o it. (Applause.) Thlie only test g heretofore ini this .State, of D~emnocracy, ti has beemn w hite) soupremacye3. The only ti obtaLcI to the union of tile lt'iends of w silver is tihe loaveb andi ishes of tile o local otlilces. The desire to conmtrol ti thlese has miore to do with tile contin- a umationl of th~e existing paIrties than time n prIinlcipIos of those parties. The local o mnachinles in eachl State are tihe greatest o bairriers to tile formation of a now w nmationail fi nancial ptarty. Thell Ameri cani peolel sholOld narrow dlowni their p local politics and como~ together. Ieor il miysel f, I am 5 (o disgusted that I aml r ready to throw up) tile nameII and1( give t up the parutty. WVe mutst join1 the pe~ople y of titbo Nolrtihwest,. Tino4 friends of h> silve ar' ~ e iln thoi maIjor1i ty-45,000,000 a uti Of tile 70,0000,000J in thlis r'epu blie-- t butt Liley arc held1( downI. All t~ihey f want is the oppor)1tuIn ity to gut togethler. I: Shaill we let thtis matteor of name~lL keep r uts apar' Senlator Tiillmanlt thlen r'Oferre'd to tile C buyinug u p of tihe metropol itanl neLws- I papLIors andit ne(ws a gencdies by tile gold hugs. " 'The ir cry," said Tillman10, " is' thait 1.he( silve '(tcruza.L is dying out. Therd wa~s never aL mlore braz'en false hood. Tlheroe is nio sil ver' craz' to begin i iith . Our' peoplie are not fools, and I they are tonly striving w ith tile intensi - ty of despa)LIi' to re3leaLsI 0our g0ot'n mlenlt from tile grasp) of tile octoptus to prevent the tories from selin g us intob hondages to the IBritishl goldbugs. Thiey ulnder-stand the isbue pierfe'ctly, as will he proven whlen time timtie comest' to vote. I think I can~ safe.ly say t~he South is solid for linancial relief. Whlen we mloet the Northwestornl poo ,pit' we lmt.e he eady to go abhond andt NO STATE' FAIl THIS YMIJAI. The Railroads ilamet For ithe Mis Iortune-Atlantas Greater Atrae tion Will be In Full Blast Fair Week. Special to the News aid Coutri r. The prospects are that there will be no State lair hold this fall, and the railroads are to blame for it. For the prst two years elTorts have been made to get them to give the rate formerly in force, that is one cent a mile for passengers and haul exhibits free. Under that arrangement they used to haul about forpy cars of freight, but at the same time they brought to Colum bila between 15,000 and 20,000 visitors. The roads now charge one full first class fare for the round trip on both freight and passengers, and under this arrangement business has steadily fallen off. Instead of hauling long trains full of passengers for the past two years they have hauled trains with nobody in them. On the face of it this looks like a short-sighted policy, and the railroad officials have never given satislactory exlIl+4r'eion of it. Last year when the alfairs of the Agricultural and Mechanical Associa tion were shown to be in a bad condi tion a committee, consisting of the bank presidents of the city, was ap pointed to got up some scheme " to raise the wind." That committee ap plied to the city council foi aid, but none has been fortheoming. Council a~ppropriated $2,000 last year to aid the Fair, and it is evidently the opinion of the majority that it is no use to be for ever helping it out when the railroads practically knock the whole thing in the head. The committee of bankers have privately announced that they will not try to obtain sullscriptions any rrtheir as it would Le uselOss to at tempt to have a Pair under the circum tances. Col. D'Archy P. Duncan has written 'o Mr. Culp, of the Southern Railway, jbout the matter of rates, hut lie states that the outlook for obtaining better terms is not bright. The At laDta Exposition will be in full blast luring the time the Fair would be ield, and as that enterprise has a rate )f one cent a mile it would be cheaper or a ir an in some parts of South Caro ina to go to Atlanta rather than to Co umbia, although this city would be iearer his home. The official announcment of the dis iolution of the Fair has not been made, >ut it will be very soon. The discon inuance of it will be a great lose to he society in more ways than one. ['he buildings and grounds now used )y the society were given it by the ,ity of Columbia, with the provision ,hat should a Fair not be held the )roperty would revert to the2 city. 'vorybody in Columbia, as well as in he State, will hope that some way nay be found out of the wilderness, >ut the road is a long, rocky and itumpy one from all appearances. STILL Pi'PitINU 'OR 'I .ll I PAIR1. The Columbia State gives the ol owing information as to the State 9air: There hus recently been much talk n regard to the matter of holding the stato Fair this year, and it has been tated by several that no fair would be teld. This does not, however, seem to )C the ase. There is very little-doubt hat the fair will be held, but the indi ations are that for once the exhibitors vill have to make their exhibits from , patriotic rather than a financial tandpoint, and the people of South 'arolina may be relied on to (10 that or once. Secretary Holloway has arrived in ,ho city to look after the interests of he coming fair. When Col. Holloway vas seen, he had this to say, giving dso an explanatory letter which will >0 found below : " It was hoped that the city of Co umbia would have come to the aid of the ociety to enable it to hold a successful air next November, but, the informv ion contained in the letter from Dra. l'alley sets at rest the p)ossibility of iolding a fair, olfor'ing the usual prem limis., T1he letter referred to by CJoi. 1101 oway reads at follows : CoL~UMniA, S. C., ii uly 9, 1895. 30l 1'hos. J. Moore : Dear' Sir : As chairman of the coin uittee appointed by the State Agri miltural and Mechanical Society o solicit aid from the citizens of Co Lumbia to defray the expenses of the ext fair, I am instructed to report hat the matter was submitted to a neeting of the citizens speccuiaiv called or that p)urpocsc, andl that a commuittee sonsisting of Messrs. Clark, Haskell rnd DesPortes, were alppointed to wrcsont the subject to the city council. 1Phi committee so appoi nted alpoared efore council andI made alplications ur the sum of $2,500. T1ho queistioni of ,ho right of council to make the app~lro )riation was submitted to the city at ~orney and upon an adiverse opinion by blhat ofilcer, the council declined to ake action in the matter. With great regret your committee ire constrainedl to replort, thamt, not withstanding their niost strenuous of rorts to further the wishe, aind inter asts of the society, their endeavors to procure the necessar'y contribution have not been successful, and they isked to ho dischargod. A. N. TPALLY, Chairman Comii nitteeo. Col. Hlollowa~y in speailng further ibout th'i fair saidl : "~ The -summer meeting of the society will be hold in the city of Columbia on Wednesday, August 7, at 10 a. mn., at which time the matter of holding the next fair will be duly considleredl, and until then nothing definite can ho known. "Tho refusal of the railroads to a' lowv the rates of passage charged prior to 1893, is the case of the present, em barassment of the society. For sov oral years prIior to 189)3, the average of the coupocns fomr that period amountedl to $5,4115. A fter the increase of rates for the two years of 18931 and '9)5, theC railroad receipts amnoun ted to $1,1400 only.__ --A suggestion has been made to the l'x-Confedcrato posts of Arkansas and T1exas to take some action toward rais ing a fund for a monument to D~avis Owen D~odd, who, at the age of iT years, was hianged at Little Rock, Ark., on .January 8, 1864l, as a Confederate spy. 'odd was a native of T1exas, and a youth of iomnark able promise and TIllM W1CATiriti1 AND C(ROPS. 10&od Ittins Neededi Ovei- fhe State Hot Weather and lgigt Showsers Great hiIp)ovelielnt in CottonI. The followiig is the report of tl weather bureau for the week ondi, July 23d instant. Correspondents, as a rule, ropo that the condition of all the crops co tinues satisfactory, but there are nai excoptioni from all parts of the Stat, Good rain is the indicated need for great portion of the State as it was tLI caso last week, only the need for raai hIas becoIII 111010 Urgent, for two ren oils, becauso inl som1e portions of ti1 State very little or no rain rell durin the pist week, and because it was very hot week with less than the usu1 amount of cloudiness to prevent ti ground from drying quickly eve where the rainfall was heavie -t. Ti replorts indicate that in Williamsbur and Union counties the droughty coi ditions are most severe and there cor is firing badly. In portions of Alkel Anderson. l'ickens, Greeniville ami Barnwell there has been considerall less thani the usual amount of rain sil( the crop season began: in faut, wit the possiblo exceptions of Newberr Richland and LairiliCid, where thei has been plenty of rain, it appear's th. in every county there are largo trate where the suinimer's rainfall has beC below the usual amount, and in sue sections the crops are pioorest, bein slightly under an average conditioi otherwise they are above an average There was a hail storm in the e: treme western portions of the Stat and in Chesterfield oil the 15th, doii but little damage ; it was accompanic by a high wind in pllaces that ble down trees, strippod the green fru from the trees, levoled corn and co ton, fences, etc. The wind did mati rial injury over limited areas onli On tile same dato there wet ieav rains in Newberry, lichlan,(l. aii 1Ield and portions of I exington cout ties that did more or less injury b washing lands, o' orilow ing creek hol tois, etc. The winds were generally from th south, southwest and west-very hc and drying. There was more than the usui amount of sunshine except on th immediate coast, where it was atiml normal. The temperature was very even dii ing the entire week, with maixim ranging from 88 to 102, andi minim from 68 to 78 (exception noted). Th lowest maxima and lowest minim occurred along tile coast, and th greatest range in the interior, so tha the daily mean tempieraturo d ifferi but little il tile ditforent portions o the State. The highest temperature rlporte was 102 on the I7th at Gillisonville lowest was 62 oin t1 17th at l1ateshurg The mean temperature of the wee for the State was about 82, aid t normal for the samile period is approy imately 82. The rain of tile 15th was the heaviet and most general for a week piast. 0 the 20th (Saturday) and :Nist (Sunda: there were light local showers in var O0us parts of the State, but they wei for tile most insullicient for tile gi ov ing crops. Of tile 37 stations roportin; rain during the past wook, :11 repot less than tile Usual am1ount aild i Lmort The average of the 37 stations, incidi ing the rain of the 15th is 1.01 inchec mtid the norial for tile Same period i Itpproximately 3.39 inches. As indicated above the general coni dition of the crops in this State is I longer as uniformly good as lerctofor except that cottol halts llade great ill provement everywhere, the weathe having been just right for it. In place it is turning slightly yellow, anid inl few placcs grow.ing toO much.... to we t In some1 localities it conitinuels sm~all and in otihers hlas attainled a season~abl growthl, but everywhere it is fruitinl wvell witlh very little shedding. I ie hlave entirely dIisap~peatred, liust hla formed on sandy land in a few pla:ce: otherwise thle crop) is cleun anid fre from pests. It is being, or' has hoe1 laid by generally. Inl the easternl portions of the Stal and1( where rains were sullicient Il eatrly iornl crop) is safe and is Ia line em westward and whert, th~e rainls wel wanlting it is inl a cr'iticatl stage, but I yet looks promising, l3ottoma lari corn is looking line every whlere antd beiing laid by generally. Tile preserl lwrospe~ct is thait thle entire corn crc will be ani extra large 011e tis yea only asmall11 portion (If which is al read mradle. Th'Ie pea crop~ has Iimplrove: 11and good stand has been attatined ini mi Ilacer. Some being sown even nov In places pods atre large enou~gh fe picking. Sweet piotatoslipsaire doing well, hi the crop still promises to ho0 less thai an1 aver'age one owiing to thle reduce acreage. Sceond crop~ of I rish potiatot is being planted.. CutLtinrg anid cuiring tobacio Is tL order of work in Will iamlsburg, F'lo once, l)arlington, and to ia less extei ini a few other countliies. Th~e enti I crop is said to be It line one of sumperi< General prIepara'Itionls iare being mat for planting fall vegetiables. Son turipiis being sownI and a large atcrel intli catedl. Fr'uit continues pilenti fuil generiall but in lFlorene counity is siaid LI) scarce. A pplles a~poar genieratlly be Inferior antd unsoundl. The seicol crop) of figs prtom ises to be a large ti ini tile eiastern portion of the Stat Largo sh Iimet s (f wa iter and1( m1m mielone~ wVoro miade Lto Northern'I aI Western miarkets, neverthieless LI local marlLkets are gl uttedl and prie very low. Gardecns atre plracticlly3 ruineid ov4 ia large paIrt, of. time State, as Lthe wt~c er loas been too hot atnd dIry for them yet fine okra and1( tot~iLoes arme inl abui dance. Germian mimlet is growing well, im so atre sorghum 11Canld, rice, pleanuts il patuires. Th'ie p:-ospct~s, iln genleial, arc ye encouraging at 'is thle mid ~-summnii seaisoni, whuen nearly all crops~I lha been laid by iandt are tenteri ng cLII third or last stage wvhichi (endI. wi frueteseence. --l- wishl ytou were o r so01 t L you wouid be willing to mtarry i She-I ami far mor~e genlerouls Ltn 3 are, ovitdently. I wish that you w rich so that I miight be willinig toI m organize the new party. 1Lot the name be what it will. Let us dotormino here now that we will got together, and that the goldbugs will see how little reliance is to be placed on the cry that the silver crazo i dying." Senator Tilliman spoko forty minutes and was freqiently applauded. IJ;ANS ON TIll CONVENTION. Goverinor Evans spoko on the con stitutional convention, itd throw much light on scheies herotoforo and under ,1 bushel. lie advocated the Missis ippi plan, with modifications, for the ogulation of thosutfrage. He discuss d tho schomo at length-tho taking >f the two-im ill tax out of the constitu ion and putting it in the hands of the >eople), leaving in the constitution a equirement that the Legislature shall irovide a system of free common chools, the taxpayer designating to wlich school his tax shall go ; that the onstitution provide that the Legisla uro have power to createcorporations znder general laws, relieving that ody of special corporation privilege ills, that provision be made to allow he Logislaturo to deal with the iquor question as it deems best; that be State be divided into smaller ounties for the convenience of the cope and saving of expenses; that s judiciary be recamstructed so as to 3curo the will of the people; that the ial justice system be abolished, and iat the oflices of Adjutant General nid Superintendent of Eiducation be bolished. TIllLMAN'S SUPFRAGE PLAN. 1Full Explanation of lis Scheme for the RegulatIonM of the Suffhge. Senator Tillman has frequently inti ated that he had a plan for the 3gulation of the suirrago, which would At disfranchise white men, and at the ,ne time would restrict the voting on le part of the negroes so as to give ssuranco of white supremacy. At a campaign meeting held a few ays ago at Hunter's Chapel, in Barn elI county, Senator Tillman made an Idress to the crowd of six hundred 33ple, in which he disclosed the hemo devised by him, and which is ,ported ak follows by a correspondent the State : The meeting was one of the Barn ell County campaign meetings, and iring the forenoon speeches were ad ; the candidates in the county r 3sigates to the constitutional invention. There were about 600 ursons present, nearly all of them )ing Reformers an d about seventy-live 1 iing ladies. An excellent dinner was rved, after which Governor Elvans oke, and then Senator Tillman faced 0 crowd. lie came out stquarely and gave the heme for the regulation of the suf- I age, making reference to his remark I , liidgeway when advocating the t tiling of the constitutioral convention which he asked the people to trust im and vote for the convention. He ated too that in the spring after the arty conference he had served notice all opposed to the Mississippi plan get ready for the near future. Then fully disclosed the scheme as fol ws: "I have given a great deal of ought to this matter. The 15th nendment i3 an insuperable bar to a I wmanent and lasting arrangement. I ny scheme that may be adopted can t ly be temporary and will be largely ,pendent on white unity, as it is upon ie administration of the law rather I ian in its language we must rely. I his has been the case w th the regis ation law and the eight box law. I s long as ' no discrimination on ac munt or color' can be made, even an lucational qualification pure and mpie would only serve its purpose of sfranch ising the negro while he rec- I ains ignorant. H-ow can we dis- 1 anchiso illiterate negroes without at te same time taking the right of suf age from the same class of white on 'Y it is easy enough and cannot called a fraudulent, system. The i ississippi constitution provides that rory voter must -be registered and 1 tat the appllicant for registration uist be able to r-ead a clause in the mnstitutIon or be0 able to understand id explain it whzen road to him. The ght to judge of the latter rosts with io supervisor of registr-ation. If Io app11licant can r-cad he must be igistored and therefore be allowed to )te. if ii e cannot, it is easy to see that ic negro could not understand, while 10 white man wouldi. Tlhis is natural the whites arc the more intelligent Loo. Couple a provision feorbidding Igistration after conviction for crime, nd require the applicant to be also )ssessedl of a good moral character ad you can see how many thousands negroes will he disfranchised with it fraud or- iithiout infringing oni the ith amundment to the IUnitoli States onstitution. Should we ever have a overnmnent that would a)point regis -ation ollicors ii ho wvanted' to enroll io negroes as voters this schemze ould not work. liut there is a di ITor flee hetween having it in the constitu on and (depend ing on the cighit box td iregistr-ationi lw-i. A defealted iinority of white men could never btain control of the governmiont by b~taining a white majority first, and it ould then have no neod of the negro. "Another safeguard wvould b~e to rov ido that no( i iiteralto person fail ig of the necessary requirements for )gistration wouldJ be eligible afiter ao Iirist, election, and that afteor five ears the req uireme nts for' registration e the ability to recad and1( wvrite puro nd simle. TLhis would acet as a spur men of hoth races to lit themselves >r the suffrage and would not per etuiate the confessedly obnoxious buti ecessary priovision of tr'sting to the idgment of the suplir-visor. The. har-ge that such a system would pe etuate dishonest elections is falso." Continuing Senator Tillman said: If this scheme is not adopted, then, (I far- as I canm see, there 's r.othing Ise to do hut have qunalill woman's utfr-age andliiil hel bihndl petticoats. ama peirfectly willing to give the voimon of South Cai-olina the ri ht to 'ote wvhen they ask for it, but I doni't joltieve they want it, and until they do isk foir it, I pre-fer- the other plan."' The above zn-e Sonator Tfilluman's ex ict words, and they przetty fully cover tLhe all iimpor-tant matter. It may be tdded thatt this being the scheme the inauguirator of the Reoforim movement navncates, it will bo almost certain to TiIE 80UTIIEItN RAILWA' - The Presidoint. or he Contpany liniies Cho Polley of tills C SysItnA. A few days a ro thoro was I g pilblic ii New 'ork a lottor Samuel Spencer, president of , Southern Rtailway Company, W was addressed to the Chamber of ( y mere in I Maon. Gha., in resjponse letter 1 rom tlibtt body. The Chai a of Commereo in its lettor expe ( e appeension at the extensivo Co a nations of the SOithernlin'ai WILy ( panly, an~d sought, t~o have 11n int~i e tion of the collpaniy's policy eslei 9in iregard to the City of Macon. t NI .r. Spencer's reply itieludes the J lowing : " I see no legitiixato gr e foir apprehension upotn the part of n people of Macon oi accounlit, of % e you term the Combinations of our v paly and its colt.rol of the tralli the principal lines elitering and tering in Macon, lnd I asore you You are entiruly right, in at.'Sin t.hat the Southern lIailway re ogi the importance of .\laeon as a di e buting centre h " Whatevelr ma1y b1 e the r'esullt ol reorganization of the Central I "aiI Company there is io intention It the property shall he operated portion of the Southorn I ai l a system. As rogards the 0teo h SouAt~hlerl and( F0loridai the Sout lRtailway Comnl)ILnY and its friends trol not all, but a Ima, jority, of seeui'tties. U. nder these coid i tion . property should be managed as a arate corporation ill order that i iniority inl this shall have fair (j (litable ti'ratmiienit, and accotin an I ther.e is no Iurpose oln oin-1 I even, if we possessed the powel depart fron this, the only pri PolIi cy. It. is not intended to make or4 to elideavol to make either of t roads an exclusive colnect ion Of Soithern IiniIway systemii. It is policy of the Soulthiern RIa iIlway ( pany to strkenigtbei all it's lives an every reasoma1blei way to foster growth of loald ihterests within t territory itserves rather Ilian tc to force all trallie into paitie eh anneIls. This does 'ot mean th;L pr o)poses to assumie the burien r'esionsibil ity 01' giuiantIIee tkhe CeSS Vf ill coived or badly m1m111 unterprise's "We aIt , fully imiind ful of the im A~ Lance of the !ociatioin of tI e otlies L shops inl your eity. I assure you1, I A ver, that, if in tiie Course-SU of busic the Iecessity for anty chialg it Sthere shall be ats little distin-banerc. possible in Maoi Of sucl iocal orrg zatiols as you refer to. As regards consolidation pel 111 to say at wo.'t ConlisiOliiIhttioll i paiL the legitiiiate and111 inevit, result of rikiesis and spiecuialaive I struetion of ivedl Its, rai I ways tI I rol out the Souithl, and hiopless stroll .to Iloainltatin L11hem1 whenl bila.. and your fellow citizns in -c well at * of the widepread ruin itd ban ki \Vwhieb C11.un0 u11on1 the(, railroad inti-1 of (.eorgia.. In respect to the (oi dlatioll whiCh followed it iigit, be e to add what, else, if anything, . possible under tLhe cirenilistan, r,'.xipcrielce shows, not only in Go t but, elsew here, that,. as a ru le there but two aLterniatiives foril iroa d per-ties; under Suich conlditions. ilist either he conisolidtLed i) )prltted ilore cheaply, or tily t 110 left to stiurve separatrely. " As Iegrdti's the policy' of Southern itailway Compan y I you r attention to thev f act tha t it not ruiltiLed in the ineitse of sala r at ay pOillt, but has resulItell in1 Ie roadbe andi equipment., iImpr selvice an11d greter SIfety Lo publie. The rIo'sei is to seiure poIssiblie, by3 at bilinlg upl pr0cese )agg regatte volhuniie of tri' he neces: ,,.0 enabthle it toi meet its iobligattioun wiihl is conistiatly ideimaiiur ill erice aC it ia Con'istantl y dimiiin is n iec~0. To do th is it, iiust, keepI its I e dhition, andi alil it asks ats a me~at e Lihis und is uni formnd rea1 lCisor .rates and~ I h dsconitinuaneo1C of *' imtih legislationi seeks, but fail a prevent, niaiiely, stiert, i'att CutI Seniator) Ir'l~y Slate('0 fori 0 hier'f .1m -Governuor' l'0van s fil or ie M'Snat e . lou n GAary. Wauitis form Gov'ernorim. Th'ie IALiurens corresIpondenit, (If SAtlanita C.onsti t'ition i ndlulges ini Sfollowing sjpecuilations tol futuri 'Op - cal evenits iln So~uthi Carolina: The pol itieai sl ate in Soutth Caro as~ is ver~y naitura'il, hats two sides On one has been written in it iplaini, hand t aleged issues be fore the stitiionlenventieon and' tiieipt at, large,whlonhetbrth< faint, illegible trfeinig ini eli known only bly those who aroe in et of the maierty (If the governmeiil The ciphor' side has1 so( fari unodor theo eyes oIf those5i wh are (1 posed0( toP h1o loyal to the ite formu in cment, bt, eveni Senator Irbiy, wi regarded as lihe v igriilantC eslo I hats failed to keep the myi3st~rius e a compleo secet,. A man wiho is well kniowni in thi ' per plart, of the State 11iil is e to where respectedL(~( for hiis integri t' I~ fioirmed thei writer ats LII thie chii jeet o1f the onisti iutionl nonivien h'Ie suppllioed miain issues wieb~il (k beeni i (throw oit, as folodl for thbough teralI ineients. In the ir'st, pIlace, tthe kinig lii bactk of the conistituiitiollt 10onVeI m~oIvemen~lt, is sidto Lbelt the 5jp abol11i tion oIf thbe preseniit Stiprem~lo (. and( the adopltion o~f tihe appllellater inl its s~teadt. As hong 11s Chief ,iu MIel ver riles agatinst the c3onstitul lal ity (If the ~e form la ws there ei idno1 hope~i oni thI parltt (If the Iiby fa for abhsoluto lpeace(. The lefor icoignize x thi niecessity. for the orI a.ition oIf It juid ieiaryu whihel is iti fect iaccord with thei leg islativye bria NIlverY muiilst gil, and1( Liben the will be1 cliearied (If non-1sympal Ilthizox inadd itioni Li) tile r'estora'tion ol atpIpellhate courti', w hich wasi istenice in this State b~eforle thie at there is to ho 21n1.incriease on th~ mC. eait ben3ich of six judoges, all of liu shll Ib110 lected for' life or gou -ro hiavior' i nstei o~f for a term of; Ii- Seniator II'by, accor'ding ta this muitinni wilI nepinoloi none~ tha judiciary of South Cai'olina as ohief j usti c1 ((. owt - Governor John Gary Evans will fall rel heir to the plaeo now occupied by Sen ittor I rhy, aid Johi Gary Watts will a ude hold the Governor's chair until a betV r,om11 ter man colleis and takes it. thle hi lolh ~~~~" .'lm- IT WORlElI) IOTHJ WAY& to a ssed Thena ()lt Agalin. n)hi- Sent to the penitentiary for forgery !om- -pardoned through forgery. Such is ma- the story that colne from Tennessoc. ally It, is no uncomoll occurrenc for men to be sent to the ponitentary for fol- forgory. One can hardly glance over und1(1 Iln issue of any of the metropolitan tihe newspapers without finding such an 'iat ilstancleo, for a 1man to forgo his way oml1- iIto the pellitontiary"anlId forgo it out of Igalin is no comon.Ot case. 'he coin een- Cidenices of real -life are often more at, strnilge thaln those of fiction. Such is in tbe tory froill the Volunteer Stato, It is (onll iln) which tile principal Iactor ,I ri- could give .lil the 1ma111111 many val ubale tips. It Ahout tell yours ago a yoting man, '0)ad1 by the n1am1e .1. Clav .10111180ti, was con that,' ietd of forgery Ill West Tonnessoo as a 110d "cltenled (to i term of years in the way tate i'lnitintiiary at Nasfiville. Bo gin, hwe he hd .1l rvod olit 1m1or1o thal a Ier11 S111a01 11til. of h is tilel ho was a froo COn- man:1, fle b1ty paridon1 of the Governor, the and t-hat lau-don w- secured by for sup- -Johnson hadl pult himuself inl the penli tle tenlillr b1y forery, and by the SaeIl a1n1 def, 1se of th0iet 11en1 had soered hia ilg, pr . I li i ved4 i W on of the sm11( I \t, , Of W;est 'Ten nlesse. wats Ia hook to keeper by profession, and all abl on1e. > ie forged the name1110 of some prolm ilenlt eitlzen to ia draft on the Bank of Car )voII roll tyli, Te1nssoo, locnted at Iese liu inig(onl. Tihe forgory w s dis tile CEvered, John11son1 wats arrestod, tried the ailnd convicted, aild 1 solitConod to tie Oil- pllit .eltiarvy lIt Nasllvillo for at terimi of [I ill yar. lit) esaped from th jail the1 during the preliminitary trial it, 1Iur tile tingdoln, bt, was roeelptu1retd and filially try landed inl thW eiteltiary. Nosooner 10lr hald ho beeli given a suit of stripes it it thanll lie betganl il t6d V ;.,o it 1111in-, to h and141 lrid of them. su e. Now, it so happened .Hint, at Mr "i aIp god List waIIS A1 pr4o111al an11d 1)oliticatl friend Of tho Governor, a4nd had presided p0- ver te IC m 'CrIaItiC Conve, '1.1011 Which and phe) d Mr. lhilallinl ill nomination. o w I- lie was. tind is still 1ono Of the imost es-,SS promin1, n'o, DUM Aerat in West Tinnes. ise C see. Hlis letter. therefore, carried its great .veight ill tl teyes of the Gover nIli- n)o'. AcCollpanyllg tIhe lettor from Mr. haptist was a lengtiby petition, Illit Signed by 11n11y of the m1ost, prolli ieit .l il ii.ens (f tile ount y in wh ich John )Il m ld. lTlhiS, Of 0u111rS, added on weigW h, to ile- of M '. ILptiSt. .h- .\ fLer enrIe l consideing the Illat gl ' the tGoVe rilolr issued at pardon for Yu Johnson, ad an hlur liteor he walked uI4 out (If the n1,11ienth y 11I fr'ee 111111. It ptcey neV0d nlot Ii he tld 1ha10 h10 did not ,liu -es ts Q'"e 1V n :-onnid hm capital. Ilul the i- NaI'ivilh. papers of thl day folhowing v ll Iho issue Of the plardoll tho catso of walus .()h )soll wls IenlitiOlled. It wt's not long WeS ? befor 1he whole -tary camo out, and rgia tal. Governor 1s certaied that 110 had* are-0 pardollpd a mnan onl papers whichl were )ro- foIrgE"ries. Not only the letter of Mr. It LBaptist., ht, the JeLition LCcomll1a11y Ih I illg it were all forgeries4, and boon inst, wirlte Iei ald migne10d inl L 1,b ponitoltiary by . 1ohnson. the .\'t. 1 1ilItiSt WnI s telegraphed to e.Il com! to Nashville. lio was4 shown the ha~s N'tter puwporting" to have. been writton rivs by h imself IIld r'.1ketl if it wias gniluine. tter lie rp4liled that, if Ie( had not known I*d i 11h ha Ia II ot, W i tell any suh lottor tll. lie Coullid ,lot den4y 1he sig)aturo, so good if atit iiitet orn waM it,. I Wl wr,o his an1 natnllE, and1( it waLs identicl1 with thlat ary03 of the l10t11.1 I xpert's wer cal0(1led in, s 1o ami11 none4 of t,hemii were able1 to tell thes 'redl genuin from111 thel fo)r gedl name11. hibi Th ''e si gnaiturieS toI thle petitionl were tor al1so fo rgedl, and14 m~any (If LIhomI with, hin1g whIichl Johnson801 had becomo2001 famnilia r w10p- duingi his8 long resideneu iln the coun11 (con~- ty werle also4 hardl'( to di stingu ish froml 5 t 1.b tl enu~4ine 1. .illhnson' 114 had donolver aleI4 workI, but, lhe 11uni no4t, b)eenJ qu ite so vhiat, su~cessful as8 he0 had1 hloped for. H~e - to waIs IE' rapt~iwe and4 (14 sorrt back to the T'II.: Cll4 i N \V:WAl U A'I 'l' Ext'ost. 'lTIoN.--Thle executive commnIittee of the (Cott In St~ate's l'xposition has closed .. 4 14 aconltrac4t, witLh tile l'ain Py rotechnic 141Spe14ctalar 1( CompanIlify for thir - most til ealist 18,i0 and14 h lgest 11oncepti) onl. ThoIi t~le scene1 to 1be represenOlted1 wil be the t 8 torm'lin o 1~(f \Voi-1114- Wei, in tile' Ilt-recentCI Ubiee-Japanese125( warL. Trhe nor1(1th end (If Lihe 11ake will be0 the soone0 .)at of thle dIispla~y, whichl will run (for six 1,1.10n nightsI, bleginlning wi th 2' ('o1on bohingl nigilt of the4 I~ Eosiion. Senery conl- sixty-live feet hIighl and14 .11u-ee hunl(t'dr an111iild ihirlty' feet wid~e relwesen011tingl the4. H IL Elor f \Ve.11(4i- ltiWe wil herctd ;h-r and 1,e w .n cn f1b tomn iIro (f t.he Chinese h 1181arbor' by3 the.fpaos Io Ilad'an toped bots, will bo ade1141114 very'3 realistic by' tile atid of the SlpIIgenious111 Iire works (If'tile lin Iorn It is to beho most1111 gorgeous prlodu11 pany 1113 has( (1ver pimh'cd before thbe pulblic and1( waIs s1cured0 by3 the l'xposit ion at rea'04It, eIxpense18. The14 sc0en( will re-e ' odneop01 1(1C exact~Iy tilt app~hearIance of no-n-o'I'4f-warO Inl action. Over threeo fob- hundred1 l' eople(1) will be reCqulirod to toll pera'IIte thbe paL10noam, and for scente Se'ffec(t it is 8such ai show as5 has never b ~leenl surpa)lssed1 in America. The al~L-Dgent (If tile Il'ain1 Company Is now in Atyi \tlanta I ar'ran~ging the dletails for the ourlt The Charlestonf News anld Courier Ourlt says' that Alaj. J1. L. Coker, of Harts- ., stic villec, D ar' lngton1 County, is thinking Lion- o stabIlishin~g IL wholesale paper en be 11ous4 ill Char'leston. Hio has a pulp -tl4in m H.11 in Dar~lingtonl and has long mauu mor01s fa(cture~d an1 excellent quality of manilla .ai- Ipaperl. Mr'. Cokor' has many friends pe-in Chlelston who would warmly ocwelcomol him and his proposed enter .amp)j prl'.so to the city. Ulls proposition to; mr, es5talish1 IL wholsa'0 paper house in i the th ct is favor'ably, considered by iwho n ex- leadg 1m1 (Ihanlts 'nd business men, warl, all1 of whomn 1hop) thalt he will carry hiba c cir- design into eti'ct, wvhom ---The tr'ustees of a college in 0110 >d 1)0- (If tihe Western States want a pro~si rear's. dent,' and the conditions are that to infor- m na1t h3)a n.Democrt. nd not. a wnrehv.