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* *-* . { ' VO.HE P PL..SD JRLL VOL 5:" -NO. P5.ICKENS, S.C., THURSI)AY, NOV' ELM13LBR 21,19.OEDLAAYAR THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Three Mills for the Publid Schools. THE POLL TAX ONE DOLLAll Tiliman and Evans Opposed Eact Other-The Report of the Commit tee on Education Goes Through. 1 HEC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Senator Tillman said he wanted to start on the matter of districts, becausi many membe.rs wore willing to vote a good levy, if they know how it was Ri be distributed, and on his motion thi debate was adjourned. Ho offored i substitute as follows . Section 5. The General AssenbI shall provide for a liberal systum o free public schools for children betweei the ages of 6 and 21 years. not mentaU; disabled, and for the division of tht counties into suitable school districts as compact in form as practicable, hav ing regard to natural boundaries a large creeks, etc, and not to excee forty-nine nor be less thau nine squar nil a in area: Providei, that in citie of ten thouand inhabitants and ovei this limit sh all not apply : Provided further, that if any school district laid out under this section shall einbracu cities or towns already organized int special school districts in which gratiet sohoo 1ildings have been erected b3 the ishwance of bonds, or by special taxation or by donation, all the terri tory included in said school distric shall bear its just proportion of any tax that may be levied to liquidate such bonds or support the public achooh therein: Provided, further, that noth ing in tiits article contained shall be construed as a rupeal of the laws unde which the several school districts o the State are 1rganized. Congresmian Wilson said thi - amenti ment would never do. In his cout the people were satislied with the pros ent arr.%ng-anent ?f t.he 'iistricts. Ch il dren wouaid be co-nfused and sent to now schools. The Legislature ought to ba allowed to manage this question. What will suit one county will not suit anoth er. This sudden change will involv< a charge and an expenditure that i: not wanted. We want to be lot alon< and let us manage our affairs in ou] own way. These words, "as practica ble," cannot save us. The peovision i mandatory, and it will take a ver; great excuse to save us. It would cos his county not less than $10,000 to carr; out this provision. What he advocatu, was to -Irotect the country districts. Sendtor Tillman said it lo )ked as if Mr. Wilson could not look beyont Spartanburg in considering a publie question. Mr. 'Wilson : " My friond is alon and', although a surveyor, does no know the public wants." Senator Tillman : " What we wan1 is to keep the people from frittoiriom away our school fund. We must staii out with reasonable school districts ama not leave children in 'no man's lanJ. We have to begin right and the only way is to have the schools as near the centre of the township as possible Why should you not have them squarC Leave it to the Legislature and it wil do nothing. You want to leave it to the Legislature whenever you get in a hole. We are compelled here now to lay the foundations. Unless we do this we will not have the hearty support that this article should receive whci adopted. Sonator' Tillman was deeply in carnosat in advocacy of his distrie provision." Mr. Clayton wanted to know whal about the graded schools. Mr. Tillman: "if your schools aire not r~ as you want then God know: you heenough poor men in Florenc< to tak~ them by the collar and get mer in chlico who will run your schools an you want them." Mr. Cooper : " What are you goint to do with a district that has no whitt child in it and sparsely settled with negroes ?" Senator Tillman: "Give it to the negroes if they are there, and if they are not there, to the alligatore.' (Laughter.) Mr. Parrott, of Darlington, thou 'ih! the poeple could take care themselves In his district, which was p~oor, the were three schools. Mr. Parler, of Colloton, wvas oppos ii to the amendment, if we wore forcec to lay off districts as provided for wt would not find a singlo white in som< districts. Tihe Legislatureo has act .t wisely and this can be left to th a body. As soon as we areo we wil create a school district and put am white and colored school in It. Mr. Johnson, of Spartanburg, fa vored small dilstr'icts, as the chlildroa would not have to go so far to attent school. Hie thought it better to amnti by .saying "in as compact a form an * pothible." Mr. Ots, of Union, said the plan wam for the future. What was wanted was the location of schools in the future No one exPeoits schools to be move< right now. Mr. Howell, of Colleton, thought the present statute law now in force ample and suflicicut. In his county the ma jority of the subool districts are town -ships. Under the present law smalle: districts can be organized when the are wanted. Senator Tillman: " If you want te be exempted why not say so. we want this for the whole State."' Mr. Howell : '"'The statute book give every county all the rights we have under the statutes and all coun ties can get school districts when tlbe, want It.' Senator Tillman : " We want t< start over anew. We want to brusl aside all the farce and nonsense we got from the Republicans. We wan a new order of things. You simpts make your people go ahead and di eomq' hing." Mr. SIowell: ." They are doing al they can. They are not asleep and are spending all they can. Our people are Li90used to the needs of educatiot and are bu~iding shool houses ant Mr.Johstoeof Newberry: "u school districts have been recently re surveyed and the average Is at least fouri miles square. Three miles would suit his people better." The convention had agreed to take a vote on Senator Tillman's proposition at twenty-five minutes of 1 o'clock. When that hour arrived Mr. Barton, of Greenville, wanted to make aspeech, but President Evans announced that the hour for voting had arrived and that the convention had fixed the hour and he could only carry out its man datvs. This made Mr. Barton a little vexed and he said that some members could speak when they wanted and others were cit of. President Evans va onily enforcing the rule. The con vention av Nr. Barton two minutes time, and he then eaid that In his districts there were eight schools in ant area (if forty-nine square miles and there would not be as many under the proposed tamendnent. Senator Tillman explained that the suggtst.ion of IMlr. Johnstone having been acceutd made the matter por feetly Isy, and the people of Green viilo could have as many schools am they wanted, and he was glad they ha-d thoan. The yeas and nays had boon called for. M r. Cooper suggested that It was not altogether right to amend- amend nents without lotting the convention consider theim and after the vote had iweun called for, as was done at the sug ge:t-ion of Mr. Johnstone. Pretldent Civatns said that had objec ion been made at the timo he cer tainly would not have ontertained any aimenidment, but he thought it was dono by unanimous consent to save time. Mr. Parlor, of Colloton, wantel to say a few words. Permission was a:eked. but it was refused by a vote of 35 to 58. So the vote was finally called, and resulted in the carrying of the ',h sextion as amended by Senator Tillman by a vote of 7 to 52. Yeas-Austin, Barker, Bowman, i1 adIhiii, Bronznalo, Bryan, Buist, C itry, Clayton, Connor, Cunningham, 1)-nt. Derham, Douglass, )udley, J. G. Evans, W. D. livans, Field, Fraser, Cage, Carry, J. P. Glenn, Graham, Gray. Gun'or, Flarrison, D. S. Hender -on, Henry, T. N. Johnson, George Johnstono, Wilie Jones, E. J. Kennedy, Klugh. Lown-an, McCaila, McCaslan, McCown, Mc Dcrmnotte, McGowan, Mc KaIen. lcMahun, Mc~1akin, Mic White, Mitchell, W. J. Montgeory, Moore, Mlow.r. Nash, Nathans, Nichol son, Oliver, Otts, Patterson, Patton, Prince, I. Rt. ood, Rosborough, Rtu, sell, Scarb ir'ugti, Sliuler, Sloan, Smalls, A. J. Sai.ith, W. C. Smith, Smoak, Stok--, Strihiing, Talbert. B. R. Tillman, Timmerman, Von Kolnii z, Waters, Wells, Wharton, A. H. Wnite, Woodward. Nays-Alexander, Anderson, Ashe, Atkinson, Barton, Bates, Bowen, J. S. Brice, W. T. B3rico, Burn, Carver, Cooper, DeHay, D-mnuis, Doyle, 10fird, 10stridge, Farrow, Fitch, Floyd, Gar ri, Gilland, J. L. Glenn, Hamel, liar rison, Hay, Haynsworth, Humphill, Howell, Hutson. .Jervey, 1. B. Jones, Leo, Matthews, Murray, Parler, Par rott, 1Ragsdale, .J. II. Read, Redlfearn, Rogers, Rowland, Sleuppard, R. F. Smith, Sullivan, Taylor, G. D. .1ill man, Watson, S. E. White, Stanyarno Wilson, W. B. Wilson. A PLEA FOR PRIMARY El)TCATION. Senator Watson took the floor and spoke very earnostly as follows : Mr. President and Gentlemen of the convention: Several thing-s have happened in the last few days that have made me foul like we wore 50 years behif.d where we are. My friend sail something about an ideal system. Under this two-mill tax we get $1.50 to run the common schools, and that includes the po0l1 tax. Add another miii and we will get $2. Anid that is an Ideal system at the end of the nine teenth century. An ideal system to run the schools of this country. Mr. President, pardon me, hut I have stayed awake several nights thinking about this matter, and the tears running down my face. And why shouldn't they, sir ? I had gone back to the fights around Richmonid. T remembered when 12 o'clock at nighit, after a terrible battle, I have gone around carrying a cup of water to a dying soldier and received a message to his wife as lie commtrendled her and his children to: the care of his friends at home in the~. State, anid I have lived to see thloscechildren working in the li.dd's with negroes as ignorant as I~hoir fathors wer'e a thousand years ago. with no friends, [no protectors. What, (lid those 'men fight for? Liberty! What induced them to fight but, liberty. And in all thu history of this State, sir, those men who have never fea-red to hare their breasts to the enemy have had noe recognition In all these 200 years. Trhey have been allowed to go thir~ way in dar-kness and you propose that they conitinue to (d0 it,, and toen you Pass a sulfrage bill and say they must learn or' they can not vote. And yet wye talk about an idleal system with $2. Dr. Trornwell said that there ' amn come no sweute satidfaction than that wvh ichmcomes from the consciou-mess of being a father to the fatherloss. IWho is to take care of the poor peo ple unlessi you do it ? TIhey can barely earn at bare subsistanco. The labor inig man getb $10 a month. H~e can barely feod and cloth', his family, and yet you say you will not help1 hIm. Can it he, gentlemen ? Can it be that. there is a single man in this conven tion who will refuse to give the plt.. tance of $3 to educate thme masses of our people ; the childron and the grandchildren of thme soldiers of this country, Can youi deny themn this small amount? Gentlemen, I caine to this Iconvention for. the single purpose to lead for thioso pl)ell. I have no higher ambition than to help to bo ab father to the fatiier-less and I would want no prouder epitah than that here lies the pr'otector~ and the friend of primary schools. It was natural that Our fathers should care nothing for the poor people. Trhe slave owner was rich and proud and the poor man was only poor buck 'a; they cared nothing about his labor ; they did what was natural to do, adhering to the prejudices of their fathers to the divine right of kings they must have higher instruction--a colloge. Whilst they eduoated a fcdw grand men like Hlarper and O'Neal and scores of others, and yet they we,.e caativey few the groat body of the peoplO grow in ignoranco. Slavery naturally In a wide gap-a groat gulf betwoon higher and lower orders of t society. Lord Macpuley said "Tha the happiest society in which supreme power resides in th1e wh body of a well informed people." 'I is an ideal and perhaps an unatti able condition, but he only is a stal man who tries to approach this idl Political philcsophlers Ill agrco t it is the duty of the State to fo, primary education. No other po can do it. Such was the opinloi Stuart and Adam Smith and Say i many others. It has been truthft said that power without intellige was a blind monister. Tie fathei our cour.try said - Promote then, an object of primary importanco, istructions for the general difldsiol knowledge." Thomias .Ielyerson l " It is far safor to have tile whole I plo respectably intelligent than a in a high btlatO of sCiCIce aId many in ignorance." Governor No rop said " The State has du .ivs as as rights, .and one of thesu is securtu nof a good cooi hooi l cation to the chiliuren of al ce0% It is the duty and ritg lt of the Stat defend itself by hunian izing and v.:rging education agni ttt whalet w.V otherwise becotiAe a degr-a-ded and t geroIs Class in socy. eteor t tlec!s anld fwts for secu rity and yI perity is uIniver-'al education, Wh4iel tie l safogUiard of o1r ilistitutil IjilivtVal sulfI'ago without. Ulive educatiori nean univerzal tnal Governor WinLthL op in his Yorkt, address expr-ssed ibese v- ws: "I. governm''ents miust, stanld (01r 1a! t comnSchools. These' alone( supply tbe hirm foun1datiol." lr L. Al. (uity said :"Hhind t-he lots should jtlnd intSllia'nee S WlriI.Ce- oi th iO 11 iSh COwn->.i 0 1: Mo e-qIl al ak n in w i on hffrage volcoiL. Wial. th should be exc!uded fromi voti w4' tli education is such that they cannot presimled to havo ia will of till. ir or what, is ( qnivalent, an iid-lpnd and intellivent Will." Dr. Eliot. H-arvardi says: vVe deceive oureel danIger'.oly WIhen we think that e cation whether primaliry or univere cali guaranLeo R'publican institutic Ed lAiation can do no such thi ng. 'I [tRiublican people should indeed educated and intolligent., lbut it, by nieani follows that an kt d edIlented I intelligoult. peoul will be Itep hlic Let, us cling fast to the getinuine Anm lean method in the itILLer of ed41u ion. The essentwal eatires of t system111 are lo tW2A xs f<,* un v elementary education votcd iy c2itizenl temselves ;ieca . let boarug to spenld Lihe mloney ni sed 1O411 i 1111d til eoiitol Li i ta1xation and to contro- lw oe sei and for the hiiir gezvlwi of struction perilianoent elndowntli li Iilistuored by incor'poratid bodio trusteess. He then read a number of exte. from Dr. Thornwell iving on sameo SubjeCt. He thensaid we pay less for primli education than any S 'tat in th United Stittes. I juL m(Itioned in beginning that Edeield has $1.41 oducate a ianu a year. Our11 peolIte an agricuilIt ril' people ; on ly a fev us live in Cities. CoLitranti the chai ter of the educational conditions w those of tho North. Throo years Maine raised 19 hushelsot corn to acre ; South Carolina, with her forl soil iakes ,even or eight hushels. makes this ditforeneco South Carol has made miiore3 corn on n crIe tL any State in the Union. It m1ean11s t Maine has an intelligent and self-v nit active citizenship-every m1an tL ing charge of his oppor,un01 ties. It painfully otherwie tod'y ov.o' Ll L'olntry. It, is pin toil o. lite aLIC or r'oads1 anld 11ot1 ee tube (11o0re~ ion the value of lanus in Lthis cotitittry. kniow farmns in 0111r county where I reial return (lomn c)tton is :25 por cuc less than it was l10 years ago. It because the hands are in the hands teonsely ignorant people0 who aro r'u ing the soil and there can 1)0 no pr1 p~erity in 0111 country until wo havy w ide-awake citizonsh ip amongc farmner's. At one tLimo10l it.elliige.r Ii reeted labor' ini this coun .try. T1 laborer wa'is a maii ne 1. The1 u.1e dme ignorant men aritleniuti vatig and111 ml: ing our lands poor'er (1ay3 liy day. hopo) of higher 4Ieductin ;Lithe' mar'y school. Contrast the S- m.h. systotn for (1n1e inlute if you1 ph-a1 wVithi tile Northern systmn.i1 ( )veri year's ago it was in l.lugland I-lit t governo(r of Vi rgi nial vo a'~ <'4 '.I he was (doinig for prmlary .-enaa: have any for 200o yeart,. TI dever of Connieetient Lay :13 "'ear voting 0lle-foll rthI of 1,b 1 b,-' 1 fr-om the pinceifl for tLimiOi nudti .: of the pimarytI schoo'i" A' .\ lto .: you aro lnt iing Li ii'' ve i' y ;l cap~litia to educati the pnii-i. F'i hiigh school v.1stem is lit' Ut 1~ a l colleges. They gt to-!.h- -.ni ii termllinoe howit miieuh it wv it tike to the pulblic schoouls and0 then1 they 4. pose0 a man hias $50i w ortlh of lp ope r It 011ly inlcreases hiis taxe l'. ] een, A mfani with a famiily of live rlhibb; pays 50t cents and $1 pl tax and g schmooli ng for a year. .May th111 i I tax oni factories and11l ailroad1.11 . rich ouight to beolpj eductei. Ihe p lio pa1ys no mfole 1Jhan thie po' >V m: for he has more'l to protie t.. Wie h a got no skille(d hlborertIs. We'i havie 14 to the Nor'th for' 14ur nues4'. 44r41 and1( shot's and lhaLs ani everyr,lsi Then we go to K-sntucky or sonoi'whi el3e for 01ur whiskey, andlu we lare boii to be pool' a1s hofiit as ve Ihave skil led l aborers. l iigrant a~lre goin~g to como eroi wheui you Loll Lih that you have o commenion scheo.its give them11. Woub1i1l a man11 comoi hi fromlf a coutryt"' where he~ ('an 54 ch ild ren to a f ree scias0114and pul tii No sensible man11 woul d 'IverI come1 a State that cann uot ohffer illmeth1in the wvay oif eduecatioin : to a coun I who a largo part' oif th.e whiole Po lation cannot road1( and1 write. Another dangeer that I would press upon you, and especially upon country 1)0peo, and that is the dlan of the intell igent and wide-awake niers leaving their lanlftations and ing to tihe towns to educate their c dren. They are doing it today-aband Ino' their farms to the ner. u) just o.<ing out; an existence that thoy do inay give their cifildren anlt education. Ahe We illubt put thlt-S. sho 08 iln reach of hit the country people. We must not lot t is all tihese intolligent P pi go to tlo the cities. ole ZINr. Plarratt-)on'tl,. You thiik the 'his country l)onbers are ill favor of this ,in)- three-mill tax ? les- M\'t'. Wats0on -1 hopo they aro. al. AMr. Patterson-l4i'rotu mly personlal hat obser-vatioln tihe liltll be r's from the tor towns and cities arve heartily in favor. ver of it, and if the Country petople will 1 of only support it we will put it thrigohrl. and ALIr. WatUson-1 hav 1.N on6y onemore illy word to say. Tthe. goverinc :,tad : " Put nec out. o lights." I want to 4Say, " Kini le of light-s on overy hilltop and in (4very ats valloy0 inl Southl Carlolina thil. cveryV in- bod1y anify seu th)e1M." I of aid - Weo. FINAL DElBATE ON SUFFRAGi., the NO 1)I1'Is0N 0110 MANAGI;1S. voll I 1nttor Tilln O Pitt I ia I s ing the 11tfort w to 4t1ave l' N l t I L'a-.1ies di-Itepresenitee onlleActionllo:<s The ,Coniventlion Votedi Mi.. uliltn. L, to ,.Oil- The contitutional eon-vention was m~id enga;;ed all the, naurn-ing" inl a livelyI (1 0L. eb te ('n tme dispenisary law, t. CMoI b n iLI- tiln UNil'. n <,v MAlr. i 'ttton's.- 1 .01 p oe ition tt piweven t ti O u' nt 1o ill lb junctions ol at evini. Thet (I pena y WW1 Vw peI'rIllits a1 j'ld e tio it fli vi tLL ,4 Sa l put, 1a I t irtcI'. : perP0...l iltJUl. ' y." Ionl 1101, to selI i 11or. ':e (, t. rt vwas AI e&I..x hacuti v lr:i ued t h ru gh c it I., all " ! avy ill-. ' f h C111 ith nOnl takinlg ita had . Mir. Gecorte ..deedls Wone under- - t:h, ro i i f tAhe l.. i pel -:a. ry lIa . it m 0r iTi f e tI flth-d the p law i I t rIg. i.i ato~ Clir L-g 'd4. ful' Ut 1prls.'vation o theI I Ieta'ifn i pr'n e o, o 1 Cle of thob It of tral Iy'3 jury icr be rime '.lh I.-efstio- w . ti y Wiia-d wl by a. vote of .17 Lo 16. 1nt At, t ile 1ih 111i" 1. sufi rar til of tielu Was called u for att i3r re' ve:- and thu Inoont, remiltrkable .1Ws;dof :.inld* J i- t )ho Co l nv il tiott ll tii' 1 l1-i Un a. l - . Ity A fter ev .ral insignAiilien .t.n 'In Il ntsi us. had beln mccae., Sena, thr Ti'i.n1i 'ho offored this amenld inent of stht (I I: he " tachi of the two poliiosr.w, pi- a no castinlg te highest vtes at d t he prcdn vlectioni ,lutl hkave re mn. presentation on the board of Itagerc r-of election ait uncti polling pre-inlet, ;uid it- oi the board 'f c unty Cva1r 11Ic 1t- Na' t s ~ l ! o ~ ' I i $ 'j ("~I~t i t$ S t i ll u t ne counlty."I 'As sooil as hle pi t inl this ale mt Line ho cal led the previouis quei..stionl oil Lite iv w atici . T ik w a lt im-an-e ny Ur.at ha'; :xen1 stri-koln ouit bef-n e aft , r th. I :' I Ii4Sd'r ~l )1, lc.it t xIk a,, big 1ighit. inl- I senlator Tilbinal Inaade a1 ifu--ehi ad- Wilich was tle most, 1m-n1 t 1ctiIh Of haS 1e tinld' ill tn iLiv itioIl, 'l il ppearncsin tofe hI ot oif tH hi tt ts par,1tisanl board.11 IH l )is l~llt 'pp ne t aid it Ie was) a Wit))mar1k thie sp.wi and it creat t d i profoun1111d i ten(;th 4 :of), butU i t d1 id tli irv ticeOtui pitsu il t4 pur for alt 1 ,bll- i at,. :s30 Ileo Said :I th Ir. ( res idenlt: I do not h- irei 1,41 to n11k0 n,-ph. V h i.resy nitan toi arie make a statom,_ntt. TI'l ' onvention ' of wt'ill remtm r ita' t 1"h! 1u'tie as e - -it- ported by thle oilmllit teeI 1m t1 ibil ith ticl IMr ovhi- in all d (I rn t pla44. igl The ot.er evening on the inot)m.i I b ihieve, of tilh geliemat ira ib uhariol' ilt. '1dc with only one p hfrom the It Conm ittee tbo weIt'ion was I'TriCkin inia Ioult. The cornmitte, me1t yest-rnhty 1an laftern4oon ad' after tilb rc' ful conl - blat Sideration (1nly3 With Souithl Carolinla, li- but in Conlnctdon with .he Inatter from ik- a nationl l staItp)intL, dci d t rIk t is this convenoltion caiot afford t o pt' 'is itself onl re4'cord ' tilbce ar: - 011141 tt. havII of ion'i oi t a i.t. wciu no4 t holy i'Jt tlteric hoc ,,this% thaltI4 it old ea itga lu 't. of \the 11on'st441iuion. lhIte it is' tt , onlye Ice that wo' pcriettto put Litc '4( btki t.here. 0c 1c'- ' Such ca iwoiso t: ti1 L1I inmnt ver :1: o r Sciticr press1111 inu4,c ,iIau.o '' 41, w 4y ar bingIc.41 wached1' from~i., c on, i nd tic ; :4k- ,2 - 4is c ccn r (t~t I Lie. I) 4th 1-. \\'11 .4: 1 a I ready;ir cwic') Ied wit1h propti ngif to Lt ir h :' pL tuat tr41ikey hf n1a3 fran1 an ito St'llil IIh down fu3.lii 01'.c Ameries lt vIters 1h4 ( nc~ . 14. v Ie., 111 4lut ina ion 114tnal l~ (n-it try.'4 4t\ t rc. Il4tail). bhii e vitw it ityct, <iplc i Itc We, askl' yo14 t4 not.4 to': 1ti iy thi 41i II he ot t o pu) t it, l t r.:10,ordt icat wein -~ t n lpO il I. per p1. t e~t t II' nd f I i ti --, t(14n tl 'utv xt in t))LVI of .14 andL ' w, il thll in k go yintt LV:nt Wil (giveltt son~c Ion..,iera hi) lt usn. i Y o in in .ptL'kh frot iici o'- lwyts Statenl an t)a ron iuthie4 -.-'ntic-: ta'l :amst uinctin lo .'hir t , I L n tiy 10 ou consuu i on ani t~hto y afe nii -- a o'.ntioursuffage al ~ e~ I .v walk on. sco the changes in the Nort Only three years ago the Democrat party swept the country with an ov< wholming maijority and now it coveIred with defeat and disgra< We Lteformiers should put this lau here for our own protection, for t Lilly may cotmo whenl O01 Own vote Ul be jvoiardized if we do not provide I A repreentation on the board of sups visors and managers. Mr. W. D. Evans said he wisied Lake the siio position that ho tot upoln it peiviois occasion and ho did to bo. consistelt.. lie is freo frt-o'm hy. crisy. IL looks to him like this co1 ilittte should be coin,istnt aiso. Wl donj't they 41ay that the Governor slh; atppoint tlhrvee dicreet person t Wi Ion't hy say the mantiiagers should diviht-d betwee-n thio two politit parvtive in thec last elecionl ? Mr. .1iiiuimn said th'ro., was bit o pohLite-d parIIt~y 1h.11.1 AMr. I-,lans continuled : " Wa' Use of tidginag ir4 qlestion? TI whitet people ar. going to Carry t elecl.in iand whiaMi tei uIs Of t~ht' Ing blicrv-ele-s ill te way ? Why 1 icevve it, Lin the ,egislature Y lie 11 110 Italur amIt tier1ni doing right. (ail toni th ' iactio' n belau-e of nev mr erucetsml. Is it. poss-ible til ay mn ti nht L.kitlar any boiy is 1.ho spok luan of this body ? lit! huped t amenfimaint woubd hie ricukon out. Mlr. lyd :,aid ho hadI iut~ended 11 to aiv at word, bu!. viit -he saw t grat- h:-ader (f the '-fort ltoveali wVal Itai i, pr..'-jtige n hlind himI, Whl I -ie hini uIdertatking iiere at, I, S Cit a o(It Of *th preii u f tit. oth inIk e d eing -nIyth j ing I that refers to poli ("ait parti es I mll.-t atNd Oin me y feet prote t, ,ai it. It, is unli ard tlhat ny lidsti-v tution should.) reo ni any poul-tu-al uty butl, We ar.o1 here1 e ,ill tial i ju si al and right at wheA we havI We:L that we have ai rua i dalw.e h1r to do he vt tlf the pe leil to-day Was t,1k ,. fat in p r i:i. (if tLh a i h101 i011 le opp isl Lt thai a it -lita-. phli. lie ihopod th men Ib rS wol)111d rise a1bov' t ritic1s m pll' or imr-ty and roct)ognze on UI)pu 64-ca p d 1.1IaV al' Mi d to) jiustico Lo i t;211at. J. wh- ii o aro here frill and I ar. iradhm nal heti believed 0 -omlmit~eba righlt. Wou can t atford !ta i tore s ation t t, other I)e t Mall i aLwthem to retgior at .4. fWWe t i v thle repreILSetion1 Onl tl eatd am-tof ias a.'? H it boieved % Nuld. lgaive ,be re reenati on - wn- -ti'ii.ta bair t i. lie heiitvedl that i l white people wout l dividar . but thl wo ld 1311mand11 fakir election1S. I wvistied. tUney were. so divided nlow Lth it wtiould rIetiaire a clo e coint to dot. Inlitie who 11.ad been.1 oe~le-d to ovu olic. ihi the Stual-. lit ,ll wantd to h eveory r'tist' rd voter illce forwhi and luat, hir b.als,. withoutl. ii Mlr. .iL sid hnl waLs SUrpiHSld see Lit, matter I inlj-:ted atgainl. Ltentl politial party is inwio ia] Lnhea'vd (if it ally constitution. Al. lynwortLih Said wo atre aho to take a Step that wVill seeo wlo iv l tsuprmam , -y frye-. We itr.e a bo) tio Wtur down it vote thalt hungrI lke ineubui aint. u t. hliai ,at i. 0, L! , ow h it'l t it W i a'tai' tl-i this iiieii itre D ni 't (.t tvitI nlect to do vi i. ri lht, inl 1 (!t-i t of tile ivili. worki. itt, as ntI build around ()ut -lt at vL trtat Chines wall. pre ailre. We cant al*(.d to do it. Y itre.blg t~o consilr other pe-oplke iLn. If we don't dl this ve w flaeet thi-e co ltit ),io li ,b l i z-'dU w ,1Lrd. 'II;tOI f tie C~ NhIr. N1re atskIteid wii'hethe t why LI vt ith a pr vi. otn in tib tl is.issip :ilti aati ittil? Stnveral mtiliel 1att ' ai tai * aa -al lswe ( Ptiaa-, 1,Wr wii I . n-till,Ian:. vaaa- he t itw eartL iatc 4h i cfi t. iotd tcto la vo t ULit ill g ,' -AIii . i n ec ne d dit a rvd ttalIr. tiit ilayIsavcwah isk e why t. va'M .I-t at ~ao o ctildbt tlit ~ aa olth I -Al. .\le'a la i a idttt eta t , lr.; at l ity vort h iticia ts L t~t hati ifi ithrearLe ibi 'laini~aa. t iac hisp pe are no-at, teepi racau o Iuis. ~i''.a L y lit c tio cnd h Lih, i-at a) anil r it i , ettco du. c i. 8i~i ano Njn a d t ta 111(01 wht'ct !ii nLi, la t f l~al iir hlct Waol' aetaa 1,h> vlaOal ii'enea'lltay arIe lsta'oped dty '. st i'aud, . Weiagl- nt t otu ttyof ' ad i ha wobitc Ltba t w cant ave- air t lty I ins tunl'e tiiatt plara~ ti havtie rL-i .\I .ti r i asstervaittii tc di tVOhalto naiL . lnit t'tha nolain a buatd, aha, bgene ia an-a Li ll tO at t iti.' tihiis tm i neit r ~'i lily Lon't proos th e hyp. ia;ouctias le h.a-bil Lbta iavin a Liepnticy A Lalha pepera thi hei fains ofl j 1,t IS ait wold go tag griat w a'lty if s .no iet ia ts nowrit beingw mad la.i ni :ai.l'-y.tl ize ttat tirs I a o , Stt: Lcha Goverwilr apoints' te picmmisi iingle gold standard has met with the ,pkproval of the majority of Deniocrat )f this country, he asserted. Thore vas no advantage In having.silver.as a noney, be said, unless It stood upon its )wn feet. He stated he did not intend to say ,hat a man who favored the single fold standard was not a Democrat, but ko did mean to say that the vast major ty of the Democratic party had always oeen in favor of the bimetallic stand ,r'd. Mr. Crisp exhibited a small piece of ilver bIlion which he explained ould not be used as money in any way. t could not be used with which to orchaso comnoditios, but if there was ulavw slwing Li to be taken to a mint ud coined then everybody would want t. lie agreed that the value of a oil or dollar should be a dollar. The vay to establish the commercial value if silver was to restore it by legisla ion to a money standard, to rehabili ato it. Coin it at the ratio of 16 to I ; hat would re-establish its commercial. rahlu. (Great applause.) lio ilustrated by showing that when ,he Senatoe pissed a free coinage bill loveral years ago, the bullion value of flver rose 23 cents an ounce in ten lays in the London market. You need not be apprehensive of iny flood of silver, he announced. l'here was no country in the world that would ship its silver here to ox bango it for gold. We had gained rold under the operation of the Bland Xllison law and under' the Sherman aw. tl believed that the United ltatcs was sufliciently powerful to stablish a ratio between gold and ilver. Gold he hold was too valuable. Ie claimed gold had appreciated and rgued his claim by comparing its wurchasing power in commodities now .nd before the demonetization of silver. " Our people should be the pioneers n restoring a mioney metal which has wen used for all time, but recently trickon down. The stamp upon a si - or dollar does not make it more valua do in another country, but the right f the silver to be so stamped increases ts bullion value " in speaking of the ailuo of cotton, he said, that though. he cotton cr)op auPieciated 50 per ont. in the decade before the war, the rico inucoaseod .10 por cent. Though he crop increased ip to 1873, the price Iso inereastua, but after 1873 the price f cotton dopreciatod because of the ppreciating valuo of gold. 1H( road fr'oi the November report f the Treasury to show that there was 75.000,000 less monoy in circulation ow than one year ago. All things Icing equal the price of commodities i regulianted by the amount of money n the worid. He ar'gued against pa ,or- money because legislativo bodies night be tempted at, times to inflate he currency. In pIuatking of the final result of the lhit for f-eo silver he said that he re noibored when forty Democrats had tood up in Congr'css and voted against arifl reform. By their aid the Re um blicLUs had stricken out the enacting lauso of the Morrison bill. But the )onocratie parttty had been persistent n the fight and had finally won. They ad not gotten all they wanted, but he tioriff laws now were Infinitely su srir to the laws of a few yeas's ago. Jnder the present financial systom the iages of labor had gone down. The topublican expermimont of a single gold tandard had not worked to the benefit f the peol)le of business. Let us re ii'nl to the bimetallism of the Demo ratic fathers, look around you and ou will find in our poverty a monu stAunt of thie single gold standard. Ii spei'amking of the next Democratic lational convention he said Georgia hould define her position on this ii Lancial question. One of the qucstions o be decided was the retiromuont of Ibo $500),0050,000) of paper money, If he( single geld standard is to be per >otumated that money must be retired. is the Deoimooratic convention lie be loved that fthbo views of those people vho elect a President should dictate lhe platform. Hic vigorously opposed the bond oh icy of the administr'ation. He be eved the Tireasur'y should have paid sutsilver when the gold run was made pon it. That would have stopped the aid. l'ngland dictated the geld policy. hes United States had the power to hsange it now -to establish bitiotallism brmoughoust the world. If the United ;tates would go forwar'd in financial cuJisiation as it, had gone forward In i~s fight for liberty one hundred years 4gis, it wousld render to mankind at aurgo a greaiter' blessing than was 'ondler'ed when we taught them that a >coilo could( gover'n themsselves. -The annusal report of the Thorn veil Orphamsnago, Clinton, S. C., shows ,t thbe inistitiution Is now twenty ,oaSIL' otld andc hass grown to larigo di nenssions in that time. Starting with , single buildIng and no endowment, t hats now a largc tract of land, manyfl ubsta~ntial bullIdings, aL large tech ni alI school and a seminary biuilding it h cllhpel attaed~, a library and a ai(,ndo newv insfirmuary. There are a the orp)haniage 130)0rphains, of whom I are' fr-oim So~uth Carolinal, 18 from iusrgia and 38 from other States, in luding, Michigan, 'rexas, Arkansas nd M issoutri. Thcire arc five male strutos aind teachers including the resident,, withs six matrons and eight 1.dy teachers anid instructors in prac cal work. The endowment fund now mounts to $l6.6i00, while the receipts >r the suspport, fund for :hlo year end ag October 1, 1895, were $ 11,722.63, ,moewhait less than the receipts for 40l. Thoe actual expenses amount to I ,000) a month, yet thu salaries of six sun ollicors only foot up $2,'100.50 for so year. teClueeC(5 Rtes to the Daptist Con venstion. The Por't Royal & Western Caro na& Railway will oifer reduced rates >r the Baptist State Convention to be old at Greenville. Tickets to be sold lovembor 25th to 28th inclusive, good > return on any train until December t? Ask for ticketsevia Augusta and Port Royal & Western Carolina Alny. This route will land yotu in roenvillo early in the afternoon eofore the arrival of any other traIn, sermitting you to 'be comfortably quar ored early in the evening. For in formation as to rates and eohedules, address, WM. J. CR AIG, General Passenger Agenn h). the coustitution. We can not fly in ic the face of Congress. ir- Mr. Howell hold that the eSoct of 4 is this proposition would be to revive the o. Republican party. It looks liko child's se play to satisfy this party by saying 4 1 yoou shall havu ropresuntation. 11 that ,y partv Or any other party has a ticket I or- they have tilt right to have witnessos I'- t11r1' to see tiha, there is a prtper I count. \V are not willing to trust the I to l..nocra'tic party. If thu white peo- I >k pio tit)a tivioC, and we Inamn to be t it lowi st, thero is a Way to Settlo our . dlliulties. [. Sonator Tillman said ho could make f lv altowanco for heat and passion and I , charges of iypocrisy that lavu boon tbrown in thO toIth of the committee C )0for soeio peoplO can only see one thing a and they t'ee the bugaboo of a one no gro allmaagelr. what iis the Coidition i of (Car leston ? There is a (esporate st.rugglJ to control the mlUllci pal gov- ( er, ounments. 'ouir years ago there was t io much distrust, so m11uch feeling, that I he they eou lun't get fair play, I had to t w. Lake th ictions by thu throat and say t, to 1,h11 thure must, ho fair elections. What do we sue to-day ? They even le rufused to go into the Denocratic pri . S ir. itogers Sympatlized with the conimiittee and unodor ordinary cir cumlt,ance would like to sm tile pro hf ' e Vision grafted peralt(intly in ourl law. Iut wO mUust, roletbor the peculiar ot cond i t oils in South Carolina. If it, is h not lleant, to give negroes reprosenta Lion What ill heaVOn's nm111110 it, it,? YOU iare making a butl by this very thing to I. mak111,e whi ito people dev ide. You IllUdt e. think Nort,hean people are fools if they a ,ion , see t.hrougln thi shau. We were to sent helr to disfranichts15 tiht negro if I of po-sible, yet. the gntOliloll are trgu In ng that,110 hIe g ht to be ontitled to re- I to prentatiol ill tile managemnuit of id 0ltuut,ioIns. M. MI. Wi. Henderson closed against Ste uoillmittoo amlienldilent. We have I . 0 oo here ho said for wihito suprela- I ,d ty, yet aIt tile Sin1e Lim1o 1wo dodgo the Fit !4U0. We hato to talk these things. I of but wO iight as well talk out. (I1nugh t-'r.) I hate to t.oe our old loader now l afraid of a u01,80. fli has lod the apolple riglt hbut, h1o's gotLting uuighty t lamt11e now. (1,aUghl1ter.) I 11101111 lO It I'election oil 11im, bhit mad al mlmdo is L take in trying to get, this ini. I have t the grea1est coulidenco in him but he at has mat a imistake this timo. C Theaye and nay voto wasthen Lken a and resilted ill the rejoetioni of the 11,amnm11on1011b by I VoteU of 74 to 51 tis C follows : $ y Yelts-Aildetrol, liar-ko", late.. 1301- 1I e lingerl, oarry, 131adham . T. W. Brice, l iBryan, Cantuy, D~udley, itrrow, Praser,i GaGV, Garris, J. IL. (J'10ta1n, 1 iarris, Iy 11swortlh, ). S. llendor'son, Lenry, 1 M I alitson. (Iolgo .tlhnstole, .J. W. Ken rI auly, lilugh, Lue, IMcGowati, Miiir', mi. Mitchell. M-owerl, Oliver, Ot~ts, P'at tearsonl, I 'attonI, I'eako, I rin1e, iwags todah-, .1. 11. IROad, 1. It. ROC-ed, RiOWiand, ' Sheppard, Sloan, It. 1". Smith, Strih- a Id ing, Sualiv.in, 11. Rt. Tillman. G. 1). Tillnatn, Tinillnorllan, VolKoi nitz, lit W eIis, A. H1. Vlitti, S. I. VIhito, < te Wigg. lt Natys--Gov. .ino. Gary iEvans, 'arosi- I a dont, Alexalder, Asho. Atkinson, i a. Austin, Iliay, Iarton, Boho, Bowenl, t . howian1, Iriazealo, liulist, lturn, Con- 1 , nor, Cunninghil. DlIny, Dennis, i li Do'ham i'ird, l'>tridge, W. I). le'vans, a- lield, l'itch, laoyd, Gamble, Gary, I Gooadilg, G raham,111. G ray Int r L, v m1,11 li arr. 11i01ison, Hlay, Hiem)ll i, Wan. C Idlliterson8lI, 1l1oust', llowell, T. I'' t -Johnson, I. It Jonts, Wilio1ones.K(oitt, e . ;. .1. Kernnedy, L 1owmlan, NIeCalia, 3 NiCas'lai, iaown, Me 'laleotto, Mc- a M Kiageon, N cM il alh), Mtc,'Ma ik in, Mc i Wh ito, NJ lttthews, NIo:we, Murray, m l'Iarrott, l'rittte, I togorS, I 0so horaou, lal tussoll, Shiueiri, Sing11tlitay, I SlIi gh, SmnallIs. W. C. Smith, Smoak, 1 -i .taick houls', Stokes, Talber~~it, TaiylorD,|I )Wat'r'., Watson, W har 'ton, \V in1kler, Ii SPEAKER ORISP ON SILVER. as s- lIe Wats Amaaer'lea to ILend in Il- ( 0 nance absd inaIm inleaaencee--A Sinl aJi F t. SIi tandl MeanI is 1Low I'a'ia'as andai a I lar(i TIimes'. a" I'xSpaiikti Cruis-p has1 m~ladte a speeceh ( i" betforea a jaoint. sessio~n of tiht Senatoitt aaad [iousae of lthe ( oria'a ''l'giIltI'0. aag t'e of on th- ;.o~it ieal tatues ofi 1the day louit cou1I. au Iim rsel f alaniost 1 e~ixcliiive y to 10 s slvter~ ques~tionI,I comang ,l' * at omii Ih. tical ly for 1the free ('b4a11 < 'e h ith r01 1 and silvea' at the pa r,nt at 1, 1 'I ai'ruing that, tile a. 'r ( 1r tit.:s' i. itht hiara seventy mril io.. of It ,p1 'X w; ' 'ltii'le tly paowerfl , -0 m'., 1. st4!t .1ouism0 the woa'dti sia~~et ne-a v.-s rece iv.e'l with the t- hay staitint I ai, a( met:'i it wasL Iundier- i stood~)4 i h< Npoket ais ai I 1at'-'-rat. Th'Ie .s govei'no na t. 1, s a As a' r a'rttiain v ecauonomyla in pubhi i -.l''i,-, equnal arights Li t.aa ...1 sal pr Iivilegtesa Ili nont,7 t)for ' !w.t I irilf. '"an11' in my~p jtudg- ( o4 m -q V . oj , itis ailwaVys stood e n- fo' ima mil am. anal upn abiat, subhject ai ~-I ~ ino.( It) s'ak. Anilythin g shaorat, oIf t~tht'eq wntity of Fthe' two metails at the ii Mr N a. (:r'tip thenawona ivnto thet history t Sof the~ 04iag IIlaT)1ws. In 1 873, lho said, a wheiian :'ilver wats dlemonel14t,ize.4d, thio hull- fi lion vino aof Lthe iver't1 dollar11 was1 thro iC cen( s mor,5aae~l r.ba th ie huion 41 vlue o11(f a s IC gold doll~ar. Theia law of '73 was passed0( 1 11- withoaut the faill knowledlge oIf thae peo- $ d1 pl (or1 the oir a'epreson415)tiativoes. 11o t, D- qunoted from TIhurma'nan, Allison, oIf t, r-owa, Garfield, Bilino, Boeck tand a aothers' to show thaat tile fullI character Ito of the hill1 was not, knowna that~ it w~as is nott known at the time that the hill do >t mnoti'zedl silver'. Hef folltowed this J- wvit an 11 annoullnceament thlat from that I tO day to tils theo mnajority of tihe Domlo- f' In elratic partLy had1( hcon1 working to re- h1 y habiliatto sil ver. T1he single gold b r* staindard( was ia lle01)blican melasurel'. t 1 Hie analyed every vote on thle siver "4 If q1uestion taken in Congress sinoe 1873 I- and showed that a majority of Dom 5 cr'ats had voted overy time for the fy tt ctoinag4e 'If silver, except in 1893 w' Itile propIositionl to repeal the Sh Anrt P law was u tp an~d tat that tim6( It .' be- I (1t1as thecy expectedl to have an 'oppor.. 0' titty toI voto subhsequeintly for euoh alt 35 meal~tsure'. And oven then there wore of b two Domanooratlo m ajority. The