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. :;. VO. .PICKENS, S. C. TH URSDAY, APRIL 16, 1<6 '8 43* t .' VOL.6:-0. . PIKEN, S C. HURDAY APRL i, 196.ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Stole D06M1 Exit Come NO DECIDED ACTION IS TAKEN. Cha10ir,1na l0by S:1,aamis Square Against Bolting-Tho Maly Coiynitll oll Must. Decldo Ihle Questioln. Columbia legister. It has been shifted from the State Deomtocratic Executivo Comm ittee to the State Democratic Convention. That, in two short paragraphs, was the action of the executive committee last night. Thos l who watched tho proceedings Carefully believe that a imijority of the cominitteC tr(' opposed to a bolt, but that someiv Of that majority were op )osed to t light On the issue at this time and so forced a stand-off. Many of the comIIiitteemCn were in town ill yesterday morning and innon orable caucuses and consultations were held. The committie mot slortly af ter 8 p. m. in the SenLto chamber. Tle following wero present at the meeting : J. Y. Jones, A bbeville; W. Ai. Jordan, Aiken .1. 1. Glenn, Ander. son ; S. G. Alay liold, Barnwell : Thomas Martin, 13eaufort ; H. ]I. Sweeney, Berkoley ; P. H Gadsden, Charleston ; T. J. Cuonninlghamn, Chester ; G. J. Red foarn, Clesterfield : 1). J. Brabham, Clarendon ; J. N. Parrott., Darlington ; It. B. Watson, Edgelield ; Thomas W. Traylor, Fairieold ; R. M. McCown, Florence ; J. W. Gray, Greenville ; J. P. Derham, Iorrv : A. B. MeSweeney, Hiill pton ; J. C. El iott, Lancaster ; J. L. M. I rby, Laurens ; U. N. EfAi rd, Lex ington .1. 1). Montgomery, Marion W. D. E'vans. Marlboro ; J. A. Sligli, New berry : J. . Earle, Oonee ; 0. R. Lowman, Orangeburg ; T. C. Robinson, Pickens; Wilie Jones, Richland ; 1). L. Bennett, Spartanbuirg : ). N. Keels, Sumter ; A. C. Lyles, Union ; J. II. Jackson, York. Colloton, Georgetown and Kershaw wvre urerpresented. T. J. Kirkland, the mveier from Ker 5haV, tehr'pliAd I It.t. itrcumstances over which ht1. ad no con trol prOvenIt od his atter dance, but that Ito ani his County were goig to stand hy the na tional Democracy. M. L. Doinaldsonr of Greenville, S. C., member of the National Iiemotc'atic E"xecutiivo Con inittee, w as prt scnt and sat with the eum ie. NIMr. Tompkins, thle secre tary of the Colmn ittee, antd Major U. It. brooks, w ho was assistir g the treas uror., wVere abzo present. Chairman Irby oxplained how under the party constitution it was necessary for the State Democratic E4"xecutive Committee to m(ot. He showed that there was a coollict in the constitu tion, parts looking to holding club meetings On the firSt Non(lay in MIay andi other part.- lookiigi to the holding of the County Dmocratic Conventions iln that day: Ile thought the Committit tee ouiglt. to decide this utestioi by pr'oviding for ti holdinog of Clubl tIet tnugs on the first Mionday in May and county convnt i ions on the second N!ot day, wiiite the State convention, under the constitution, meets on the tihird Wednesday. Then lie touched upon the vital is sue of the day. lit said the De)mocira cy of the coimmitt'.e had been que tioned since 1,90. bitt it vas the (ily.\ Demoetratie comminittee in the State afnd the legal successors of tite c-mi inittee whiich rescued the State in 18706. li0 said the committee were either hero as Democrats, or as bolters and traitorv. On otlher occasions, such remarks would not be necessary, but the threats of a split and holt made it necessary to meet the issue fairly an~d squarely. He would speak out. The committee had come into po.ssession of tihe tmachinerty under a wrtitten pledge to the peoplo1 that they wer'e Demo cralts. If lt hey v cre not D emtocr'ats, if they wanted to desert, let them (10 sit holdly and opently and straightforward ly. H ow had desertion heen th reale-cu ed ? The Conservatives had tried in dependlentismn and bolting and b'een beatent. But inow a greater danger thr'omtoned. Thle ldemocracy is threat onod by a d istingu i-heud D)emocr'at, who has been Oneo of tihe greatest leaders ir, the State since the war, lie had said that-'if this State did not get what, she wanted in the ntational convention. her eighteen r'epresenttatives woul d say to the four 11 hnodred and 0(1( otheor memubers thait they wonuld not subhmit to majority 'rle. He deniouncedl this prop)ojition atnd said there wvas (only one honorable way to do, to go to Cihicago and submit to the will of the majority. whlethler that will coi1neide wvith tile wishes of the South Carolina Deomo crats or riot. Mr. D. Hi. Tompkins, the secetary of the comm ilttee, then cal led the roll. Several substitutes proesented their credontil s. T1hen canmo a tight, to excludo the public f'rm thte meeting. Mr. Evans said in v'iew of the is sues raised b~y the c hairmtami' add res-s, tile comm iuttee oughlt to mteet in excu tivo Sssionj. Hie tmoved that th'is hie done. Mvir. Brlad ham se'condedi the motion. Mr. (Gadsden (oppo(sedl pi~o motioin, for all D~omroerats were v'itally intoere.tedi aind should Ibo given full oplportunlily to know how their representatives met(' their trust, lie thought it hettet tha the press get the dolings of the coii mtittoe straight thani some gat'ble: ae count furnished after it adjournied by somel memberho. T1hie vote resulted in favor' of an ex ecutive session, as follows: .Yeas-J. uY. ~Jones, Jordan, Glenn, Mvaylleid, Sweeney, Redfeatrn Bt'ad ham, Watson, Traylor, McCown.ti Nc Sweeney, Derhaim, Elliott, Ehird Evans, MontIgomecry, Sligh. Ear'lo Lowman, Bennett, Lylos. Bllackwehl Donaldson, Jlackson-24. Nays-Mar'tin, Gadsden, Cunning ham, Part'ott, Gray, Irby, Wille Jones Keels-8. After the hall was vacated by th< specctators, Messrs. McoSweeney ani Gray made a light to have the news paper nten allowed to remalin in ti< meeting. Messrs. E'vans and L.owmmt made speechos inl opplosition, and thi newspaper men wet'e kept out. A fte r the repiorte's wet'e excluded Mr. Sligh introdut-el tihe following r'e solution: Whoens sInce this excoutive coin miltteo is acting~ under' authority dolt sated to it by the Democratin party o South Catrolina, and therefore possesss no origiinal powe'rs ; bo it Resolved, That ill tile opinion of thils executivo committee that it woulbl be tr1ns.1eLetl ting its pow% ci's to undertake to decide issues and questions: which holong approp)riatly to tle Dnemocratic State (c onvention. Thiat it is furthternimore tho opinion t Of this mmt1,Leo that it is; unwh-i - 1 even to di scusOs all such issues and 1 quest-iols sinc( it would be an elfort to forestall tihe action of the tovereignity I of the people. Aid furthermoro that the only (Iuty 1 this executive committee can properly I perform1tl is to direct the reorganizatioin of the loCd Democratic clubs and the holding of county conventions and that of the Stato conventlons. Mr. S'igh made a long speech claim- 1 Ing the committee had no authority to 1 d1o anything. lie Spoke at, great length, but stuck to that one point. Genral Gray, of G reenville, offored I the following resoUtion as a subLsti tute: Whereas 111 issiuc has been raised quest ioning the loyalty of the DIemo cracy of South Cat olinia to the national I Democratic party, and whereas a sug- i gestion has beell nmdle t.hat the dele- % gatos to the National Democratic Con- i v(ention from this State should bolt the I National Democratic Convention on I certin contingencies ; ard whereas i the State Executive Commjinittee con- r siders that it would be suIcidal on the part of the Democracy of South Uro- I lina to 8ever its connection with the i national Democracy ; now, therefore, t bo it resolved that it is the sense of r this committee that no person shall be c eligible to membership in the Demo- < cratic (lubs who is not aqualified voter 3 at the primaries of the party as pro- I vided by the constitution of tile party d and will not piledge himscif to Hupport i the notminees of the State and national h Democracy. t General Gray commenced by show- y ing the fallacy of the premises assum- I ed by Mar. Sligh. lie said an issue t had been tmlade by the lett-er of Senator v Tilliin to Mir. [teid. The chairman (; of this cominzittee had wisely an11d pa ( triotically calle 1d the committec to- a ether to considler the iszsue raised by t Mr. Tiiman. Tih conmmittee coutld v well allord to ignore the issue Illade by a private pareties, but having ten made L by a public oflicial, one of tile acknowl- C edged leaders, if not the most influen- t lial, of the iXImoeratic party in this e State. The uy s of the Democracy all, (1V0r the United States are watching ( the .Ution of this commilittee, who aro ' tle trius ees and guardlians of the Do- g lmocratie party in this Stato and as t suell it b'came necessary for then to ( act in such a mnnert as to confirm in i the minds of all men our loy)alty to the c Democratic partv. If a bolt was s threatened, the Conser-vatives would E organize what. would be the true Dem- 1 cratio organization of the State and c the deleogates sent by thema would be t -'ateod by the national convention. t Capt. Blackwell, whio was a substi- j tote for Se-nator Williams, Of \Vil- I iambur, mitado a short peecl saying. that the people Wouldn't Vote for- any i gOldhtusg. C So.nAtor lby then took the floor anid t madnC (11C of the0 grIeatest speech2s of t his life. Ile talked clea-ly anld Vigor Ous!'y and doined Demuoeratic duty so lily that, no one could mistake it. S Ho said I deny Lhat the member from New- t hurry )i Cirlect in hiS aSse-tio. that f< we lave o ( 1 duties Or p)owerS. We are V the gualdials or tr-utees of the whole e Limocracy of the State we are the n doorWkeeperts of the Democratic party, o The con.stituition requircs a passwor( ; the people expect that pasusword to be s given before any maun, white or black, il 'hall enter th1e confereuces, councils t or or-ganlizataon of the par-ty. We e might as well meet the issue face to 0 face. It is a plain one. it is not be- L twveen tile Democoracey and its olid p enemy, th. e leublic.ani party, but be- e t weeoin the D~emocr-acy and1( L'oputismf. 5 WVe mhult ei ther- bo Doemeerats or do- I sorters--not bolter-s, because not11hing r has been (d0n1 to justify a bolt. WVe 'o should( see tilhat no0 man shall partici- at paite iln the selection oIf dlelgates from the clubs who is not a simon-pure, g genuinle D~emocr-at. Ar-e you meni the S reprel~senIItative o0(f the party thait stood by theL peoplo sinrce '7d from polIIitical 6 cowar-dice goin~g to allow l.opulists to '.1 shape the pol1icy and namue'. the nlomli- o nues of thec patty Y I adma.it, 11hat the dI outhook for'sucecess is not prom is intg, buiit v are we goi ng to tInw downh) I our guns fi an re1 cfus I to fi ght, foar ouri pincleO Pls ;- v WNhat, would the people have thought, t of you 0ole soldiers atfter the battle (If v9 Gottysbur-g had you cried~ out :' "We s atn't, win the cauIse of the Confeder-- a aoy and won't, light, any mnore 1'" You iJ would have been deserter-s, and you ar-e deserter-s no0w to the Democrantic c pa-ty if you refuse to defend her- v against her enem11ies within and with out. the par(ty-Popul1ists, Rep~ublicoans a or Third I artyitos. We amay not win, i; but if we lose, I shall go dlown with e the coloas (of this State In my hand. t i you refuse to (1o your- duty and1( hi ndl ourh voter's to abildo thle resut1 It d 1 b1( divide the whIiito plell of the State, t you2 lonel1 mutst 1be responsible. I havi e w"arned' y'ou, wheLtheor you1 lhed it, or t not). 1 na.'lion mleans destruetion to 5 the or-gaization (If the State. If we ' re fuse to diiin and121 11( orga1n iz as ilSI thet peph ex pect~1101 us, thle Conservative VO will orlgai1z' (on what. tihe3' deem haoled to eoantrol the May con ventiont P andlt t h' l primarLies and1( to pr1oent thle Con1,rvai 1ves fromn bolting, this exe- I~ uti v eo imi t tee, manL1y (If whom01 atre I: no1w m~em Irs, paL-sedO the followingf "The 112 ItplianI for- member101shipI, orf voter'. shan~ be~ tw 'liy-one years~ (of age l. andit he a 'e bt I DemoICrat, or ia ne~gro f who1( v'otal for Generlt llamupton in t '76. I'very mchebe (If ia subordinate clu 11)OP voter ini a D emnoiratic primaryi shaltl pied goeI hislf to) a bide the re suilt of the prIimiary. and1 sutpport thie r noineesli- oIf the party." ( You were0 2not :-(atl with this t thait the C onservtiv IV'wouh~l ta-Il the c - truth. Y'ou wer wj1iimr to furither t hluilit the wvh ite e jeOr. ( :IonneIrvaL- I tivo-and( Reformner. Yat w('" veryW < Itongr-els. Y'ou1 i mo .I an2 oa t al1g 1 , retllired all t~o Rwail low it. 12o wit : - ' I do solemnly sweart thalt I :en~ duly~ I cllualiied to voto, iat thisl ohletio a:I0- 1 - cor-d ing to thue rulies oIf tihe D) eo' ati1(1 - pItiy, iand that I have not v'oted before : at this nIie- I Nany Conser-vatives, over :10 0,00, Wallowed this oth lnd st'ood by it. ut flow, wlien you are asked if tind lie participilits il club mietings to a ke a simple pledge not to blt, many )f you object. It is not fair, it is not 1onest, it is not honorable, to deal in ,llis way inl politics, and we oigh t to end our. representatives to Chlicagro lu o1 cqulal ecrms withlc Itibers. CMn ,ims Stato's Deilocracy ever forget tle )eiocrats of the North w hell we hilla tL dual gover lillent and wue fighting .( thrlow olf tho negroes' yoke, that ,ho Northern Deaoeratb caie to our 'elief and stood by us like brothors ? )o you suppose the peopld of this tate or the South can ever forget the senators of tile West and North who ought day and night without inter nission to protect the South against ho passage of a force bill ? No, sirs, vhen you expect a Carolinian to bolt, ou are wrong ; we aon Democrats by nheritance : tho prili(ples are un11dy ig anid will live as long as we have a overnmIent of tihe peOle(, and w hILther ou prot.eut tbem apainst, the invasionl if the l'opulists aund anarelhists, or t1, they will still be Deiiocrats. If his (ivisioln 111.t cOlel almolg the vlite peopli, you alono will 1)4 - ponsible for it. Mr. Koester, of .lhe tegister, a close observer, has esti nated theil number of negroes who will egister at seventy- live er eighty thou and. We cannot maintain w hi L, uprenacy in thiis State with ia divis Oil amilong the people, and that divis on will come if wo subject ourselvws 0 the charge of political coward ice by efusing to exact ple(iges, not oaths, of very m an who participates in our lul) necting3. I have no idea that ou will not take this p-sition of rCquir ng the voters to abido the result and Land by the nominees. I have been a politics too long not to know what as been going on here in the last wenty-four hours. .ny one can guess 'hat tie programme is: Dodge this 'sue, ignore this great crisl.-, ro vital I the very OXistence of the Demo racy of the State ; conie here in State (Invention : Send delegates to |iicago ; hOlt the nationll1i convention iud make out State and its Demiociraev' lie laughing stock of thiis great nit ion. Why not llet the issue squau-ely 2(d 13ay whether 3011 aure in favrr of holt or no bolt? The very ideia of Ighteen men undertaking to dictate le platform and n1om12inees of the reatest and grandest party oil earth l a conviention coiiosel of between igit huondrled and nine hiundred men. Vliat in the use Of the other States oing 1 iere at all ? Vly not save im1o and expense,- by leti.iig Soittt varolina.1 naie hLi. nouiminec and maKe is platform ? If Smith Carolila can laim tie right to go thire and do as he pleases, why not all tile other tates come with just such a fool roposition ? If all of them could ome with ny111 such )ro)o0itionl as hat, what is the use to have any na ional conventinat i Il'i!/ ? The truth is, t is silly, it is ridiculous, it is unmanly, L is untriu to the Democracy of t.hlis taLc. Tue peOpiie arC OI)o.-C to be az put in, aily such attitude. It ex ites ridUill( conitempt and scorn from Ile outtjdde world. It is unfo '.unate hat we should have ever been in any LICI a )re( icamen l. MIr. Si ii asked Senator Irby if the Late convention elected hia Ia dele atet-, and instructed him, if certain iiligs were not granted in the plat )>rm11, WOuld he li t,. Senator ilIby, 1iling hils right hiand, said inl a moat, mpaittie manner : 1fore God an( 11n, I would not. I Would n1ot aecelt lice upon any such terms." An-. loualdson made (iiit~e :n able )eech, cool and unimpassioned, say ig he was the connecting link be veen the State and national Demo 'acy. "We cainot." said he, " do therwiso than istan~d by the national emlocracy. Chairmian I rby's call was roper and he woulId have been re rcant tol is trust, if he hamd remaiuned lent undlter the ci rcumnstances."' Mr. I mlaldeoni('i ounseed un11ty' andi ihar mny23 amoni~ig all the l)emocrats. All 'anit, free si ver', buit, can not ren~ounIce l leg ianc toi the pa:rty Of our1 fathers. Alr. Gadeden oif Charleston mad(e a oo)d speech. lie waLs the only Con 3rvativec in the comitt1 ee, but, did( not iea k for the Conmser'vative's of the tiate, but hiis ple in Charleston. lhe Conservatives were notIII going out f thei partyL3, bu t if the I tformcrmis idi, wooi re organ iz/e Lthe pamrty. T1hme bite peop(leL hadt b.'en divided for me11 yeariIs, but thIie co nstitt ionIal con enitn hiad broiughlt, them neare igcther and given hopeo that they '01(ld be atgain united. M v. SIligh had 0(d it was un1w ise to l tscutSs thbe issue n21 then lie took an hour tol justi fy a Alr. Br adh1am said the peolet oif hiis Liunty wouild dlo ias they' ileaIsed and1( '0ou1(1 not he dietated to. Mr. l'tirid echarged Se nator' Irby withI ttemipting to (lictate, and Senator Ir by 1 a very pIositive ina ' ner denIed any Ifort as chalirmnan or otherwise to dlic LLC to thllecomm 3ittec. "So belt) me2 iid,"said0( he, "I am workinlg for the est inutereosts of th whl p101.pleil of io State.'" tiou~ ill an ulnlrienly3 or' disr''spectfutl .'nse. "Vou charILe(d us.'' sa1( id e, witlh ha~vinig been'1 lixed by oultsideC in tienIces. I hope this is satisfa~ctor'y to Se'nator I ehy3 n1(oded assent. S..natoir Mlay held said ain would not e'ceivye inistrutctior~s fr'om LIhe Senator om inI'dgeIi eld or thy~ Sen ator' frioml iiaurensi. lI had a111I highi respiect, for othi, but preferred Lt) get instrucetionis "(iom his oiwn peCople. lie said iend( elegati: to Cli icago instru'cteid to voite iw silver lirst, a1st, anid all Ihbe time, ut, neCver holt, lie said it was useless >r the cuommittee to discuss the mnat er' as there'O was no1 pr(0losition to bolt. Senator' 10ird introduced the follow ag resolution: liesolved, T.1hat each county chair lan ho i'('quesCt((d to call a m1leetinzg of ach II)omiocratie cluiib in hiis county L 111 heheld on th a secondl day of May, 8%11, for the pur'pose of organ izinug the' lubs- for the ensuing electinm of elee ing onie (excentive coniuniitteemiin to (ilpreseint the ehiih in tih'e1)1f outy exII ut Live commi2ttee for tmbe~ ('n-ui .4 LVwo car's ; of electinmig 01onE represen13 t. v e or' each twenty-live names or mnajorit-y r-action therieof (on the club11 roldl at the inst last pre'(cedling loriary ( lection 0 r'epr'esent the clubi a'. thi' county sonvention to be lieh1 at' t lie counm'y cat on the Iirnst Ni0)1 onda in .\layL ; anid mc I: furthe emmste to cal a meet.. ing of tho DmoroulaLtie couity coniven - tion to ht hold at th coituity seat on the first sMonday inl Lay, 189t, att i a. iml. for titi purpose of electiig a colnty executive conmnitt.ee und a State evx cutive committeeman for 0h0 next en suing two years ; Itid (f oicuting the number of represeiaitatives to witichi his counity i. e.nt i tled to r'er-snit suci couity in tith State Demlo't.i'e Conlven11tionl to he held at the State (a1-pital on tho third Wednesdiy in Ma ny, 189I. That the clbs atnd couity conventions in their act ions hereunuder will be gomverned and guided by Lite Constitution of the Deuora'-ttic part-y of South Carol ina,-adopted inl State con vention, at Columbia, S. C., September 19, 1894. le said " If you adopt the resolu tion introduced by Nilr. Sligh, tihe com mitteO will be charged with taking sides with Senator ' .illuian : if you adopt. General Gray's i eItiOlutionis thI1ey will -ay you havo takenix altles w itl Seiator I rhy. I am Oppo(sed to bI t! resoujhitions nnd lhintk tht tle retsoll tion i ntmreueed by Imysol f n ill s.ititfy the people and the Doortii'atic Iparty." Turning to Seattor' 1 i'hy, i said : " I aanl half11 with yim. I atill oI~P0sed Lo a bolI t. If you mesS the resoltiions inl trodluced by moyself, you carry out tilt provisions of the conttiutitton of 01h, parlty.'' NMr. Sligh wanted to witlhdriaw li, icsolution, but t.ht. ehilininuto riuled l. could not dto so without uiiiniiiious Col Se nt. Mr . 1radham told a joke w hii elicited hearty liatughtor, Mr. lied substitite resolitionu wai atdtopted tiutu imously and the conuin ittee atI joiurined sine di1e. all its memillbe'rs apprntnly ill good humizor and pleised witha tle out Come of the mI ing, whic i<fer's the light until tle. Alay: con ven tl.i on. HE STILLA FAVOIUS BOLTING. T ofilli on the I'tmeri'is or' I he 1-:seeni live Committec-Aliis ViewSonl State ant National Qiuestions. Senator Tiibia:1 mlade a visit to Coltinbia wihein ti' State texecutive commi litt' was an in s uion and prior' to its action I ailced with 11C reporteris. Il' Vas not exactly int the htaumor to have a Stertetotyped inter'view. lit chatted on .1 Vit'it.y tof topic, jumping fr'omu one to the otiher. IIe irtmarket tat te expected to lave. ai enzty ti me of it in Washington, Iuti finds that le ias imtore work to do than whet be was in thle Governor's ollice'. Tle Newb .j uo Cmivier' reprts him as foll'ws: Senator 'Tiliuan was asked whtat was the pulrpose of his v,isit to Columtija a. this time, and he saitt he only wanted to consult with his friends about, maLt tors and let them understand how things stood at the otietr und of the line. He was not a member of the State executive committee, and would, of course, not presulme to giv-k atty ai'v ice, but rmeuely ta :n :,alk over mat-ter, vith his frienids. Wh-It hle would like to , le said, was fo' the p'JOple)I 0t SoUt:. Garoina to kli-ep toge ther. Ilo wantLed to keep t!e State Democi'aey fr'omi splitting to liecii., ante especial Ily so at Lihis time,~c and fiteu'ir to at no yaard stick sthoiId he iut, to any mian's Demoer'ey that would itomedirtely drtive Iim from the parlty. The purposec of thet' comlumitt., le titou lit, otight not, to le to d isru pt,, but to L hoid tile lachine'ry and voter'e titgethet' and kee1p all If 1.ho-,A iin iite' who trl anxious to drift awa.N, aid~ then if later oi the question of silit ing coles up1) it will be tiie enougl to decide. C, Senator Tillhnan was inclined to the opinion that State and national awfairs ought to ho kept apart, and Lltt, Sothii Carolina could very well alfor-d to act slowly. Tihte State has twice before been aloine in easting its electoral vote. He said that, while ther'e was a goodi deal of talk about the positioni hie hatd taken and how it wouli d resul t, fromt what. he couiildi learen thoisti n lhi,e we oppolisinig hiis piosititin wt'i' mno...tly po li tic ians wht hi ad placed the ir picg in a certain I inte and i n ot w iso t, haive. i to e.i ir r e thiema. Thoseui whoii wom'b a fr'ahi ofI his planUt seemtied to.Li ttk that thxey hiad a pi'c-eint 1hn ott the ollices, and were' afi'ai d Lii jetoparid iz theira clhanlcs by bringinog abou t a light.. W\hen I naked Se.nator' Tillmiani what, were thte inadaentionis friomn LI e WVaisi ington end (if the line, as 1he viewedt them, he saidu thtat thbe iniicatiotns w'.ere LIhat the iiVi ilver min would cotrot'l the D e moc ratic Coinv'en Ltin iniI !'le iago, anud the priobabit ies were that if t her'e is nto bil t, by the siIvetr me sn fromtt the in'pubtlican Conve'ntion itn St. Lou n., it will be bect it * the poli1ticlans, wh Io w.'il secr the pilaces (if dlelegates, wvill not replresenft WVestern Itepubl)1ican sotntiment. 1He ('it tod seveiraI i nstanices of htow~ the ' m:t.m.. nti" was ti vi i to keep) down a''',' ro ot)o in the Ita pub lican eamnp s. te silver''t fiorces, ht, si~il tihulican Sinttl iirs andi others seem to be in Lthe light to thb inishx and will Only be3 kept qieiit hei'rauise oif them worik oif thie "macnineii," if at ail. Senator' 'Tillmtian wvent on to s:iy that while he thoug lit the itver' dielegates would hie itt the majirity in te Na tomna Convention, tie dlid not knowi~ w hat curise the other dlelegat Lis woldi take. ly r'emittlnintg it thbe Contven tiont they~ may temiper the ationitt of tuhe botdy suillicietly13 to nomitinate a weak candidate, or rather one who wats not, ant iaggret'ssiv antd pironounaetd fr'ee silv er' man. If the Chtietngi i.onvyen tiot noitnaited a positive iman tin a free silIvet' plat-form hie felt a t Lthe St. Louinis Silv et' and P oputlist Conv 'ent tiiii would si iupot sutchi a noiutxinet-. 'Then Senatotr 'T ilman was asked what lie thtought of the D~emtocrtatie clbances any waty, andti hie reI)p1 l by saying that the chances were Lien tt oneo in favor of McKinley's ni~iniiattuttn, and that the only way he saw of de feating hitm was by a consolidation of the shilvet' for'ces. Sentimnenit in favor' (if silvetr has, in his op~iniorit, gro(wnt gr'eatly itn than last feaw mtonths. Thin si Ivet' men ar'e gettinag teadty toi he ttpokeii 'n anad th1 ey arc. going to tliIeave eithber' thte D.ieocratic or' Repubttlic'an party, if -Ailveris n'ot given the' pr'opera talk toi tie in D ).cemnber at" abuthitt tong sidte of mitt ntow," hie remtarkedi. Stenator'li iT'hotn Ihppened Li) have several littrs ini h, Itociktt frotm menCi in dillferemnt Stat-s i: whic'h hti 1pos1 Lion was aipprioi.ed. ' )ra of the h'tters was fr'omi a mxatn in0 I wa, wh.'Io clai med to be a l(epublicain untd nathtan mat froim a Texani who said for fifty year ho had been a Democrat., but was read to follow Tillman. Senator Tilbnat said It had i''eeived a thousand lot, ters witlhin the last few weoks fron Iepublicalls and tw ice as' imaly froni Democra',s eiIors1ig his positioll alld beggr ing himn to hielp the lihit along for silveC'r. Ti ev all pronis ed to yr to any party that vou'd give them: silver, and those letters wero only 5atuples 110 thouight of geceral opinion. Ieo is satisfied that the majority of the voters in citber of the big partics i1 reatly to follow the silver bainer. no iattuor what. party lappen1i to be car rying it. Senator Tilhnan is; receiving IIIIIy invitations to make addresses. Ile has imade the following appoIi ntmlt en ts for April : L ex i ngton, Hy, April II : Den ver, (ol, 15: Warren-burg, Li, 18 leetillr on probtlels of tle (Goveril-nent for tle Coni fedueriate Moimiunnental AS s4ocin tion, at St. l.ouis, 20, Owensboro, Ky, 22. lIe says Ite does not, caro to nake dates any furthier in advaneo. lie was a.lked whetlhier le eXpected t.o Imatke i any spechics ill Soulth Carolina and Io baid that depeilded oi circiI i,tales, and he miglit, if lie were able and ih I' were occasion, coie here a1fter hi is \Vest.-rn tPi p. 'T'E,1 W11.11Tis-31'1 RElPUlsACANS They are ILnoking to M-Kiniley For a S111ar-4 of' PnlIile Pilunder. Thu. Welster faction of t1he li epibli calns lield a convenltioln inl Colilbllia onl tile 'alh inl lst., which was largely at tended froni all parts of tho State. Tie leaders were -' A. Wbster iad T1os. 1,. MIiller, with a large following of the Imn, white. and colored who have been eiConspicuous lit tofte in lIepublicall conventions . . A. Webster. Itobert. Smalls, T. 13. John stoli andi W. ). Crumi we chost1e delegates to St. Lou is, and the follow ing e lndorse ie. it of AleNIlinltey was itade: " lI'solvetd. hat the IpublicaIs of South Carolina rerovn 11i zo in tle I lon. William NICK ilihy, of Ohio, the Ilost distiliguislud chaipion of the Iepublican policy of proltectioll 21d roci proeity ; that, we hotior him as the dlefliler of a sollild systei of filinlice and believe ll linii aS at t.ype10 of Ie best, A -iiericai citizenship in botlt public and lrivato life, and that %ke hereob. -xpress to the delegates elected to the St,. Louis coivenil in (our judg mett that tiey shinulId use ll rLetson abllLe eflo'Ots to SICUir0 IiiS n)om211 ilIti:,n for the I're'itecy. E'. J. Ickersol offe.red tle follow ing re. soltltions, Which we-e adopted Without dissent : " We con gratlllate thlt people of thbe Stato upon tihei ilcreise of the facili ties for the education of the youth of the, State, and we avatil oursylves of thlis opportunity of tenidering'. our thanks to the delegate.i (if the tioi 61Lt I ui i con ventiOt fr this wise provision, calculated to proilote at wiSe, 1a,rIiotiC and inltelligetit, iizen Still, \"I- apprecCIate. the nloble and faith fi; ervices of the six colored dCl gate., in prtjoitng thet est'aldi shmenilt of the C(loril NorIImal, iidu1strial, Nit-chanlical alid Agriicultural Coltlege for the I ig her eden IICLtioI of Litih Iegoli. A lpyeiLCitin fill the CIartt-t-r, fitIess an1d ability (if thi. I [on. 111os. E. NI i Ier, Of 1I auifort, weJ heartily approval the :YIle.al sintimient, of tit- leoplie of the StaLe inoVra21e1 to his eltionsIl pre sidenlt (tf tIhis tcollege, 1121(n we IIreb1'y eLidorlse. him fmr the SaillL." MIr. Dickerson also pwoposed the fol lowing platformn, which wats uinani mDOusly' adopted : Tile I-t-epublican party of Soith Caro lina thro igh their Cllosel rIreI.seniIta Llhe CaIpitat of the Stalte, unda1unt11 ed by intrigue tof deLsigingit menl for~ thei' t~i-trcion, Cong ratuinte the ii tellow I I i'~liphIeanis everywhere upon i the pllentilid v'ictori(es neiuLved by theI 1141n1, as- wetll as tup1'l Lthe j4r- *jl for thle 1li 1publia paorty in th,-' l're ih'tiail et(lectZin ini Notvembe IPr oft tI e WeIltI rellIim our5! fi~lth pi e ocrin mallrebi of prospl-rity for tilhe work ing' general consiiumpItion, and1( by le'vyinig simiilair 1articLes of Amricani(Li proilie comeion~ ithI111 ,11 forig labo ir in iti. reiterationl of its diemland flir bot),11 .!old and1( iilve as21 stantdard moneily. We believe that legi-lation shonil 5tecure and1( maintain tlL he parit~y of vaolues oIf thle two mletals LII the (end1 that. the pur1 chinlg and debt payinig pow"er of the~ Amiiericani doll ar, silver, gold anid ciani seure ti s reti l,. The0 iighit IA) east a free hlaliot In pa~lhIlic el ectiensI and11 ha lVe it fairlIy coniited andi h lonesthy r-eturned Is of ihie (!.-senlce of Amri 'can1 ci ti zensh ipi and11 any a1ttempI lt to aid ge tlihat righti, ieept for thle emiiimissioni ofI rim for which thel pat~y shalll have been d ut f conivietiald, stiikes at the very root t ol ou govornmenltflt an' I aps) the foun d ation ot the hi ghlest Ameuiricana by the plel, fori lie pecopl and of the pleople. We appeal to the peopli1e of the State to en force the wise and( time~lly pov I sions5 of tihe neCw cons1ti tutionl to sup l ipreiss lynichiing, andi~ ask ministers of the Gospel anid the ,miiblic press to join us in a1 ri ghitIous cruitsadeI by teacihinrg respect forC law and or-der- on1 the one hand and11 regatrd for the virutuo of women(2 iin the oItheri, while prompt anti exacit juistico bie meted out in thet cou rt , sia' for 1all crimaes, w her~hci comnl i. itied biy the~ ono (or thbo many, In secret or oplenrly. We contend thalt forib le rIesistance to tihe mob bly the of. t(iers (of tihe 1law, (even if memberl~ls 0i tile mfob) must he shot downi tio preveni tiht (consun0 i aaLion of the wicked1 pur nose of thei r aIssemibl ing, wilt go a fai way towards preventing the recure r, nlec of the senelis that have dihsgrace( cert~lini10 porions of thei State, and wil n povonawhmunim~mo hea n whic ..t gonorally be heeded throughout the State. The recognition of belligerent rights to the Cubanas in a war for indepen* d]onee fron Spain i" an act of jutico, founded upon general humano princi* plee, and in keeping with the lesaons taught by the United States, the fore In1ost of A morican govornments es pecially since the advent, of the inhu anan Weyler upon the beeno. We en dorlo the wise act of Congress in taking decisive action hi the promises, an act which will force pcicO by shortining the struggo and miiniz ing the destriltionl of life and pro perty. We joill the progressive spirit of the liat,iol Which prompted Congress to re mllOVO the disabilitLies of ex-Col federate soldiers, thus forgot tinug the Wart, and hbringing in) closer toluch tih whole of tihe Americu people, to ti. enld of proimlotilg Ilore eneral, unll seillish 11nd4 P1nu1inet p-arioti-sm. Nort~h and South, It. and West, for ourP grvatl' and 1 r1 oriouslle country, proving3. the graii ohl iir*y a(I national and nio at sectiOnal Old irt., thait. e\11 ex Coi fedea te Soldies' C nll jOinl inl (1 ilnCe of the tatili.S an 2ni er lof th .. who have ou tlived theirv1 tusfliness hil' o(1t t.hir priejalicle. Uponl this ph'frml we are. willinlg' to he judigid, wil lg to std.1ti l-r 1 anld we clil upon ll pat r)IO1.t.ie on Carol l ilirs, witull t it. re ard to 1p party afli1liatt-ionls, toI join us. inl ou, effort to promote Ilh -e ilds by the ele-Ction (If iRepl ican4'~ Co0 VngrS,..m, 11 itn)d at lepuician l'risid nt anl \'ll V e l'ir identi. of tiel liit.-d States inl N veniber nextI.. \VO aSSur a'll U of a. Ieair1ty wel e I ill our rk111c. mt11' -11npl14 rewa. ird s for th i r fit tu luI sevicvies by sharilg with tAei hli rasuilts of 4ur achievements, and - Perl 1e44 t:-n itionl by (.levat son, ats the -i, wortih an1d ch1tanet.4 r linny delniand, It, honlor anid place. ING 11.14o,1, ON ( 0 rO1101,. A I auti''ua l ofl'i; o- Word Pltititiig by the Noledl lihilel. The followingu woid'erfili piece of word painti hL litbeen freiuint.ly publisid, saye TIh Chientgo 'iih , hut, we retprilt it it, tile ret(iu st of s'ever-al readers wh,[o de'sire u coml >lte Copy. Ci.Io etG n es l l i addressing at jlii'y' ill at case which inl voved tib( nuracture of tieob1ol, mlado tilh, following" terrihin arraign Iment of thet demlon: ." i a a ani wat hat h rell(V is ia 2pr21ej1 thee. against, any mnan who manlulac. tulres alohol. I bieve that from tit time it, issti's from the coiled al poisonous worm ill tlt- distillev 1111til its elipties into the jaws of deat.h, di s honor andt crimei, it demiloralizes4 ever!ty hod' th1't, toutelacs it, fr-omu its Su1111C to where it eiik. I do not hlieve any body cnn 1 colteml1plhtfe the obtject without being prejudiced agrainst thet liqluor crimle. A\1 il we have to dto, ge Littlmen, is to think of the wreeks oi citler side of tv stre.n tf deal, tf the suicides, of the illslnity, (If t.e i li Ira'eanc , of the de stitut.ilm, of it iI litle childrent tu21inylly at tl.el faded anid n it'lhered breast, of 'weeping and desfarin m thesof w\:%-,S ar-1(lln for bread, of the nilen of geis1' it, has .wV cked, the m n [l rutn tw it1,h ifuiginary ser pi s, prmdtteed by it1thi, d24 ilish 1.i ngits ; and \% non1 youi th' in of the ja ils, of theiv ainlm houltts , of t h asylilnS, of th ipi iso S, of tilh! seallfol , upon citliher bank, I dto not wonider that every thou hlitll 111 i s pr14 lejudiced. 2111inSt this damni lly u f 11 c fiall'd aleo hlol. litempiilran1ce, eits down vouth in its v igol, ma ilhood i its 1 re'n h old aigo inl it.s wakinels. It breaks thet(, fatler's ialt., hereavs the d ol'yting mothur, xtlin-issntuli eraile aIet(in, t'rades tconjugalie, btflosou tlil Iatt~I' ac hent., ' l! t HtwntL'1 nil hopl ds bring daown) ; inng'y algt inft sorrew to11. the no ravt. I i ll ut weakp nle'8, nt wtn the' mliekvose nof1 iIw it; death, 1 noat phi O'. Itle wivsn wi city; khilldreace t 'whas ; farmers bih-ns cnd iilal of tb m p113 auin-rl t atinI112 h (iwls. iIt feed ts r I Ieu n ors', tinvitr - eh 'os e imort pand iiunhs and it-mbrl a.I doin allmthto n d ir. It t i htril' wthe i 111lnoa. mi naion, thme. It ibeou .faiadI ol's u~is yourHt alhou..,am' cherishs iot~ Attecowd Gener p1eon (i2 t-tr t an 1111id furnishes vt~ as for~ .Y'nsi leylfol. see, i the lifer bhnni ht tti gambh-r, ltet nhont., Votf lie curd silathiwo l'o t the elehwaymn ami uOr~((t of theSi Ildirht 1)~iinisry. Ieveilttnafces idthe air repsthie f'i ~ inbthe et of i .ei baihner. It1l viollates( obigation, taesnce ordt( aad onos inamy xIent, denwt benev tshiner innhfocnceItll Ic(ies the no hg-tps .h rhuoan o masa'cr his111d0 w~ fe, and flhlefl idt rn the pii l'Pf~~tary pI hae horr. ttboroftecans wgang.es ORDElS TO THE DISPENSERS. The State Board of Control Means Boosincis--The Law Must be Strictly Enfrorced. The State Board of Control has Is sued the following circular to the Coun t~y Dispensers The Disponsary law under which you have h itherto worked became a nullity on the 31st of March, and you are now operating under a new law enacted by the recent Logislature, and under that Act you are amendable solely to the Stato Board of Control. The Board Is composed of flvo members, who are chiargel with a general gianagementot the Dispensary business, and from %V hom11 you will hereafter receive all orders niid instructions. You must seud to thle Stato-Board of Control (ivi not to the Commissioner or Stato *l'rVasrer) the following : All orders for liiquors. heers and wines; all in voievs of eimipty bottles shipped by you, with bill lading attached ; all claims for shortag on invoicts and all in vo')ices nlin c rrectlin. Your weok Sstatemnit of saeve and c;sh aceiouint :;,id duplieito rem ittitneu tot State renIrIr, yotr monithly report-s on rm" "\ " nl "B" and your quarterly l vrt m11:,A. 11l.so h N to tiho, St-Iato Srnd of ICont,oi You milust reilit on NI mthly of (ofeacIh week Ic to) thi. Stato 'renierr. 'To no tile else mutist. you - ni an re ports, sitvo the origiaul Wokiy renittanhev blaunk to the Statu Tr.a-urer. When your orders for. shipiienls ire received by the Statqo It'aIrd (if C.m11trol, they will bo turned ov r to the CoinIssioner, whoso duty it. will be to ship thei and Pend you in vie lfor sime. 3ut if any corrections ;t he n Ile or shortages on any in Yitle elailied, you must report the -,ille to tI-he St ate Board of Control, ild iot to the Commli issioner. Shill it ire empi lty Casos, and also lfrItini frot shippitier empty- bottles ntil futi-her orders from the Board. Yol ulist not speculate oil your bot 'I" Purcalises, as the rule allowing you Ito plilrclise is for the benefit of the mr tits selling. atId not, for your profit. This rile will be strictly enforced. The Stito Bollard of Control are un tilterable in their detei'rnination to rigidly enforce the Dispensary law, antid they expect you to livo up to every featuitire coniteiplihelited in t) Act. Their admiiiinl) istral.ioti of the law will be done fearlesly and without favor, and we hcope, always teipered with justice. Thte tiiust reposed In yoti 1s* a most im portait onio, aiid you are charged with the sitred task of preserving the ulorility of tiit class of your com mtn ity that is addicted to an intem puralito use o f intoxicants by rigidly en forc tig the provislons of a law which elearly conitelivplaten a better ilwtit, of t ie morals of the people by IlnjIIII timizingtj thte iso of intoxicants by l, an t abtollutely placing thein, so far as is in your power, beyond the reach o)f ineublriates and miinors. Yo,. iu st not allow any loafing or drt'inkinhg on yourv premises, and your heart11,1Y coHoperation in ort otrfr ts to faithftilly carry out the true spirit an(d ilnttl eltion, of the iepeusary law will receive. our a lpplwohationl. ReSp'cbtftully, WlbE *JON!*S, Chairman. SETH W. Scnuous, Clerk. - Cu ban synipath izer residing in i'tris, ''rance, has been sending a iniii~tbly ettntribit.ion to the cause of i,(t, tltroutgh a citizen of Phila dLelphia. The fifth installment has jI c he'n rceivu l froim the gentle mil, who silmply signs himself " Un Ami " (ia frietd). The money is tried over to Doelogate Palma by Dr. Iui terais, of h hiadelph ia, who has bten selected by the symnpath izer's fielrI in l'htilad~elphiia to act as itn tornwdiary. Accompanying the last inst alL i ent wvas a ecck for -$1 ,000, w lt rh sum I thet syminpath izer asks to be menl ito the widow oIf Manuiel do la~ ('ruz .\lanituel de la Cruz. was a Cuban pt rit andt putblisher, se'crtLary of St In ' Itia, andi ho dieitd in N. w Yocrk htst l''rlwryiL~ , lea(ving~ itn poivtrty his -On'- re.1,soeg inl .i OV-rIttJiiLgt~e 'nttinsrdves antd Iuderestimate their nteighb iors i. talt tibty givYe themselves drt('I I for all the.itr good desi res and t'l utes: They kntow of the gooed they wish were dlono, andtu they tauke to~ thomttselves: credit, for w ishinig it. B3ut they cannowt, see the desires iand pulr poses (tf thteir neighbor01; but, only their deedts, attd hence tihis credit tails. J1udintg themselves by their desires aind others by their deeds, mnen think of themselves more highly anid of their . nieomblho rs less highly than thbuy ought to think. ---A fabrmer ':itos thatt 25 years ago lie split white oak lpohts for his gardeon fencet, puttting aL peck of ir-slac1ke3d Ii me atounud each, and they are all good yet. le auttri buttes their good conid i 11ion t the telfot,s of the lime, In which he is doubtless correct. It has bieen satidI thtt IL btoard' thait has been uiseid in a mioitar bed, and thorough ly saituirated wit blimihe, is almost inde striuctible from decay. --he custom at Pen3litenitiariy is to k notk (olf one-twel fth~ of the terms of pr'isoners5 110 arO qutlet and orderly and give th0 authorities no trouble. G;overnorbi livans hasi adopted the same rule for the county chain gangs. All chain gang prisoneris whose behavior is such as to merit it, will have one twelfth of theie termis taken off. --Since the Ilase of the South Care lina and Georgia Railroad expired, no trains have been run on the CJumber land Gap road, which is between Aiken and IEdgefield, for want of funds to meet expenises. The Governor has saud that either trains must run or the chariter will be forfeited. ---Mr's. M\'ary H-arlain, of Cloxville, Ind. mother o fox-United States Sena tor -farlan, of Iowa, anid grandmrother of Muss. Robert T. Lincoln, was one hund red years old March 20. A t the birthday reception there were present a daughter 78 years old land a son 76. --Montana's production of gold last year amoun ted to$*4,327,0410, an incense over 1894I of $676,000, which Is a heavy percentage. It is the samne story the I world ever and a featur~ie of finance which eoemists are watching with in terest.