The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, June 25, 1896, Image 1
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Tl .-N.2)PICKENS, S. C., THU RSI)AY, JUNE 2.) 1896.OEDLA, hR
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National Republican
McKinley and Hobari Are th<
Nominees.
TIe 11d Si lt<ard IN Adopted aud
thie Silveritem H1olt tile Convrerl
tion.
The National IRepublican Conven
tion mect in St. Louis on Tuesdaay, lI(th
inst., and adjourned on Thursday
night. Its work was quickly done, as
it wits a foregol conclusion that Mc
Kinley would be nomiiated for P'resi
dent and the golu standard be made a
conspicuous featirae of the plat form.
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, wais
mado permanent chairman. Tihe pre
iminary work on Tiuesday did not
'am1ount to much, and onl Wedne-day
the platform was being framcd. The
gold standard was eiphlutically en
'dorsed, and a stirong tarilY and pro
tection plank was inserted. The plat
form is essentially tIpubican, with
(lit dodgi:ng or (equivocationl, and re
)res'Ints the 'lasterni and Middle States
beyond question.
The bolting of the silver-ites under
the 1end( of Senator Teller wa s not very
impressive or important. Allison,
Reed, Quay and Morton were placed
in nomination for President, but their
combined vote did not cut any figurt.
in the race, as they received only 238
votes altogether, while McKinley ob
tained (;(Ml votes on the first ballot and
his nomination was speedily declared
unanimous.
Hon. Garrett A. Hobart. of New Jer
sey, wits all easy winner for the place
of Vice-President, receiving 533 votos.
This closed the proceedings, and the
convention adjourned sine die at 8
o'clock on Thutrsday evening.
The following are tile most import
ant. planks of tie latform :
IPor the first timtio since the civil war
tile Atilvican people have witntessL;ed
the0 c-abunitous con equences (if fill
an1d unrestrA.1icted D".1mocratic control of
governmuenit. I L has been at record of
unparalled incapacity, dishonor and
disaster. .-In administrative manage
ient it has ruthlessly -'acrified indis
penisible reventue, enitailied an ilcreas
ing delicit, eked out ordinary current
eXpenses with borrowed money, piled
ip the pubhic debt by $262,010,000 in
time of peace, forced an adverse bail
ance of trade, keit i )Ictual monac
hanging over the redemption fund,
pIwned AmeiicaCn crelit to alien syn
diCates :uid revetrsed all the tmeasures
and results of successful Republican
rule. In the broad efYect of its policy
It 11ats precipitated panic, blighted in
dustry and trade with prolonged do
pression, 'closed factories, reduced
work and wages, nalted enterprises
and crippled American production
while stimulating foreign production
for tle A merican market. IEvery con
sideration of public safety and indi
vidul 'ilterest dlemlands that tle gov
crnment .lhall be rescued from the
hands of those who have shown them
selves incapable to conduct it without
dicn-ster at home and dishonor abroad,
anld shiallI be testored to the partty
whtichi, for th irty' years, ad mittistered
it, witih uneuqualed success aind prtos
And in this connection we heartily
enorL~Se the wisdom, patriotism and
the success of tile aidministration of
lIresident [Harrison.
WeX~ renet and etmphasIiize ourt alle
glaatnce to thte pol icy of prtotetion as
in bulwairk of Amaerican~ indlustrial
ttindep~edece anid the foundation of
agrt'icuItiaural d1evelopmen ct an (1P ros
per~tity. 'This trite Amaierican pol1Icy
taxes foreign producets and enlcourages
hiomie indu tsti'y ; It puts the burdeat of
reventue ont foreign goods ; it secure-s
the A muerican ma rket for the A meri
cani priodulicts ;it upholds the American
stanidaird of wages for the American
wokinlgmfen ; it puit5s the factory by the
sida3 of the fartm aind ma~ike) theo Amer
icanl farmner less dependenlt oat foreign
dem2ti~and anid prico; it di tfuses general
ta:trlf reicform aind fomuls the strength
of'aill on the strength of each. In' its rea
Honabt)i ipllliicatliont it is juist-, fai r andti
jimp ar'tial, equoal ly oppos0edl to foaeign
cotaol andl dlomestic mtonopoly, to wee
tional d iscimination antd indiv iduial
favoritismt.
We dentounce the present Democorat
Ic tarilf ias sectional, injurtious to thte
puibl ic cr'ed it andl destritctivo to busi
ness entetrprises. We dletmandl sutch atn
equitaible tariff 011 foreign imiports
wich comot into coampetitionl w ith
Amterlin prodI~ucts as will not only
furnish adequat~e revenue for' the neces
airy expenses of thte government, bit
will protect American labor faom doeg
radition to the waige level of other
lainds. We itro not pled~g ud toI any par1
ticular schedules. TIho question of
rates Isl a pralcil questIon to be gov
er'ned by the conditions - of the timoe
ando of production ; the ruling anld itna
iomp lro~misling princIple is the protce
tion aind development of Amaerican
latbor aind ind~ustry. 'IThe coutntry dIe
maands a rigit schedutle a..d then ii,
wvants roest.
T1he R epublican patty is unrestr-ict
ed ly fora sound money. it cIIased the
'. enaictm.'at of the law ptrovia:"tg for' tho
resumpitl~ion of specie paymets~ .n 170.
Since thlen every (d01latr has beent as
good as gold. We are un~altolrable op)
posedl to every measure calculated to
(d01bas0ellar cutrrency or imp~air til
credit, (If 0our coutrtiy. We are there
fore opposOedl to the free coinage of
silv~or CXCepIt biy i nternational agr'ee
ament wvith the leading coammerciail
nations of the worldl, which we pledge
ourselves to promnote, and until such
agreement can 'ie obtained thte exist
In g gold1 s'andar-d must b)o prteser'ved.
All our s ve l nd lpaper mol'ney mnust
lhe maintained att a Paritiy with gold,
andl we favor all ameasures designed to
m~ainta~in Inviolably the obligations of
the 'nit-d States, and our money,
Vhoii iner- coin or paper, at the present
standa rd --the standard of the most
enlightened nations of tle world.
'I'lie following description of Senator
Tellor's farewell to his party is pathetic
and interesting :
One of the crucial moments of the
convention was at hand. Tle chair
man announced that he would recog
iiize to tove a substitute for the ma
jority report, the gentleman from
Colorado, Mr. Teller. The name of
Toilet set the westernitos wild. In
little scattering squads, the handfuls
of delegttes who had been getting
under the banners of Colorada, Utah,
Nevada, California and Montana, and
some of those of Tennessee and other
Western and Southern States wore on
their feet waving hats, lags, umbrel
lis, fans and handkerchiefs and shriek
ing like mad men. The fire spread to
the galleries and across them until
they seemed to be almost unanimously
c hcring.
For two or three minutes, the uproar
continued. Finally the western dole
gates, secessionists, they perhaps
might soon be callied, tired of their
work and sank back into their seats.
Then there fell over the house a deep,
profound calm, for history was to 13
made. The political allegianceof hall
a dozon States hung on the moment,
and while the assembly recognized it,
the ueople listened to a man, while the
clerks proceeded to read the substi
tuto platform, as follows :
" We, the undersigned members of
the committee on resolutions, being
unable to agree with that portion of
the majority report which treats of
the subjects of coinage and finance,
respectfully submit the following para
graph as a substitute therefor : "The
Republican party favors the use of
both gold and silver as equal standard
money and pledges its power to secure
the free, unrestricted and Independent
coinage of gold and si Iver at its mint-<
at the ratio of 16 parts of silver to I of
gold."
Senator Teller, as he stood on this
platfo.-m to make his final protest to
the Republican party against the
adoption of the gold standard policy,
was a striking figure. Tall, gaunt,
he woro the old-fashioned frock coat
of the old thr-e statesmen. His face
is deep furrowed with lines of thought,
and no one w ho boeld him as he sur
rendered all his old associates for a
deep conviction on a single topic,
doubted his honesty of purpose. His
face is thin, his eye grey and his
forehead high. He was evidently
deeply aroused by the emotions that
stirred him and his gestures at times
were alimost liereo, but his general
tono was one of sadtness and regret.
He wits gfiven a m1ost respectful hear
ing by the delegates, but except for
this Sympathy there was no demon
stration on the floor in the early part
of his address.
The galleries, however, were at this
time very decorous and when lie as
serted the powers of the United States
to control their own affairs without in
terference from Eu E'rope in the matter
of finance, many of the delegates dis
played enthusiasm. He spoke In the
clear ringing tones which have so often
eChoed through the chambor of the
United States Senate. It was not until
the close of his speech that he became
both impressive and pathetic. HIs
review of his long service in the party
visibly affected him. As he reached
the step he was about to take he drew
himself up to a greator and final offort
and spok with an earnestness that im
pressed all. After he said, "I must
sever my connection with the political
party which makes the gold plank one
of the principle articles of its faith,"
the Senator paused and swept his eyes
around the hall.
For an instant the full significance
of his expression failed to make itself
felt, thlen it sunk iome, and the gal
leries rose with another yell, and min
gled with the yeli was a fusilade of
hissos. A moment later he said that
if under such circumstances he re
mainedl in the piarty he would be un
faithful to his trust. There were en
thusiastic cries of ''No!" from the
-Jelegates in the Easter'n and Southern
States. Thbere was deep feeling, almost
pathos in the Senator's voice and those
nearest could detect the glimmer of
tear's as he saId there were beartburn
ings and grief in the sacrifice which
he and his colleagues wore to make
for their' consciences.
W iIii NOT M AlI K 'I TH ILAC10.
Senat or Irby WV iit'araws fr-om thle
C~amimign~ for Uniteil States Sena
tor.
Thie following interview appeared
simul-anceously in the daIly newlspaper's
of the State on the 18th inst., anti
marks the retirement of Senator Irby
from putblic life:
In a short interview with Senator'
Irby. your correspondent asked this
(question :'" Will you be at Manning
next Monday, Senator- ?"
The Senator anisweredl: ''No, I shall
not attendl that or any other campaign
meeting as a candlidate for the United
States Senate. I had lntendled upl to
a short time ago to ask for the nomi
n'ation at the ensuing primary, but
hamve concluded not to enter the con
test. From advices received from dif
forent sections of the State I conclude
that mny miotives and oflicial acts for
the last year have been misunder
stood by the faction of which I was a
charter member. It is applarent from
these adlvices that I must antagonize
those with whom i have co-operated
politically since 188(1. It seems that
the en tir~ imatch inery of tihe p~arty
governmnent has been organizedl to hui
millate, defeat and destroy me. This
wold not have been but faor a mIs
unaderstanding of my motives in opi
posing flhe eqlual division of dlelegates
to the Consttumtioal C'onven tioni, the
dlefenise of the niamne of Butler in that
convention, my opposition to the lian
of suffrage as adopted and the uneom
piromising position taken by me in
olppositio.I to a bolt in the late State
D~emocratic con vention. In additlon,
If I were to run with my old friends
organized against me I could only ex
pect sup~port from those heretofore umy
pliltical opplonenlts, wh ich)1 would be
distateful to me as they ewe me no
favors. In arriving at this conclusIon,
1 deCsire to say that, I cherish no spleen
towards~ those w ho I believe miiiscon
strue my motives and~ poli itial cour so
recently, and confidently anitielpata
the futur'e to vIndicate those positionis
and policies.
1HE PROTEST OF SI[ER REPUBICANS,
TM4 ROL~)ITl'ItS ISSUE,~ AN i'A ('A.
NATION.
They CaItisnut oliomaii With i a Party
Aili-ering to (lie Gold Standa-d.
To the Republican National Conven
tion :
In aInnouicing tile Upr)0o asserted
inl tals paper, it is duo to our con
stituents and to ourselves that, thero
shall be a public showing of vindicat
ing facts.
Th sole authorized expression of
national Republican faith from June
1), 1893, until the present date has been
.1o platform adopted in national con
venltion at Minneapolis. Neither the
utterances of StatO cOiVCtionis 1101
the attitude of individuals can change
the tenor of that platform or- abatu tihe
santity of its binding forceo. The dele
gates to this convention were elected
us its adherents and advocates. True,
one of its most importait paragraphs
has been bubjected to such a dsivergt nee
of construction as to make its lang uage
lisatisfIctory during the intervening
titue and dangerous if continueti ini
the future, but of the intent contained
within that laiguage there lias never
been a doubt.
It is the rightful province of this
convention to revise party telLets and
to announce anew the party purpose.
The majority of Lbis con venion in the
exercise of such authority has this
date made olicial enunciation of Ito
publican law and gospel. With inueh
of the platform we agree, believing
that in many essential particulars it
compasses the needs of humanity and
p)rop1oses the just remedy for wrong.
But it declares one elemental principie,
noL only in direct, contravention of ie
expression of party faith in 1i2 but.
inl rItuical o)pobition to our olemi
convention. We recognizeo that ira all
matterm of inere iiethoIds it is but. just
and hepfu that the min'ority shall
yield to the Will of the miajoa-ity, lest
we have chaos in party an in govern
ment. But as no pronouncemnt, by
majoirities can change opposing know
ledge or belief sincerely entertained,
so it cannot oblige minorities to aban
don or disavow their principles. As
surely as it is requisite for peace and
progress that minorities shall yield to
majorities in matters of were Iethiod,
just so surely is it necessary for that
same peace and progress that minori
ties shall not yield in matters to funda
mental truth.
The lIepublican platform of 1892
allirned that the American peopte
from tradition and intereut favored
bimetallism and demanded the ute of
both gold and silver as standard
money. This was accepted by us as a
declaration in behalf of the principle
upon which rest the interests of every
citizen and the safety of the United
States. In such terms the plattform
was satisfactory to the believers in
bemitillism within our party; only
because of equivocal constriction and
evasion has it since been deonnstr-itceid
to be insuicient. The platform this
day adopted says : (Quotes the financial
plank.)
As a declaration of 1892 has been by
a majority of the party construed to
justify a single gold standard for our
monet-ary basis, and as the recent
trend of tile olicial power of the party
has been in that direction, we can but
assume that the money plank of tile
new platform being much more favor
able to perpetuate gold ionometallism,
will be determinedly used by us In
Jehalf of that idea. The litepbl'ican
party has won its power and renown
by pursuing its purposes courageously
and relentlessly. .It is, therefore, only
in accordance with the party's history
to assume that if it shall come to
present authority in the United States,
it will crystalizte into law and admiinis
tration unuder Lbhis temnpti ng latformn,
the perpetual single gold standard In
our linances. T1his, if long continued,
will mean tile absolute ruin of the pro
ducers of tile country and Ii nal ly of the
nation itself.
The A merican people not only fatvor
hi metal ism from trad itien and in ter
est, b)ut from that wise instinct which
hlas always been mnaniifer i~e inl affairs
desti ned for the world's leadersh ip.
Undoera the operation of our great de
manid for advancement we hatve b)e
come to othler nations tile greatest, dleh
toer nationi of the woirld. We pay the
vast charges wvhijell every year accumu
late ag.ainst us in the clearing .house
of the worldl, in the money of the
worldl, plrocuired by Lihe disposal of
our commilodities in the markets of the
wor'ld. We are aL nation of pro~icers.
Our credhitors are nations of consumers.
A ny system of international or national
Ii nance w hichl clevates the prIce of the
human pr-oduct makes our bur1 den
l ighiter arnd givues prom isie of that (lay
w hen it shall be entirely lifted and
our country freed Ii nanicialy 1a s it is
pol itically, from the (do1mnation of
monnarchty and foireign au1toer-acy. A ny
systemn of ollice whiichi tendls to depre
ciate the price of liuiman pirod uctions
which we mu st sell ablroadn but insofar
tdds to the hourden of ouir debt anti
conveys a Lbhreat of the piorpPtuail
servitude oif the proudullcers of our deb1
tor nation to the consumenr oif the
creditoir nation.
To us, it is it folly without at parallel
that imhis country or an~y political party
thierelin should dleliberately acecept at
money system which enrices othlers
itt otur cost. I listory3, phlosoph111y,
nmrals-aill join ith i i the conunonosit1
Sistincat of sel f-phitreervtion1 in dema1nd
Iing that the Uniuted Stat(es shall hiave
ai jus9t andl subhstaniti ally 11 unvarin g
stattndard compos:d of all Iavaiilalie
goldi and1 silv eri. Huiit wit ai sin gle
gold( St~andaird the coiunitry- will become
thme liewerns of wood andilL t h drwer-s of
water foi thbe conrsu~mers- in credI itor
nations of the cathl.
'To such anl unholy en~d we will riot
lend ourlsiv es. i3earm a-s has been tile
Itepubhiliean name to its adhier-ents, thait,
nitmo is not so denri its the faith itself,
atnd we do not sacri lie one jot or LittLe
of the mighty princi ples by wh lich H~e
publ)1icaisml has upl)if(ted thme wvord whlen
we say that at the parting oif the ways
we ci ng to the faith. I1200 the name
go wheire it will. We hold1( thait this~
convention luls secedesd frm'nnl the truith;
that, the ti-ilumlpihs (of such secession
woiuldl hu the eventmal d Iestruiction of
our freedoml atnid our civil izittion. TIo
that end thn pnonle will not knowingr
y follow aniy politlea plty, and we
chooie to take our place in the rank
of the great mass of citiz 'ns wlo real
i z that the hour halts comle for jlstieo.
Did we deemi this issue less illportillit
to humanlliity wo would yield, since the
associations of all our- political lives
have been intertwined with the men
ud the iosui es of this irt)y of past
mighty achievemenuts. llut the people
cry' aloud for relief.
h'lcy arn )ending beneath it burden
growing heavier with the passing
hours. Kuideavor no longer brings its
reward ; fearfulness stakes the place
of couirate, and despair usurps the
throne of hope, and unless the laws of
tle country and the policies of the
political parties shall be converted
into nedilins of rodress the elfect of
hiuman desperation mai1y some timo be
witnessed liere ts in other lands and in
other ages.
Accepting the flat of this convention
its the pres'ent purpose of the party we
withdraw from this convention to re
turn to our constituents the authority
with which they invested us, believinig
that we have better discharged their
trust by this action, which restores to
them ituthority unsullied, than by t
giving Cowardly and insincere endorse
mont to the gireatest wrong ever will
fully attempted within the lpublicai
party, once the reemcier of the pe'
plo, but now about to become t eir'
oplpressor, unless providentially re
stirained by the votes of freedom.
The protest wats signed by Senator
Tloler, of Cora lo, Senator Dubois, of
Idaho, Senator Cannon, of Utah, Ikp
resentative Harman, of Montana, and
Cleveland, of Nevada, all mnctiiihemis of
the committee on resolutions. Sena
tor Pettigrew, of South Dakota, this
morning added his name to the pro- C
test, although not a member of the
committee. There were 62 delegates
in the party that withdrew.
H1OW T11IE D10MOCRA'I'S CAN WIN.
Riepresentative Charles S. iri nu.l I
of Mont:tna, was tbkLd by at I'epjora -
what ellect lie thought the action of
the hnetalist delegation in rpludia- I
tiig ao gold standard plank of tie ,
Repulican platform would have 1po i
the Co ning campaign. lHe replied as
follows
" If all the himetallist forces of the
country can be concentrated upon a (
candidate thero will be no dilliculty in
my judgment in having a bitmetallist e
pres'.dent and a bimetallist, Congress t
elected this fall. The end and aim of f
all the supporters of biietallisi t
Mhould be to promote the nomination i
of the strongest candidate that can be
obtained. It should not be a question
simply of individual preference of any t,
citizen. But tho prominent question v
which evecy bimetallist in all parts I
and all sectious ought to ask himself, 1
is : 'What will bring to that thicket, $
the grCatect number of electoral 1
votes ? ' As the result of a very care- t
ful and extensive examination of the I
question through personl interviews
and by correspondence, I am convinced
that Mr. Teller above all others is
infinitely the strongest man we can
nominate.
" It has been conceded by a large
number of Democrats, both in and out
of Congress, with whom I have con
versed, that Mr. Teller by reason of his
bold, courageous and patriotic stand
against the force bill would carry
every Southern State with the excelp
tion of Maryland and West Viginia,
and with that concession I am content.
The people of the South have not for
gotten the ringing sentences to which
Sonator Teller gave utterance when
the force bill wits pending in the Sun- t
ate when he denounced it its 'the most
infamous measure that had ever cross- j
cd the treshold of the Senate.' t
"Any one of the many prominent a
and distinguished Democeats mention- t
ed in the press to head the ticket
wotuld also carr'y these same States- a
T1huis far their strength is eqtial. Now
take the States lying wvest of the M is- o
soui. A ny one of the Demioci'atic a
bimetalIlists oni a himetallis, latformii t
cold~ cariry live of the mountain States, a
p~osssing l;i electoral votos, but he j
wouldl lose eight of these States, pos8- o
sessing 415 electoral votes. NI r. Teller' h
could car'ry all1 of the Sl~ates wvest of a
the Missouri r'ivei' aiid would thbere- a
fore have -15 mor'e electoral votes at
this stage of the analysis than a i)om- t
ocrat cotuld have possibly hope) to have. e
"Now let us take the belt of Status
lying bety'een the MIissoturi rivei' and a
the Allegheny mnountains. A l)cimo
cratic himIetallist w i th al1 forces con- t
centrated upon him would certainly t
car'ry Miissouri, wvould carry indiana, 'j
wtmid stand Ia fair showy of carrying y
Minnesota and but, little show of carry- 0
ing Michigan. Mr. Teller' on the con- t
tirary, uniting all bimetallic forcesi
would carr'iy Michigan, Indiana, 1l1i- n
nois, M issouri, and would st~and( mor'e I
than an equal ahuow for carry ing' NIin- 6
noesota, so that figtiring on what is only e
certainty, so far as anything po'litical '
('an be certain, Mr'. TelleIr wotl 1 have .c
I 4 elector'al votes from Michigan t4
which the Democratic nominee would
not get and which added to the l. sur I- hi
plus1 of the States west of the MI issour'i s
ri vei', wotuld give himii a certai n clear I
advantage of 58 electoral votes over' a
any l)emnocratic himetal list, that could a
1)0 namiied 0n the ticket. With MI in- c
nesota Mr'. Tellecr woulId hiave o
electoral votes mei'e than the l)emio- r
cratic bi metall i.-at could receive, or' an
aggregilte vote for MIr. Teller' of 20i5 as
against 197)', the very most a Demnocr'at y
could 1h(p1) for. T1her'eforo the q ues- e
tion which woulId priescnt itself to c
l)eimi'iratic bimetallism If my ianalysis d
is e rr'et is, 'will they exchange what i
is priactically a certainty of success for' a
what, to say the best of it, a strong t,
pi'obabiiity of dlefeat.'
"I i th e' De.mocr'acy at Ch icago de- e
sir'es to make the succese of bimetall ism a
a cerl'ttainty, they will not, hesitate to
take the step whiichi will miako practi- 1t
cally3 certain the r'epud iatlin of the
gold stmaindar id and tihe remon(ne tization e
of silver', by nami~ing II. M. Teller for' '
priesidlent and1( some eqlulally splendid y
pattriotof their' ownr par'ty for v ice pries
ident. If this is (1one amnd time bimetal-'
list for'ces of the par'ty wh ichi will as'
semble in St,. lInutis, .July 22. will ratify .j
that nomi11nation, the cause of hiinletal- .
I ism will win agai nst, the comin ined
gold for'ces of Cleveland, Sheriman and i1
the hond synrd iente.'
cmp Iloyeeas in tobo)cco factorii.
-An ordinar'y railway enlgine is
equal in strehtrth to th00 horses.
WHO 00' THE C0MMIONS?
M'ORE,' IA iIT ON ' lIE ImN I S('A
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ioI~isettua tileQulestlonliwol. 114.Pre?
pill.
New York Times.
IMA u/l mol., Mid.,.June 12. - The No%
Vork Timnies yesterdayv printt Id a repi
From Stnte, r-eitsurer lites. of Soutl
Jar'olinlt, to tiem airticle publish e 1 o
he -it, reg.rding the it 1 nnageietL t
1he Soutth Curoii at lionds issued I
18113, by Unie ( SLattes Seidtor'Til' ill hiat n
l'reVasurer Miates aind G"over-nor E.vamll
The a rticli in the Times rc-ferred t(
seems1211 to hive caulsed iiulch surpris
and indignattion inl South Ca'rolina ait
>Lier parts of the 'South. Sellato
i'illmtn ius hbeenr So prominlent inl load
og the "free-silver-or-hust" movement
ind SO liITre in Ids d(nIIuIittioIs 0,
,e Mothods of ,the I're-.identt and SC
'etalry Cat-lisle, that t1he tnarrationt (f
is opera3tionis ats it fitnncier ctusefl
nulehl excited collmment.. INearily eve~r,
tewsplLpor in South Carolina pIublisi
Id the caso as m1a1de out in the Times
md demanded an eX)iltttLtiont of thte
urious circumIlstances revCLIed by th
viden o- in tho suit now pending hert
verl commtiissions on the bonds.
In respons to aill this, Treasurei
tos tlonio replies, althioutgh it wt
nnounced a week atgo that ie am
;overnor Evians were prepairing a
'joint roply." The Treasurer simp3
,sserts that the $2,300 ie was showi
o hiiv received perionatilly from thi
010( syndicate wits ionest1ly earned by
hu, and that his employtmont, by th<
yndilaLto was after the coinplotion o
hie bond transaction, and did not in
ltence his ollicil Ittion. It is worth
loting, by the waty, ho0wever, thl
2,300 for a fnw weeks' work is quite
iberal pay in SouthL Carolina, ever
ith soe clork hire Und exentie.,
edcited, the pay of the Stalo 1'te'vis
rer being only $2,-itlo a yetr. The
reastrer does not explatil why or oil
iatt termts Mr. Rhind, of Aigusta
;at., wits employed Its the State's olli
ital broker, and received exclusive
ontrol of the hianililig of the honb
bree separate times, ranging from
:urteen months to six miont~is befort
boy were to be issued the Stato haiv
ig offerod a bonus, first, of $300,000 to
lace 4 per cents, then of $120,000 to
iace 41s. lie dons not ex pliin wIht
he Now York and ticimond brokers
rho organized ite syndicate for Mr
thind miettiat when they informed
tembors of that syndicato that of t 1
18,000, or two-thirds of the otal bon
matccounted for, the builk would hav<
0 be givenl to " pirties itn South Carto
inu htving political iilOuec whos<
ttmes had butter not he mnutioned."
Senator Tillimu and M1r. Hates wer
,ie comImissioners Chosen by the iLeg
slatm'el-, anld they hand lutire contre
)f ti lmatter for the State. Govotrno
IKvans was then recognized its the cor
,rolling power in tho Legislature, ani
'epreseitativo tiere of the Tillatuta
State Government. ie had approach
Md Mr. Ithind, ind ho hn( iis uncle
\1ajor Gary, who was )iId $1,000, WOr
.Mind's attorneys. Mr. Ithind ithas no
loenied thit he iIIde tIat stttementoit
o the two brokers, no101 hIts ie den1iea
hat be told them he would only got o
ho $19,000 left h im, after ho paid Liit
nd Major Gary, enough to pay lit
travOling oxpenses and time.
On those matters all concerned art
Ilont. Wo aro not even told whether
he amount of Governor Evan's fee its
ttorney for Ithind has ever been do
L3rmlinled or paid.
Senator Till main, Gorverntor Invans
n31 d ir. Ithtind were in Aulgusta 1.o
ethert a few days after te puiblication
Vi airtice in the Ties-atccident
I ly, the Governor says. No one of
l L to hats madeti aL sttemenflIt or'
iokeni at word' ini rely3. Treatsurer'
antes con111inesi hislf to expilainhing
no fact wIch seemned to) hear. agai ist
im ptersonially3, and( wichl wats no1 e8
Itntial part of te general b)ond( trans
Senat~or T1illiman is qu ioted ats stay ing
hat 1he has nto tme Lt) reply to "' lyinig
owspapel)r corpt'11Conets,"' and tat
0 will aniswer only when~t chaurges
re mallde aginrst im byt 1)" respo(nsibtle
ersonis."' 1He doe's not quIestion aniy of
lbe statocmnits mtadeI. T1hey arc from
he sworn Vtestitonty of Ale srs. I thind(,
'illmtian afld Evans, an~d of te brtoker's
'ith whtomt tey delott, and the nomei
ors of to syndicato who Look te
ond~s. 'iThorei is nol I qurstiont of char'geo.
I, a qtestioni of utchal lenged state
tents onl w t ich thie publ)Ic hais natura'll
P promtly~i3 and( inov itably based0(
batrges. TI he public1( IVis e prose)cu3ttIor I)G
viie p~Ioented bly tho Now Yorik
'imes0, and( to " free-silver'-or-hust"
indidato forl te P residency refuses
It i's 'stated for Governor IEvans tat
o wVill discuIlsn te subijectL on tuhe
amplt 11 during is canvatss be(forie te
(30ple fort te Un ited States Senator
tiP. Ile pre feris to spoeak for htIimsuellI
,rictly in Southt Carolina beforec ex.
itedI maisses o.f mten, c3ompose'd larigely
fhis owni parttisan~s and1( depenOdentVs,
si~her than in cold Vyebfr h
Thero are' several facts iln Lhe cat(
'bich IV is not 'ncessarty to publih
xcepit in rebuttal, andl theore is appar'
ntyno o(caion for' rebuhttintg e3vI.
once, as Vhere i no denuil--notitt
ut am expJlantionti by one11 of four tier
fotne com1paratti vely uitmioportantI
rthi atffectinig im aii~ lone. As ai c0)1
ttetral Incidentt, however, Litay bc
low York to0 tempt to platce th<t
outhi Carol jina loani ito vlsited31 Con.
r'olletr IIugh S. Tbhompson8)1, of the NTw
'oork i Afe, IEx-Govern'ior of Southi Cai'
Ii na, andi11 as5isthnt, Secretar~ly oif the I
'reIasury undite r Cleveland1('s Ilirst, ad
"G;overnor, I havt~e seen31 enought
ero to know thti I cannotlt platce ti
ian, wvhie you 3'il nn1. TIhere is abti)~
120000~m ir. it. If you will give mie
10,1 I' v'.u can takeI theI rt'I."
Mr., ithind ha~d att that timie the ex
I tlusiv ri co tr'ol of thae Soith (;airiolin i
ruounde that, hie hadlI11 no cnidenceI( h
ion, Tiliman being thenb Governor
bfnd contid not ask oater to invest i,
Herunities Whih1 l he (id not himsel
A. a ai tter of tt tile bonds thei
bini 0I.0I'ed Were 41 per cents, and th
I e'gi Ilitoire had aiutiorized the sueob
4;,u000 000 of th Im at 915. There was
tbel41fore, at Imairgin of ) per cent., o(
*300 0001 Y ,t Mr. 1 )i nd was to hi v,
umt. I120,00, or 2 pc ' cent. to dividt
Sbletween the people who phced th<
bonlds land himlself.
WHACIMlY CROP1 lBULaLTIN.
TIe Collitionls are2 lilvor'alble fci
Geowuga h an(l Culiatt1ionl.
T Th is bil ktin covers the weather lant
0io) conditions for the week eiding
f satu rd a3y, .1 ne :, land inl its prepmt'a
t ionI were ued rep orts from one oi m11Ort
COrrespondents in each county of tIhr
.State.
The main tem eittire chariteristit
Of 1ast week wits at declining tendenlcy
I of be night teiperaturil'es which Ieteli
-'d mariked dpartures iholow the nor
- nial by the vind of the week. The gen[
,1t 1-al1range Of (lay tt' III )eperatlre's Wats
r I t-ween 75 and 90, atthough Sine
-lon-Ir tund soiie higher ones weve r11
1 ported. The uniximum for the week
i w72 theil 2 121.1h i, Gillismiviile, Ohe
.innumilwil %I as Z) onl th 10th at Spar
tiliburg. The loCal weekly moan tmn
, I'atLI1-0s ranged from 72 at (Greonvillt
iand Looper's to 80 at, G illisonv Illo, ant
the averitge of 31 imeanu temuperature
reports wasi it). The normal for the
samil period is.approximitoly 77.
The week's raiifail wias rather poorlI
dist.ributed, much of the western aiu
I north centria portiotn having receivet
Very ite, wI h ile OV'r tWI 8010st Cent.ra
ai( so52u1tiIAsternii por2tioiis there wn:
too much ra il I in many platces.
The following heatvy amllinlits werI
report.ed : Char'leston 2.741 Ki ingstree
($ reports) 2.51 Iand 3.26 ; PinaLpolii
.37 ; 10iloreo 2 (. There were iII uddi.
tion 12 places that reported al1ounts
frtomii On2e to two i iCies, and 30 p0laCes
that IepOr'ted ess than one inch of
rtinfall, the 1Ver'agte of !7 reOrts
1)einig 0.80. whi'u the oa1011lL for the
a0e period is atpproxiltely 1.6!
Therwe wtve high wids1 over viariolis
portions of tlhe Stuato accolipalying
tieb t under stoms11i of the 1h, that, in
jured erops severely iI pilaces and
tnIigleti big L01'1r SO tiat it col1d not lbe
worked. Thor was also a destil uctive
1ha1il storm in M aril.)orool the 1:th that
dimiuged crops locally.
There wits ab)olt at normil1 amlloulnt of
sunsi hine for the State, but the per
eentilge of possil rniligod f'ro(m2 :L-) to
85, show ing lthat cloud iness vatried con
sidratbly ill ti 2 Ueeit localities.
The Wt'ek Onl the Wh1oto was favor
able for Crop growing and cultivLtion.
'here was tlloisturo e'ough even where
least l'ain fiil ; in fact those sectioll
Wero best favored as it, gave them an
opportunit y to clean the Holtds of gyrass,
which hats appea~red luxuriently every.
where but has been kept pretty wel
under control, except, in a few localitiei
-t whr some cotton has been atbandoned
- or else plowed 111der with the graLs
I and the lan(d put to corn or )eaLS
r Such arlas areC CILly insignificllnt
- Over the southeistern portions of th
I State the ground hIs been hirdly fi
I for cultivation, owing to thel heav
- rains.
Reports on corn coitinue to bo en
tir ely favorable. IHoth ear1ly ani(d Ia,
- corIn colititi112 vory promisiig tib for
mer iI "'silks "11 and " tassels " 111d 1e)
ing ltid 1 by land the lattr just coming
up to staLnds and r-( , vinag its Ar'st
cul2ti'iLtion. Some p0 Corts of iIjLrIy
(rom1 1011t WornUs.
iten on cotton itro reported from all
portions of tho State, lHill1y with1 the
comment that ttbey were lever beforo
So provalent. IRtports of injury by lice
vary colsidlrably ' jII places It is eon
ini ed to crtin ki nds of soils, in others
the 2standsliIV have12on' injred, and1( i1
other noS )2 inju (2' i25IC ha rsuted, execpt,
to cheek growt Ii and1 gi vo the leaves a1
e" crltd u2p " a1ppearalnce; other02s say3
tilt p1lant, h as stoppedO~ pu1ttin ont~02
squares'cz, priobably' 1.he0 resul t of griowthi
hav in g stoppe)d . Ini certain 21locaiities
they3 seem2 toI b0 diecasinig, while
oIthiers reOpor't themli increas ing, the
(3(oo niighiits scomning tol favor their re
Th'le colt niights ihave also had 22 bad1
effoct Oin thle un(in festedl co)ttn, 02n cor
tlin 2soil the lowcr Ileavts are' turn2ling
r'edishi yellow.
The general tor' (of correspond1
entes repor02ts ar'e not very favorable
on cttonl. Squares continiuc to form
plcntiful Ily~and blooms areO qui ite coim
com.1, bei1ng much1 t21' arier thani ordiI
nar12ily.. Iot snn8112( andi driy weathier
is the Indica101ted needu for cotton, b~otih
to rid thet plant4 of lico0 an~d to kill gra&ss,
I '02s conItinute to 1)0 extensively3
8own2 withi cornu andt 0n stue )01lnds.
Matily planted pe0ns upi to good stands.
'l bacco does not seem to be doing
ver'y well; It, continues small bait In
heal21thy cond(1i tioni.
It.ice bas about1, allt boon siow n and !"
(ldOin g well.-flU p1land r'icoi mprJ)2oved de
eadedly.
Setting (If SWeet p)ota~to slips con
~ine a1)35(nd tis implhortant cirop is very
prom2 is in g.
I rish~ po(tatoes ha2vO impr1)'od wherc
not toio nearl'y ma(ture'd but the cropIt (1.
a1 whiole abou0t a1 failure. Secondt pilant
ing (doin2g well andl( ini bloss'om on th<
coalst. Colorado booes areO trouble1
soime In (up11er 1Darlin 2gton,
Mel(3ons are' iiptenling In tuo lower
counities and mus(2k melons are being
Wheat a2nd oats thrash11 ig 12n pro
gress witih fairly good yields of theo
former2 and poor yilds of the latter
ti'tuit prioSpcts continue to lesson
a(nd are ver'y p)(oir for all1 kInds of
fru2it. I lries 05continul plen10211tiul(n
of goodi qual(1ity.
Gardens1 ar1e2 imE 1provIig very rpi1)1dl y
no0w andl so-asonatble vogetabIles aret
reasonab1lly abulndant.
Th'le cnd i tion of cr'ops in general
con)tinuo very' prois0f1ing, a2nd as the
sealson of least vitriability of weathler
3onid itions is abouit, at hand, the out
look ((12 tile id summ11tier season ie
encotura2ginrg.
.J. WV. IAUOIR, Section irlctor.
-. feature (of the St. Loui1s 3onlven
tio~n is the( attendhance (of Mrs. Ilcttit
Greeocn, whose 80on, nomIriated as8 a1 leet
dleIgato b~y the black an2d tan factioi
of the I t3pubIlican parit3y oIf Texa~s, wa2
unseated for the benllt't of a .\leI~ ie
mun112. Mr is. lI ettie Green02 is ambilitionl
1,2 see heir son, whomi siho has given
little rasilroad in 'rnva (erro
MIt. CLEVELAND SPEAKS.
He lRefusies to Believe that Demo
erats Will Declare for Free Silver.
I'residont Cleveland has made the
following reply to a representative of
the Now York Herald, who asked the
L'resident for a statement concerning
the Democratic situation. Mr. Clove
land said :
" I have mado no figures as to the
probable action of dologates already
chosen or to be chosen to the Demo
cratic national convention, but I refuse
to holievo thait, when the time at rives
for deliberato action there will be en
grafted upon our Democratic croed a
dem' and for the free, unlimited and in
deptendnot coinago of silver.
" I cannot belIeve this, because I
know the Democratic party Is neither
unaltliotic notr foolish, and because it
.ems eo clear to ine that such a course
will inilliit a very great Injury upon
every interest of our country which it
his been the mission of Democracy to
advanco, and will result in lasting dis
aster to our party organization.
"IThere is little hope that as a
means of success this free silver prop
osition, after its thorough discussion
during a political campaign, will at
Lutb a majority of the votes of the
country. It must be that many of the
illusions influencing those now relying
111)011 this aileged panacea for their
ills, will be dispelled bofore the tme
comes for them to cast their ballots,
which will express their sober second
thought. The adoption by the Demo
eracy of this proposition would, I be
Ileve, gi v to our opponents an advan
tage both ill the present and future
wiich they do not deserve.
" ly attach ment to the true Dlemo
cracy is so strong that I consider its
success as identical with the prono
tion of the country's good. This ought
suilllicntly to account for my anxiety
that no mistake be made at our- party
convention. In1 my opinion no fcIort
Ahoull be spared to secure such action
of the (delegates as will avert party
delioralization.
" It is a place for consultation and
coilplarison of Views and those Demo
erats wlO believe in the cause of sound
ionoy should be ioard and be con
stantly in] evidence.
" A cause worth lighting for is worth
ighting for to the nd1. If soud mtoney
Dlenocr-ats Suppose there is danger of
a mistako being nado such danger
shculd stiiluliato their activity in
averting it instead of creating dis
couragement.
" I aL very far from arrogating to
Illystl f ia control ng Inlluenee 11pon the
policy of my pat-y, but as an ilinch
.Denm), arao(lqt wh1o hats been h~onor-ed
hy hiS )aIty and who desires hereafter
no gl'Later- p01itical privileges than to
occupy the pllaec of a private iII its
ranks, I hope I may not be blamed for
saying this milch at this time In the
interest, it seems to me, of the grand
old organization, so rich in honorable
traditionS, SO justly )roud of its
achievements an always sound and
brave in its battles for the people's
welfare."
SANNMMONSIN RVI WE--usi
Saninons, the young man charged
with the murder of Frank Grillin at
Piedmont, was takon to Spaitanburg
aIn( lodged in jail for salo kooping.
lie would not talk while ho was in the
Greenville jail, but a reporter of the
I l'ie(liont Headlight succeeded in get
ting a brief statomont from him, which
is its follows :
A Ieadlight repoiter interviewed
yomn:g Sammnons on last Tuesday. He
Is ia youth aged 17 years, but well
grown1, and sports a down on his ipper
lip. Saimions has an open, pleasant
face and does not look like a hardened
multrdere,. lie1 says lie was b)oen at
lairietta, in Greenville County, and
has been working for two years in a
cotton mill1. Samtnmons protests his
innocence, and( says that lhe will be
able to proeve that lhe did not commit
the murder whcn the trial comes 111.
lHe asser1ts most positively that lie was
at home11 atl the time the bo~y was re
Ilorted as killed, andi has witnesses to
esta~blish this facet. Sammons laughed
at tile lidea of the body being discove
ed by hypnotism, and says that the
fellow hiypnotized p)ossibly knew more
about the killing than any one else.
Hec said he did not fear lynching, and
If the jail was attacked, and the sheriff
would give him a gun, lhe would
pr1omise to render a good account of
thfe would-be lynchers and protect
hiimsol f.
Sammilons~is in the cell with John Dill,
andIC is as cool as can be. lie Is not the
least .ner-vouls, and talks freely when
(iuestioned. iHi says lhe does not know
anything about the killing.
ANOTiii ia lX'iCNSION.-The South
crni l.tailway and the Cincinnati, Hamil
ton ani ihn-i an hua~, mnade' a joint lease
of the Gin 3aintl Southern for- 100
years, with an option on the r-oad. At
lease their bid has boon accepted, and
the leasoe papers will be fixed up. At
the end of 100 years the lessees will
have the privilege of buuying the prop
erty for- $191,000,00O0, whichbis the sum it
cost the city of Cincinnati to build the
line.
Tihe successfu idde~~llrs represent the
pr1esenit lessees of the r'oute. They
are : A. 11. Androws, first vice prosi
donit of the Soulthernf railway, and
Holnr-y A. Taylor, of the Cincinnati,
lHatmilton atnd .Dayton railway. These
two Cincinnati systetms recently obtain
ed control of the Southern. The
bidders agree to pay the p resent
r-ental of $240,000 a ycar' till 1902, a
total of $1,440,000. After that date
they agroco to pay the city 10 per cent.
(on gross ear-nings of the road in excess
of $4,5b00,50 aL yeur until 1996, when
they may putrchaise the road outight
for $19,000,000 in gold.
Trhie bid is virtually for a perpetual
lease, with the privilege ol purchasing
it in 199h for $19,000,000. In addition
the bidders agr'ee to make repairs to
the extent of $250,000 a year for eight
year's, and to put up cash security for
the faithful performance of the con
tract. They also agree that head
(uarters shall remain in Cincinnati,
andI also to expend not less than $3,
000,000 for- terminal facilities, it cost
the city $19,000,000 to build the line,
which extends from Cincinnati to Chat
tanooga, Tenn., in' almost an air line,
aL distance of 3146 mille.
--There is nobody any poor than
the rich man who never gives