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- c4 . ke - THEPEOPLE'SJORA. VOL 6.--NO.24 .PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 896. -D-A man And Treasurer Bates were forced to lea've Now York without a bidder for the bonds. 1, as well as evory other Rformer, felt a deep interest in th( Success of Governor Tillman in this undertaking, especlaJly as i~t has been charged by his enemies that he was incompeteyt to deatl with the question and that in consequence of his failure the cred it of the Stat6 would be ruined. ventured to suggest to Governor Tillman the advilpability of employing a .brokor who was familiar with such trapsactions and w ho was not an enemy of his administration. He agreed with me and stated that he had given i New York broker an option on the bonds which would expire in a few days. I do not know a broker in the Statow ho was not thcn an ene my of the State administration and who would not gladly have seen Governor Till man fall in his efforts. I had lived in Augusta for several year3 and knew Mr. Ihind to be a reliable and honest nan.-l suggested him to Governor Till man and he asked me to send him to Columbia in case the other broker failed. The New York broker failed to accomplish anything and Mr. Rhind was given a chance. Mr. Rhind suc ceeded.ip organizing a syndicate of bankers in Baltimuore to take the bonds under the terms Prescribed by Cover nor Tillman and Treasurer Bates, by virtue of authority conferred upon trhem as follows (sec. 13, act 189L9:) That the governor and Stato treasuror aro hereby authorized in their discro tion to perforn'all and singular every act necessary to carry out the Pro visions of the act not herein specifi Ially given, and which are not incon sistent with the Provisions hereof, and in order to have said bonds and stock, promptly Placed, the governor and the State treasurer are hereby authorized Lo oifer and pay a comm ission to partiez phailig -iiid bonds and stocks, and the funds bolonging to the sinking fund aire hereby al)pIopriatcd to pay such uommlhiission, if so much be necessary: p-ovided, however, that they shall have said bonds and stocks placed with jut paying a commission if Practicable. It was agreed that the interest should cominence to run from the first ol January, 1893. The reason for this I. set forth in the message from Gover nor Tillinan to the General Assembly. M.. Rhind had a contract with the bond syndicate whereby he was to be paid i lPer cent. as commission for his Yahor. Atey -the bonds had bcun paid for and Rhind's corumstion was due, some miembers of thosyndicato iaxht Rhind was getting too much under his contract with them and refused to allow the commission paid. I was employecd by Mr. Rhind to proceed to 13altimore to take legal st<:ps to col leet his commission. I did so and associated with no Maj. R. M. Vena ble. The case has heen tried in the lower court and a judgment had been rendered in favor' of Mr. Ithind. An a)Peal has been taken and will not be heard for several months. As stated by Mi. ithind in his testimony, t.he amtount of my,% f1e has not been agreed u pon. When I was elected Governor I retired from the management of the case nd turned it over to Maj. Vona bie and Mr. Biactger and they have examined me as a witness, as well as Governor Tillman and others. My testimony as well as Govornor Till man's is a matter of record in the court and I have the record here for your inspection. i have never concealed anything as to my connection with this matter and shall not attempt to do so. I. as -Gov ernor of South Carolina, cannot afford t notice every anonyimous scribbler in newspapers, nor every cowardly cur that barks at mne, but as a candidate for the Senate, however, I deem it just to you, as well as to myself, to give to you the facts of this matter. The at templjt has been made to create the impression thout Gover-nor- Tillman and Treasur~er' Bates, w ho conduItcted the sale of said bonds, and I, who assisted them as far- as I could, have becen p~aid a consider-ation by Mr. Rhind, or by the syndicate who took the bonds, fot allowing them to pay for the bonds we wer-e so anxious to get rid of. This camte, [ am inftor-mod, from the pen of one A. B. Williams, whose letters were published in the New York Times, but not over his own signature. Mr-. Williams is weoll known to you as the late editor of the Greenville News, and any reference to him is unneces sary. The substance of IRIS insinua tions, which have been pulblished in full in the State papers, is to the effect that the Rtich mond br-oker told them (the syndicate) he understood, presum ably fr-om Mr. Rhind, that th'vbulk of the sutm was to be divided among parties in South Carolina who had political inlnence. The New Yoirk br'oker, who was in close association with Mr. Rihind and whose opportunities tot' knowledge were best of all, replied "that they wouid better not investigate that,; 'hat it was to go to *the peopl)e who would better not be-known." This statement is based substantially upon the testi mony of 'T . 1- ambleton, a memtber- of the syndicate which putrchased the bonds and the man who is trying to keep from piayinig Mi'. LRhind's comn missioni. The Rich mond br'oker r-e forred to is Major .John Skelton Wil liams. On page 206U of his sworn testi mnony in said case he says :" That Colden 1thind never informed him as to who his associates weire aind that he could niot hitve infoi'mcd any peR'son ais to who they were, as he did not kpow himself." The Now York ,broker r-e foirced to is R. A. Ilancaster, who, on page 227 of his swot'n testimony, refer ring to Mir. R~hind, said substaintially "that lie (lid not know who the partie~s in South Carolina wor-o to whom Mt-. Rhinid expectedl to nmake the payment; that lie had never' given him the nameTIs of elther the lawyer-s or' any one else employed by him as to wvho was to have the amount, lhe was to receive." 1I. C. Davidson, presidenRRt of the 'iTrust C.~omipany ando manager oft the sytndlicto, saiys suIbstanttiailly ini his testimnony, page 259: " At one of the meetings(, i cainnot, remembih.wr the daite, TI. 14. Ilamnbleton aisked Mi'. ILncastur in my prtesencc fo'r infoirmation as to whom the 14 por- centi.. cmuissioni was to be paid, aind whether any of thto money was for pol1itical puriposes 01r in fluenco. Mr. Laincaister's r'eply wats that the wvhole 14 pier cent. comm i ssion waRs to be pid to Mrt. I ithid andio thai t if any pott'ni of it did not. go to himn (Mr. Rhind) lhe did not know where it weont." Mr'. Hamblotoni evidentlv knew Gov. Bms oforo [vans His Judges, HIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE .BOND DEAL A NARLtATIVE OP iEVENrS WITH WIVIICII lN WAS CONN1.CTE). The folowing Is the defenco and ox planation of Governor ls0vans at the opening of. the campaign in Manning, its repor-ted' in the Stat: Governor. l0yans ( COUld look 'into the eyes of these peoplo and sco'they wore hon1est and that they knew an honest man when they saw one. Lor the fi rst tile lin his career' he wis called oi to make a statenti,. lIe had not made it ill the newspapers : the governor of South Carolina was above aoticlng anonymous scribblers. But, the poo plo had a4right to iar from him. The governorl did not know that he had gotten any fatter Since ho visited this town before. If he had stolen' $10,000, It mado a very poor show. If Tillman had it, he made a poor- show. "Poor fel low, aill that keeps him from being the next President Is that he has not got the money ; but we are going to make a ligh t any way at Chicago." (Choors.) There was a charge, said Governor Fivans, or an insinuatiod, for it was not an Qon charge over a signature, that Dr.' Bates, Ben Tillman and, him self had been bribqd in allowing a syndicate to take the State bonds. In rpgad to that, Ie wished to mako the followinuz statement : In 188 an act wits passed by the Legislature providing for the redeminp tion of that part of tile StatO det~t known its tie irown consol bonds by the issuing of now 4 por cent. bonds. In 1891 this act was amended allow Ing tile governor and treasurer, who were charged with the transaction, to pay a commission of $30,000, and the entire sinking fund then accumulated amoputing to $37,000. This act was~ introduced by Mr. Timmerman in the Senate, of which bo.ly I was then not a inemiber. In 1892, after the failure -of the governor and treasurer to refunij the debt at .1 1: " ... alt'her act tViis pasbol changing the rate to -1-A per cent.., providing for a sinking fund and the retirement of the debt in 20 or 40 years. Under this act the debt was refunded. It hias been Insinuated that I passcdihso acts through the L.iKis lature while acting as counsel for Mir. Rhind. This is false. I (lid not in troduce onle of them, nor did I offer ain amendment to any of themn. The first act was introduced by Conservative lawyers. Time last act was prepared, its is teatilled to, bi 1]r. Lancaster, by llellbcls of their syndicate in New York, wio ,cnt it to Govern'or Till imani ani lp acit tile following' ex cuitive mes~iage in .-egard to it : CUI:MiA, S. C., Decceimber, 1892. Gioicnie of the General Assembly : The refunding of the brown consols which fall due July next is the most important question with which tile State government has to deal at this time. As you know, our predecessors in ollice provided for the issue of I por cent.. bonds to be exchanged for tile 1 per cents, but up to the end of the fiscal year October 31, 1892, ,only $33,726 of fours have been issued under' this act and ou' efforts to place the nLw bonds in New York at a satis factory price failed. It is not hard to give the reasons for this and show what acts of the State government in tile past and what men and interests at tis timle ar'e in combination to pre vent the State placinig her bonds at that r'ate of interest. Sulice to say that it canniot be done and we must mel~et the ceergenlcy which hlas ar'isen by such action as wvili'maintain our cred ~it and bluild~ it up) untii South~ Carol ina can b~orrtow money at as low,-a late as any of her sister States. Tihe State could have plIaced the 41 poer cent. bonds att parl ini spite of tile errors of the paist had out' own capita lists lent thleir aid. We can p)lace a 4I I withlout their help if the GenellI Assembly will pr1ovide a sinking fnnd with whlich to begin the gr'adual an nual paymnilt of the debt andl mfort gage the phlosphiatO beds as collateral. A fter' a car'efuli considleraution of the paist hado ouri own caitalists lnt State tr'easurer and chlairman of the finance comimittees of bothl hlouses, a bill has been1 prieparedl whiich I submit here with that will enable its to meet our obl igatins at miaturi ty anld so huid up oiur crecdit as to refund the debt in 20 years at as tow a r'ate as any State cIan obttaiU. Thie prtactical r'esult of the schemefl will be First-Thlat thle interest chairges to .be met annually will be say $80,000 less, but tis sumif will not go to tile r'educition of taxes, but near'ly all of it to the payment ptnd reduction of thle (cht itself. Second-That this wIll, in my jud~g ment. Cinable us in 20 year's to float a 3 0or 34 ibondl, so that in the iong ruazn the total amolunt savedl the State wvill be mor'e thanl if we now placed a 415 year 41 per cent. band. As the bill itself will exlain the whole mal&tterl in detal, anld the reausonls muswt appear to any intelligent mind, I submit It to you withlout fur'ther argument or' comment, and urge its pabsagc as soon as possible. 13. 11. TILLJMAN, Governor'. It was repor'ted uplonl favorably by .Senator WN. D). I'vans who was at that .timoe chairmnan of the lnance comn iitee of theSoenate. Thle act was pas~sedl without a dissenting vote and waIs tile host that could have then bee dono(111 for' tile taixpaiycrs of tihe State. I wiiii not r'elate hereo tile dastartdly aitti ).eptilmade bly some11 of the news ~papers of the State an'l by some1 of tile Chaurleston banikers nd] brokors to dofeait tile governorli a.id treasuro'r in their etfortLs to refuind tile dlebt at 41 1p1er cent. under the' firist act. 1Prom i noent South Carolinians in New York who11 ha id boonlII hilhly hlonor'ed by the ple~t oif thlis State, on1e of whom hlad been11 govern'ior, areO reor)lted to hlavo stiated to bankeors and1( brokers5 of New York ti)hat TIilma 1111coil nrot be truistid; that the credoiit of th11( State had been ined and1hil~ thlat theoy wvould not, touch the( bondS. Others state~d thlat the Tiihinaniites would1 replud~iate tile debt and for these reasons Governor Till orndr Tillman and believed that it this would not be safo for him to intimato " thet any one could Influence hiut < r tira that le could be bought. Here is in 1 what ho swears : . hav ". Tillman states that you com- cept plained of hhving made so little be- 4: cause of Mr. Rthind's Commission Y man "A. ( never mentioned lthind or the| Lhind's commission from the fact that in V2 I had been put on iny guard by Lan- Mr. caster and Williams i referring to into this thing thati a certain amount of joini money, this money on this $2,.000,000 of the I .bonds, was to be paid to Mr. RhiM four and would not do for mne to investigate annti it; that I know enough about politics r so to understand certain people had a pull gent and intimated to me that that was 11dr going to parties, the powers to be, and woul for that reason I was partcularly at at cautious not to mention such a thing ado to Tillman, less it might cause him to wou fly Up. paYe Let mue go a little further. I spoke year about the expenses incurred in this been thing and that somebody was drawing Batu a commission. I recollect saying that entii very well, and he (Tillman) sal(i we dra had no business paying the commi)sffios cent to anybody, that if we were dealiny *315 direct with him there w's no need to Tillh pay a commissicn to anybody, and that annu we were nothing but a set of fools a sit (using that language, if we wanted to per a pay out money to somebody else. the j .:tind's name was not mentioned." urer This does not sound like a ma!) who 20 y4 was getting part of Rhind's prulit. It refI will be seen that this quarrel arose rate among members of the syndicatO, who the E claim that Mr. Lancaster, who was a the ( partner in the deal, should not receive bOnd a certain part of Rhind's commissions er ' but should divide with his brothibrn the ( In order to show that Lancaster had 40 yc decuived them and thus get at standing $3,15 in court, some of them had sworn that en)OU Lancaster told them he was to get Clari nothing but his traveling expenses for t and that the rest went to politicians fund What was the necessity of buying sotAs politicians ? There was no legislation Phos needed ; there was no influence to be over used or necessary ; they were dealing Per c with Governor Tillman and Treasurer At t llstes, who, alone, under the acts of a1mol the Legislature above referred to. had will the authority to dispose of the bonds debt, and who, as was publicly known, had be re been unable to do. If there is any year man in South Carolina who had a pull paid, on Ben Tillman I do no not know him. '' le does his own thinking and pulling this and his integrity and honesty is too stein< well known to require any comment. Caro Governor Vains then road Mr. matU Rhind's testimony i hIi\. Bo'iow are given some extracts : le'S os " Q. Well, did you succeed in form- Ous ing thiat syndicate or finding purchas- this ers for the wholu 'ssue on those terms? " A. We did not. At this juncture, r the exact dato I can not give from memory, someone introduced a bill The into the South Carolina legislature authorizing the extension of the 6 por D cent. Brown consois for four years at 6 bure per cent., which was evidently done letinl by some one unfriendly to the admin- June istration of South Carolina, and that 'Tb had the effect of throwing those pco- ing ple ofl entirely-many of them. ihey piair said that they could not negotiate for for g a 41A per cent. bond, when the State ccpV1 was considering the extension of its adva bonds at (, per cent., and when I say the they sa.,' under.tand me, I do not tion mean any person ; I am giving you the pron general view of what I gathered at ( the time. Mr. Preach was ill and not ge active in getting up the syndicate as a few well man might have been." In another place Mr. Rhind speaks sligi of the commission which he was to pond get, saying he started out to work for p a commission of 1 1-2 per cent. p ai Mr. Rhind on the re-direct examina- mak tion by Mr. Venable tolls of the $, t 'u fee he promised to payv Major Gary of able Augusta, Ga., and says:oft "'Q. Now, you have said also that me you agreed to pay Mr. John Gary it 10vans a fee. What was the amount of 1mi that fee ? " A. It hais never been settled : if, is wo like yours and Mr. Baotjer's; it Is sub- n ject to an agreement.". " Q. What was the fee for; sorvicesan as an attorney ? aent .oc " u es as an attorney ; he has Ler benworking with me from thte start Cit on this thing, and he has givon me bLt point after point in regard to the law, advi und I have consulted him as a resident dalv of South Carolina and as a practicing nis attorney there. I have consulted both at of thtese gentlemen, and hie has come on to Baltimore here in this ease, Iea don't kno w -how many times ; h alf a byea dozen times, at least, in this matter, tbln and until he was nominated and elected Sta governor he was my active adviser in Sa the ease. grot "6GRD-Q. .And you owe him alfee plan for his services, but the amount is notits settled? ad " A. The amount is in aboyance. hsl "7R.D-Q. Have you agreed or un dertaken to pay any othter persons forpr their services in cbnnection with this co matter y coml " A. No person whatsoever except grai the $1,000 that I have stated, payable gr to the Banik M Char'leston." Governor Evansaoconclutded wvh at he had to say on the subject thus : nea " As to mty connection with the eases in our Supremte Court I have this to ang say :I was sent for by Governor TI'1 llap man to come to Columbia afteor the cintracts had been signed for the salesa of the bonds. Hie related that hair- pa sliitting lawyer had raised a ptoint R against the constitutionality of this act, and the syndicate would not take the bonds unless thtey were decided tro constitutional by the Supreme Court. one [ then brought an action in nty own not nanme against Tilman and Bates, en- o joiing thtom from entering into the , contlract with the syndicate. The case badul was heard by the Supreme Court,, the blant Attoirney General representing the ties State. rThe Supreme Court decidedltis the act to 1)0 constitutional. Governor Tilhntan refused to pay me a fee upon-' the ground that he htad no money for Colic tltat p~urp~los, but I insisted that lhe at 25) least pay my OXexpeses. Th'lis lhedid b~y H-ors giving mnc a check for $50 out of his "' I'i contingent fund. A ft,er the synd icaute by I' had purchatsed thto bonds lawyer~s int surg Now York raised an'other pointtagainst and thteir validity wI. 'et~ is reported in the and case of Robeortson vs. T1illmtan and buih11 Bates. I was telegraphed to by Mr. use, lIavidson, presidleni of tihe syndicate, stocl to meet thteir attornoy , Mr. Steele, in not Columbia. I dd so 5. lHe desired me "ho to assist him in bringing the m:ttoer will b)ofore the Supreme Court. f prepared IStat the papers and assisted him, and for stati service.the syndicate paid me $100. Plis Is my connection with the en matter. No fair-minded person outh Qarolina will assert that I been guilty of wrong-doing In ac ing a foe for my services. ,;ow let us sco what Gavernor Till and Treasurer Bates have saved State uy this so-called bond deal. 92, while this matter was pending, John C. ifaskell had introuduced the House of Representatives a ,resolution extending the time for myment of the bonds for a period of years at the rate Of (6 per cent. per im. Ilb stated In advocacy of the tution that by reason of the strin y of money and the lack of conm Ice in Tillinan's administration, it d be imipossi ble to refund the debt y rate. If his suggestion had been ted the svm of $78,580 por annum I have been levied upon the tax rs of th1 L State, or a total n1 four s of $315.320. This would have $1117,1115 more than Tillman and s paid for the redomption of the -o induht.edness. The old debt was ing interest at the 'rate of 6 Ver per annun. or in round numbers 000 per annum. As refunded by Ian it draws 4 [-2 per cent. per in, or $233,250 in round numbers, ving to the taxpayers of $78,750 onum, more than enough to pay alaries of the governor and treas for over 15 years. At the end of ars the State has the option of iding the entire debt at a lower of interest, or of continuing it at aie rate for 20 years lorger. At xpiration of 20 years the Tillman deal will have saved the taxpay 0,575,000, or nearly one-third of intire debt. At the expiration of rs the taxpayers will have saved 0,000 in interest alone, more than gh to buy the entire county of ndon at its asseassed valuation ixation. Under this act asinking has been provided for wh leh it. ipart 7>,0,0 per annem out of the ph ate royaity. The State now has $150,000 drawing interest at -I I tit. which is being compounded. o end of 20 years this fund will 1ilt to at least $1,600,000 and we retire that much of the State leaving a balance of $3,600,000 to funded. At the expiration of -10 the entiro debt will have been Vho Is prepared to censure us for great work for the people ? I I here before the people of South lina and state that he wi0o inti s or insinuatf Vtrit T lia ve ever a illoflar improperly of the pen-1 money is asianderer and a nalici alsilier of the sworn tentitiony of case. HIE' WEATHEIt, AND CROPS. Conditions are Favorable, and the Crops Promising. irector Baucr, of the weather au, has issued the following bul for the week ending Saturday, 20 : e week was favorable for clean :rops, and there is but little coin it of grass. It was also favorable rowth, and all crops, with the ox on of cotton, made satisfactory nee. harmers are well up with ,work, and the agricultural situa is very encouraging as far as ised production is concerned. rn was never more promising rally, altli(uIgh on sanday soil, in a counties where there have been 3sive rains, early corn was .tly " yellowed,'" andi two corres ents reported corn "firing." L-Lto ing has a good color and is well vated with enough moisture to 3 continuous and rapid growth. e rep~orts on co )m are less favor esp~ecially during the ear-ly p~art c week, but latter an improve L was noted. Lie and cool nights -ded the development, of cotton, vith the exgeption of small areas, noc stands wei-e killed out, no( per' ent injury is applarent,. Lice med to be decreasing at the end of week. The plant turned yellow the lower leaves dropped elf in thaw, Williamsbur-g, Florence, ington, Orangeburg, Berkeley, sterfield, Colleton and Spartan Scounties. Cotton continues in mnce of the season. A correspon of Anderson has kept a record of blooms for a long series of years, rep~orts the earliest bloom noted in icor years on Juine 13. 18418. This on June 7, in EdXgefield the first mn noted on Jutne 3, the average June 18, and so throughotut the e. In some portions nearly full rn bolls are noted. In places the t is large, but not fruiting well; generally p)utting on weed freely fruiting heavily. While cotton leteriorated during the week, it is In fair contlition and lately im ing. heat and oats threshing near-ing )letion, with generally fair yields e former and poor1 of the latte sports on tobacco show a decided ovemnent in early planted, which ortions of lor-ence will soon be y to cut. Coneition of later plant less favorable with improvement rent. >as are comning up to excellent Is and quantities continue to be 5cd on stubble lands. ice and corn are making good th. ions are ripeningt some shipments the lower counties. Genor-ally nolon crop promises to be a large but unhealthy condition of vines is 'l in Lexington and ilehland. rdens improving, as are pastures. of all kinds continues to drop p. Blacket-ries continue abun Grapes rutting in a few locali but gencirally look promising. 'he experiment station at Clemson ge has just issued a bulletini (No. n the subject of "Distemnpor in es and Mules," and influenza or rikeyc," which has been prepareod c'of. W. E'. A. Wyman, veterinary ion, for the instruction of farmers >tLhers in the diagnosis, treatment prevention of those diseases. The stin is plainly written foir p~opular andI should be of great value to owner's, eispecially those wvhoca n 'etaily coimmnand the er'v ices of a 'Se doctor- " in time of trouble. It be sent free to any cit'zcn of the a on application to the exp~erimnent on. hree Candidates For_ Oooror. HIARtRISON, 10>30%10AND WIIIT MAN. I synopisi o' Their Specche at Klingss-ree-The College Questilot A l[eading Issu). Th3 chairman introduced Senato Harrison, candidate fOrV Gov'n-sior. Phis gentlenan announced his cantidi Lacy after i few )relimitary. remea-ks' ad said that nearly every demand nade by the faruiers' movement had Joen mad effective. Yesterday refer nice was made to "pap suckers" and 'ring rule," but as he had been called lowni as his time was eided and ho .O:uld not refer to tl'. subject. It was wvas reported last w inter that a ticket lad heen made up. e odid not know wvhether it was so or not, but he knew 0hat no man in South Carolina carried he peoplo around in his vest pocket. He told an appropriatestory and.said hat if there was any ring rule, the Jeople should know it and s(uolch it. .1r L. Harrison took a somewhat di Iferent ,ack from the other candidates. lie mandslly acknowledged that he had not )een urged or pleadcd with to make ,he race for Governor, but he said that f he was elected he would give the state an honest,-cllicient administra ,ion. As far aA-his opponent, Mr. El erbe, was concerned, that lie could lot claim credit for what was done in ,he Comptroller General's oilce during )is term. Credit was due to James sorton, who was his chief clerk, be !ause Mr. 14lierbo during bis adminis ration was sick. le did not mean, iowever, by this that Mr. Ilrho was lot thoroughly competent to fulfill the luties o the oilce. lie then took amp the Clemson College natter and repeated his statements nade at MNanning tho'day before. In ipeaking of the privilege tax, he said hat all the assets of the government rom whatever source should go into ,he treasury and should ho appropri Lted to suit the necessities of every do artinent of the government. So far ts he could learn, none of the vast sums 3oing to Clemsoni went to permianont Q:.o1ments, as has been stated. II lhe was w rong'mn- Q.ldapolog ize. As to the South CarolIntid"logo, he was not opposed to it, but he heil '1t there was no necessity to maintain a preparatory department in that col loge )c any other one, if the public schools were so conducted as to give every boy And girl sullicient preparation for a higher education. He noted evidences of prosperity throughout tie State. In his county there were so many cotton factories that they were using more cotton than produced. lie saw no reason why this condition should not prevail through out the State. If chosen Governor he would do all in his power to advance this prospority throughout the State. He would be the chief executive of no party or fac Lion, but would carry out the laws as adopted by the Legislature. As to the dispensary, lie said that he favored it as a whole and in view of the roports going aroundl he thought it eminently plroper that it should he con ducted as It now is. He believed the time would come when it would be oml0pletely divorced from politi'cs and would continue to accomplish its great purpose. Mr. 1llerbe followed, lie felt con [ident that lhe had the "'boys'' en iss side. After replying to sonmc state Luents of Mr. Harrison about the cost >f maintaining Clemson, holding that osoe of the *85,000, as charged to main tenance, wats devoted to permnanent imn Iprovemnent, Mr. E'llerbe pro'ceeded as fellows: 'I hold that the State has just as much right to maintain colleges as a system which does not permit a boy starting at the bottom and going to the to1) is defective. At the same time, the claims of some of the fr-iendls of higher education Is of myth, as only about :1 1)er cent -of those enrolled in the common schools eves' go to college. '"There as-e people1 in ours State who believe that under our form of gov'ern ment the best citizens cannot he pro dIuiced ini deinminationail or' clhurchl schools, whore the prinmcip1)1s of dog miatic theology are mnade of pri mary uimportance, andl for' those who do think so there ought to be a unIversIty fur nished by the State to give them h igher education wvithout dIrivi ng them to leave thme State to get it, as they wVould( have to (10 If the State did not mnake such provision. "'The result of the oper'ation of the common schools have not been suc' as the people had asl ighit to expect, and~ i favoi' some r'eformn in the maunagont [of the ommaon schools. In a coumntr'y like our-s. needing for' its best delolp mtent and the best development of its people1 all kinds andl degrees of edu0 Lhated1 labor, ourt commonf05 schools snake i milstake in not teaching the youth of )1ur countr-y to wor-k with theirs hands, nd1 niot miake them muerely book-taugh t lonos. Let us supl)~ioont prismary in tstruction by prsoviding for industrill Ltraininlg. '"The object of primtary instr-uction ohouldl not bo to p)reparo children for 3ollege-as 01' e cont. of them never o there-but to prep~arc them fos- their ife wor-k. "Undoer the Increcased constitutional rsoe school tax the pecople w ill ex poet 'nosr freom these schools, and they have e right to (10 so. They will expoect bet bor- school houses and more competent teaches, and the ejectment of mnore ife and energy Into the system. They willl natur-ally re-quire mnore of the sup 3rilntendent of oducation. They should go cut into the country, into the by ways and hedges, adveirtiso his comig as lhe would a ci reuis; have the people out to heat- him and enthuse them in the gr-andl cause of education. They should lhe shown the great impor-tance of education. Th'le negr-oes are mak ing grecate- elfor-ts to educate their chi ildren thian the w h ito peopl1)e. Ther-e is 11o usc going to the town and cities to talk eduen~ttion. 'l'heC el)eh thiere apprmeciate its i mposrtance and have good schools and colleges. tle dispenlsariy as4 1 did in 1894, wher canvas.ed the Stato for Governor. favor the system as the best soluti of tle liquor question, and I think tl now law is fl improvoment on the u one. ad that it is hero to stay. "The dispensary vas designed aii comproinlso with prohibition, and n as a money-making mach ino. I do i mean by this that I am opposed to tLi prolt feature, because it will take co stabulary to enforce the law, and th could not bo (.one by direct taxatio I ha3ve been told that in one town the State the dispensary has Hnp1rovz the iiorals muore than all the proac ing that has been dono in live years. "Your taxes have very natural been high Owing to improvements th have been mado-the building of Clot sonl and Win tli rop Colleges-inid the e penses of the constitu tional conventh I favor ecoloiy. I k now what it tak to imake a dollar, for all i have mude havo dug out of the ground ; I knu how hard it is to pay taxes an'll othi obligations when thu prices of mon crops are below the cost of productio and- I believo th State's busine should be nuanaged as we do our )pi vato a fairs-whlen we have plenty money we miake improvements :. wi we have not we steer clear of any ext expenses; and for that reason I fav calling a halt at this Li1me, and cuttii expenses wlervezr possible. "I favor frco, independent and 1 limited coinage of silver at the rittio 16 to 1, becauso I believe that the Ii zui cial depression can be attributod to t destructiol of silver as primary mon if it is true, anid all economists of I pute agrees that moiney leasires value in proe rty and property 11101 ures its value in money, then t scarcer you make money the Inei't( our property It will buy. Some attri ute the presont low prices of ouz' fat products to overproduction ; yet If y will think of the subject you will s how absurd it is When so many of 0 peoplo are out of em0ploymeint, hun1g; and ragged. I'ut zmore money in ci culation and it will put now life iz 1 channels and furnish employnento the ulczniployed. "While I am a I411former1 throu and through, I would not accept Li ollice if I dI(id not believe I could a minister the o(lico fairly and impa tially to all the Ieople. It is time In the white people of So'uth Carolini (uit the Cat and dog light they ha' been carrying oil and develop the r, sources of the State, build up its i stitutions and promoto its interest Let us conmc together in a true spirit harmony and union and try to (1o som tling worthy to be remembered. I it th is race OnIt my imerit. I ia, made no promiib-'irI to as to n actions if elected, and I nevdi- a done so, nor have I any undeistandi or combination with any one." t). WAr VilITMAN. Mr. Whitman being introduced no gave tha information that he was im ing the canvass on his own hook v had mortgaged the house lie had bu with his own hande in order to got I moncy to go around, and he did I have money enough to pay for tickets unless some of his friends co to thaI rescue. Ho could not und stand why Mr'. Ellerboe had attack him, but whozn he got up to UJioni 1t Lllerbo would finl that lie was not big a man as lie thought ie was. I (Wh itiman) would show that M r. Ele was a ringster of ringstors. He said that he had to pay a Rtofot papor $4 to pubi isli his advice to t, constitutional convention after lie h been defeated for that body. Th, call hiu tin inconloclast-a dostroyc IIe did wint to dest'Oy )olitiCalI grai just like a farmcr destroys grass fr his crop.. lI Ie weIt on to score Til.hI for' hiis incontsistenicy in poli tical fair's. A tman in the aud ience r'emar'ke: "1 le'llI be the niext I 'r'sident."' M r. Whtitmaun sid that lie hioped wouild he and lie 11oped( that the gra of God would he wvith him and ke, himi fr'omi the geld bugs,' as some of ti paP-sucker's had gone to them. lI eferriing to a statement made inii by Mi'. E'llerbee, that he was goingi~ he elected any way iaind might ats w< stay home, Mir. Whitman said:"W I wanit to kno1w is Mr'. Ellerhou swinighi on T1ilhnuan's coat-tail ori John G a Evan's coat-taoil, andi is that coat-ti as ample as Till man's ?" (I aughte The trouble about. these coat-ti swingers is that they are jack-da' with peacock( feathers in thteir tihi Ilie mrepeatted the charge that $:50,0) had been stolen froim the dIisperisal prtofitLs in ord(er to blin md the people1 the necessity of an Increased levy.I r'eeatedl hiis remnarks about pap-sucke ilikinzg tho cow (TilIlmian's conice tion.) A voice :'"You wanzt somne of it (laughter'.) Aniother voice - "'You'll never get tough." (More laughteir.) Mi'. Whitman then asked how mai mioreC minutes Ito had. Captain Kennetdy infoirmed him Lh he had nine minutes. Mr. WhIl inani : 'That's mzoreo thtan '"They call me a crank'," lie oc tinuted, " bat they are like a erai wh11ich driaws wator' fr'oim a wellI. Tih pouir tbhoir' buckets full and deny you dI top fo:' your parcehed tongue to hoe you fr'om the dlamnable dlecc Lion that they have impilosed on yor -Only within recent yontrr have L national ionventionls been hoeld ini t big halls designled for them. Thle et vent'ion of l839 was held( in a churN '.Those of thle next twenity years we izi aniy lairge hail that happened to convenient, but fi rum '8li0 the nutmi of delegates so incereasoed and1 the nut ber of pleople who wantLed to look groew so large that big halls heidi fr'om 20,000 to 15,000) people have h( built at various ploints for the conve once of both parties. -A special dispatch to the Ma facturers' llocor'd reports that a thousand spindle mill will be buill Galiney, S. C., t1o spin line numbi fi'om onie hundred to 150's, and to woven into all kinds of fancy cot goods. This will be the first mill b in the Southern States to manufact such a grade of goods as this, an is regar'ded as the beginning of a mn< mont which will result in thte Sou taking a prominent place Iin the mi facture of the highest grade of col goods. I AN AI)DltllSS TO THE PEOP4D. >n Judge04 1ar1le Stanids on His Record 10 as a Demnocrat-H-o Endorses Till id man and Free Coinage of Silver. The following address to the people a of the State was issued by Judge Earle ot in filing his pledge as a candidate for Dt the United States Senate: 10 To the Democratic voters of South n- Carolina: I have the honor to place 18 my naio before you as a candidate for 0' the olico of United States Senator, the n highest ofilco in the gift of the people d of our State. Controlied by the re quircnents of duty I cannot lave the benich to go upon the hustings, and I !Y know that you will excuse my absence It from the political meetings now being , held and that you will' permit me to K- adopt this lodo of communication. If , I slitkid receivo your favor'blo con 3 sideration, I can only proimiso to do my duty. My record is before you and it w is for you to determine whether or not ' I am1 deelled worthy of this high 'Y honor, In State politics, I belong to nIo Clique or faction other than the )emoucratiC alr1'ty. I occupy the same losition, that truth, fairness and fidolity of to the cause of A nglo-Saxon supromacy has alwaysleomjplled,mo to occupy,'and a that is that the majority must rule. ' hen the verdict hats been rendered, 1 all strife an1(Md contention muIst censO and at the general clectlon all Demo I crats should stand together and work of together for the common weal. To this end I have used lly best elforts to I reconcile the differences which have - .xisted aiong our people, and I ilhall V. continue Upon this line. I have always te deprecated any linjust censure or Ls abuse of our public oflicials. They are Ic tile servants of thie people and should of act so as to be abovO suspicion, and ,) while they should always be held to a n strict accountability, no one should be u brought before the bar of public opin ion and condemniedbefore being heard. In 11I seeking youlr rJ srages, I shall not 3 desecend to the low plane of Vitllpera tioll or abuse. Success by tle use of such llletllods is less to he desired than failture without them. I now beg and ' invite your attentioll to a short state lIleit to 11y Views onl tile imp111or-tlllt C iiationial qtestlotis now heing agitated. 1. The Illollotary question over Ss Iltd0W IlhotleI' alldlits d(OtoIlilation will resulIt in the return of peace and to prosper'ity, if truth and jus!,iprevali ; 01' il Il ruin and haukruptcy, if tile blind 0- worshil)pers of a single gold sitandard 1" Should succed. Let us return to tie S' mn01eC3y of ou' forefathers, tile mnoney of the Constitution, tile lloney that - made this Country the greatest under m the s1n ; and lot gold and silver ho e coined froeely and without limit at a l ratio of sixteen to one as money of final "I"Z V ipfj iY.h equal legal tender power, without ~ A interna national agreement. It other' l9? fall into line, so much tile better, x , if not, this nation should occupy tile k- position of independence justified by nd its )owe' and required by the needi 6f Alt its people. I do not approve of the ole financial .1'olicy recontly pursued by lot the general government in surrender I ing its option to redeem its oblii]gh n t tions in either gold or silver. If it had .. not been for this blunder the necessity ed for issuing bonds would not have ox CI ing boI no4 tccd IIe isted.t9 a ' 2. I advocate tle enforcement of th 10 Demlocratic doctrine of iL tariff fo be Jrevence only. I am1 in favor of a graduated income tax and such amend ineats of the Constitution of the United '" States Its will pormit legislation to that 0 end. Thie accumulation of the colossal d fortunes by a few peopl is a constant menaeo to our free institutions. The !r- laws of supply and demand no longor s fix tile value of tile products of Indus Ill try ald they are forced to agREO to the unlljulst exactions of combined capital and11(, as a r'eslt, thle r'ich grow r'ichert and1( thle poor01 bCcom6l poor'er. Somoe .1 thing mlust lie wraong and a remiedy mullst beC founlid andl spoiyaliid. 1 10 am11 ill atccor'd wvith Senator' .l.illm~an in en thle positlonls assumed by him in tile 1p Senlate, anad if elected I shlall supple 1(1 men~lt hiis able effor'ts to lprotect tile rights (If thec pele) with suhl power mI as. 1 may13 hlavo anid with all the earnest te nless (if my13 un1ture'. Il TIrn~stinig thalt 1 may13 att some1 future a~t time halve thme Olopotunity to appe~ar 1g belforo( youl to discuss thle 15ssues involv '3y Cd, I am11, Itespectful ly, .ii A ma-'u (o1 111s L1nE. vs The News and1( Courier' prlinlts the :." -following sketch oif .Judge Earle, which II- will lie found interestig : 'y . uidge .Joiseph HI. iEaltlI was born In to Gr'eenvill County' S. C., A pril 30, [o 1847. He was educated at the Furman r'S Univ rsity, tau~ght school for a few Ip- yearts iln CIIlren don County, and was, in 1868, appoi~intedl pr1inclial of the ." Ch ick Spr'ings Academy, in Greenville .County, where lhe renmained for two it year1s and dlischargecd the resp~onsible duties of that position with fidelity and ly abii ity. iio wats ad mitted to the Bar in 1870, and piracticed law at Ander'son att Coa rt, 11(louso until 1875, at which time he remo1(ved toi S'umitor. H-e was the I D emocratic noml~incO for' the IHouse in 187ti, but withdrew frm the r'ace a n- short timen before the election, lie ik as nomrinated again by the Democrats cy ifor' the House, In 1878, an~d was elected, a ser'vcd on1e termI inl the Legislature, e- iand in 1882 was elected Sena~tor, which I- piosition h~e tilled with ability and I" with lidelity to Ils constituents and thme State. .Judge Earle was a delegate h~e to tihe National De mocr'atic Convention h1e an 1880, Zand again in 1884, and was m. cosenl to r'epr'esent South Carolina in mh. thle :ommllittee whichl notifled Cleve land of his nomination. In 1886 he was 'be elected Attor'ney General of the State, >cr ilIling the oflice for two terms m-with distinction and ability. In 1890, onwhen Senator' Tiliman made the race ng foa' Gover'nor', Judge Idarle was nomi ennated as his op~ponent and he received ni- the support oif many people. When thle two factions were formed in the State he delined to ally himself with either of them, maintaining an inde rau- ponadent attitude as a Democrat. When ten beaten for the Gubernatorial nomina at tIion by Capt. Tillman he accepted his er's defeat and sup ported the nominees of be thle party. His subsequent political ton course for a time somewhat estranged ailt him from many of the people who sup uroe ported him most warmly for the Gov d it ernorship. A few years ago he moved >ve- from Sumter to the city of Greenville, th's where he continued his practice of the nu- law. At the last meeting of the Logis ~ton lature he was chosen Circuit Judge,- a p osition which he now hold.