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H TR~ L.HEPKE'S JOURN NL VOL. 6.---NO. 25 IlCKEiNS, S. C., TRURSDNY, UL 9 1 9.*OEDLA IR THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES. NOTIllNG VI ftY NI41W IIAPPENING. 'Tie loeeting at Monck's Cor'ei1r Som1e Suggestions 11oin SCenaor O iltarrisonI--jietihmourg anm( Watts Still at it. The " Berkeley Hravcs," to the number of 400, who attended the cam paign meeting at Monck's Corner, wore very demonstrative. They gave c.very spaker a fair hearing, but by the questions asked and the sido re marks made it) one could have the slightest doubt Us to whero the stood. 1 Two now candidates appeared at this meeting, Congressr.am Stokes and Col. T. W. Stanland, who is to ol)poso him. A heavy rain prevented them from making their addresses, they being reserved for. the last. Superintendent of Education May fild was the first speaker. Hespoko of .the promiso made by the Rfor n party six years agto to the )Ople that' they would be given the opportunity 8 of voting for the nomination of every ollicir who should present his name to them for their sitiffrage. This promise had been kept. It was piroinised, also, C that none of the existing institutions 0 of highur learning would be interfered with. 'This had also been kept. Other I promises such as the establish mont of Clemson, a girl's college and improve ment of the schools have been carried 0 out with equal faithfulness. It had d been )r'Ovided that there should 8 Ie a three-mill school tax hy which 0 the sessions of the public schools could a he lengthened. The expenditure of b this money is hedged about in such a y way that it wili be wisely spent. c' Every community has also the right to st fix a spjecial school tax In addition to li the constitutional tax. He held that A mo1re had been done for education than u had actually been promised and cci' d tainly much more than had ever before b h0cn IcomIplished has been the result. t The suj'ct is of muore importance to d the pecoplo than who shall be Governor a or Senator. le hoped the people ap preeiated those advantages and con- c( cluded by asking their support again. d Mr. T. C. Robinson started his c< speech by referring to his record. :T0 n was a of al, lIformeIr and had always s been, and imply he :aluse h wtas a new Ii Mail in the race Was no reascu wihyI he wits opoed to the ad mininitration. Hie ij favored an(i -.1uppor-ted it. He did not a favor p dIing down any existing insti- i tutions, but. le waLs also thoroughly a u supporter of the public school system. Ii He had experience in them ; he had i been a school commissioner, teacher s, and trustee. He did not think Mr. n Mayfield should take credit for all the h Reform movemIent had done in educa- ' tional matters. Let him give an ae- n count of his own stewardship and not t switch off on what the administration c had done. It is not on trial. Mr. May- t field had held oflice six years and be y ought to be m1odest enough to retire now. iHe- had some peculiar notions about education, forl he has pointed out that other' States kept their school n superintendents in ollice for life. He i asked Mr. May ield if le had not an- 8 peared before the educational commit- 0 tee of the constitutional convention and advocated the lengthening the term of ollico of the Superintendent of I Education to four years. Mr. Mayfield Said he had not appeared to advocate g any such lpIoposition. It was not his C provinee to dictato what that conmnit- t tee shall do. Mr. Robinson: "Well, maybe you di( not, bu"t if you thought you could have I Iecollplished anything you wouldl have gone." He went on to say that a of all the original Iteform ohlicors, Mr. t MaylIi ld waLs the only one who had the I cheek tto Oifer himself aigain for otilc. A voico: Toll him It takes a new I maiin to caIrry out a new constitution." c (Laughter.) t Mr. R.obinson then spoke of what Its i to I mieant. Whatever it might mean he hoped that it was that he would get I 1ts votes5 to Mr. Mayfield's I. (Cheers I and laughter.) It was evidlent that Mr. Robinson's ( speech made a most favorable impres sion.t Captain Stanland introduced Mr.t Wh i tmani b~y coinpari ng himi to a hirid -one that Ilies out to sea to wvarn sail ors of impending danger, and prosent-i ed him to the people as the " Stormy Petrel of Un ion."' Mir. Whitman said that if Mr. Ellcir he had not, unchurched him at Marion ho wvould p~ieach a lI ttle sermon, le quiotedl from Isaiahl, " Hie ever'y one that thiirsteth," oct., and ptaaphased I it by saying that1Tillman called all the down tr-o(den, i'ing "uled, bossed, poor' people)1 to come forth andi he would< show them how to free themselves and I get oflices. (Laughter.) Like Chris tians, many Heformemrs prea(~ch one thinig andi pi'actice entirely diflrently,. A voice :"We don't know them.] Give us their full names. D~o you mean MI rn. W Ih itmuan : " No. Governor l'vans has dione more to keop lIeformn i pr'om ises than any other pulic' manii hut what he has done doesn't amounti to shuciiks." Mr'. Whitman said( he would brea~k up I ing rulec in Sonuth Carolina in t~wo monthltls. ieo would show up these pee plc whvlo huadt riddIen into ollice by prom isinlg the peoplol lifteen cents cotton; pr'omiising them four schools where theo was or-ly one, but who had only becnellited themselves and i mpovcerish edl the peole. Some of these pap suckers think they have a mortgage tin the Rtteform moveme~nt. if this thing keeps upl it will be a r'ing, but nothing hut a little rusty one. These fellows curse out aristocrats hut they try to act like them whon amongst th'em. Why even Ben Tillmnan has been in Now York wearing a long Prince Albert, 'patent leathers, with a big gold watch chain stretched across his vest." Senator Denn is: "Let old Ben alone. ie's not, ruinning for ollice." Mr. 1Ellerbe, the second candidate for' Governor, said at t~he outset that lie wantetd to set, himself straight o~n ono point and1( asked tihe r'eportcrs to puiblish it for him. On going hiomoi Saturday, he found a pile of letters from fiends of denominational colleges, who lit ppearediiC~ to mlisunderstand Is posi tion. ie retstated it : Tre~f wvere a great'it matny good people1 wvho u ould not senid their chiildreni to dlentmina tionat lumhols and COl leges wvho' o dog ma tti c theology Is incninatmi d,a uh tine stand and greoted the nane with Ycll of derision. Gen. Ilich bou rg comning bck to ti front saId :" Do you deny that yt were drunk at Cleveland's first inaug ration and that you fell from yal hiorse to the stirects and had to be ca. rh1 d to yom' room in a haulc ?" Gen. Watts: " Aniy man who sai that lies and the truth is not III h 1i Gen. Richbourg : " I say so, for saw it. You fell to the streets, bein so drunk that when you were taken I your roomn you could not recognize an one until your stupor had been slci off. Other gentlemen saw it., and wer they hero could substantiate it. Ther was silenco for once, when all this w going on, but after it was over ther were cries: " le never got drunk I Berkeley." Gen. Richbourg concluded by sayln thatl he ran on his record as a soldie and a military man and if the peopt of Berkeley prefer red Wattb to him I was all right, but he felt conlident tha he would beat him two to one in th State. Chairman, Stanland started to rea Judge Karle't letter. There was great deal of confusion resulting There were loud cries: "Don't road it. "We don't want to hear it. Let hir come beforo us1." Others were yelling "Read it!" Finally a citizen junpei in front of the crowd and said wit] great emphasis: "Let us have fai play. This sort of thing is what I hurting our county and State now. Quiet was thus restored and the lotte was read. Mr. J. T. Duncan spoke next On thl bond matter. le said that the Gov arnor should have resigned from thi Sonate before going in-with Ithind. M r. Duncan said Governor Elvana hat made two statementF. Ile said at Man ning that he didn't have anything to di with Rhind until the bond transactioi was over. At Conway he admitte< thatl he was connected with the trans action from the beginninsr. le shouh make a manly statement and stick ti It. He has stoop.'d to the low level o making the matter porsonal. le use the word "lie" and handics otho aulthets about. I will not stoop so lov its to do1 that. Governor Evans ,vas received wit] much cheering and after soine pleasan reimarks about his former visits ti 3erkeley and the cordial receptiot tendered hIm and the splendid tim he had had, he jumped immediate ly into the bond deal matter. I1 Jenied that he had called Mr D)uncan a liar. Mr. Duncan mad 3tatements which he had denounced a false. le continued to repeat theu and then he (the Governor) stated tha if the remark was repeated by Mr Duncan without proof he would b making himself out a liar. Governor Evans said that as Stat Senator no man made a living by hi salary. Must a man quit practicin law then for moucy and take It up fc love ?" (Cries : "No. No.") But as Senator I devised, worked for an pushed through the bill in order to gi the fee, then I would be cu!pabl, ("That's right.") Governor Evans, continuing, said 1 Duncan knew that the bid was reconi tuended by Tillman in amessage to tl Legislature and Mr. Duncan knov that he (Evans) had nothing to do wit it. The Governor might as well has stopped, for It was so evident that th crowd was with him. ie started I read a part of his bond explanatioi but the crowd yelled : "We don't war to hear it. You need no defense, All through the speech he was intoi rupted by such side remarks. Th Governor, hoWever, went over a shot explanation of various phases of th bond matter. Governor Evans at the request of listener proLceldd to explain what I to I meiant. and made some remarks o the mlonetalry (juestioni. ie said if th~ Chiicago conlvenitionl did not dleclario fc fre' sil ver* he would walk out ofi (Cheers.) When he started to refer to Judg Earle, there was a derIsive murmu which ran through the crowd. liesaic however, that the judge should hav fair play, but if lie wanted to be Sem tor' he should come out before the pct Senator D~ennis :' " Ic's got enough we made him1 judge." Governor Evans thanked the crow for their very cordial reception an endorsement. The crowd cheere wildly. Mr. D~uncan nmade the roply. lie sai thatLI men('s1 enthuiasmi~f mlighit carri their judlgment away. In 1894 T1illIma was charg~ed with being in this hon transaction yet Evans kept quiet lint now. Why has he doudgedl this qluel tion and only to-dlay brings it out In cowd of hiis friends ? Just about this timoe threatenin clouds from the cast camne upl and heavy shower fell breaking up tm mlleeti ng. A IlSOitllct INY IICI'NG. A ilsgrxacett'uI S'ene in Collelona. The meeting at Walterb'oro, Wed ne; daty. in 0one resp)ect was a disgracet the State andJ the county of Col letoi Solicitor Bllinger, in w hose ci reui the county is, atteimpted to speak~ hi he was howled dlown by thto crowd siln ply because he had done hi is sworn d uit in prosecuting the ihroxton Biridg murderers. As soon as lhe applearedl the crowd h< gan to yell, and though he stood up an faced them like the man be is, lhe Ii na ly had to desist and Colletoni has tIl to bear the odium of refusing to hear mau in his own defense, if onei wI needed. There worO prlobabi3 400i peop~lle pre'C ont to healr the speakere, amoncug wv hio vere a number of l~d ies. Everyth in was quiet and penewable while Mi D~uncan and G;overnior Evans mna their speeches. There was not mucr enthxus iasmn displayed, though the Go ernor had the cr'owd with him and I was constantly intelrrupted with r marks of approval from the aud ienc Solcitor lBeilingor evidently has tl enmity of many people in Collecton sir ply because he discharged his duty prosecuting the Broxton Bridge mna derers. He d id not antiei paitc a or i welcome because he knew b)efore~ hal that many In the auldience were again him, but nobody suspected that I would not ho given a esnectful hea lid not agree with thom Lhat tho best men cannot be produced in denoinina Aional colleges-he was a graduate of mo1 of them' himself. Mr. Ellerbo spoko enthusiastically in support of ,olleges and schools. le had alwaye favored the dispen ary law and if elected Governor he vould earr: it out to the letter of the aw. (Voice: "That's right.") Though L Refoi-mer from principlo, still if lected Governor, he would be the jovernor of the whole State without 'cgard to politics. (Checers.) Senator Harrison up to the present necting had neglected to inform the *dear people" that he was a farmer. iolo of the candidates informed hii ,at this was a fatal nistakce. Mr. liar ison posted Chairman Stan land on his mattor and le was introduced as 'Parmer Harrison." The first question of State policy dis ussed by him was the dispensary law. lo had voted for the law, but he had oie ideas that he thought would be nprovements. He could not see that t was necessary to ship the liquors to 'olumbia. Every couitty should have ts own dispensary, and the liquors hipped direct to the county dispQn aries. This would save % large amount n freights, drayage and the great ex ense of the bottling establishment at olumbia. lie believed the county onstables could do the work of polic ig better than it is done at present. very township has a constable and he Duld be especially deputized to enforce :o law. If one is not suilicient an ther could be appointed. A great cal of the trouble arises In the con abulary force as now in existence. 'iften there is no constable detailed for I his time at certain places and in is absenco illicit liquors come in and iolators of the law escapo before the )nstables arrive. But with a con ablo always on hand blind tiger quor could be *practically kept out. .s to local option he would say it was n-Deiocratic on any people who idn't want it. No dispensary should , established anywhere or in any >unty unless the people express a esiro for it by their votes. (Cheers id cries : "That's right.") Sherilf Morrison : "Suppose one >unty had liquor and other counties id not, hov would you protect 0110 >unty against another ? Would you A incur enormous expense, for in ance, to polico the North Carolina ne ?' Nlr. lHai1: ison 'aid that ho did not be eve that it would cost one-half as uch as the constabulary now estab shed docs. 'Pownebip constables ould know wi.o was dabbling in quor. But strange constables come a community and arL as liable to -arch an honest, upright, high-toned ian's house as the man who had ten arrels in his house and was selling it. hat thing has caused many honest ien much embarrassment. ("You are ilking the God's truth.") With these junty constables he believed blind gers vould be entirely run out of the tate. NIr. Uarrison then related the story f an industrifous, temperate young ian of Greenville, who packed his runk to go West. le was met by trango constables on tl'e streets, who pened his trunk and searched for q0uor. Constable Newbold: "Can you verify Mr. Harrison: "I didn't see It, but I ot it from gentlemen in Greenville ity and have no more doubt about it han if I had soon it with my own yes." Sonator Dennis: "They do it in lerkeley every day." Continuing, lr. Harrison said the ppointient of Stato constables was 0o much power in one nan's hand. Ic was going to be the next Governor ndl he d1id not want It. Sconer- or steor there would be a man p~ut in that ili'ne who would use that power- so hat it would( be almost impossible t~o islodge him. "H ave your candidates for the Legis ature discuss the matter," said Mr. larr-ison. in conclusi6n he stated that te was r-unning for this office on his wn merits. Gen. Watts in his speech said It was he unwritten law In South Carolina hat an oflicer should be elected twice. lince '70i no officer had been opposed or re-election except him. Why was t? He defied his competitor or- any nan to show any act of his which was tot for the good of the State and niilitia. Gen. Watts tackled Gen. Richbourg shout his devotion to the lIeform par-ty md( asked Gen. Richbourg why his eve for tihe par-ty had not induced him o f'orm a club in War-d 41 in Columbia. Gon. Richbonrg said that there was mnly one Roform club In Columibia and 1e was chairman of the executive comn nittee. Gen. Watts then went on to r-epeat hat Gen. ichbourg was only a late .loformer and the latter arose and said: "You are indulging in personalities. am a gentleman." Gon Watts: "' Do you mean to say ,bat i'm not a gentleman ?" Geon. Richbourg : "' I say that you ar-e lot acting as one." Gen. Rilchbourg explalined that ther-e veroe two Deomocratic clubs in Ward 41 ind it would be undemocratic to go ,bore and form another, because it was lot pro.vidled In the party constitutioii. Gen. Watts then said that Gon. Rich ilourg had irun Oil the Hlaskell ticket und had collected money to defeat lion I'1lliman. As far as Glen. Richbourg is sonermnedl he had never thouight enlouglh bout him to care whether he ,vas a genitleman~l or not. He asked all shoi weire going to vote for him to held .11) their hands~l. A large part of the itoudiee did so. lie asked all who weooI oig to vote for a mnan who ran >nl the ilaskellite ticket to hold up bheir hands. None did so. Gen. ltichhourg in making his ad liress sa~id that when TIillman first maiido h is speech he said things that ho :oul noit swallow. Ien had opposed Shoppar-d in l3 and since that time lie had been ay good a Reformer as -ny other man. What lie objected to was intempecranice in the head of the miilitia. When heo wont to Atlanta CGoncral Watts dlisgracedl himself and the militia of the State and he had a letter from ai ieultenant Colonel sub stantiating tihe fact. Gen. Waitt " I dare you to men tion his name." Ge~n. Ihichm bourg : "'I t was Lieuten ant Colonel J1. Ii. T1illman. Gen. Watts was standing in front of a Ing, though it is it deplorable state of public o)in.)Ion1 whe ai )roseculting olli e cer is called upon to defend his action u in doing lia sworn and legal duty. . Mr. Bellinger was preceded by Mr. Carroll Simnis of Barnwoll, who is a candidate for Solicitor against hii. , %I. Simins wits cordially received and stsome One yelled out : "'Anything to beat Bellinger." It then became very I evident that the crowd didn't want to g hea much if anything froi the solici 0 tor. Mr. Simms, however, said in the y course of his speech that he was run t ning on his merits as a lawyer. He o excialined that he would not have the " oflico if he had to got it on factional s lines. A premonition of the impending storm was shown when some one from thocrowd asked Nir. Simems whether ho belicved twelve men in Colieton County could rendor a just verdict, the allusion being to i alloged remark of Solicitor Bellinger to that offect. M t. Simms said in reply that he would not disgrace himiselfby saying such athing, I but he said lie (lid n't want f) be elected on any such grounds as that. lie said that if any man in the crowd intended to vote for h im expecting that le would be shown any partiality froimi Ii mi (Simms) as a prosecuting olliceir, lie would beg for God's sake not to vote for him. If elected Solicitor the fact that a man had voted for him would not pre vent him from carrying out his whole duty and prosecuting him if it became necessary. That sentiment was loudly applauded and Mr. Simms had tho.au dience with him, especially as It was intensely opposed to Bellinger. Mr. C. C. Tracy, who had announce(d himself for the solicitorship, spoke I next and simply announced that for . reasons satisfactory to himself he had y decided not to be a candidate and thanked those of his personal and po litical friends who had insisted on him entering the race. I Chairm in M. 1.. Cooper then intro ) duced. Solicitor Bollinger. No sooner f (lid lie appear than the crowd began to 5 howl and yell like piandemnoniumi, mak I ing it impossible for him to speak. A r man in the audience started the row by calling to Mr. Bellinger: "Tell us i about Hannah Walker." Han nah was t one of the negroes killed at Broxton ) Btridge. Mr. Bellinger calmly and i ouietly faced the audience which was 3 yelling itself hoarse in trying to pre - vent him speaking. P'rom all parts of 3 the crowd there were yells: "Don't let him talk !" "Are there twelve honest men in Colleton ?" "Pull him off !" A s majority of the crowd were very much wrought up and they were surging back t and forth in their demonstrations of . anger as if they intended to pull Mr. 3 Bellinger down. Mr. Bellinger stood before them unmoved and seemed to be a quietly awaiting until the hubhub was a over. Mr. Tracy and Chairman Coop r er both arose and called upon the crowd r to keep quiet and give Mr. Bellinger a If hearing. That gentleman, however, d was as cool and collected as possible t and remarked : "I would just as lief let them talk ten minutes as not." Some fellow asked Mr. Hellinger whothor he was a whiite man, the re mark being intended to stii)g him for C prosecuting white men for killing ni s groes. Mr. Bellinger lost his temper h naturally and replied with evident feel ing and much indignation : "I am a e white man, and white men's nian." * Up to this time Bellinger had not * been able to more than start h is speech. 1, Whenever he did get an opening le t had to quit by reason of the yells of the crowd. He said : "By the eternal God I'm going to stand here my time e out and make my speecch. You cannot t, convince me that the honest men of 0 Colleton won't hear me in imy defense when lie upon lie has been heaped up a 0on me1." ma A voice :'"Yes. But y'ou said Colle n ton juiries were not hionest." e u MI r. IHelli nger : ," Whonever' says that r. I said so is a liar."' .It looked as if Mr . Hoellinger wouild be able to speak at this time11. II is cool e couirage in the face of an angry crowdl r. had made himi friends even amongst 1, his enemies. I ht he never got vetry far e in his argument before lie was so inter - rupted and yelled at and insulted that - lhe had to lose the thread of his argu ment and reply to the taunts hiurledl at --ihim. Mr . Bllinger iremai ned remark ably cool tunder the circumstances and ul it was to this mor'e than anything else d that a riot (lid not resnlt. NIrn. Hiellin d ger had friends in the crowd too, and they were standing up for him and hot ii a word cor the slightest act would have y prieciplitaited a light. When MIr. IHel n linger got a chance to say anything ho ii began by speaking of the fact that an .1 (illicer charged with the execution of a- laws wias clothed with a high and holy a ollice. Thle crowd began to howl again and1 g several people yelled : "WAe don't want, a to hear you ! Sit down." Mir. Hollin e ger's timie wits uip aind Chairmiant Coop er'50li s lonnned to himn. NIr. I elli nguir asked wlifether it, wits fair that, the time given him should1( be taken upi by tlhe iaud icee. A r'evuli sion (If feeling heem edl to have comie over' the cr'owd at this -time iai n nbers of them i nsisted t,hatd NI r. IHelIi ngeir shiould( bem he ard and~u that lie should( continue. TVhe2r0a ~- <jiuiet for' a inmu te andi NI r. IHel linger 0 proeeded with hiis speech, appal~t ig 1. to the criowd in the niume of themir riel i t gion utnd his to give him a hear'ing. I, A voice ' We doni't car( abhouit i-eli gion !Sit down." Th'lis wats the openi y ing foir pandemonium again andI it e camne. Bellinger's enemiies in front and boehind and on the stand renmewed -thelir yclling and such retmarks as dWhatt about twelve honest men in CoI l- Icton ?"' and so on wer'e put at, hi im. s A n atud itor asked : "' Did n't you say a thatt the State couldl not have a fair s tial in Collecton ? Nr. .Heli nger- rc plied that in the state of feeling then u- existing a firi tial coulId not be had, ni anflo along that line said he wats niot g responsible for the expcanse that had .been incurred in transferring the case C to Aiken. lie did not mnake out the h 1hil1 of exp~enses, bumt that wits done by ,- the Cler'k of Court. Mr. Uellinger wats e atgain inlterrupted with yells atnd had Sto quit speaking. A mani namned \,. 3. II. D)odd was especially demonstr'ative. e lie seemed to be personally insulted by i- the appearance of Mr. llellingoi.. lie n was livid with trage and P 'ome:l deter r-mined to get umpon the i:tand, but wasL diild back. Mr i. Illinger hand !cd lim i inm gre'at style. Dodd said tha.t '.1tr ut elhing er had been emnployed by North le ern Republlicans to prosecute the r- Broxton B~ridgn murere. M. Jn l I inger told hium he kncw iat was a lie. D odd then got fiu rious, bit Ni-. Ile llin - ger told him that he only wanted a chance at him, because he knew I could convict him (l)odd) of perjury. Dodd in the meantime was dancing about as if he intended to wipe Ip the earth w With Hollintger, bit he was coi Siderately anid willingly restrained. Mr. Bellinger's relark atbout coIt victing him of perjury and other things caught the crowd andI strange to say they celired. Iit the d isortder soon began again and finally Chairman Cooper told Nilr. Ilellinger that. he might as well sit down, ia it was evi deut the crowd was not going to listen to him. Mr. Bellinger: "''Then I understand you to admit that, a Colleton audience will not ace'wd ia man a fatir hearing ?" IMr. Cooper : " I must, adinit that it Is correct to-day." I . lollinger then ceased trying to speak. He Ial rem'narked in the course or his speech previoutsly tlat the crowd had "stolen Itis tino." (Me citizen got indignant and coning to the stand, said : "lie didn't steal, and when Nlr. leU llnger said 1 had stolen his timle, he (Iellinger) told a damn lie." Mr. Itellinger replied tihat it was easy enough to say that in a crowd, but that, t( titan wou W ld s1y it to him under dihfrent circuminstances. A great many inuIlting reimirks (if that kind were made during the Lime Mr. Bellinger- was attUom pting to selCak. To these he replied that noi man would say such things to him in pet-rson under other circuistances. Mr. iollinger's courage and calmness inade a impres sion on the crowd and I one man who had been most persistent in howling him down asked the crowd finally to give Mr. Bellinger a fair lari ng. Buit it was of no avail, nud Mr. Bellinger had to quit by the slhcer force of a lot of yelling. 110 was thbe recipent, of a iandsoeic boutuet of beau tiful tlowers fromr the young ladies present and tlheir consideration was dily apprecii ted. Whel Mr. llingetr retired the crowd lgain l eamti ordi riy a1ndi the remtain ing speakers werie gi veni aI quiet,, respect fulI hi eatring. Nontte if the Spe 'akl (2ra mtadle, LItrii usual Sp JeeC W;s as I ar as length is concerned, silmiply aneouncing their candidacy as a rule. The candi dates for Lieutenant Governot did not speak at all, because so tucl time had beeni taken up with the other speches. Congressional candidaites, Stanland and Moses closed the iieet tng with their a(ldresses. Mlr. llellinlget dleclared that lie would be re-elected despite all the howling. He said th lawyers for the defense owed it to themselves and the State to come befote the people and explaiu why there had beent a delay in thL trial. It was becautse they appealed. BOlS TO WHITNEY. lie Discusses Silver--Free Coinage is Ilentocrat ic.--Tlie PairIy Must Stick to it. A dispatch from Waterloo, lown, of litt week e kys : Ix-Govenior Iloies re turned this aftertiton from I is Grund county farn Where he went inuined i ate ly on hlis return from Illinois. When asked if lie intended going to Chicag< soon, he replied that, he had not deter mined wIIhCtliCr ho would attend tle convention o: not. )orinig Governoi Boics's absence the interview with M]r. Whitney was publishd and nill Ills re turn I is attention wa:: al led to a telo grain from the New York Herald ask ing hiis opinion in regard to the aLsr tions made in it. lie wired his reply tonight as follows Mr. Whitney is entirely right in Ilis conicls Its -o th at there s no dIsosi -tin - on the part (if those wh Io wvill reprecsent, thle silver seniitimeuit of thbe South andl W\est in the Ch icago couiventLion to furi thter discuss thbe mtatter- at isuio iith mien wv hose views are dIiametitricaly Iotp 11osed( to theirt owni ont the curr-ency quiestion,. 110 is entirely- correct, iti hiis conchitsion that It is nowV too lateo to ac compillish any priactical results by a d is cussion of that, character. Through the South and West that oliscussion hats been ci tendedl andi thioughI the viewvseCxpressed by NJ t. Whitney have been putt forwar-d by niany men ivho en tor-taini them andl they have been ful Ily conisidercted and weighlted , and a fte r all of this the j udgmnent oif an overwhlmli lng majority of the party in these see tionis is in ovidIence by' theu class of del egates wvho hav-e been chosen toi repre sent it in the Chticaigo convenition. Not oneO of the men can now disregard the known sentiment of those wvho selc(teud himii without betr-aying aL trutst, anod not (ine of them in my judgtmenit, wvill ever' doso. 'Nhitney is entiriely ivronwg ini assum t ing that frece silver- l)omocr-ats arec for sak ing the fundIamientail pr-inciples of D)emocracy.- ot that wvhat lie termsu "'sountd mloney IDemocrats"' ate decfendl ng th tese pt-rincipiles in theirt tl endeavor to commi itit thteirt harly ti goldi monomtet mtet in St. laou is aL fewv days ago thtere wats nevetr a line wiviitten int a national pl atfar:c of eith :' oif the grieat piar-tieus that justi lies the claim that one or- the othet- of these iarties was com iItted to that, doctr-ino. Ovet- a~no over agai n th D~emocramtic piarty in naitiont al convention assembtileld has pult itself on record in the clearest anod most comn pre-henlsive language possible to use in faivort of bimutallismn, in favor of the rc storatioti of silIvetr to its pla1ce inr out Iinaitncial system as st andar-d money, andl nevet- fot- a mnome~nt in the Congt-ess of the United States has a majority or anything like a nttjor-ity of the i-n-ce settiives of that party waver-ed i n' devotioni to the principle so chi-arly enunciaelted in the pariity pl1atformits. 'T, assiume now that adhItercnce to thti pin cipl)1 is abandtioonmtienit of ani etb-l l ished ol1ctr1ie oif tha tnt Pat-ty i L to th -ly history atnd ignor-e the mtst, plaintly writtecn of all its dleclariatitins of potlicy. "'It is useless toelaim that, a Ltede of the good ollices of the paty to se cmire tan 'itet-nationial agr-etemen t for the free coinage of silIver- is the fulfil menit of Its pledtges sit often imadle in this respeci~it. To the' incero1 belie ver in himietallIismi for- Lthe 1 iinitedl Sitai's amn efortt of Lthis ha racetert is Iit Le~ if aniy thing less than ant unqual!!iedt~( viioationt (of atsacreil pe . by~ ai y eat pohi!tital org n:,atsn. i - b,- a| i . W hit oll.'r, it wii hi vn.!iy h-IL-r that they the mtittii n~tenane of ourt presenu it goi stanidardo is e~senttial to the. preserOtva tion af our national credit and redemp. tion of ou1r public piedges lhe ignores at great ti itih Df which le can. not be ignorant. 110 knowS there I not at single obligation of this niatiot outstatiding toliay that by its terms Ih piyable in gold alone, and he knows tit. right upon the face af t the g real bulk of the bonds of govermenillit it is writtenl inl substance thatt they arle pay able inl eoini of te I iited States of ti staindard weight and lineneS Of its coins before siltver wlas deion0etized and that therefore by their own ex. 1)1eIf terms they are(1 payable inl our plresent silvei dollirs, if tile Govern limits eleets to So pay the.lli I L is si nwo the miost of these obl iga tions were issued thatsilver has been ull demonctized, whereby if they atro to be paid in gold alone, thoi r value has been doubled, and the burden of the great indiidstrial class wio must provide for their payment.. has been tic-erca0sed two fold. To talk about a violation of na tional honor when no party in the ilt tiOnl ha1s ever suggested its fatil ure iII the least degree to neet every . bliga tion it hias lissulned according to the strict letter of le contract it Imade, is to say the least, i strange sounud to t.hose who heedi1 the uinive'rsal cry of dis tress occas'Otied as they believe by doubling the pin-llasing power (of money and cutt-in g in twaini the utiarket price of theli product of labor. If to undo what law ha-. doine to add Io the hI rdelns of tLw toiling millions of thi nation and *d ouble fte fortulesof the rich within it, is to diisrupt the IOemio. Crat-ie party, dis'ruptionl mu1st, cornev. 'he10 majorit. y of that Iiry ti ireator no hatrml to anly one, anld if those whl. compose that majorit~y ennl avoid it, al,. inay be assil'ed they will subiit to ne wrong such as the pernlilitent estth. Iisliment of a single gold sta dard would impos.-) upon the g reat mass o the people of this nation. (Signed) ,A MINE, D)ISASTER~. Many iiers lir ie i -A Seo-ie of' i)es oblitionl and Iflrror. o'clock thi imior*n ing the city of I'itts toll, nine nil es from here, wats thrown into the wildest excitement by tiiree severe, Iisti nct andii seaat)ILrIeL hhOIkS, accolipalnied by rumblings reseimbling all eartihqlllake disturb anee. Thuy were so strong as to breltk the peace fel slumbers of the people throughout Cast and west l'ittston. iniediately (llter an altarim of the most thrilling LibarIeter 811'ead1 thrii'olghi the en t,ire I)oI)lLttion, Which WIS considOraibly added to by the ILariling wiistle Iof Twin Shaft, at 'ittston .lu nction, ac Comp il Id by rIeIaCILtd tir1- alarm-1s Ilundreds of pe . ople, appending serious r'esuits, I'shied ill IIad ILt LI till. Twin shaft, operated by the Newton Coal Company, from which the alarnll came, only to tLigd that thl shock s,( distiictly felt was due to an extensiv Cave-in, accompniilied by anl explosiol which had omCen'red in the sixth o lower. vein of tit shtft. Thi r excite, aprehensions were by 11 maIs (XI1 ler .ated for over 1110 mlenl and boy Were entomlihed ill the pit. The fear fuil 1111( (Iistressiig news spl.eL(l w itl lightning rapidity and by So'clock ti morning the head of tie shaft wa Lhronged by thilsalls of men, womliei1 and childreni, th hltLer wringing thei hands and expre-ssing inlot loairt'-ren durin ig Cries for the ir beloved ones, whltI were imprisoned ill the (lark pit beneatil. The hour following ti alari is one long to be rem1em11bere. by LIlose winessing the sights, the anxioius slslpenise of the workiiien, thlt grief of the friends and the ilder sympathies of the aillieted ones by th< 5ipecta(tors, were inidcecribatblu. The for. eign element in palrticlarIILI were ex cessively demons11trative ill their gr'ief Thl Iirist, LI) come to tile. sur'face fron the shalft blo1w after the exploslon whiiich forceed from the pit 801lid Vol 11nes1 (it smol~ke atnd dark earIthi, wa:L .lohin G;ill, who~l was' working at, till bottomi of Libe shaft. The fore of thlt C ccssion Librow im toiLI the wail amn more1( dead1( L~hnn alive, lie crept to til< foot oIf tuhe hoist and11 w.ith grea(?t ili Cult3'y' sinaled to ti.ihiengier a'(t tiln surlfaLae and( wais brloulght lip. thle sur iface, they' told the i true and It, appearIs that se2vera'l da~y ago the olliciails dIisCcvered LI)hat Lihe rock h e t~wen till Ii fth an six~ XLIin hadI com- ((11) me1?need " 'wor'k ing ' anid to ipreven lt uirday night tile full com~limenlh~t oif pres2'9 ed ilnto serv~'ice firomi 1f tihe streets, w(ere~ seL aLL worki'l pli llaing and( prop. pi ng the sixthb vin soi 51s to en~sure'i the safety of tihl wor~lkmienl' iwho were' LI gol toi work oni Mondaiiy. Baturllday nlight tihl r'eglar ni' ight f orce wer e woirk inj ILL aL10 l p intiabout 3,0010 feet fromi1 the shaft at till. foot (if tile No. 3 pilae a pinft unlderl whilich is known'i I aLs Lth hlats, at i itte eastt of the3 Coxton rali roadt~ yards. 'i'hie force wats uindeir'thi supiervision of Supeirintendent L angai and hIis assistant, Micha~el I eynott Ordeirs haId gone forItihLi ta outi idl nliht as. man~fy menl aLs po'Sible shlouh~ he0 sn11t Jiwn to Lass55ist Il ii his danllger' (1us wAor'k, ias constanIt, (?racIking 1a11 p)l inter'.ing of tile ro(of giavoe idietior that the( 1p(.5 iilities of danL~ger' wert?'l In accorld anicc wvitih th's orderi. he tweeni 12 andll I oi'clock Sulnday mornin lg brou~ght, to the suirfa'e by3 LIIb? fouir men21 w'ho( will li kily Ibe thle (only3 ones to Iie Ilo sell tihe tile, was Lihat, ill o f Lb (se 101 or1 mor'e roen11 hadL been2( caught anld imi isoned to perish in wa borrifyinag L twe found1(, to) tihe c')onernation of the~ woriikme on(11(l the sur fa~ce, Lihat, all LiheI ine11 foremiier. , supi iintenrdenIts and bossis' w.ho hadl~ golle to superv'iso' 5 tile work wiere also( with1 those who are Ipiisoned. Thiiis gave tho worlk (if relet n1o systema toIic head andii yet nlobly, ulnsa~crilhin !cy, po)ssiblly to taco ri'Iage and w11 W) .OW' red a LIhouisan~d T1hey were : Johnf l)ai ly, Jlohn Dioyle, Ch~arles Mcionald anud Jameus T1onvoni Aftor a half hour of suspense they re turned with expressions of disocur ageniont, and the story that the cave in had becomo extensive, and that the search party faced inevitable danger, and that no nows had been secured of the unfortntiate men. With no delay, h1o)wever, they wont again down to the foot of the shaft with other men and again made heroic efforts to get what Information they could, but again baled and discouraged they repeated their (ireadtrul story of dofeated effort. IPor a third time (now 2 p. m.) with renewed vigor and still more men they went beneath the surface into the pit and tried by the counter gangway, to reach hy a circe i tous routo the un fortu nato prisoners. A fter a journey of near ly a thoIsand feet they mot obstructions ill inIAterable, the force of the concus sion hav ing created disastrous havoc, brattico work, pillars, air conduits, doors, cars and top rock having boon pi led proniscuously so as to interfere with all efforts that, could be mado by any hunian buing. Then, to add t,1o the trotble, gas collected so as to endan gmr any person attempting to reach tihe 'ilisoned m111101ins. Not subdued by t hiese obstacles they again inetfeot ively tried'tbeirillast resource to relieve and recover the m11n. The ()t. or two mino ollicials that are left of tb. twin shaft at 1) o'clock tonig ht ay t hat it is hard to estimateo the ntiIumber itn the shaft, though they will re'ach not hcs, thai 8O and from thtt, to 1*-,. WlAT IS API'ENDICITIS ? A l'htlladelplii liltysiclan l)Iscunsses (lie O krigin ofl he 1)isease. P'h iladelphiat lcrd.* A paLper was read last wook before the College of I 'hysician, and Surgeons by .lohu B. Beavor, M'd. D., on the sub jeet of appendicitis, to which he has devoted much btldy, Iiid upon which hu had before road soverai papers. As this disease, to the general public at least, sems to be one of recent orig in, or of receit recognition by physicians, it will be of interest to the readers to k now soineth ing of its nature. I t is tow over twenty years since The Ledger published a notico of a doath by sitlppo.edl violence, which was In vestigated by the coroner and found to be caitsed by what is known as ap pend icts. At that time the cor'onor's physician stated that such cases were rarely mnet with, but withina the last thIrUU or four' years there have been so tmiany in tihis city that. th disease bids fair to rival " iervouls prostration " in the nuttiber of its veietitms. It is mtor'e thian sixty years siuce the dlibease was 1irst described by Albors of imn,. under the name of ty phlitis. It ias'not been generally understood,how ever, until within the last twenty-four yeaLrs, and even now thoro is great diversity of opinion as to what con stitutes a correct diagnosis of the dis ease. There is also considerable dif ference of,opinion as to whetheo the dis easo should he treated mOleally, or surgically, or when the surgeon should perot'irtl aI ope.rationl. The vermi forim appendix (or append a ts it was formerly called) is a nar row tube attached to the inner and posterior wall of the caecum. It has no particular ollico and is to bo found only in mitan and soen of the higher species of apes. Its length varies from ole to nine inhides with Ati averago of fot intces, and is about the size of a IoOrsu ( tll. It is hollow anld has an Ipleii ng in ttt tlhe caUcum i, which is guarded with a valvo. The disease is ati i nllamniation of this appendix, which lIo(lIcLs abscesses, the I)Us from whicl sets up1 intlammititnationt in the sur rounding tissues. TIhe great majority of acute cases are causedl by foreign bodies getting itnto the appond ix and, having no way to get out, ferment and set up) inllam tmationm. Theiset arte ofteni the seeds of fruits or' pinks and buttons swallowed by children. It is often caused by catarrhial inftlamm iation - or an inflam tmation of the mucous mnenb'anoe, tad to this cause is attributed the very large number' of cases noted within' the last three or tour' years since the ad vent of the grI p. All eases begin as a catar'rhal infl1ammitation. Suddecn colds andl wet feet have birought on attacks of the disease. Within the last year 0or more decided priogress has been made In the diagnosis tand tr'eatmientt of the disea'je. There are thr tee prtincipal)10 symp~tons which are~ Anid to be infallibio: (I) Thme sudtdeit onset of acute abd(omminal pain int onte prev iously well ; (2) the rigid ity of the right side of the lower' abdomi eat windls, and1( (1) tenderniess over the site of thte apipetdix. The disease is often con found~ed with typhoid fever, an)1( pireviouts timei is losi, before the error1 Is dliscovemred. Many fattal eases of apjpenidicitis have no0 doubtt been ro corded as piiton itis, in ilammation and1( obstruction of the bowels. Whether or not, the sur'geon's knife or the phtysician 's potion is the prtopor1 mei(thod of treatmentt depends upon whIaic h stanmdpominit the arguitmont Is maude. Cures are egfected both ways, 9.nd ' '-t ltlSYli'.1 o often r'esortsi to surm 'I rmy w hon lie b)PiOves t4e case demands it,. J'Te suirgeon hislieves Lhat It- iO always btest, to remove te ap~pendIx, iaJ in the ptaperi reatd it stated that in tthe b!atistics of 200 cases where the opieration was pertformied between the atacks there were but two deaths, and they occurred in the first 100. As to ta't proper)i' tue tot' operating, he be lieve's w ith Macbheth, th at " If 't woroe done, when't 'tis done, then 'twore well it were nono y tick ly,'" and an operation shiotuld be *'er formted as soon as the d is ciaset is dIiag noised. AlIso, If an acute or chtron ie case is apparently cured the appent~td mx should be retmoved beforeo the occuriance of atnother attack. TJhe Physician dlemurts to this opera, tiont utpont a well man who may never have another attack. It is believed, too,. by many p~hysicians, that a large nmajor'i ty of patients with appmndicitis will, if prioperly treated, getswell with outt anu bperamtion. , A r'ecordl of cases show that the dis ease Is most common between the ages of ten and thirty years. -T'we bicycle firms failed in Now Yor k on Lariday and others wvill prtoba . !y follow. The crop of wheels is larg er than the demand at present prices andl~ the dealors are cutting doop) on th l pricos. Standard whoeis are sold at from $10 to $40 below the mnar'ket prico It is said that therme will beo big slumn * & ,-"a - a m'.