The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, July 09, 1896, Image 1
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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'.