The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, July 23, 1896, Image 1

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THE PEOPLE'S R VOL. 6.---NO. 27. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY - p. ONEDOLLAR A ThAR. EARLE AND EVANS. A Lively Encounter at Lancaster. JUDGE EAItLE ASKS QUESTIONS. The Episode Exciting and Dramatic at Times-Paving the Way for Hot Campaign Work. The campaign meeting at Lauiaster was the liveliest yet seen, and the candidates for U. S. Senator caused 4 the change from dullness to exciting interest: Judge Earle was the first speaker in troduced, there being several calls for him. He appeared here asking for one of the highest offices in the land and he bad no apologies to make. He had looked the people of Lancaster in the face before. He came then because there were charges against his admin istration. He came because be deemed it his privilege and duty to face any man or people who said he was corrupt or that his office had not been economi cally administered. He knew there was no hope of his election, but he could only answer the charges or In sinuations by being alcaudidate. When ever there is any insinuation against a public man, he has no right to say, "Make out your bill of indictmentand prove it, before I wil answer." It is his place to go before the peoplo and prove the insinuations false. When Tillman was nominated, he ceased to I oppose him. Tillman declared he thought him pure. He did him justice and he had done Tillman justice. He had been admired by the people and had been elevated to the oflice of circuit ,judge, and he came here to-day asking election to the United States Senate. So far as State affairs were concern ed, he would leave them to other can didates. The honorable and handsome Governor and the honorable and hand some Mr. Duncan could discuss them, but he hoped that as the result of this election, he would be pormittod to deal with national issues in Congress. Judge Earle then took up the finan cial question. As to the cry oi over p roduction, he said it was nonsense. So long as there was one ragged woman in the world there was demand for more cotton, so long as there was one hungry man there was need of more wheat. If all the wheat was divided there would not be a half barrol to each inhabitant; nor if all the cotton was made into cloth there be enough to go around. It was not overproduc tion, but under-consumption, and there was under-consumption because there was not enough money to pay for tho products. Ho dwelt upon the history of coinage and then showed how the weight of the silver dollar had been maintained at 4124 grains, while the amount of gold in a dollar had been reduced. Was it right and just, after the United States had incurred a debt based on the gold and silver standard to have to pay that debt on the basis of a gold standard; was it just to make that discrimination against the debtor? The United States has the right to fix the system of weights and measures. Suppose a man was to give his note to day for 150 bushels of corn to be paid next year, and 'n the meantime Con gress should change the measure of a bushel to one third more, and that when he went to pay his note the cred itor demanded one-third more corn. Would that be honest ? And yet the government had done that identical thing as to silver. Generale Earle strongly favored the income tax, and spoke at lengtb upon the iniquities of the tariff. If Free silver carried the day we would have a hard time of it for a while, hut it was better to endure that for a short time and so get free from the halter that was about our necks. Let us lay aside dissensions among ourselves; let us stand together as one peopAc fcr the good of South Carolina, working together and with one pur pose. We are all Democrats and shculd stand together as one people. Mr. Duncan rejoiced to see the two great parties arrayed openly in the fight on a great Issue. Heretofore it had been a cowardly contest. He maintained that Tiliman had done more for silver than any other man in the United States. Mr. D~uncan refer red to the history of the Reform move ment ; how Tillman led it on to success when in other States it went to pieces. Now, Trillman had made the issue in Congress, he had stirred the peoplIe and made all men take sides. Mr. Duncan claimed, with modesty for the " great leader," by saying he was greater than a President i he made Proesidents. The national comn mnittee hadigivon him the honor of blaz. ing the way to victory. He had done so and those who done so sailed into victory. As to Judge E'arle, he had no quarrel with him, but a man who was not a party man need not expect support frem an yparty. Hie had him to defeat and he could do it like a. gentleman. As to his other competitor he would s peak without prejudice or passion. He would speak to honest men and would stand by them. He had seen Ben Trillman~ who had declared he was hands-off in this race ; when ho con vinced the Reformors of that fact then Evan's chances in this race would in deed be slirip. He ropeated~ his question as tow wheth or, when Evans had gotten Rhind the app~ointmenlt of agent to refund the debt. he, Evans expected to make any thing out of it. He wanted him to say whether or not ho hadl expected to make anything out of the 'bond tran saction. Evans would got up and cry, " Prove it, prove it," when he would not even deny It. He objected to being misquoted on the stand in order that the crowd1 might he made to laugh and turned from the point. If EvanA did deny having an agree ment with Rthind, ho would have something more to say. Governor Evans? who was seated be hind the speakers stand, was heard to say, sotto voco, that some men wore natural born liars." This amused soni of the woolhat boys about hitu who by quiet laughing, expressed a proval of his excellency's wit. Evans has done somO boasting, saii Duncan,-about this bond business$, am now he was probably sorry he hat talked so much, but he would not dar deny that in the very recent past I had tried to persuade a friend he wa, mistaken as to an impression he had about a statement Evans niade to hini in regard to his connection with th bonds or Ihind. Evans-Who is the man ? Duncan--Larry Gantt. Evans-That is a lie. I never said any such thing to him. Duncan--Tiat is hie only defense. "That's a lie," is all he can say. I say no brave man would take advantage of a man on the stand like that, particular ly when he is protected by paid men, here to do his bidding. Men hired to go around with him and protect his cowardly bones. (Shouts and cheers.) . This reference to paid men was di rected to the presence of Detectivo Nowbold, who has followed the cain. Paign from the beginning. There have boon one or two other hangers on, but they are not known to have the job of protecting Governor Evans. The truth, said Duncan, was hard to take sometime, and when he told it, Evans tried to blow ink over him. " See him come with the lie again," aid he. In Charleston, in 1804, Butler dad chargel Evans and Tillman with 2aving a finger in the bond pie. At Walterboro the next, day Tillman iwore no man in South Carolina had Wotten one cent. Evans had not told 1Am of his connection with Rhind. He lon't dare deny that. Evans-I do deny it; Tillman will, o00. Duncan-Do you dare charge Senator Pillman with knowing your guilt and Iying to hido. 'Evans-No, I don't say I was guilty; rou do. Duncan-You don't dare say Tillman vould try to hide any man's guilt ? As to the dispensary the law was all 'ight A Voice--The whiskey is not, though. Duncan-No, but don't hold the law 'esponsible for the bad management. [hat's what I want to talk to you Lbout. After the Darlington riot, said Dun ,an, all the insurance on dispensaries yere cancelled. Mr. Seibels, anjinsur nce agent, went to Governor Tillman Lnd otfered to insure all the dispen aries. Governor Tillman told him to uos. eIas'"1 went to New York, nade arrangements with his com )anies and, placed all the insurance. 'This man," pointing to Governor ,Ivans, " took it away from him when [I6 got to be governor, and gave it all bo his brother." Governor Evans will tell you I am it :lerk in the State house and that 1 have a brother in the State's employ. B. I. Tillman appointed him. Evans-Did you not ask me to ap [)oint him? Duncan-No, for I advised him not to take the job. Evans-You have a short memory )bout some things. Evans, said Duncan, had singled out hree railroads in South Carolina to attack in his annual message. He shook the Southern road severely to pIcase the boys. Just after that his brother, George a lawyer in Edgeileld, ame through Columbia on his way to Washington to get employed uy the nouthern road. le returned from Wash Lngton in the private car of the gen 3ral counsel of the road. (Mr. Duncan lid not finish what he seemed about iay. The inference is that as there was nothing further said about the Southern road during the session of the Legislature, that somebody was "in S uenced.") Evans says he was watching some one in the dispensary closely, yet he only called one meeting of the board of control in 12 months. That was a line way to keep watch. As to the bonding of dispensers, he reasserted that after the new board had taken charge, blank forms of the company represented by the governor's brother, bad been enclosed in official communi nations. The premiums from this amounted to about $4.000 Governor Evans was received with a few hand claps. He was glad, he said, to see General Earle here. He was a dignified gentleman, a judge who had just laid aside the ermine. Governor Evans was tired of going around thie State shooting at carrion crows and sparrows. He had been endorsed al Hampton. They said he was not guilty of any wrong. He could not put braine in a numskul's head so he could un derstand. He had not made Duncar and was not responsible for him. God Almighty mado him and he somnetimes wondered why he had. He had decided to pay no further attention to him ant unless he was asked questions he wouli mr-ke no answer to the charges. H< had letters from friends all ovei the State telling him to pay no atten tion to D~uncaam. It is not possible t( satisfy his enemies, and Duncan wa: his enemy. He had slept i his rooni at Manning and he now realizted tha he might have had a cold daggel plungedl In his heart. Why did thhs man keel) on in this way ? Duncan-i have asked questions ant you have not answered thiem. Did yor have an understanding Nith Rhind t( get a fee before you recommended hin to Governor Tillman for appointment Evans--! can't give you brains to un derstand. You must take mny answer as I. give them. (Cheers.) You can' preach yourself into the United State Senate by abusing me to there boys You must show that y'ou have abilit, and not only say, "T1.his man is no worthy and Ben Tillman is the great est man that ever lived." lie was not hiis brother's keeper, sabi the Governor. One was a lawyer i1 Edgetiold and had a right to choosi his clients, and the other was an insur ance agent in Columbia, who had right to got Insuranco where he could Duncan-Did you not give him thi insurance on the dispensary in Colum bla ? Evans-No; if he got it, Mixon gay it to him. Governor [evans then made reference to the famous dispensary bill, abou the drawing of which thore has booi so much discussion. Duncan said , "Governor, I propos to face you with General Barber t prove there was a bill agreed upon b; you, that was nomt drawn." IEvan-..naea wnt say it. , 'Her Judge arli asked leave to pr( -iuUd a few questions. "As chairman of the State Board c IControl, how many meetings did yo I call in 1895 ?" Governor E1vans could not remembet He did not know. Earle-Was it not your duty to cal meetings ? Evans-No: not unless there wa something to do. Governor Evans did not know any thing about cancelling of insurance o Stato buildings. He had not done it nor given the insurance to his brother He did not know how many agents ha< insurance on State property when h4 went in. nor how many had it now. Earle--What purpose did you hav in asking the present clerk of the Stat' Board of Control for the prices th4 board was paying for whiskey ? Evans-Because I heard they wer< paying too much and I wanted to tin( out about it. Earie-Did you Lot cancel the insur anco Uat 1* per cent. on the Anderso dispc nsary and give it to your brothbi at 2 por cent.? Evans-I did not. Governor Evans said he had no called the board together in 1895 be cause Norton, Tompkins and himsel had agreed on a policy and he was lof to carry it out. Voices in the crowd called on Evani to give them a chance to vote on th( dispensary next fall. "All right," he said, "I'll do it." Governor Evans felt confident of beat ing both these fellows. It was two t< one, and he almost wished it was 16 < 1. Wh. had Judge Earle asked hin these questions? What was the objeci of thom * Earle-13ecause. if it was true thal you had done these things, you wert not lit to be Governor. (Cheers.) Evans--But you know they are nol true. Earle-I know nothing of the kind sir; I know nothing about you. I asket the qucstions; they are not mine bul were handed to mo. I am responsibh for asking them. The person wh( handed them to mie assures me he cat prove what they imply. He will bc responsible for their answer. (Crick of Earle! Earle!) lvans-I will hold you responsibl( for the questions and answers! Earle-I am always responsible, sir for anything I do. (Cheers.) Governor Evans was on the platfortr shaking his finger and gesticulatinN vehemently, while General Earle wat on the ground, gutUuring with his up lifted arm. It was by odds the mos interesting moment of the campaign Governor Evans said he brought th< people tidings, but 'he did not takt time to tell them, coming back to thi case in point and saying he knew the people were not going to put men i charge now who had been against then in 1890. Judge Earle was a good mai He was a judge, and, he believed, good judge. lie had been made on by Reformers, but lie had not been wit the people in their demands six year ago. He says he is not Conservativ or Reformer. He stands between, the he must be half alligator, half horst man. Earle-I say I am Democrat and a honest man. Evans-Yes, there are Democrat and Democrats. Earle-And there are Reformers an Reformers. Governor Evans said Judge Earle wa swinging on Tillman's coattails. Judge Earle arose quickly and ad vanced to the stand, addressing Gov Evans, who kept on talking, turninj his back to Earle. "I can't let that pass,"said the judge in a low tone. He again called to thi Governor, who asked the judge not ti interrupt him so often, he could speal afterwards. (CrIes of "Earle.'') Judge Earle-You know, sir, I nove: swung to Governor Tillman or anm other man. When you say otherwis( you do yourself an injustice. Governor Evans went on to say th< pecople were not going to turn out Vh< old veteran and the wounded soldier a this stage of the lighting. "You art not going to rep~udiate the men~f wh< have been flghting for you." He wai going to beat both these men, he said as badly as Tillmnan had beat Earle ir 1890. (Cheers.) CRIMSON CLOVEn.----Many inquiriei have been made in this State with in the past two years as to the prop or time to sow crimson clover, bu they have usually, been made at time when the information was o no immediate use and was probabl3 soon forgotten when it was furnish ed. The Georgia agricultural de partment repeats it this year in ad vance of the planting season so as I< enable all farmers to profit by it, a: follows :'" September and October accor'ding to locality, are thme hes months to sow crimson clover. Thi gr-ound must he put in fir-st class con dition, and, if necessary, kalnit an< acid p~hosph~late applied.- Sow andl rol as for other clovers. Just as the head begin to show in the spring it may b cut or it may by gr-azedl, and if the cut ting is stoppedi or, the cattle taken of in Mar-ch, it will again spring upl, per' fect seed, and dying dlown scatter then over the land, where they will remxaii dorman until September, when th. Iyoung clover- will again come into lift and gradually re-cover the land. As leguminous plant it is fully as valuabl as peas of other- varities of clover. L There is plenty of time in which to put Ste ground in pr1oper condition. N - farmer In South Cat-oli na who has na already tied the crop should fall t L give It a trial this year. Plant an acr if no more. It is highly commende by all agricultural authorities. -When the 01(d vetorens went to th re-union In Itichmond week befor 1, last they saw along the Dan river mag .nificent crops of cot-n In full tassel an 3 splendid crops of oats on the high lan - that had just been cut. Tihe oats hav been ruined and the Ilood in the Dan covered the corn for four days. Thot sands of bushels of corn and tens< 3 thousands of oats werte destr'oyed b I. high water' and r-ain. In Nort Carolina the principal streams wet higher than they have been! fotr a nunt 3 her of years, and great dlam age wvi ) done by the floods. IHoanok-i river, f' Weldon, was 37 feet above gauge. destroyed the entire crop on one of tl1 threne gras~t So farms nar. Werdl HE ENTERED THE RtACE A1 SUMTEl. i The Diseussion of Public Question Pitched on a Higlier Planc--1i, Sentinents Openly Avowed and Strongly Put. Judge Joseph H. Earle formally en tered the race for United States Sena tor at his old home, Sumter, and him speech there is reportad as follows : "I stand here today," .he said, "where I have stood many times before, facing a people I have known since childhood. I see here men who I knew as boys over there in the academy. I see here friends of the past; friendE who were with me In '76, In '78; friendi who stood at my back in 1890. I can say that I am standing amontg friends. Some of you differ with me today, Here and there some political friends of the past ore perhaps now my one mies. But this I say : Fruend or foe, you have always known where to find me; you always know where I stood, No man can say that I evor threw a rock and hid my hand. No man need ever say he had to hit me in the back; he had only to stand to the front. "Some years ago I had the honor te run for Governor of South Carolina. 1 knew I could not be elected ; I knew I was doomed to defeat, but I had been honored by the people who elected'me to a responsible office. There wore whisperings, charges that thoro was something wrong in the offices of the administration of which I formed a part. I could not meet those charges oxcept by being a candidatc: I had a right to stand as a candidate . 'or Governor and speak to my. peo ple. What I Vaid on tim stump won applaru fron miy oliponent. I conluted the c'amnpaign ou a high plane, and my opponent, Who was elected, so stated. ' "Oin his election mcy position was that the people had spoken; that the Democrats had rondered their verdict; that I would accept it, and not oppose him. When one of the most promni nont newspapers in South Carolina wrote to me as well as others, asking what I was going to do or adviso 'loing in the face of the result, 1 answered, "Stop abuse, cease vituperation, treat all men with tairness and do what can be done to bring the people together. I have no apologies to make to anyone for anything I said then. I said what I felt, what I believed in my heart. We are one people; we are the Demo cratic party. T he constitutional con vention buried the hatchet, and now, follow citizens, I bring a message from the Piedmont. Stop strife; stop dis cord; be united." General Earle alluded to an anony 3 mous card which had appeared in t a Sumter paper, asking why he withdrew a from a race for a county office in 1876 "You all know the author," he said a i"but I am ready to answer it. If an . man in the crowd will stand sponsol for those questions lut him appear anc 2 1 will answer. Let him stand up. There was no sponsor. "You all know 8 where I stand on State politics. I an a Democrat; I have not joined in vi I tuperation; I have given credit foi what was done. 3 "There have boon rumors ai charges of dishonest transactions it - this State. Now, I say here to friendt and opponents that I do not believe B, ,t. Tiliman Is a dishonest man. I op. posed him and have no apologies tc make for it. I have not agreed with him in all things. I do not agree with him in all things; but I believo he Is honest and I don't believe that Tillmn ever stole a dollar of dispensary money .or bond deal money. If there has been any stolen, let those who got it answer for themselves." "It has been said that a judge should not go upon the stump. T1hat was an aristocratic idea which does not now hold good. If going upon the stump inteferred with his duties he should not do so, and for that reason I have been prevented from alpearing before the people of the State as soon as I wished. But when It does not conflict with his ditty he should have the privilege ci doing Ro in these days when United States Senators, Governors and other men holding high offices go on the stump. No office is too high to allow the man who fills it to meet the people face to face." Judge Earlo then boldly sailed out upon the glittering financial uea, speaking In an interesting manner upon a subject that is almost too threadbare to be handled In publIc by any but masters of it. The people knew there was some thing wrong, and they could expctl little or nio relief from any State ad ministration. Candidates fo~r Congress who hiad spoken had declared for 16 to 1, but had neglected to state why free coinage at that ratio was right and would be beneficial. Trhe spea&ker pro ceeded to give a hnistorieal sketch ol the use of silver and gold as money or -lpurchasi ng mred iumi fromi the ti mec Abraham purchased a burying place .for Sarah with silveri to tine present time. Silver was the mnetai until both gold and silver were used by the Rtomans -100 years before Chnrist. For 500 y ear's be fore 1873, lie said, the ratio of silver and gold had ranged from 11 to 1 to 16 to 1. The history~ o. 'the demonitization of silver by the Latin union was gone over step) hy stel y --anid it had been (lone in ech ease al i the demiand of the wealthy, thne mnone) a power. 3 .Judge Earle declared that the de 3 monetization of silver in 1873 wat -rightly termed the crime of '73, becaust silver was a money of the constitution Mr. Webster, the greatest constitu e tional lawyer, had no power to demon e etize either silver or gold. But whih -the people were working in the snop I or fields, their representatives In Con ri gress had, criminally or ignorantly, o e ho th, demonetlaed silver. n in En gland the hIstory of domoneti Szation of silver had been that after uf period of twenty years the land owner h ad been reCduced to only 8 per cent. c h thne fr'ee holders in 1819. e Silver ballion, *aidl Judge Earlc u- would huy an mudh now as it evc .s woultd ; it falls in Value ats other coim .t mod ities fall, and tvill continue to d t so so long as it is a bommodity. e The spIeaker prd icted that if th .gold policy was mu .enafn1 In tnn year the farmers of this section would nIt own their lands, whose value had a ready deteriorated one-half. Ther' fore he had said, and he said it agaij that he approved of what Tillman wa trying to do in Congress, because I was lighting for the massos. Many people said there would be panic if the policy of the silver me was aarried out. He believed ther would be a devil of a time for a whili but wait it not better to tighten th cord about their nooks by a sudden jori snap it and set them free with but bru sed skin, than to allow it be slowl tightened until they were choked t death. They must stand for silver and gol stand for Bryan, of Nebraska, an Sewall, of Maine. They were not dt inanding anything now. Thoy silipl asked to be put back where tlicy wer from 1837 to 1873-a period of prospel ity. Dethrone the money kings; tak their hands from the throats of th people and enact laws, not that th rich man may becomo richer, not ti the poor man may get what does ne belong to him, but that brain and braw may get that which it honestly earnt General Earlo advocated the incom tax. Of the 70,)00,000 people in thi United States 30,000 own more tha one-half of the property in the countr3 This was gotten by unjust laws; law fostering trusts and monopolies. Lc these 30,000 pay a tax in vroportion t the protection they receive. It is menaco when a half dozen men in No York pan make cotton go up and dowi Laws should be passed to give thi greatest good to the greatest numbei That was the design of the founders the government. The speaker said he did not charg dishonesty of purposo against Pros dent Cleveland, and be he great as h may be, his administration had boe worst of any President, so far as th effects of his policies on South Carolin was concerned. Under his adminik tration property values had boe: steadily d.ecrcasing. At the conclusion of General larlo speech there wias a liberal amount c checring, considering the mudemom strative character of the crowd. IS DIAZ A FIl3USTe1A? A Sensa(lonal Rumor That lie Wa (u lug Back to Cuba. The Atlanta newspapers give a ru mnor from New York that Roy. A. .1 Diht, the noted Baptist missionary I1 Cuba, who was recently imprisonce and released on condition that he woul, remain in this country, has decided t head an expedition to aid the inam gents in Cuba. The Constitution say! The rather sensational rumor thu Rev. Alberta J. Diaz, the famous Bal tist missionary who languished for time in Moro castie, a prisoner of Gor oral Weyler, but was allowed to retur to Atlanta on the promise that 1 would remain in this country, is to let, a ilibustering expedition to the love islo, is viewed with a surprise in A lanta. Diax's headquarters are here. U~e acting under the direction of Dr. 1. Tichenor, of the home mission boar of this city, and Dr. Tichenor oxpec Diaz to remain here until the war Cuba is over. ic has mapped out woi for the gifted missionary to do all ovi the South and the statemont that 1 is to return to Cuba, a filibuster, comn as a surprise to the Baptiste of th South. Dr. Diaz left here only recently an went to Now York. He is there nom and according to reports, has been Ir dulging in war talk. Dr. Diaz is a patriot and minister c national standing. He has been hear throughout the country in the pulpit and lecture halls of the lar-ge citiem When he was looked up under' the fear ful menace of death at the hands e Gener'al Weyler the whole America country was shocked and the ver deepest interest was taken in liberai ing him. It was thr'ough the Intervention c Americans that he was saved. He wmi known in Havana to have strong synm pathy feor the rebels and to aid ther whenever the smallest opportunity o fered. Weyler was strongly Incline to visit the extremest penalty upo the Baptist missionary, but the stron cabe madle out In his behalf by th Americans and the showing that Dlii stood high here, caused the Spanis commander in opposition to his wishes to release his famous prisoner. Diai was regarded as lucky to have escape with his life and he was warned to sta In the United States while the wa lasted. Bunt Dr,. lOlaz is a man of fiery feelin and his strong passion for the Cuba cause has made him restless to be bac uponl the scene of strife. He has cha~ ed under his helplessness amnd now appears that the nin isteri al patric is going to break the bounds and g back. He has been in New Nor'k sever, days and has bocen In con fer'once wit the omflals of the Cuban junta thoer< Hei has figured conspicuously in the! work and1 the rumor is as well anthem ticated as any rm'mmor of this kind cen well bo, that Diaz' is going to head filIi buster'l ig ex pedition shortly to leas New York for Cuba. Those whmo know tihe intense natumi of Dr. Diaz feel no surpr~miso at this a portedl stop. Thelny fully helieve thn he will go. Dr. D)ima wams in Atlanta up to a fe days ago, when he went to New Yoz on! his present tr'ip. While a missio ary in Cuba ho was underI the dirceth, of the Souther'n Home Mission boa of the Halptist denomination, of whii Itey. 1. '" Trichenor is the head. Wh he was forced out of the country which he was working, Drm. Tichen put him to work in the Southern fiel Hie preached several times In the A lanta churches andl in several cities the South. Dr. T1ichenor made plans Skeep him thus active for several wee] . until thme war In Cuba should come an end. Nothing is known in Atlan of any intention of D~r. O)Iaz to load -fIlIbustering expedition and if lie co templates doing such a thing, ho hi never given any intimation of it to h ffriends In Atlanta. ', .--REo 1ANK(, SaludaL County, wi r give a free barbecue on the 23ld in 4t. ( that (late the corner-stone of their no 0 court, house will be laid with imnpre sive ceremonies. "Uncle" Geori e Tillman, the father of the new count a will delive a speech. SArtUr SOwall of Maine THE DEMOCIRATIC NOMINEE FOIR VICE-PltESIDIONT. Never Ilan Been a Polit ician or Sought e Public Laife-lis Family Engaged :9 iu Ship Building for Genierations. y Arthur 3ewall, of Maine, is a man 0 known-to the extent that ho Is known in the nation-a, a iman of business a rather than as a man of politics. But while he is not and never has been a politician, and while ho has never V sought nor hold any public oflice, he has boon none the less for many years a power in Democratic national councils -a man whoso.word and advico stood for New England to a greater extent, t possibly, than the word and advice of any other Democrat, of that section of the country. His utterances a year ago in favor of silver havo discredited him in his own country to an extent, however, and this is shown by. th'e 0 recent selection of a Don-icrat favor ing the gold standard as his successor in the Democratic national committee, of which he had been a member sinco 1888. But ho is nevertheless recog 0 nized by all who know him--and they a include scores of business mon of San Francisco as well as scores in Now York -as an extremely able, well-rounded man. Mr. Sewall was born in Bath about sixty years ago, of a stock long proni nent and honored in his State and idon tiflod with the Democratic party from its birth. He inherited a capacity for large business interests, as did also his brother Edward, and while yet a very young man, with his brother lie assumed tile management of the large ship building plant which had boon developed >y lils father and his grand father. 'Tnlirough the combined ener gies and abilities of the two brothers the business grow and the ships multi plied until, when American shipping had reached its heyday, there were few ports in tihe world in which there could not b)e seen at any time at the top of a lofty nainunast the navy blue - siuaro supporting the white "1 S." Hi3 brother met his death in this city sov oral years ago by a fall over a balus trado in a hotel to the corridor below. Mr. Sewall continued the business, tihe son of his brothrr, Samuel, becon ing associateI with 1111. No family in Anmerien his done more for the " merchant marine " than tire Sewall family has. Its list of ships shows a stieady and almost unchecked Iline of progress covering a period of seventy-livo years. Ship after ship has slid from the Sewall " ways " into n the Kennobee river, and the Sowall c collection of models, ancient and mod d ern, is superior to anything of the kind in this country. The Sowall family has always beer Democratic, although as a family I1 Is has seldom or never sought to contro in any way party aetion in either mu nicipal or State alfairs. Twenty yeart L ago this fall, when Indiana swung into the Democrtic column for Tildon, tht kSewall 8atisfatction found expression In the bestowal of the name "Indiana ' o upon one of the largest and finestships ever built in the yard, and which was 0 about ready for the launch. Arthur Sowall is about tile only man d In the country who has persisted in building ships in the face of what other builders have considered disas ter. During time first administration of Cleveland grass grow in every wooden ship building yard on both coasts. But during the last few years of the eightics Mr. Sowall, believing 'that a turn for the better had or soon fwould1 come, resumed building, andI with greater earnestness than ever before. There followed in quick suc cession four monsters, each represent ing a sum beyond $125,000. These were the Unappanhannock, Shenandoa'i, SSusquchanna and lioanoke, all wooden vessels, averaging about threce thou sand tonsa net cachm, cap~able of carrying c- asily a tonage in cargo of half as much more. Of these vessels the Rap paihanmnock was destr'oyed by flire, from spiontancouns combustion, in the South e acific ocean some years ago. 0 The other three are still afloat, making the long voyages, and one or another is frequently seen in the East iver. Th'e IRoanoke is the lar'gest. This ship, built in 18932, and with New York as lher hailing port, measures r :3,400 tons. The Shenandoah measurer 3,258 and the Susqucehanna 2,629. Al] are magnifleent vessels, and as a fleet are classed superior to any other simi. k Iar' fleet, in one control, in the world, The last ship constructed by Mr. Sew all is the Dirigo. This vessel war launched two years ago and measurer 2,851; tons. She is built of steel, and in tile first steel sailing ship in America To show in what proportion the busi nous of thre Sowall1 family has growr in compar'ison with the growth o other lar'go businesses of the countr'y it may be stated that tire tonag< of the Indiana, launched in 1876, i a 1,488, whlile that of the Roanoiko e n lunchred sixteen years later, is :3,400, -near'ly two arid a half times as great In addition to his largo fleet or'squar( Srigged "deep water" ships, Mr'. Sowal] thas constructed and manages a large fleet of three and four mnastod schoon w crs, whlicho are engaged in the coal, ice kand~ lauber tramdo on tire Atlantic coas)it. One of Lbesni vosseis, tho Car ro A. ILanre, a thrn'e-mnasted schooner ofless than 800) tonis, was .nt somo1 hl years ago around Cape Horn from Now York to San Francisco. She was the f irst vessel of anything likelher kind or size to make tis voyage. Besies isextensivo inteorcsts in t:shipping, Mr'. Sowall Is intorosted in r'oads, the Blath Iron Wor'ks, wich bulit the United States gunboats Cas tine and Machias and the r'am K(atah din, and other interpismm. A few years ago he was the president of the ~aMaine Central Ril road. HeI is now p Jresident of a bank in Bath. He is reputed to have made a large sum In isleather is this city somne months ago. Mr. Sewall has always lived in Bath. His wife was also bo'rm n i Bath. Person ally he is a reserved man, not easy of 11 approach. Is appearance Is imp~res n fo e has two sons-Hiarold M. and w William D). TIheo latter, the younger, s' is associated with his father in business ic The eider son, now about :36 years of y, age, peculiarly enough of the same age as the man with whom his fatha. will go before the people for 'votes as the tail end of the ticket, has already had much more of a public political career than his father has had. Hewas graduated with honors from Harvard in 1882, and two years later he was made vice consul at Liverpool by President Cleveland as a compli mont to his father, Charles T. Russell being consul. Shortly afterward hu was promoted to the consul general ship at Apia Samoa. Here, though young and a novice in diplomacy, he became very prominent during the German-English-American controver sy, but Secretary of Stat. Bayard re called him, at the request of President Cleveland, who considered that his course in the delicate matter was more aggressivo than safe. This re call brought about a coolness between Arthur Sowall and President Cidve land, and possibly was the germ from which the estrangement which recent ly culminated in Mr. Sewall's declar Ing In favor of silier arose. Soon after Himrrison became Presi dent he appointed his Samoan Com missioner to Berlin, and to show that he held a view of young Sewall's course In Samoa different from that of ClovG land, he made the former consul 9ec rotary of the commission. While in Berlin Mr. Sewall was snubbed right and left by the Germans. Herbert lliAmarck made it a condition, on ac copting an invitation to one banquet, that Mr. Sowall be not presented to him. On his return to America Presi dent Harrison further upheld him by a ppointing him consul to Samoa again. Lie held this olice during the remain der of the Ropublican administration. Following this, Mr. Suwall practiced law. Two years ago he created a po litical sensation in Maine and much of New England by leaving the Demo cratic party and becoming a Republi can. In doing so he scored President Cleveland for his policy in regard to atrairs in the Pacific Ocean. Since that time he has been one of the most active Republicans in Maine. He pre sided over the recent State convention, and even more recently was a delegate from Representative Dingley's district to the RIepublican convention in St. Louis. He is certain to take active part in the campaign this fall. Thus father and son will be arrayed against each other politically, not only in Maine, but in severikl other New England States. The son is a finished, persua sive orator, while the father has prob ably never made a political speech in his life and there is little likelihood that his voice will be heard in the coming caimpaign. The State election in Mains is to occur in Su ,M.ber. Its result iu certain to be a forer'.iner of the Presidential election in the State, two months later. The wealth of the Vice Presidential candidate is esti mated at very nearly a million dollars. Mr. Sewall is a man whose pride will impel him to make a good fight. The campaign in Maine this fall will have much interest for the whole country. GOOD ROADS NEEDED. Burning Question of the Hour-Au Age of Road Building. Charlotte Democrat. Itoad building is a burning quesuion today. Every community is crying aloLd for good roads. The demands for the best of roads are greater and more pressing. For 20 miles truck of all kinds is hauled to the towns to' supply the Increasing population with fresh country eatables. In this county are men who bring butter, eggs, chickens and vegetable as far as 10 miles by private conveyance. You want good roads in order to make quick time, to travel on before daylight in order to escane the hot rays of the sun, and so that trips can be made more freq uent. Mecklenburg has the best county system known in the South. But her township system is to a cer tain extent a failure. Everyr man be tween 18 and 415 years old in the county has to work 41 days on the public road during the year. This is a good deal of work if it could be carried out'thor ously. But there are many things against the system. A man who has to attend to his farm has not the time to look after the public roads. There forec it is hard to get men to serve as over-seers. LI If you get good overaseers and good tools the rue comes in train ing the hands for goods service. Four days hardly gives a man a start on the road. ils solo aim is to pass away the time. Hie mainly beats it away regard less of the efliciency of the over-seer as a boss. Most of the time put on the roads out in the townships is wasted, so over-seers tell me. It is no body's fault, either. uiThe 'law just does not meet the demand. Too many obstacles span the way. Anderson Cou nty, South Carolina, has adopted a plan that seems to be working well. Instead of the 4 or 0 days work every man is required to pay or~e dollar as commutation tax. They tried the work, but it did not work well for too many worked instead of paying it. But when one dollar is re qIuirecd instead of the 4 days work the money comes. Trhose who have tried it say that it boats working the time out ali~to pieces. The dollar tax rate will do much more work and more ef fective work shan the 4-days work. Now in Anderson County an over-seer is employed by the county superinten dent anid placed in the township with a squad or hir~ed hands. The Champion Road mainchinie is made to do most of the work. It is found that the ma ch ine takes the place of about 40 hands. The machine shapes: grades and ditches. Theshape of a road is a great point to consider. You want a smoot)' tra',k slopingr from the centre to t).e sid1o-ditch. T'his makes a kind el a water-shed. No water is allowed to stand on the road. Of course the county cannot place a sutlicient squad of hands in eacih town - ship to make Macadan roads--that is not the idea. But each township can have excellent wvork done by a number of hands and machines employed for tha purpose. They opn prepare the rodfrte coming of the rock erneher and the chain gang. They can make good roads till the final work comes. T hen it would not take long to go to' the county's limits with the Macadam roads. Anderson county now has a number of hands in each township with several machines doing some fine and lasting work, so men say who have seen the work.