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4 9 4 __ 7THE uEPLESF ___ VOL. 6.---NO. ~~~~ PICKENS, S. c., THURSDAY,AUS!' OEDLR4. HoWling Ht Winosboro Rowdyism of the Worst Sort. Most OistracoItli Meetim ot the Campaigl. Dispensary Olicials Leading the Howlers. Columujbia legister. The campaign meeting at Winnsboro on the 4th inat. was a disgrace to the county and the State. There was Imore rowdyisimi in the crowd than at any other meeting up to date, a cir cumstance deplored by the orderly, law abiding citizens of the county without regard to political faction. Six or eight mon not only mado dis gusting spectacles of theniselves by howling at speakers with whose senti ments they did not agree, but by their conduct brought odiuni upon their county and State. In justice, it must be said, that the assemblage as v whole was attentive and anxious to hear, but a little coterie of half a dozen or more men not only would not per mit them to listen, but almost precipi tated a fight. The most charitable thing to say of them is that they were drunk, for it would b0 hard to imagine how men in their right minds would create such a disturbance over noth Ing. The same speeches were made that have been iade throughout the State, and which have been listened to quietly and decently elsewhere ; not a word was uttered to justify the out rageous and riotous conduct of these few men. When the chief of police attempted to quiet two of them resist ance was made by their friends to their arrest and it took the comubincd elforts of Governor L'vans, Sheriffr Eillison and other peaceable citizens to quiet them and prevent a light, though nobody wanted to fight them. They seemed bent solely on creating a disturbance and they abuudantly buc cueded in disgracing themselves and making the so-called campaign of education a howling farce as tar as Fairfield County is concerned. There were probably -101 people at the meeting. "'he court house could not hold them, so the candidates spoke from an improvished platform in the court house yard in the broiling sun. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Perris and Chairman Lyles expressed the hope that the meeting would be a quiet and *orderly one. He first introduced Governor Evans. He said the ollice of Governor was the greatest and inost honorable that the peoplo could bestow upon any mian. While the olice of United States Senator had a large' salary it was 1no0 a position of greater honor. ie asked for the olice of United States Senator boliev ing tl at he k ne w the needs of the people and the fart ers. E"ight years ago a Ilanifesto was adopted in] South Carolinia. which has become the law of the Denocratic party. lie proposed to discuss thoie issues and not insinuations that may be mado. You know all about those insinuations. le said he hoped these fellows could prove that he was to receive any robates. le said he would take time to say something about the latest insinuations, which were that he wanteg to buy from a firm that ohfered bribes, lHe said the man (Hiubbell) came to him and said ho .could supply liquors at from 5 to 1-> cents less a gallon than the State was 'paying. H~e told the agent to p~ut his prices in writing. HeJ did so and the otfers ar-e now in the drawer in his ohlic. lie said he told the Commis sioner of the ofoer, and he was told of an otfer to give large rebates. lie did niot urge that liquor be bought from t~his agent andl that was all he had to say about it. Th'le attempt to snece at me eveni is like a cuttle tish wvhuich about to be caught jets out a black scum to hide itself. I defy any man to show that I ever got one cent from the dlispensary or any other department of the government that was not justly due me as an ollicer~ and hionest man. But we are here to show our fitness to rep~resenlt you in the national gov ernment. You must not think that because you won a victory in the State you have won the fight. tDon't think you can send a man there not in sympilathy with you. You don't, want to take frozen vipers to your bosom. Self preservation is the first law of nature and you farmers must, stand together and put men in the Snational halls of legislation who rep resent your views. The opponents of the farmers de mands cussed us and callted us anarch ists. But we have made the D~emo cratic party adopt ouri platform and our demands are the principles of thnt p)arty. lEveryth ing in th is State depends upon01 the pri'ce of cotton, bult it has been going down andl downi. Why is it ? A voice: ''That's what we want to know." Governor I'yans continuing said that A the sup~ply of money regul Iated the p~rice. Hie went on to say that wann he ,got to Washington he and lHen TIi i 'man would have three eyes on the :aeoundrels. Tlhey are trying to insin unae that Tillman is ainlst me, butI ihe said "I know you. What they say :goes In cne ear and leomnes out the eother." (Cheers.) The question of free ailver simply aneans we want to put more money in circulation, Increase the price of cot ton and other products and hellp you pay your debts. But they say this will run gold out of the country. Buit Is that gold hero ? No. Cleveland has to issue over $200,00,000 worth of bond to keel) *l5,000,000 of gold in tibe cuntry. By that he took $0.75 out of the pockets of every man, woman and child in the country and1 decreases the amount of money In the hands of the plel~t. lFree silIvor melans $(i,000f,000 a month more. If that is not uunugh we can issue greenbacks. It's mighty easy for these follows avho never made a free sllver' speech before to come in now and do it sine the light has boon won. Governor I'vans described the Chi etgo convention and how the goldbugs Iad beet Whipped horse, foot and dra 1ouIIs. It Was the grandest assom blage he said be over saw. The gold hiugsi refused to vote-these men .hat called thenelves Demtocrats. I t was the gr-andest fight ever made for the farmnors of the country. lie spoke of the m 3oney power is the most daminablo thing iI the world. lie said United States judges were a more terrible curse than all the enemuies of the peoplo put together. lie refe'rred to Judgo Simonton's Injunction as to cut rates and said it was most (am1nt1a able tyranny. A man elected for life can defy the people. We must tell those judges that they can't stay in our father's house. We must kick them out like we did old Cleveland and the goldbugs from the temple of justice. le closed by predicting a victory for Bryan which would be a victory for the farmers. The light must be con tinued in Congress and the people must send men there who are in sym pathy with their demand. You must not for a moment lose sight of your delands. Governor Evans was loudly cllerod and was prosented with a bouquet when he concluded. Judge Karle was introduced and was received with cheers and counter cheers for Evans. Tle Judge said that he appeared to discuss issues dispassionately and with out feeling. They should be discussed with intelligence and not for hurrahs from the boys. He said that he ap peared before the people of Fairfield in 1890. le said then that the remedy for the evils which the people suffered was not to be found in the Stato gov erunients, but the relief must come from Congress. If there is any hope for the country it must come from the Democratic party. A voice: " You got that black eye, yet ?" .Judge Earle : "You can't give ie one, sir. I come here to discuss issues with gentlemen. My remarks are ad dressed to gentlemen." The young man who made the re mark was most effectually squelched and kept quiet from that on and never opened his mouth again to cheer friend or foe. .Judge Earle said he had never apol ogized for anything he had said that. was right. le said in 1890 that the Shell manifesto was falso as far as cor ruption in the State government was concerned. le said so now. le went on to show what had boon done during his incutimbency of the Attorney Gen eral's tllice. No matter what the Reform party has done, he had as much pride in it as any South Carolinian, but the remedy must come from the national legisla tion. In the first place there should be an income tax, so that men owning enormous fortunes should pay taxes in accordance with their wealth. Another evil from which we suffer is the protective tariif. He then went Into a discussion of the monetary ques tion. lie said he would explain what 1M to I was. A voice: "We don't want to hear you." Judge karle : " This is a free coun try, and if you don't want to I istent you have a petrfect tight to go off and not listen." ([LiHr-rah for Earle.) Quiet Wits t'estoted, And the tWo or tlree men who had been creating nost of the interruptions kept qiet for awhile. Chaitrmani Lyles exerted a wholesome in fluene by going aiong them and insisting that the speaker should be heard without interruption. After an interesting discussion of the question .Judge Mar concluded, and got oil' the stand. Mr. John Stevenson, county dispon set', asked J1udge Eat-Ic to go back as he wanted to ask him a question. The Judge went hack. M r. Stevenson : "Wh y d idn't you gr-ant 5. T1. Howie bond in Greenville Greenville whien he killed a blind tiger dlealer' ?" Ju idge Ele : "' Because the ree ord(s wer-e such that bond ought not to hav'e been gr-anted." Mr'. Stevenson: "D~o you kniowv Luther Tr'ammel ? " .Judge Eatrle : "'Yes." M r. Stevenson : " Didn't he say to Mr'. Mooney, your' pa 'tner', that~ he woulid give $500 to see that scouudral h~ung ?" J1udge Mariec: '"Not that I know of.'" Mr. Stevenson : "'I)on't you kitow Trammel isi a notorious char'actor' Y" Judge Earle : "'I do not. I will simply13 say 1 did( my duty int this case, as I always have done." Mr'. Stevenson : "Don't you know he was acquitted ?" .Jutdge Earleo: "'I'm glad of it, be Cause I want no good mart convicted, but I want to say from the facts set forth in the papers presented to mnc bail could not be granted." There wvore cheers fotr EarlIc, and Governor Evans' friends respondedd with cheers for him. Mr., Duncan was the next speaker. H~e said that ho wished he could dis cuss niational Issues alone, but the acets of public ollicials are open to criticism. lie then sp)oke of 1h1s early work for the LReform tmovement. Sotie one asked that something be said about Tillmtati and, MIr. Duncan p~aid himi the uisutal cotmplhmrent. H-I enmade t'ference to lawyers getting all the good things of oflIce when he was initerruipted by some one asking whiethtetr lhe was not a lawyer'. Mr'. Duncan madnth~ reply that he had studiled law to keep up with the boys. ie was itntetrrupted 1)y r'etmart'J inapp~lropitlatc to the occasiotn, whlen some( Otto asked: " Who's paying youir expenses In this camnpaign ?" D~uncan : "' I'm paying them my self." He said that Evans was reOsponisible for the low pianio the campllahzn had been conducted on. Trhis brought foth great ch~ering fotr Evans, atnd It looked as If Duncan would be howled down, and as a matter of fact, lie was befotre lie conclutded. ie continuod by saying thtat lie had the 1)001l1 of the -State with hltm not wilthstatid ing Evants went artound wvithi at body-guard. Several in the etrowd began to yell fot' Evans and asked who was Evans0's body-guar td. Gr'eat diisor'tder followved, and It was sotm Lim t- before .\lrt. Dntn can could tresume. ie said that if he( had booun Governtor for two year's lie (lid not be1leve it woutldl be0 nectessar'y for him to get his helmt's to howl fot, him. He had told Newbold that hi was going to give PEvans the devil fo carrying him about with him. A voice: " Wo are no heelers. Yo1 are one yourself." The man who sait tLhis jlumped oin tihe stand and shool his list at MA. lnetan, though it wa evident lie meant nothing by that. Mr. I)uncan said that even Lte body guard, Mr. Newbold, had not, iZottei miad at him. Mr. Newbold was at th< meeting. by the way, haviug coma down from Celister on his bike, am was aL spectator, taking no part In tih fracas. Lie said that he hild gone to a (eri tail Dispenser to get Ia certain doeii Iment, and found that Nowbold hat( gotten it. Governor Hvani. (angrily): " I)idn't give It to you, sir?" )uncan : " No, sir, you did not." The crowd began to yell for Eivans and Disponser Stevenson, with flushed face, and shaking his hand at Duncan said : " I ani a personal friend to youl brother, but you imuist not jump or Govet nor Evans." This was where all the troubh began. The half dozeni men who had been making most of the row seemed to get more boisterous and yelled as i their throats would break. Mr. Dunean continued to try to speak, but in so much hubbub and dis order it was impossible to make any coinected remarks. Mr. Duncan said that, lie could tell a great many things if Governor Elvans would just let the crowd listen. A voice : " Put It to 'em : they don't want to hear the truth." Mr. Duncan continuing was hi'ard tc say abovo the roar of yells th't he could tell enough to bury Governoi Evans forover. Voices : " No, you can't." The crowd was not listening at all at Mr. Duncan. They were yelling or making remarks or laughing at each others alleged jokes. Two young met from the start of the meeting had beer most boisterous in their demonstra tions and frequently interrupted the speakers. Tiey made themselves obnoxious to all of those who wanted to hear as well as to the speakers. Chairman Lyles had fre(uently asked them to keel) quiet but his efforta atuounted to nothing. They eatLed so much disorder that Chief of Police Gilbert tried to make them stop. H couldn't do anything with them and then attempted to arrest them. Dispenser Stevenson, who was stand Ing by the two men, told the chief that this was iL public meeting and that u one should be arrested. The chiel Naturally resented such interference with his duties and started to take the men of'. Mr. Stevenson attempted tu prevent him and then the crowd rushed in to keep the two men from being carried oif. Mr. Stevenson was quite excited and several of his friends stoo<d by him, swearing that ho should be protected. The pohcceman was in th( meantime pushed back and the crowd seemed to grow more desperate. Curses were hurled at the policemar and at'the town people, the chairmar so far forgetting himself as to jump or the stand and say that " the Country people had been imposed upon lont enough by the town people and tha1 hereafter the meetings woult. he heil in the country." This but added fiue to the Ilames and the crowd grew more angry and seemed to be in a mood to tear soielbodiy or- anything to pieces. Governor l.vans was sitting Iml the crowd but lie got up immediately when the row commenced and did all in Ihn, power to stop it. Ilfe inally mounted the stand niid called upon the peoplh to keep quiet. Sheriff Lllison anm. citizens well known to the people (Ii the same thing iand aftor a few minutt-s comparative quiet was restored. While every hod y seemed to be mad there wa no light for there was nobody to lighi but the Chief of Police and lhe had in tha. mecantime been orderedi not to arrmes: the men by the mayor, it is said, wh< did so in order toi prevent trouble Ther'e was intense excitement durint it, all but Iluckily3 nothing serious ire suited, because, as has been sid, thern was nobody to light although it mus be admitted that the whole thing wa one of the most, disgraceful events o the camplaign hardly excepting the cx hibition at, Florence. Although n pistols were dlrLan, many of the crow< skipped In anticipation of shootini during the fraceas. Mr. D)unca~n conitinued his speec whbile great disorder pirevailed. Onl aL word ort two or aL senitonce or tw could be hear~d. Mr'. Duncan statedl that lie had sai to T[ill man thait if hiis election mean the disruption of the lieformn mfovo. ument he would qi t. Cries : "' You wouldn't. You arc n goodl.'' Mr. lInmcan went on to try to spieal but it was a futile effort. Hie was cor stantly interrupted by howls and yell and nothing he could say was con neetoi Ho saidl if 10vans wasn't afraid of hein shown up lhe would get the people t linton. Tihoughi Mr. D~uncain was ne listeoned to he persevered amid cries "Get down," "'Time's up," etc. 11 bald all to wanted was the people t listen to him and they could vot~e to iEvans if they wanted. Voices: " We'll do Lhat alIl right." Mr. Whitman was yelled down ht. fore he uttor'ed IL word. A fter abou two minutes of Pandemonium a man i. the audience char'ged Mrt. Whitma with hiavig been guilty of an act, th details of which are unfit, for p~ublicr tion. .Mr. Whitmian, with great lndigni tion, pr'onou nced the statement an li famuous lie. H-e said : "You ar'e aL infaraouis liar, sir, a~mnd if you wer' wor'tlh a shuck I would make yo answer' for it in the courts." A voice : "1Did you evei' live I: Winnsbor'o'? Whitmtan : " yes. andio I madio vicarious sacrifice of myself, and Pr making it now for you." Mr. Whitman, finally getting half heaing, praoceeded with his speed ,He malide his usual remarks atbou 'l'lllman and papsucker's, wbich wor met with cheers for Tillmnan an El:lerbe. Mrt. Whitman said that the crow was paLcked wvit Di ispensar~y constable to hiowl himu down. A ,voice : " i hoys, will you stan Othber voices : "No, we won't, tha ain't so." Mr. Whitman had very little chanie to say 'anythiing, so constantly Was ii initerr'uptod, but, lie said he Would sta; 3 thoro until November, but, whnt le - was heard. He wasn't listened to. however, and he said that the peopi.l i above Columbia were trying to Icke I him off, but that imieant lioking 1ho Reforimi mnovoient. Py their l action, ithe said, they wer'e doing for tliei .iulves tltt whiclh ould result in a - political Vesuvius. r ar. Whititian t-id a g-reat maniofy St the tlings-6, but (4,1W peo)le.3 hieari'd them for the deioniistrative part of t he i rowd kept up thih- yelling. M r. Witan, although tb) usualliyv I. loopj up hiis speech '1 noAwithstandini:g howI ling down, hail filitly tio %uti aind satsfy linseIf withlb thie di'trinlitiol of his tracts aiong thO crowd6 Sonator Har ris.on wts Introdlhiieu accOmiialied by Vie: for l'b-rhe and yells : " ile's no gioiod ." IMr. i arrison, in opening, saill be believeJ there were tho~se in the audieiqeo who wanted to hear and if there were those who didn't, they ouglht to go oil or kee1 ( iiet. lie said hu vhao running on his own responsibility, iind n1eled no eon stable to defend him. Whein it caine to that, then fr(ee l).nocratic g)veI mont in South Carolina wais at an end. Mr. Harrison was much interrupted at. first but after he had lprocedeld awhile lie got a resipectfiul learitig. When he went, to talk about tie Dis pensary, he was interrupted by voiLes saying : " We don't want, to hert it." Nevertieless Mr. Harrison went oil to (tiluss his Dispensary scheme. lie said he didn't know whether the Dis pensary had anything to do with the rucus just now, buit it looked very imuch like it. A voice :" It- waen't the Dispen lie said he expected to be the next Governor, which was ans wered by cries for Ellerbe. Mr. Harrison said that there were other people 'besides those wvho in terrupted him who would have some thing to say about that on August 2.5. TH1 COTTON TIE QUESTION. The Wire Ties are Working SatiIs fixetorily--A Novel View ol' (Ie Fight Against the Trusi. The Columbia Ilegister says that Col. 1). P.1)uncan, manager of the Stale Alliance Exchange, has reeeived somC samples of the vire ties, whose 1se he advo.-ates in order to defeat the tru.t, which has advanced the ir'. (of the old style ties about 100 per cent. since the last cotton scuson. Col. Duncan immediately purcha;ed a bale of now crop cotton from ). Craw ford & Sons, cotton factors. Its weight was 643 pounds. Tihe sample wir, ties were substituted for the lat, iron ties with which the bale was boLnd, SiX Of them being put around it. At first, it was intended to have two wire ties run lengthwise around the hale, in addition to the other six, as of late there has been some complaint that the heads of bales frequent-ly burst Open, but cotton factors advised ugAinst any innovation in the style of binding the bales for| the present, claiming it would be bet-! ter to make the test of wire ties with bales bound exactly as those on which flat iron ties are used. The wire ties were easily handled. It is said they were put around 1.1t iale as quickly or iiore so than the flat iron ties can le. This ik an imn portait poinit. Goblon factors here were %Cry much pleased with 1he wire ties and said they saw no reasion why bales bonid with themi shouhl not, h'e considered as good a delivery a bale, hound with the flat iron tics. Tihe bale was shippedt to ,1. t. 1. Sloan & Sons, cotton factors, of Clmr leston, to be put on exiihition at the Cotton -'xchange. C.olonieIl Duncan does not know exact ly what the wire ties will cosi.. lIe knows the price of the wire in rolls, b ut cut,, looped and put in hbundles it, will cost a little more. I lack w irie in rolls of 130 pounds costs from * I.75 t~o - *2 per hundred pounds. No. 10 w ire will be0 used for cotton th-E. Six tics of this will weigh four pounds andl will cost over 31 cents per pound, or 12 cents [to the lel. TIho hoop ties wveigh I 1-2 - pounds each andl, at piresent pr'ices, >cost aba~ut 5 cents each, or 30 cents for ithe six used on a bale of cotton. ;A gentleman who takes an initerest, in the light against the Tie Trust says iit is purely a light for a sentiment. /' The w ire ties for a baile of cotton costs i 12 cents, wvhile I le Ilat iron or hlool ties cost 30) cents. At tirst it appears I that the ad vantage is whlol ly in favor t, of the wiire ties. hiut,'' said lie, "'it - should1( not he forgottoni that, the tics on a hale sells as cotton. UInless the a weight of the bagging and ticson a bale of cotton exceeds twenty-live ,pounds, It is paid for~ just the samo as -cotton. Now here is a plain mnathe s mnatical demuonstration.-t he wire ties .on a bale weigh four pouds, and at i g cents a pou11nd for cotton, the farmer Swill get 28 cents for them: on the otliber t hand, the Ihat iraon ties on a hale weiieb ,1nine poun1ds, and' at 7cenito a pounid .i for cotton, the farmer w'.ill get til ceuits > for them. Now, the wire tics cost, 12 rcents aL hale and sell for 24' cenits. whIileI the hoop tics cost, 3) cents a hale arnd sell for' (3 cent. On the wirec ti's tube -farmer makes a pro'(fit of in cetls a blel t while on the hoop ties lhe makes a iprofit of 32 eents. I t lroks to) a mian tip it tree as if, oven at the ( aidvanced price a it w ill pay thlE farmiiers to) cont inuoe thio - use of the hiop ti('s. lIu~t thle y do n't look ait it thait way13. 1 remember h~i that - whein the farmr's made thleir light - againlst the JIute Truost. jist, sue h an aiargunict ats I have made' new was 3 ni dle then in fatvor (if the use oif jdte Shaggi ng, even at the ad vanedu price. lIut 1 the far'mers sma id1 itt was not, th~e 1)0 pont, that the JIute TIrust, hatd arhitratri ly advanced the price of juto b~agg.ing i and they were willinog tou lose mfoniy3 in i or'dor to maiike the .Juite T1ruast red uce the price of bagging to a level commien i sui'ate with the cost of produncing it. .I judge that thu farmers willI take the i, samie view oif the light against the Cot 3 ton TICi Tist and1 will ligh t it untilI it 1 takes oil' Its unjust andI ar'bitary ad(1vance of l00 per cnlt 'n the priice of hoop1 tIes. 1If the farmer's succeed], the ties on a baleo(f cotton will (only cost abou11t I cea tansd soell for3 e2 ents. T1hie prohi t is wor'th I hiting fir." public bu iblin a15it Wash ingtoni, stateh 3that 1,21 .227 perisonls have atscended(' 3the WVashinagtonl muonulment si nce Ile S'without a accident. "HE BLACK [AGLE OF NEBRASKA," AN IOWA DIEMOURLAT ON HItYAN. The Fight of' lim l'eiple Against it M iliolaire Speculators ol' 1 ho lI'ast.. ('olt rnhia Slate. I ,r. It. I'. Duckett, of Crellwood, has 1 received the following lettor front M r. G. W. suo011. at rm-iet tore If DaenI portt, it , in rep11ly' to ine. w rit 11n h1 recent,'tt akin hime to 1 . hi t tiitition to 1.h1e presia1 4 ' 1 thal entupilaign: Dear Siv - N ()-.itr weloin h- ite ante to handl severl days ao and tow ing t s Ic knIess inl my) fait ly, IV I ilv noVt t, founld tilme until now 't) answeet. in reply to yom- inquiry if I atm suppiiort. inl., tith! nom11ineeu (if the(- Chicagop :,on tenti:on. I heu tt remind )you that I was at H, Imorat, be-fore the- convenitionl anid am a Dt-moc(rat now. Th'le pitfom1 reaOvs like the Ileciration (If Indc peldence and bring. the Democratic iarty back U)i the anc'ientt ioorings established by .iferson. Next to the truths of r'evealed reli gionl I helievet inl the Democracy pro mul'ated by the Chicago convention. Thirt-y Idd yetar-F ago' al, mly mlother's knee learndm ti v first lessons in Ip& litical faith. I was talglht to have colilidence. inl the ma.'ses and in the wisdom ) of the I )It emratie party. Ther I lear ned that the American voter was neither ia swild I er, a repudiator not' an allarchist. Since then a new gen eration of Voters have come into the arena of American politics aund they have been taught to believe that, ituse is not arguimelit, nor- villifieationi a subst itute of education. E'very four years there Is a contest between two opposlig forces in this nation for mastery. It is the old struggle of the ideas between 1.lamil ton and Jeffl'er'son It will bo so in this caipaign. l-'very eitizen has a right. to ally himself oin either side. You can not control him by abtiuse. lIver'y Voter will be guiided by his own judy men' it. and he d ictates of his owt coni science. That right was reserved to hiin by tile fraiers of his govern ment I.. A Ietricanl tianhIodlid is pledged for the preservation of that rightt. Iefoire the cry of anarchy ti Atierican Voter will not cower as a sheep iefore ti' L-aambles. Under our fortu of government every ialli has a riglit to his own opinion. That right and privi vi lege has beenl vouchsafen"I hii lipolL a hundred battle lields of the repl blic. I t is thne anieit prerogative bulIinuathed him by the founders of Ai mericnn indepentlence. It has coie domwt to u, (ii the st-van of tiic, sanctionled by a lg unb lroklen line of )enocratic 'Ltatesaline. It, was wont amliidst tine smoke of hielcling calnnoni and volleys of tuisketry wlien titled aristocracy died Ituaidst the1 throes of revolution. U nder the stars and stripes every m1an is the judge Of hIs own politiCal aLCtiont. lie iIS the keeper )of his own conscience. No man can, abridge that right. Upon that principle the Dor'ocrats in this citni paign will recognize that the cpposi tion have rights that we will in duty be bound to respect. We will demand the saile concession. (oil A lmighty Iltes Ia )oli1tieal cow aid. 'The A trian opll l ie de!s)iSe aL polit.inal ti'iilitr, a hiuloon, a lllg wump and a dmb-i. They hato " a lav gard1( in peae1ad at datard inl wa-"" Our holting I Detmot1)ra'tic bie thren aivc erre'i1d and their power t.o injuirl t'the. calse of hrvai and the peoplh is pass ed. 'T'lhey are 'so powerless that a collin (if ehhweis will hold thetm inl November. You seratch the skin of a pubi licanr blood lieneath. I do not k now whvt er yt u bre1edt'lL aniy such IDemiocrate in Souith C ariol ina or' tnot, bitt we htave a few of thetm in this Sitate wh Io halvl uisuailly heeni D emocr'ats because it wa'IL to thteir interes'Cti to prolfess to lie Deim oeraits. TIhe peole are going to do the vo tintg at this cieetioni and nolt somei) omi for' themt as int the pasLt. The pieoph supporlte~d Washtington when hn scourtged the iitish l ion fromi ti - shores. 'They gave uts a l 'errty oni Ilaaki J1ackson wvhen by an itnanithoized pitt wh~ len they sntch tied TIexaiS anid hia grieat Slutth west fr'omi the cluthe ICii 1~ i \lexiceo andl mat~de thel Amer'ican llag the symbohl (of Our t powert from ocean~f tot oceanlL. They' gave the go veinme nt, a Incotlln, the r'ails pliterI, aL (rant, firom the taniyar'ds of Ga~lenat, and a Stephen A. D)ouglas fromtt the priiOs of Illi nois. And now when IL grea~t wriong is to) ho r'ightell andil the govern ment, r'estoredu to) the pieo~ple, IL r.ativye son oft thatt )( il oldtommn weal th comies toi the front, WV iiill J. 1 ryanL~, the Ihack I'da.h o lif NeibraskaL. TIwicll have theo A merican people r'epuiaIitedl AleNinley ism ind11 diivtn the despoilet's oft the ( asses L5to~ the ju ngles of piol itIieal despir I. IThey' htav~e seeni the prtctedlt~ bar'ons oif lhir foices to pltunder' a~ndi11 pihive tihe Amtteican pieole. They hatve heard l eadersip i of Alahtrk IILnIIa, ft'ying thte t fr'otm thle prtot~eeted inanuiitfactutretrs preparaii'Itory~, to aL Ii na campajilign againtst D emtict'atic party of ti n tionit, votie ing the hiiopes andil asirahiitions5 of the to tihe cry and1( needls of thil peopjlo it this yeatr of graice, 180; I t h as no t yet the lap o lf .Johnt Shiormandl. It, rebels agaitnst, being Shtermian ized at tine raItio of lII toP I. JTe I )n'noert'tl il prty ill neover' di o or sutrender' as loing as Lthert'l is IL ft'co goiver'nmont tupon the face oif the oarth 0" the htopel of sceuri ng one.' I ong before thie Chilcago convention conlvened'l it ha~d seen the Itthts gleatn I ngs In the lields atnd hiad hteard the tmour n ing voi ce of I tach1el in thte Iland(. It hais trned agaiOn toP the pele~~' anid its leaiders hitave qit courtttinj ovier' gro~w n(eal t~h, cotr lilratiotns andti motnop-' ol)es (andl( nei mtorel es pousel.~d thte c'ause of hi berty andII hmntinty. It has selected a grteat leader--a COmmoneort fro t h'PiIle itnasses, tand the 11des of Novemtfber' will bring to (lilt sta~ndard'l bueare* aL well carnied and maeritnd victor'; Th- ei' is a bu - party of the people i this country, and that is tle I)oioera'tic party--ono party of hie con.titution----on*e party of local sel goverinlelntr-one party of personal Iiberty-one party of the Re public--and that is the party whoVe bold declarations of principles at Chi cngo has driven the speculators in hu man misery all over this country into at wild freizy for fear their nefarious business will 1.-j scoured otit of exis. tenec.. TIe ilid writiig is on tihc wall even im towa, adil thi, tate will wheel into the Deitmocrati clutiinn. The Itepub lian1 IKI C iu-i Wit wIll. of 30 years h lilt , b nI ) dritin -. Iw ay ruIo'V toe ('m11111 p11 h ' untVil 'oday the AlI -Il -an -- bb bthrated wOls ii .1 l ith thi11 Wel* ' The iw WI oduct of its legila tion I., II Ie mi of A lln f erican tl'op ll Ii l en over it is' coentry' fli tliee twant of at haneti ean on i mhollest, h in . That, I reat.. walkini g ttrmv is at reun'lderI " tlhat, IltepublieliniL has gone it) ed c proueet.ionl an~d a gold 'tanthu-o ark euirnc ohS of lst uieuli cal d iifamy. C-or -.3 yeatlrs the peopl have be11ed th epl ican s lotr re Hief. Th'ley beg no( longer. They turn'l ell toward St. illuis i l Jntle and they w Ier antwred by St) singli gold staindard al Ml)rinleyisl. The peo pit. hancepted-1 the ult-imatumli and iO(y will answer it. il Novehber lit (it ho tin. 1 ofX ld r Ionl'. ey IounS CIV (If( the lL Of ('55 CM-i Id Oil( Ith 11)1'1 jatan l idn o t f de-feat. ihlere to Wither, dio and rot away forever. llver is ho doubt of ollrsucc ess. The 11is ar L preaLIi I ahlt Stat bility of a curlrener Systemt!Te styruck down ouill cii lati g InedimiIe ita;d3 and Since thel h:ive created an arm411y Of I nilliOnI i airts, and filled the Country from(1 ocean to ocelL with tramps and poor people. And now thley.L procliild themselves tile consor vator. of a sound currenly, thle cham pions of opressed habor and tle guar dian of Whe nati ons honor. Tnv hey hit gonea on] from had to worse. ut: 'til the cry of the brOadless child and the ap peals of the OiifamLil ion. wife and Ilmothe' have 11lied iheil! best bo or Ainerican masnhood. TIll peop ol no lofnerey frin nlvlu ' Supplicat. the 1' :liepublicanr paty~\ for justice. They defy it's power. tIld h I a' .tildin g 1)p in the Sulimiltt majesty of their. mnanhood anid atre still.antldin(gi a returnd Lo lht policy of the l ni ot. ratic palrty oil Silver'. They havo crossed th e Nubicona of 1' de.-pair alld are marcbing o to ow Whit~e Ifllo und1(er the leaiulership of that great Statesman from thet Corn iVIhs Of Nebraka. Whe iDv~id Ot 11111 answeredmil yore Senlat.or TWinani hast INbLav inl Lit. Uinit, e2d StateS S-nalt, ht SaLid:' "NW wl go to . gl ea toutil i ni J CIh, ica1 o, Psrinake ( 'I'Ofo il nd Il hsSte at It.f.rm a nominat, nlud the illiute the conventionI adjoilIus every loyal fIllocrat will swilg into Hl e. I have ntile lice il the party ill which I wais born. I inhoe ith lmy DoInocracy frotml niy fatIher ail imy gran11d fti,er, and I twilling to live inl that party Still. '.hos wordS Of rItl'tiy wisdOIl wil ring from every ro'strumll in tie U e11. an1d Lie' ileSilt. Will Ihe l. a new andrgneni d Democracy trium pcanly mIarching to victory in No veoIlbLer. \Vishing you and Your farnily are Well, I reml'ainl, ats over, yours truily, G4:(. W. Sco'rT,1. WiEEiRIA CRCOP lRUILICTIN. lit Weather Hiam itl C et ofn th 'ros i is 51) St lite Oer. J. W . hal I r1 , of C IoIlimibia, Inl e .-eof the e te bur-eau,1, haIS is IuedWC.be folIlowi n bulletin to C over. 'h'weektyning'C Caiturhiy, August Ist: .I ihe heI1at durlsling tile wee)1 k undiej ir Ire Vi w Is, WxWIie, ith thi reil- i pis ~t IIIIfC 1 L0lif nxima IItpertur es Th1 L e riiS. )unein light is attered llhow111 igil ill1. nitl WILayn pothe of(1' thil tat n l cov es.rin any conti 1111siderabi V p rionil' of! itt'ctonte' TheL'l ex il iv hea iC i t nd wt, oeasai. Iwlt,-o I vtilely unf 1vrabl fit' iniilst ro andl in us,h pr, inipal onegst th0. dI itceion. Thae tearilycon rop ny10ien e ry ft,li iII tnd fo de fromsi t iSch iS stri hayd and I)IavedIII ile ioditio. at cIon iC-nu is ring ra~idwll n i etlin stl(ril ed sooner ilty wolldi odinail Ii e~ the t laies .he weas favred dryn he Weitl. Wieteewr o safaty gehth yetd ihs hreadirng. 1;lhiri oficrre(Ifndents repor no noiiticett ing., iil horn its so fartI adovned Itha shwet, wouldo inue whule op. (;Twe(nsy are e cotii reprt )lton Ifailing nde th evre weathe ltVeyfvr an)I ipromet incitin o nto dets thbe ni~s are varlialesto, depending' onlocality o n anal h aoae feplorndisomepfom the gwtw in prtiolnt to Stae, Iit exblet eceptiono oltn Tecife ABOUT THE RE8ATES O1 -COMMISSIONIR M AN 1,MPHATIO S lie Anv%%wers the Card hlubbell, a ReplreCiuth Mill Creek Distillery. Coluiha illegister. A short card from Odo secretary of the Mill Cr Company, l ias been publi he conclude.; as follows sloner Mixson isays I ov directly or indirectly, a shape whatever he states solu1tely fal.. Colonel Ml Ixson has given oute In whihe he says I have been drawn Into thisi lutkitly and had hoped tha6 ter had blowi over and I wouti retqitired to say anythin bdtit' w ho is .Iaoils of his honor who I, not afrild to resent 'an' I am forced to make the fol statement of facts I lave3 beetn connected with pensar'y sine tle fiest conception t setMne andI WLs in chargo under tor Tillilman'aj direction when the ilg was bleing Put in fix for boI Mr. Traxler, then the eommlis 0 heinig .att his home in Timon quite ill with typhoid fever. Mr. .r'axle-'s recovery and retur was retain',d in the capacity of sti i'teUlent, which position I held '#h N11'. L'raxler resigneI, and I was ho ored with tihe apiintment. l)urjmig mlly temIn as superintond natuIraly13' discovered that the bull thbo whiskies bottled by us was chased from Mill Crook through Georgo Hubbell, who Was frequ down here. I also discovered th making theso purchlases Mr. Mup or Mill Creek, I should say, w quo iring and being pId an mnter ithem after 10 days, each 30 day$ !ing for more or bigger Interest. Oil being atppoinited colmmissiollbr, .l anunary, I P,95, and being in POSS8s of titse facts of intorest-bearin, cotslf-S, an0id not inltending relevi4 Traxler till lehruary lst, I Co ed to look around and see if I 61 lo someothinpg hotter for the s save, at least, the tliousands and and(s of dollars being paid in into V; to Mill Creek. About Januar$,e 1 Sole tenl days or peIhaps more 0 0 I took chialge, ir. lluboell show and was ILxious to ascertain ir tinded to continue tile trade wit Niy reply wits, "That depondsi* V a.sked, ")epends on what-?" 1 piled, " On you; I want the saIP", kit s or better at the sam,1e r)'ic3 be ; " with a perl cent. offi as discount o hate." lie seemed to be utterly . fouinded and exclaimied :"Do yQUy the earth? " I replied, 1No, but th a want, and this I intend to have."n then went oin to say that my propo was one that ho nor no 0110 else Ou ent.ortain and wanted to know if f1d calculated thbe 5 per cent. off. Hie no k Cul when I would bo in the mark 4VS, purcalitses, and upon being told th would take several (lays after Fbr Ist to make the transfer, ho asked agailn for the urchasei, if I a T need anything beforo hie returne l'ehruary. I told him, "Only on my Oi assuming the duties, Fob. 1, very soon discovered that 1 need. somc lIourbcn whiskies and wired hin: 'Same w h iskey, siamno price, 5 o t seniid me X and XX Bourbon." Iro . ceived at wire in reply : "Will ship a once." A few days after this I F receive a letter saying . "Your telegram or-"' decing Bourbon recieved, andknowig from its being a wire that you were~d j nee~d, wec hasbten to mnake shi pnsnt btwe cannuot give you the terms, ~. I uinnedilately wired him: "'O r ear'S back ; won't received themn only* on my terms." In a low hours&.I t' elved a wire :" Cars too far adyage to order back :recelve them on'you~~ term'as." In duo course the care ar' rived andi~ wero received. Bil9 ,~~ satme CInmm in with 5 per cent. off 'mh wats paid. - rI (It not recollect when noy iow ofterp M r. fiubbell camse to see me In th4 low moths that followed before athe lo Slowing toccu rred ' lie asked mtie to take bilm int'e sanIuile room and show him the xx '( rye that, lwats purchasing. I 'did so~,'. j1 -amnd w hile in thero alone be atd x,' he ." offler'ed mie his XXX r'y. itt Fthb -sano p myi o10 ho had 'rmeitrly sold- it' totpe lhispcnsary with the interest b, i the same prieo per galfon ,10 oper9gp4'~:. discount ; and, If my m ma1~ yre nme cornrectly, ho m add'4he l4I calculation theto and t env:'4t cents per gal.; 50 gall ps to makes $11.25 and 50 bdt'rels to mainkes $562. I said1, " 1 thiis dliscounit omn the in ( showv up regularly ?" rep 7 hone could not do'sd ; tha he was bee of the trust, but .fo .neto~y~ in voices at the regulr re linr gallon anld he wouldt tubi' III per cent ol in casht - .X fromt him by mne. - .PTheso arc the facts In t e incluides all I hiavo Aaid at' bell's (o11er to moc. If -he says of it is untrue he is a lia Y' -- The apphroachfng p begin near Shethiqa coast of Scotland. i4 ciurves u p~ wardl across thme sjouthermnost gla . tne Gulf of Trar inry anq Isa of YeO, Jap4 n. of Yezo the oclipso -'l 1 on1 A uigust 0, and WIin seconds. It Is pr'op large equnatorial 'gn hatve twenty-fIve ins '- ~ at the sun, and which atuitomatially by , el *' strumonts will take.)t * 000 negatives of .4the.' ,. A morican, French, u tists are now in Japi , servd the eclipse. ~fj --What Is thib' n women talk so much ~ "It is being ablel pillars without foolI -~ 'all over yonu."