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YOL. 6-TE PEOPES.O.,U S ,N VOL. P.-N. '1ICKEiNS, S. C., THIURSI)AY, 1TLI;R 0,IQON ]) LA AYER Bryan's Campaign ___Speechos. Sound Doctrine in Forcible Words. The following extracts are fromxi specches made by Candidate Bryan at various points In New York and Ohio: CARLISLE'S POLITICAL P1IlILOSOPIHY. "Politics Is a practical quostion. It is so simply because it can be compro hended by our people. I want to talk practical politics to you for at little while this afternoon. Neither my timo nor my physical strength will permit an extended discussion of the issues of the caripaign. But I desire to sug gest some thoughts which may help you in your study of thp Issues and your determination of the part which you shall take. I want to read to yoi an extract from a speech made by John G. Carlisle in 1878 and want you to mark th' political philosophy therein set forth. He was speaking on an amendment to the bill and act, and he used these words: 'If the execution of this inessure could be entrusted to a public otilcer whose opinions on the subject were in accord with those of a great majority of the American peo ple.'-Let me pause for a moment to say that if it was desirable at the time to have the Secretary of the Treasury In accord with a majority of the Amer ican people (applause)-and he said further, 'and whose sympathies'-mark the words--'and whose sympathies were with the struggling masses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country rather than with the idle holders of idle capital, the pro vision alluded to would be of little con sequence, because he would coin the maximum instead of the minimum amount allowed by the amendment. But, situated as we are, we all know or, at best, we have all reason to be lieve that not a dollar beyond the min imum amount will be coined and con sequently the process of getting this money in the circulation will be too slow to afford the full measure of re lief which the people now demand and need.' "Mark these words. John G. Car lisle divided society Into two classes. On the one side he put the idle holders of idle capital ; on the other side, lie put the struggling masses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country. (Applause.) If that division existed then, it exists today. More than that, John G. Carlisle said that a public officer sworn to do his duty would be controlled in his oflicial con duct by his sympathies and if his sym pathies were with the idle holders of idle capital he would coin as little money as possible, whereas if his sym pathies were with the struggling masses he would coin as much as the law would permit. (Applause.) "This Is the language of John G. Carlisle, not uttered when he was young, as might be charged and has been said about me. (Laughter.) It was when he was seven years older than I am now. (Applause and laugh ter.) I believe thaV he spoko the truti when he said that society was divided into these two classes upon any ques tion involving money. [ believe he was right whc n lie said that if a man's sympathics wore with the struggling masses he would favor a larger amount of money than he would if his sympa thics were with the idle holders of idle money. "My friends, the issue today is an Osuo between thme idle holders of idle money and the struggling masses, who p~roduce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country, (applause) and when this question is understood, when men find out about the money question, you will find that if there Is a man In your community whose interests or whose sympathies ar-e with the idle holders of Idle money, he will be in favor of a g old standard and not daring to say so he will talk about 'honest money' and a 'sound dollar.' (A pplause.) "But if his sympath ies are w ith those who produce the nation's wealth, he will be for the gold and silver coinamge -of the constitution, no matter' how many times you call him an anarchist. TIhey tell us that these prominent fi nanciers arc going to leave the Decmo cratic party because it dleclares for the restoration of silver. We shall not go Into couirt, to secure an ordler to prevent their going. (Loud laughter and ap plause.) TIho D emocratic party has been weighted down by these mill stonos long enough. I t is gladl to be rid of those w ho want to use the party organzAation for privrato gain and their country for p~ublic lundler. ( Applause.) SNow, my friends, this is aL questionm that you have an opinion u pon. I f I could a~sk but one thming of the Amor ican people, It would be this, that the struggling masses who p)roduce the wealth and pay the taxes of the coun try, to use again the words of Mr. Car lisle, Isay that my wish would be that the people would be as independent and as willing to make their ballot represent what they mean as the linman ciers, the trusts and the syndIicates are willing to make their ballot represen't what they want and what they need. - (Applanse.) Let me read a little fur L he. from Mr. Car-lisle's speech." A voice: "'Why do you read from Carlislo's speech /" Mr. Bryan: "Why, because no man has presented a more forcible argil ment in favor of bi-metallism than M e. Carlisle has." (Great applause and cheering.) NO PA~RTY IIAS EVER ENDORISED A r GOLD STPANDjARD. Thlere Is a difference betwe.en the owner of money and the owner or pro ducer of property. Let me illusti ;ito. Sulpose asman in this community-a, younga man-finds some young,aan who is willing to trust her I'uture to his strong right arm and they stairt ouit o0 imko a home. Not having enough money they take what they have saved1 together and they buy a farm, paying a $i,000 down and giving mortgage for the other thousand. n 4what Is the result? Suppose money rises in value ? Suppose you take a notion you want a good (1ollar-, a high priced dollar, a dollar that keeps got ting higher priced every day. Sup nose that you have a dollar that gets io be twice as good as it was when the nan gave the mortgago. It means that each dollar will buy twice as much. It .moans that it will take twico as much of the products of the farm to buy the dollar and pay his debts as it did before. What Is the result ? Vhy tbe result is that while it requi-es twice as mueli of the prod ucts of the farm to pay the interest and twice as much to. pay the taxes and twice as much to pay the debt, the man finds out that he is nor able to pay that debt as ho agreed to do. What then ? You say, extend the mortgage. Why they toll him that the land has gone down In value and that the farn is not worth Cough to be good security for the thousand dollars. Then what ? There Is one thing. U.c c-al turn the farn over to the nan who holds the mort gago. That he ean always do. What is the result? He and his wife have lost $1,000 they invested In the farm. have lost the labor they have put forth in trying to pay the mortgage and then they lose the farm and start out in life again. How about the other man who sold him the farm and got the thou sand dollars down? If he loaned that thousand dollars he got security for his thousand dollars and lie has the thousand dollars within his reach and then he gets his farm back. "I ask if there Is any differenco be tweoen the holder of the capital and the owner of the property in the ap preciation of the dollar. The man with the money is twice as well ofY as he was before and the m-n who tried to own proporty loses all he has and has to begin again. You find the men who hold the notes meet in convention and declaring that the gold standard is the best system of money that was ever invented. But will those people who have lost their home-will they meet together and endorse the system that Is destroying them ? My fr-iends, this is a practical question that con fronts the farmers of the United States and not of the United States alone, but tihe fartmert of Ireland, the fartmers of E'ngland and the farmers of Gormanmy and the farmers of every nation in the world that has the gold standard to day. I assert that the gold standard coul not live for one day in any nation under the sun without the aid of the money owners and the money chungers to keep it in oxistence. I assert that the gold standard has never received the endorsoment of any class of people xcecpt those who prospar as society is destroyed by a rising dollar. "Now, I want to say to you that ny denunciation of the gold standard is sustained by events which you can see. Let me givO you a proof. If a matn tells you the gold standard is a good thing, you ask him why it is that no Par-ty in the history of the United States has ever declared for a gold standard in its platform. Is not it stt-ange If the gold standard is a good thing that no party has ever seen fit to say so in a platform ? "And that is true. It is true that no national Party has ever endorsed a gold standard and yet there are pco ple who favor it. Why don't they have the courage to write a platform and riuk an issue before the peoplo ? But no, they do not do that. They go to St. Louis and adopt a platform which says that the Republican party pledges itself to secure bi-metallism, which, of course, is t denunciation of the gold standard. (Applause.) If the gold standard is good wly should we try to get rid of it? (Applause.) If the gold standard is good, why (lid not the Ry pubh11)1lian Party pledge itself to lielp keep a gold standat-d ? But, no, it pledged itself to get rid of the gold standard just as sootn as other natIons will help. (Applause.)~ That is not my language, my ftiends, thtat is the langutage of the Riepublican p'!atfor-m and that is the constr-uction laIced up)on it by the candidate who runs uploni it in his letter- of acceptance. lie says in his letter that the Ame iean pieple cannot enter- upon bi-met alism without the concurrent action of other' nations. Does he sa~y that we shall maintain a gold standard for one year ? No. For four years'r No. But that we must maintain it for-ever if other nations say we must. ( Ap plause.) dit is not a question of politics my ft-ines. Whole parties ar-e diividled on this issue, It rises above the ques tIon of politics. They have declat-ed against the rights of the people of the United Stat---s to gover-n themselves. They hman declared that, while we watnt to get rid of the gold standIard, we tmust keep the thIng which we (10 not want until aliens bring us the relief which we should have for- ourselves. (Applause.) I1 know not what view you tmay take of it, my friends, but in my humble judcgmuent the American people arte the only people who have any tight to say whmat the American people shall have for' legislation. (A p plautse.) Tiit HUlTit' OF St'lAG'LOVllNlNT~ I IN "'My ft-iends, it Is not miot-e taxes that the peopile wantt bult tmore tmontey to pay' taxes with. (Grteat appilaulso). I f thetre is any famertt~t het-o whio has tnot, taxes enough, I bog hImt to go to his cunty ttreasurerct and got enoug h tmore to sait isfy his consclence and not try to ta~x all- the test of the public. (A pplause.) I ut I eaare not how men muay diffort upon thoe subjet of taxatIon. The subject of taxation Is ever pr-esent with us. We can change our tariff systctm any time; bumt we have reached outr crisis in our mtotnetaty alfair-s and we have got to decide w hethor' the Atmericean people will tu iouttrI t finanes or tur tn out- gov ternmttent toverP to syndtlicaites to take care of1 us:. Upon the action of the Unmmi ted States tmay depend the action of other ntations, If the in lhunces which at-c at work htetre sutceetd, then they would be tur-ned against ot~her tnations that now otso sil vetr, antd if thtey succeed In the UJnited States they will succeed in otht cer nations, and every nation thtat goes to the gold sltndd~ ltincrease tihe (de tmand fotr gold, andl evety incrense In the detmandl for gold raises the putrchas ing potwut. of anl oitt&:i of gold and1 low ers th:e purchltas itng po3wer of w heat a~nd, corn andi othr prodnu-~i tet.' of thme fatrm. You ett-hi ine po as the' on thitg to lbe deir~jed atol all maoki'ini ;ays tri bute to the goldett rial andl htts the ptrivilege of working a li ttle hard-ier itt otdr- to enjoy .the wvorhIt p. (A pp ~iatw). ''It is nto lauiitit g'tsw ior, tmy, frI~nds. Thik quotion as of mttuchl im- i portance to those whto areC sook ing to l raen the val..e of gol by lilaton and should it not be important to those who for twenty years havo sulfored Iromn this financial legislation ? I met a farmer over in Illinois. le was a srhoolnato of mino in college. le is a nctt of exemplary habits, honest, fru gal ond industrious. le had his three chikWron with him in the room and the tear's rolled down his cheeks its lie told mie that if conditions remained as they were it. was the saddest thing ho had to contemplate that lie could not give to those children the educational ad vantages he wanted to. That home is multiplied by thouaands and tons of thousands in this land, and you tell me that it is just to have a system of legis lation that takes away from the parent the possibility of educating his chil dren as ho would and compensated by giving money undeserved into the hands of those who by machinations corner the money market and spend the money by buying foreign titles for their daughters. (Long and continued applauso). My friend,civilization Is wrapped up in the solution of the mon ey question. It is the main question involved in this issue. The right of self-government and the existence of republican institutions is Involved in it. If foreign nations can force a finan cial policy upon the Amor-can people, they will want to enforce the system of government which is the only system they can maintain, a system which is a monarchical system and which inain tains itself by standing armies. l'dvOn now, my friends, when we speak out against unjust legislation they say we are disturbers of the public peace :nd a menace to law and order. Do you mean to say that the farmers gathered here and the laborers who are congre gated in our cities are onemics to our nountry ? No, they have earned the Lepithets of our opponents, not because they monanco law and order, but be "ause they are going to inaugurate jus Lice, but because they say "Thou 4halt not steal" shall apply to the great cor porations as well as to the burglar and highwayman. It is because they say Aiat this governmient,. was not inlsti buted in %rder, that its instrumnentalities ilievd be mionopolized by those viwho i.ju the government for their own ends ).nd put it in distruss. (Applause). A LAST A'PEAL TO NEW YOtK. "This is the last opportunity that I thldl have for the present to speak in Ahc State of New York. For more than two weeks I have been sojourning in Lhe Empire State and for the last week L have been traveling and meeting the people, and I am greatly pleased at the interest which is being taken by the peoplo of New York in the issues of this catmpaign. [ am able to carry back to the peolle of the West the news that while I -have not received a very hearty reception in Wall street, I have receiv ed a hearty reception in every part of the State of New York. And I have come to believe that there is among the masses of the people of New York about as little love for what is known as Wall street as you will lind in any Western Stato. I have been gratitied to find tbat so few relatively of the members of the Democratic party are going to oppose the Chicago platform and the ticket. If there is any person here who thinks that the Donocratic party of the State of Now York ought not to endorse the candidates and the platform, what I shall say is not ad rdress(d to him, but to those who be lievo that the State convention to )e hold in this Stato in about two weeks should endorse both platform and can lidates, I desire to ofer a suggestion. We have had a great light in the Darn cratic party-one of the most nemor able1 Contests ever wag"ed in the United States and those who advocate the free rloinage (if silver have won by carry ilniz their cause, not to conventions, but to the peop)lel0 the MselvCs, the source of all political power. ilecognizinug the D~emocratie 1(1 -a that* power comes up to the machinery of the party from the people themselves and does not go down from the machinery to the peo pl10, wve commenced with the sovereigns and we laistructed our delegates from the primaries to the counties and from the counties to the State conventions and to the National convention. I want to say to you in this State that if you want the State convention to endorse the Chicago platform and ticket, there isJ only one way to be sure of It and that is to let no man go to any convention, smrall or great, until you know how he staeuds on this question and know that he stands with you. 'rho muon who as semuble in conventions do not go there as individuals. Tlhey go there as rep resentatives. They (10 not go there to act for themselves. They go there to act for you, who send them, and you not only have the right to know what a representative is going to do when he get~s there, but you have the right to tell him what to (10 when he gets there and bind him with instructions to do it. "'Now I hiave not, in this campaign, insisted that any Demtocrat should vote for mue, inuerely because I was nomni naited by the Demtiocratic party. I have insisted that, the tiect had clains upon01 (eey De)mocrat who b)elieves that the success of the ticket would be0 host for his country, best for himself, best for hiis famih y and best for h is neigh bors5. And( I have beeni willing to con cedlo that any D~emocrat who believes that the election of the Chicago ticket would not be best, has a perifct right to make his vote express5 what he wishes. But when I say that to D~emo crats, when I concede the right of Decm ocrats to leave their par ty, to desert the ticket and1 support somebody clse, I want to assure you that T upply that doctrine of independence to members of other parties as well as to the mom bers of the D~emocrattic paritty. If a Demnocrat Who is engnlgcd inl somei big syndicate has the right to leave the Demnoeratic party because he thinks the ltopu1blicanI party wvill be muoro friendly to syndicates, then the J.topub lcans who do not want this country run by syndicates have a right to vote against the syndicates andi for the Democratic party and tIcket. T1hce are th ings in that platform that arte of fensive to some people. They we put in ther'e oni puirpioe to olfend som11 p)eO picd. No person who thinks thtit tlaI prtopeCr to turtn over- the i nstrutmen tal ities of governmetnt to a few pletOll in order that, thtey may1 prosxper w hilIe the masses toil without reccompe)nse is li ke ly to ho pleased by the plank itn the platformn wh ichi says we are 0oppIosed to the issuing of bonds in titme of peae and traflleking with syndicates who at high prinns attenmnt to maintain the Tireasur-y of the United St.ates. WhenI the Dcanem-atic party declared against. I trusts it did not expect to win the i froiendship of those people wio think i this governiment has no right to sup- I press a trust. We did not expect thatI that pIlaLnk would draw the syndicates and trusts to us, but, iy friends, we , have a riqit to ex).ect that those of our cltizJ.ts who tre opposed to trusts and sy nd ictes will be at inerous cnough to fill the place of all whom we drive 1 out of our pal-ty by such declarations. I Thei-e is in this eampalgn one great I parauount issue. Whether you arC in t favor of a gold standard or opposed to t it, you must agree that this is thbe I most inportlant q uesticn at this time. I FIGIITING AN NExiMY IN AMlDUSH. We have entered upon a capaign which means much to the Amaeicn people. I our opponents spleak riuly when they describe what would, in their judgment, le th effect of free t coinago of silver, then the success of the Chicago ticket would cortainly be a calamity to the country. If on the other hand, wo speak the trith when we describe to you the effocts of . a gold standard continued, then th - maintenance of the gold standard un til foreign nations como to our relief is A an evil which cannot be coutemtplated by thoso wv ho love their country. We have began an unceasing warfare n against the gold standa-d. The lHe- t publican party, without delaringz the v gold standard is ta rood thing, lhan do- t, ,%ared that the gold standard must be . miaintained. I call your attention to the fact that no party In the history of u this country has over in a national con- t vention commended the gold standard. c Its effects are so bad that no party had t, lared to uphold it. e I desire to impress upon your minds I the fact that the onomy we arc lighting , in this campaign is an enemy which t has never gone into an open bat.tle. t, l'ho advocatos of the gold standai-d i, have never dared to submit the gold a standard to tho n Mamen.eo a ballot. I Lvcry .ep that has been taken has been c Wakeni hy stealth and without the ap- a p)rovia of the Aioericanl people. When t siivor was demonctized in 18M3, the peO- 1 l hi not discussed it and persons who t were imembers of Congress and who v voted on the ncasutre testilied that they did not think that the bill de- V monetized silver. When the ca-into was discoveied and the Amnericaan peo ple attempted to restore silver to its ancient place by the side of gold, the apponents of fraee coinage forced the Ilhund Act upon Congress as a comp-o misc, and as soon as the Bland Act went into for-ce the enemies of fri-ee sil vea- proceeded to r-epeal the Bland Act f and left nothing in its place. But, tl ( silver- sentimenat grew until 1190 and in t that year the opponents of fa-ee coin- t are, being afra-id of the passing of a t fr-ee coinage bill, secured anothe- com p-onis, which was known i as the Shermana law. In the support of that measu-e, Sen ato- Shea-man made a spevelh, and ini that speceb lte sald that we -( qui-ed. more than $42,000,U000 nw money eve-y yea- to keep pace with population and industry, and he advocated that icas ure on the ground that it gave to the people that money, and yet, in his i-c collections published a few nionths ago, you will find that Son-itor Sherman thee says that he was in favo- of the Sherman law simply to provent free coinage and that he was willing to vote for Itas repeal the day after- it was enacted if he could prevent the snbsti tution of free coinage. Thoro you will t lind the chiof supporte- of the gold V stanada-d policy in the United States mpor-ting a bill because it gave mtoney 'o the American people and ien de .ha-ing that he w .uld h.: v.e vted for tile -epeal of it the very next day. WmiY aM- IA ORS i1Ii1'.ti1sM. Now you will find people who aare ftiraid of a 1100(1 of silIver-. Theire is toth ing thait excites my syitihtly a mo'-e to lind a man who nevei- htad t :mough money in his life, who hai anot,, .anough to hpay his dnebts and does not a know wvher-e the money is to conme fr-om to buy13 food foi- the next week. Thtere i at-c somec people, who have an idea that the free and uanlimited ctIlnago of r silvei- would in seine way, they know e not how, bring ruinm to this countr-y.t Did you ever- try to figur-e out just how a man was going to hutt us by ha-ing ing sil vei- her-e ? Let uts suppose woe haad fr-ec and utnlIim iteal coinage of gohld and silver- at the r-atio atf 16h to I, then wvhat ? Why any person in thae wor-lnd ownIng silvor' bul lion cotulad brinug that haullion to ouar mints anal hatve it coat yea-ted] int~o fuil) legal taender- sil vaer d1ollar-s, just liko the ones you)a use to day. Naw how couald you be injauredl ? Suppose someC mnan miade up; his mnindat to injua-e the Amnerican peoople undera free coinage ; how would he dlo it ? Why he woulid take his niver- to om mint, suppose a thousand dollai-s of it,t and have it coined into dlollars.. TIhent he could take thteso dollairs ouit to huriat thae Ameican people with thtem, anal haow woaald lao do it ? ie could take that money home and he woauld ho re (fatiredl to pay the fre~j it on it andl het would lose the cost of cointagc anal lose thme fr-eight both waays, anal we could1( stand it loager- than he could. Alt, youa say, that hte woauld ta-ado that sil-t vet- fotr gold anad tiake the gobal auway and leave thae silver-. Wher-e wouldl hlao get the gold ? Woauld he met It at the treasurty of the United States ? Not under- bimetallismn the gover-nment n'" 1tct agr-oe to swap, buit utnder hi mnetalbism the gover-nment conver-ts the silvoa- bullion Into silver- money andl gold bullion Into goldl coin mand makes themn legal tender- for all debhts p)ublic and pivato. Butt It (lees hot agrco to r-edetm a gold dollar in silver or a silver- doillar in gohld. So that under himatetallhism th is far clgner- coutld not exchange htis sil vet- at the mitmt for gold unless the govern mtent was distposed to let him do it. Wher-c would he get the gold ? lie would halve to find somebody with thte goldl ; lie coauld not huart anybody by tr-ading silver- for gold until ho found sotmebody whio had the gold, and that would_ let ntost of the people of thte U nitea States out of danger-. In illi nois Iast year it a deabato imtiv otpponent was. verys feandly anal we ealledl each ot .- brt .,:a ;and int the cour ise of tla speLtean hectur god to mte anal said: 'Broth er- I Ityan, w-:ill you loan moa a silver dollart to ilhItati-tt my ar-gaumneut; J hav not ans)1 ii W1 ' hen it camnemy tair-a I thmaightt I wounld tiry an eaxpera-a uaent attal I ardi : ' Jirother------ ] i watnt to ause a gold coin to illustrato my aa-gumnent: I have not any. will you le! Ie have oneo?' lie got red inl the fact iv did niot have fillny. And thien I call .d the attention of thle atudieilce to th act that I was defentling. silver and t.uI the silver, but h ii id not have th ,(!I with which to illustrate his argul Ienti.. and ho had .inLst told themii tha 'iOhl wUS tie' Only good01 1ituoney, but h) iid niot have any of it, and they dil lot have ally of it. We are Opposed to the ;old tanldar >eCauso the gold standard Ineanis a ri. ng dollar. A rising dollar rneans fail ig pricos. Falling prices mean1 h1 iari Simos. Tihe party that trios by raisinj he value of the dollar to lower price or the general products of human Il 'or is the party that logislate stagna Rou uponi a people and drives imon Intl ankruptcy. We believe that tle opuninlgj of out lints will bring into circulation inor' tanda'd muoney : to the gold of Off 'orId will add the silver, and wheu le gold and silver together measui i ho pi)0o of all the property of th< oild, that price will be highor that is now, and having been restured i 'ill remain more stable than it is nom id that is why wo aro in favor o imotallisiu. 1i MutOIUS SPl:l'iI AT S'RI Ni1-I ii M 110. Ladies and Gentlemien : F or a fev toilLents only I shall occupy your at ition beclause a large portion of mll oice has been left along the lite o; avul, whero it is still calling sinner repentance. (Great laughter.) I ain told that in this city you man facture mnore agricultural implement ian are manufactured in any othe ity of the country. I ai glad to tall ) people who recognize their depend nle(,. upon the fariners of this country havo had occasion to talk to somi 'ho seem to Imagine the harder ui icy could mako the farimers, the bet 3 they would be off. As a inatter o 1t the farmers and the laboring met re the foundation of society. (Cheer g.) Upon 011 this fundaton is built thi Lmmiercial classes and the financic: LAs as It sort of roof over the whO' l!ng. You can take olf the roof aii ut on another, but you cannot destro; he foundation without ruining thI hote building. Goldsmith has well expressed I then he says.' P'rinces aidi loirds may lipurish orI ma fade A breath can make them as a breath i made; liut a ho'ld peasa tilry, a nation',; pridc, Whent onv cie destroyed can niever he suil plied." The Democratic party, in its plal orm at Chicago, is pleading the cans f a nation's peasantry thbat cannot, h estroyed until yo-.i destroy the foonih ion of our nationi's greatness. 1ipo tie proslperity of the great producci if wealthL wh11om1 we call the masses I istinguished from the elasses, deplm .11 the prosperity of this city. If ye mu have it gold standard, you log islal Ahe vatluto Of uoney uip and you legi ate the value of propterty down. Do you remember when wo wei oung how we used to get on thu teeti >oard, and when one end of it was I Ahe other was down ? It has remaint or modern financiers to declare till 'oui can kee) both ends of the tectc >oard ti) at once. (Laughter.) Assuming to be statesmen, they di 'ogard every law of trade, every a >f economiiy, every law of nature an :very law of God. Thorg.t is not a lav ttmtian or divino, they respect, becatus hey are bIgger than the govornmen .nd greater than the Almighty Laughter.) OlR MAl1aS IN UACLY DAYS. ,Slow% ile of' Speedcti ad aL tiigl Itate of' l'osi age. "'i \n ashii igton's fi rst, term an telfor 'as made o I)peed4 the miialts--to mnov. bim at the rate of t100a miles in twenty mn hours, or about four' and a hlal tiles an hour,'' w rites ex-Is es idenl larrison in his "This GJouintry of (Ouirs rticte in September Ladies' H oi ournal. "' This woul hiave been ; ottable advance, for the earrieas wer' lien tak inig nearly thi Irty hiouirs 1hi wee~n 'h iladetlpila and New Yorka hte road~s were had aund there wer' itany stow ferries. In 1776 theure wer' nily twenty-seven Postotliees in Lth olonles ;in I 795> there were -1:>'8 ani ni I18L5 therie were 70, Ob . The rateO 'f lostage when(23 the deintrtmeont wa rIganize unoliiider' the constituntion wer, iigh : l'or Lthi rty ilies, Ii eon ts fo 'no letter sheet ; for sixty mI iles, ents ; for' I00 mnilos, 10( cents, and s, necreatsing withi the incr'eased distanel 0 the~ min mumI111 , 24 (et~f s fori dIistanice ver' *lO. Staimps we re not ini use i hose days, nior wvas the sondte fa lotteri 'tf roqie to~ )3ay the potI age in aldvance. The~ postage, ri 15 cents, as the ease might be, wat v' ritten by the post3Imaster' On tihe letter nd if the sender' patid thle p ostage Lii vordl ' paid ' was addled ; if he dlid no0 het postage waUs 'olleted of the periso I) whlom the ttter was atddre'sse< l'hzesej rates soon yielded a sourplius ove he'c'ost of thei service, in spilte oif Lh ran11k in piilitego wichi 1 the Ilaw gay 43 congrewmeni~i~ antI heads( of dlepai nentIts. The1I0 Il doand o (f the new1 lspapem mnd peitodiats of every', ohiss for cheta >ostage. secondled by t.hiir subtsciberi~: ian led ti) a redutction of rates gretatl ielow the ati~talt cost, toI the gov'ei nent. tIn h is report, for I1892 the pos iaster' gener al, after stating that th >resent letter rate pays twice the co: >f the letter mail, says that the boo mnd tiewspaper' mail is ear'ried at a to: if 9 eenits a 1)ound1(. in r'ecen t veat he. pIoi.ttilite department has'hee0 i'rit, and( it is now rendeing, not, )erfeet soervicee, hut a h ighI clais-, sei rlice. No othert dep~artme~nLtohas mor0 iacarly kept pace ithLi the matr, clu leveIlpmient of onur coountry." Mar'm y Tis Gist, Sornebody!~ I. have h et ii readtingii in youtIr pai er j abi'iioui evera men andt woirl Wanil that1 hailve bIe vdolri' u3Lccessful3 selling .s'ie i he tug tha -irnts, anl c'Iio tlded I woiuldiset wht a girl cotili dei have't worked! i3lyitan haveI soiit 151 Iron hal . o ver yis l ish- ight ; wilh i4inAir:. .'dpi s lo fost11iII .i mery3!(~~ 'pla Ill i t Ih i Irsssi don' bI . thIe. C . clohe . I kowus I ( t m041115 to n. A nli'lil -'' ILS tlei' "ittply eil ,w i. writes in its arme~(. NEi GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROUNA, A sn10101 siirTcil OP' Till-, MN - F1ItO31 MAR1ION. General .llerbe lilts Devot)edl Ills Bist inetrgies lo (ie url''r'erance 01' 1 1 CaIMse o' the IeopiC--ie Will 31ake a 8at'e, Conlservative - overflor. Wml. liatseldion IElierbo wats born inl - larlion County, S. C.. A pril 7. 1862. Ills father. was William 'S. Eller-be, at y uttive of South Caiolinia. The lit'st of the 1ilerhe fam1ily to coeio to Amilerie SWere two bro4thers, natives of Innlghlnd, w ho cme toi the t.; nited States in about 131, and16 located oIn the ra Lt l'u IP)ee river, n.ult - Cleraw. William S. Eki leihle wits one1 of the liltgest and ilost biucce'ssful planter.; of Alationi County. ie itwa married to Saraill N'., daughter Of MhjAl' .1amels l SiseldIen. of Alirt'ion Coulinty, and to tlhis u ilon thirtueteen clil dron Were born, line datighL'ters and fou' sons, alil of W1 hlu arto1 i v i ing. Win. S. EMlerbe devoted himeilf exclu '1sively to agricultural llrsiits, declining all invitations to enter pin hc life. le Wits a Iman tiuiesaItly respeted and esteemed for, his steriing worth ind excelleit traits (if clharacter. W illiatim 11. 'AIlirhe i wia i ')tvare on is father's plantation, amid was prepared for col lege by Mir. 1'. 13. I 'rin1ce, it well known educator, who had charge of 'ine I hil Academy. I n I S lie entered Wofford College, Where hle attendud two es sions. Ile ti i ntered Vandrbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn., where -o Ihe remtilled bit a short time, when Ills hialth flied ItId li) had to 'etinl1 to his fathe"s planIation. 110 at once went to farming, -1g and is nfow it s11uccOssful planter. Ite hel ped to organlize the Reformll party in his county and Stato in 188I1: atteIIded tle first farmnerCs convention held iln Co lumbilt. In 1890, without solicitattioln on his part, Was nloml) in1ated and electeid Comptroller General, Which place lie held for fouir year s. Wats the young est 1m1an eve. elected to at State otlice in South Caroi lit. Hu. was at caldi dato for GoveInor in 8091, but wr.- de foated. Bit tle openi, imtiliy light, lie mado aid the WY he took his defeat wonl for himl Lite respect aind admirat tionl of those Who Opposed himl, and today ie is one of the )stroglest 111011 inl the State. While it true Ieformlilr, le is 01s01vittive ill hi-, Views, ItId enljoyh tihe recspect and conlidence of bot~h fac Lions of tlhe Dmilocratic party. Wmli. IL ilhti was marid int Iai, at tie k age Of tWenty-ive, to NliSs Ilenlriettit lIogers, dlaughlter of Mr. lielery .1. I togers, of \larlboro County, an11d to their urnion four sons and ono' daughter have beeni born. IromVi the Ibove brif sketch it will he seer, that Gencral I irb' (catme froi 1one of th pioneer families of South Caroli nit, aid for Ilore thaln i centLury and it half not the slighest blot, o' blemish hbe s attitched itself to the honored nmi that lie bears. The El lerb faily have ever been noted for Lt their uniIswering intogrity, patriotism, sound stise and devotion to thoir country ind their poople. lls fallily have over been farmers, and when Wm. I. E'llerbo joined the Hoform movmont In 1890, he simply followed h tiis ca trani ng and carried oul t those 3 principles that werc bred ill the bonie a ignilicleated in Is heart. Biut while Lilin rg ithe soil the E1lleribo's did lot negloet thir mental tiraining, and avai led t.hem! 11selI vts of tie best edica tional advanrtages t.l oil ut ry alf'orde d. gt'I.11. tilli As wtill ofb tII%% s , I - I. W iit 11. 1 .. fe' he is noit i l y a practica', a nLd oun t S.Sfill 1 1fa,1r ii. but i hinly Co a11td'30.1i eerl \ ih-rhle. wISle of tiler bmn, -olliiated atl, the it t h Lif C ur ti lit -ormCl - ansti Coinasins fargeh fdo.e the fiman itcipaeididf theil'l Jlle'e setio fromCIlas ttei tiledom Li' ~ing) 118 r lii. ihe fri m-e ii'for thir ciajue byi tibiianiiit oung I staite rinanlnd made hi it Comptolle jl General.S And oh ier list oni e of tetbest hited.i CIom iing ieh fro Get fal-n ii a he did,11 Genera'lt lilhitfi e mas-vhic ltre ithe3Jt( itfrite businen. conneite . with ~this mpotan depari it-ent fof our i sat gvernmien. Ileesa ti Ieor .,il io s l i d ith s ir usi r of Oll 1,Idiiaes 111V bil te irowing 11 atof enrl dw, 1 , tAl raceu init ptt iriot manntr VII wIh Eleriacptsd efeat wen Htni . Jv Iohn reil o inoive, hm lie d'tiebfid' h nt ntkin LI Oi'en Li) denouncp te Ilthe Iitformhi . movemIO~l~i~it.'.'ien-,a sm o u cants ;-if lmvitioneleghoewor tred on Cfliketli a )1 thettrue an1 an patitl thatiWm. and , iren ias invier bofn aendiitll ever)~ itremaint hef ime bfor itihe (convent i~ion Pt madY adIi rin igi pead fo'the wentI (I to or tlolile itt the majoity I~ort is . 'uccessfl opponen'LI it. iThere' was1( (vinot, r'an vas eleh gate iniI lthe o eo e but left th, ie hall it staunhifrend and) So~ied an ard ni direr of thenera101) llulbo k.. an ih an'ig in I iward W deerinai pa-I'rt 10 and hi hi regar fortls lie will of tile people,~ at1C wIh LirstI ftoftuiy ltat presented iLt's e loijit~~ . -'vansnoiveng a and iate if or Li SlctIIfiton, it the ea a i lpoitnes n I'l ihchits upr is of te wole peoples ki withiotsead t fation (or Wila pepe.n.I. fleh,1.el iniaus, the was' .C takhnfro Ilith plow;iu butl noit, iii Ileador Ssv, peLle in hoti'lonoarray agin'Sta, a a L~ehighesti fol "ill within the ift, o u ..I imodaried voers. 1ill0 wasenominat ie an wiI beiki letedise, eoi rgst, OG) a or'ityI ofe iven1(1 a cadida n Southi While a tofo irmetol hecoeGnea It H UNG OHANG. An Allitna Woman TeIls of His. Es Ierainnuent in Neu, Yoark. A lad. from Atlanta who hag Just returneu , from NOw York gives the Constitution a most interesting ac couutor the luxury attending the suite of IA [ung Chang, the viceroy of China, and his various entertainments at the Hotel Waldorf Thle two first lloors8 reserved exclus Ively for his suIt of some fifty or -sixty people, has had added to its porma nent luxury of furnishing all the extra adorininents that one can imagine In the most beautiful flowers of every variety. Tho Astor banqueting hill, In which the illustrious gentleman bf Lhe orient wais banquoted on the ovdh- - ig of h:s arrival, is probably one of Ahe 1nost artistic of its kind in any -ounltry. The superb tapestries, cover ng the walls, aro no more attractive dlan the gorgeous chinawaro plainly b'sible through the plato glass of the iarious eldborately carved cabinets. .1 hi1 I-r-st bamquet was given by the _' hinee nierlchants of Brooklyn and Nmw ) ork, andi as many of them are iosiessed of great wealth, no expense was spared in eleganeo of detail. A bout two hundred guests were pros It, seated at a circular table, inclos ing a Vast ci rclalr space filled with a wonderful array of the rarest and luost beauti fiul palils an1(d flowers. The guests were seated only at the outside Of tIe circular tabl, while about the inner cirele was a wreath of gladiola and 0wcl- ids about cialh t inchdes in d ilam eter. Ihe I llcliuia glass usd in the tablu servie i,; probiably the handsoi est collection in America. The chain pagne gh lst s were Illusually unique, beiling son twelve inches high, the long, frail steuw supporting the glass proper biein- Lwined with exquisitely delicato garlanis of ilowers. Dunring the hau inlet, which lasted searcel'y an hour, as the distinguished guest won t renIlan at, table longer,there were iiany brillinnt toasts proposed, both by the A mericans present and the distingruished foreigners. General I ]Ilgr hn untire charge of the enter tailnileit and was among the speakers of the occasi(An. lic will be r'emnem hered ats hlaving had chargo of the army pot liere immodiately after the will. lhuring tihe feast the attendants about the cir: i of Li Hung Chang were kept tusy with 111.9 long oriental pipie, for which 1h0 called several times, and smoked v igorously between the courses. Tlhe mon in his suite are described as 1111sluilly large for in eni of their couni .ry. and all wore Imoustaches. 'T'HE 3111A., CiRElK MIUDDLE,4" Secreitary IlnbIell ltcturns To file Attaek-liellers Front Yountig Mix Sol ll Support olf Ills Chiarge. The A1ill Creek i)istil Ing Company, CINCINNATI, Aug. 28, 1896. 'T'o the Editor of 'Tle State, Columbia, S. C.: Doar Si, : Pleaso publish the on closed] letter froml Rt. Ml. Mixsonj, his telegram and my reply ; also F1. M. Al i xson's letter. I fail to 1hid any L. & N. It. It. business in them, as stated in It. M. Nlixson's letter published In your patper 22d inst. All these letters were received by ie soeio wooks ')e fore I \ er saw hi. it. Al. Mixson. Hlis letter dhited Clitrleston, Jan. 3d, 1895, is so plainl it requires no expla nal.ion froi i1.. Lot the public read 1111 jildizi? for tlMoiuise;vfs. Yursvir', resptllyg hlle West).ern Unaioelraho Co, . eo.ii abbblt Cincinnati, 1121.I~e by, mynphw Ar i.hl ixo, h o viitIn Cr cit. Cne fvr.:hw him wil be n hinhi apprciated 1yk to Yelious vbryirespecAnswerly, F~i . M. MIXSON. 'i'hio Western U~nion Tolegraph Co. 'l e N. ivedoat Ainginna, Ga.9 Dc I0 cant la8hoefi'awek.ls Ci01mILIs'rA, S. C., 1-3-c.0 Mr. e1111 re Iit Cnlo. ti . sorwhry n o en able t eWoul blike' to se ii hon knonthi. Answer hAve giud.i Rifrm o. M.. MXSO. see ~'iiulas wClNDc. 20,cos l189-i . Toa1'. M.ni Mixon Augustam , Gwl aet i efoyuto e homled or ge mnes very1 aincyortanyo. -Gio.d Hfoir . . w Clen ^uRo iT oN, or one. I-395 nFlr. Geo. Ilel dicinnatter wO. ~ oua Shir : Your ire recIved 1) gamt seen fo youat Aek I gusta. eto o nTrdulytion from Col. M. MI. O.I wai unil h 1~tih to aecyou, bliumt would I'l i oryo o e repaer de d to gee th ligency forp y.uougofr S .~heer lc an. eiin. i, (Mi~ bN 10) niou coun. PtitrAS) yo'su~iVMIu whn , iii se yu Woud betad to hiariuu fron yuiti t, A oliguslsti iatiuglmt uS iiii I oiurlt i Mllud d. M AXO.' Aei W ile Equail ito ta Groll Mor3inet o will liint - <i lOf your redr iiea, Youa o n~ re- i -ipe fiorhc itnnk it ol s c i rotad youlc ~el-healing tihuirons n Kittl. Iatu every s ueuisn, a li ue Iosens sanch very everyand iiia nts fdlwuote. naltk old sitach.o aMy ,iishniial waso inet nywhr elIng ios t i-10 hirt ihonyht I wouhi sol sefoiing fo.l~air, rituni atui I nn dl asuiens t ydid cet' Ior hyel l will h ent the rn for Itsho r. so -- balu re i n loingr aly norching ~ hy lote tas wthe theobtro at nd ur can Lre h msy t, iugosjall t every os, a then."o s''t l aven't uhfel od y hoty watr oer incek $.6 on acid and mvont getin nos thnter veny fast."rke sl rtiri on eladIt kayn