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IE I?oLF THE PEOPLE'S JOUR ). 7 VL. 7.-N . 20. PICKEiNS, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNEF o 10 897- ONE D)OLLAR A YEAR T TILLMAN TACKLES THE SUGAR TRUST, AN INVE,STIGATION IS DEMANDED. The Senator froi South Carolina Shakes uip the Sugar Senators in Lively Fashion-He ' makes No Charges. but Gives Damaging Evi donco Against Senators. ASLINUTON, May 28.-Once again is he Senate going to attempt thesolu tion of the sugar trust, problem. Once again is the calcium light of a Senate investigation to be thrown upon the mysterious methods employed by the sugar trust in its control of tariff legislation. Once again will an effort be made to find out whether there is truth in the newspaper chargo that Senators have been speculating in sugar and other stocks, ind if so, who the Senators are. The fiery Tillman started the thing going this afternoon. Tillman had given indication of his purpose to "say something." And that was enough to draw a crowd to the galleries. What he did say was, to those who enjoy the dramatic, worth listening to. Tiliman talks in the Senate like he talks on the stump in South Carolina. He does not mince words or juggle with high sounding phrases. lie is blunt' emphatic, forueful, and today he made the most sensational speech which the Senate has had in months. For himself he made no charges. At the outset he disclaimed all knowledge of the truth of the insinuations and charges which have found lodgment in the public press. But these charges, involving Senators and members. of a Senate committee, had been made in newspapers of prominence and over the signatures of correspondents of repute. He had these charges read. One was that Senator Smith, of Now Jersey, had speculated in sugar. Another was that a broker had the Senate sugar schod ule in his hands a day, and more, be fore it was reported to the Senate and became public property, and the infer ence, if not the direct charge, was that some member of the Republican sub committee must have given it out. There were other stories of the in Iluence brought to bear on the tariff makerts in the interests of the trust. Till nan declared that these charges shoulu he investigated, and be went further. He talked of the former in vestigation and said the whole thing should he taken up. Ho disclaimed any politics, but declared he wanted Demo crats as well as Republicans investiga ted-all who fell under the bau. 'Aldrich replied for his committee, making a strung, straightf orward, vig orous denial. He courted an investiga tion. The charges are such that they can not be ignored. There is a feeling among Senators that such an investi gation cannot possibly avail anything, that so far as practical results are con cerned, it can avail nothing, even in view of the renent decision of the su preme court in the Chapman case; but it is bound to come. Senator Tillman's speech was no less dramatic In its delivery than sensa tional in its allegations. He preceded it by presenting a resolution for the ap pointment of a special committee of five Senators to Investigate charges of speculation by Senators while the tariff bill was before the finance committee. In advocating the resolution Mr. Till man threw aside the usual convention alities of the Senate and with a plain ness of spech seldom heard about the halls of Congress called on his asso ciates to investigate the published charges of Senatorial speculation, and if they were found to be true to purge the Senate of those who debauched it. The Senator had published articles read from the desk stati.ng that Sena tors had recently made large sums of money in sp)eculating in sugar stock and in one instance the naimeof aSena tor was mentioned. Mr. Tillman spoke for nearly an hour, every line of his si)eech being punctuated with intense invective. The Tillman resolution was referred to the committee on contingent ex penses of the Senate. .TILLMA N FOLLOWED THE TA RIFF. Considerable progress was made on the tariff bill, thirteen pages being cov ered. Several votes were taken dur ing th~ dlay, hint the finance committee had a liberal majority in every instance. The Democratic members of the finance committee made a strong effort to r-e duce the rates on window glass, but their amend ments to this effect were defeated. Mr. Trillman rose to a question of privilege and presented a resolution for another sugar investigation. The res olution, omitting the preamble, is ias follows: "Riesolved, That a committee of live be appointed with power to send for persons and papers, to emp)loy a steno grapher and to administer oaths, to in quire into the truth or falsehood of the charges made in May, 1894, and into the charges recently made; and the scope of the investigation shall cover everything embraced in the resolution of May 1'7, 1894, as well as the methods pursued by the American Sugar Re fin ing Company, better known as the sugar trust, in controlling legislation in its favor at the present time. Espe cially whether it has in any wise con tributed to, or controlled tine election of a Senator in this body at any time." Mr. P'rye, who was in the chair, owing to the absence of Vice P'resident Hobart, promptly ruled that the re-so lution should go to tine committee on contingent expenses. But Mr. Trillman was not to be stopped. HIe asked con sent to make a statement on the resolu tion, and this being g.ranted, the South Caroli na Senator began a speech which proved to be cue of the most sensational the Senate has heard in recent years. Mr. Tillman spoke with nis chanrac teristic vigor of voice, which fairly rang through the chamber and corri dors, adding expressive gestuires to his utterances. "We have arrived at a time," be de clared, "when the Senate can no long er afford to rest under the-damning ac cusations made against Senators. If there are men hero debauching thne Senate, then we should be purged of them. If these nreports are slanders, then the press galleries should be purged. We cannot afford to lay baok on our dignity any longer and say we will nOt investigate." Both parties were face to face with this scandal, he said. It would be re called, he said, that it was charged that President Cleveland met the sugar magnates and discussed the details of the schedule of the now pending tariff bill. There was nothing to fasten that "damning accusation on the Presiddnt," Mr. Tillman said, but Senator Jones, of Arkansas, had recontly furnished evi dence to the offect that the President told,him the trust should have a quar ter of/a cent per pound. Mr. Jones quickly arose at this ref erence to him. On one or two occa sions, he explained, Mr. Cleveland had said to him that he thought the } cent on raw sugar was necessary for the American refiners and that a i cent rate would drive the refiners out of bus in ess. Proceeding, Mr. Tillman said it might be Mr. Cleveland desired to car ry out a bargain. He (Tillman) did not say this was the case. But was it the caso ? If he (the President) did this the Senate ought to find it out. Mr. Gray, of Delaware, chairman of the former sugar investigating cont mittee, interrupted. '.Lho statement, he said, that a sugar schedule had been made upon Mr. Benedlet s yacht, when the President was on board with re finers of the sugar trust, was not true and its falsity had been establisbed after the committee had probed the statement ,to the bottom. Both Mr. Havemeyer and Mr. Searles had testi lied that nosuch meeting over occurred and that they never met Mr. Cleve land. Mr. Tillman began to speak of Mr. Chapman "who was now living like a little king in the district jail." Mr. Pettus, of Alabama, interrupted at this stage. "I will ask the Senator," said Mr. Pettus, "not to deal in gener alities. If he desires to put a mark on a Senator or this floor, then I demand that be do it and not indulge in gener alitles against all the members of the Senate." "That is what I want an inquiry for -to mark these menf" responded Mr. Tillman. "I want them marked and I do not want the poor man to suffer while the millionaires are turned loose. I know there are charges that men have bought and sold, and are we to sit quiet ly ? The Senator (Pdttu,) is a new comer here, and he, of course, is not a particeps criminis." It was for that reason, Mr. Puttus de clared, that he made his demand. True and honorable mon should not have to bit here and have a slur cast on them by generalized statements. "Why don't you wait for the rest of my speech ?" asked Mr. Tillman of Mr. Pettus. "Now no one denies," Mr. Tillman went on, "that for the last two months rooms at the Arlington have been oc cupied by the finance committee in easy touch w ith the telephone to New York and in easy reach of agents of the sugar trust." Why was it the sugar trust cleared $25,000,000 in three years ? They had cleared it, he added, at the expense of every cup Of tea and cuff drunt throughout the country. It was the Republican party who did it first. It was the Democratic party who did it in 1894. "And now," he proceeded, "with a disgraced and demoralized Democratic party out of power and the Republicans in charge we have another evidence of the sugar trust's power." Mr. Tillman said he would now pro sent spcifications. He sent to the desk and had read a numbur of signed arti cles in the newspapers of New York, Chicago and elsewhere, making serious charges against Senators. The names of individual Senators were mentioned for the first time. The first article read from the desk began with "Smith ahead on sugar" and spoke of the New Jersey Senator's selling (6,000 shares of sugar stock, short, at a profit of $3,000. Mr. Smith was not in the chamber at the time. Thcn followed the reading of many other articles making intima tions andl charges of spcculatlon and irregularity. Mr. Tillman carried on a running comment as the reading proceeded, speaking briefly after each article. "If any man had been influenced in the manner charged," the Senator as serted, "he waus no better than the black leg gambler who had cards up his sleeve. Suceh a man should be made to hang his head in shame if his col leagues allowed him to remain in the Senate." Another article read from the desk spoke of the "large prolits to Sena tors," and estimatepd that' 9,000 shares of sugar' stock had been handled the d%,y before for three Senators. Ho said it was about the time these specific charges, most of them signed, with the names of the authors, shoumld be prIobed. There should be no mix ture of the old investigation with the new one. Let them stand apart, he said. "Let us not, (mix th* D);mocratic isheep with the Republican goats, but let's have a fumigation." It, was not a time when Senators should sit here apparently silenced by cowardilco or corruption. IThe3 ltopuIb licans had receivodithie recent campaign contributions from ''the octop)us," he. said, and it should be brought to the light before the Amer'ican people. Itf this "gang of thieves and robbers" were to have all they wanted, then let the American laboring men realize what, a glorious Senate represente.i them at Washington. in conclusIon, Mr. Tillman reito2ated that if the Senate is rotten to the bot tom, it should be proved. lI these charges wore false, then the lie should be laid bare. If the cha'-gos were tr-uc, then, he said, thme guilty Senators should be turned out and the Senate purged. Mr. Aldrich, Rtepublican member of the finance coinmittoc, and in charge of the tariff bill, took theA floor as Mr. TIillman closed. Hie stepped forward from his rear seat and spoeke calmly and deliberately, but with intenseoear n estn ess. Mr. Aldrich said that no living per son outside of the members of the comn mittee, had any information as to the subject until two (lays before it was re ported. Then the Senator fr'om Neva da (Jones) had been shown the sched ule. This was only thirty-six hours be fore the report of the bill. No hiuman being beyond this had received the slightest information. "And any man who says so, or inti mates so," added Mr. Aldrich, "dle. serves to be denounced In a way whiel would not be Parliamentary hero." Mr. Tillman interrupted to say tha ho hadn't made the charges ; he hat merely submitt.ed the statement now circulated before the public witl the author's name signed. Thest writers had the right to accuse tht finance committee, if they could provt their statements; 'and you submit ti it ?' he said, addressing Mr. Aldrich. The lattor, proceeding, said the full est investigation was courted; therc was nothing to conceal. Without further debate, the rosolu tion was referred to the committee on contingent expenses. THI[I ANDltSONVIIALK PRISON, The Btattles Fouuglit. Over this His. toric Prison Iong After tho War EnQd The Andersonville prison, which was located in Southern Georgia, has caus ed more talk than any other Confeder ate place of confinement. In all thert were 40,000 prisoners who passed through that enclosure, and it is stated that 12,000 died. It has generally been compared to the Fh deral priton at lil mira, N Y., where a greater proportion perished. Thu mortality among pris onert, of war on both sides of the great conflict was very groat. Of 220,000 taken by the Federals and conlined in Northern prisons, 26,000 died. Of 270 - 000 taken by the Confederatos and con lined In Southern prisons, 22 000 died .'he worst experiences of all Southern prisons were those at Andersonville. The horrors o. war were then aggrava ted by the fact that medicine could oat be had. It had been made con traband of war by the Federal govern mont, and all but home made medicine had to come in through the blockade. To relieve this situation the Confed erate government asked for an ex change, but it was broken in 1863, and all eflorts to get a new cartel were futile. When Alexander I-. Stephens. vice president of the Con federacy, on board a torpedo boat in James river, sent through the Union admiral at Hampton Roads a request for a con ference, and an opportunity to deliver a communication from l'resident Davis proposing a cartel for exchange, the answer came back from Gideon Wells, acting secretary of the navy, that the proposition could not be entertained. 'nis was the lixed policy of the Federal government after the early part of W63, and General Grant gave the rea son for it. He said that the Confeder. ates exchanged would be forced back Into the lines, whereas those liberatet from Southern prisons, when they got back home, would take a furlough, an half of them would never return to the army. Exchange, he said, would rein force the Confederate armies, caust the defeat of Sherman, and prolong tha war, which would be a greate hardship on thoso wha were fighting the batties of the Union than confine mont was to those who were in South ern prisons. Faaiing to get a renewal of the carte for exchange, the Confederate govern ment asked the Federal government to send for the sick an" wounded Federal soldiers confinod In the South ern prisons. This was done in August 1864, and it was not until December that the ships sent for this purpose reached Savannah. During the four or five months intervening between those dates the greatest mortaliity oc curred at Andersonvillo. By law of the Con"d Cogrs. pi pin. ers of war received the same rations as the Confederate soldiers, and when Lee's army was ragged, barefoot and half starved in front of Richmond, the Federal soldiers confined in Southern prisons, felt the same hardships, but those who had money were allowed tc buy provisions. Being unused to the climate and depressed by homesick ness and susp)ense, they were an easy prey to disease, and the lack of modl clines imadeo it imp)ossib)le for Confeder ate surgeons to cope with tihe diseaset which attacked the pr-i-re. It was for tils reason that .Jefferson Davis asked tile Federal government to send for the sick andi woundled wvithout the formal ity of -xchange. This invita tion was acceptedl af ter severiai l montIls delay, and after- Sherman's march to the sea. Captain W'irz',, who had charge of thc prisonci-s att A\ndeirson viti , was af ter wartds tried foir murderi, and as ti trial occurred when the p)assions o war- wer-e at white heat, there coult be but one result-conviction. An of for-t was made to Implicate Pr-esmien Jefferson Davis, tilen a prisoner, ant tIle counsel foir Captain Wirz ha: stated that a message camne to hiin from a cabinet oflicer to the effect tha Wirz could have clemency If he weul give test imlony making P-resideni D)avis directly responsible for thi deaths of prisoner-s at Ander-sonville Facing death WIirz reiterated his for me1r statement that Priesidont Davi had no direct connection withl tile coni duct of affairs at Andersonvilie, an< with this statement lhe went to hi deat.h. It wats years afterward In the [Hous< of Repireson tativos at Wash ingtor that James G. Bllaino, the leader o his par-ty In the H-ouse~, andi aspiring to the Pre-sidency, moved an amnendi mont, to the amnesty bill excep)ting .1 c-ferson D)avis from its provisions On that question Mr. Bllaino mnatde sp)ecch in which he chargedl tile Presi dent of the Con feder-acy wvith muridc, and with responsibility foi- the "' hot rors of Ander-sonville," beside which lie said, the deeds of the Duke ol Alvi in the low.countiles and the tottuies o the Spanishl inquisitioin p)aled Into in significance. TIhen caine the memorable sp)eech o Ben [ill, tile fir st great dlefense of ti South In Congri-ss after the war, speech whlih br-oke tile head of see tional animosity anti matde disreputabi the waging of wvar in time of peacc it was an ep)och-mnakingr speech, coil p)lotely refuting tile charges of Mi Blaine, and its t,ill)m-o, so admirable so br-oad, so loft,y, commanded th admiration of the entire country.I was that speech which sent Mr. li to the Senate, where lhe was to thl day of is death, its mlost commandin figure. -----.++ --Twelve men have been fined $:i each and sentenced to forty-five day, Imprisonment In Cieburne County Ah bama, for selling their votes at an ele< tion. and invasion as are the promises ofr private citizen. The State maintain this institution with all that makes I what it is for one solo and exclusiv, puri,ose-the education of her sons any daughters. The use and control of al its property are regulated by law. Th administration of its affairs is commit ted to oflicors appointed by law to us and control its property for the sol purpose for which it was founded an is uaintainod. No one can lawfull, use any of the college grounds o buildings without the consent of thi authority charged with their care ant control. "We are glad to permit and inviti the presenco of our fellow-citizens ti on ' public exorcises in our grounds an( buildings. We welcome with ploasur< our people as guests and visitors wher they deport themselves properly anc do not interfere with the work and du, ties of faculty or students. But th. elego authorities can eject, or havt ejeck'd by force, if needs be, any who cause disorder or trespass upoc the rights of our students or profes sors. "I am amazed to hear the claim 'Tb is is State property, and can be usec by outsiders at their discretion, re gardless of the wishes and rights of students and college ollicers.' The claim is false when applied to our grounds and buildings as it would bt if applied to the governor's mansion, the hospital for the insane, or even tc the State treasury. "I can scarcely find words to express my indignation that one hign in au thority should justify the outrageous wrong done you and the profossors within the precincts as sacredly yours, as students, as the h)mes of your fathers. I "3efore I aving home I gave permis sion to Colonel Jones, in response to his request, to hold the inspection on May 2(ith on the college athletic field, ex~ epressly stipulating that the troops should keep on the cast end of the HlId so as not to roughen your ball ground. This restriction was oxpressed in the politest terms I could employ. I did not think peremptory and curt orders necessary, for in my intercourse with soldiers I have always found them to be gentlemon. But instead of using the part of the grounds specified, on the day named, the parade occurred two days afterward-without notic being previously given to the collegc authorities. "When the troops arrived you we' playing a game of ball with your guests the city team, under the permission c the president pro tem. "And what occurred? I need not rc count the efforts made by your ba team oflicers, the president pro tem Professor Sloan and the college ma shal to protect you in your rights I your own ground and lawful sport. "My blood boils within me as I thin of the indignity with which you wer treated. Our hospitality was abuse( Armed troops and police were move against you to sweep you from you own field. In their efforts to protec your rights and porsons your actin president was insultod, one~of your prc fessors was brutally struck and wound ed in the head, one of your numbo had his skull cracked. (God grant ou prayers for bio complete recovery, Several of your comrades were severe ly struck. Your lives were ondan gored by the fire of a deadly weapon rifles and gleaming bayonets menacei you, trampling horses turutueud yot "All this occasioned when you wer where you had a right to be and wer doing what you had a right to do. I was susert by persons high in authom ity coining on your grounds, wher s.hey had no right, and unlawfully in terforing with your lawful exercise. "Absence of indignation at the bru tality to which you were subjectoi would ho unmanly and unwort,by South Carolinians. "I have spoken with the feeling tha you are entitled to, my expression c regard and sympathy, and to assure you that your rights and interests ar< aa to my heart; that my heart anc those of my colleagues are one in the purpose to do our duty in your cart and protection. "The rights of the South Carolina College must and shall bo maintained.' Trho appllause that foilowed the doe tor's manly speech attested the satis faction of tbe students and p)rofessors IlMAN ASKS THE SENATE TO ACT. TriC ISI'FCN8ALLY LAW IN CON GRiCSS. Thei( Senlator fromi SouthI Carolineu WVants athe .Judifcary Commuarite t< ('onasier and lIepIort. What Legla lattin Is ileemied Necessary. Senator Till man, at the first oppor tunity aftor the decision of Judge SI mront,on was made known, introduced resulution direct,ing an inquiry to bi made as to the iegislation necessary t< give Sout,h Carolina the righ t to reyu: lato the liquor trafic in its own way Tihe preambie and resolut,ion intro duced by him were as follows: "Whereas, the supreme court of t,h Unit,ed St,ates declared, in the case o beisey versus Ilardin, that no Stat,e has the right to prohibit the sale of liquo within its own bordors In original pack ages, upona the ground that it was as interference wit,h interstate commnerce andi, "Whereas, in order to give relief ti the people of iowa, Congress passe what, is known as the Wilson law. (Wil son law is then quot,ed.) "Whereas. Under the authorit therein granted, the State of Sout Carolina in D)ecember, 189)2, passed th dispensary law under which provisie ie made for the sale of liquo (1. y Stat ollicers under strict rules ;oand, "Whereas, Under this system expt rience has shown that the cause of t,em perance has been advanced and th good order and quiet of the State hav been p)romnoted, there being now lea than 100 dispensaries in plaue of uj ward of 800 barrooms in 1892; and, "Whoreas, A circuit judge of th United States court, by judical legish tion in a recent decision, has repeale the act of Congress above recited as fi as South Carolina is concerned, tha requiring that State to reopen the ba rooms or allow the free and unlimitt sale of liquor in original packtge therefore, be it "Resolved, That the judiciary cm THE HOW ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS, I UEN. WA'T'S MAKl.S A SA1'N' SP'resident. Woodrow Ve-y Plaisly Speaks ils Miid--An Investiga tion Will be Made. The row on the campus of the South Carolina College, which took place on the 28th of May, has attracted t good deal of attention. Adjutant General Watts at tirst declinetc to make any statement in regard to the affair, but afterwards doomed it his duty to give the facts in the case, and let the public pays its own judgment. After stating that a death in his family had caused the inspection to be changed from the 26th to the 28th of May, he says I saw Col. Wilie Jones, who was the colonel of the second regiment, of in fantry, and who would be in command on this occasion, the morning of the 28th at the Carolina National bank. lie told me that. the inspection would be held at the usual place, the grounds in charge of the college. which are used by the students for athletic pur poses (the time and place of any inspee. tion is generally left to the command ing otlicer). Col. Jones told me to take my position in front of the stand, which was erect(I for ladies to occupy in or der that they could witness the games that .are usually played on these grounds. The battalion was formed ae,d the usual line of march was taken. As I reached the college grounds I pro ceeded to take my position, indicated by Col. Jones, but was informea by Mr. Iiagood, one of the students, that, a match game of ball was in progress, and hoped that I would not interfere, or words .to that elet. I then rode from toe ball grounds and was spoken to by l'rof. Sloan. lie informed me that the boys had permission to play ball on the grounds and that a match game was in progress. I repliod to him that I had no desire to interfere with the game, but that I had been inform ed by Col. Jones that he had permis sion frow the president to have the in spection on the grounds.- I then took my position on the loft of the ball grounds and did not think that I was in any way interfering w:.tn the game of ball, as no opposition was raised as to my pooition. The review and inspec. tion was then started, and everything was going on very smoothly until the battalion was passing in review, when a ball was knocked, and as one of the players was running ufter it he ran in to Capt. Bateman and knocked off his cap, the crowd then began to cheer, the battalion moved on and nothing was thought of this incident. The bat - talion then proecedee with their field movements, and as they were march ing past the inspecting oficer I re quested a policeman to move back same of the part,ies who were in the line of march, which he did without any - trouble. At this time I was stationed to the left of the hall grounds. and as far as I thought was not in any way conflicting with the game of ball. It has been stated that at this time a ball was knocked over in that direction and struck a horse of a mem ber of my stuff. I knoev nothing of the incident. About this time the marshal of the college camie to me, followed by a crowd of stu dents and ball players, and stated that the boys had permission to play on the ball grounds. I told him I had noth ing to say as to that, but only know that Colonel Jones told me that he had written permission from the president of the college to have the inspection on the grounds. 1 then requested the policeman to keep the crowd back, and he tried to do so. The crowd refused to go back and began to defy and abuse the policeman, who blew his whistle for his colleague who was on another p)art of the grnoun ds, but still the crowdl would not move back and contInued to defy the policeman. I turned round and spoke to the crowd and asked them Lo muovo back, but, my request was treated in the same man nor as that of the policemen. I saw there was going to be t,romble between the policemen and the crowd, for by this time they hadl become very much excited, and seeing that, a con flict was inevitable, I considecred the host solutimn of the dif liculty would he to have the battalion marched forward, press hack the crowd to the street, thie-eby rendering any further conillet possible between the students and the poliemen. At t,he time there was no gatne of ball going on. I then gave Colonel JIones the or der' to move his command forwar-d, Iwhich lie did. The men advanced "at righlt shoulder arms," and tnere wvas no order to "charge," as has been Istated. Trhe tr'oops advanced ver-y steadlily andl the major-ity of the crowd moved hack, biut three or fontr st,udenti -hroke thr-ough the line, noar wher'e the -color's were, and the pollcemeni at t(itempted to interfere. Th'le battalion - mfovedl oti to the fr'ont, leaving the po licomen andl those students in the rear'. Then a general encounter took place between the students and the police meon. These ar'e the laiin, unvarnished facts In the ease, not,withst,anrding the repeated rmore- that have been circu -laited, many of which have been absur'd In the extreme. .J. G ARiY W A'iT'a, Adjutant and Inspector General. The pt'esidenit, Dr. James Woodrow, was absent from the city when the row took place, and on his returni he made an adress to the students, whIch is rnep)orted as follows by The State: "i did tnot hear, unt,Il yesterday, when I was In Alabama, a word about the ttroubles through whIch you have been passIng, and then only enough to -11 milte with deep anxIety andl sustponso. Not until I reached Spartanbmurg dId I learn tIhe facts that revealed to me, with some clearness, what you have -sulferecd ann endured. "1 have leat'nedi more fully since reaching home-f have not learned all. Ihvhad no conversation with my colleagues. I know not what they have done or piropose to do.. But 1 (10 know that a llagr'ant and outrageous wrong has been done to the authorittes and students of the Liouth Carolina College. ) "The tmore I understand t,he facts, 'the more astounded and Indignant, do I feel. "These college buildings and grounds are as sacred from outside intrusion " 0 That is, we are too bus Low Prices keep us busy. The Racket Store is th ways buy what you wait cl we mean what we say. uur competitors call us acknowledge the charge and of this county to say wheti Store has been a benefit to 1 as goods as the best. Bought at Low Prices, and our customers rejoice u Racket Store is doing for tli Asking that one and all to " Underbuy and Underse Yours in deac NEW YORK R Easley, 8. C. P. S.---Still remember tl will get a nice carriage this I mittee of the Senate be instructed to consider what legislation, if any, is necessary to restore to South Carolina the right granted by the act of August, 1890, to control the sale of alcoholic liquors withini its own bordur in its own way in common with other States of this union." In explaiuing the object and purport of his resolution, Mr. Tillman said : Mr. President, I will give at brief ex pIlanation of the condition in our State which has caused mu to introduce this resolution. Within a week the circuit judge there has declar'd that the dispensary law is uncoustit,utional, because It confliets with the interstate commerce law. The dispensary law provides that - liquor shall be sold in the I St.ate by ot,;r than a State oli cor, who is under bond and limit r- ed. as to the hours of sale. le can o not sell it in the nighttime, and he can not sell it except in unbroken packages k -scaled packages-and those packages .. are not to be broken on the promises. 1. Now, the circuit judge comes along d and declares that, as the State recog . nizes the sale of liquor as legitimate, it i is not an exercise of the police power to restrict It in the way we have done, . add that therefore a citizen of any other State has a right to ship into thl State r In original packages and to sell it with r in the limitations that the State law ) imposes on its State olllcors. - The State has at this time something - like $300,000 invested In lieuor distrib , uted at the different dispensaries. The i Legislature will not meet until Jan i. uary. There is no power in the State o government to uspend the operation e of the vast machinery for the handling t of this product. and yet under the con ditions imposvdi by this docson any e outsider can come in and open a liquor - shop alongside of the State dispensary or anywhere else and sell at any price - he pleases, therefore resulting in groat dI Injury to the morals of the St,ate and to f t,he welfare of the communit.y, as well as loss in the expenses which wvill at t .tach by running the dispensaries under f -such circumstances. 3 There Is an erroneous impression abroad that the State entered upon this business for the p)rolit in it. That is not, true, and it is a mere aecondary fea ture of tho.law, which iP itself as remote in purp)ose from thus handling of the liquor as anywhere in any State in this Union. To those who claim that it is an Illegitimate business, that no decent person will go into it, and that the State ought not to go into it, I merely p)oint to the fact taat the United States government,has al ways dIerived,revenue f rom liquor. Nearly every State in the Union to-day heeonsus its sale, and Is in league wit,h the licensees, and creates a monopoly from whIch private persons who obtain the buswiness are allowed to sell for p'rolit, to be shared by it. ,1The opinion of thigcircuit judge that the State has not the right to limnit the .sale in this way, but, must license some private ind ividual to do0 It, Is, we think, contrary to the act, of Congress which -I have recited in the resolution. -iTherefore, for the relIef of South SCarolina and to puthor back on a plane a, with the other States, so that hier citi > z/ens in the exercise of their local giov - ernm,mt, may control this perunicious .trafle In their own way, I ask that then -Senate of the United States and Con gross shall take action. 3 Mr. Faulkner, of west Virginia, said fthat personally he concurred in the I views of the Senator, and was very r anxious to assIst him In getting the re - liot he seeks, and added :"I think the r local self-government of the peopie ;there reqiuires that, they should control this whole subject,. I very earnestly 13 suppIorted the wilson bill for the samei :1 reason. B3ut, I hope the Senator from - South Carolina will not embarrass thu resolution he has offered by the preamn y ble which is attached to It. 1 d10 not b feel justIliled In voting without, consid e oration for the declaration in the pro n amble that this decision of the judge of n the Foedoral court is judicial legislation. I thiak the facts ore sufliolently known '- as a matter of publie history for the resolution to stand on its own merits e without comnmitting any 'of us, without e an examination into the question, to q the declaration contained in the proam - ble. I sincerely hope the Benator froms South Carolina will be willing to sub .e mit the resolution on its merits without r- the p)reambie." d Mr. Tillman Bald he would substitu,i wr in place of the words "judielal legisla is ion" the wortls "judicial interpreta r- ion," and lei, it stand on its merits. ud Mr. B3acon, of Georgia, suggestet s; that there ought to be an amendmen to thaM part of the resolution whiol n-.limits, the invetatioun ..f th Ju.iQ 3usy! y to write very much. Our e place where you can al eap When we say cheap, by cheap names, and we leave it to the good people r the 'New York Racket hem or not. Our goods are so let our competitors weep t the good the New York iC people of this county. remember that our motto is II," we are Searnuest, ACKET STORES CLYIA & NAlLLY, Proprietors. e Surry offer. Some one all lF E E I ry Committee to the particular case of South Carolina. 'T'here ought to be a general law, and the investigation ought to be one which ran give relief, not only to South Carolina, but to any other State similarly situated. Mr. Tillman replied by saying that when the original-package decision of the United States Supreme Court was renlured, the appeal to this body and to Congress for relief came from the thou Senator from Iowa, Mr. Wilson; that it was recited in the report that that was the specific case which they desired to rumedy; that the act of Au gust 8, 18,10, know n as the Wilson Act, was passed in pursuance thereof, and that every nody except the judges who interpreted the law has considered that nt as covering the principle that local emif-govurnment, shall obtain absolutely mn managing liquor within the borders of a State. M r. Hoar, of Massachusetts, chair man of the Judiciary Committee, pro posed as ibstiLute omitting all the pre amble, and simply directing the Judici ary Cimmittee to consider and report, by bill or otherwise, what legislation, if any, is necessary to carry out the statute of 1890 relating to commerce between the States. Mr. Tiliman accepted the sub:stitute and it was agreed to. Too Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution makes the fol lowing comments upon the propused action under the resolution of Senator Tillman : ''Thu temperance elements all over the country are coming to tie sllpport of Seuator Tiliman in his desire to have light thrown on the question as to what logislation, if any, is necessary to give full efiect of the law which accords to uahii st,ate th0 right to legulai,e the 1liquor trullic within its borders. "People who have boon disposed to criticise the dispensary system anei itn author are with .im in the iLght which comfes as the a eouit of J udge Slionton's recent deision. Senato- Hoar is one of the strong supporters of the Tilinman position, and most of the members of the Senate believe with him that Judge Simonton's dIeision Is in the teet,h of the Wilson law, which wais made to fit the Iowa case some year.s ago and under the operations of wnich the Maine law is made effective. "'That inw was passod in 189)0 and gives, in as plain language as a law can to each State, the same power to regu late the sale of liquors that are broug ht into that Stato as the State has over liquors producod in tbe State, and the law adids that they 'shall not be ex empt therefrom by reason of being in troduaced thereIn in original p)ackages or other wlso.'g ".Judge Simionton bases his decision, as it Is mnderstood here, on the conton tioni that, t,he Sout,h Carolina law is not an exercise of the poijce p)ower of the S tatej. "T1hat it, is the intention of Congress to give absolute control of the liquor trahile to tile inijviduli States there can be rno doubt,, and if further legisia tionl is necessary to perfect existing law on tbat point, it will be enacted." --rThe fortress Gibralter is in many ways the most romarkable p)lace of its kind in thme world. The height of the rock is over 1,400 feet, and this st,upen dous precipice is pierced by 'miles of galluriestin the solid stone, port,-holes for cannon occurring at frequ,nt, in t:'rvals. Trhe rock is absolutely im pregnabile to the shot of the enemy and, by means of the great elevation, a plunging fire can be directed from an enormous height on a hostile fleet. A garrison of from 5,000 to 10,000 men is .constantly maintained, with pro visions and ammunition for a six months's siege. In 1779) the celebrated selge lasted three years, the fortress being successfully defended by 7,000 I1Cngish, while being attacked by an army of over 40,000 men ; 1,000 p)iecos of artillery, forty-seven sail, ten great floating batteries and a large number of small boats composed the attacking force. For months over 0,000 shells were thrown into t.he tower every day. -Every boy could tell some mighty mean tales on a good little boy next door, whom his mother holds up for a pattern, if it wasn't for impliciating himself. - -rhe new Shah of Persia is anxious - to op)en the country to international commerce, and favors the Introduct,ion of electricity and steam. t --The only experience that you can i fully comprehend is your own. That is wh.y the world 18. naloiw to inazA