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TRI-WEE KLY EDITIONt WIN NSBOROa Sa Ce O'rTOBER 10, 1895. ESTABL SHED 1844. "TILL DEATH THEM DO PART. MARRIAGE TIE INDISSOLUBE V S9UTH CAROLINA. Mr. H. Cowper Patton's Brilliant Ar. gument-Before the ConstitutiOnm. Convention Against the Grant ing or Recognition of Di vorce for any Cause. The following verbatim report oj 1dr. Patton's .iue effort before t*( Cons'tutional Convention when it wa decided to grant or recoguizo any irorr' iu the State, will be read Witi z,i:;re n1l ever South Carolina: Mr. President: Tne -roposition" k1 1 ILI 'ine:-i w Uuder consid raton opeu up three roads from which we MaI LK0 a choice. If we V.ite for the amen:le1 proposed by t e delegate from Aiken we establish dIivorces in South Carolina; if we ,.dop the proposition of the delegate frow Or,-agcburg we forever prohibit diroLces: i ne allow the committeu s recomRe;:(datin to U tad un am L one can tell where we stand. I am aware that the section as re poittd by the committee is in the ex -et ltnguage used upon the suibject by tLe jre:ent Czstitution. Inthe case, Low"--er. to which the gentleman from Char'estou referred, where our' Su e:e Court held that a foreign .di ve- under the facts of that case, vId not be recoguized in South Car iI, we hld that sectiou under con .d.ratio, I - was stroingly urged b,v pi couse , and I felt the f':ree of the ar.-met!;L, that while this sce i - di iot estailish divorces in South Carolina it rt cognized the iustitution hnd was a radicat change in the policy the Statc. Of course I at swered that this setion was the work of aliens who h . hIl conurol of the Stste in 181UA, ni tnt the repeal of all divorce laws -% in1X was an utter repudiation of thi.s id;la and an iudex to the real sen tiuent "f our people. Now if we re eUet this section it will lend double orce and weight to the argument that we shonld recognize foreigu divorces and will also encourage our Legisla ture to establish a divorce system in this Stfte. It is clear, therefore, that the see on t as reported by the committee .40tJd not stand. We Eliould settle thim-;iatter here and now. The two ndIM'-!veets that have been offered riaue the i.sue sharp Pndc:-ar. If we t us :Z-s'e- andput an end forever to IlII.oubt and speculatiun upon the kdow me to say, in the first ilace, taIt I a.n absolutely opposed to any system of divorce of what nature or kind sotvtr; and I beg to add that I am thoroughly satisfiedthat the public sentiment of the state is equally clear and fixed upon this subject. In t1e first place the press of the State, the accurate retlectors as well asmoniders of public sentiment, is al most unanimously against divorce. Of the daily papers only one, The State, favors divorce; and all of tbe weekly papers that I am acq1uainted with, both religionm and secular, are earnest in their protest against the cnactment of -such u law. The women of our State .Jo not want it,. andi the pultnt lifts its awful voice against a law that tends to weaken the obligation and destroy the hoysaeof matrimony-thtsltr remnant of Ednssacred pleasures. In the next viace the sentiment of ' our people has always opposed divorce. Up to 1868, when the present Consti taition, pleasantly referred to upon this tioor as "that radical rag," was forced upon our people by New Eug land carpet-baggers, each exhibmiting zu himself the pecnliar combination of "the Puritan and the blackleg," back ed by the ignorant negro votes, they biacked in turn by Federal bayonets T say up to this time, '"to the unfad ing~ honor of South Carolina," in the language of the Supreme Court of G'eorgia speaking upon the subject, no such thbing as dissolving the holy bonds of maatrim3onl had ever been known to the people of this State. And when a l'ew years later the intelligence of the State resumed its inevitable conttol, as if to emphasize the feeling of our peolie upon this question one of the first acts of the Legislature was to wipe from the statute books this degrading law. Since that tirte at each session of the General Assembly, with hardly an exceptio:n, some member, nerved by the hardship of some isolated case, has introduced a law providing for a divorce only to have it overwhelm ingly repudiated by the almost unani mous vote of that body. If, therefore, any matter can be set thed by the evi. .:nce I think I can safely affirm that divorce laws have ever been and are to-day strongly ob noxious to the overwhelming senti ment of the people of South Carolina. But, MIr. President, the delegate from Aiken (MIr. Henderson) says-an says it as if he eixpected us to apologize for denying it-that this is "mere senti ment." Well, sir, and is sentiment a thing to be ridiculed or disregarded? What is sentiment, I beg to inquire, but the spontaneous products of those noble impulses and feelings implanted in our bosoms by an all-wise Creator for our guidance in this world and our ultimate redemp'tion in the nest? E:radicate from the hearts of the peo ple all social and moral sentiment and leave then- to the direction of a cold and~ calculating intellect. swayed by the promptiLga of schih and sinful natures, and this w~orld would speedily stik to the level or the b ottomiless pit eath. So that I repeat it. sir, and it as being a matter of the ut ortnce in this discussion. that tJ( stIfimiellt of the people of South Carolina is triong and fixed lagainst livorce. I would not b)e understoods howevei; as urging that this is conclusive of the matter. There are times-and in such a case I myself should not hesitate to act, when it is the duty of one who sits in a representative capacity to vote contrary to what he believes to be the wishes of his constituents. But tho cA;e must be clear; his conviction must be strong--nay, must be absolute -before lie can justify sn h a .tep. Therefore I assert that the burdlen of proof lies Nesr.y and strong upon those gentlemoen who h-re seek to overthrow 'r aittr the ancient or established in stitu"Itions (if our State. It must not beaattr of experinfent; their proof Le beyond a shadow of a doubt; their ar-uinent niust briiig absolute covictiolu. Again,. Mr. President, experience is a great mattcr. What dos our expe rience in South Carolina, and what does our observation of conditions in other States teach us? Can the distin guish-d gentleinan from Aiken point us to a Statt-, where the marital rela ticus are more sacre.lly observed and the institution mure jealously guarded -not by the ltw, i refer to the people -than in South Carolina? Is it Geor gh, or ' Norlth Carolina, or 'Now York, or South Da-k(ita, or!, xol save the mark. Ohiribomra? Does he wish to see "divorce trair," as tht y are playfully termed, ruu ting into Smith Carolina, crowdtil .ith men andk women who have coucUled that they prefer some other matiironiai ixture, and desire the "lcase for a term" that they have entered into annulled? Is this the state of ai'airs that h'd wishes to estab lish in South Caroliua? Or, since the e-natent of sch a law would require our Courts to recoguize the divorces grauted 'a other States, does he wish to See i citizen of this State leave for Olahoina and, after having establish Cd a ninety davK "residence" and ob tained a tivorco from the wife here, sniliig1 return with his new wife, rea.y for a rew trial at matrimony? Dut, 'Ir. President, I am reminded by the gentleman that he proposes to ! runt divorces. for adultery alone. And so be does. But he bid scarcely taken his seat ,%hen the eloquent young gentleman from Charleston (11r. Far row) comes up serenely with a propo sition that cruelty, desertion and what I not are alo grounds. "Obtat prin cipies" is a mighty safe motto. Who will undertake to say where the thing will stop. Every argument used by the gentleman from Aiken, except the Biblical ::rgument, which I shall pres ently show amounts to nothing, ap i plies with equal force to divorces for Mr. ederson: But if public sen timert is as strong here as you have stated, why not grant divorce for adul tery, and trust to I ublic sentiment to prevent its going further? Mr. Patton: Because I don't want you to debauch public sentiment. Human nature is weak at best; and once we have surrendered our high position in this matter we are apt to follow the custom to its proper and legitimate conclusion. Our law is that marriage is absolutely indissolu ble, the man and woman, following the words of the great establisher of the institution, also adopted by the common law of England, being "no longer twain but one flesh." If we are to surrender this theory, then I agree with the gentleman from Char lestmn that it may be dissolved for do sertion, cruelty or any of the causes that he suggests. A~ n ths,Mr. Pr-sjident. brings me to~ my m-x\t point that the South Carolina theory of I :'a rra.r- thi irr---t on'-. The r'-f-re:ne toth 'ile just given shows thiu. Can any onei dout that thre marriage of our great lirs~t parnts in Eden was estalyished until deathi -hould part them- The New Te-sta meni-t writ--rs delare' the fac-t, arnd 3ilton beautifully desceribeis howv Adam was niot de I eived, hit seeing that Eve had violated the -ommar~nd of (God and was doomed to banish mrent from Edi-~n andri perhaps dheath, himself Ideliberrit-lv ate oA the forbidden fruit.hbring ing I ;miishinenit from Elden and "death and all of~ wvo" upon himself and his posterity rather than he separated1 from her who was of his fllsh-his wife. Ae-rording to the mnodern ide-a, vn application to the Creator for a divor-ie and the surrender oft another rib for a nrewv wife would have been the pre per thing: But the gentleman from Aikeni inisSts that thec Bible apiproves divorce, or at any rate renogniizes it. and hre '-ites Scripture to' show it. I shall not retort upon him with tire fa miliar quotation from Shakespeare, but I deny that our Saviour in any way lends countenance to divorce. Isollike to verify my references if any Tetmnt o' al4pak at once, gentle men: In the absence of the text, then, I shall bie compelled to trust to my memory, but Gen. Hemphill, whro is a good seceder, will correct me if I err. I assert, then, that the Old Testament nowhere approves di vorce, and that our Saviour did not approve it. His declaration on the subject was that "-Moses, on account of the hardness of their hearts, permitted the Jews to 'put away' their wives." And all the other references to it in the New Testament show plainly that it was not approved, but merely permitted as a social regulation suitable to the times and circumstances in which it existed. But the gentleman f rom Aiken insists that South (aroiua is."putim: lierself above the Bible" n thris prestion. Let us examine the matter. Grant that the- Old Testament did permit divuoe in~ ;i limirt'd forms to the Jew. DrI it not also permhit polygamy? he-aus- we- d riot illow plgamny? Did it n-ot nrint th'- paren -'to pmO to derath a dilSO b-drent --rild? Are-w iPttint ourrslvr-s abov the liA-- br--au-' t'--do not? Did it 'rnot rdi-ety advo--nt'- .iiv-ry? Are the New -l iand ad W---'n inriai's from w-hem wgtteepranilu div-'r.-- n-.t1ins put tng i'mi-rr -b-------ih- liible i~n ab olish in: th ..- ri.itutiony st'iT and i r it: H-ow% jae 31.,eiet hw utrl ui-e is ran .... -. uari. upno -uoh a foundation. Hl.n w-a the cau- tius r-1,iires the sup th.ll1 e -a re -hmns- of ti-- Jews -.r-- a. -V w.:r h.t a ipteid annd necer-s ar -, t i 'flrn :t an-. i n'--ds of a w-id, n* a-- in - - r----. '-nmr;:-int: fromi -vrv.y t:naade~ t'"s-tiT-nekedh i r est eiv;hzati)n 1nown -1 1, " e -id n reogniz*el divrce. Fr'nt her f-aetiw up to the year 1:54 n hn the 11'.'1 thr, were ctablinhl. .he W lw ( wland tra- the el'SiL-t law 0 ha.- w'h South (Caroulina toaya. A- i a nEingli-h eej the commI)on haw beam,. e our IlLw%. :i il ply romains today u14hang.e41. S : atl rl litia haL. not " put'her---d Iblv ,t h,rna She ;as firnl'e niain-taint-d1 h--r anci-iit latw4 whiie the oth.-r tite havo s hn no0ti her. Wht zhould she- de:-eii to their lovi-l? u 3I Presidenit; the gent ma n frin Charleston. in g, lwing 1eri -is that ohartne the earif they dii not ecnvince the julg ment; has warn(e us that it is vain t.r Sith Carf.lina to unierraike tee r:-st the divrei'e. inovelient: Ie tells us that it has swcro over the worbt ail that publi- sent it-n elsewliere' mnore ani miore stronmlY approve it. He says that it is wr I *nil fuil''or peolle to IndIertakeo to resi-t uh :. noVe nfient of this sort. heeau--e it is 'Gd tl ireettd. Mr. President. I deoay it. With Il u.e ener gy of my nature I deny it . I deiny that the lax notions vf the ohliga;ti,i)-1 of the ihar riage vow- in some of the Nortlhrnt alil Western States are "Got lirelte. I wil tever belicvtl that t1eonld dir,etel or 4-cvitem-iii plated eithl ting bet aw a fingnthm-i atw ful disappoititntmient th pi.toe of a inal with hliIf a dozei Hing wiVe or a ijft With half I doz.eI livin" h111 d-mllids. I denv that the I)ivtre C,iurts ,* St-atl bzakota*tnid OkhihoMa, th ,I latest at.ll ma.s typical develeniiit and prmdtet of thi: mnvveirent with their nie.ty ays -rest. duence" and div-ie "whl -ou wit'' fot ftiv trivial ae-iis,-, upon pierjierel te-tirtioney G direoted." I asert that Ift lok upon the whole' vile scene with j flere du,ger. mnolifl,,ie only by Oit- pitiful e piI son, that. it spite of all. 11 still holtds fr His poer fallen ereaturts. Alt. Mr. Presi dent, the injStitlti)nj of marriage ji I it Gar dItni of Eden was fGod direted." but no that in the Territory of Oklahoma. And now.sir. why mneinako this rash experi inent? Why venture upon this strmt y e that has wreiked tte homls ef so inien famlies and the social institutions o)f sv ian:i 8tates? Any oue who reads the curret lit nrature4of the day knows that the (tuenirm. 'nereaseof divoroes is one of the most tp palling sooial problemis of the day. Wi.% take it on ourselves? Surely we h.V0 enougl to deal with now. That eases, numero. cases. if individual hardship o-eiir I Will ito pretend to deny. but that these woul-l w blu little benelitted. and that others much hiarde and much more numerous wouldl sprin- uj I peremptorally assert. The war swop iWav almost all that was pr4et*ins i Souti? 1jar6linas exeept the social systei. That wi have retained inta,-t. except lrin-g a brie period already mentiouel from 1 to I87s when Mr. Farrow's "God-dire.ted-t mnijve ment" struck us. The sentiment of our people (lemni1. ndts it experience justifies it; teal soures of ou law are authority for it, and the great Estal.. lisher of our marriage sanctions it. Let UE resist the eneronehmae1-nts of tnoderen degen eraiy and stand faL%t by ouer ancient laws I tet narriage be, a< it h:-- evb been in Souti CUrolina, a solemni1 and saored ui.n of on( Inan and one woman for life. to the exlxv sion of all otheis; "an honorable estate, in stituted of God i: the time of mali's inuo I cenevy, siifyi:., u lito us the i vetical u1nio, that is ee,twi':t Cl.ri. aad Hi- Church; wbiel boly estate Chii-t adorned and beautifie< with His pret ele sill l l' mira-Le that H( wrought in CnI:IL if Galil-';-ind i- commend ed of St. Paul tol te lonorable of all men and therefore is not by an,y to be enteret into inadvisedly or hghtly. but reverently discreetly. advizedly. soberly and in the fea of God;- where the Itan attdt th.. win.a tak nach the otivr for ietter or for wkr., . fo which, forever, in sitkness :nel in health. t( I love and to cherish. till death tiem-Il do parr according to God's holy ordinance'. AT THE EXPOITION. The Foreigu Section of the ExpositIor Formally Opened. The foreign section of the Atlanta Eaposi tion was formally opened on Saturday at th< Manufactures and Liberal Arts iilding b: Mr. A. Iacchi. commissi,.ner for Europe The invitations had been iSsued to tho (i1re.t ors and offleers of the Expoe.sitioni and otheo. dignitaries. and a large crowdwc assembllle,d te witness the exercises. Vie-Presidenat Hem p hill, chairman of the cotittte" on eere Imonies. opened tihe excereises by: itntr eduini Commissioner General Maechi. w;hi ehliveer' Ia speech of great interest. H-- said that ona: seven months ago he began thet we:-:k ie Lon don. At once lie sent special eeommtissierci to each of the imp4ortanut counihtries oef Eu rope. At the same time a royail cfiiisim representing the Exhposition ini Tasmlanili another comnmission rcepresetnting tie exii at Bordeautx and aneothetr rep~re's:'tinlg th Amsterdam Expcositioni.ill well suipplied tviti funds, were canvaissinig Euireope f:r exhits He began work for the Co.tt en State's andi InI ternattiocnal Expositio;n atnd s'enredl ieear[: ten times as tmay 'exhibits ats the otier thire put together. The display .Its-f show th exhibits to be of the hitght'" I chra--t'r. "Toi day.'' said he. "e'verybodylc eet the hll-' cf th globct knows where Atlanta is. Te tiam' c Atlanta has bceen printeed itt lerg- Le'ttcr every newspaper in the worl c iid in cver language known. All thev.woerid ha:i tuerni its eyes on Atlanta, tind youir grewin;: eit and State have been the subject eef disea'si at millions of firesiee. You ha l:ve elemin few months what it has tak'en other c itie years to acehieve. This Exjpositioi wii a the mile stone of pro-:rcss in thtis Smi--. W\ have here peole fromt all parts tof the w crM living on the best termus. mtei tIc his Ex oit will b)e the means of tighitcingii he bond:I ac o friendshipe among the prIe of c het h e:i phers. hisis the ntt:st .:ratifyil;: resel whc Iol be de"siredC. Mr. Maehi then formailly' peres-!ltce lth foreign exhibeits to the dli rccticr pta' a-:t. 3Mr Collier, the presidcet anet dlir-e'icr .':icral resondedlin a brief' bti hlai;-y sec Amn ter thiung.s lie said, a ftert e':ij::. at tention to tihe interinationial e'ibara. :r l thl displtay: "TIhere i.s ito just tie cif the p roe gress of the world whitehl do:-s5 tett ini grati tudce andi hoino.r reeccgni:e tie ft theat the eivilIiz'ation wecihiich helas glore t is I h::t i phere was broughtec)ii~t frotm te t'c -c me *while we becliev'e that am her. :niett d estinty ef mantf hats been: r--.:-ah-t hre w' still turnu to the taniquic bow. c f or :e--: t ors,dtii a light a:e! eei.i i ie ihe w e'ork ocf otur distant :<idei. The i hart brouight to us beauteoeus spte--imen of ee i c raft and htave tempered. insm 'd:: itisular opinion theat the mtPe ind e andt!:! man aire nocwhere perod--n- r'e1'' o: palrabtle to those whti'h ih"y r.valt.,u er our own elimtte. 'They hav'ee doelt mar: They havi~e brouight aL 'csIer firi'eehip cn kindled a kindler fecling bce I - e natin whieb. thojugh far apeart. er e woriu: to gether for a 'ommon101 aim.'' Mr. ('oIlier th:'n feam-iy ~.i-e ! t-i LEtropea~on e'xhiblits. C' inmrtissioneer Geetrii No-'h Ie:u t the pa'rty theoughh the ire-h--e .': Frenachl spce'ial a''t. de:n- b; b Govcternmient to r'ercs-:ut ioai : eutry. dr. Saulay ix i :t 1 - ii hL\Expositio and hell eet :w : r- :. the I'\Ep ition hey e-min:: -.i i : to attend the op eningie exe poert on thle LcEottieon. A~ -- *a - ed the exerei-s The exarcee of Ten:-i--ii the largest crowd"iwhi h tie EI. ye en. A large pa;rtyr.'' d Nashvill'. head:' e b tbie r-t Tennesse" Centennial. La: i .r:'M. c'ame fro:n Knexveill' M--mphi a' i". tanoeogli. andl ane enthusi t-' -. p a.e pretparedl for themr le''y i Tn-~ i: lental.1 The'eci' sls-! retr heours. in the Audcit--ium. bl::n.t: d ay' in sight-eeein . ITic'e e.e-h- -- .0 camel out v'ery' li. erl!v in honra~T nesse'e, ande the torneeIeeti-at2'.h- o tmore adissiltlonse thanet - an I hr day.i .33ASSACUsETTS 13EMOCRATS. 'the Platforni Endorses the Adminis tration, and Declares for Sound Money. The 3Iassachusetts Democratic State Con vention was held in Worcester on Wednes day. Following is that part of the platform touching upon national politics: "The Democrats of 31assachusettzj in con vention assembled, again declare their ille giance to the principles of government formulated by Thomas Jefferson and illus trated by a loug line of distinguished su cessors from Madison to Cleveland. We commenl the present administration for its dignified, energetic and. patriotic manage ment of our foreign affairs, for the econo mies and reforms efftected in the various b. anches of the Federal service and for the many improvements in the civil service, particularly the recent order affecting the consular service. We congratulate the manufacturing interests of Massachusetts on the successful opezation of the present tariff. While we renew our rcgret tbat the full advantages of the billh as it came from the House, were not realized, the placing of im oortant raw materials of manufacture on the free list has already produced beneicial results. "We call attention to the marked increaso in the exports of our manufactured goods as an index of the enlargement of cur foreign commerce which, under the reduced duties, will furnish a sufficient revenue for the le gitimate needs of the governmeot. Under the operation of the present tariff law this country will take that )la(e among the greatest manufacturing nations of the world to which it is entitled by virtue of its varied re:ources. its abundant capital. its inventivo gnius and its skilled labor. We, therofore, denounce the efforts of the lepublieau party to re-cpen the tariff question for the purpose of restoring the abominations of the McKiinley net. "We demai;.d the exist'ag gold standard of value and that the governtnent shall keep all its obligAtions at all times redeemable in *We oppose the free eoina;;e of silver and any further purchase of silver bullion on g4)veriimeit account. "We re-affirm the demands of our platform of last year that the governmient shall not carry oin a banking business; that the untax ed rotes of State or national banks shall bo the only eredit currency and that the govern i:nt shall, with the development of a hank in;: systrm adequate to thedemands of tradlf, r.:tir: :s rapidly as possible all United States paner money. "Wo- recommend that the administration formulate and present to the next Congress a measure calfulated to secure these results. 11-lnding a return to these sound principles of liuantc from which the country has de parted under Republican rule, we favor the grant to the Secretary of the Treasury of the power to negotiate short loans for the pur pose of maintaining a sufficient gold reserve anti ensuring the parity of all our different forms of currency and an increase in the gold reserve. "We tender to President Cleveland and - Secretary Carlisle the thanks of the Demogra tic party of Massachusetts for their patriotic efforts to protect the public credit under the adveise conditions brought about by Repub likan mis-rule,and we congratulate the coun try on the marked revival of business confl den(c and prosperity which has followed their action." George F. Williams was unanimously nom inated for Governor. CONDITION OF DUSINESS. DUn & Co.'s Weekly Review. A Hope ful Spirit Reflected. It. G. Dun & Co.. in their weekly review of trade for the past week say: Commercial failures in the third quarter of 1S05 were 2. 792 with liabilities of i$32.167.179. averaging :11.521 per firm against $10.028 last year. abc,lut 15 per cent. moie. The rate of com mercial mortality, 234 failures in a quarter I for every 1.000 jirms in business, is iower than last year and the proportion of default ed liabilities to the solvent. represeuted by pan..ts through elearing house, is but I2.49? per 61.000 against 2.77 last year. Ifighly imp,iortant compi;arisonis of priees tis~ week how,. about S::pteaber 30l, the low est ran"e :cier know'. for whl's:'' pri'es of all commodities. uotw'ithstanK'ing advanes~ since Mairch of 20 per cent, in e.ft ton "oods, 40 p.r ent. ini boots and Aws am in53 pe'r cent. in 'ron arid steel r.t'wits., while in woolen goods there has been se.ar e I'v iny advnce and in all food P>roducts, t~akia together, 'fall of 17 per eeni. Rc ort- from' oter eities at the end of the q1uair:er are highly cheeringini facets recorded, andi reflee4t a1 h'opeful sirlit. B-yond qiues tion, the' q1uarter ha'; showvn astonislhing i:n provem n t inu some branches, and retail dis tribtution has generailly been gtood, though not omnmensuralte w.ith speculative wvhole sa!e p'urchase s as psrices were risin;t. Htene there is ai mairked decrease in buyin", which som bt.i rainces of 'ndu"try begin to feelI. ThIi' money mar"ket is s;trong'-r wvith he-avy demandstl from the interior. All feaurs of gu>ll ex'ports ha ve eensed. Fai;u re's in threeJ diay. havuelbein 207 in the United $tate's against 219 last yeari and 41 in Canada against 40 last year. THEl LIQUOR QUESTION.. (GladstIone 'I hinks the Sean<linavianas ( ome Nearest a Solition. SIr G!ad''stone has written a letter to the i'emtp'ran'i"''ongress in sessionl at JiiiLodo in --Whl prof. undly senible of the inmmense im' portam-ie of the liquotr gewationi. 1 ennnot p Iret' I l hat I have mnasteredl its dillinulti's. Iseit clearly in cer'taini of its a- -ets b'ut as a wvholet it l-alTIes nr'. I haiv' -, doube t that the lo)tal opttion prini.-iil'' is ;o ad but'' theymst hi' of veryv sa-:Hin'' t : o:n''it who believe that it is suffi'eb'ut t>ipseof the' entire quie'stion. T1hie m'thi I. i'f ;'ht salt of liquor for publ'li :arount mot :vita:zs and. if adlopted hi'ro omcht tob aitedi in its best form. TIh. plan o ;-!ia:- txaion wa:s ;unfortuniatily r.-'fe' d atir Iri"l in ('reat Britain. Of tht s -hi''a , 'im n -hitatilon, ly redu''in:: the number h.....I have I, poor ol-inioni." IOTS IN C'ONSTrANTfINOP'LE. Sixty~ Turks and Armteians lKilledl 3iond ay, ad SO Armenians Slaught.. ered Tuesday Night S ''ritarr Oln.ey has rec!eivedl the folbowing pac rom 3Minister Terrel: C'ossnrA u:,I' Oct. 2, 1S25. - rtr Olney, Wiashin gton: 4' 'ity .-"veral hundredl Armenians .-1-dtn thte Porte. profcss'dly to :,k - 'f rgi'2vanCes'. The p'atriairh tried 'tit. A cou flict occurred be'.tween -- .\lm'ium,and the poJiice. Probablye ty..tv Trks and Armenians were kill n tahirs a Turkish major, andmnarny oiUdted. The Armenians carriedI pis "rdiay several more were kii.'.. - tthere were eig'nty killed. Se weral uve btreen imr:soned. The Poerte eftim. demonstration whic:h it ai.- . rganizedl by leaders of the --revolutionists, whom they have .ttch terror e.x.ists. I think the Ibe able to restrain fanaticism. Weekly Cotto-n Statement. r' rar H 1-ster's .ew Orleans wee:kly cttoni -.stt-meut sh':ws the amount brou::h1 it'. 5i::ht 1 tirin-g tie week to bte 300,S65 baler a:aiwt :315.031; for the same pteriotd last vear 24.1l2 year h'b'for' last and 222.170 in 1592 Th'' t.eti muov'im'ut sine-' S"ptembier 1-733, 90, a-rain;st x97.005 i'st yt'ar. '3.394 yea WA81HIN GTON LrETrERd. Will Public Opiuio ar che Politicians Control the Next Congress. The Liberty Bell, fny Our eaular Correspondent.i Will public opinion ar the politicians con trol the action of Congress at the coming session? In view of recent opinions express ed by politicians this question is both perti nent and important. If the politicans have their way the public demand, which is well nigh general. regardless of politics. that Con gress shall do something for the betterment of the country's 1inances and for the preven, tion of the issue of more bonds forthe money sharks. will be ignored, and CongressionS legislation be virtually conOned to the regu. lar appropriation bills. The argument o the politicians is that it will be impossible for Congrcss to pass auy flnancial legislation, because a bill that the R--publican House would pass could not get through the Sen ate, which will Ue controlled by neither party, owing to next year's Presidential campaign and the cons'_'nQ:t drawing of party lines on all iinporLant legislation. To accept that argument Is to declare to the world that patriotism has been driven out of Congress by partisanship, and that the fear of a loss of votes in the Presidential election oitweighs the demands of the people at large for Ilnancial legislation. The great mass of the peop;e do not care a snap - partisan ship, although mo-t men are for one or another reason conneAled with a political party and during an exciting campaign be come partisans to a certain extent. But when there is no campaign, on the masses are far more interested in earning a living than in partisanship. They have learned to their cost that our present system of finance imposes unnecessary burdens upon the earn ing of that livelihood. They want those burdens removedl, and are not likely to be satisf5ed with the politicians excuse-that Congress cannot legislate because of parti sanship. Next year there will be another Congress elected as well as a President. That fact should not escape the politicians minds. Although some of the members of the Sons of the Revolution, the Sons of the American rvolution and the Daughters of the Am-ri I can Revolution are inclined to be fussy and 0big-headed and to make monkeys of thein selves upon occamion, as a whole those or ganizations are doing the country good, particularly in the work they are doing to wards increasing and fostering patriotism in our schools, a field which had been, especial ly in our large cities, largely neglected be fore it was taken up by these organizations, and which is bound to have an important bearing upon the future of our country. These remarks are occasioned by the pres ence of the Liberty Bell, which was allowed t) remain in Washington two hours, after which it resumed its journey from Philadel phia to Atlanta, where it is to be one of the exhibits at the exposition. A great out-door public reception, under the auspices of the members of the three societies named and participated in by officials, citizens and school children, was held in honor of the bell. The Marine Band furnished the music, and the guard of honor for the historic relic was made up from members of the High School cadets. It is well that all of us should occasionally stop in our mad rush and brush up our patriotism a little. It's a thing that no people can ha-e too much of. GREENHALGE NO3MINATED. MIassachusetts Republicans Declare For Gold and Protection.. The Republican State Convention at Bostor on Saturday nominated Governor Frederick T. Greenhalge for G3vernor and Roger Wol cott, of Boston. for Lieutenaint-Governor. The American Protective Association ele ment en.st 39J1 votes for 3Iorse~ against 1.363 for Greenhalge. The latter's nomination was then made. unanimu. The ptlatform pledg.s the- party to protec tion for Amricran induaste.- decilares for sound and honiest mon'y 'nil opp'ose- free silver coinIage at ay ratio not etabliishe d by national governmtent. T he 3o roe doc trine shoulijti be miaintai ned. t'mperte!y and resoit''ly. Imimigrat''n shtotbi ne restriefted to the~ int"!!igent ail selfc-su .t rJan prize lghtinmg is den.noncd andl laws t olpre-vent ii are~ demnandled. Thet limi f. rma also say-: "]Mdigious and ra-.' par!!isnsip hasi for man' vears bee .,: ,a.ir.:,t in th1e D)'n iwratil' ;'art:. Jin MI:ssat'i,':Wi:-. ha, w- a' n''it that sntiitmnt of pur' Amierzi.anism. which ought in couinte'r irrhitton al m:ta:.oniism. W'e deplo'r'- the' exisen.''inaplimis 'of siu'h in flamning ,aol 'estr:;iiging hit'u . W'' I "' iv' that 'huri-h andit stait' :-h'l.i he. s''parat' and indepernil tin factras ll in hery: lt'hazt ethr shouhl ainvad t thte Iacin.-e f .h cther nd thv: sTahe: annil"n the price be""rie and f'o;re tt.en nraptr ot id and ira".i"ltdevs: are o:reinre tlo then Fes Entertaindrtaltat e resen SThiiie im''ter Gaa rn i itacomer i ti!- 'itytl": mLThe advanIen in theidprice or lanin haS resualty inatisfanery butin Where fll' rtes e'ae sltrantly and h trni -tin a;v~ret xtemhely limhee sucher wTe, filing:r is wide'tpread tt o th presn iuatinit n ti ierttein marketaneu "indm that 1 the avan'e th ratens tat aIhd- e o s imint he alead for"Inia i"enerat unilsatsaty but tere ha'-lvei ee tsonay thepractios ad eiaed by favhies. rwee elr woe wlin ats Aep rI ai ow f itrs. The Andiana Eoiti orin mkes node f swiing the eibits are iadvanpe athetesa .ports tof the lcoms.itth ons aulready be:a. for sow b art trm htfls rates ane from eer, ararery able~nti to pland the ee martofe by heres. unrd o om inoteriate,seAre tow behdFor 75isits to P!the rAt.ataExosition.toruh fTre ofAtlanta. Exoition failis are indeu quagte d5ezi'oits are ghapen and the eaty comort of iitor suc xrsassai theprte nowthe comiteeon publiecos WEIRING THE R which means the deCadence or w rrTJt'HAI shirt-waist for cold weather., The full skirt has fought its way to & R EVOLUrION SAID To BE 11- popularity, where it is likely to bol( PENDING IN COIFFICH ES. its own for a time yet at least, and th pouched front bodice was found to be Less Siplicity and More Crimps so enerally becoming as to be trans ferred from the filmy gowns cf Sun. Than Ever-Coan-e in Antu- mer to the wool fabric of fall. nal Costumnes-Styles l While some of the new dresses show Fall )illinery. long shoulder seams, it is safe to say that more of them do not. It is difi T is stated by one who knows, cult, indeed, to force upon the women that we are to have a revolution of the present day a fashion so uncom in the styles of wearing the hair. fortable and so annoying. And even The disadvantage of .the incom- though it may obtain for a time . ing styles is that they are apt to in- foothold, it certainly cannot last. and augurate an era cf false hair, as the it is folly to make dresses in that way. component parts of which th- new Besides, all of the straight-shouldered coiffure ie composed may all be effect is very easily produced boy the bought individually and adjusted. flat trimmings that are applied and The implements are a toothei crimp- that project over the sleeve tops. ing iron, a wire frame and some extra The fancy for the full-fronted hair, if a woman has an insiiffient waists seems to be growing, but in a amount to produce the necessary rather conservative way. The style is abundant effect. unbecoming to many people, and American women wear less false must. f'r this reason, b. Used with hair, proportionately, than the women caution. One idea is to have the of any other countiy. English women sides and back of the waist close-fit of all classes load their heads with ting and sew the material into the false "fringes," switches and bangs. second dart, then leave the rest loose The hair problem is a very serious from the neck. Properly managed, NEW STLES IN HAIRDRESSING. one to the average British- woman. In this gives the best efleet of any of te to arratgement~of-her hair she is al. styles where the full front is made most as helpless as hir Japanese sis. with the material. Of course, in tho ters. If her maid cannot dr:ss her extra pieces that are applied; the al hair she calls in a professional hair lowance for the fall from the collar to dresser. On all festal occasioas her the belt and the overlay is something hair must be elaborately dr!ssed. like three or four inches. Mrs. Bay3,rd, wife of our American There will be a revival of the tailoc Mini3ter, tells the most pathetic story made costume in hon.espun, tweed c. of how she had to arise one mornin- covert cloth, perfectly fitted, with at 5 to meet an engagement with a handsome buttons as the sole trim hair-dresser, as it was the only hour min-. that he could give her <uring the day. The function was her presentation to SMES IN 3LLMERY. the Queen of England, and naturally Fall styles in millinery are pleing her looks had to be arranged accord- irom the brightness of color displayed. ig to the canons of the country. Some of the pattern hats, says the The day of severely simple coiff ares New York Press, are made almost en. is past. The new order of things has tirely of flowers, great poppies, pan its advantages, as well as its disad- sies, orchids or roses. Foliage is vantages. At least we will be relieved largely used for trimming. In the, from seeing the- round faced girl with~ illustration on this page the crown of parted hair drawn down over her ears after the Madonna mode. Pretty girls have disfigured themselves try.ing to carry out a classical arrangement os the hair when it was diametrically op posed to the contour of their faces. and heads. The hair will be crimped, if possi ble, more than ever ; and it will be ~ -~- ) loosely drawn back from the temples, not down over the ears, as it was last season. The top of the ear is no longer covered; the hair must be . placed back of it. Doubtless a great many false waves will be worn. T1hey are cleverly attached to a small como, - which is put in back of the front hair, which is worn in soft curls on the brow. The hair continues to be dressed on the crown of the heal, out the arrangement is more elaborate. ISoft, natural looking waves of h air are made by rolling it over large soft Ikid curlers, rolling from the top~ of the curl toward the end. The hairt should be wet and left on the rolls over night. If that is not done, piuch the eurls with a hot irou. Eaoaeesin skirts seems to be C the omig orer f ting.. 3anyA rFALL HAT. acuntistobl theront ra nd kii r'.e the ha t is of dark green velvet, slightly nmte irabltgong more anid ure~ ,nfred with a ban-1 of the velvet. The in therditreto of, atri sr le '~Ilowers are very striking. They are andi faniuo aiou sorts. th arse't- ma:le withs a ruching of green vorie fshio isto pen he eem tffeta, shot with rose col's for the als. The centre ones arc yellow nowers, which resemble suntiowers -- slig~htly. On the left side of the c. rown in front is a yellow feather igvretteat. : t wo black ostrich feathers, - - ".tened by a bragsbuckle. On the muore ostrich feathers. / N. Another "fetching" hat shown by a "~ / ~ Fi h aveinue milliner is of fine black ~~ straw, with wide brim an~d low crown, ~ .ii,,~ "' - surruded by a thick~ wreath of - ~ \IC):ored dahlias, from which springs - an'other wreath or crowa of black ~ y/i~ . ~~\ '"" iber tips which entirely surroun. ~~&+ ~/~ ~ - '\ e-rown, somewhat in wild Indian ' I --hion. Uu:lerneath the brimi at the ..,j'iJIi bac another dahlia is placed which - j'~6'/ \ alls over the hair. 9.~/ -7 '~ L Ha are larger this season than in --tv ~L--4 ~ 7-' th sammer, but for faces which can ~ not stand a wide brim some .pietty , NLEET sTL oF a FALL CoMCt - . toques are made. One which is _________________________ - .-vecially effective for such a- face this an set in either folds p)odi'er' a:enth is of y-ellow straw which is contasting material, in quialiti's i'ht madoe into inches to form the brim; su et el.a)oratees byu th.or r- eo ether side are arranged three corn nes. :aes of t wo -hadesof *i!ue, together The skirt and. waist are irimma to wita a pair of brown MIercury wings. natcb, and for street co-tuwes : s Oa either i-ide at the back 's a rosetto -ie on th a of .,.,:-- .' o o- b+'r.own and blue shot n4Ii rihhar.