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YEIION. WINN. SBORO, S. C., NOVE MBER 11, 1895.ETALSED14 IHE SPEE6H OF HIS LIFER SENATOR TILLMAN'S ANSWER TO $ENATOR IRBY. A ost ReiarkaN1e Speech Which Will * e IRec1 With1 lutcre"st. In t^ - re h thi?debat on the ivr:::: " :.'-rr: .imin rc..o" 'w ih I: i'rin-' .\titrt tigi- l'ttt'.neti up uu beg:a to-;"ak f o1)vw naking in th' tw i .i :t hlif -I rs>00e- 1r i ' t :h s '.'" , i, lif'. tr.P t--n ' ie Con ntiin - T 'r;- . '... ':'nditit ti . tir n i-n =1v'"i-' . a t' I't .nt r" ' ' .r"!m l"tcit "i s thi'it - - o.:,,!k-t warrants. I - "l I:- i in a l thytial vay to i'_1i'.'QmI?nij vh: ! hll] undi"rtakC'. ai . jiiply 1" i.. 1 1 ca- . It has -t -Il II that ta m-tak-us issue. -: ;- t this atlion 'f thi V.:'' in deali:ng with r is ' will t: au 'tpl in tIr history. I tY g-.: luht r ai-l -a th:+" th1 unestion of "r:t-' and:.1 it.. r"=gII :i on '"- ith' .:'1' caus" .r i:'ing hr'. h " p:rity, hap'i :-n rl rgr-ot -.- i pi.' i'.d depends ," 'lui ijtu. i T ve-rY hi- -if the State i--vdin tha W. dem or unavisdom of a -ti"n. .hy do I':y this? 'hen the th*ro. w u down in battlo and the t ' * the "ij.'n t.'!iederacy was laid t- grav" ftr til- l St -i-is., when ve had -ggl'.t for f-:r yc:are with bravery and a rioti :tlt -t any pa:alk:i for the :ight "-f:v \.rlintt,i ,ani itr ---ur rights under to:';tit'i=n!. ', w- \ '-o-- ived and un o:r si the. w! "n.:-un. to pas'' rresideat dk fn ap 'oIn-'d a iro"isionai governor %! r":d a C'.itutlnal ":oinv:ention to Il:dt':'l '. itippre the way for South Uiaf.r---...thr '" Union. That'eon :i n a .et s-1.- and adontted a cnstitu f. Under it the Iegislature was elected. Sblack "oa >f whibh we have heard so th. was a part 'f that l-"'la.ture. What I- yb iid as to that black code it was Sprt-;u-: bat th1'v. wantd to degrade Tt h lowsit !t!v4 posS ilie and they read at bae atn instn:mnt which the rt fertile inagination. if it had beengiven uouszznd years to et'neoet, a schemo of iL'. lc-ld not have surpassed. It was eit among' us in our slaves., set free by tresult of the war. Actuated soley by the -ir' for the rerp"tnatintt of Republican erxtuen:t. or rather for that of the Iepub i.n party. and with the hellish purpose of g tiug their rage and hate itpon the':ommon e., th'-y passed the roaustruation nt; .. verv near im:A :h .T;ohn,n. becau a wi-hr<1 to to m i 'nri rary to their hellish ,1 and p'it in m?ot+it, the forces of the i -s w t'i'ho w:r ' alradyhr' to depose the eil gover:Lnet ":i--' 'L w had established ;1 to r?hr:w the iabrie wvhi c were ? iuV t- re cre_ aid lut i i't e the e: the neg"ro over the Anrlo-Saon. ty, the maj>r-gen"ral in charge of this 'l'art "nt. i-ued his ori'_r calling for the Letion of de!egates to a 'o,stituti(nal cnu tion. H- gave the Southern white men understand that they were totay at hi " o -:k ..r ALJIuir- mteLria. in:..-t-:: c.r :Tif u:''i. talk' tare of thii'o - -met: that rhorhelp x not wauted.' and ring-:re and striped e r - g titutional c"nvention ?f IS' assembled. nst~itutin which th+ g-eve its w-as itted-t tt a vote of the people. Ail of our h--a leadr'r withiivrut u: exe'ption took the i+n that i!is ? otion on the part of Cn : ;rwas vuvi f the crn titution aud ustali ti the grount 'h.y. ther'efore' vId fte w'hit m'en t- ri'nW at home' ti Pay'i Pr att''ntui n ti th: 'dt--"tion that sub iitt-:"'it It ' 'h.1-op'e. for 't would fall to n" "round by riiason of i'. own illegnality'. iheiinrcouenc'e was tirt non': of the ,htl articipatied in the' election for Ii.s miation. nad it was piushed through. and v" w"re plac'ed( under thie rule oif ciur[ libe'rat -I slave'. The' l"gislat ire was elected utad'r he n- en:-tut'-unit an ox-army officer, -dher ?1K. 8 ott. was electid governor and 'isStte ou was BI id with tbhe minions - i-k l'puiic.aniqm, c-I1i-erred and led by' vh ' mnen "'ho enme' hx"r" fir the "xpress -'uri"-' 'f 'rowring ri-:h :'t the i:jp'use of he' aLe imtporveri::ar:d :mid faile-s pie.jle. 1he fir-t W.isture undeiir th itadi a! and ar.:t.ag..:r le; ii c-'rm -I ill J e-m= -pt-::s and i na:.roa. J havxe attnmpt P i tot teis::en a-i' to ii: unoerfth' ilte h e tt' ill' I think th: th r was ai ':iatl rit y if whiitet- in i' tir: t h at titer'' was a i.rgc :ijority i ''' no:: - : i inth SuO)ii fourth. when tha'r"'vw'r'' 15 -"na-t' 1 who --r" -olored :and 6i r"pr'-tittiv's w'ho w"r.- --clor"d. No;. -tr.l i rdr i U'egt $(ime( ('rUconcep tn'n ide-i '- the' re-::irs I') this :coph- i of thee "ight y'-'rs of hiis-gov-i CrtuLnt aind r- .ti:"ry. I 'miott be;g your :It - enic- while Iil0 s "im 't far p'rri by the inv'estigatin: -ma :te wh- in .1S aix thel pi'z:w's -n S".zrtii- -ibbreilt 't ofd fom the trail-i repor - ar i': 'nIth i'bjt ii' nL"ty' of the'i - -:r't-bi,ur oi vrnmenLti.) i io ni thesiat ii *ay 'd I. ' Pre t-ant tb-it prier 1 a 'tIsN u'p t' ta t'ii' flu Stt" 1in the 'no br% - i;r - r it t thi'' t"t sy'st"at of r'iavernn'n'' hI- 'it:ii ibtain"d ave-rag' expietalit a "' -a ' ir NSta "ivtern - 'mx-nt for all pur'- .--" wactt .b-it iN00.a00.O I..t'u make i,riime a'w:n p- fir t: it :1 it of tIh' '''rre:i-' il:nti:tily. taftr the wi.t lit lth'!in.-f ase.th au- altifartii.ls n:'-t ha-I to b' puri'hase-. Ia n allowsnt tr p:r' ''eat. Tht\ woudI mak' during tis .-..::yar.' a dirtieren' of somtething like .p..i0, if nioie.saxy t-'"arry on tih' Stte -' .'-rlimLlt. it i' O:ily 1t '-.-aV ti give t h" - h t.gure nid~i prhit tiiemv f'r the' blt&'' hL peop; o h 1iC Stti Lind- f till tiP folloti. ' h iv *a r -rn o 1u;i . ate-Mhn i-i: wa- a--ii - 0-. S-i ish uih--ia h tih r :s:- ntit for afnd :, :m."' th 1 - l:: i!" n i. ' -governm' at. --= Senator I i'.'t 1 t - T - very 'rC in -it t na all tis vilainy, and a! cor.utitln. ant misrulie ad robbry-aol I 'eant wIth th wr ':r I : T" 5. t' t it-' When everv man .-. this tl^^r yr tha. ,wi" brve t;w:'," l :a r ii: ''r .lar.. " - -:.- 11i. tl r*n .id. w itb-:at t -Ir-';-: 1 jit? ":!i':t Ih" "11i;-tl. h-. woul' tii.d : '-u harm iii Irb a n ' I. u t taK Pju. i:wi ei e it r~i ' i- y - We a\\"tl tl t't th' a. ne rj. did rt d ii oh-c di'' d. ii 't. d t. , i i ' i I tii indr a,...wed :t l l"o e ' r'' i r i of- ith oI i ur: . rrt: ,t:.:' wh . .\ p t ii I ' andell rh: t -_ nrl w it k 'u'ed. il th i n ui'u'' th 'Ime,--a 4 hi: poarai' 1 Ii' f...'owed wheuirevierC th0 whnitc. oir ! 'lrd t 1d. Wa it nz -.- govi rn, n T:n-' ri fh i h d th bal't't and tha!~ meui' wit h'''f ith w:in0nA YOU .ivri.'li iu t i- li i tl oui ..:: ii ph p' " i-r t i' that v e tb-' e . r'sson t-' thfe)I1i whbite soup 'tte ' is h wprs thiir l ."a 'trd and thei Im'' OLn whodi-tl. '-d siaihe- "eri". N lit_h i? n n jt Ibu- rn :.' I'rj "'i :'.iio l u'b i! .- ,. r \ hl r 'rt i" " Il a ier t .A 1theml 1.4 tvi-:it.:-nan ou fr l: tti . >tl abl tea w Iteres ul tis --p:rl", holilsyll' the preaten of -rtl " i t !n ouc't !ih i'i" olr pIl e s tf h rgare:ney ' with-a eit,ng - em1 li- ith [ b' rat'd C. i tut'L' i ?lto .i t e' i"tu rd a nd n ii .li r i I ' - t' .it": ~t,"i.. Ih ale~ t a:..tmhall fir tiicm the' :-i;ra lie II ia thiu ton of - t " i , i-t- j ':.r -' abot gaiot Tb sh igraiiit lcit -ve t f wh ' r""ite lae: l the ?1.'Tm y h t . vset uaniousy fo'r theruain rwtidas a nihes rOVelte ai, byoles 1lywOl be th ras'o of her blt in in 1b ai we i-u""c'h d ine "uni fro th dne In? ot. i''r-entti LI:,Sfli r11 .t'in Novembe';r ar'un'l thavl;a it' a:-ts zl1'.tld t'n Mach. Thre_ tha to woti'n our libertie How did wi .tan ru w r bri"'bt? ey nitd !i1;1 a d foi t . t"d .'i id ly "l _1ewnt 'f r> re'C' th'-ir hivs t_an: td thety. 'ti vi.:din m sl eorie the .E v Iem e k-.0J tai ths resit y h fratumthdnd olr . its atheati - iethewilt b"t. .in' we ha st'he ie?niqut i frau dind violeyr . Ten' taLues. ratder ath l'deship law ivn-r it i nol o arn u G ier blies?e of the whobtainugt cont this tm aud mnt wer e, nou to- utJ hambrai n forar ;Jiast a aionrise. nd thn inoan ndet we it h iathetic Cirthieli. nhav chaire ou we;rm hed iniqait fr mg teany o the telc gendra a: ey ina'Novembi,ed unl! iravtil ftle wart s h.:ttle w hrtes TI' wC1rl IreWt aout to re teain libiest od. How"did wfe7ring it ot Evu"eury Wit mant tanx iS ptri1tnl britio r Thpo i.eih til i. a ppl then tat -a 're tw hro thrnd li pain in aer. we vom rdle,e 'hrsew it from '7 enh or re irte was t . ir fr d Ian ilt. Th nlye tin ta t r'i.irt to frau ake viomce Then the rswra tio w-' iheir inerith lawof wt e. dd foe ur rid iboligenvera rot wta nl i c'r-ualonrmoitis atd o uor in.mad stran o rigntornc ind~ie' ol bak ande gonca-ther n. s-: hat cgrrd oer ,on i re,ufll 'sothoin or le of the :o mean mly ts th-i whites w oet.Jle tnit. nfiw e :eprt ratriointes t ndi bt enugh. thi: in rtmd. -atn it mus n ' np'rtio ieo armd aai. itiatrTin if yhu sestr-: thre sufirae ras awefrooe thr abr 1;ad .m 0r00 ;: end dranie i. Then the negisrtis aretil here in iffetnt ltaw -: whie th cn on rist e frdesomd t so fb1rgetl of tht e-r er the laori tou pas t an of he fom mittedtod usv rme nt foea r o tn h t e "initise an-y" I wittlaniosiathiranda that gbee goern m'nt in eubi li v' a t:r a of to se neests of te, \ :fi paditi int -his telli'gecOe Itiaen rsead. andm itmg op p:rtio man r se orh atiie in rf or retict the sufrage as wil aae pro that wist 1e atons teat ngld- t0. lvi fo dn and 15.00t which ment tased ot the rof the ojhertos i safficien null inr t'mt canoly cremp til eir' nI. pas and sorr that reedm trausmaitted to usb Ior fti gofather ndsv that e -annot sean petld anmthigtis tator haboeen brthe' ,r afet in teult es and hers ce po the oo necessites o ite p-:atrioadtis into tis tent who h a. in r an in 'f an renst rit the suffrae as w purante, thai. itlren genaonsi trates an 40.h00 aily "ir and atherity whih edrauci mtdt htaa to the riches are i hetin Huow i n- b.y has been m by crd otpinle ap aout i a roatl a ithile mm a m a gloi oy pet am orf the ream ntrainied to ou th epoint.nt ohal oe, sid ase *ua in wdri, toat foe.athnst the morint aone oer et equalit it m. that tahe bee orught i.elent .And til, saiy i ay sfurt ahis dly itresar goeing tn p rngt in the uent ref tbr ginthe ri lacki thi , ftit I" tranti i Ii as beg ent y - carinalT dotitnei I' a'pn lil eatna al hi t mean , a T . i.i. he . e in - isieitabl the-iiljs ofgvr:t p u.1 tihe eeoluentitiof 'sde svhld qua rooi thitt htae ond thap:tioheifajrity alon' pshouldt rlisen bt theirtat dtrSofan' i'e brough inar her ris teaon whv wepSd m"to auenlu puhpot do thee lir.ipe.,poieiri 'n oi if yu aie oxing bi'ni ii n -the'argumet-o univaio ofbrotdtheeimntlofiLa u. t youhav et brngiths,lackd mth. ford hif undI si.:lih sng argmn. siLs nd 5au2h ti'l all tonaid etnSas3'ty tirng it Thdlit al monus ior s nevfite mno annta poiy tamders moleste r g:tons, [hil y:t propve toix au hre onsthindquftirn -f :iffrae. auie te iatnhto the rage thar thmimn i a.ve Wome mdn thae praopoi t in'ifehe sii'llcnhs cinaio of histi g xcoi i ns--thllane wrpth ain eot fraud,- tb ' ctinu'at,int of' srud l4t meor s n the swordii ii ofst Damhjtib a winigitandii ig an.md ,wingrs,z~ and alowtha er nd mlsar toi bri t I liwn lipin sr is aor ah s ohite1 -uRn'. ntEd by ha' d u51)SitiveS.1 tho ;lima u.xi n cu it c--s. rarier-n moilize the I negroes,- t :-' -hor.:.uilrithim reei vt-l an a Ifaiir-iuit.and umbr t he ' mantih~ood 1iraeucarry timem 5't vet!ry. Sommehaeini that therwile"slI iishofaledbes c as ore whien w i' formi whali"c w'ith te fothei contriol Efvtat i vo'wil" iut-a in'vitah meba and duemoize aadao ''ri ad sinallya ossible an'! publi mora.: that' te svra lhin'eilJ.iTheii' -:a''o sink1 tib ial't s:ee if ther ''outhi a' 'tea r-u *in-anJ a.imss m'l th i thr ..mnr Xsid.5 ri a'tnn i .9!a ' the r ii pr- i - ss a Ia :iai linf that co ii: it V I at.i :u t \ohat thre i never"! b''- enoug ofti m d :bmre' th-a n put i ail.he ne whit-e i. ithe~i4 othe' i' ontrol. Even thnyuian. - .i kis smale a posil an -ii i: tanger iuding agi te a- hti -: t ' i... c it ' se i t e, o l h- .iny -rn' --i:r:e" nd "i ::ior- inv0 o:O a ..t ta - --Mm - -' - ui alt l's- - -t n mysel !itan'' thI hirma af th xa-t g..,oly.- wonme in-.it . i.:- prtai :fi n-,tc lj avoit"eri-l'e-fltan or ::7:Pmrnu of that lind-and I could not g'' I w,ti like r'. aa him a 'pi'^ i"n. id'-n t I ''' h"' - thre wee'k. ;and w\''rk a- h;lrd a. ;- :1: '.! ".nl' to oarr.:thi- .mn-titlttin,!' . :1.. . ition? har.! J th: . th. 1" .:. +Lrn .r r a . a n li wa - i+L p-- :: t lli .:W"y Wi-: y' 1r. t rhi-I clon't !ay that I was sl"' I Lwah iii grace from y.ur li r tvl- t rn" v..th nhirking or running fr-! at'ythin. I :!i the _overnor fled the S_:ate ant cuil no: t ound for the reason that I ask-.l 1, telegram and by letter for him and could not 1nd him. 1a the night after the el"Ittin wht''' the e'n-titti-nl:i ':onv'nti'i h-i l i a "arr' 1. h'? -am' into my nliieo at 2 o%w. - wh'n I r-;:'hi him for leavin:; lle in u. 'h at 'trerit'. he said: "Oh. wil, hv. '"'e'it t- see my I think he might hav, "hosv'n 'one utu-:r time to go t' i ..:iri. ( Loud laught'r.) r. Tiliman -That I have somethintg to dI w ith. I wish to say that the appar^,ut 'iar -,I " lw eIn the gentleman and inx.':l' i" f '~ien m,lakli; a!ndI i aml in nl' wti'-e r"'pon11 d 1-fr l!. I hesitaitedl t'1g into thl,. Hl'"mil r t t in ' t''t i with mu -II-i I :ai p hill. uh: daro h N--. and (.ri" .wh b .: b !a :p -a -; and.l di }lono l1, in hi.S ;tb'u: of i. .a:!l with 1irnw\"eli, th " l it' whi!' :ni ,:n thi- ilo'r sht i ul'l n" ;'r i,- :. . ,:'" rr'r" 'I ;';, th C:!r,-liina. Ji ! i li \;w h:t *"'rtai tpf tih. CnItrvatij t - - p tt'iatin an t llin' with th"" '.r '. il t- vthe (Vft d- -'i ion.: and that rth,' ",1n, - tn'ti u nil'v1en_'.i+ \ "'n I ; r--!. Ti.r -a i' wet w int% tht -'"nfr en ".r W'' it in th'- governor'.s e,flies. WV talk: d andi iwed until. . Thou I i. w'ntl m! u if yoil .-:11m t ri-" above)\" th_"e ,c,nt,:m pla:i'-d pr,j Ii: y.i had 1 s w,;\l:i Ieav", f';r we nan t d a ythng. -ia'"r :!r" mn n 11i,-oor wh'1" we "re r . 1101 wh't wil 'r tint. I di:tat ti trnls tn whie W: a re d- hat no White Lm sht'iull t di fcan' 'is'l except for Irim.S,n- tlier'" had i,:tn no "')uierenc!', "ihat wvull hiv" be.,'n the cou :jlul";t- ' We !'i!lu t t Il. The resuit a'c:onpli.;hed a' th bimu"tdi a'o division of the ' tns attivt'et fai" i'" nil we w;arring armies- -the1 ont'' agre'in; " th1 -'omprofi.-u and the other silg:r that i'y would never trust B"n Tillman--I! a !. Gd works in a mynt 'ri,.. way an't h' makes instruments of nea without their knowledge. The daugr existt&d that tb' Conservatives would unite with tbe- negroes. I told the gentlemen that thcx' could not gut t;no'igh white m-n to follow these Radi"" IS far 'I~to that movnt"i. I told them that whie 1 was willing to an equal dlision th I did not "ehei'v the i'oop'l would Hgret t: it. I ~n:eal nothing and deceived nbody. T''- mistake the' mate ws in thinking thai I Was all-i\powerfil. i simply lead the peo I," the war th? v want t: go, and I am their je lader .:~a-eof that. I only promuis'"i thl1 my peronli siipport and did they a -ept it? No. The News and Iorier lln' of all the papors oa that id -saidl that it i th" thing to do. :r ha- b.e. stid that i!h' i palo repldiatee it. Well. !'"vi. io diated t the ConttatiJ hasin lot; i''ii 1"itll"l"t - Jnir ' .1rn-r I; that - hav then t':i4 f " itttnmehnt. that1 -ar' lin-a11 theynw" r Itimw illiu to trit this e onr'n \ative- with. 'Iual reph rean a i fr i t. Ytu ar t r! in(:. without r-gardn than faitionalitin.. Tha 'e l:dr sent ou hert e as patriots. e:n will vmi | here ais freem"I7":n and "qual.z IluV-dDyw i,h: 1,I1rpr. it has i' en said that J have los stad h. lostilit rugc that I have ibeen hor le f myn'n strengo,th andi that o have been turn c"nr; t i ie : d :.;aiu in this eon entii n . If thar i. tri I thank Gd fo r t it prove th I m no mere than any other man. I amd hir,' I aprsciiy to Ie my duty and I lay no laimn t iafalribilit and I am1 it'osiius oIly\" of a atriti: duty to serve this commIn\:ith' -ithot rega'r to what any n ha' =ad. ' h:n 'Ia-d c'harged that the aI gr'rt'.'er fr tg i sioen; lig -larried It. ;nn t - ii 'i d cane brought forward i tiitirapw'iit -t" ibt committees of this body (anit chir men thereof. There inta in thi. The I r(-m'ers of the Charand At I Irn a etion arif reprefsentatives of tep ie nila h- t'-ti- n i th':r who turneddrhown mih'e cor i1fllu dlid:ttes, but they hav- -hown no. bit!.rnI.' jher'. The gentlenman from: tthat 'ity wh is . as?ociated with rm' of si 'oi tt:e o. i fragre has shown :sphi, ' p'atriotic purps 'ai a mnthr could. Hi osutmt toegal remnlths ofeten of gatc sik a to h e womi;teen adwe w'li art Iwill vaentur" tolda that he andl Ic' iimterItatn forion '-nrti'tr eingsi o retpteri ' "t o ilndshjp. Whe" 1rn were'Allnht Iif ' ,tife we tnll i '" into tnhoPrum of rt :n'N. 4ot on viwetv ou ht.uen a' owhi.: :''i' right \'r tilt piaryiiwe wi I.it mitamo ititi "ars"]n i att he'rt witil e Ioapalt h frm nn.ts ot unitk Iops to whom wtte wihl up-ret arili fhuarot'1W have' been' tlati h:el andw iiate that Bran sad. watonld qal i[:lel th ae sl b'' fpoeenlin anrtd t'diitma Cn--ailtb'tion. Thereld not \avu aenhre."inn Al'Tiiat; tkow i that tin ein to rti" hoaatr. Ta who ket IgIir "ird shdor witht. Wh~"aist mI yu gvenor to r"hieO whallRofu!hit15t :ane:"r vmen eyo byer rai dcton;cd'ii ipp x'il n r r31 wil'I'x t') itigt' o perea- the xiuii'ritn'ig lotS wNoh i., ngthn lefttiPt hatiihon-in 'iii'u -'The propt y 't:itintin tagt.oh 'isfa''i'hs wr' 000t wit my-i n. ais'ut is he 'x iarried int aort tit i woulId Piis lipmh: from cito urt-Yui art' 'hmtii Ibjet he wou' tand uothrnci the yti rit'k of'ii property anr Pduaton-I qai': ion.r : here i:: n, I paricl or moraud'atr'|b-talit 'ithat-. Ah! thu re a onrting:' '' iTuu'n t Mr. Pa,'tti:u' ina draati nanr. Youtigfn wh kpt'h jtres hottwinh atis '' kow tgvrnr wee iid If deknew it your' tniiy saxot d legt to n e w'on hventin by neP tertsv'Yi'u who'ist niguht wrapp' Iilld you:it f lin' y"our Mr. m'otive":feinaly veryxlitt: 'i'lii''in l"r' I Noever rtwrape myti di-nhint: rb. aid -o Ihal nt t. (Iaking this han purer-c thnothr then. Htu ow d' tre a.itdr;'it? Mr." tt oon" inv nIver hutmed w-t l' 'urt' or ha more ptiti ha othr m t,tt siti in1r is' on thin' n"gro ;boI isl h;,er i:ty. illman--' f l I knewt ' it I iwouldni''t I a i-t. Wat Ismat hav ing a .e:oo h yntoIh abttr ?ti 'that ofx-hr arm us r as your mr 1'i't." Now to reud to 'n" sth gem qmai"'o ''aur nd If yo] loo dow the~ trits ofu Siv:tatcsom Ir.im-e'iithe?' futr, wn'ih'tn the onrl.S 'Ilt'tt'.ix that 'ne-rthlohe f tim tilt'l Senator Til'man-Mr. Bran will have t. answer that. S.nator Irbv then said that befor' Senator Tillman answitre". that h' dei to ask him too. if he had not .=ail that thi:- whie thing was m"reiv l"uildiug a iiouie uii.u s:au and a'c"pting in plan wh! li Tir i-'on ld r f;use- t to copy from 3i1:--U' ;l. [ilman did not anuwer thli.s 1[esu n 'ut 'outinued hi- r:arks thur: I haN-,"a f,: r.mre word"s tsay Mtr. Pr,_ ident. Uih i: th' Ion'" . windiest talk 1 ever mad' in my ii,. I -::Li brieflydiscuss tho q-stion at iut. the imu'endment of the gentlema' from N"telboro-the striking out of the 30u :iternative. No, he said to alio.; one illiter:ite man who has 300 to register and vot", and p,r".,hibit another illiterate man who has not the $300 to r"gister was an uu just discrilinatioa. The milienium has not come yet. :ail 1 am afraid it won't come in this tar and g.:neration. Perfect equality in anyIivig is impossibl'. And I would like to ask the ;e.utleaan if there is not dis_rimi nation b:.tween men of the same class-one of whom tlualilied by his ability to read and writo au-1 thr other who is debarred. You dlidi't say anythin.; about that, did you? (Te 3Ir. I:.oge'rs.)' ' u var'fully avoided it. You "r. thr' quei'n like lawyers al war' do. Mr. ]io""rrs .id thaito could see some rea 'on wly :uini.ri"r inteli'gence should entitle :t 'aau t v'- lut uiid n^t see why the p ~ion rf :a little, more" prorperty should ;_'"iv. i':ii'm li an adivantage over his fellows. Jr. Tiln,n- The v'ry fact that he has a few doila-s :iow"s that. h" is a better an.d more set:siblle" mn. The right ,f taxation without representati-m h s always been de ni-1 and is unjust. That's the whole thing in a nutshell. I have men in :ny n.ighbor hood whocannot read and write. but who own property" a!d are goo1. citiz"ns and are~ ?ducating lietr tbill,ren and should not be deprived of th_"ir inlit. to far as I am individltayl to' :erud I am not wedded to this pro ert eualif'atieni. but it will take in some n?. rt whit" voters and some negroe and will not dis"rimiinatu against any. I at. raey io take tht consequences. Ifthere i. not en.mgi intillige'te"e in that class or in t het her eia"- tv see that there is no other way out of it that it was necessary; then Ihait las i:t ti he pittied. If the convention wants to, it can vote it down but I will ne'er deny anywhere that I thought it was right and I am riatdy to go t'' the people on it. LAR'!C*' CROP ON RECORD. But the 1ate of Yield of Corn Was Below the Average. The Novenl'er returns to tho Department 'f Agri"ultur? make the corn crop, thA large:t volume on record, with a rate of :.dl. however, somewhat less than that in tiienttd Ity the returns for oats, being 26.2 li:.i els i"r aert'. This must be regarded as t-rtd"iminarvu and not a iiual estimate of the .; -\d. In the Virgi'iias and Carolinas, some coun t;"s of Pennsvlvania and Maryland, the groter part e' tl" "at lai:es and Ohio al ltv:. California tmdl New Mexico, reports are e n;lieting. .:in; to the different action of the univr.-al e:rou:ht upon different soils. The av"ra." yield of buckwheat is 20.1 lbisr 'ls a":i.t 36.1 last year. Tit averr. 'il t,f potaties is 100.7 b'.,bels per nru Ti.ls'bae'o 745 "ounds. tii hay 1.05 tons. 'ei'e crop "f apples is reported as 71.1 per e"ut. of fillcrop. TIE col"rO YIELD. C'otton returns to tho Department of Agri culture for the month of Novemiber show an average yield per acre for the entire cottof' belt or 155..; pounds, distritut:ai lv St-ts.as follows: Virginia, 1U2; North Carehua. 168; Sot:.h Ca..iina. i?.1: tiorgia, I6; Florida, 11t: Alal:ama, 135: Mi:sissippi, 160; Louisi ana, 177: Texas. 11: Ark::sas. 183; Tennes see 181 ll ther States and Territories, 207. A iarge majority of thi correspondents of the' dp"iartmenl-t :inpiaiu of short yield, many r.'p.niiing "hilt crop." the poorest in thirty years." or something similar. The dry weather, which has principally destroyed the top crop. in many "i,c:liti's n;d injured it eery.wei.re has been fav'oralei.' for picking, lsoht the fibre generaliy is ri'i'rte d clean ant in good irindit ion. The damage from the 'irouth is not eon inod t': particular .'rate, ' n--n i.'ing free fronm it. IlliNOiS DAT. Atlanta (Sires the Visitors a Hearty W1eIcomne and Chicago Weather. 'Th' At iia E:. 'eiti'n usave the 1lline; 'iil.a' u-., ''ple iih.-arty w%..m'.f. itt real ii'gzi w''atih"r ipn Noay. It was Illinois IPay, and the in'rni'jg.which dawned cloudy, d-nloped a mnisty rain at 10 o'clock. At 7 -"lack the C'ook ' ounty Democratic Club arrivedi in a sp'o'ial train. The Young Men's 1Uemoncra tic Lea"gm'- klAtlaita. inet the Chi:agv Ch1. iat th--Ic 'rin. At 10 o'clock the two clubs iadi ni 0:rade. and the visitors recei'e'i ':onU'jon ii.; ;la.use along the line of march. Oc'' 'e 'c r' h ler.h Firs: Illinois lt'g;ment tiro-:-d iu.iaud es"c'rtedt Gover nor Altg'l. May' r Swf,and th'eir party, G ornor' Atkin on. ':iyar King anid the city an'd Esp': -ittin '''uiais. to the Fair Grounds. Ti' First, i"'iment had 8958 men in urn', co'nianidi" byv Colonel Turner. The r'gimeat ma'.' a struii' ;aradc, and was greeted by.~ e-!rcr at 'aer .icep. A great "enoiu"r.-- 'i ;'eol follo-.ed the military'. A th li"Gro:m.is the troops were revi"'wed lby G''v"'n''r Alt''rld. Thew 1~iN.. :b in Kentucky. .\ i.;-at--h :r'm:e.a. Ky.. says: The :'fl--i:i! --'une the ' irt l'.gislaitiv'e dis tri'.: '5o: m:t '6."" li: Uimbtllic:ans. !{:mie'. :h he i n:-:. i-- ''"n n'ilatP' rciied 1.:.2l aA . ':. .r. r. ' li:::i'trs, his lie puicn -m:~I. re''eiv-- .'lI!5, ;i major it ' 's 1 i. 'i - : -:h :muir. U'.'h first Kenton dLiiri ':ir h e I :i 'ire :7': fellows: IP"ii Rtep. Pop. 'l- .* . ... .. ... ... .. .M 52 2 8 - :u .. ... .. .. ... .. .. 2 16 . bint .. . . . . .. . . . . M 68 2 The' onily way fir lt'pWi--.'ins lo, elect a l''tl -:us :'nit'r is t' get :i Pepulist vo' :i -: a: se't :it lea-t 'ne iemi,erat. or. a ;hb' a': icr to' g' it al n'e without any Pop uM. :dii-mi to is"at at least two Dem CHILDREN BUIRNED) TO' DEATH.: Thirty-One Bodies Taken Front a Buritned School Building. A S;pe"ial to San Antonio, Ti's.. from Grnada. Mx., dlated Novonmber 10th. says:5 ''A school biblin; .tr.' in which 150 chi1 ron were pres'n:t caught lire and befor" inthing could tbe don'.. th:e wh'iol': building was at'aze and in spsite of the heroic effc'rt' of the people the building was .l'trouy':d. Tiirty-on:''harredl~~ los. ineludliuu th'' t,'eher. liav'' so f:i in1.".n taken outi. Th" ire is bidhivcd t'' 1be of inc-':ndiara' crigin :an'l tw h:.w wh'' had beeni :-'va"r''lya punish'"d by thie tea']her :irid -ii-;''n''ld'fom' th'' rin'.. The' h:n-i b~a a .o - bs " ut so tar havr a'' re fe e0 An Immiense Bioekl of Gold. Th.. 8 ;- o imrl ii New' Yf:rk has re-ii.dai frin KI and Iiti h t'n'ibi. t i' c'. ui'n la : i d- .s. '. that has evri pasedi th;r'i.:hi I i: N.w York Assay office. It is. ini th' I.rm: 'I a -nit leaf weighing I.435 :uni - and] , enhal at $41.857. The gl cm'-c. from the: Caribou mine. The 'ak1n: oreceive': froma the Horse Fly mine ii th.-- anm" s'''-.: na d brick., weigh i"" 1.5 .li:''---t vai-- at 8%6.154. The m"tal 'i- ' 'irin ::'Ild .if u'renish. tint, similar LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. The Southern Railway has bought the Atlanta compress property for $325,000. The site will be used for a new union passenger station. A fire Monday night in Hayneville, A;a., destroyed a number of stores, the best in town, and the bnildlngs are wrecks. The losses will foot up about 2 .)00, with insurance of $8,800. One man was killed and another fatally injured by a collision of trains on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, half a mile south of Franklin, Tenn., on Monday. Fireman Love, of the passenger train, was killed and buried under the wreck. Engineer Ed Cor bett hi"d an arm crushed off and is fatally injured. The Exposition. The Exposition directors announce that the gates will close December 31st, and under no considerations will the time be extended. President Diaz. of Mexico, sent an order to-day to the Mexican band at the Atlanta Expojition to remain a, long as the directors desired their ser vices. The World's Fair directors and sev eral eh1eifs of the departments at the Chicago Exposition arrived at Atlanta Ionday. They came on a special train as the guests of Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central. Three hundred members of the C!eveland, 0., chamber of commerce, ieft Wed ncsday on a magnificent spec ial train over the Big Four Railroad for the Atlacnta Exposition. The trip is made in the interest of trade exten sion as well as for pleasure. Crime. Caesar Celso Moreno, who was con victed at Washington some days ago of a criminal libA on Baron Fava, the Italian amiassaetr, was sentenced, in the District Criminal Court, to ninety days in th:; distriet'jail. T. 1. Steen, ^. prominent coal opor ator and owner of the Idlewood mines, of Pittsburg, Pa.. has be&tn convicted on the charge of cheating his employ ees by the use of light weight and defectire scales in weighing coal mined by his men. lbert Applegate was murdered in his .e-rneldl ::.ear Wiilsonville. Neb.. Satnrday. The assassin is unknown, but is supposed to be from Denver. Applegate had estranged the affections of the wife of a man in Denver, who is said to be the assassin. The supreme court at Minneapolis has -afliimed the decision of Judge Smith, of the district court, who re fused to g-rant Harry Hayward. con vtted o f the murder of Miss Katherine Ging on Decemiber 2d last, a new trial. Juig Ganty is at work upon the opin ion, which will accomnpany the decis on when it is rendered hy the supreme court Aceidents. At Chicago Charles With am sustained ftal injuiries by falling from the realr porch of his residence. When his wifte wvas informed of the accident she fll from her chair and died instantly. A. week ago ex-Senator Alien G. Thurmn, now 82 years old, fll from a sofa and braised his hip. He3 has beenu dily getting worse, and his~ son, Aleo W. Thurman, said that his lather wotai probably live but a fe'w days longer. With an awful roar, Lehigh and Hudson engine No. 13 blew up at W: r wick. N. T., and- caused the death Af or menf. The dead arc: Herbert Beetner, William Coper, Martin O'Neill, -lames L. Sloan. No explaua tion of the cause of the accident has been advaniced, buCt it is supp)osedc to have be"' due to low water in the boiler. Wars. It is expected that war against Ashanti will be declared at the next London cabinet church. The aiuthori ties at Woolw ich arsenal, have received orders to forward all the necessary stres to Accrc. A dispatch from Havana, receiv,ed at Madrid says that Capt. Gen. Mar tinez do Camipos will personally irect the miliary operations against Maximo Gomez, the insurgent leader in com mand of thc Province of Santa Claira. Mis-eclbancons. Following the example of the Tri bune, all other Ghicago pap)ers on Monday reduced their retail price to one cent per copy. The well known trotting stallion Vaticn, 2:29 1-4, (lied suddenly at Mont (lair, N. Y., having burst a blood vessel while rolling in his paddock. At : .York the eleventh annual ex hibitih 4 the National Horse Show Assomv 'in openedC' on Menday- m Madiis'. Spunar'. Garden. The entries ~r s!-Ahtly lirger than last year. Therr ;.re 1.2 classes andL some ma" nities.i aninudls are shown. The Ward Line steamerl N iagara. Capaini (rocker. fromn New York, No -embr ith. for Cicafnegos. :arrived at Nassan. N. P. She reports tat Im da nmorning, November "fth 'he ran down and sunk the Ame-riennf barkh William Hales. Captain Cooms, froml Havana. October 27th for Philadelphbia. od Cami Henlopen. The (eaPhdtif- iUni an' aive seamn;~ e the Wi thn 'i PROCEEDINS. RAILROADS AN:) t'RORATIONS. It Adopts ir ovisio:ns Regulating the Liability o. R.:lroads for Acci dents to Em::piroVes :ind of Sto-k hot(3-rs in c.orporation1s. The cnditaticnal convention spent tiues ay\, the d.;th session discussing sections of the di e on corporations. A bectiun w:s t..jtel p,tittiug railroad 1 employes on a plane with the passen gers in rec("iving damagcs for injuries received, when such injuries result from the ne_lig"n.e of a superior ofncer. Kmi,-.s "ig by the employe of the insf charm tr 'r coni:htion of the eciey<r a laces use0: .-h:ll be no f. No aggre ut signed by; the e:loye + to exm :apt the corp; rati'u froi m A:dl be valid. The cnve tionI cosed the day con sidering a proposition to nake the stockholders of" all i::re,t:n: ut eurpo rations liable for t. ':k th:y hold and such an amoint ,vtr and above as may be fixed by the (enerai A-senblv. At the very k>ng ni ht session the convent c e plti:d i:a the article on corporatiuos ani set it to a third read ing. Th haviest fights were made on - i the liability of stock hole.r , i lvit baui and other corporatins, ln:d on tha queistion of re fusing to allow railr,ais to ship at "released" cotiNraet rates. The con vention, in regard to the latter matter. passed a section prohibiting the roads from using the "released" rate system. In regard to the former, the stockhold ers are to be heb: responsilble for the stock, and an amo untsilieient to cov'r all deposits in tht case of banks and to satisry all in -ti.:ss in the case of oth -crportio:. MUST CUT IT SHORT. The Convention Limits Speechesto Ten Miniates. .School Question Under Consideration. The constitutional convention Wed. ntesdy morning on assembling passed a irOlUtio n limiting speeches hence forth to ten minutes. The article on educatiou was then taken up. The itt iight came over the matter of .t:"ikcing out a provision making the e:itre of county school commissioner a (,c-titu:tional oi iee. This was done. The .estion of the amount-of poll :co1 tl x was next discussed. T he :ro ition devote4d the night to Sita ( on the school f'und problem and ended', by voting dow, a system propo:sed by Mr. E. J. ' Kennedy, vich provided for the pouring of all ::hool funds into the State Treasy to b: distributed among the severalcoun ties, irrespective of the proportionate amounWI1lt of the taxes they paid in. he pending sc.i"ne provided for a constitutional three-mill school tax, a i poll tax and a supplementary school tax to ma;; the system flexible and re..ornive to the fluctuations of taxable vialuables. A BIG EXPRESS ROBIBERY. $-20,004) Taken from an Agent by Two 31sked 3Men. Thet express omleo at the Sante Fo depot in Colorado Springs, Col., was robbed ofI 620.000 late Wednesday night The Wells-, Farg~o Express Company has giveni out the foliowing official statement re aring~ the robbery: I"Tw'nty thoin mdolla rs was sent from Denver to'thie irs tt iatia Bank of Color - adI o rrIngs eavin the afternoon. This ,'c.pcc wa- in :-o'rreni'y of small denominia -tius 'aud wasi re..eived about 4 o'clock. too le tto edeivr-. t thank. The pack age containinog the money was placed in the dlot safe and both doors. locked. There wns nothing to indicate its value. Evidenitly the thileves knew of its existenee. IWhen train No. 6 camne in about 0.38, there were otheor packages aboard with currency to the amount of $:35.000 eonsigned to the s:nne~ banik. These' packages were delivered to the agent and placed in the safe with the .oters. After the train had departed, the agent, Getorge Kirout, was met at the door by two masked m,vn with drawa revolvers. The pa.kage contafiing the 620.000 wats demand 'd andt the ag-nt was compelled to openi the safe and give it up. The agent said n:othuig about T he remaaiajag packages, and the rob d.;i-fta ce~. A pos w th' bloodhounds Te:express .rmpany's fflcials believe :atih- robbejr: was comTmittedl by .A. .T. (: v. lias' Sarn Ve. and. J. G. Stuart,aiias * . f. rr who were arrestd for the theft * &11.0 OromL tie: texpres-s wagIonI at Crip pi Cr-e cApril 11. an.I who reecntly. in -.mpa:y -ithT McC arthy ecaptiied from pd in *bi: .-iv !1.T. -mnimry whowa a haeat' h.- lm of th!scap;e, notitled the v..li I a vrr :ev0rai days aito that *:' ".1 s:u"t ' !)tt-d whI '.iu jail to rob the e any iievetha.te robbers had an ae-:. the bank. A St9ry ot Pla1ck auni Sacrif!ice. A R~ocklana woman whose story is brieily outline1 by thie Courier Ga zette this week, has par icular reasons for thankfulness that the last years of her life are spent in the land that cele brates July 4th. This lady, -\rs. Han rahan by name, lived in Ireland at the time of'the potato famuen. At last things got so cdesperate with her famn ily that they held a coneil to see what could be done to keep them from starvation. America was thoaght of, but if the husband weat to the United States what would keep the mother and children? 3o the brave woman decid ed that she would go. By hard exer tion and bitter saer~IIee nerC passage money was eatrncd, and taking a sal farewell of her home and little ones she crossed the ocean. She procured a situationi in N-es ).rk. andi while the father keptO the ;ailiy tof;etuter and carned enough to give tflem a scanty . livig, the mnother w orked night an'd day in the far-oil city t.o get the. funds thati would TXri nchr dtear ones to this contry. At lencth tao years of probation weret over. the fath r atnd children landed in New Yora cnd the fam~ily we once" more *nited. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning Notee Calling the Wicked to Reventancc, SIN van kill only when it is loved. 1 -'' The odds are never too great for God. The army God leads is never de feated. The devil's fa vorite p e w in church is at the ifront. The devil sees to it that a scold never gets hoarse. Men will not live right unless they, first believe right. No man is fit to lead others who Is untrue to himself. A mote in the eye will put the whole world out of joint. That man is a stranger to himself who reads no books. Woman can be the devil's best friend or his worst enemy. Ouly when there is perfect trust can there be perfect peace. God sometimes puts us in the dark to she w us that he is light. God's tests are seldom known to those who are being tested. The devil has use for all his skill when he makes a hypocrite. The man who serves God only when he feels like it will never do a full day's work. To say "Our Father," means "my brother, to every man, or it means nothing. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." No matter whether it lives in a hut or a palace. All some people want with religion is to keep them from trembling when it thunders. If there were more mothers like Mary. there would be more Christians like Christ When we ask God to bless others, we should also pray that he will do It in His own way. The man who does not say "Our Father" in his conduct, does not say It on his knees. The screen in the saloon door means that the devil can sometimes be ashamed of himself. It is only the man who devotes his whole time to being a Christian who wll make a success of it The devil fights hard for the saloon. because he knows that while it re mains open he can stay loose. - -TJ.,.;I is-not wasting. many on. the man who has one kind of relig Ion at home and another at church. As long as the devil can have the first chance at our children, he will not care how high we brild our church steeples. Before Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, he told them of the Fath er to whom their prayers should be addressed. Rebuilt by the Doctors.. An odd character is now in Winona, Min.. In the person of George Burns, who has good reason for his eccentri city. He has papers which show that he was head engineer on the steamer City of Savannah, which was wrecked off the coast of MIassachusetts on Jan. 1. 1S84, while en route from Boston to Florida. He was reversing the 1ev ers when the steamer struck the rocks, and he was thrown into the machinery, receiving injuries which crippled him for life. There were 118 lives lost in the accident, and Burns is one of the thirty-seven survivors. For a long while he lay on a cot in the death row of Bellevue hospital. New York. Dr. Hayes Agnew attended his case and re moved five ribs from his left side and trehined his skull, using six ounces of silver sheeting for this purpose. He as compelled to wear a plaster of paris ja cket for four years after the accident. A portion of the lower end of his spine and both elbow joints are gone. One knee cap is on the back of the leg, and. his heart is on the extreme right side of his body. He is now 64 years of age and walks very well and has a cheer ful disposition. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and serv ed during the war on the gunboat Es rex. which was stationed at Cairo dur ing the early days of the rebellion. Minneapolis Tribune. Labor in Vain. That convicts be placed at hard and unprofitable labor. so as not to com pete with honest toil. is often urged by the friends of wvorkingmen. The Ideal of these agitators has been reached at London. Ontario. The workhouse and penitentiary of the Town is situated up >n the top of a high bluff by the river side. The convicts are told off into group)s of four, and betweem them is a barrel with handles; this they fill at the river side, and then toll painfully up the steep path to the summit of the bluff. where the contents of the barrel are thrown into a gutter to rush back into the river. Then they descend to the water level for another load. Vigorous Exercise. "Nora." said Mrs. Knervez, when the ai answered the ring of .her mis ress. "Nora. I will feed the- canary nyself after this. The dctor says I must take more exercise."-Boston EXome Journa1. The perfumar of her violets I never shall forget. 'or the tlorist's bill that came with: them l. hovering 'round me yet -N'w York Herald. "Couldn't your husband be induced to tr'y the faith cure?' "I think he culd. Hi's tried dozens of things h9