The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, November 16, 1895, Image 1
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