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NO. 15. THE SUFFRAGE GLAUBE FINISHED. THK . OltlMINAL, Cf-AHSIW ARK HAHliUO OUT. The Legislature Lett to Arrange Election Detail??Woman's Huffrage Meet* Auot lie i- Defeat. When the constitutional convention reassembled, the suffrage artiolo was onoe more taken up. The proviso re quiring the appointment of eleotion managen? from both political parties was stricken out, and another tight over wouaau's suffrage proved unsuo cessf?l. Section 5 waa taken up, and after several unimportant amendments was adopted us follows : "Any person de nied registration shall have the right to appeal to the court of common pleas, or any judge thereof, and thence to the Supreme Court to deter mine his right to vote under the limi tations Imposed lu this article, and on fiuoh appeal the hearing shall be do novo, and the General Assembly shall provide by law for suoh appual and for the correction of illegal and fraudu lent registration, voting and all otuor crimes against the election laws." Seotlon U related to tho disqualifica tion of voters, and after the addition of several orlmes to thoso enumerated In the original section, it was passed la this form : " The following persons are disqualified from boing registered or voting: "First, persons convicted of burg lary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, for gery, robbery, bribery, adultery, big amy, wife beating, bousebroaking, re ceiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, assault with intent to ravish, miscegenation and laroency or crimes againBt tho eleotion laws: Provldod, that the pardon of the Governor shall remove such dis qualification. "Second, persons who aro idiots, in sane, paupers (supported ut tho public expense, and porsons confined lu any public prison." Section 7 was adopted without any troublo at all as follows : " For the purpose of voting no person shall bo doomed to have gained or lost a resi dence by reaoon of his presence while or absonco employed in the service of the United States, nor while engaged lu the navlgotion of tho waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas,' nor while a studont of any institution of learning. Section K relatlmr to the registration of the voter* and tbe manner of hold ing elections caused an interesting do bate. Mr. Sheppard offered the following addition : " For tbe first registration to be provided for uuder this count Ita lien, tbe registration books shall be kept opeu for at least six consecutive woeks and thereafter from time to time, at least one week in each month np to tho thirty days next preceding tbe first election to he hold under this constitution." Mr. Sheppurd said it would require a great deal of timo to icgister and this amend mi nt. provided for si \ con secutive weeks, mid thereafter ono wook In cjM^k-^wonth uotil tho month noxt l>r3flH$? tho general eleotion. He thougQ&ibi? lime was needed and was aitVpiy^Hullleit nt. Tho amend ment was agreed to. Mr. Gage moved to strike out the words "provided, further, that this section shall apply to all municipal elections." lie said thut It wus im practicable to apply the section to municipal elections. Mr. Bryan said that it was tbe Idea of the committee thatundor conditions that will be brought about this provi sion was necessary. He thought it well to keep it lu. If there are not two political parties, then the princi ple does not apply. Senator Tillinan said the best thing to do was to put in a separato section applying to municipalities. Mr. Gage's amendment was thon adopted. Mr. W. 1). Evans moved to strike out tho entire first proviso of section 8, which allowed the two political parties representation on the boards of mana gers and canvassers. Mr. I''.vans thought that it was liest to leave the whole matter of details to the General Assemb'y. Mr. George JohnMono Bald that if the convention did not'bring about pure and honest elections it wore hot ter that it had not boon held, and that if the convention did not do away with tho iuoompoteut and vicious vote it had better never have been held ; and that honest elections wore not possible if this amondmont was passed. Mr. Evans said that it was not bis intention to leave any room for fraud. Mr. Johnsto'-e said that he only knew that the gentleman from Muri boro sought to strike out the only pro vision that compelled them to bo honest and fair. Mr. Evans said that so far as he was concern ul some of the most unfair elections he had over soon had been concocted with ropresontatlon on tho board of managers from both pur ties, and that ho bud. no Intention of doing anything to help fraud. Mr. Brvau said that tbe commltteo bad carefully considered the section. There is no prlnolplo in tho bill more patent, if wo want honest elections nothing would insure them bettor than tnis provision. The idoa is to placo tho principle where it can not be disregarded. Unless you fix this you put. the whole matter within tho possibility of political debauchery. On a cull of the roll the orovlso was stricken out by a VOtO of ?4 to Il? as follows: Yeas?John Gary Evans, President; Aloxandor, A she, Atkinson, Austin, Barry, Barton, Brea/oalo. BuiHt, Car ver.Cunninghara, DeUay,Donnls,Doug lass, Eftrd, W. D. Evans, Field, Fitch, Floyd, Gary, Gooding, Gunter, Hamel, Harrison, Hay, Homphlll, Wm. Hen derson, I looser, Johnson, Ira Jones, Wille Jones, Keltt, Kennedy, McCalla, MoCasian, McMakin, Mcwhlte, Mat thews, Moore, Morrison, Parlor, Rob borough, Rowand, Kussel I, Shuler, Sllgb, A. J. Smith, Talbert, Taylor, Waters, Wbarton, Stanyarne Wilson, W. B. WilBon. Nays?Anderson, Bellinger, Berry, Bowon, J. S. Brico, T. W. Brlco, Bryan, Durham, Doyle, Dudley, Fr? ser, Gage, J. Li. Glenn, Harris, D. 8. Henderson, Howell, Hutson, Georgo Johnstone, McGowan. MoMahun, Moares, Miller, Mitchell, Mower, Otts, Patton, Prince, I, R, Heed, Sheppard, Sloan, Jeremiah Smith, B. R. Tlllman, W?lls, A. H. White, S. E. White, Thfs section was adopted in tho fol lowing shape : "The General Assem bly shall provide by law for the regis tration of all qualified electors, and shall prescribe the manner of holding elections and of ascertaining the result of the same; provided, at the first re gistration under this constitution *nd until the 1st of January, 1898, the re gistration shall be conducted by a ) board of throe discreet persons in each county, to be appointed by the j advice and consent of the first regis tration to be provided for under this constitution. The registration books shall be kept open for at least six con secutive weeks and thereafter from time to time, at least one week in each month up to .'JO days next preceding the first election to be held under this constitution." Seotlon 9, whloh has reference to tbe division of townships into eleotloa districts, was taken up. Mr. Sheppard moved to substitute "polling" districts for eleotion dis tricts. This was adopted. Mr. Johnstons offered an amend ment at tbe end In these words : "but no elector shall vote exoept in the poll ing district in which he resides." After Bome'suggestlon hechanged it so as to resd : " Provided that a voter upon a change of residence may be transferred from one preoinct to another." Mr. Prince held that "ohange of residence " was not definite enough as ono might ohange his residence In the samo district. The amendment was, howevor, adopted. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson offered this substitute : "There shall be establish ed in the several counties in the State eleotion precincts and each voter can he registered only at the nearest pre cinct and must there cast his vote. Any voter may be transferred from one eleotion preoinct to another upon I his ohange of residence." 1 He said it was utterly impossible to make a geographical division of elec tion districts unless there was a re gular suivey. As It is now polling places are made to suit the conven ience of the people. It would cost an immense amount of money to divide the counties up exactly. The people ought tobe allowed to vote at'their nearest preoinot. Senator Tlllman said with suoh a system it would be almost Impossible to detect false registration. It's an elastio margin that will give great play for fraud. Mr. Bryan said that In many coun ties the school district and the elec tion district were co-extensive and were well defined. His amendment would not suit a olty at all. Mr, Wilson said that the committee report was drawn for cities and his for the country. He moved to post pone debate In dorer to perfeot amend ments, which was agreed to. Section 10 was passed as follows. "The General Assembly shall provide bylaw for the regulation of party pri mary elections and punishing fraud at the same." When seotion 11 was called Gover nor Sheppsid offered tbe following amendment: "Thereafter the re gistration books shall bo public re cords, open to tbe inspection of tbe public." Mr Fitch offered the following ; Add to soction 11 after tbe wore "in terim," online 3, "or to correct any mistake, error, omission or fraud of tho board of registration," and add after word "eleotion" on Hue 2 the following : " And they shall be open for public inspection one week there after, prior to the eleotion, and be placed in tho clerk of court's oftioo for auch inspection." There was quite a discussion over the matter of tbeso amendments, and the section was then passed over, the amendments bolng ordered printed in the journal. Section 12 was adopted ao follows ; " Electors in municipal elections shall possess nil the qualifications and be sub ject to all of tho disqualifications here in proscribed. Tho production of a certificate of registration from the registration officers of the county as an elector at a preclnot included In the Incorporated city or town In whloh the voter offers tovote, is declared a condition prerequisite to his voting, and in addition he must have been a resident within tho in corporated limits at least four months before the election, and have paid all taxos previously due and collectable." Section in relating to special elec tions in incorporated towns and cities was taken up. Mr. Me a res moved to amend by In serting after " electors " on the fourth lino, the words "except as to sox," which was to allow women te vote. Ho spoke ut length to bin proposition. This was a different thing from the proposition already fully discussed and voted down. To in was a tclnd of an election that might not occur in many years, and it waa hut right that the women should ho a lowed to have a soy about their property. The con vention should measure the matter. Mr. D. S. Henderson said he was the ono member of his committee who was against it. It was simply the question whether they were goolng to muke an entering wedge and allow women to vote at all or not. He was opposed to It. Mr. McGowan said that womau suf frage bad already been discussed ad nauseam. He thought that if only tho mon who owned $300 worth of property were allowed to rote as to whether additional taxation should be laid on property in order to issue bonds, tho property owning women need not fear. They would be amply protected. Mr. Bryan thought It was but re opening tho samo old question which the convention had already voted down. It was urged that women "be allowed to vote In the first Instance because she owned property and the convention overwhelmingly voted it down. Mr. M cures drew the distinction that this was not a political election. Mr. Henderson moved to lay the amend mont on the table. The ayes .and noes bolng called the amendment wim tabled by a vote of (17 to 29, as fol lows: Yoas?Alexander, Anderson, Ashe, Austin, Barry, Barton, Bellinger, iiowen, Breazoale, J. 8. Brlce. Bryan, I to int., Carver. Del lay, Dennis, Doug lass, Doyle Klird, Field, Fitch, Frasor, Gary, J. L, Glenn, Gunter, Hamel, Harris, Harrison, D. S. Henderson, Win. Henderson, Houser, Hut-son, T. E. Johnson, George Johnstone, Keitt, E. J. Kennedy, McGowan. MoMakln, MoWbite, Matthews, Mitchell, Morri son, Mower, Murray, Otts, Prince, I. I >'. Reed, Ros borough, Rowland, Rus sell, Sheppard, Jeremiah Smith, Tal bort, Waters, A. H. White, Stanyarne Wilson, W. B. Wilson. Nays?Gov. Jno. Gary Evans, Presi dent; Atkinson,T. W. Brlco^Gunnlng ham, Derham, Dudley, W. D. Evans, Floyd, Gage, Goodlng, Hay, Hemphlll, 1. B. Jones, Wllie Jones, McCalla, McChsIiui, McMahan, Mearos, Miller, Moore, Parier, Shulor, A. J. Smith, Taylor, B. It. Tlllman, S. E. White, Wfgg. Mr. Gage moved to Insert the word "counties" wherever "cities" or "towns" occurred. He said that his idea was to protect tho counties as well as townships, so that when coun ties voted for bonds only the voters owning $300 worth of property should be entitled to a ballot. The amend ment was adopted. Mr. Jeremiah Smith moved to strike out all the words providing that any voter must own $300 worth of pro perty, it was unfair. As amended . bow It means that no man except the one owning $300 worth of property can vote on iaoreaalog the State or county Indebtedness. ?. nidsl Mr. McCaslan said a great many men had transferred inoet of their property to their wives and they would be in a bad fix as neither can vote. . Mr. Bryan said there was u great necessity for such a provision. It was going too far,to say that one who bad no interest in the matter should be allowed to vote on the matter of bonds. Mr. Prince said that he saw no jus tice in compelling a man wbo owned $290 worth of property to submit to taxation without a voloe in it. Mr. D. S* Henderson said that if Mr. Prince's motion prevailed ovary eloo tor, white or colored, could vote in suoh an election and add to the1 debt of the town. Many towns in the Stete have a colored majority, who own no property, but may be able to read and write and who would thus be able to saddle a large debt on such munici palities. Mr. Prince withdrew his amendment. The ayes and noes were demanded on Mr. .ionim,uh Smith's amendment, which strikes out th j property qualifl oattonj in the section! Mr. U. S. Hen derson moved to lay on the table. When the vote was anaounood there was no quorum present and the con vention had to adjourn. The pending question at the opening was the amend men t proposed by Mr. Jeremiah Smith on Tuesday night, striking out from seotion 13 the pro vision requiring electors to have $300 Worth of property in order to vote on the question of issuing bonds by coun ties, cities or towns, but section 9. which was passed over, was taken up. Mr. Stanyarne WUson offered , the following as a substitute to the section: "TheGeneral Assembly shall provide for the establishment of polling pre cincts in the several counties of the State, and those now existing shall ?o continue until abolished or changed. Each elector shall be required to vote at his owa preoinot, but provision shall be made for his transfer to anothor Sreoinot upon his change of resl ence." This was adopted, and the section as a whole was adopted. Seotion 11 relative to registration books were next taken up. Mr. Bryan offered the following amendment: "The registration officers of each county shall twenty days before any election held in the county or any city or town in the county, make, certify and file in the office of tho clerk of the court of common pleas of the county copies of the registration books of, showing separately, the registered voters for each polling district in said county, and the same shall remain on tile as public records of said olllce, and open to public inspection." Mr. Sheppard withdrew his amend ment on the same subject introduced the night previous. Mr. Bryan said that after ten days the official copy must be filed with the clerk of court for the inspection of the public, but at the same time the books would be kept in the official custody of the olerk. Senator Tillman asked why not, put the books in the olllce of the clerk rather than a copy. After the officer had registered the voters ho bus no further use for the books. Mr. Bryan held that be might need them for the purpose of registering those who may become of age, and if the books were in the clerk's olllce thoy would be In the custody of tho people and not of the officer. Mr. Johns tone asked whether Mr. Bryan contended that the registration books wero his private memoranda as long as they wore in his possession, and that the public had no right to in spect the m ? Mr. Bryan held that the individual had a riant at all times to inspect the books, but this is dealing with the [nubile at large who may waut to nspect the names of the voters at large. Mr. Jobnstone said that there could be no higher question than that the public has a right at UL times to in spect publlo records, and the gentlo nian could notcoofuse the issue with a bucket full of words. Ho moved to further amend'by adding "that the books of the registration officer shall always be open for the inspection of the public." Mr. Pitch said the section or the amendments did not cover the diffi culty us he saw it. He thought the courts ought to have ample time to correct errors, omissions, etc., by man damus. Mr. Jobnstone said that no one loved darkness rather than light, and if wc are not to have honest registration and honest elections it were better that this convention had never been held. You cannot base public morals on publlo fraud. The records should ho open so that every free man could see that ho is properly registered. Fraud in public llle leau to fraud In private iife, and If this thing keeps on it will finally invade the jury and no man's life or property will bo safe. By all means let tho registration hooks he kopt open. Colonel Talhort thought the sections were plain enough. Ths mutter of de tail should be left to the Legislature. Section8 provides that tho General Assembly shall provide for all these, things. It is just consuming time to talk about fraudulent elections. Lotus get along and let tho Legislature ar range all details. Let us quit all this talk and oratory and get to work. Mr. Johnstone replied that he had no objection to the /entleman stopping his oratory, but he didn'tsoe how fraui In registration could he prevented by the courts unlu-s there was some way to show that frauds hud been com mitted. Mr. Talhert said he agree 1 fully with the gentleman in his io ., out ho thought the convention should deal in principle.-, and lot tho l.ogisluturo arrange for details. Mr. Johnstone's amendment was adopted. Nil*. Bryan's amendment as amended was theu adopted. Mr. Fitch offered tho following : Add to section 11, after the word "Interim" on line 3: ' or to correct any mistakes, errors, omissions or fraud." He thought that if any mistake or fraud was made a voter would be disfranchised for ton years or more. The amendment was' agreed to. Mr. Johnstone moved to amend so that the section shall read tho books shall oloso at least thirty days before an election, except to register persons qualified in the interim. As originally drawn tho exception applied only to persons comiug to ago. Mr. I.ee, thought that if tho word " omission" was left in Mr. Fitch's amenament it went too far and loft the books open until .the election. Mr. Prince moved to strike out tho word "omission." which was agreed to. Mr. W. .1. Montgomery thought that those who became qualified to voto tho day before the election should bo al lowed to register. Yet according to this law he could not register dnd con sequently could not vote. (?n motion of Mr. Breazoale ho whole seotion'11 was stricken Out be cause it ought to be loft to tho I .oglsla ture. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved' to re consider that vote and lay that motion on the table. The ayes and noes were ordered, but before they were, called Senator Tillmau said that ho thought the convention acted too hastily. It was simply intended to throw safe guards around registration and while e didn't favor the convention legislat ing too much he thought this ought to be put in the constitution and not left to the Legislature. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson said the Leg islature had ample time to perfect all dotails. The Legislature has always decided such matters. The vote resulted as follows : Ayes 47, noes 50. Sonator Tillman moved to reonslder the vote wheroby section 11 was adopt ed, which was agreed to. Seuator Tillman thought the suctiou ought to stand as reported. Mr. Stanyarne WIIbou moved to re consider the vote whereby Mr. Bryan's amendment was adopted, lie wautod the section left as it is and then tho Legislature could arrange all details. The ayes and noes were demanded, aud the' convention decided to recon sider by a vote of 00 to 41 as follows: Yoas: Gov. Jno. Uary Kvnns, Presi dent, Alexander, Asbe, Atkinson, Aus tin, Barton, Bowen, Bowman, Broa zealo, T. W. Brico, Buist, Carver, Con nor, Cunningham, De l lay,, Donnis, Douglass, Elird.JEstridgo, Wiehl, Floyd, Gage, Garris, Gooding, Gunter, Ilamol, Harrison, Hay, Hemphlll, D. S. Htn dorson, Wm. Hendorson. Heuser, T. E. Johnson, I. B. Jonos, Koitt, Low man, Lybrand, McCalla, McCaslan, Mc Cown, MoMaban, McMakin, McWhlte, J. D. Montgomery, Morrison, Otts, Par lor, Patterson, Redfearn, Rosborough, Sllgh, W. C. Smith, Stokes, Talbert, B. B. Tillman, Waters Sta^varno Wilson, W. B. Wilson, Wiuklor, Wood ward. Nays ! Barker, Bates, B?rry, J. S. Brice, Bryan, Burn, Dont, Durham, Doyle, Dudley,iFarrow, Fitch, Fr?ser, Gary, Gillaud, J. L. Glenn, Harris, HowoH, Hutson, George Johnstone, Wille Jones, E. J. Kennedy, McGowan, Matthews, Meares, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Mower, Patton, Prince, L. it. Rood, Kussel I, sh ul er, Sloan, Jeremiah Smith, G. D. Tillman, Wells, A. H. Whito, 8. E. White, Wigg. Mr. Stanyare Wilson moved to lay tho amendment on tho table, which was agrood to. Tho section as adopted is as follows: "The registration books shall close at least thirty days before an election, during which time trans fers and registration shall not be logal, oxcopt as to persons becoming qualiiicd in tho intorim." Mr.Prince offered the following sub stitute to Section 111: ''In authorizing a special election in uny incorporated town or- city in this State for the pur pose of bonding the same, the General Assembly shall proscribe as a condition precedent to the holding of said elec tion a petition from a majority of tho freeholder.-, of such city or town as shown by its tax books, and at such election all electors of such city or town who arc only qualified for voting under Sootion 12 of this article, and who havc paid all taxes, State, county and municipal, for tho previous year, shall be allowed to vote, and tho voto of a majority of thoso voting in said election shall bo necessary to authorize the issue of Bald bonds." Mr. Princo said his substitute pro vided all necessary safeguards In voting bonds in cities and towns and at the same time made no discrimination against any taxpayers. Senator Tillman said aftor consulta tion withraombeis of the commlttoo thoy had agreed to acoept the sub stitute as a compromise. Mr. Buist objected to it, because the people who owned property should decide whether bonds should be issued. Ho had an amendment, striking out tho $300 property qualification and leaving it to property owners. Mr. Meares wanted the substitute roferrod for further amendment. Col. Talbert opposed this and moved to lay Mr. Mcaros' motion on the tablo, which was agreed to. The section was then adopted. Tho remaining sections were adopted as follows : Section 14. Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony, or a broach of the peuco, bo privileged from arrest on tho days of election, during their attendance ut tho polls, and going to und returning therefrom. Section 15. No power, civil or mili tary, shall at any time interfere to prevent tho free exercise of the right of sml rage in this State. Mr. Aldrich v anted to know what was meant by the last section. Sonator Tillman said it wus put in as a kind of drag net, to prevent fraud or violence or general cussednoss. Mr. Aldrich said that was eminently satisfactory. (Laughter.) The wholo article was then ordered to a third reading. A NEvv Motor,?While the electri cians uro anticipating tho day that stoum power will bo largely, if not wholly, supplanted by their system, a genius Is said to huve discovered a novel force, or rather the successful application of an old one. Tho Phil adelphia Record says: A wonderful now engine that will ??eil vert tho carbon of coal directly into energy without, the nuisance, danger und waste of the present steam engino is said to have, boon invented under tho mysterious title of "tho thermic carbonaceous motor." Tho news will undoubtedly strike the industrial world like an Arabian Nights' romance', it means, if true, such a tremendous rev olution, i As for mere pluusi 111 i ty, there is no reason for withholding credulity in the rumor. The great waste of coal energy in modern steam engine:, has loug been a problem which engineers and physicists have endeavored to solve und yet. it has never occurred probably to any other investigators to do uway with tho boiler principle. Not only would the extraction of nearly S8 per cent, of the eneigyof coal work an utter revolu tion In tho industrial world, but tho banishment of the un wieldly and peri lous boiler would, perhaps, lead to a new stylo locomotive for both street railway and trunk lino service. ? ?Tho farm known as tho "Old Temple Warm," on tho York River, at Yorktown, Va., has just been sold to a gentleman from < 'ol em bus, Ohio. Next to Jamestown, Va., tho Temple farm Is tho most historical aud in many ways tho most celebrated of uny farm in tho I 'iiiled States. It is tho farm on which Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the combined armies of Washing ton and l<afayotte, October 10, 1781. A portion of tho building thon stand ing still remains. Tho farm con tained about f>00 acres and sold for (45,000. Tho present owner proposes to make his pormnnont residence there. ^ ^ _ ?" Which of you can toll mo tho moaning of amen V" asked tho teacher of a primary Sunday-school class. Harry held up his hand. "It moans that you have got through," FAREWELL TO THE SOLID SOUTH. Kentucky aud Maryland Gone Glimmer ing?New York and New Jersey in the Republican Column?Ohio and Kansas Olear Out of Sight. KENTUCKY. Silver Democrat* Denounce Cleve land and Carlisle and Hold 1'hoiu Responsible for the Defeat, fomsv 11.1,1:, Ky., Now. 0.?Kepubli can claims and Democratic concessions show to-night that not only lias Ken tucky oleoted the full Republican State ticket, hut that the complexion of the Legislature assures a Republi can successor to United St'itus Senator Blackburn. State Auditor Norman, the Demo cratic campaign chairman, admits that Blackburn's defeat is assured. "The Ro publicaus, with the help of tho Popu lists, will assuredly control the Legls ture," he said, "and Bluokburn is sure to he defeated. Kentucky is now a Republican State. The public wanted a change, aud they took it, the Repub licans being uided by both Populists and A. P. A.'s. Ns one could havo carried Kentucky at this election? not even Carlisle." Dr. W. G. Gunter, chairman of the Republican State campaign committeo, rofused to mako any estiraato as to majorities. "The Ropublican ticket is elected by round number plurali ties," he said, " and tho Legislature will be Republican on joint ballot, but 1 won't mako any guesses. I am waiting for authentic figures. A special to the Evening Post from Barrodsburg, Ky., says : "Gen. Har din, who is at his brother's home in this city, concedes Bradley's election from returns received. He takes his defeat cheorfully and says he did his whole duty." A special from Lancaster, Ky., says : "Col. Bradley is receiving congratu lations from all over tho State this morning. At 1 o'clock ho represented himself to tho Evening Post corres pondent as certain of his election with 15,000 majority." Tho Legislature uppoars to be 05 Democrats, against 00 opposition. The Populists hold the balance of power, Blackburn's frlonds claim his election with tho aid of tho Populists. The Times-Star special from Lexing ton, Ky, says : " Democrats hero con cede tho election of Bradloy (Ropubli can) for Governor by from between 8,000 and 10,000. The silver Demo crats are bitter in their denunciation of President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle, and charge them with tho responsibility for tho sweeping defeat." MAUYIjANU. Gorman Completely Ousted?The Lieg islatttt'O Kepiibiieaii Oll tlolllt Hal le! . baltimore, Md., Nov. 5.?Senator Gorman has met his Waterloo. At mid-night tho indications point to a complete victory in Maryland. Lloyd Lowndos is undoubtedly elected Gov ernor, and tho balance of tho Republi can ticket has an apparent maiority of ovor 10,000. ? Tho Legislature will ho Ropublican on joint ballot, thereby injuring a Re gublican successor to United Statos enator Gibson. In Baltimore city the returns indicato a complete overthrow of tho Gorman-Raisin ring. Hooper (Republican) for mayor, has au appar ent majority of more than .'1,000. Tho Republicans havo also a majority of the city council und clerks of tho court. Baltimore, Nov. 6.?Incomplete returns from tho State of Maryland, including Baltimore city, iudicate tho election of Lowndos (Republican) Gov ernor by at least 15,000 majority, car rying along with him in oflico tho rest of tho State ticket, the Controller and Attorney General. The House of Delegates will perhaps have more than sixty Republicans. Tho Senate will bo closo, with the chances in favor of aJR^publican ma jority. On joint ballot tho Republi cans will no doubt havo a safe major ity. Baltimore city vote for Govornor complete : Lowndes (Republican) 55, 110; Hurst (Democrat) 4:i.:i27 ; Lever ing (Prohibitionist) 2,1177 ; Andrews (Populist and Socialist; 433. For Controllor : Graham (Republi can) 54,044 ; Smith (Democrat) 43,247; for Attorney Genert.l : Clabaugh Ropublican 5:1,110; Williams Demo crat, 45,247; At wood, Prohibitionist, 1,973; Golden, Socialist-Labor, 984. Returns from evory county in the State [tartly estimated give I .owndes, Ropublican, a majority over Hurst, Domocrat, for Governor, of 19,701. MOW YOItK. The Umpire Stuto Has Joined tho Republicans? Tammany Only is Balk NKW YORK, Nov. 5.?Republicans carried Now York Stato by 80,000 plurality; Now Jersey by ovor 15,000 ; Maryland by 10,000, and claim to have captured Kentucky. Besides swing ing these States ovor into the Ro publican column, they increased their usual majorities in Massachusetts, Ohio, Iowa aud all other States where elections woro held, it was a Demo cratic Waterloo. Tammany olect? d her local tickot by absut 30,000 at;d "New York city wont Democratic for socrotary of stato by 41,000, but the Republicans camu down to the Bronx with ovor 100,000 votes to spare. In the Tonth con gressional district, Amos Cummings, Domocrat, was elected, but bis success was plainly duo to his porsonal populu-' rlty. Of tho 50sonatorsin tliis Stato the Democrats oloctcd only 10 and of tho 150 assembly men only 40. The senate olocted today will havo part in the selection of a successor to Sonator David B. Hill and it is plain that ho will not be a Domocrat. Re publican gains were gcnoral all ovor ine State. In this city and Brooklyn, Bepublican senators and assomblymon wore elected where Democrats havo boon returned year after your. In Brooklyn u Democratic mayor pulled through by a narrow plurality, in Albany, Buffalo and other cities big Republican gains wet'o made. Nnw YORK| Nov. 0.?There is no doubt that tho Republican Stato of ficers have been elootod by pluralities avoraging>ubout50.000. The estimated pluralities above tho Harlem uro about 100,000. The Domocrats carrlod New York city by fully forty thousand and the city of Brooklyn by something like 2,000 to 3,000, leaving a safe mar f;in In the State at largo of 50,000 votes n the Republicans' favor. The blanket ballot did not tend to re duco the number of voters, the de ereuse being almost entirely above the Harlem. In the city of New York the I vote w;ia fully equal to that of twu years ago. The result Of the election of mem bers of the Assembly shows con olusi voly that Senator Hill will be suc ceeded' by Winter Miller or some other Ke|.nhliei'.m. A list of the now 'Legislature, biased upon corrected re turns from nearly all eleotion dis tricts and eareful estimates in others, Shows that tho Stato Senate will cou slst of .'15 Republicans. 11 Democrats and one independent, uud the Assembly Will bo made up of 01) Republican s uud SI Democrats. The defeat of the fusion ticket iu New York city is asorihod to the strict enforcement of the excise law by Police Commissioner Roosevelt. Dr. Park hurst says th? result is a lesson to the Reformers to avoid fusion movemonts in future. ? m;\v JERSEY. T|ie Ohl Reliable Hus Omit Its An cient Moorings. Nkw Youk, Nov. 5.?Tho returns of the election in New Jersey indicates a sweeping victory for tho Republi cans in nearly every district, ovea in portions which huve been for years strongholds of Democracy. Johu VY. Criggs, the K?publican candidate for Governor, has been eloctcd by a sur prisingly large plurality, probably about 15,000. Pivo of tho seven now State Senators are Ropubliuiu aud in the Assembly the Democrats have lost much ground. While Now Jersey has had a Re publican Sonate and Assembly more than ouco of late, Griggs is the first Republican Governor in many years, and his election is regarded as an im portant index of the national ballot next year. Allan McDormott, the Domocratic Stato loader, concedes the Stato to tho Republicans by 20,000. Other mem bers of the Democratic committee figure the Republican plurality at 10,000. Trenton, n. j., Nov. 0.?-There seems to be no doubt about this State. The latest oHIcial figures stato tho re sult as follows : The official voto for Govornor in New Jorsoy is : Griggs, 28,422 ; McGill, 7,000; Griggs plurality, 20,822. Of the seven Senators votod for, fivo Republi cans and one Domocrat are elected, and one still iu doubt. Of tho sixty Assemblymou elected forty are surely Republicans, thirteon assuredly De mocrats aid seven are still in doubt. Later figures show that the Senate stands eighteen Republicans and three Democrats. In tho lower branch tho Democratb have elected olovon mem bers in Hudson, two in Huntington asd two in Warren sure, giving them the three members from Monmouth county, which is very close. The As sembly will stand 42 Republicans and 18* Democrats. Griggs estimated plurality is 24,.100. OHIO. The Republican Plurality an lOvcn loo,(uio in the Buckeye Htutc. COLUMUUS, O., Nov. 0?Chairman An derson, of tho Democratic State com mittee, has reports and indications showing a Republican plurality of 80,000 to 00,000. The causes, he says, that produced this result are the same thut were in force in 180J and 1804? unrest among tho people, dissatisfac tion as to liuuncial conditions und the sorlous effects of the recent panic aud disturbance of trade and business. The Democracy is Ohio are united and although defeated are not dismayed. Chairman Kurt/., of tho Repbliean State committee, says tho Republican plurality will be 05,000. Thuiehavo been several chunges in tho legislative results from last night, tho Democratic minority being reduced in each in stance. At present tho Sonate will stand: Republicans 30, Democrats 0, Fusion-Populists 1. Iu the Mouse tho Republicans have 87 and tho Demo crats 25. Tho Republicans havo a majority of 87 on joint ballot. Chairman Kurt/, at9 p. m. said Bush noil's plurality would not bo less than 100,000. The voto for Coxey, Populist, will ho about 15,000 less than last year's Populist vote of 40,000. The only con solution for the Populists is the elec tion of W. P. Conloy for State Sonator. Conloy was endorsed by tho Republi cans and defeated Lawler, sf Lima, tho homo candidate of Senator Bricc, KANSAS. The Republicans Make a Clean Sweep in iMcctlio;; Kansas. TOPKKA, Kan, November 5. -There was a very light voto polled in Kansas to-day. probably not to exceed 210,000 or 00,000 loss than last year. Little interest was taken in the cot.test for Chief Justice. David Martin, Ropubli can, was generally considered u suru winner, but tho returns from tho fow precincts heard from indicate that the voto for Charles K. Holliday, Indepen dent, free silver candidate, will bo much larger than was anticipated. POpu?sts uro gonorally voting for him. Martin's mujority may bo reduced to 20,000. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 0.?Kansas returns show thut tho Republicans made practically a clean sweep of tho Stato, carrying a majority of the coun ties entire and electing many of the Officers of tho other*. (J. K. liolliday, independent candidate for Chief Jus tice, admits that Duvid Martin, his Republican opponent, will have 40,000 majority. Chairman Breidenthalk, of tho Populists State central cominittoe. say a the returns show Populist gains over last year. M ASSAt UMJSBTTS. The Ohl Hay State 1h Anchored to (lie Rcpiihlieuiis. boston, Nov.0.?Corrected returns now at band show that Governor Qreenhalge is re-eleoted by 03,444 plurality, which is 1,033 votes loss than bis plurality last year. Municipal suf frage for women was defeated by y ma jority estimated at 7,(iso. Tho complexion Of the Legislature is: Scnato, 33 Republicans and 7 De mocrats, a Domocratic gain of one : Honse of Representttives, 184 Republi cans and 55 Democrats, a Democratic gain of 8. MISSISSIPPI. The Populist? IVfiule a Poor Show ing roller the Mississippi Plan. Jackson, miss., Nov. o.?The latest news from tho election gives a Demo cratic majority of from 25,000 to 30, 000. Reporte from Wohstor County, which was in groat doubt, says that county has boon carried by the Demo crats. This county has voted strongly ngalnst tho Democratic party in noarly every olection since tho war. Both sides are claiming Chlckasaw County, the homo of Burkott, Populist can didate for Governor, and which ho hau novor failed to carry, but the Demo crats assert they have the best chance for it. Ksti mates based on nearly complete roturus show that the Popu i lists did nut receive 10 per cont. of the total vote ram.. The present Leglpla turu tamtams 25 Populists, add the 1 nrxj, one, which will eleot a successor ! to. Senator George, will not have more ! thuu eight, all the rest belog Domo ? cruts. UNITED STATUS SENATE. Political Complexion as a Re*ult of Tuesday's fCleottoas. Washington, Nov. 0.-?As a result of the latest election returns, the Re publicans gain five United States Senators?two from Utah and one each from Kentuoky, Ohio and Maryland? and the Democrats lose three Senators ?one each from Maryland, Kentucky and Ohio. None of these changes be come olToctive, however, until March 1. 1807, except in the case of the two Utah Senators, who will take their soats as soon as chosen. Thereafter the numerical strength in the Senate will bo as follows : Republicans, 44; Democrats, 30. BILL A.RP AT THE EXPOSITION. HE SAW T1IF. Wild) WEST SHOW. He Mots to TulU inc. About Money? In the Olden Times Oold and Sil ver Were Plentiful. I witnessed the stroot pagoautof Buf falo Bill's " Wild West" show. 1 sup poso there wore 50,000 people who did the same thing. That much was freo, and (juito enough for me. Somohow 1 have lost my appetlto for circuses and other spectacular amusemeuts. The time was when 1 novor missed one if I could help it; hut now I prefor to see things that provoke thought instead of smiles. The wonders of the exhi bits iu the exposition, tho progress of mankind in thefarts and sciences, fill tho mind with pleasant contomplattion. When tho telegraph wires first reach] ed our town we felt sure that there was nothing else to inventor discover, that nothing more was needed. But so many wonderful and useful things havo piled up on us sinco, that now we live in a state Of expectancy. What will come next ? Whfen 1 was a boy we studioJ a phil osophy which said that tho load must bo noar the power, and thero wa,i a picture of u horse trying to pull a bag of sun? by a rope that was 100 yards long?und ho couldn't movo it. Now wo road that tho power from tho elec tric plant at Niagara is soon to pull ull tho bouts on the great Erie canal, and the thousands of horses and mules uro to be discharged from their monot onous service. More than this?wo road that this samo power is soon to supercedo all other powers In louding und uuloading tho vessels in Now York harbor. If this power can reach Now York from N iagara, why net roach across tho continent t How long be fore ull our railway trains will be moved by it V There is sufficient wa ter power right here near (Jurtors\ ille to operate a plant that would movo all the wheels iu Georgia. Tho children now at school will livo to laugh at the simplicity and stupidity of their fa thers and grandfathers just as I now smile at the rocotlectiou of tho time when my father kept a Dint and steel and u piece of punk in a little tin box and would strike a spurk und light a candle when he wanted a light in tho night. It is lunny to think of the time when there were no matches. What would theso cigarette boys do without matches V Every decade brings cheaper moth ods and more comforts. The old rule thut Adum Smith taught us in his " Wealth of Nations " was thut provi dence hud wisely ordained that tho la bor of one man would easily, support eight persons, moaning himself and wife and six children. But he wasent counting on *? shoes for tho boyB and $10 hats und balloons sleeves for the girls und a college education for both. The labor of tho average man will not support eight porsons now, for not withstanding the cheapness of things our wants are increased ten-fold. Stephen Girard said that tho way to got rich was to buy nothing that you are not obliged to havo. but we roverso tho maxim and buy too many things we are not obliged to have. While in the exposition I did want to buy a lot of those beautiful alumin ium wares 'or my wife, for sho does love pretty things und fine things, but 1 dident havo tho money. I lot her look at them und only bought her a pop per box. Now, that rominds me of our trouble in tne South. That alumin ium clay is ull about in our hills and is be in;:; mined uud shipped every day to Pittsbnrg and thero it is reduced und manufactured uud the products come back to us with two freights and big profits added. Just so with our man guneso uud ochro and lumber and bides und most of our cotton und wool. Wo have got to inanufacturo our own materials or wo will novor catch up. But wo aro making good progress In iron and cotton and maybe the other plants will come along in tlmo. I learn that 80 per cent, of that alumin ium cluy is wastod and thrown away in the process of reduction. Just think what a saving of freight there would bo if wo could reduce tho metal at tho mines. We would soon bo tho richest people on tho ea**th if we could manufacture our own materials. Tho labor is bore, but it is idlo. Our boys uro willing but they can't lind employ ment. It is astonishing how rapidly wealth increases when labor is rewarded. Look at a ruined Stato liko Georgia was in ISO.? anil now see what thirty years have done. Look at the ox posi tion that has been planted witli tho money from one city and is now tho wonder of tho nation. Whore docs all this money corns from? Vorlly, it looks liao Aladin's lamp has come down to us?and yet almost everybody is complaining of hard times. I've been reading Josophus again and I don't understand how Sol omon got all his money, for David was at war with somebody most all bis lifo. Josephus says that silver was as plen tiful in .Jerusalem as the stones in tho street. The temple wa3 overlaid with gold aud cost millions of dollars. Borod sont a little present of ton mil lions of drachm;* to C:*sar. Ilyrcanus sunt ton thousand talents of gold. The Pharaohs built the pyramids for their own tombs-and one of theso took 100,000 men thirty-sevon years to com plete it and it cost livo hundred mil lions of dollars and is not worth a cont to anybody. The Aztecs of Mexico built some just as large. Tho ruins of them aro still thor* and historians say th*y had idols on thoir tops that were, thirty foot high and made of solid gold. There is a cathedral now in tho city of Mexico that cost sixty millions of dollars. What a vast amount of money has i been made from the beginning down to the present time. Mankind began early to hunt for gold, for Moses suys in the second chapter of Gonesis that the gold of that land around Edon was good, and I reckon old Adam dug for ' it and molded it and jingled It in his i pocket. He never wore fig iouves long. - John N ms, in his Geneva edition of i the Bible, an edition that lasted fifty years und was vory popular, says that Adam and Eve, when they know that they wore naked, mado for them selves "breeches." and so, of course, they had pockets to <. i ry their money in. Old Mothor Eve wore breeches then, and her otmpriug, the new woman, got her fash m r <;ht straight from tho garden of EJen. What will Dr. Hawthorne say u\?out . that? m_ _ Hut silver came aiong'-fh due time. Abraham bought'the oave of Mavpe lah and paid 100 shekels of silver jnr ront money with the merchant, it was not coined, for lie weighed it. I rockon it was granulated like we used to buy gold half a century ago. My father was a merchant, and bought a groat deal of line gold from the minors, and most of it was in goose quills. The quill was transparent aud had a littlo wooden stopper, and a good large one hold about $10 worth. Joseph us bays that in Iiis day gold and silver wero coined and stamped. It was roughly done. I reckon, for I havo a coin that Is 1,000 years old, and it has Coustantino on one side and two Kornau lictors on the othor ; and it is a rough job. Aluminium would mako a beautiful coin, and with the govern ment stamp would bo a handier coin than silver, for it is not hair so heavy. It is the stamp that fixes tho value. Iron and copper were use! by tho Crooks and Kornaus just / i we use nickle now. What a rumpus this question of currency bus raised, and It came upon us this time ho sudden and unexpect ed. Where all the gold is 1 don't s know, for 1 novor see any of it. No-' body but tho bankers and the United Statos treasury have any use for it, or anything to do with it. It travels back aud forth across tho water in bags and boxes and settles the balances of trade with tho banks and the mer chant princes, and that is what it is for, I reckon. 1 haven't seen but one ploce in two years, and that wat-n't mine. What good it is doing' locked up ia vaults I don't know, but 1 reckon it is all right. Pope said whatever is is right, and so I don't worry. Wo still livo and are out of jail, aud there is poaco and harmony in the Inns, hold?and that is a bigger Uj gold or si Ivor. Uj SALUDA COUJj F?.??trt tftilt In;-hConnected With the Territory Front Whloh tho New Count) Was Formed, a Saluda Sentinel. ' Tho territory Otttof which our county was formed once constituted a ptrt of Ninety-Six District. When first formed it was called Collolon County, but was afterward named Ninety-Six. On March 12, 1785, before tho adopt on of tho Constitution, the Legislature of tho Independent Stale of South Caro lina ordered thut the N inety-Six L is trict be divided Into six districts, namoly ; Edgoliold, Abbeville, N< w borry, Laureus, Spartanburg ond Union. The linos woreall well dollted by this act except the northwestern, which was said to be bounded by the Cherokee claims. Wo suppose that must havo been the present countiCE of Anderson, Oconoo, I'ickonsand Green ville Theso counties were not actually surveyed until 1802, when all tho i i.v trict government went into oporatlon. Cunibridgo was the capital of the wh de Ninety-Six district. The town was in u rich, agricultural country, it con tained si population of 2,500. AfUSr 1K02, this town soon disappoarod :'iid nothing now marks tho old historic spot, but the old star fort. Too t.et coating the counties ordered that one quarter mile above the Island Ford should bo tho corner of four of tho counties: Kdgetield, Nowborry, Ah >e villo ami Laurons. Tho surveyors measured one quarter mile above Is land Ford Ferry, which was one half milo above, the ford. It is one quarter mile below the ferry the upper end of tho Island. The true corner of the counties is at Island l/ord l'\ rry. i Edgefield has really a portion of Abbeville, and Nowborry a portion of Laurous. A man by tho name of Anderson made tho jir.it? survey of Fdgelield County. We once came across tho map ol this survey and ?'.miuj ..^ it more nearly correct than any survey we over saw of liklgeliold County. Soutli Carolina was not settled from tho coast, like most of tho other colonies. All the rich coast region was settled direct from Fairopo. The long stretch of pine barren from the foot hills of the mountains to near tho coast was forbidding. Our section was settled from Virginia and Pennsyl vania. The three classes were: The Cavalior, tho Scotch-Irish and the Dutch. The Dutch olomcni predo minates In Khinohart. The Cavalior and Scotch-Irish in all thooth r punt** of tho county. The county is well watered -having tho Saluda river for it- northern boun dary and Little Saluda, with Its tribu taries, drains nearly tin wholi county. Some small trib tarics of the Kdisto aro found on its eastern slope. Tho soil is productive and yields nearly everything that minister: t ? nun.an wants and m.ssitlos, Tie hills bordering the hialudu a"c famed for cotton anil the bottom lands yield corn und outs in profusion. The rinds re moved from tho streams ai.ultivated by a thrifty class of vvhlto people and tho land is made to produce ovi ry thlng that grows in a -eini tropical country. Corn, small grain, cotton, the different kinds of cano, and many varlotles of fruits. The liuesl portion of the celebrated UidgO count y is in cluded in our county. The correspon dent of the News and Courior pro nounced it tho garden spot id ,ho Uniteil States. And best of all, besi los its law-ablaing, tbriftj people, it i: lilled with churches and school hou - >s. / All who seek a good home will be tfx. *? -H| coined with open arm There is a railroad graded'through > tho new county, running- from N w i borry Court House to Augusta, oxcapt | about six miles from Herbert's Ferry to Crouch's. It run- nearly through tho cont re from northeast to soi. Lb west. It belongs to tho Throo Cs \\. \ R., which is certain to he built scon. This is a great company, with Its linos running from the. Ohio river LhrO gfll 1 the coal region-, of Kentucky, West Virginia, Tonncssco and North Caro lina to Charleston and Augusta, Al ready seven ami one hall millions of dollars havo benn oxpendod. It is now running this she- of the moun tains. It will take the same amount to complete tho road and it - brunchos, Our people may rest assured '.hat this money will not bo lost and no railroad. If this company does not finish it. then it will run from Nowborry to Augusta uny way. The Nowbon and Lauren lino tried ten years ago to get thi line, but the Three C's objected. Tilt would have built it immediately, I tu our time is coining in the m ar future Tho word Saluda. in tho* musical language of the Chorokoos, moans tho river of corn a very appropriate name. A tribe, called the Saluda. lived on the plantation now owned by (ion. Hagood. Our county then was tho hunting grounds of the Cherokee-*. < ?Do not preach politohess and pro* j prloty to children and violate their I laws yourself. In other words, lot the example you set them be a good one.