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ff-I ESTABLISHED 1865.0EBRY .C~TUSA,JL 0 80 _ ____ THE GLEAM OF TUE BAYONET. The Election Bill 'ased in the house by a Vote of 155 to 149-Lehlbach of New Jersey and Coleman of Louiiana Vote with the Denocrat$. [From the N,w York Sun.) WASHINGTON, July .-Against the protests of every Democrat and a nuil her of Bepublicans, Speaker Reed and his coadjutors in the House of Repre sentatives to-night passed the Federal Election Bill. The fight lasted for ten hours to-day, and the session was then prolonged an hour by the senselcss an tics of one or two fresh members. The Republican managr cracked the party whip successfully, as usual, and at no time during this famous session has Tom Reed given plainer evidence of the entire control which be has over almost every Republican member. Al though many of them sulked and at tempted to throw cold water upon the effort to pass an Election bill they were forced to face the music to-day, and did so as pleasantly as possible under the circumstances. Only four Repub licans rebelled against the order of the dictator. These were Coleman of Lou isiana and Lehlbach of New Jersey, who voted against the passage of the bill and with the Democrats in thei obstruction tactics ; Mr. Ewart of .North Carolina, who was paired witi a Republican, and Mr. Frank of Mis souri, who spent the afternoon in the Senate restaurant after the voting be gan, despite the eflorts of the Repub lican managers to persuade him to cui short his lunch. Every single Democrat in the House voted against the bill or was paired against it. There was not a break ir the entire line North and South, and certain Republican members been lesS under the infinence of the Speaker, in spired in many cases by fear, the bil would have undoubtedly been de feated to-day on the first roll call. WILL NOT PASS THE SENATE. The Democrats, particularly these from the South, were remarkably cool and, except, when they were speaking against the bill, displayed little of the bitter hostility and hatred which they have for it. There is no doubt that they would have been far more excited and denunciatory in their langdag< were it not for the fact that they fee assured that there is no possibility o the bill becoming a law, and that it i. only a piece of Mr. Reed's politica bluff There is little doubt that the Democrats are justified in their feeling of security. The bill will not pass the Senate, and it is quite probable that it will never be called up for considera tion in that body, at least during the Fifty-first Congress. A few weeks ag< it was a part of the Republican pro gramme in the Senate to pass the bil when it came over, even if it should be necessary to prolong the session unti September to do so. That programmE bh a not yet been formally abandoned but it wi!l be. An informal count o ntoses has been miade, and the fact de veloped that such a large number o Republican Senators are opposed t< taking up the bill or conisidering it ir any way that it will be allowed to dit qjuietly.upon the calendar. It has al ready been determined that when il conies over from the House to let it re main in the Committee on Privilege and Elections until the tariffT and silve qluestions are disposed of. A caucus will then be called for th p)urpose of determining what cours shall be pursued. The Republi can Senators who believe that it is bac policy to stir up the Southern questici at this time have been making a per sistent canvass of their colleagues, an< they are firmly convinced that the' are strong enough to adopt a resolutioi in caucus sending the bill over to th next session. This, of course. mean that the bill will not be considered a all. It is now very well understoo< that if the bill is taken up in the Sen ate it could not be passed at this session as it would not be possible to adopt an; rule to cut off debate. Even Senator Edmunds, Hoar, Dawes, andl the othe old fogies, who would much like to se the Election bill become a law, are de -cided in their opposition to any lai looking to interference with the free dom of debate in the Senate. Thes men are in favor of taking the bill ul' however, and allowing the Demiocrat an opportunity fo talk it to deatthi they wish. A large numiber of Senator who do not wish to remain in WVa4b ington during the entire summer fo the purpose of listening to a senseles and useless debate will make a stron; appeal in caucus for the abandon men of the bill, and they feel confident the~ they will be successful. The Senators of this class iunclud Messrs. Ingalls, HIale, McMillan,Waslh burn, Hawley, Paddock, Woleott, D)a vis, Farwell, and a dozent more. The; say to-night that the prospects are th passage of the Eleetion bill to-dayi that the end of the subject, so far as thi Fifty-first (onugress is concerned, an< adjournment will proh ibly tatke p'lat by August 1. Soon after the H ouse met, .Tlohn I -Davenport, who is generally repute,l tU be the real author of the bill, was ini vited by some of the lRepublican men:i bers to.occup)y a seat on the lloor,whier lie could be freely consulted. Whe: his presence was dliscov ered the D)emn c ratic menmbers were i ndlign ant, ani insisted that the rules of the Hous< which admit none but ex-mni ember an .a few distinguished personts speciall namied. be enforced. Mr. Belden an others made an etlort to protect M1 D)aveniport, hut the Speaker (deide that the rules must be obeyed. M Davenport wvatched the further pr< ceedmngs of the day fr'bm the gallery. TIIF: I'RoCEEINGs IN DETAIL. W When the House resumed the Con sideration of the Election bill, the pending question was on the amend- th; irient offered by Mr. Tucker ()emi., tit Va.,) requiring the'J udge of the Cir- ar cuit Court, associated with the District be Judge, to pass upon applications for r supervisors of election. It Mr. Frank (Rep., Mo.) said he was in th favor of the bill as far as its scope was a to extend the operation of the super- re visory system, but he was opposed to l it as far as it proposed to obtain Feder- tlI al conitrol of elections, lHe was opposedu to the amendment, because it sought to pl weaken the law already on the statute be books. Mr. Tucker's amendment was re- th Co jeeted. co Mr. Rowell (Rep., Ill.) ofTered an co amendment making it the duty of the A Circuit Judge in each circuit, within an ! one month after the passage of this act, p to open a special term of the Circuit m Court in their respective circuits; and st said Judges shall appoint for each judi- I cial district three dliscreet persons of" he good character and standing, who shall be known as United States Juror Coin missioners. It shall be the duty of tic such commniissioners to organize as a a Board, and from time to time make a from the qualitied voters a list of per- " sot s who, under the laws of the st United States and of the State, th shall be eligible for jury duty, pi without respect to race or color. Here- na after all panels for jurors shall be al drawn by the Board in the presence of a District or Circuit Judge. ' Mr. springer ( Dem., Ill.) opposed the m amendment, declaring that its purpose was to pack the juies of the country with Republican partisans. It was the culmination of the outrage which was contemplated by the bill. He warned gentlemen that they but taught a bloody instruction, which, being e taught, would return to plague the in ventors. The bill was an assault upon popular government. It said to the voters of the country : You are not c:pable of holding honest elections, and we will send Federal satraps to supervise and control your elections. It was a bill to perpetuate the ill-gotton la power of the Republican party in this House a:ad in the eountry. Mr. Taylor (Rep., Tenn.) said that in his district there was no need for this law. Fraud, intimidation, and ballot box stufiing were unknown there. But the question was whether he would withhold relief from his fellow citi- t zens elsewhere who needed it. He an- t swered a thousand times "No." ti( Mr. Rowell's amendment was agreed t to on a vote of tellers-146 to 143. H Much confusion followed the announce ment, amid which several Democrats t were heard demanding the yeas and " nays. The demand was made in so n( low a tone, however, that it was not heard by the Speaker, who recognizedr Mir. Struble (Rep., Iowa) to offer an amendment. Then Mr. Outhwaite o (Dem., Ohio) called the attention of the Speaker to the fact that the yeas and nays were demand, and upo t Speaker expressing the opinion that 1 the (demanid came too late Mr. Outb- y waite himself reqjuested that all those favoring the demand should rise. The f entire D)emocratic side rose to its feet, but the Speaker entirely ignored it, and did not count those rising. He b said, however, that if there was no ob- b2 jection the yeas and nays might be t ordered. There being no objection, tl the Speaker (directed the Clerk to call the roll, amid a volley of protests fromn the Deniocrats at being granted as av favor what they denianded as a right. -The amend ment was adopted-yeas, I15:); nays, 144. Mr. Hemphill (Dem., S. C.) offered ani amendment to section 32 of the bill r to insert the words, "Except section 1 ,989 of the Revised Statutes of the SUnited States." He explained thatt that section of the bill empowered the -supervisors to use the army and navy at the polls, and the purposes of his a.mendment wvas to eliminate that pro rMr. Lodge (Rep. Mass.j denied thatT the bill had any such effect as stated. -Mr. Outhwaite mnaintaied that Mr. Hemphiill had properly construed the0 -section. He was ini favor of allowing the President of the United States to0 exercise such authority, but objected toh its exercise by some hireling Republi-h can politician,. SMr. Blount )Demi., (:a.) said that the bill providled for thle appointment of tc parisa supervisors, and surrouined h those supervisors with Uniited States soldiers at their beck and call, ini order to make the voters feel that they wecre tinder the terrors oif military authority.i Mr. Allen (Dlem., Miss.) regretted , that the House had ceasedi to be a de liberative body. It niade him so miad( that he was almost willing to go to the other end of the Capitol-that is, if the t Spcaker didi not abmohli the Un1itdb States Senate in accordance with his programmine. [Laughter.] He hatd lis tened to sebe astinig aspersions4 upon01 his sention1 and1( hi people. He knewv of no paIrliamenItariy lainguage- l laniruage consistent with his standingc in the church- in which to character- c iz.e those sp~ecs as they deserved to be characterized.1 SMr. McKinley (Rlep., 0.) said that the aimendment would take from the -President all the power~ 1 e had to en- r force judlicial processes. TIhe bill wotuld h e dest royed if the (overnmient were deprived of the right to use Federal li power~ to execute judicial pirocesses bi Iunder the p)roposed measture. This was a bill looking to honest rep)resentationi on the floor of tihe A merican Congress and to honest votes antd a fair count in every part and section of the American I is all that there was of the bill. No I n)est man could object to it. SIr. 3MeMillin (Detm., 'fTen.) said T it the leader of the House had seenl to keep silent until the question >se as to whether or not troops should sent to the polls. Since the pr.eto n guards had proclaimed that the P >mall world would be sold at auction, ere had never been presented so sad g pectacle as that presented by the c p)res'ltatives of the free American uple (olling here and declaring that ywere willing to go voluntarily j der despotism. [Democratic ap .use.) The old ship of State was to t scuttled on the anniversary of her st sailing. The gentlemen had said at the North would not tolerate the a,tinlg in the South. The time had a me when there could not be in the f nerican republic an enslaved South h d a free North. [Democratic ap r tuse.] The Republicans might, like 1 dlmen, grasp the pillars of the (on tution and pull down the editic'; but 1 salpson they would perish in the f Vek. If he could register a wish in a aven, he would ask not for an exten- 8 m11 of boundaries or the multiplica- a >n of territory, not for flowing rivers 3 d fertile fields, but, better far than u that, he would ask that the man 1 to laid violent hands upon the Con- 1 tution might drop (ead as did the e sacriligious Jew who laid his im- . )us hand upon the ark of the cove- r lit of the living God. [Democratic i plause.] The hour of _ having arrived, the t eaker declared the previous question ' dered on the bill and pending amend- b ent. a Mr. Springer moved to lay the bill on a e table. Lost-yeas. 14s; nays, 1~6. a essrs. L,eh1lbach of New Jersey and a ,ontan of Louisiana were the -only publicans voting with the I)emo- a Its. t The following pairs were announced: essrs- Sherman, Stivers, Cogswell, j iker, Smlyser, E. R. Taylor, DeHa- i n, Simlons and Clark (Wis.), who I umli have voted against the motion, r ith Messrs. Wiley, Stewart (Ga.), f Neil ("Mass.), Spinola, Seney, Phe- a ud, Biggs, Ewart, and Fitch, who I Duld have voted in favor of it. s Absent and not paired-Messrs. i rowl (Rep., Va.), Browne (Rep., i: id.), Frank (Rep., Mo.), Pickler e ep., S. Dak.), and Wheeler (Rep., I ich.) l, Mr. Springer changed his vote from s e affirmative to the negative in order v move a reconsideration. This mo- 3 )n was, on motion of Mr. Rowell, ' bled-yeas, 153; nays, 148. The vote then recurred on Mr. I emphilli's amendment (relative to I e use of troops at the pools), and it s as rejected-yeas, 145; nays, 156. s M1r. Springer (having voted in the i gative for that purpose) moved to I co-sider. Tabled-154 to 148. s Mir. Springer moved to lay the bill tthe table, stating that his formier t otion was to t able the bill and pend-t g amendment. The speaker ruled ' e miotion out of order. Mr. Springer ealed, and the appeal was tabled-t ~as, 158$, nays, 146.r Mr. Springer,having voted in the af-t mativye, moved a reconsideration. Mr. Grosvenor(Rep., Ohio,) made the t >int of order that this was a dilatoryt otion-a point which wvas sustainedi , the speaker. Mr. Springer appealed, it the speaker declined to entertaint I appeal. Mr. Springer protested tat this wvas the first time in the his ry of the Government on motion toi consider was not recognized, but hist iCe wvas drowned in calls for the reg .ar order from tihe Republican side. Mr. Springer mived to ad.?urn. ost-yeas, 147; nays, 157. The bill was ordered engrossed and ad a third time by a voteof yeas, 155; ys, 14S. Mr. Hemphill moved to recommit e bill. Lost-yeas, 148; nays, 156. r. Coleman and M.r. Lehlbach voted ith the D)emocrats in the afhirmative. Mr. Springer (having voted in the ~gativye) moved a reconsidleration. abled-156 to 149,. Mr. Outhwaite moved an adjourn ent, which motion the speaker ruled5 It as dilatory. Mr. Springer dlemfandled the reading 'the engrossed bill. But the speaker1 as prepared for this demand, the bill ving been engrossed in advance, and burst of applause camie from the Re iblican side when the Clerk began] te reading. At 8:20) the reading wvas mclded, two hlours and five minutes aving Ibeen consumed thereb y. TheI( question then recenrredl on the ssage of thle bill. As tIle call was in rgrss the greatest interest was man sted on both sides of the house. As [. Coleman, (of Louisiana, cast his Ite with the Democrats lie was eted with applause from that side.of ie Hjouse, anid the applause was re iforced with cheers when Mr. Lehl ich, of New Jersey also cast his vote rainIst thle unwasu re. T1he Republicans taliated ill kind, and as the South -n Republicans Messrs.-Houk, Taylor, Tennessee, Waddill. Mudd, (of Mary nd, and Wilson, oIf Kentucky, re Irded thleir votes in the attirmative ieer after cheer was given. The bill Is passed-yeas, 155; nays, 14;. The [ouse thlen alljourned. The moist plopular liniment, is tIhe old li able, Dr. .J. H-. McLean's Volcanic Sick hleadacahe is the bane of many yes. This annoying complaint many e cuiredl andl prevented by tihe oc&aiol al use of Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver D)istress after eat ing, heartburn, sick eadche, and1 indigestion are cured by r. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney ulte t (little npils. BILL ARP'. he Philiosopheron Capital and Labor-Tot Hot for Politics. [Froim the Atlanta Constitution.] I heard a young man say to his e'n iover: "Mr. Jones called again to gel is money but couldn't wait, and iar one back to his work. Ie said he had Illed three times and you were not "Well, let him call again. I caii't iay here all the time just to accomio. ate him. I wonder if he expects nit > take his money to him'?" "Yes, my friend, that is just what Ir. .Jones has a right to expect. lit ught not to have been forced to call at 1l. You hired him to do that work. [e did it and it was your duty to havc im hunted up and paid him. You art ich and he is poor. He can't afford tc >se the time, but you can." This is the tyranny of capital ovei tbor, and this is the cause of the con ict between theim. Money is the kinty ud labor is the subject. .Just let a in:tl et rich and he gets tyrannical. ''hert re but few exceptions to this rule. Voe unto the man who has to depcnc pon the rich for his living! His man ood is crushed, and he feels that hE helpless. Not long ago I saw a strugglin oung man writhing under this tyran w. He had worked hard in the broil. ig sun for a month and had wel arned his money, and it took hiui bree weeks to get it. His employern ,ere rich and their money was in bank ut one partner referred him to an ther, and the other was off on a trip rid when lie returned said he woulc ttend to it as soon as he had time, and fter several failures the young mar ras referred to the boss of the work foi certificate, and so his patience was ried for days and weeks. This is all wrong. A man should be Lst as anxious to pay the laborer as hi was to get his work. He should hunt tim up and pay him. The sewing wo nan ought not to have to wait a weel ,r her money. The wash womar ught not to call but once. If yoL aven't got it or are not at home, ther end it to her as soon as possible. Laboi 3just as good as money. Honest laboi i a full equivalent for money, and is ntitled to just as much consideration ndeed there is something about th< ibor and toil of working people that is acred. It is a sin against heaven t< rithold their just reward. I enow met rho keep back the wages of the por hey pay but they pay late. "Does he pay you for your work 7ncle Sam?" "Oh, yes, sir, he pay. Hi" ay when he get 'shamed to see mE tandin' aroun'. I stands aroun' on dE treet and about de post-office and gets n his way sometimes and den he pay 3is money mighty good money de3 ay. It draws in trust' in his pocket." The lawyer or the doctor can affort o lose his "fee. Tile merchant expect: o lose a certain per cent. on bad debts ['he capitalist takes the risk of f:rtum .nd fire and flood and strikes and pes ilence; but the toiler can't afford an' isks. Their food and clothing depend upon prompt payment. There is too much indifference abou his thing. Even the state of Georgia hat is so jealous of her fins neiol honor loes not pay her public servants a: >romptly as she ought. She has n< oilers who work harder, or are mnor< leserving than her teachers, and thea lo not draw their pay for months afte t is due. The school boards of some o he public schools are equally indiffer nt, and some of their teachers have t< tay at home during the long summe racation for lack of means to visit thei dindred. I know of some who hav tot been paid for two months, and ar lot likely to be. Schbooling is cheap >ult teaching is cheaper. Itf capital was more respectful t abor thlere would be no strikes o mions. Indeed, there would be no a] iance, for'there would be no necessit: 'r such organizations. The averagi vorkingman does not envy the riel nan because he is rich, but because hi -iches make him proud and overbear ng. I heard a lady say: "These black >erry peddlers are a nuisance. I jus it in my window and scream, 'N erries; don't want any,' before the, ,ome in at the gate.'' Some of these poor, timid countr; irs have worked hard to gather thos >erries, so as to make a little mone; md help the mother or get a calie mress or a cheap hat or a pair of Sunda; shoes. Who knows how miany hun >le plans they have laid and how foI ~vere their exp)ectations that somebod, 1ould buny, and it is hard on thei lopes for a lady to scream out: "N >erries; don't want any berries!" I would buy some of the berries if iidn't want them, and didn't have :enlt of money and had to pay inl suigs mad coffee or children's secondl-han :lothes. We know very well that ther 5 nlobody suffering for the necessarn< >f life in tis blessed land, but the pot ird humble have some aspirations ~ome desires to better their coniditio md their appearance. Sonme of thbe poor girls can't go to church or 1 sch<.ol for lack of comely garment Sonmc have no father, some nio mothe I know one whose fat her works a day in the mines and gets his dollar day, and it all goes for food and clot: ing and fuel and hlouse renlt. The: are five in the family-five females and he is the only bread winner. The: is nlothing left for comfort-nothing f< sickness or medicine. Tile rich pass many such people 1 and say they are no account. They a lazy and trifling. This is a mistak The trouble is they can't get a sta and their hnoe are crnsed. There many a Cinderella in the ashes who would make a princess if lifted up. The inner life of the poor is known only to God, but his curse is upon all who op press thedi and his blessing upon those who befriend them. "The spoils of the poor are in your houses." "Ye do grind the laces of the poor." " blessed is he who consilereth the poor."' The Good Book is full of such pas satges. No poet ever wrote a sweeter song or sentiment than Lady )uff'rin in the Emigrant's Lament 'I'm very lonely now, Mary, For the poor make no new friends, But oh, they love the better far The few our father sends. A man or a woman or a child does not have to be a beggar to be true. Some are too proud to beg and will suf fer and suffer on. An educated stranger has been working in our mines for a month at a dollar a day-working with pick and shovel and keeping his own secret. But he couldn't stand it-of course he couldn't for he was frail in body and not used to toil. He had a good, kind, care-worn intellectual face, and refused our offers of help as long as lie could work, but wasat last forced to say, "I cannot dig-to beg I am ashamed." And so we raised a little purse and sent him home. He wrote poetry and wanted me to sell it for him to the Constitution and then I realized how utterly poor he was. There is a luxury in doing good. If you don't know it, just give 'a poor, half-clad, bare.footed blackberry girl a silver dollar for her berries and watch her as she shuts it tight in her stained hand and leaves you. She will take a sly glance at it several times before she gets out of your sight. It is a small matter to you, but it is a iint-a gold mine to her. Maybe it is the first whole dollar she ever earned. I re member well the first that I ever earned, and I have never had any since that would compare with it. It is too hot to write politics now, and so I write something more sooth ing. Dr. Hicks says it will soon be hotter. There is a conjunction of the planets. The hot and fiery Mars has got in between the earth and the sun and is making our people nad. They are ready to fight over in Carolina, and there is some bulldozing near Augusta, and some blood on the moon in this region, and it all comes frOni politics. Better quit politicking till the planets move rcunda little. If you people are obliged to abuse somebody, let them abuse Ingalls. He is far off and can stand it. In fact, I think he likes it. We must all keep cool this kind of weather. I got hot myself yesterday awful hot-and didn't get over it for a good while. Our little grandson isover here on a visit, and while his grandma, was napping the chap asked me to let him ride old Molly around the lot, and I consented, for I knew that I could watch him from the piazza where ] was writing. He meandered around~ the house for awhile, and all of a sud den I missed him, and found that he had opened the side gate and departed these coasts towards town. I hurried on my coat and shoes and started out in hot pursuit. It was just 4 o'clock, and the sun and Mars were in a line. When I got to the square I inquired for a scrap of a boy rid ing my mare, and .John Goode said: "Yes, lie wentl up main street a while ago like lie was shot out of a gun. The old mare had her back up and was making it in: about three minutes to the mile and the boy had his feet rammed up to the sockets in the stirrup leathers." r"Oh, Lordy," thought I, "that boy wvill be killed," and I hurried on with my heart it my throat. When I passed the livery stable I asked again, and Bob AndIerson said yes, "lie went by here, and old Molly wvas just a humpir rof it. He turned up College avenue, b)ut y-ou'll not catch him unless yot get oii a faster move than that." With desperate energy I struck a fox-trot and Ikept it awhile, aiid then tried a sort of Sbuzzard lope for a quarter of a mile, and met a feller who said "yes lie's gone on down the Cassville road like he wa.s huntin' for a doctor." aAbout this time I caredl in, aiid tool arest on the Baptist church steps and blowed like a porpoise. Pretty soon preacher came along and said he knew, Cthe inure, but didn't know the boy, and his riding was like the riding o: Jehu, and lie rode up~ andl down as wvel as forward, and was pumping in thi saiildle like a jockey on a race track. "I'll have to trust him to provi dence," said 1. Some years ago, whiei r his brother was a little chap, I let bin 0ride around oii the horse a little, am he fell off and lit on his hiead, anid tool the comiatose, and( the whole famrily se rup with him all night, and declare dhis brain was affected, and I got th blame of it. If his brain is affectedl, suippose that I am stilt responsibile, aum snow here's a not her load! for me to car rry. Mirs. A rp had no buisiniess to go t slep hinhd nio business havin eall the trouble conies on me. \. cit Sboy basent got miuch sense, no hiow No horse sense, ino cornmmon sense, bu r. they think they know it all, and mor 11 too. There is a bigoty streak in all m; a posterity, and Mirs. Arp says they ge *I kept on ruminating as I walket re along and tIhe swtat rolled down i -- streaks, anid by the time I got homn e the little rasca niet me with an imnpe dent laugh, and said, "Grandpa, I beu ryou home by fifteen minuites." Well, he got a big piece of amy mini y as soon as 1 could talk and use latx re guage ap)propriate, but is grandn took his side and thought it was snmarl Sbut he musent do it any more, ani rt that's what made me mad. is BILL ARI'. THE CHANGE NEEDED IN TIlE STATE Gen. Verner Advocates Some Sensible Re form. -Every Citizen is Due the State Some Service Without Char;c-Not Now the Case. [From the Walhalla Courier.] I had hoped that this political can paign was to be one of education. in which the people would be thorough!y posted upon all matters relating to their government, and that measures of real and substantial reform would be advocated and urged upon the peo pie in such a way as to result in a relief from the burdens of taxation, and make the governiuent more vigorous and ef fective in the enforceienit. of law. I fear, however, that the turn given to the campaign will make it one for the mere scramble for of!ice, and in this scramble that the reforms in govern iment, which our people so much need, may be lost sight of. I do not, how ever, intend to let the iethods adopted on the stumlp abate my advocacy of the reforms which I think should be nadie in the administration of government. I have ever been one of those who think that we need a radical change in our form of governient. It is too cx pensiv-e and too hurlensomte for a thin ly settled population like ours. It is the New England idea of governmuent and teaches the doctrine that every service, however snall, rendered the government, must be paid for. Under it we have over ten thousand oflice holders drawing salaries from fifty dol lars np to four thousand. With these office-holders there is a constant and growing demand for an increase of salary, and the tendency is an increase of salaries. In addition to the large announts expended for salaries the court cxpenises in the counties, upon the principle of paying for every service rendered, are constantly increasing in the way of constable, witness, and trial justice fees. In the County of Hamp ton, I was informed by the County Conmissioners, that the fees of trial justices and constables amounted, last year, to over tour thousand dollars. These expienses are constantly growing under this New England idea of gov ernment and the number of officers drawing pay are increasing. There is also with it a constant demand that every service done for the government must be paid for ; and hence you find that there is a strong sentiment abroad in the State to work the roads by tax ation. Those who are familiar with the legislation of the last four or five years know that the commutation road tax is becoming very popular. By it the citizen, able to pay, can get off for from two to five dollars per annum, while the poor man must work his ten or twelve days. Now under this fort of government I take the position that if you pay everybody else who does anything for the State, why not pay the man who labors on the road as wvell as the Com missioner who superin tends him ? To pay one and not pay the other is a mani fest injustice. Is not, however, the the form of government which teaches the doctrine that you must pay for every service, a vicious one? Is not the old idea of government which pre vailed before the Constitution of 1808 better, to-wit: That every citizen of the community is due his State some portion of his'tinme, free of charge, from a sense of duty and patriotism, prefer able ? Under it our counties were gov erned by a system of boards, by com missioners of poor, commissioners of roads, comnrissioners of public build ings, etc., who served withour pay. By division of the labor and respousi bilities, which now fall on the County Commissioners, the counties wvere gov erned by these boards without any large tax upon purse or time, and hence the expenses of county govern men ts were comparatively smuall. N ow the taxes to suppjort thme county govern ments and schools arc nearly twice as nmuch as that paid to support the State government, and in some counties three times as much. The ditliculty, too, in controlling these expenditures is, that you have no one body of men in the State whom you can hold responsi ble for expenditures. This year the General Assembly, composed of one hundred and sixty men, iery and appropriate seveni hun dred and sixty-three thousand dollars direct taxes, while the County Comi missioners and Trustees of each school district levy anxd appropriate a million four hundred thousanid dollars, not col lectively, but acting separately; that is your State taxes are governed by one hundred and sixty and your cotuty and school funds by thiree mnen. Add to this the pow~er which the counties have to contract deb't in aid of rail roads and other pxublic: eniterprises, then you can have someC idlea how hard our exp)enses are to, be kept down and within moderate buoundis. To remedy this evil we should have one single body to levy, collect and app)ro priate taxes. Then you can hold thtem to a strict accou n tabi lityv. The theory anid practice (of our pres exit formi of governmxenit is, that the rLegislature, compIosedl of oneit hundred and sixty R ep)resentatives of thle peo pIe, should he responsible for thle ex penditures of State taxes, whxi!e the~ County Coxmmissioniers, act ing sepat rately ini each case, ar.e responsible for county taxes. TIhus you will find that every member of the ;enxeral .\ssem bly is watchful o,f the State levy, but -only those fronm each county cornecerni t theiselves aibout t ha. counity taxes. lin other words, the Rlepresenitatives fronm - each county and the County (Commis sioners madite ump the levy fromx that counity and( the Represenitatives from other cotunties pay ino attentio,n to it .If these county expenditures were made general upon the State, then you would have a greater watchfulness over county expenditures, and with the change of the form of government a less tax to support it. In this way I think that at least five hundred thous and dollars might be saved to the peo ple in taxation. If by this change we can save this large amount and an ad ditional hundred thousand by the re duction of the rate of interest paid on our public debt from 6 to 4 per cent., then it is necessary that the drift of this campaign should be changed and made one of business and not one of mere flippant criticism and slander. In this campaign our people are con fronted with this proposition, are we to have a simple change of office-hold ers, or are we to have with it a re formed government? "Uuless there is a real and substantial change in the form and methods of administering the government, then a simple change in the officers who administer it is use less, except to give others the privilege of oflict. In addition to these reasons for re f,.rmz in our government there are others which are weighty. With the advent of this New England govern 1ient idea Southli has come the further idea that government is a machine, which each interest of the community may use to promote its own private ends. Instead of being an institution for the protection of life, liberty and property, it is made a machine to pro mote that interest of the community which may have the control of it. This idea has taken strong hold of the peo ple North and is getting a foot-hold South, and the Congress and many State Legislatures in the United States are used ftor party and private purposes. Is it not time for South Carolinians to halt and think before they let this doc trine take complete possession of them? By it our people will become divided and that interest which controls the the most money will be the most power ful. The reforms which I think are badly needed are as follows: 1st. Such a change in the levy, col lection and appropriation of taxes as will make one body, to-wit: The Gen eral Assembly, entitled and solely re sponsible for every cent of taxation taken from the people. 2nd. The payment of not large, but moderate salaries to those only whose whole time is devoted to the service of the State and to those who are charged with the responsibility of disbursing public money. 3d. The government of counties by system of boards, similar to that which prevailed prior to 1868. If these changes could be made a large and substantial saving of taxes could be made and the burdens of State, county and municipal taxes lifed from the shoulders of our people. The danger now in this State is that these reforms which the people so greatly need may be lost sight of in the eager pursuit of office for the sake of the gains which may be gotten from office, and if this should be so, this public agitation would be useless. It should be so directed as to gain from it real and lasting benefit. If not, and this new idea of government is to be our guide for the future, with all of its expensive machinery, then you may expect increase of taxes, increase of oflices with the increase of wealth and population. Respectfully, J. S. VERNER. Columbia, S. C., June 24, 1890. A MImoIn Dollar Factory for Union. [Greenville News, 2d.] l'x10N, JIuly 1.-Several New York capitalists have combined with South Carolina capitalists and will build a nmillion dollar cotton factory at Lock ard's Shoals, in this County. Work will be commenced in a few weeks. -This is one of the finest water powers in the State. It is thought that a rail raod will be built from here to the'site Iof the factory, a distance of thirteen miles. A Tililman Club in Greenville. [l pcil t the Register.] G m:FNvLU2,July 2.-A Democratic club) was organized ni this city to-night with 103~ members, every one of whom is a Tillmanite. The club is an outcome of a secret meeting of seventeen Till manites held here last week, at which all but Tillmanites were refused ad mittance. The M1arch Cobvention and Tilhnlanl were endorsed. It is the des perate effort of the Tillmanites in this townIship to gain representation in the County Convention. Tmstate Campaign. Florence, Tusa,Jl 0 'hesterhield, Friday, July 11. Bennettsville, Tuesday, July 15. 1Uarlingtonl, W\ednesday, July 1f;. 3Marion, Thursday, July 17. Kingstree, Friday, July 18. Georgetown, Saturday, July 19 ('onwaLy, Tuesday, .July 22. Charleston, Thursday, July 2-i. Miount Pleasant, J1uly 25. M1anning, Saturday, July 26. orangeburg, Tuesday, July 29. IBarn well. Wednesday, July 30. Hampnlton, Friday, August 1. Becaufort, Saturday. August 2. Walterboro, Tuesday, August 5. No liniment is in better repute or more widlely known than Dr. J1. H-. MieILeani's Volcanic Oil Liniment. It is a wonderful remedy. If you feel unable to do your work, andl have that tired feeling, take Dr J. H. M1cLean's Sarsaparilla: it wil -make you bright. active add Tious THE G. C. AND N. The Track Has Now Been Laid a Distance 5 of Seventy-Three Miles. [Wilmington Messenger.] Captain John A. Dodsoii of Chester, ; S. C., superintendent of the Georgia, O Carolina and Northern Railroad, was in the city Wednesday, and a Messen ger reporter learned from him some interesting facts about this line, which by the way is one of the most import ant railroad enterprise now under way in the Southern States. The track has now been laid from Monroe, N. C., to Enoree River, New berry County, S. C., a distance of seventy-three miles. A fine iron bridge has just been completed over the Eno ree and was ready Thursday for the cro.sing.trains. The Tiger river, four miles from the Enoree, has also been spanned by an iron bridge. The track-laying brigade is not at work beyond the Enoree, and it is anticipated that by the first of August they will complete the track to the town of Clinton, seventeen miles dis tance. The grading has been completed as far as Greenwood, S. C., and it is - the intention to have the trains running there by the 1st of September. This will then give the road 118 miles of completed track, and still the good work will be pushed rapidly on to Atlanta. - Decision Rendered in the Township Bonds Cases. CHARLESTON, S. C., June 2?.-An important rail road case was decided-_ in the United States Court here to-day. Some years ago the Legislature passed an act authorizing certain townships in y the upper section of the State to issue bonds to aid in the construction of what is now known as the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. The act constituted the townships a-body 4 corporate, with power to issue bonds to the amount of the subscription to the railroad. The railroad was built, and - a demand made for the bonds, but was refused. An attempt was made to pass an act validating the bonds, but failed. The bonds are deposited with the Bos ton Trust company, and this suit was brought to compel their delivery to the Southern Construction Company, of New York, which is building the road. The court decides that the bonds must be delivered. This caseinvo1vesa:doze or more similar cases in the varion upper counties, bonds amounting, per- - haps, to a quarter of a million dollars being issued for the construcfion df ' various rail roads. GOING TO A HIGHER CUVRT. [Lancaster Ledger.] A decree was rendered in the famous township bonds suits in the United States Circuit Court last Wednesday. The court decided every point raised in favor of the construction company and - against the townships. The decision is that the bonds properly certiAed . must be delivered to the Three C's Company. We called on Mr. Jones, the attorney for the townships, on Saturday, and to our ~inquiry as to whether or not this would end the case, he answered, "No, sir, we will go to the United States Supreme Court Mr. Jones has great confidence in the " case and will fight it to the end. He said: "I am right. You'll see it yet" Summer Advice. My dear young friend, do nothing rash This sultry summer season. Don't wear a high hat and a sash, Don't eat green fruit and don't drink trash If you wish to keep your reason. SORROW. The saddest words she ever said WVas whben he a kiss desired. And lifting up her stately head, She whispered, "You Make Me Tired." RIPPLES. 4 Seaside flirtations do not last because ?' they are builded on the sand. I The girl at the boat race is always looking around for a beau trace. The tramrnis one of the few people who can't be judged by their ivorks. :The best way to raise a smile is , to grasp the mug firmly by the handle and lift. It seems mean of peop)le to insist that their "uncle" shall lead a loan some life. NECESSITY.. She--How didi Harry ever happen to fall in love? He-He was so poor that he had to. SATISFACTORILY EXPLAINED. "Henry," she whispered, as though fearful of the worst, "do you love me less than a fortnight ago when you. brought me somec flowers or candy every night?' -'No, Evelina, no," he answered, "but pay day is yet a week off, and I generally get broke about the middle of the month." Keimler Re-sentenced to be Electrocuted. BUFFA LO, July 3.--William Kem- Z mler was- to-day, for the third time, *" sentenced to death. Judge Childs4 ordered that his former sentence be carried into effect at Auburn prison during the week of August 4. Many people habitually endure a Ifeeling of lassitude, because they think they have to. If they would Jtake Dr. J. H. McLean's. raparillatbisfeelig -of weariness would givepld .tofger and vitality. --