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AtA. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 11,_1892. PRC 15 A 'P.rT A RTJTTEDT 18,36. --- - ----- SAW THE GOVERNO0R'S XISTAKE. Then Speaker Jones Declined to Sit on the Supreme Bench. [News and Courier.] Speaker Jones took the "bull by the horns" and has written an explanatory letter to the judges and a declination to Governor Tillman. In his letter to the supreme court judges he says: "COLUMBI, S. C., May 3, 1802. "To Chief Justice McI ver and Associ ate Justices McGowan and Pope, the Supreme Court of South Carolina Gentlemen: Having been commis sioned by Governor Tillman to sit with the supreme court in the place of Jus tice Pope in the -cases of E. J. Reeder, respondent, vs. Thomas R. Work man, assignee, and E. P. Chalmers, admin istrator, vs. C. W. Kinard et al., and having been notified by you to be pres eat to-day, I came to Columbia yester day to discharge the duty assigned. This morning, however, my attention has been directed to Article 1, Section 26, of the constitution. I am clearly of the opinion that I am not qualified to sit in these cases as a member of your court, being now a memi.er of the legislature. Therefore to prevent any question that might arise affecting the rights of litigants in the event of a dis agreement among members of the court in the decision of these cases, I have this day addressed a letter to the Governor informing -him of my views as to my disqualification, and request ing that he revoke my appointment. "Yours obediently, IRA B. JONES. The following is a copy of the letter to Governor Tillman: "COLUMBIA, May 3, 1S9:. To his Excellence ' . R. T:llman, Governor of South Carolina-Dear Sir: I received your commission appointing me to sit with the supreme court in the place of Justice Pope in the case of Reeder vs. Workman, assignee, and Chalmers, administrator, vs. Kinard. I arrived in Columbia yesterday in obedience to a letter of the chief jus tice, with the intention.of discharging the high and honorable duty imposed upon me. "This morning, however, my atten tion has been directed to Article 1, Sec tion 26, of the constitution of this State. I am fully satisfied that, being a mem ber of the legislature, I am disqualified by the constitution from discharging the functions of a judge. Therefore, to prevent any embarrassment to the court, and to avoid any question involv ing the rights of litigants that might arise in case of a d-sagreement among members of the court in the decision of these cases, I have deemed it right t( decline the appointment to sit in.the hearing of these cases, and request that you revoke the same. IRA B. JosES." Had the case been one of ar.y very special importance the mistake of Gov ernor Tiilman might have occa-sioned considerable delay and inconvenience; fortunately the docket of the seventl circuit was not completed and will be taken up again in June, otherw ise the cases would not have been heard befort next December. Governor Tillman wil: probably appoint WV. C. Benet, if he i not involved in the cases. Mr. Benel just now seems to be quite a favorit' withi the administration, and there i talk of his being a candidate for att->r ney general on the ticket. Speaking of Mr. Benet's prospectivt candidacy reminds me of a curren rumor that there will be certait changes in the make up of the Tilma nite ticket to be voted for this fall. Fo: personal and political reasons it appear: that some Tillmanites want certai; changes made in the ticket. No specia provocation is given for the contemp lated changes. Some have dared t< suggest that the Tillmanites are no altogether satisfied with the lukewarni support certain of the officials ar giving Governor Tillman, and other that the ticket could be strengthened The latest changes I have heard c are: W. C. Benet, of Abbeville, to replac ALorney General McLaurin. Maj D. A. Townsend, of Union, no, assistant Attorney General, is to suc ceed Superintendent of Education May field. Senator W. D. Evans, to be rewardes With the place of Lieutenant Governo Gary. Some say that Comnptroller-Genierr Ellerbeis also to be dropped, from th ticket. FPom wh-at can be learned from thi *end of the line, the general opinio seems to be that the entire ticket wi be renominated, although changes ma, be desired. If any of the State Hous officials know of any contemplate changes in their program they (do ne care to speak of them. M'LAURIN'S OPINION. [Register.j rThe action of the Governor with re erence to the appointment of Hon. Ei gene B. Gary and Hon. Ira B. Jont to sit on the Supreme Court benchi special cases was still the subject much harsh comment. Mr. Graydor the counsel in the case, said he woul force the question of Lieutenant Go' Giry's eligibility. The following correspondence is se] explanatory: COLUMBIA, S. C., May 4, 189:. Hon. J. L. McLaurin, Attorney Ge DF' SIR: As there seems to some ..oubt as to my right to sit in t] special cases designated by Govern< Tillman, I would be glad to have yoi opinion on the subject. Yours truly, (OLCMBIA, May 4, 1S92. Ion. E. B. Gary, Wright's Hotel. DEAR SIa: Yours of this dM.te to band and I herewitb give you the bene fit of the opinion asked and regrct that want of tiwe has not allowed me to de velope the subhject as fully as I would like. Section 26, Article I, of the Coustitu tion of South Carolina provi1es that "the legislative, executive and judicial departments of the governmen: shall forever be kept separate and d:stinct from each other, and no person or per sons exercising the functions of one department shall assume or discharge the duties of any other." The evident intention of this section is to prevent any person from holding an office in two departments of the government at one and the same time, a member of the Legislature from holding the office of Judge and vice versa. The "functions of a depart ment" can only be exercised by a per son holding an office in that depart ment, so that the query is whether a commission to you, as "one learned in the law" to sit in a special case, invests you with the "functions" of the judi cial department within the meaning of the Constitution. I do not think so, for the functions of the judicial department are vested by the Constitution in certain persons, and no act of the Executive can divest those functions by the appointment of a person to act in a special case. The same general rights, powers and duties are still vested in the Supreme Court, but in a certain contingency the Gov ernor is empowered to appoint some one to perform a specific duty in a spe cial case connected with the judicial department, the only constitutional qualification being that such person shall be "one learned in the law." One appointed in a special case is not a Judge and therefore is not invested with the functions of the judicial de partment. If this is not so, then no Circuit Judge could sit upon :he Su preme bench, for he would be holding the office of a Circuit and Supreme Court Judge at the same time, which no one would contend for a moment that he could do under the Constitu tion. Your appointment does not make you a public officer capable of "exer cising the functions" of the judicial de partment. An office is an employment in behalf of the government in any station of public trust, which is not merely tran sient and occasional or incidertal. It embraces the idea of tenure, duration and duties. Tho words "functicn" and "office" are nearly synonomous terms. The definition given by Worcester of "function" is "employment, office, oc cupation." While his definition of "office" is "a dignity attended with a public function." Bouvier's Law Dic tionary defines function "to he the occu pation of an office; by the perfc.rmance of its duties the officer is said to fill his functions. And a functionary is one who is in office or in some public eme ployment." Therefore ia order to dis quaiify the appointee of the Governor, such appointment must make him a public officer capable of exercising the functions of the office. Now a public officer, within the meaning of the Cor. stitution has respect to a permanent trust to be exercised in behalf of the government, or all citizens who may need the intervention of a public func tionary or officer, in all matters within the range of the duties pertaining to the character of the trust. It means a right to exercise generally at,d in all proper cases, functions of a public trust or employment, to receive the fees and a emoluments belonging to it, to hold t he place and perform the duty for the time and the tenure prescribed by - law. SThe case of a referee appointed by the Circuit Court to hear testimony and decide a cause, is analagous to the one in point. His rights, powers and s duties are confined to a specific case, 'and it will hardly be contended that he is vested with the function of the judicial department, and the decisions amply sustain the position that he is not a judge. Judge Allen cf the Su preme Court of the New York, has said: "Referees for the trial and de cision of actions are officers exercising judicial powers under public author ity, but they are not public otficers r within the meaning of the Constitu tion, and wvhile the duties of referees are of a public nature, and in a certain e sense concern the public, and the ad ministration of justice, and are exer s cised under authority derived directly from the State and not from2 individ uI als, still they related especially to particular individuals and a specific e litigation; and their authorty is re stricted to specific matters; no general t powers are conferred upon them autho rizing to act in respect to all like cases, or i'n any case or matter other thai speciAed and named in their appoint ment. They owve no duty to the pub - lie, and the trusts that they exercis, -are transient and occasional." Thi: s~ line of reasoning, it seems to me, i: applicable here. Your auth>rity is re ~strcted to a special mr-' er betweet ,private parties; it is tro u t and oc. d ca:inal, involving no possible conflic -between the executive and judicial de partments. It can hardly be con f- tended that beeause a person holds at ofice in the executive depar:ment tha he can perform no duties of a judica n. character. The oftices of Attorney e Geeral and Solicitor are provided fo: le in the article of the Constitution re r lating to the judicial depar:ment, an< ir many of their duties are both execu tive and judicial, and in fact althougl provided for by the Constitu:ion anmoni of the Revised Stautes constitutes the Attorney-General and Solicitors a part of the executive department. The Lieutenant-Governor is made a part of the executive department, and yet the only duties he performs as Lieutenant Go.v:rnor are of a legislative character, to-wit : presiding over the Senate and casting a vote in case of tie. The Judges themselves are invested with certain executive powers, a Section II of Ar ticle 4 of the constitution makes them conseivators of the peace. The same principle obtains in the miinr offices, County commisioner, coroner, etc. It seems to me that the true criterion is, whether the appointment of the Gov ernor constitutes you an officer capable of exercising the functions of the judi cial department; and I am of the opin ion that it does not. The special case which you are appointed to hear in volves duties which are merely trans ient, occasional and incidental, and does not make you an officer of the judicial department, and therefore you are incapable of exercising the func tions of a judicial officer within the meaning of the Constitution. In every definition given of the word office, the features recognized as characteristic and distinguishing are the manner of the appointment and the nature of the duties to be performed, and whether such duties are continuing and per manent instead of ocasional or tem porary. Your obedient servant, JoxN L. MCLAURIN, Attorney-General. Northen and Tillman. [Augusta Chronicle.J The News and Courier states that Governor Northen will be renominated by the Georgia Democrats without op position. It says that "lie has made a safe, conservative and satisfactory ex ecutive officer, and has won the good opinion of all classes of people by the faithful peformance of his official du ties. He was nominated and elected two years ago as the special candidate of the farmers, and he will be nomi nated and elected this year as the Gov ernor of the whole people." The News and Courier wishes that it could swap governors with Georgia; not that it loves Georgia less, but South Carolina more. The News and Courier ought to thank its stars that it has as honest and correct a man as B. R. Till man for governor. In place of abusing Governor Tillman and endeavoring to bring his administration into disrepute and contempt with the masses, the News and Courier ought to hold up his hands and be thankful that he has done so .vell. In the matter of the governorship, the News and Courier, and those who trail with it, could have gone farther and fared worse than under the ad ministrntion of Governor Tillman who has behind him the majority of the Democratic people of South Caro lina. Quit your abuse of Governor Till man and give him credit for the work that be has done. That he has made mistakes is doubtless true, but that he has honestly and uprightly governed the State, we have no question. 'When we saw the political revolu tion coming in Georgia three years ago, we said make way for the farmers. Governor Northen has made a splen did record. The press of the State has sustained hLm. His administration has been endorsed and he is recom mended for a second term. It is proba ble that he will have no opposition. He deserves this recognition and confi dence at the hands of the Democratic party. The News and Courier and other papers of South Carolina have de nounced Tillman and his followers from the start. During the campaign preceding his election, and during his administration, Gov. Tillman has been the constant object of attack. The wvon der is that a new an'd untried man, a farmer from the plow handles, should have made so few mistakes. Ben Tillman is an honest man and a man of ability. The News and Courier and those who are fighting him might just as well make up their minds that he and those who are with him have come to stay, and that they are going Ito rule in South Carolina politics for many years to come. The News a~nd Courier ought to rejoice that the white people are politically united and that no Third Party demagogues and cranks are menacing the integrity of Demo cratic supremacy in South Carolina. Interesting to Ladies. Dear MIadam : Does your husband seem tire~d of ou, are you always peevish? Do you and your husband have little spats now and then ? This is the case with most married people; and the only way on will ever live in perfect harmony is to restore the .sparIkilu. eyes, rosyq ches strength, vigor and playfulness of girlhood ; then your husband will stick to you. like he did in your court ship days, and not be seeking the so cietv of other ladies. If you will try one package of "Rose Bud.s" you will not regret it; it will make a new wvoman of vou. "R?ose Bud.s" will absolutely cure Congestion, Iniammation anidFalling of theWomb, Leucorrhea or 'Whites, Rupture at Childbirth, Ovarian Tumors, MIiscar riges and all the distressing symp toms,~ such as Bearing Down pains, hAck A\che, Head Ache, MIelancholy, Sleepies-ness, etc. Its wonderful effects Iare not iced from the lirst application. Leucorrhea or 'Whites. are usually cured by one or two applications. o doctor 's exanilnation-treat yourself. B mail,P pot-paid.6$1.00. THE LEv - ERETE. P'E(CiFIC Co., :339 \Vashiington St., ho.ston, MIass. Serofula cured, even in its w rst forms, tiv P. P. P., and you will be strong' an'd healthy in a short time by PRINCIPLES Olt PARTY. the Criiis Ha Come and the i.<ue Mur Ile Met To the Cotton Plant: The Ct,un;t3 Alliances in each of the counties of thq 3d District held their quarterly meet ing at the appointed time this montl except Oconee. The Alliance in Oco uee could not meet on account of ex :-essive rain. But I am assured tia Dcouee still holds her rank among tin foremost Alliance counties in the Statt and can be thoroughly depended upon Throughout the entire district progrr:, can be noted. Gertrally the lecturer: have proven faithful and etficient an< a great deal has been accomplished it the educational field. Judging fron the County Alliances the principle: and laemauds of the Order are wel understood. The most importt n' and encouraginp feature of the progress ob:ervable i the deep seated determinat ou to sup port the demands. An intelligent con ception of our real condition showinw the money power unconscionably ap plying the pressure of money contrae tion upon the people, already oppresse< beyond endurance, for the evident pur pose of coercing them to acquiesce it the continuance of a financial systen that has brought poverty and ruit upon them, or submit to another mor destructive, leaves no doubt in thei minds that the responsibility fo prmpt action is upon us. And the: recognize that no policy action tha would compromise the demands, o restrains them lia pressing forwari to secure their en ctment can be safe or offer the slightest hope of relief. The consideration of a policy is nov the object of greatest importance Shall our policy be founded on princi ple or party? That is a question to b determined. In South Carolina thi white people by education, associatioi and habit have formed an attachmen to the Democratic party. It has beet and is their party. It is the politics organization in which they have beet held together in the State and whit< supaacy maintained. Two year ago a radical change was made in thi State Government and we still hav white supremacy, and the people whi now form the Democratic party ii South Carolina can be relied upon t preserve it under any and all circun stances. Not by virtue of the part, name, but by the inh:rent qualities o the people. The conditions were sucl that reform in the State politics cam within the Democratic party. But had it not been so, the reform was in evitable and would have come. Ther is no need of a change of party name ii South Carolina. The interests of th people can be protected under an, party name provided the principle are correct. Reform is the essence an, as it can be secured through the Dem ocratic party of South Carolina thati sufBcient. But in Natianal affairs the condition are favorable. As in State politics ri form is the-essence. Financial refort is imperative. Can it be secured throug the National Democratic party? Cei tainly not. Not because it is tb Democratic party, but because the party has abandoned Democratic pri ciples. With the Republican party has become the servant of the mone power. These two political parties a] no longer held together as rivals in th interest of the people, but have deger erated- into political machines, grasl ing for the spoIls of office, and sellin out the interests of the people for canr paign funds. Each has become a part without principle. We are upon th eve of a Presidential election. TL party leaders look to New York. Clevi land and Hill. The former is tU choice of the capitalists while the latti is afraid to antagonize them. Neithi of these can afford to endorse our di mands. We could not expect assis ance from either. Like the party the propose to represent they bow in sul mission to the money power. Our r, form demands cannot be secured wit! out a new alignment in National pol tics, and that alignment must be base upon identity of interest. The Nort] eastern States are money lenders. Ti Southern .and Western States ai largely agricultural and borrower The former naturally opposes an c: pansion of the currency while the la ter need it. The Democratic Congres men of the Northeastern States won not hesitate to protect the interest their constituents in defiance of part During the discussion of the silv bill a member from Massachuset went so far as to say that the Demi cratic party must choose between ti Democrats of the North and the All ance of the South. The Democrat party has chosen. It has abandon< the interests of the farmers and labore and sided with the nmoney powe What will the people do? Will thi still idoiize that party? In it patric ism' is dead-beyond resurrectio Party success and boodle is its miott If we are partisans, if we continue figh t for party success for the sake party supremacy and the spoils ti party offers then this country doomed. The breach created by special priv eges making the rich richer and t: oor poorer is increasing every d4 with accelerated speed. Patriotis must be called into action to cheek ti. down ward progress. Principle must be placed above part Our future prosperity is depeude upon the destruction of special priv ges. The interest of the South quires that the Government alone sh; issue money, and that it shall di direct with the peop!e.asnd not throu; Farmer s Alliance. The South and the West are agreed upon this vital de i mand. Their interest is identical. Why theui should a political union be tween the South and the West be longer delayed. We have a common interest and a common enemy. What " will the South do? We must determine between principle and party. JOS. L. KEITT, Third District Lecrurer. The Goveruora Poyition. [Cotton Plant.1 We have had inquiries from a num b-r of earnest Alliancemen recently in reference to the attitude of the Govern or as stated by himself at Greenville. We have already given in a general way our views oc that speech, but since the Freeman in its last issue has called upon us publicly for an expression, we take the occasion to reply at the same time to another public ref erence to the mattei, and a num ber (:' private inquiries. For con venien we present in the body of this the conmmunications to which we reply. The Freeman states its poiuts strong ly and concisely thus: .HERE YOU FIND US. 1 "The State Board of Alliance Lectu rers passed unanimously a resolution 3 on the 2nd day of March last not to r support any man for the office of Gov r eruor of South Carolina unless he first pledged himself to appoint a -United t States Senator in sympathy with the r demands of the order should he have I the opportunity to make such an ap pointment. No one yet announced for Governor has taken such a pledge that we know of. The editor of the Free man is a member of the State Board of - Lecturers by reason of his office as Dis a trict Lecturer. He will stand by that a resolution until it is rescinded by the 1 same authority that made it and re t quested its publication. President 1 Stokes was present at the meeting I when it passed the resolution and sub 1 sequently callea attention to it in an a editorial of the Cotton Plant and de s clared the board meant what it said. 3 As a faithful oflicial bow can theeditor 3 of the Freeman support any candidate a for Goveinor while this pledge is un 1 taken? > "We call upon our President (Dr. - Stokes) to show the 'way and the right, i to support of Tiliman, while he occu f pies his present attitude toward the Al 1 liance and has not even intimated a B willingness to take the pledge above referred to and that he (our president) - urged us to stand by." e As we remember it, the Freeman is ' correct in the general statement of facts, e and we do not see how the editor of that i paper or any other District Lecturer s can fail to follow the spirit of that reso I lution. Our individual opinion is that - it is a proper resolution, and that every s individual Allianceman should apply the test. We have urged such a course s and shall continue to urge it so long as :the matter is before the primaries. a We do not feel called upon "to show a the way and the right" to the support 'of anybody. We advise and instruct e the order as to the principles involved, .t and then each man must do his own tthinking and voting. Any effort fur t ther than this on the part of the Presi y dent of the State Alliance or any oth'er e individual would be in excess of Alli e ance libarty and an impertinence. -On the other hand we do not comn -mend the Governor's course. He is g evidently very much behind the rank t- and file of the order in information if y he was sincere in his statement at e Greenville that the sub-Treasury sys e temn had beenj abandoned. The follow -ing letter will show how far behind he e is. Bro. Younginer ranks above high r private, being one of tihe Exchange r Directors: but the same sentiments ehave been expressed to us by numbers t- of privates in the ranks. Here is what y Bro. Younugner says: H10W IS THIS? -"I see Gov. Tillmnan said at Green vilule that the sub-Treasury bill was iwithdrawn by the Alliance, and that d we all were opposed to it now, (I sup posed he meant all true Alliancemen as he says he is.) If the bill is not e withdrawn, as it certainly is not, I e don't see how tile Governor can, say so, s. and I don't see how he can be loyal to Sthe Alliance, as he claims to be, and still oppose the sub-Treasury bill. I t- thought he was convinced and all right s- now and would not say that he was d opposed to that bill, but will not inter a fere if the majority wants it. A man miay be opposed to the polity of his 7 chlurchl, but I can't see how he can be er opposed to its doctrine and be loyal. ts "Gov. Tillman says he is a loyal Al liancenman, but is opposed to the sub Treasury bill. I consider it one of the ec fun damen tal principles of thbe Alliance; - and let us stand by those drinciples and c earnestly contend for them and not men." N. S. YOUNGINER. rs Irmo, S. C. . As we have said before in reference yto this utterance of the Governor at t. Greenville, we would much prefer he ncould see his way clear to get squarely o. aboard the Alliance boat, but when he to says he will not oppose the demands if of the majority want them, we cannot see s any reasonable ground for active oppo is sition, thoughl half-hearted support of Alliance measures can scarcely fail to iresult in half-hearted support of him ~by many earnest Alliancemnen. Wedo not see any reason why the ~Leet urers should recede from their reso slution. They should redouble their diligence in teaching the people on that line, alnd if the masses do not protect nt the demands of the Alliance at every _l point, we are very much mistaken. ..Certainly the recent conventions have 111 removed every consideration that might ' have de:erred Alliancemen from de h manding full recognitiom of every de mand. TREMBLING ON HIS T3RONE. King Cotton's Subjects Tired o' His Tyran nical Rule-The Acreage Planted in Cotton by South Corolina Farm ers Fully One-fourth Less than that Planted Last Year. [News and Courier.] Great interest has been manifested all over the commercial world concern ing the acreage that the southern farm rs would plant in cotton th;s season. phe prices last season were so low that it was impossible to raise cctton with Dut experiencing a direct loss. The low price was generally attributed to the ver-production of the staple, and last rall from all quarters of the cotton belt ame the news that the farmers had agreed to reduce their acreage. Several conventions of planters were held and all agreed that the supply of cotton wat fast exceeding the demand, and that in order to obtain living prices for the staple the crop must be considerably reduced. Now that cotton planting time has come, great interest is mani fested in watching the action of the farmers. Knowing that this is a question ol vital interest to the planters in South Carolina, the News and Courier ha, had a thorough canvass made of the State, and is prepared to-day to give accurate and trustworthy information on the extent of the reduction of the cotto- acreage in this State. The in. vestigation has been prosecuted with more than usual care. No vague guesses are given, but in all cases the estimates are based on the actions of thi farmers. In many instances the nameg of the planters are given. The result of this investigation shows that in all sections of the State there has been a considerable reduction in the acreage planted in cotton. In some sections it will not amount to more than 5 or l( per cent. In others it is as high as 5( per cent., and in some instances large farmers have not planted a single cottor seed. Taken altogether, it is probabls safe to say that the average reductior for the State is about 25 per cent. A very gratifying feature of this nev Farmers' Movement is that the acre age taken from cotton is being given tc bread crops. The report comes fron every county that the largest crops of corn, oats, wheat, ect.,-are planted thal have ever been known. The acreage in these crops as compared with lasi year is considerably more than doubled. All the farmers seem determined tc raise more bread and less cotton. A similar interest has been raanifested it regard to live stock. The reports thai come in of the condition of the growing grain is most encouraging. Every in dication points to good crops and i prospercus season. King Cottor. if trembling on his throne. His grasp or the throats of the farmers of this State is broken. This year the farmers of South Carolina will make their own hog and hominy, and w'ill sell their cotton as a money surplus. The Truth of the Matter. [reenville Enterprise & Mountaineer. The charge has been made by Gov. Tilman against Col. Orr ;hat he sup ported a radical negro for jury comn missioner of Anderson Ccunty againsi a maimed-Confederate soldier, and the Tilman newspapers are ringing the changes on this unfair charge. ThE facts are as follows: Sam Johnson was a colored Republi can, and held the office of jury corn missioner prior to 1876. HIe came over to the Democrats during ..he campaigr of that year, and rendered effectivE service in securing negro votes. After the Democrats got into power, peti tions were made for the appointive of fices, and Johnson's white friends asked for his retention.. He was opposed by a worthy and es: timable Confederate soldier, who did not need the perquisites of the office ad the legislative delegation froti Anderson County decida3d to recoin mend the re-appointment of Johnson because of his political services, becausi of the fact that he hadi discharged the duties of his office acceptably, ani that he had strong recommendations from Democrats, with which party hi was then affiliated, if we are not mis taken. Johnson was not a Radical al any rate, for he had been repudiatet by the officials of that party on ac count of his services t: the Demo cracy. Col. Orr was a member of the Legis lature, and joined the delegation ir submitting the name cf Johnson fo: re-appointment, which was in aiccor< with the policy pursued by Governo Hampton to recognize and reward th political services of such Republican as helped to redeem the State. After the lapse of fifteen years it is pitiful plea against Col. Orr that li aided in so conciliatory a policy,whicl was the predominant sud recognize' sentiment of the State. Certainly, i1 Anderson County there was no specia opposition to Col. Orr for the part h took in this matter, and the peopi continued to vote for him so long a he offered for office. The charge is unfairly made, becaus the circumstances are nct given to sho' the motives which governed the deli gation, and because the attempti made to hold Col. Orr responsible whie he was only partly in control of t h matter. Besides, the Senator fror Anderson County at that time wa only a Hampton Republican, and we strongly in favor of .Johnson's reter tion in office, which he could have prc cured by opposing the confirmation< all others. It is a very small busines for the Governor of Scuth Carolinat make such charges upon partial an rejdiced information. IZ? AND THE BANK. v -. e Further Statements From Both Sidet of the Dispute-Statement Fron the B ank-A $3,700 Mortgage as a n New Feature. C [Greenville News.] ( L ALRENS, May, 3.-The report of d Senator Irby's speech yesterday was t very much condensed. He touched r upon a number of matters which I did li not mention."He expressed a very cor- c dial friendship for capital and was in p favor of trying to bring more into the 1 State if it could be kept in legitimate bounds and could be restrained from p oppression. J He made the point that the State had lost nothing by the alleged Coosaw mismanagement, because the rock was still there and could be gotten out hereafter. He said that if Tillman had not got in just when he did that the (oosaw phosphate royalty might prob ably have been gobbled up. He claimed that farmers were taxed heavier than bankers. He was in favor of taxing all property at its real value. The Senator thought the party should stick together because "a bridge had to be crossed in November and there was some rotten timber in it." My con struction of this was that he thought a third party movement possible, but he did not make it clear further than that there was some danger of independent ism. His excuse for not attending to his - senatorial duties was that he was look ing after the South Carolina Demo cracy. He had wanted to resign the State chairmf..,ship but had been ap pealed to to hold it because of his previ ous successes in defeating the Haskell movement, etc. There was no com plaint when Hampton went deer hunt ing and trout fishing or when Butler came to South Carolina two or three ( times during the session. i The People's Loan and Exchange bank people deny positively that they made any agreement to lend money at a fixed rate. They did at one time lend money to certain alliances for 9 per cent., but they never bound them selves by any agreement with the alli ance. The bank people attribute Sena- 8 tor Irby's vindictiveness toward them to the fact that they refused to carry any more of his paper. They have his note and a mortgage over his house for $3,700 and say that he desired to have them take his note for considerable other monies, which they declined. It is against the policy of the bank to C lend any one man so much. They are 1 now ready to make all this public;be- - cause of Senator Irby's continued attacks. These statements are given by me on the authority of an officer of I the bank. The county executive committee elected G. P. Smith, chairman. The supervisor of registration's office was crowded with negroes .yesterday. Hugh Workman, a prominent far mer of Hunter's township, asks me to say that be has been w~.rongly repre sented as a Tillmnanite-that he is a farmer.amovement man but is opposed 1 to Ben Tiliman. FROM SENATORS IRBY'S SPEECH. (Laurens Advertiser.] The Senator then took ap the bank episode and gave his version of it substantially: That when there was talk of an alli ance bank here a certain Laurens bank had proposed to increase its capital and let alliancemen have the stock agreeing to lend the alliance money at 8 or 9 per cent. That last winter the bank broke its compact and charged 12 per cent., while it could get money as cheap, as ever. That the bank agreed to let him have stock and pay only the difi'erence between the interest and dividends. That the .bank never in formed him that his notes were due. He charged the bank with trying to tie his hands and keep him from pro testing against its methods. The Sena tor appealed to alliancemen present to corroborate his statements and a num her responded. He asked those present who thought he had acted right with regard to the bank to hold up their hands. A large number of hands went up. He then called on those who thought he was wrong to do so and not a hand was lifted. The Battle of the Bandat. LSpecial to News and Courier.] CoLUMBrA, May 3.-Judge A. C. Haskell, the brave and illustrious sol dier who was carried from the field at Chancellorsville on May 3, twenty-nine years ago to-day, related a charming anecdote of the battle of Chancellors ville to-night before Survivors' Associa tion. He read the well-known piece about "The Battle of the Bands," and said it was not in the afternoon nor Safter the battle, but on a dreary night just before the conflict. His men were worncut, and to inspire them he called up his band leader and told him to play. 1He played "The Mocking Bird,', a Sfavorite with the regime2t, and the SNorthern band replied with "Annie SLaurie." Other hands joined in the chorus. The Confederate bands played e"Dixie," followed with their yell. The SNorthern bands played "Yankee Doodle," which they greeted with b urrahs. Then one Northern band 2played "Home, Sweet Home." Deep esilence ensued, broken only by sobs. He then went on to describe the Sfamous battle of Cbancellorsville and Sshowed the magn'ficent generalship of Lee in planning and~ Jackson in execut ing the defeat of Hooker's grea.t army of 1.50,000, while Lee's total force did not amount to 50,000. He spoke of the death of the gallant Col. Oliver Ed wards, who was shot. at this battle while walking up and down the breast rorks to encourage his men who were ntrenched behind them. Some eigh .en months before this, by a stupid listake, Col Edwards was charged with owardice. He was, of course, acquitted, >r there was no braver man in serricp. In his dying bed he showed no fear of eath, but expressed often th.- hope aat after his death cowardice wculd ot be linked with his name. He re lted an instance how Col. Edwards arried a division in line of battle .as erfect as on dress paradc! under fire of 83 pieces of artillery. Gen. Haskell also showed his cam aign book in which he had noted ackson's last countersign and answer. " WORTH A GUINEA A BO&" COVERED WITH A TASTELESS AnD 3LUBLE COATING. For SICK HEADACHE, Dizziness,or Swimmibginate Ro.d, Wind, Pain, and Simems at the Stomach, Paine in the Badr, erarel, and Bjlang Pains in theoyBenam,tc Body, hatm etc. Tale four. 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