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ESTAPLISHED 18(5. NEW3ERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1892. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Constitution of the Democratic Party : South Carolina as Adopted in State Convention. Colu,nbia, Sep tenber 10, 1590. Article I. There shall be one or more Democratic clubs organized in each township or ward, each of which clubs shall have a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Recording and a Corresponding Secretary, and a Treas urer, and shall have the following working committees, of not less than three members each, viz: A commit tee on registration, an executive com mittee, and such other committees as to each club may seem expedient. Article II. The meetings of the clubs should be frequent after the opening of the canvass, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an ad dress at each meeting, if practicable. Article III. The president shall have power to call an extra meeting of the club, and one fourth of the members shall constitute a quorum for the trans action of business. Article IV. The clubs in each county shall be held together and operate un er the control of a county executive committee, which shall consist of one member from each club, to be nomi nated by the respective clubs and elected by the county convention, but these powers to the executive commit tees do not carry with them the powers to pass upon the election of members to the county convention, or their qual ification to sit as members, for this power belongs to the members of the convention through the appointment and action of a committee on creden tials, whose report shall be acted upon as to the' members of the convention may seem proper. The executive com mittee, when elected, shall appoint its own officers, and fill all vacancies which may arise when the convention is not in session. The tenure of office of the executive committee shalf 6ie until the first Monday in May of each election year, at which time the county convention shall be called together to organize the party. Every Presidential election year these county conventions in May shall elect delegates to the State convention called for the purpose of electing delegates'to the National Dem ocratic Convention, and to elect the memb . s of the National Democratic Executive Committee from this State, and such State Convention shall exer cise no other power. This State Con vention shall be called by the State Ex ' ecutive Committee to meet every Pres idential election year on the third e Wednesday in May, and the State Democratic Nominating Convention shall be calied by the State Democratic Executive Committee to meet on the third Wednesday In September of each election year. Article V. County Democratic Con .'. ventions shall be composed of delegates elected by the several lo-cal clubs, one delegate for every twenty-five memn bers, and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof, with the right to each county convention to enlarge or dimin ish the representation according tc circumstances. The county conven tion shall be called together by the chairmen of the respective executive committees under such rules, not in consistent with this constitution, as each county may adopt, and when as sembled shall be called to order by the chairman of the executive committee, and the convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. The clubs recognized by the respective county conventions which sent dele gates to the State Convention which met on August 13, 1890, shall be recog nized as the only legal clubs, provided, however, that any county convention may permit the formation of a new club or clr'bs by a two-thirds vote of its members; provided, further, that in all cities with a population of five thou sand and over three may be two clubs I.. in each ward; they shall be organized in obedience :0 this Constitution as are the clubs else where in this State, and organizing said clubs they shall have representation in the county conven tions, respectively, as said conventions shall declare in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article VL. The State Nominating Convention for the nomination of Gov ernor, Lieutenant-Governor and other State officers in 1892 and thereafter, and for electors for President and Vice. President in the same year and every Presidential year thereafter, shall be composed of delegates from each county, in the numerical preportion tc which such county is entitled in boti branches of the General Assembly, said delegates to be chosen by primary elections to be held on the last Tuesday In August of each election year; th4 -ddelegates elected to receive a majority of the votes cast. A t this election only white Democrats shall be allowed ta vote, except that negroes who votec for Gen. Hampton in 1876 and wh< have voted the Democratic ticket con tinuously constitute the registry his and shall be open to inspection by an' member of the piarty- and the electior under this clause shall be held and reg. ulated under the Act of the Genera Assembly of this State, aptproved De cember 22, 1SSS, and any subsequen Acts of the Legislature of this State Second primaries, when necessary shall be held two weeks later. Article VII. The officers of the Statt Convention shall be a president. on< vice-president from each ('onlgressiona District, two secretaries and a treas urer. Article VIII. The State Executiv Committee shall be composed of on lected by the respective delegations and elected by the Convention. When elected said Executive Committee shall choose its own officers, shall meet at the call of the Chairman or any five members, and at such time and places as he or they may appoint. The mem bers of the National Democratic Exec utive Committee from South Carolina shall be elected by the May State Con vention in 1392, and every four years thereafter, and when elected shall be ex-officio members of the State Exec utive Cormmittee. Vacancies on said Executive Committee by death, resig nation or otherwise, shall be filwd by the respective County Executive Com mittees. The State Executive Com mittee is charged with the execution and direction of the policy of the party in the State. subject to this constitu tion, the principles declared in the platform of principles, and such in structions by resolutions or otherwise, as a State Convention may from time to time adopt, and shall continue in office for two years from the time of election or until the assembling of the State Nominating Convention which meets in September of each election year. If any vacancy occur on the State ticket or for Electors, by death, remov al or other cause, the Committee shall have the pow: r to fill the vacancy by a majority vote of the whole Com mittee. Article IX. When the State Conven tion assembles it shall bt called to order by the chairman of the State Execu tive Committee. A temporary Presi dent shall be nominated and elected by the Convention; and after its organiza tion the Convention shall proceed im mediately to the election of permanent officers and to the transaction of busi ness. When the business hasconcluded it shall adjourn sine die. Article X. There shall be a primary election in each Congressional District in the State on the last Tuesday in August, 1S92, and every two years thereafter, to nominate candidates for Congress, to be conducted and man aged as is hereinbefore provided in the election of delegates to the State Con vention. The vcte to be received, tab ulated and announced by the State Executive Committee to the Chairman, whom the result is to be transmitted by the respective County Chairmen by the first Tuesday in September, 1S92, and every two years thereafter. The election for Solicitors of the different circuts shall be by primary subject to the same rules and regulations, and to be.announced in the same way as be fore set forth for.Congressmen. Article' XI. Before the election in 1S92, and each election year thereafter, the State Democratic Executive Com mittee shall issue a call to all candi dates for State offices to address the people of the different Counties of the State, fixing the dates of the meetings, and also. inviting the candidates for Congress and for Solicitor in their re spective Districts and Circuits to be present and address the people. At such meetings only the candidates above set forth shall be allowed to speak. Article Xii. It shall be the the daty of each County Executive Committee to appoint meetings in their respective Counties to he addressed by the candi dates for the General Assembly and for the differentCounty,offices all of whom, including Trial Justices, shall be elected by primary on the last Tuesday in August of each election yea; under the same rules and regulations hereinbefore provided. Article XIII. Each County delega tion to a State Convention shall have power to fill any vacancy therein. Article X IV. This Constitution may be amended and altered only by the State Nominating Convention which meets in September of each election year. Article XV. Any County failing or refusing to organize under the provi sions of this Constitution, shall not have representation in the State Demo cratic Convention. J. L. M. InuY, Chairman State Executive Commit tee. G. DUNCA N BELLI NGER~, Secretary. CoNsTfITUTION OF THE D)EMOcRATIc PARTY OF NEWB3ERRY COUNTY. ARTICLE 1. We acknowledge the present State Executive Committee of the Democratic party and the State Constitution adopted September 10, 1S90, as governing the party until the same shall be changed by a State Con vention of the party held in pursuance to the provisions of sid constitution. A RT. 2. The Democratic clubs in this county which were formed prior to Au gust 13, 1890, are recognized as the clubs composing the party in this county, but the County Convention may at anry time by a two-thirds vote of its mem bers authorize the formation of a new~ club or clubs. Each club in this county shall have a distinct title and shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and treasurer, and shall have the following workinc committees of not less than three mem bers each, to wit, an Executive Cor mittee, a Com'niti.ee on Registration and such other committees as to each. 1 club may seem expedient. The officers - and the comrmittees so chosen shall thoid until the reorganization of the .dcubs every election year or until their ,successors are chosen. The president of each club shall have power to call the C meetings of the club, and if he shal C refuse to do so when requested, ther I fve members may call a meeting, and - when called by either, one-fourth o: the members of the club shall constitut< e a quorum for the transaction of busi e ness. No club shall be entitled to repre except upon a roi signed by the meni- I bers thereof: and it shall be the duty of st every club already organized, and of v much new clubs as may hereafter be nt organized, to tile with the Secretary of the County Executive Comumittee, a n certified copy of the roll of such club, S before the meeting of any County Con- it vention in which the club seeks repre- a sentation. r; Awr.:c. Toe clubs in each Township c slall be held together and operate el under the control of the County lxecu- ci tive Committee, which committee shall tl consist of one member from each club, S nominated by the respective clubs and p elected by the County Convention, tt hold on the first Monday in May of S each election year. The Executive T Committee, when elected, shall choose p its own officers and fill all vacancies C which may arise when the convention zr is not in session. The tenure of oflice I b of the Executive Committee shall he until the next succeeding first Monday sl in May of the next election year. bi The Executive Committee shall call am a County Convention to meet on the of first Monday in May of each election I h year for the purpose of reorganizing tc the party and for any other business T in the interest of the party, and in it every Presidential year for the election st of delegates to a State Convention to tl meet at Columbia on the third Wednes- - day in May for such purposes as may d be necessary. s ART. 4. The County Executive Con- C mittee shall have power, and it shall C be their duty to look after and order all re primary elections in this count y, and to do and to perform every and all acts of necessary to carry out the provisions of sI the State Democratic Constitution, and to to carry out the instructions of the c State Democratic Executive Committee b< in pursuance thereof, and if necessary rE to call a County Convention whenever u necessary to carry out the same. is ART. 5. The County Convention C shall consist of one delegate from each af ciub for each twenty-live members and fractional majority thereof, unless the cc County Convention shall, by a two- tL thirds vote, increase or diminish said m representation. In case of any protest el or contest over the representation of tl: any club, the same shall be referred by t the County Convention toa committee tc on credentials, whose report thereon bt shall be acted upon and disposed of by of the convention. tc ART. 6. The chairman of the County C Executive Committee shall be ex officio st County Chairman, and when the Coun- cc ty Convention assembles he shall call tc the convention to order, and upon his declaring the convention ready for (e business a temporary President shall az be nominated and elected by the con- dm vention, which will, after the temnp'- m rary organization, proceed to the elec- te tion of permanent officers. hI ART. 7. The permanent oflicers of Si the County Convention shall be a az President, two Vice-Presidents, as C Assistant Secretary (who shall assist di the Secretary of the Executive Com- si mittee, who is declared to be the Secre tary of the Convention), and a Trea- A surer and such committees as the con- t vention may see proper to appoint. ti ART. 8. Wuen the Convention has C concluded its business.it shall adjourn it sine die, and when a convention is p: called by the Executive Committee fi such convention shall be composed of t1 newly-elected delegates. n: ART. 9. On the second Saturday in h; April of each election year the clubs in bi this c--unty shall be called together by the County Executive Committee for h the purpose of reorganizing the clubs vi and electing delegates to the County n; Convention, which meets the first Mon- tc day in May of those years. p) ART. 10. It Shalk require a two-thirds t vote of the County Convention to alter f or amend this Constitution. al RULES FOR THlE PRIARY ELECTION. it The following rules shall govern the p membership of the different subordi- a] nate D)emocratic clubs of this State, t he if qualification of voters at the primary a elections held by the party, the con duetin of the primary elections to be held on v the last Tuesday, the :3nth day of Au-* a gust A. D., 180:2, and the second pri- r mary held, two weeks later, if one be I necessary: r Rule .I. The qualification of member ship in any subordinate club of the t Democratic party of this State, or for tl voting at a Democratic primary shall 0 be as follows, viz.: The applicant for a membership or voter shall be twenty- Ii one years of age, or shall become so 'I before the succe3ding general election,b and be a whilte Demiocrat, or a negro c who voted for General 1-ampton in 1876 and who has voted the Democratic t< ticket continuously since. Every mem- i ber of a subordinate club or voter in a~ it Democratic primary shall pledge him self to abide the result of the Iprimary s and to support the nominees of the par- i ty. Application for membership or ~ offering to vote in a primary election ( shall be deemed equivalent to such dc laration and pledge. Every voter in the Democratic p)rimary election shall take the following oath, viz.: ."I do sol eninly swear that I am duly qualified to vote at this election accordiing to the rules of the Decmocratic party, an d that I have not voted before at thmis election.! Rule :2. Every negro applying for membership in a Democratic club, or offering to vote in a D)emocratic pi ma ry election, miust p,rodluce a wvritten. statement of.ten repultable v.hbite men~ 'I who shall swear that they know~ of ri their own kinod'dge that the applicanitd or voter voted for (Gen. Hampton inv 1S76,, and hams voted the DemocraticI ticket continuously since. This saida statement shall be placed in the ballota box by thbe managers and returned with t he nanagers of efectioniall eep a parate list of the names of all negro uters, and retirn it to the count y chair tan. Rule::. Each County Execut ive (ottt iittee of the Democratic party in this tate shall meet on the second Monday .July of eacl.election year, and shall )point three nanagers for each pliia election precinct in their respective >unties, who shall hold the priiary ection provided for under the Demo atic constitution in accordance with ie Act of the General Assembly of this tate regulating primary ekcetions, ap roved December 2, 1S8S, the consti ition of the Democratic party of this tate and the rules herein set forth. he names of such managers shall be ublished by the chairman of each outnty Executive Committee in one or ore county papers at least two weeks eore the election. Rule 4. Each voter in said primary iall vote but one ballot, or which shall printed or written, or partly printed id partly written, the name or names the person or persons voted for by inm for each of the olices to be filled, gether with the name of the oflice. he tickets to be voted shall be in blank t the following form, with spaces to nt the different counties: Delegates to it State Convention; for Congress, - district; for solicitor, - judicial strict; State Senator, House of Repre ntatives, Sheriff, Judge of Probate, lerk of Court, County Commissioners, oroner, School Conmissioner, Treasu r, Auditor, Trial Justice. Rule 5. The managers of election -hall )en the polls at 8 o'clock a. in., and tall close them at 4 o'clock p. m. After .bulating the result the managers shall rtify the same and forward the ballot ), poll lists and all other papers lating to such election by one of their amber to the chairman of the respect 'e Democratic County Executive ommittees within forty-eight hours ter the close of the polls. Rule 6. The County Democratic Ex utive Committee shall assemble at teir respective Court Houses on the orning of the second day after the ection, at 11 o'clock a. m., to tabulate e returns and declare the result of ie primary, so far as the same relates delegates to the convention, mem rs of General Assembly and county licers, and shall forward immediately the chairman of the State Executive nmittee at Columbia, S. C., the re it of the election in their respective tunties for Congressmen ancd,Solici rs. Rule 7. The protests and contests xcept in the election of Congressmen 3d solicitors) shall be filed within five tys after the election with the chair .an of the County Executive Commit e,and said Executive Committee shall ar and determine the same. The ate Executive Committee shall hear Ad decide protests and contests as to ongressmen and Solicitors, and ten ys shall be allowed for filing the Lie. Rule S. Candidates for the General ssembly and for county ofliees shall. n days previous to the primary ee on file with the chairman of the ounty Executive Committee a pledge, Swriting, to abide the result of the irty. Can didates for other oflices shall le such pledge with the chairman of ie State Democratic Executive Comn ittee. No vote for any candidate wvho as not complied with this rule shall a counted. Rule 9. In the primary elections erein provided for a majority of the tes cast shall.be necessary to nomi ate candidates and to elect delegates Sthe State Convention. A second rimary, wvhen necessary, shall beheld vo weeks after the first, as is provided >r under the constitution of the party, ad shall be subject to the rules govern ig the first primary. At said second imary the two highest candidates tone shall run for any one office, but there are two or more vacancies for ay particular office, then double the umber of candidates shall run for the acancies to be filled. For instance, ir race of Sheriff, the two highest shall in. If no County Cormmissioner is ominated, then the six highest shall Rule 10. in the event of a tie between: v candidates in the second prinmary e county chairman, if it is a county flice, and the State chairman, if it is State oflice or for Congress or for So citor, shall order a third primary. 'he question of a majority vote shiall e determined by the number of votes ast in the primary. R ule 11. The credentials of delegates the State Convention.shall be certi ed to by the chairman of the respec e cotunty Decmocratic executive com iittees within five days after the re alt is declared, and forwarded ime iately to the chairman of t' e Stat' )emocratic executive commnitt. e at olumba, S. C. S.ms-os Pomn. Ira B. .JoNICs, pecial CoIlmittee of the State Execu ive (omn. ittee of t he Demnocratic Partv. iA uguta lr iclue.1 eathing phillipie agains.t Governo: illman. The oldi hero's P'en is as aighty as the sword that he wielet uring the war. Governor Tillmam ent out of the way to attack Genera ampton in one of his recent speeches udI notw the General enters the aren ud goes for the Governor in a styb hat. is bitterly caustic and irresi:-til THE MEETING AT lHOLLY'S FEr.rY. Tilman Cal!% Sheppard a R.publican. Sheppard Makes a Dignified Reply. [:4pecial to Augusta ('iironiele.1 B SB.cy:un, S. C., July 12.-The State campaign meeting was held to day at Holly's Ferry, thirteen miles from here, in Edgeield County. It was what might be termed an off meeting, the place being selected to gratify the people in that neighborhood. It was expected that the meeting would be a thorough Tillman affair, and so it proved. There were only four speakers present, Governor Sheppard, repiresonting the Conservative ticket, Governor Tillman, Gen. Farley and Gen. Ellerbe, for the administration. Thre were about one thousand persons present and about nine-tenths were Tillmanites, being persons who are more or less remote from news centres and who belong mainly to the Alli ance. The sensation of the day, and the culy one, was Gov. Tillman's charge that ex-Gov. Sheppard was a Repub lican. Said he: "I represent genuine Democracy and Sheppard is the expon ent of Republican principles. He is going to support the Democratic ticket because a man can't live in Edgefield unless he does. He is actually at heart a Republican." It is the general opinion that the Governor exceeded the limits of debate and made a mistake that will do him harm, and his followers say without hesitation they do not endorse his charge! Referring to an article in The State to-day, declaring that it was very probable that the Conservatives would carry twenty-five counties, he said, that he would state in plain Anglo Saxon language that was a ie. The State. The News and Courier and The Greenville News were edited by Hes sians who write for money and not for principle. Governor Sheppard made a dignified and forcible reply to the Governor's charge, saying: "I would not be here to-day in the position I am if there were one particle of justification for Governor Tillman's statements. If there was one drop of J?publican blood in my heart or scintilla of Republican blood in my veins I would not come before the peo ple of Edgefield as a candidate for their suftrage. I was born Democrat and as long as my heart beats or my brain continues to know the difference be tween right and wrong, I will be a Democrat and I will die a Democrat. Governor Tillman has said a great many things. He has said a great many unkind things; but he never committed agreater outrage than when he came before the people of Edgefield and talked of my being a Republican in aisguise. [Loud cheers for Shep pard.] What right would a white man have to come before the white people of Edgefield as a candidate for office if he was in the slightest way imbued with Republican principles? It was unkind, unjust, unfounded, and I will never forget it as long as my head is hot." Some one asked, "How about Has kelismi." And he replied that he had 'o sympathy with it and had fought against Haskell's movement. He stated that there wvere more Republicans in the convention that nominated Till man than there were Haskellites in the convention that put him forward. If he could not get the position by a majority of Democratic votes, he did not want it. Speaking of the record of the admin istration in regard to taxation he said that up to last year the largest amount of taxes paid in Edgefield County was S67,4K00, but since then~ under Tillman, $S4,oO00 had been turned into the county treasurer, so that Trillman's boast that he had reduced taxes amounted to nothing. When speaking of the war made by the administration on the railroads, Governor Tillman asked: "If you think the railroads ought to b controlled, why didn't you put that ai your platform?" Governor Sheppard replied that if he got to be Governor he would not limit himself to the plat form, but would do whatever he thought best for the interests of the State. Gen. Farley wa the only other speaker. He thought that the canm paign was an unnecessary one, as it was the rule of the Democratic party to give a Governor twvo ternms. In con versation here to-night, Governor Tillman said that his remarks about Sheppard applied to the Conservatives, Iand that he meant every wvord of it. *1 - Respect for Ruth. ATLANTA, .July 15.-The Atlanta .Journal this afternoon prints the fol lowing letter received from Ex-P~resi dent Cleveland in answer to a request for a picture of Baby Ruth for publica tion in the Journal, by wvhich it will be seen that MIr. and M!rs. Cleveland decline to have their baby put on ex hibition ina the newspapers: "Replying, in behalf of Mirs. Cleve laud to your letter of the 1:;th instant, 1 have to say that there has never been a ph1otograph taken of our child, and it is impossible for that reason to comn ply with your request. It is only frank to add that if there were any of he] pictures in existence we should not be willing to have one published in any rnewspaper. We are doing all we can to chee.C the notoriety which would be increased by such piubbecation. We 'vould be glad to lease~ you and the paper with which you are connected, but we cannot bring ourselves to tht SpointL of giving our baby's picture to be printedmina newspaper." "Your trul,. IE AN. HAMPTON HANDLES TILLI.N. The Old Warrior and Statesman's itesponse to the Governor's Attack Upon Him Some of the Fire and Vigor of Hit; Youth Manifested-Never Again to Speak to the People of His Native State. CIIARLOTTSVILLE, Va., July 7.-To the Editor to the The State-My Dear Sir: In your paper giving the account of the meeting in Columbia on the 4th inst.., I find the following reference to myself by Governor Tillman, and I beg you to allow me space enough in your columns to show how absolutely false are the statements made by this man, who never hesitates to resort to falsehood when speaking of political opponents, or to promote his own selfish personal ends. I shall take his state ments in the order they were made, and I shall convict him of falsehood in regard to the first out of his own mouth. "At Aiken two years ago I said Hampton ought to be in tb , United States Senf,te forever, and that I was willing for him to stay there.' * * "At Aiken he refused to ride in the carriage with me," and yet, after my having done so, he that day, in his speech, made the declaration as to my remaining in the Senate! Yet he now gives that as one reason why he subse quently opposed my re-election. Now, as to the facts in reference to my refusal to ride to the meeting in the carriage with him: I was the guest of one of the members of the executive committee, who had invited me to ride witi him, and his invitation had been accepted, as I courteously informed Mr. Tillman when he asked me to drive with him; and, besides this, I have yet to 'earn that the new regime now prevail:ng in South Carolina for bids a gentleman to choose his own associates or companions. The governor proceeds to say, "But he had no bisiness to interfere in this family quarrel." It seems to me that every patriotic citizen of our State was called on to deplore and to depreciate any quarrel amugst brethren whose only hope fcr the welfare of the State depends on concert of action and unity of feeling. But, waving this question, I assert, without fear of contradiction, that at the meeting in Columbia not one sentence, not one word, in the re marks I there made warrants the assertion that I took part in the un happy "family quarrel" which has brought such diaster on the State. I came at the request of my old constitu ents of Richland toplead for peace and harmony. I expressed no preference for any candidate, no disapprovai of any, and I appeal to the report of my speech on that occasion, as published, to substantiate my assertion and to prove the falsity of the charge made by Governor Tillman. "He compared Tillman and his friend*to M .hone," is the next count in the indictment made against me by the Governor. I did nothing of the sort. I warned our people, as I thought my long service in their behalf justified me in doing, of the dangers of division and dissension in our ranks, and I illustrated my warning by calling attention to the terrible consequences which had befallen Virginia by the quarrel in the Democratic ranks, brought aboait by the unscrupulous conduct of Mahone. ~So much for that charge of the Governor, which like so many of his oni other occasions is proved to be utterly false. "I will tell you," proceeds the Gov ernor, "wvhee he now is. He is in retirement, where he belongs and where he ought to be. * * Hampton had taught us that arn independent was worse than a radical. That depended whether the independent was his friend or not. If Hampton had simply said that an independent was still worse than a radical and that he stood to what he said, he would be in the United States Senate to-day-" I beg te' .ssure his "Excellency" that I stand -and reiterate what I said about indepen lents in our State, and he must pardou me when I say in perfect frankness that I regarded him as an independent when he "suggested" himself as a gubernatorial candidate in the famous March Convention, and I held then, as I do now, that he and his followers there should have been ruled at once out of the Democratic party. Tfl.is, however, was not done, and as the Democratic executive committee uin fortunately recognized him subsequent - ly, I stated th-at I should vote for hio. This I shoul-l have done, but for a fortunate accident which saved mec from what I should always have re garded an in2vitable but unmitigated calamity. I refused to speak on the invitation of Irby, for nmy experience at Aiken, when the Tillman roughs howled mue down, taught me that nothing I could' say would touch the hearts of may fellow-citizens, nor ir.fiuence their con duct. I confess it was with a deep sen;se of pain and unortification that I found a Carolina audience refusing me even a respectful hpa ring. I determined then -a determination to which I have adhered-that I would not again obtrude my a'lvice on my fellow-citi zens on any public question. I am only a private citizen. asking nothing from my State save a last resting p)lace by the side of my kin dred. I am "in ret irement where I belong and where I ought to be,"r if the verdict of the majority of the legislature is en dorsed by the people of the State. I have made no complaint as to that verdict, but I assure the Governor that I prefer to be in retirement rather than to hold office by the disreputable and disgraceful methods resorted to by him e tohobtin it. I t may seem strange that I should notice anything emanating from the source of these misrepresentations, but "Fate never wounds more deep the gen erous heart, Than when a blackguard points the dart." I hope that those papers in the State wqich still have the fairness to do j.ustice even to a political opponent will give as wide a circulation to my denial of the slanders uttered by the Governor as was given to them, and I am, very, respectfully, WADE HAMPTON. What Will He Say Now? We do not know, of course, where Governor Tillman got the information relative to the coection of the employees of the South Carolina Railway in polit ical matters, which. he made public in his speech at Edgefield, but if he did not invent the story and had authority for it, he now has an opportunity to procure the speedy punishment of the guilty official. The following tele graphic dispatch on the subject was received yesterday and explains it self: - NEW YORK, July 11, 1892. To the editor of the News and Cou rier: I have just seen the report of Gov ernor Tillman's speech at Edgefield in the Columbia Register of the 8th inst., where he says: "Orders have been given the employ ees of the South Carolina Railway that if they vote for me they will be dis charged." I make .,yself responsible for the orders to the employees of the South Carolina Railway and I state that I do not have the least reason to believeany one, high or low, has given such orders to its employees or indeed any orders whatever of a political nature. I make Governor Tillman and all men of what ever party this offer: That if he or they will show me any evidence of such or ders or threats being given or hinted at by any official of the South Carolina Railway, I will discharge such official instantly and finally. I am not in South Carolina politics, and no man will be permitted to use any position he holds under me to co erce or influence voters against or in favor of any candidate or political party or faction. Respectfully, D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Receiver South Carolina Railway. This is a perfectly plain and straight forward statement. Mr. Chamberlain is the Receiver of the South Carolina Railway and therefore the highest offi cer connected with it. If any such order as that described by Governor Tillman had been issued Mr. Cham berlain should know of it. He does not know of any such order, however, and does not believe that one has been issued. To clear up the mattcr to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, however, the Receiver makes the com prehensive offer to discharge "instantly and finally" any official of the road whom Governor Tillman or anybody else shall show to have issued such or ders, or threats, or even hinted at issu ing them. Now let us hear what the Governor and his friends will say. He has made a plain, unequivocal charge against the management of the road in question, the truth of which is peremptorily chal lenged. Will he prove he had some basis or authority for the charge -he made? Or will he dodge and splain, or boldly say nothing? A Woman Worth $50,ooo,ooo. [.Atlanta Journal.] There is a guest at the Ocean House who attracts more than ordinary atten tion. She is a plainly dressed woman, whose years are numbered in the six ties. Her appearance is in no way striking, but her fame as a financier is world-wide. She is Hetty Green, and her fortune is generally believed to be $0,000O,000. Her son "Ned" and her daughter, just out of her teens, live with her. Hetty Green forty years agn was a Hetty Robinson, a New York belle and a prominent figure in society. She was a beautiful girl, of the pro nounced blonde type. Her admirers were many, and she finally married E. H. Green, a wealthy member of the Union League club. On the death of her father she carme into possession of $10O,000,wh ich by judicious investments, she has increased to her present fortune. She has al ways kept a tight grip on her money, it is said; has kept a detailed account of the most insignificant ex penditures and has lived principally in modes* boarding houses, although she owns bioca after block of real estate in the princip)ai cities of the Union. At the Ocean hotel her habits are simple in the extreme. She is an early riser and aifter breakfast reads the New York morning papers, doubtless scann ing the financial columns with a trained eye. Then perhaps she walks on the beach, goes out into her son's yacht or for a drive. Not a little of her time she spends on the shady vtrandas chatting with the guests. It is her custom to run up to the city and see her brokers twvo or three times a week, and she re ceives more letters and telegrams than any other guest at the Ocean house. She says she is having a pleasant summer and is glad to be back at Far Rockaway after an absence of foursum mers. He: rst visit to this resort was .made eleve:i vears ago. Ned Green is a pleasant-appearing young man, in the early thirties. Like his father, he is physically a big man, and meinasures over six feet, wvhile the scales doubtless tremble at 200 pounds when he stands on them. He walks1 with a limp, owing to an accident to his left leg, sustained while coasting one winter back in the early seven tiES. WHO IS EIGHT ABOUT IT? One Newspaper Thinks that President Strode ?-as Resigned, the Other Says He Hasn't. [The' State.] It seems very hard to get any facts about the rumored resignation of Presi dent Strode of Clemson college. All efforts in that direction about the State departments for several days have been futile, but yesterday the status of af fairs that probably caused the resigna tion was ascertained. Governor Tillman, when applied to as a member of the board of trustees for ipformation as to the action of the board in regard to the president which was said to have caused the resignation, referred the representative of The State to Chairiman Simpson, at Pendleton. Secretary of State Tindall, another member of the board was then applied to. Mr. Tindall said: "The board found itself at its last meeting without funds to carry on any work, and was not willing to continue Mr. Strode a whole year at a large salary with nothing to do, when the other professorshad been elected with a view to not draw any pay until their services were actually needed. Mr. Strode's services had been needed last year to assist in the work of building and his salary was saved to the board because it would have had to employ somo other man to do the work that the board had re iuired of him." So this is the reason, as given by the board, for the salary being stopped. MSr. Strode's side of the question has not yet been heard from. One thing, however, is pretty certain, the board has no money new to pay anybody or carry on the work, and all that is being done at the college is to keep the few convicts there occupied. The agricultural station is kept going under another appropriation. Mr. Tindal says that if President Strode has resigned he is not yet aware Af it and intends to write at once and ind out if he has. He does not seem to doubt that he has. [The Register.] President H. A. Strode, of Clemson .ollege, has not resigned, several South Darolina papers to the contrary. Governor Tillman was seen in his ffice yesterday morning and asked if ie had received any notification of the resignation of Professor Strode. "None whatever," was the reply. The Secretary of State was also seen, ad he also disclaimed any intimation >f such action.on the part of Clemson's tble president. The Register yesterday afternoon dis patched a query to B. W. Simpson, ;hairman of the board of trustees of the college, and received the following reply from that gentleman: "President Strode has just returned rom a visit to Virginia, and is in daily performaace of his duties at Fort Hill. [f he has resigned I know nothing of While thc report, coLning as it seemed with some degree of authority, created i great deal of surprise, few believed that the resignation had been tendered. The story was a canard from the whole cloth. The Oldest Locomotive Engineer, [Albany Argus.) It will probably be of interest to know who is the oldest railroad engin eer in the United States. The gentle man who has this honor is C. B. Smith of Troy. Mr. Smith is nearly 85 years of age. He was born on St. Patrick's day, 1808. He began his labors at the precocious age of 11 years being em ployed on the Erie Canal, which was at that time i curse of construction. He continued on that line until 1825. 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