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F {1 E TA ISUf ED 8) NEWBERRBY,. . Fl1 iA Y, FElURUARY 10. 190)0. _TWICE A WEEK, $1.50O A Y 'A H WOLLCOTT FOR VICE PRESIDENT. LrICs-r PO.lltt, stc.S1'tION IN W AMIil NO I ON. The S.p och of Niator Wolc-o' t, of l'.,Ibr.cdo, ' Vetetty lat ID-foRnN" of tIE- i01d Stan dard, but Sisting on Internatiouonal t IIuttIIa$m, aunicI httnu to bH Montlounr f-r Se.enmd P'lavc Oa MoKitaley's'I Ioket Washington, February 12.-- A olitical incident of more than ordi i,ary significance developed today in ,he senate by the tierco arraignment f r. Bryan and his .;oe silver fol !wers by Senator Wolcott, of Colo do, the Republican cmltttipiol of metalism. It is said that Wolcott rood the Republicaus in the Son to propose an amendinent to the ancial bill now pending, providing the recognition of bimotalism tin - r certain conditions by the Repub. an party. At the conclusion of Senator \Wol A ;tt's speech it was freely assorted the Capitol that Senator Wolcott opes to be put. forwalrd as Vice 'residential candidate on the ticket ith President McKinley, as the rep. . f6sentative of the bimotalic wing of the Republican party. Governor loosevelt, of New York, having put himself out of the running by public 1 declining to become Mr. McKin ey,s running mate in the next canm ?aign, some of the Republican man ers declared that it would be a lever political move to recogzie the lepublicans of the far West by naming Senauor Walcott for the Vico Presidency. BRYAN's POLITICAL. PLANS. Before Mr. Bryan left Washington last Saturday he hold an important. conference with soeno of the Demo oratic leaders here, and it Was do cided that the Democratic National Convention shall be held prior to the )R$epublican Convention, or the eon vention to be held by what remains of the Populist party. I is under etood that Mr. Bryan is anxious thai. the party of which Io is the acknow ledged standard bearer should take the field, announce its plat form and prepare for the national conflict be fore his political rivals formally de blare their campaign intentions. He is particularly unxious to anticipate the action of the Populist party, which he fears may be guilty of po Ittical indiscretions which may injure the cause lie so zealously and earn estly champions. Bryan did not con fine his consultations while in Wash ington to the free silver Democrats, but he also applied to some of the shrewdest and most influential mom bers of the gold standard wing of the Democratic party. It is known that ho called at the home of former Senator (Gormnan, the recent Demo cratic leader in the S-nate, and was in secret consultation with that geni tleman for more than an hour. i.t was afte:- consulting Mlr. (Gorman that Mr. Bryan imnpre'ssed upon0 his political fri'ends the importance of holding the Democratic Coinvenetion at a date several weeks in advance of that already fixed for holding the lRepublican National Convention. It is possible that this move was ang gested by the astute Mr. Gorman, and today the subject has been free ly discussed by the Democrat.ic lead ers in both branches of Congress. There appears to be a general senti ment in favor of the proposition which is regarded as a wise andl tact fuml display of political strategy. Notwithstanding the assertion by certain members of the Democratic *National committee that at a recent conference held in Chicago it wvas de cided practicailly to hold the Domo cratic Convention in Milwaukee, there seems to be a disposition to re scind that action and locate the cite of the Bryani Convention elsewhere. Kansas City, Missouri, has put for. ward- a very attractive bid for the privilege of entertaining the Demo cratlo hosts and the members "of the Mis'sonrl delegation are toni ight claim Ing with af parent confidene that they will be able to wrest t be prize from New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, or any other -city yet mentioned as ai possibillq. Senator Jones, chatir. ma of th Dem ...ai Nraia eMtn111m1ittee, and his associalos who part i ntttl in deliberations with Mr. hiyann, decline to discuss the subject and assert that whatever was said or done in that direction during Mr. Bryan's recent visit to this city was of a strict ly confidential nature and cannot properly be divulged at this tim0. A TALK WITH McLAURIN. Senator McLaurin returned to Washington today from a short visit to Now York on private business. I met the Senator at the Capitol soon after he aligLtod from the train. When asked concerning the report that he has been selected by the President to serve as a member of the now Philippine commission he dnlied any personal knowledge on the subject beyond what he harl seen stated in the newspapers. I am jus tified in saying that the President has uever spoken to Senator MoLau rin on this subject. It is true seve rail of his Senatorial associates have in a casual way mentioned the possi bility of his being selected as a mem ber of the commission, 'but the Pres ident has made no formal tender of t he position to him. Senator Mc. Laurin has no desire to retire from the Senate. His present duties are congenial, in line with the personal ambition, and his present surround ings are exceedingly agreeable. He has no knowledge of the duties he would be expected to perform as a member of the commission, and with. ont having been directly or indirect ly informed that the President de sired to perform such service he con sidered it indelicate to indulge in any speculation as to his probable course at the present time. As a be liever in the wisdom of the expansion policy of the Administration and an advocato of the construction of the Nicarauga Canal by the United States Governmuent, it is fair to as stime that should the President ap peal to his patriotism he might be induced to make certain personal sacrifices to emphasize his fidelity to the interests of his country. This is the substance of Senator McLaurin's reply to the numerous inquiries made to him today by his brother Senators and others interested in his political we llfare. 1),t iAi1D.Y ASSAULT N ICAR AIKEN, vinig N4gro Atiaoks a Lady and Tries to Cut her Thtoat, but she Resasts Until 11. Ip Arrived--A Posse in Searbh of the Negro. (Special to News and Courier.) Aiken, February 18. --There was 'onlsidlerable excitement in Aiken to day over the news of an outrageous assault having been made upon Mrs. Ella Weeks, the wife of Mr. C. L. Week4, who lives six or eight miles northeast of this place, by a young negro named WVill Burt. The as sault was made about 11 o'clock yes. terday morning, while Mr. Weeks wats off at a mill, making some re pairs upon it. The negro caught hold of Mrs. WVeekcs, who fought and resisted him and was able to keep him from overpowering her. In the struggle he choked her, polled. neat 10 all of her clothes off and cut a gaI4h aceross her throat with a knife, fortunately not very deep. Her screams brought a colored man, who was working in a field nearby, to her rescue and on his approach Burt fled. 'rho news of the assault spread rapidly and searching parties went in ptursuit, but up to this writing they had riot sneceeded in catching him, though two or~ three times they got in shooting distance last night. Mrs. Weeks is the daughter of Mr. E. M. Soigler, a well-to-do farmer, and is a most excellent lady. She is a woman of line physique and owes her escape to her strength. Her wounds on the neck, while painful, are not dangerous. wanited. Honest man or woman to traye for large house; salary $05 monthly and expenses, with increase; position permnaneont; i nclose self- addressed stamp)ed envelope. Manager, 380 (Caxtom bldg., Chicago. -fBoaru the e Kind o aeAw Boughl I Signatore REVOLUTION THREATENED, 1 TAYLOR CALLS HIS FRIENDS TO ti 8UOIULDE. THKCIl OUNs, say '1'hey are Ready-Uemocra'n in aa Queer TanRi.._atepubicau Lead- b era Deolare-s lis Pur poses HIluntly. t -- f: (Special to Greenville News.) Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 12.--Gov- 0 ernor Taylor revealed his program o in a short speech here today af fol bi lows: p "Now, gentlemen, I rejected the tl peace agreement. The legislature c will soon vote to unseat me. Then i' the case will be appealed to the St ate ' court of appeals. The verdict of thait II body is already drawn and is against, me by a vote of four to three. \Ve Y shall then try to get into the federal b courts. If we fail there wiil be only ' one course open to us, and that is revolution. h "Now, how many of you are ready o to shoulder guns and come here to a help me?" Every mat in the meet. iog jumped to his feet and shouted, f "I am!" t The democrats concede that Beck ham's claim to be Governor cannot i stand unless the legislature declares his election in joint and separato ses. i sions. f Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 12 -Gov. Taylor has sent almost ill Ith mnrilit at home but has retaiane(l sitie-,tt to quell all disorder. Judge Taft thi4 aftrnryon wil hear the application of t be lI~ topubi can counsel for an injunnet ion fo r t l minor State officers' contesk . f t t injunction is granted Taylor's l:w yore will iminediately file appliea tion for a formal injtinctioin restrain. ing the Beckham legislature and State courts from interfering with ' Taylor in any way so far as the oflien of Governor is conlcernedl. lIn the event of his application being re fused, then Taylor, it is assert ed, has only one way open to redress, and that is through revolu. tion. It is conceded by the Democrats that Beckham's title to the Govern orship will not stand unless the leg. t islature in joint and separate ses sions at the State house ratify the action of the Democratic members at C the secret session in the hotel. They a do not now assert that Goebel before I his death was legally Governor. t Taylor has called the legislature to gether at Frankfort. If the Demo- I crats go they will in so doing recog nize Taylor as Governor. This is another question the3 find themselves confronted with. The situation seems no clearer than it was a week ago. Taylor is undoubtedly backed by his party to a man. NATIONAL FARMERIs ALLIAN, E. Address of the President, Mr. J. C. Wilbo,n10 of snuth Caroilina (Special News and Conrier.) Columbia, S. C., Febr-uary 12. At the National Farmers' Alliance, of which Mr. J. U. Wilborn is the nat ional president, be delivered the fol lowing address: Brethren: We are assembled in Supreme Council of Farmers'~ Al liance and Industrial Union. The Alliance is now undergoing the great teat for its national existence. It has been assailed by enimies froin within and without. TIhe enmemics without have been shooting const ant - ly over our heads and have been un able to assail us successfully because they knew not our pure motives. The enimies within have planned so dition and diseension and have bee'n inclined to ridIe dangerous biobby - horses. I am encouraged to hopet that we have withstood our greatest and1( most dangerous attack. It is now to he deteromed whether we will advance and claim our own or wheth er we will remain in our tents. The necessity for union has never been so urgent as now. The dangers of our farm homes have never been so close to our dloors. The farm home, true anid indepen dent, is tbe counterpart and pialia diumi of our Republic. It is upon the farmer, taught by surroundinlg natare to love freedom, that the per otnily of Ourt" liberties must (epend lo it was that gave us the founda on of Dlenocratic liberty. lie freelyspnt hip thi lile, money, Id slpent, his blood that this might t i land of freedom and happiness ) all classes, and freed the colonies -o) foreign rule. Whenever the law and machinery f our Goverumenit are made and porated in his interest, contenttmott, appiness and security to life and ropi'rety are( giaratnt'(1. W' hen im farm hmiiio is prosperous all other asses are as-ured cf prosperity. he falrmler fol ds the world an 11' iliave a is.y about. the govern wa'nt Ilt t rules him. K--op the falrnw('rt' products fromu :>ur townUS alil cities and they will t doses ted and truly their bus) r('ets will bo grown il) in grass. he great trains that are now so eavily loa.l'd with our grain, whoatt, Ats, Corn, apph014, p1:tattoe', cotton uit catth-i, wtuld be idle' in their wd(ls if tho auirertis should coase -otu his ioil for thb' shbort space of volvo luonlt h4. War is terribl', faminile is terribl', estti('ile I is Ierrible, blut the great it blight that cant b'fll this I'ationl th ligh that muust. fall nlptn oulr trit'rst if we ar' e (It w teali fi. Is dt'S sli i'(lte's h t , .r . he + I ; li lave of th t h. 4 lamblh lll'!!~ 8 ': I" I itt . I'1)4 r . hei w1ot I '.hici the ri:~4 4) I'('I 4181; !. vlocl i1' ttit iu. his roll! fort ii Un. I3nt Ian! ti tiels' (Ang. awtlal WI' go1 on areVer inl the ol be'aten paths. W\'( sihoutld orgaizo, we should itit; wo should tmloVe as' unit; our reat guide should bii equal rights to 11, special priviloghs to none. Ve :iust speak out and let Our' demands o known. If not we will be left in 1b4 great march of human events. Vo must. not be drones, neither must m b)e slave masters; we mustt have ur chariot (agriculture) manned ad horsed with the best brains and lood of this land. Manned with rains to guide and direct the pow rful and mighty forces that must mll her to hieghts as yet unattained, those summit is beset with dangers in every side. Manned with hearts letermined and brave to push., on. vard and upjward, to tind threatened langer chained by an all powerful luler, .o permit the determined and warnest to pass ulnmlolested1. WVe muist meet organization with >rganizationi, we must meet force vith force, we must meet intelligence vith inteligence, we must meet trust vith t rust, niot to destroy, buit to palss mid surpass, with equal rights to all md special privilogos to none. I desire 10 suggest tat thle follow rng domalinds8 be urged upon(A our nat onal representatives in Congress: 1st. Free doelivery of mail in the cural districts, and that thle service >0 placed on t he same permanent foot rig as tile delivery of mails in the ities, and that the appropriation herefor 1)3eOl c ioe!Siliat ('With the 44om1 fits and demTfanids for the service, 2d. Provnliing for postal savinigs banthks 30.. SubrudI atn4 ame.lP?dmenit to thi Cons iltuin pu,nvhil og for the eloc bionl of Uii ~ at s Senators bi udir.'et volte4 of ii he .-oh -ih. ltianct n pur4 food lawvs, 7 h. P:roviding~ for Ite (xtenion 0 tom miarkets for farm pro(duicta, mak ng it thc duity' of l'4itedl States con mals to and in ihe. IxiqIn ,i'i of mar kotA for far i ra prionts as for imann11 factunred art iles. (th. Thle enanent 4)f an1 auti trust laiw, clea1rly' dieining n hat act, on the palrt of any corporat ion wvotil be against public policy. 7th. The spiteedy construction o the Nier;ragnia Canal by the Unito< States. 'fill National Alliance ro elected Nothing of a p)oliticaIl nature wa done at the moeting. Mr. D). F. Etird was elected member of the national oxecutiv anmmitt.a_ HAMPTON ON BRYAN. THINKS GOLD I) CMOURATS 8s1OUL) aUIPOtT HI M. Thu Caupvl(gu Khou'd be Made on an An ti-Imperlallet Platro a--On that I~sue I3lt1ve1O Isryan Can Win. (Columbia Record.) The following interview appears in the News and Courier today with General Hampton: "1 don't think it worth while to raise the currency issue in the coin ing campaign. There is no doubt about it, that the great majority of the people of the State are with Bryan and his silver views. Con gross, in the end, has to settle that question and I think 'the currency question should not be agitated now While I do not agree with Bryan in his financial views, he is a most. ro markablo man and he is squarely on an auti-iwperialistio platform which should be the clief issuo. Upon that issue 1 believe Bryan can wn and I shall vote for him. Upon that issue all Democrats can unite and heal the differences in the last caupaign, which resulted inl the eleotion of McKinley. Bryat would certitli) trout the South with fairness, which cannot be expected from any Uepub lictan adminiht ration. Bryan seems to be gaining st.rength iii the :North. nsylvia nit Democtrts lalve ,l. ready tecIfired for hiu and I Ih, havo New York Demoerats will do the sati' thing, Imperialisi, i ll crri( out, wIll he the death ktell ohi old relnh)?ir and that issu(e is new I (nn ir water implortancee tharn the linanl cirll Iulest ion. l believe wy,' should seital a strong dlelegation to the Colt vention ledged to an anti i)porial list policy. They will certainly be for Bryan, whose anti-nmperialist views have made him stronger than over in the South, and are increasing strength in the whole country." t)Al{K AND 1ILOOY tIROUND. Kentucky't. Bhitory Ever Marked With Temp,stuous Politics (News and Courier, 13th.) Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 5.-Ken tucky, early called the ',"dark and bloody ground," because of the san guinary strifes enacted within itl borders between contending tribes of savages, has ever retained the char acteristics and traits then developed to a marked degree. From the po. Ihtical turbulence which preoceeded and followed its advent into the Union as a State, down to the pros. ent revolutionary proceedings now~ being enacted at its State Capital, Kentucky is nothing if not radical. This spirit is, no .boubt, dlue to the influence anid training of the pioneei settlers, whose circumstances an( surroundings made them a race sel dom equaled for strength and intel lect and will, physical- and morn courago, personal prowess and en duranice. Many of the most intellec tual and cultivated officers of thi Revolution settled in Kentucky a the close of the war in 1781, and il is a matter of hist'ory that never di< a population so small in nunibera embrace so many who wer-o giants ii intellect, daring, and physical pro portions. Kentucky's first civil existence be gan in the spring of 1783, wheni was ercted into a district wit h Court of criminals and civil jurisdic tion. At that time the territory wat a part of Virginia. The failure c the English to surrender their North~ wvestern ptosts within the Unite, States instigateo1 constant India host ilitieos, rind the ciiizens of Kera tnoky songht a a.eparation Iromn Vii gintia, in order that they might lay fully p)rote(ct themselves fromt th -savages. Proceed ings were begn to secure constitutional separatini Virginia acquiesced, provided t.hs Congreas would assent and recon' the new State into the Union. i3i two circumstanoes ab)out this tini joccurred to create great hostilii in Kentucky against the General Go ernment. One was the utter inabi ity of Congress to protect them fro the depredatious of the Indians, at the other was the disposition of a element in Congress to yield to Spa for twenty years &h. rIght to nsi gato the Mizts4iHsippi tiver in ox hange for commeturcial privilogos l)oneicial; only to the liasitorn States. 'his aroubed intonso dissatisfaction in Kentucky, and (Jon. Janes Wil kinson, a Revolutionary officer who had sottled in Lexington, boldly ad vocated robollion and separation from ho Union. His movement, however, lid not gain any considerable follow ing. This was in 1780. For four years t ho aitat.ion for a sop trato State progressed. Gonerel WVil kinson continued to be a revolution try factor and advocated an indepen lent government, which, he said, iain would recognize and cede to it the right of navigation of the Miss Issippi. Agents from Canadu also Intrigued with the malcontents, urg ing Kentucky to unito with the tort horn English provinces. lI the meantime (enoral Washington was elected President, and Strongly recotuended the acceptaneo of tie" Virginia Act of Separation by Con gress. Onl Februiry 4, 171I, an Act for that 1u) poso passed both hoslitis of Congress, was signed by .r(sideent W as1hingtot. and K t'Itlky beenmtle at . t i )'ttlo,1r1 ,r ''-4i n t i t Dttc u btt 'r, 1 :1, I .t .- b 1tion aIl 'C i,vet io waul Ii e'It, I d, w ieb tta li01' l insteadn . I; t' tiwt, ' ettitt(t nt)ti .jutli,itr a t' t I re rt'tioet l i tt ft . . itt t tio 1' . I,!td i :tn t Lexigton and ;i 4 tht' itrt' sont of govrntt4t Ib si tgulttr process. Tn live tlmm.ission".rl were first choset by gn'tttrnl ballot. Then the counties of M111ercter and Fayette, the rival competitors for the location, ailt ernately struck live names from the list until the comtis. ionors wore reduced to live. These last wer emtipowered to fix upon the Capital, and Frankfort was chosen. A year after Kentucky ratified her first Constitution she narrowly et" caped coning into direct contlict with the General Government. The flame of sympathy which swept ovet the country for the now French fa. public burned with exceeding fierce noes in Kentucky. Genot, the French ambassador, whio openly d is regarded the Presidi 's proclamation of nieu trality, sent four French agents into Kentucky. These were interneted to enlist an army of 2,000 men, appoint a generalissimo and descend the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and attack the Spanish set.tlements at the mouth 'Tho movement was everywhere ro ceived1 with fervent zeal, and General George Rogers Clark' accep)ted tlhe commtand, with the title of ''Conm mander in-Chief of the F'rench Rev olutionar-y Legions on the Mississ t ippi." I the mneantimeo societies ini imitation of the Jacobin clubs of SFranice spread in Kentucky, which generaLted a violent Anti Fedorali spirit. Presid(ent WVashiingtoin pro. tested to Governor Shelby oveor th - p)roposed violtiont of the( netaityh tized wvit h tihe moven.ca,Oit. J1us.t n maters wemre assuiing 't. jrot,. e.s pect (Genit wvas r'ecailled and h it atts dlisavowved by t ho F.trent G(i Iovern mont. The Kerntu.i'ciantt wer*e con were rest oredl. 'lut was KentS i~uuckv Honest m1.11 ittnd ijit n irave I Ifor itarge' house; sabo ;) atonthi' - and1 expenses, with IIwo 4s1* po)sitiont it permanent; intoI4 se ~ wii addressedI 'e stamnpod envelopie. .\lnatger, 830 SCaxton bldg., Chticuag,o. S Victoria, B. ,.Jan. 20.-~ Details y i CASTOR IA m For Infants and Children, d The Knd You Have Always Bought a I uatre of W. J. 8IIYAN I N ItIt'H iON a). Wurm Veno,. hI"tendt"(i tl) Demo oratic Ch amptone nt the Cnipltal or thu (1t1 IomtIntun, Richnund, Va., Feb. 12.-W. J. BIryan reached hero at 8.40 o'clock *his morning from W'tashington, es orted by a joint commltitloo of the Virginia Iogielaturo, he having been nvited to address that body. The rip was made in the private car of Lresidenlt Williams, of the Seaboard ir Linoe system. Notwithstanding steady rain there was a crowd at ho depot, which insisted upon shatk ag hands. Mr. Bryan was (1riven to he Joflorson, where ho partook of )reakfast with mimibers of the con nit tee, State Domocratic Chairman I1lysol and others. At 3 p. n. Mr. Bryan addressed an tudioneo at. the Acadetmly of Alusic, na(lt up of the mtoembe'rs of the Log .latulr and its many other porsons is could possibly get into he build 1g. Admtision to the great or part if tit( I onse wi- by t iet andl t he linaud for ticketH wasH very much . rent(er thai tle sup)ly. 'the part )f tihie 1iillin,g t was. \I t hrtown OpeOIn o thii pub llir wa," (IIi, kly litlld atInl mi%, p'c.)ph1 were 11naIlh(' to obtain 1(bq i-;i(' . ;I 1 I " . t' r ' I t ;' l t r 1. I r a iI we I. " :. . t d l l i l . :In1, ehl no111,n ~f I 19- S11tat,' I,un. 'ratl tl l -i- . iA i ilal'lll ai" t ontaergtl ml 'ittl(ors t. T "rV(.)1, 1La1 I ity I i n-I1 t hae iaIn i Il-e ( I'llee ion was z engb do to tter n for latoor alaaheio a o ars iat joint ihi it . Iv tOe (o . l ret I a ," tth e l vir i k ,1 Ia , (S 11t1u(. li l t f h 11t nhvitlia tio of Mr. a ' at, anld ri, pe1water of the atf-rople wa rer mtroduce b%.d pihed- .o. I WV S th lor., Speuk; th or i'e ioel af Debt Mr. Bryo and bgan t with anfilnilout tribna - to a irginia ts hlavil g htl be ia lailer iu all the geat movmtii,nta tthav it Oakrn lilwo in is ,i11,. try, mal took oceasionl to uttogizo Uloborl F,. L(eo and to comlp1lmntt G.en. I(itzhugh Lee, tho latter for tis good mldnageeot of affairs at Iavnta jst hofore tht outbreak of the war with Spain. le tben ie tined the dutties of tho Legislature, in view of the charactor of i au i Once, tia those of a Isorvant and not tbe asiter of th, people be repro Aent., and proceeded to d14i3vuits thre income tax, the currency and trust questions and th Philippint prou-l thim, his arguments ol all of thon o ing those familita to ht oreading )ub Heru aouse d muhethsiat m at ~ii~ laie lil11bi tieP r (4'i larl was hbs audhtincoI t*V'h deontativ 4)in appV4lause whenii hi ex 0pro thte h'opo l.hat) the British4woul'neve goth to ad smaith,and whenobei poe ot the daner of, the unoboeket a gua,r of thepFibpoins, wasl aolso grol ny-or anI and the1~'0 lCisltit. oitteea lion.01 4J. T)iayorIll n thisas followeid y aeepti o at fog rs . o , ar. B y n h l whi ll ils Viay'a. w 1t . ratm i, )O