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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8? 1893,
BUTLER FOB THE DEFENSE.
Our Senior Senator Pleads his
Cause to a Friend.
A frieod of Senator Butler has hand?
ed The State the following letter from
the Senator, explaining aod defending
his coarse in the matter of the bill re?
pealing the purchasing clause of the
Sherman law:
SENATE CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19th, 1893.
My Dear Sir : I have received your
letter in which you refer to some of my
friends not understanding my position
io the Tate debate, more from an omis*
sion of facts by certain newspapers than
from their published statements.
If anything was needed to justify those
of us who have taken position io opposi?
tion to the unconditional repeal of the
"Sherman act/' that is, repeal un?
accompanied by some compensating
provision to prevent the undue con
traction of the currency, it is to be
found in the admission of Senators
Sherman and Gorman in debate in the
Senate on the 28th instant. The for?
mer was the leader of the Republicans
favoring.repeat and the tatter speaking
for the Democratic minority on tue same
side.
Mr. Sherman said among other
things :
'.There are, however, one or two
things to which I desire especially to
eal! the attention of Senators on the
other side of the chamber. 1 doubt
very mach whether the bill, when we
pass it, will meet the expectations of
many people who probably have made a
bugaboo of the purchase of silver to
disturb their dreams of nights. I
believe that it ia necessary to superadd
to this measure proposed by the hon?
orable Senator from Indiana other
measure? even more vitally important (
than this, ile does not des* ? how?
ever, to have an amend meat <fered,
and, after thinking the matter ov*.: and
giving it carefal attention, I believe it
would not be wise to offer any proposi?
tion of a new character, raising other
questions of doubt and dispute with
reference to this bili, because this hav?
ing been fairly discussed, there is now
no longer any ground for argument
upon ibis bili, and to introduce new
subjects might open up new debate.1'
Many of us who opposed uucondi?
tional repeal have insisted that the
4'Sherman Uv" was not the cause of
financial stringency, and here is the
leading apostle of the single-standard
men admitting it a "bugaboo made by
many people, etc , etc.," aud that re?
peal will not meet their "expectations/'
etc.
The "proposition o? a new character"
to which be alludes, is, giving the
Secretary of the Treasury authority to i
issue two hundred millions of bonds- i
that is the "cat in the meal tub," the
thing behind the bugaboo made by the
nationel banks to eover the real purpose
of getting more bonds. Some of us
thought we saw this design under the ;
"Sherman act veneering.'* The gold
men took advantage of the business and ?
financial dUtress to hammer bonds out ;
of thc "Sherman act" and destroy ita I
rival, silver ; that ia all there is in it.
Now what does Mr. Gorman admit as ;
to the strength of the two sides at the <
outset. He says : 1
"It may be said with truth, that a i
large majority of the Democrats were I
at the beginning of the session against I
tho purchasing olause of the Sherman j i
a-pt. * i
Mr. Butler-Unconditionally. i
Mr Gorman-The unconditional re- !
peal. It was koowa that you had from i
thirteen to Sfteeo Republicans opposed I
to repeal. It was believed, and 1 think 1
* it was a fact easily made perfectly plain I
to everybody, that s clear majority of I
all the Senators elected were not in favor i
of the unconditional repeal, bat they i
wanted some modification.
"Complaints have been made of
delay in this matter. 1 am glad of the 1
opportunity to say, and I say it in jus- j
tice to those ?bo have fought this bill, i
that those of us who intended to vote
for ifs final passage believed that we .
were in the minority, aod a delay of
weeks became necessary that we might <
convert enough to our side to pass the :
bill. It was not brought into this body
from the committee on finance until days
after ve bad mer. The Senator from i
Ohio, a great member of that com- I
mittee and an authority io this body
on financial questions, aud with a 1
r?putation such as few ineu bave ever
bad in the country, waa too astute a ;
man lo try and force its early copsicjera- 1
tion io this body. When bia colleagues <
on the other side, impetuous and I
anxious to pat the Democratic party <
in a false position, demanded a vote I
upon the bill the first weejc of (he sea- i
sion, the chairman of the finance com- {
millee, and eyen tfoc Postor from 1
Ohio, checked their impetuosity, and "1
said, Oh, no: let the committee on (
fiuauce first consider the bil).' i
"The fact ol it was that we were not <
ready for its consideration. Aa time ;
went on the debate became -hirp i
And, Mr. President, I want to ron.ark <
right here that it has been a treat de- I
bate The annals of one Congress will t
not show one equal to it, and those who t
participated in it will go dowu to <
posterity as men who were equal to any <
?ho have preceded them When tbe i
contest became sharp the doubt was then i
expressed as to the power of tbe Senate <
to past it, not as to the power to reach
a vote, but the power to pass uncoodi- t
tiona! repeal with a majority In the I
very midst of the fight, in the hottest of '
it, when men were anxious, when every I
Senator was desirous that something
might be done (and wheo I say every j
Senator i mean all on both sides of the t
chamber) to relieve the great distress io t
the financial interests and in commercial c
affairs, the first note of warping thai we (
bad, publicly uttered, came from the 1
Senator from Ohio, the Senator who t
lead more than one-half of the repeal t
column, that it was impossible to pass I
it . t
Io the light of t'bese disclosures I I
hope you will ask my friends to re con- I
sider their criticisms, and answer, who i
were the obstructionists? Who wanted I
delay? Which side had the majority? I
Mr. Gorman says, they ''believed they i
were in a minority and a delay of weeks 1
became necessary that we might con- 1
vert enough to our side to pass the bill " j
Again, "when the contest became sharp | i
the doubt was then expressed as to the i
power of the Senate to pass it, not as to
the power to reach a vote bot the power >
to pass unconditional repeal with a j j
majority " i
This 19 a manly admission and does . t
credit to that gentleman's candor.
Who was converted? How? By
what means ? Others must answer
Tbe oponents of unconditional repeal
haye had from the begin mug a majority
of Democratic Senators. On or about
the 13th of October I drew up the
following request to Mr. Gorman, chair?
man of the Democratic caucus :
"The undersigned Senators respect?
fully request that a Democratic caucus
be called to meet at the earliest day
practicable." Signed M. C. Butler J.
L. Pugh, G. G. Vest, E. C. Walthall,
J. H. Berry and John Martin.
Under our rules a caucus may be
called on the application of five Sen?
ators. You will see six signatures to
this. I applied to a number of the re
peal Senators and they refused to sign
it. Mr. Gorman requested me not to
press the matter just then, saying, he
hoped to accomplish an agreement by
individual interviews. After consulta?
tion with the gentlemen who had
joined me we concluded to hold it in
abeyance.
On the 6th of October Mr. Vest drew
up the following paper:
United States Senate.
Washington, D C., Oct. 10, 1893.
To the Hon. Arthur P. Gorman, Chair?
man of the Democratic Caucus :
The undersigned respectfully request
you to call a meeting of Democratic
Senators for the purpose of conferring
in regard to the action which should
be taken by the Democratic party in
this Senate upon the pending silver
legislation, and we hereby pledge our?
selves to abide by the action of a ma?
jority of tbe caucus as to said legisla?
tion.
G. G. Vest, M. C. Butler, John W.
Daniel. J C. S. Blackburn, Wi N.
Roach. F. M. Cockrell lsham G. Har?
ris, J. L. M. Irby. J. Z George, James
K Jones, Stephen M. White, by J. G.
Vest" ; John T. Morgan, Wilkinson
Gall; S. Pasco, James L Pugh, J. H.
Berry. William B. Bate. ?ticard D.
Coke, Z B. Vance, A. H. Colquitt,
John Martin, D. Turpie E. C. Walt
hall, save as to the pending bill
This, you will observe, is signed by a
majority of Democratic Seuators.
Those favoring repeal, with thc excep?
tion of Mr. Turpie of Indiana, refused
to go into caucus, and there the matter
dropped
Then followed the compromise which
yon have doubtless seen This was
signed by thirty six Democratic Sen
ators ; by some of us with a protest,
but we signed it with the assurance
by those who had been charged with
it that the terms were acceptable
*o the President and the Secretary of
the Treasury. This was on Saturday, i
The intervening Sunday _was passed ?
with the felicitations that all bands j
would get together on Monday and j
pass the compromise. Ninety per cent
of the Democratic Senators had signed
it, and this large majority of the party
ought to have controlled, but when,
on Monday, the New York papers
came, denouncing the compromise, 'it
was annouueed for thc first time, ap
parently by authority, that thc Pres?
ident and Secretary of the Treasury
repudiated it. Of coure we could not
pass it without a full Democratic vote,
(forty-three), and as the six repeal
Senators and one opposed refused to
ibide by the action of the majority, this
fell through
This is a simple statement of facts,
and you and my friends can form your
own opinion as to who is responsible
for the failure of the Democratic Sena?
tors to get together. I do not think
they will lay it at my doors, or that i
those of- us who opposed unconditional
repeal can just?y be charged with ob- .
-traction or fillibustering. We acted
upon the rule of the majority from the !
beginning, and it was ouiy after the
minority by forming ao alliance with i
twenty-six Republicans-many of them
the most bitter aud unrelenting per?
secutors of the South, leaders in the j
force bill legislation -that they became .??
masters of the sit nation, ac d we. gave (
np tbe contest. -The* Republican Sen?
ators, acting with the rn jority of
Democratic Senators ! ?ve always
been the most liberal and jost of their j
party to the South, and rendered us aid (
10 defeating the infamous force bill,
which 1 can uever forget, nud if I am j
driven to seek "political bedfellows"
Hway from home, I prefer thc latter,
especially when 1 am accompanied by J
a majority of my political brethren. <
The truth is, we are the Democratic i
party, if the so much vaunted major- '
ity-rule ts worth anything, absorbing ?
the fewer nun: ber of Republicans, |
whereas the minority were swallowed i
by their Republican annex. t
In regard to my having veered my i
sails to windward to catch the Populist 1
?Qte I iiave only to say that I stand f
m financial questions just where I
have always stood for a dozen years or j
more, and I am surprised that my t
Yiends, who I supposed were accu j f
.ately informed, could be induced to {
?ive credence to the misrepresent?- ^
ions of the metropolitan press which, -
'Or the most part, represents the single ,
?old standard of finance. They de- (
11 ou nee and slander every man who t
loes not bow his neck and wear thc ,
poke they bave prepared for the great ,
nasses of the American people or who ?
ihalleugeS the oppressive system sus
ained and advocated by them. For
myself I am quite willing to see capi- 1
ai ba^e its legitimare sway and exer- !
?se its beneficent influences iu Ameri?
can progress, and development, but ^
wheu I see its sordid baud claiming j s
?nure than it is entitled to in our so 11
sial and political life, crushing the '
weak and destroying all opposing ele- 3
meats, I shall stand as it has usually ? h
been my lot io life to stand, with thc ! %
"under dog," whatever the effect may ^
ie on my political fortunes. [
lt is scarcely fair to judge, or rather i 1
>rcjudge, thc Democratic administra j ?
ion on the record thus far made, I j ^
bink it is unfortunate (hat this finan- j '
sial controversy should have been pre- j ^
upttated in this form It was not good 1
eadership. but we have ample time to x
.ectify the mistake if it should prove j '
o be a mistake We are assured when
his matter is out of the way that wo ] '
dia-ll enter upon the work of formu- j \
tating a financial policy on the ?ines of ? (
'he Democratic pledges as expressed ! ?
in its platform. If theur pledges are ?
fulfilled the sores growing out of the j i
ate debate will soon beal, and we shall : 1
meet the just expectation ol those I <
who have entrusted us with power. So ; t
[ would advice all parties tu suspend j ?
oddment until the final outcome, and U
hen administer praise or blame where j <
t properly belongs. :
No fears need he entertained of a p
.upture between the Senators who op- ? :
>ose his financial policy and thc Pres- j
dent and his cabinet. He knows bet- <
er tbau any living mau that many of \t
us in voting for bini did not surrend?
our souls, bodies and consciences, an
no one more respects than he the ma
who stands bravely by his conviction
public duty.
The thunder storm through whic
v hive just passed will purify th
political atmospher? and enable th
mariners, to steer more clearly c
breakers iu the future,
I agree with Mr. Sherman in that
do not believe the repeal of the pur
chasing clause will "meet the expecta
tions' of those who have been clamor
ing so incessantly for its repeal. Ver
likely there will be a partial recover
from the business and financial depres
sion which was, as I believe, brough
on designedly aud for a purpose b;
the men who control the money of th>
country, but in my judgment there cai
be no solid or permanent rehabilitatiot
of business until thc tariff is readjust
ed and the corporate property now ii
liquidation has been relieved fron
presen embarrassments.
Yours very truly,
M. C. BUTLER.
--~? -
The Sumter Herald set itself a hare
task when it undertook to defend rbi
metropolitan police bill.-Aiken Re?
view.
The Exposition in Augusta will bi
open from November 15 to Decembei
15. A large number of exhibits will
be carried from the World's Fair there.
They claim that, the exposition will be
the best ever held in the south.
Judge Boud is dead. He has ap?
peared before the great judge, and we
hope he will find that mercy which he
denied the men he sent to the Albany
penitentiary from this State by packed
juries charged with ku-kluxism.
Orangeburg Times.
A 14-year-old girl at Freehold, Pa.,
gave a burglar, the other night the most
miserable quarter of an hour he ever
spent in his life. She filled his eyes
with black pepper, and then went for
the neighbors, who took the suffering
burglar to thc lockup.
The Chicago Tribute *ays : "A cy?
clone insurance company down in South
Caroliua refuses to pay for a bridge
destroyed in the recent storm by a huge
wave that swept inland from the sea
The co m patt y's contention is that it was
water and not wind that wrecked the
bridge. It remains to be seen whether
or not the plea will hold water.*'
Our greatest orators claim that they
never stand before an audience without
a quaking in the knees. Bishop
Bascom was possessed with a trembling
timidity before every audience he stood,
and yet he was noted for his ?loquence.
This should be encouraging to timid
school boys.
A bill has passed the Legislature of
Georgia outlawing the cigarette, but it
protj ,<3ed to license the hip pocket
pistol. The natural inference from this
is that the Georgia Legislature regards
the little cigarette as more dangerous
and deadly that the little pistol, and is
is about right, although it isn't safe to
fool with either
The Doctor who vaccinated the tele?
phone and cigarette .girls in New York
warned them before hand that if they
fainted he would be compelled to stand
them on their heads, as that was the
way fainting was now treated The
warniag took. The girls didn't fancy
standing in that style and didn't faint.
Margarette A. Oates, who was ar?
rested in New York a few days ago
for begging, ?9 the daughter of a
once wealthy steel mill owner in
Penusylvauia. She is 50 years of age,
dresses fine, wears diamonds, and
never struck a victim for less than
$5, which she generally got as she
was an adept in building up pitful
stories.
If the dispensary law lives at all, its
operations will be so changed as to be
unrecognizable two years from the date
of this writing. The system is an infant
aow "muling and puking in its nurse's
arms." Wait till the State bar busi?
ness grows strong and lusty and then
shall we sec drunkennesss and drink?
ing go out of fashion altogether, while
irunkards and drinkers pay the bulk of
he State, couniy and towu taxes.
Laurens Advertiser.
A real estate agent in Anniston, Ala ,
.ecent-y placed a mortgage on a piece
>f property there, for transaction of
which a gentleman in one of the silver
States of thc Northwest furnished the
noney The note provided that the
payments must he made in gold. Isn't
t a little singular that, these fellows in
he Northwest are making such a cry
'or free silver when they not only re?
use to take it but demand something
klse in their transactions.
"A Minnesota farmer who permitted
ii- boys t-> plant three acres of potatoes
0 go?, a little money for themselves,"
ays the Indianapolis Journal, "has
ouud that they have more money in
locket therefrom that he has from a
tixty-aexe wheat field and GO cent wheat,
viii Ie potatoes bring a dollar a bushel.
?rea mer y butter 35 cents and chickens
JO cents a pound " There is probably
hater?a] for instruction in this for cot
ou farmers aa well as for wheat
a rmers.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, in a
ecent interview, says : ' L't the
leople give the party time to act.
They will soon soe inaugurated a
inancial policy more liberal and
;atisfacfory to the people than any
ve have had since the cruel policy
>f contraction was becun twenty
rears a^o. We shall soon begin to
rallier the fruits of broad and
vise and helpful Democratic policy
?Ve shall wi'ne&s under Democratic
ule one of the most progressive eras
n our history, with a contended, pros
?erous, and happy people: By the
uifiiltnent or failure of this prohecy
et tin; Democratic party be judged
)n that issue I am content to stake
ny political fortunes Let the people
vait and see. 'By their fruits you shall
enow them.' "
The Hartwell, Geo Sun says : "Mr.
Tom Griffin, of Madison County,
vas bitten by a rattlesnake a few
lay-* ago Ile had a chicken killed
inmediately and splitting i?. open ap?
plied it. to the wound, and he is
low sound ami well Mr John
[?rown, of Unit County, was bitten
m the foorehead many years ago by a
.attlesnake while he was stooping to
Irin lc water from a spring, and was
laved by thc chicken remedy. The
.'hicken flesh was turned green by the
thsorption of the virus. It is said if
?rou catch the snake and split it open
md apply it in the same way that |
1 will effect a cure But most of
>ur readers would prefer chicken to
snake, if handy *'
CLOTHING,
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Furnishings,
SHOES?
I am now back at the
aid Winn stand, in a New
Store, and haye ju?t open?
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Boys and Children?
AH of my Goods are
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and most popular styles,
and you will certainly
have no objection to the
prices.
Even if you do not
wish to buy any goods,
come in and see me,
anyway, and I will show
you something that will
make you laugh,
whether you feel like it
or not. Don't fail to
see the wonderful curio?
sity. Hundreds have
been in to see it al?
ready?
Respectfully,
D. J. CHANDLER,
Successor to Chandler & Shaw,
SIG-N OF THE BIG HAT,
MAIN ST., SUMTER, S. C.
Messrs. Joe Mayes and David Cunningham
are with me and will be pleased to have their
friends call.
Aug. 30.
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HEADQUARTERS
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W SUMTER, S. C.
We beg to remind our numerous customers of the fact, that
last Spring we disposed of almost our entire stock of Mer?
chandise at cost, and now we have received and opened up a
handsome stock of General Merchandise. We suggest that
at no time in the history of the Dry Goods business has the
purchasing power of a dollar been so conspicuously great as
at present. Our Store is the
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We desire to show you many exclusive designs well worthy of inspection-in fact we offer
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We are also handling aD unusually large stock of
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To which we ask your attention. Our stock of Gents', Ladies' and Misses Shoes, are unsur?
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Our Grocery Department
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I SELL RAZORS
And if they do not give you satisfaction, I will not hesitate
to take them back. I deal with you in the same way on
Pocket Knives, Scissors, Tools, &c,
PAINTS.
If the paints I sell you do not stand on your
house, I will furnish paint to repaint it, Free
of Cost.
A full line of Hardware
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Respectfully,
W. B. BURNS.
Oct ll.
LOW FOR CASH
NATIVE R. R. P. SEED OATS.
NATIVE HAY.
A Pull Line of
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WHIPS, ETC.
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