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Doesn't Want to see himself "Assassi? nated in the Dark11-No Populist Need Apply-Plain Language From Truthful John. WASHINGTON, Jan. ?6.-The follow? ing reply has been made by Senator Irby to a communication received by bim frora the Hon. W. T. C Bates, Bates, Treasurer of South Carolina: United States Senate. Washington, D. C., Jan. 16, 1894. ??on. W. T C. Bates, Columbia, S. C. My dear sir: I have your letter of the 14th inst, in which you make inquiry as to what I think should be done in reference to holdings fac? tional convention of the Reform party of South Carolina, to which I answer hastily, but frankly. I regret, as deeply as you, to see divisions in the Reform movement of our State. The purposes for which it began have not been accomplished, and cannot be, without the exercise of harmony, justice, common sense and fair dealing I have bad but one purpose ?Tom the very beginning, and that was to do my duty by it to the very best of my ability. Notwith? standing this, I have been persecuted hy men, supposed to be prominent in the Reform movement, from the very beginning, until I made up my mind that I would not submit to it any longer, and appealed to - the true men among us to protect me against such political assassination. Sf |t is my??auit that we have these ?vidence? p? division in our 5State.. I fornoli^ np 'excuse for ievery Reforinerwib goes into Colum? bia from %e rural districts to the State Uou8e to be taken one side and groomed and prejudiced against "Irby's management of the party," 'when even the Antis themselves acknowledge that my conduct as chairman, bas been perfectly .fair. I -am unwilling that a Third Party leader shall take charge of the Reform movement in South Carolina, and thus dictate the nominees of the Democratic party. J am satisfied that the people of the State will not submit to it, and the sooner he, and others who expect to reap office nuder him, find this out, the better for him and the movement. In answer you frankly as to what I think ought to be done, so far as I can see. There are six or seven other candidates for gubernatorial honors. These men have been true and loyal, and are ?ll able men. They are entitled, at least, to a fair contest and the protection of the principles of the first March conven? tion, the most prominent of which was the right of the' people to name their candidates, iustead of a ring in the State Ilouse. lt wifl be neces? sary, before the campaign that is to be led by me as Democratic chairman, that these contests shall be settled within the lines of our faction, and thai after the people have bad time to weigh arid measure them and con? clude as to their choice, the success? ful one shall be given the colors of our faction ic meet the Conservative faction ir- debate on the stump before the general primary election. This cannot be done with an early conven? tion bad and snap judgment taken, before the people have seen or heard the various candidates who seek the endorsement of the Reform party. It savors too much of old ring rule and Haskellite methods, and the peo? ple will not countenance it. This is perfectly fair and all parties will be satisfied ; but the people, who believe in the theory and system of primary election, will not stand for two or three men-one a leader of the Third party and the self-constituted spokesman of the Third party, the other a traitor to the Reform party, who seeks, as an emissary from the enemy, to ruin the Reform party, and other men who desire office-to fix up a slate now, have it endo?sed by a convention as eaify as March, and rammed down their throats. I say this, because if their scheme is allow? ed to go through under the whip and spur of the Register, the movement cannot stand. Self respecting men in it would rather go to the wall than to serve under a traitor to his move? ment and to see themselves assassi? nated in the dark by men who have claimed to be their friends, and the people robbed of the benefits of the vital principles of the first March platform. This has been written to you just as I think it and believe it. 1 have tried to be true to every man in the State House and subjected myself to abuse and criticisms in 1892 for leaving my seat in the Senate to go to South Carolina to work for them and their re-election. I do not intend now to be abused by them. As you suggest, I, bejng the State chairman, have no right to call a fac? tional convention. I bave never assumed or contem? plated any such action, nor could such a conclusion be drawn from any? thing that I have said or written The organization last presided over by the Hon. 6. W. Shell is defunct, because, when the crisis camein 792, we failed to have seen or beard of any action from him in behalf of the Beform movement, and. besides its mission was fulfilled as a political organiza? tion as soon as its object was accom? plished, to wit : the capturing of the i whole State government by the peo? ple. It, being a temporary organiza? tion, could not exist longer than after the inauguration of the State officers. He, therefore, cannot call and control a caucus or convention and the only way for it to bt, done regularly within our party Hues is, as suggested by the Laurens Alliance resolutions, to wit : That governor Tillman call around him the leaders, draft mles and call a convention if they see fit. In conclusion, allow me to say that 1 will do more and go further to heal breaches and unite our forces than perhaps any man who has been treat? ed as I have fn the house of my friends ; but I wil; not submit to the dictation of Third party leaders and traitors to our movement, let the consequences be what they may. J. L M. IRBY The Ire of John Irby ! He Hurls Defiance at the ' State House" Plotters. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. 1894. To the Editor of The State : ?s much as I dislike to appear io print io South Carolina, I feel con? strained at this time, in justice to " my? self and the Alliancemen of Laurens, to speak out. I have been hounded, persecuted aod misrepresented bj Kona, a representa? tive of the New? and Courier in Co? lombia, until forbearance bas ceased to be a virtue. I have bad thrown into my teeth my position as chairman of tbe Democratic party by this man, and my failure to harmonize the faction I repre? sent, until it is necessary that the peo? ple of tbe State shall know the truth. He, with a lot of enemies of mine-so called Reformers-in the State House, undertook to maoufactore a sentiment against me in the campaign of 1892 by constantly publishing io his corre? spondence, the fact that the Reformers were anxious to be rid of me as their leader, until Judge Ernest Gary, a member of the committee, introduced a resolution endorsing me unanimously by the executive committee. He bas started the same thing again, knowingly and maliciously saying that I am to be deposed as Chairman, when he knows that I was elected in- Sep? tember, 1892, to ho:d until September, 1894. I do not propose to surrender the Chairmanship of che Democratic party until my term of office is out, for reasons which are to the interest of the Democratic party : and I hope that this will be thoroughly understood by all the parties interested. In the second place, T notice both anti-Reformers and Reformers in Co? lumbia have been misrepresenting the objects and intentions of tbe Alliance of Laurens in its meeting on last Fri? day a week ago. To begin with, I endorse every word and sentiment of the resolution introduced by Mr. J. Andy Jones as to% the Hoe of policy to be pursued by the Reform movement in South Carolina. The county Alliance is composed of the best meo in our county. They represent the Reform sentiment of our county. They do not intend-and it is very well for some gentlemen of the State Honse to take notice right now-to have a lot of men foisted upon them without their con? sent, Reform movement or no Reform movement. There can be no objection, except by men who propose to take advantage of the people of South Carolina, to the postponement of the calling of the con? vention, or to the other purposes of these resolutions. I know it did not sait the convenience of the clique of the Reform movement that met on Friday night in Columbia to name a candidate -a farmer, but not ao Al Han ce rn an, and opposed to the Ocala demands, who undertook to increase the taxes of the farmers-and that this convention be postponed, for be is not in sympathy with tbe people and the people will not have him for Governor with a fair and square deal. The Alliance of Laurens passed these resolutions without intending to help or injure anyone. They thought it was for the best interests of the Reform movement, and that the Reform faction should, at least, be allowed to choose its nominees, without interference or dicta? tion from any man, high or low. I am sorry to see that these men of Laurens are to be mistreated by insinuations and innuendoes from persons whose political conduct heretofore has been such as to bring in question, at least, their loyalty to the Reform movement. Mr. Editor, I want you and others in South Carolina to understand that every effort of mine has been and will be in the interest and for tbe perpetuation of this movement. l am going to stand fearlessly by the principles of the Alli? ance and every plank of the first March convention ; and if corruption and treachery shall dominate this movement, then, I suppose, honest men will have to take a back seat. Wbat tbe people of South Carolina want is honest meo, nominated io ao honest way, by delegates selected io an honest manner. Very respectfully, J. L. M. IBBY. What t?e Organ Says. Tbe following appeared in the Colum? bia Register of the 18th in reference to Senator Irby's Letter. The first paragraph was editorial and the remarks following were io the local depart? ment: "Senator Irby's letter published yesterday was in reply to a private, personal letter to bim from Dr. Bates. It does not seem quite courteous for Senator Irby to take advantage of a personal letter to air his grievanees io the papers about matters to which the letter did not refer. It does not seem courteous for an answer to a private letter to be blazooed to the whole world and everybody allowed to read the answer at the samo time with bim who asked the questions, not in public print but in a private letter. Dr. Bates bas no desire to be drawn into Senator Irby's controversies in any way nor into any other controversy between Reformers. His sole aim io writing Senator Irby was to do bis share to preserve harmony in the Re? form ranks. Senator Irby's reply appears not to have been actuated by such an impulse.7' The card of Senator Irby, published in the papers yesterday, was the subject of considerable talk. At the State House nobody cared to talk for publication,'but it is doubtful if anybody there approved of anything he said. The general opinion among those of both factions on the streets was that the Senator is making of himself a political side show. State Treasurer Bates did not like the notoriety into which be had been brought by the Senator's card, and said so to a Register reporter. He said that be was much surprised when be saw the card. As to the intimation that be is himself a candidate for Governor, he said that there is no foundation for it, and that the idea of becoming and candidate for the Gubernatorial nomination has never entered bis head. Will Carry Out the Law. Columbia bas answered the County Board of Control at last io regard to the matter of making the police of the city enforce the new State Dispensary Law, and the reply is of such a nature that the board will find it bard to shut the city out of her share of the profits, as far as the matter of malin g every promise that could be expected is concerned. The following is the reply of Mayor Fisher to the recent communication of the County Board of Control : COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 17, 1894. The County Board of Control, Richland County. S. C : Gentlemen : I am in receipt of your communication of the 11th instant, and, in reply thereto, beg leave to say that our police force has been furnished with the amended dispensary law, and will be required to enforce this and all other laws of the State and city, and preserve the peace and dignity of the State as well as that of the city, as far as it is io its power. Very respectfully, W. C. FISHEB, Mayor. Railroad Accident. COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 17.-Train No. 25, the fast mail south bound of the Florida Central and Peninsular road, was run into at 1:30 o'clock this morning at Chester, S. C., by a freight of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern road. The Ricdmond and Danville authorities here give out the following ae the true facts of the accident : The two roads cross near Chester. The fast mail, with a num? ber of sleepers attached, stopped at the crossing, as is required bj rail? road rules. The engineer in charge of the freight train of the other road appears not to have paid any atten? tion to this rule.and ran down to the crossing at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. He saw the fast mail, but jumped from the engine and allowed it to crash into the rear sleeper of the main train. It is mar? vellous that anybody in the sleeper escaped death. This sleeper was smashed and the sleeper next to it was thrown off the track. Nobody was killed and it is not thought that any of those injured are fatally hurt. Trouble at Rouse, S. C. AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 17.-Word comes to Augusta from Rouse, a settle? ment near Jacksons Station, S. C., on the Port Royal and Augusta road, of trouble between white and blacks. An attempt was made to arrest Jesse Jade, a negro desperado, but bis friends sur? rounded bis bouse and ambushed the pos?e, wounding three of the constables, one seriously. It is not known if any of the negroes were hurt. More trou? ble was feared to night, bot later advices say all is quiet so far. Tlie New Law Redistricting the State. AD Act to divide the State of Sooth Carolina into seven Congressional Districts Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and siting in General Assembly and by tbe au? thority of the same : Section 1. The 1st Congressional district shall be composed of the coun? ties of Charleston, Georgetown, Bean fort, and of the township of Ander? son, Hope, Indian, Kings, Laws, Mingo, Penn, Ridge, Sutton and Turkey, of the COUD ty of Williamsburg ; the township of Collins, Adam's Ron, Glover, Frazier, Lowndes and Blake, of the county of Col le ton ; and all of the county of Berkely, except such townships as are embraced in the 7th Congressional district below. The 2nd Congressional district ebail be composed of the counties of Hamp? ton Barnwell, Aiken and Edgefield. Tbe 3d Congressional district shall be composed of the counties of Abbe? ville, Newberry, Anderson, Oconee and Pickens. The 4th Congressional district shall be composed of tbe counties of Green ville, Laurens and Fairfield ; all of the county of Spartanburg, except the townships of White Plains and Lime? stone Springs ; all of the county of Un? ion except the townships of Gowdeys ville and Draytooviile, and of the townships of Centre, Colombia aod Upper of the county of Richland. Tbe 5th Congressional district shall be composed of the counties of York, Chester, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Ker? shaw, and the townships of White Plains and Limestone Springs of the county of Spartanburg, and the town? ships of Gowdeysville and Draytoo? viile, of tbe county of Union. The 6th Congressional district shall be composed of the counties of Claren? don, Darlington, Marlboro, Marion, Florence, Horry, and the townships of Lake, Lee's, Johnson's and Sumter, and the town of Kiogstree in the county of Williamsburg. The 7th Congressional district shall be composed of the counties of Lexiog ton, Orangeburg, Samter, *and the township of Bell s, Givehams, Burns, Cain. Dorchester, Hey ward, Koger, Sheridan, Verdier, Broxton and War? ren, of the county of Colleton, and ot the townships of State James, Goose Creek, St. John's Berkeley, and Lower Township of the county of Richland Section 2. In every case in which un? der thc provisions of this Act the townships of any county may not all be in tbe same Congressional district, it shall be tbe duty of the proper, board of canvassers of such county in can? vassing the votes of said couoty to re? port separately the results of the vote of such townships for tbe Congressional district to wbich it may belong. Section 3 In any case in which a voting precinct may form part of more than Congressional district, if no other provision be made by law, the commissioners of election for the coun? ty in wbich such precinct is situated shall provide for such precinct separa rate boxes for every Congressional dis? trict within which the said precinct may be, and each voter at such pre? cinct shall deposit bis ballot for mem? ber of Congress in the box provided for tbe Congressional district within the limit of which said voter may re? side. Section 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are here? by repealed. Section 5. That this Act shall take effect on the first of September (1894) eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Dr. Leo, the famous healer of rheumatism, stiff limbs and the like, is doing wonders in Greenville. He is a native of Jacksonville, Fla. He advertises his medicine by erecting a platform in a public place and asking the sick to come there to be healed The fiist was a white boy who had not walked for weeks. He rubbed him for some time using several bottles of medicine and the boy walked from the platform. Last Saturday a man with a paralyzed arm which hung lifeless by his side was enabled after ten minutes rubbing to work his fingers and raise his arm. A woman, who had neuralgia for 36 years, was also apparently cured. A little baby, 26 months old, had its arm paralyzed all its life. After a little rubbing it was able to move its arm and use its fingers. His cures seem rather wonderful -Carolina Spartan. Highest of all in Leavening Po ABSOLU That Constitutional Conven? tion. j Let if not be forgotten by aoy intelli ! gent voter that the General Assembly j has ordered the people of this State ! to decide at the next general election whether there shall be a Constitutional Convention, or not. If a majority of of the voters fail to endorse the call, then no Convention will be called. : The whole responsibility is thrown j no the people. How will they meet it ? Since 1876 there has been a demand for a Convention. The rea? sons about fifteen years ago were ae follows : The two-mill tax levy for school purposes should be abolished to prevent the negro from getting money for public schools. The Constitution needed a thorough reformation just because it was thrust on us by a Radical and carpet bag government. The required area of counties should be cut down, so that there could be more counties There were other reasons assigned, but these were the principal ones. Since that time several amend? ments have been made in the regular way and some of the supposed wrongs have been corrected. It may be asked what is now the need of a Con? vention ? We have examined the organs of the State administration and failed to see any specially good reason stated. We hope ^ome will be forth? coming, so that the people may have light. We favor smaller counties, but a special amendment could, be passed in the usual way. . There is no use of getting in a, great hurry. It has been asserted that this is an administration measure and that the Reformers 'will work and vote for it. It is also said that the Convention is demanded just now because the negro vote should be nullified by some or? ganic enactment. The eight-box law has about served its day The negroes are not ignorant of their rights. Some people seem anxious-to prevent their influence at the ballot box. No definite plan has been an? nounced for the accomplishment of this object. Some say that both a property and educational qualification will be required by the new constitu? tion, that is to be, which will rule out, at least, one third of the voters of the State. There will be nearly as many white voters asrcolored ones in this disfranchised list. While the Governor has not pub? licly issued nie orders in regard to the convention, it looks very much like an administration measure if so, that March, or July Convention whichever it is to be, wil! formulate the demand and send it out broadcast over the State., Godfrey B. Fowler, of Union, sends a note of alarm He sent a letter to the Greenville News which cannot be mistaken in meaning He is a through Reformer. He believes, in equal rights to all, whether they be rich or poor, black or white. But if the edict goes forth from "that good man in Columbia," Godfrey's words will be as a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. The Conservatives are saying noth? ing about the matter. They are not even expressing an opinion. If they say "Convention" then that would be a very convincing argument with many people to make them vote "no Convention," Meantime The Spartan is ready for expressions of opinion ou either side of the people's fight, for they must decide next November.-Caro? lina Spartan. _ Preparing for the End. The Adventists at Battle Creek, Mich., firmly believe that the last days have come, and that in a short time this world will be no more They believe that the prophecy is daily being filled. A watch meeting was held December 21st to r?i.?e money to edu? cate the heathen and convert the un? saved. Over three thousand people attended the meeting. The elders called upon those present to donate what they could of their worldly goods to assist ic the conversion of the unsaved. Seventy-nine gold watches were given, over a hundred rings, and other jewelry. One man gave bis house and lot valued at $3,000 In all over $25,000 was raised for the cause The elders have advised those of the members that can to sell out and go into the world to preach the Ad? ventist doctrine. Some twenty of the adherents of the faith have already sold their homes at a saacrifio and have left for different parts of the country to preach the doctrine of the Adventists wer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Baking Powder TELY PURE