The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 18, 1895, Image 1
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SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1895.
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Impeaching Ambassador
Bayard.
Two Protectionist Statesmen
From Massachusetts Make
the Attempt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-On motior.
of Mr. Dingley, (Rep ) of Maine, ii
was agreed that when the House ad
jour? to-day it be until Thursday.
Mr. McCall, (Rep ) of Massachu
setts, offered the following resolution
and asked its immediate consideration :
Whereas, Thomas F. Bayard, th?
ambassador of the United States tc
Great Britain, is reported by the Lon
doo Times newspaper to have said io a
public speech delivered to Boston,
England, on August 2 1895 : "The
President stood in the midst of a
strong, self-confident and oftentimes vio'
lent people, men who sought to have
their own way. lt took a real mao tc
govern the people of the United
States and,
Whereas, said Bayard is further re?
ported by the press of this country tc
have said in a publie speech delivered
in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the 7th
day of November, 1895 : "In my own
country I have witnessed the insatiable
growth of a form of socialism styled
protection, which has done more tc
corrupt public life, to tarnish men ol
independent mind from public councils
and*to lower the tone of national rep?
resentation than any other single cause.
Protection, now controling the sover?
eign power of taxation, has jpeen per?
verted from its proper function of cre?
ating revenue to support the govern?
ment into an engine for selfish profit,
?.llied with combinations called trusts.
It has thus sapped popular conscience
by giving largesse to special classes
aud it throws legislation into the politi?
cal market, where jobbers and choppers
took the place of statesmen and,
Whereas, it is not one of tho func?
tions of an ambassador to insult, in the
country to which he is accredited, the
people he is supposed to represent ; and
it is cousistcot neither with the charac?
ter of .the office nor with the dignity
and independence of the people of the
United States, that their ambassadors
abroad should make violent partisan
speeches on questions relating to our
domestic policy upon foreign soil ;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the President be.
and he is requested to inform the
House of Representatives, if not in?
compatible with the public interests,
what steps if any he has taken to as?
certain whether said Bayard made said
speeches, and if*he has ascertained that
he did make said speeches, what steps,
if any, he bas taken to recall or to cen?
sure said Bayard.
Mr. (?risp objected to its considera?
tion, and it was referred to^the com?
mittee on foreign affairs.
Mr. Barrett. (Rep.) of Massachu?
setts, offered, as a matter of privilege,
resolutions of impeachment against
Thos. F. Bayard, United States am?
bassador to Great Britain. The follow?
ing is the text of the resolutions :
? do impeach Thomas F. Bayard,
United States ambassador to Great
Britain, of high crimes aud misdemea?
nors on the following grounds :
Whereas, the following report of a
speech delivered before the Edinburgh
Philosophical Institution by the Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard, ambassador of the
Uoited States of America at the court
of Great Brisain, is published io the
Londou News under date of November
8, 1895:
"The opening address of the Edin?
burgh Philosophical Institution was
delivered last night by Mr. Bayard,
ambassador of the United States of
America, whose text was 'Individual
freedom, the gerta of national progress
and permanence.'
"In bis own country, he said, he
bad witnessed the insatiable growth of
that form of State socialism styled
protection, which he believed had done
more to foster class legislation and cre?
ate inequality of fortune, to corrupt
oublie life, to banish men of independ?
ent mind and character from the public
councils, to lower the tone of national
representation, blunt public conscience,
create false standards in the popular
mind, to familiarize it with reliance
upon state aid and guardianship in
private affairs, divorce ethics from
po .tics, and place politics upon the
low level of a mercenary scramble,
than any other single cauRe.
"Step by step and largely owing to
the confusion of civic strife it has
succeeded in obtaining control of the
sovereign power of taxation, never
hesitating at any alliance or to resort
to any combination that promised to
assist tts purpose of perverting the
public taxation from its only true juris?
diction and function of creating re ve
noe for the support of the whole peo?
ple into an engine for the selfish private
profit of a crowd of beneficiaries and
combinations called trusts. Under its
dictation individual enterprise and inde?
pendence have been oppressed and the
energy of discovery and inveution de?
bilitated and discouraged.
''It bad unhesitatingly allied itself
with every policy which tended to com?
mercial isolation, dangerously depleted
the treasury and sapped the popular
conscience by scnemes of corrupting
favor and largesse to special classes,
whose support was thereby attracted.
"Thus it had done much to ibrow
legislation into the political market,
where jobbers and choppers took the
place of statesmen
"It was incorrect to speak of protec?
tion as a national policy, for that it
could never be, because if could never
be other than fostering of special inter?
ests at the expense of the rest, and this
overthrew the great principle of equal?
ity before law and that resultant sense
of justice and equity in the administra?
tion of sovereign powers which was the
sense of domestic tranquility and hu?
man contentment.
'.The enfeeblement of individual
energies and the impairment of manly
self-reliance were necessarily involved
and the belief in mysteries of the State
and a reliance upon them took the place
of individual exertion, fostered the
growth of state socialism, and personal
liberty ceased to be the great end of the
government and
Whereas, such reflections on the gov?
ernment's policy and people of the
Uoited States io a foreign country and
before a foreign audience are manifest?
ly in serious disregard of the proprie?
ties and obligations which should be
observed by an official representative
of the United States abroad, and are
calculated to injure our natiooal reputa?
tion ; be it
Resolved by the House of Represen?
tatives, That the committee on foreign
affairs be directed to ascertain if such
statements have been publicly made,
and if so to report to the house, such
action, by impeachment or otherwise, as
shall be proper in the premises. For
the purpose of this iaquiry, thc com?
mittee is authorized to send for persona
and papers.
Mr. Crisp made a point of order
against the resolution that did nor. pre?
sent a question of privilege a:;d quored
a decision rendered in the forty-eighth
congres1* to sustain his contention.
Mr Barrett, io discussing the point
cf order, pointed out that subsequently,
iu the same congress, the same speaker
had reversed that decision, and had
held that all propositions for the im?
peachment of public officers were privi?
leged.
Speaker Reed overruled the point of
order made by Mr. Crisp.
Mr. Barrett explained his resolution
and severely arraigned Mr. Bayard for
his criticism of the system of protec?
tion .
Mr. Crisp defended Minister Bayard
and reviewed the history of the McKin?
ley and Wilson tariff bills, upholding
the latter and condemning the former.
He did not think that the gentleman
from Massachusetts was serious in his
proposition, but thought that he simply
wished to air bis views on protection,
and from the wording of the resolution
be credited the geutleman from Mas?
sachusetts with being a good protection?
ist. If the Republicans wanted protec?
tion, they had a majority in the house
and could pass a tariff bill. He doubt?
ed, however, if they would do this.
They would probably say to the people
that they did not have sufficient power
and ask them to wait. He asked them
to be honest and pass a bill, and not
say that it was useless on account of
the senate and the President. Regard?
ing the speech cf Mr. Bayard, he had
no doubt it was a clear and able argu?
ment agaiust the doctrine of protection,
and he acquitted him of any charge of
impropriety. If they (the Republi?
cans) wanted to impeach Mr. Bayard
they must also impeach a majority of
the American people (Democratic ap?
plause )
At the end of a long debate, Mr.
Crisp's motion to refer the resolution to
the committee on the judiciary was re- j
jected-ayes, 80 ; noes, 206.
Mr. Crisp asked a vote by the ayes
and uay6, and it was takeu resulting :
Yeas, 90; nays, 207.
The question recurred on thc follow?
ing amendment to the resolution, pro?
posed by Mr. Barrett, and ir was
adopted :
And whereas, ic a public speech de?
livered at Boston, Eng., ou the second j
I day of August. 1S95, the said Bayard |
I is reported by the press of !his country j
j to have said : "The President stands !
j in the midst of a strong, self-confident j
j and oftentimes violent people, men who i
I desire to have their own way and who j
need to have that way frequently ob?
structed, and I tell you plainly, it takes
a real man to govern the pee pie of the
Uoited States "
The amendment of Mr. Oaooon, of
Illinois, to strike nut the words "by
impeachment or otherwise*' was agreed
to, and the resolution as thus ameoded
was adopted without a divisicm. A
Dumber of Democrats were observed to
vote aye and but few noes were beard.
The speaker stated that by consent
the preamble to the resolution would be
considered as withdrawn.
A Curious Sequence.
Telephone Lineman Severe
Shocked by Electricity.
There was a straoge occurrence io
Columbia yesterday eveniog jost before
6 o'clock, by which a oolored family
came very near being deptived of its
members
During the afternooon, while his
wife and her mother. Charlotte Toliver,
an old womao^ were at horns engaged
in washing some clothes, Robert Man?
ning, the colored lioeman of the Tele?
phone company, was endevoriog to pull
stone telephone wires across the electrio
wires near the county jail. He did not
think that the electirc curren- had been
turned on for the night. He pulled so
hard on the wires that they cut down
through the insulation of the electric
wires, and the full force of the current
waB transmitted through the telephone
wire into Manning's body, lt was a
terrible shock he received and he fell
to the to the ground like a stone, writh?
ing for a few moments and then becom?
ing insensible. He WHS picked up and
taken to his home. No. 1125 Gates
street.
While he was being taken into the
house, bis mother-in-law saw b im. She
was standing on the street ar, che time.
Without any warning she feil to the
ground, dead.
Her death was caused by hes.rt disease
from which she had been a sufferer
The excitement was too much for her.
Coroner Roach was at once notified of
her death.
The lineman soon began to recover
and an hour after the accident be was
very nearly all right again.- The State.
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Cotton Statement.
_
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 13.-New Or?
leans cotton exchange statement, from
Sept. 1 to Dec. 13, inclusive:
Fort receipts 2,896,570 bales against
4,435,128 last. year. 3,478,462 year
before last, and 3.107,755 for the same
rime tn 1872 Overland to mills and
Canri ia 453,375 bales, against 688,955;
459,513, and 484,843. Stocks in ex?
cess of Sept. 1 504.451 bales, against
429, 341; 372.389. and 324,218.
Southern mill takings 329,695 bales,
against-314,734; 280.512, a::d 266,
573. Crop brought into sight during
104 days to rate 4,184,181 bales,
against 5,868,158 ; 4,590.876, and 4,
178.37S. Crop brought into fight for
the week 322,408 bales, against 434,
333 for the seven days eaded Dec. 13
last year; 410,743, and 336,569
Crop brought into sight for the first 13
days of December 607,080 bales,
against 865,830 ; 763,217 and 696.
374.
Comparisons in these reports are
made up to the corresponding date last
year, year before aud in 1892, and not
in the close of the corresponding weeks
Comparisons by weeks would take in
105 days of the season last ysar, 106
year before last, and 107 in 1892,
against only 105 days this year.
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Democratic Convention.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec- 13.-Wm.
F. Harrity, chairman of the Demo?
cratic national committee, this afternoon
requested the recretary of the commit?
tee to notify the members thereof to
assemble io Washington on January
16, next, for the purpose of selecting
the time and place of holding the next
Democratic national convention. Chair?
man Harrity has received letters from
commercial bodies in fifty cities urging
the national committee to select a late
date for the convention. Busine.38 peo?
ple contend that a long campaign un?
settled trade and they therefor* want
the political battle made as short as
possible. It is believed that a date not
later than the middle of July will be
elected.
Philadelphia, Dec. 13.-The commit?
tee is to meet at the Arlington Hotel, in
! Washington, at ll a. m.
The resolution offered by Geo. P. A.
Collins, of Massachusetts, io the Dem?
ocratic national convention of 1892,
requesring the Democratic natious.1 com?
mittee to provide accommodations only
for the delegates, the alternate.", the
! members of thc Democratic national
committee and the members of the
press, will bo aeted upon The reso?
lution in now in the banda of a sub-com?
mittee of the national committee, com?
posed of Wm. F. Harrity of Pennsyl?
vania, who i'j chairman of tho commit?
tee ; bradley L>. Smalley of Vermont,
Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland. Ben.
'!'. Cable of illinois, and iIowa:d C.
Wall of Wiscousio.
Dispensary Profits.
The Report of the Legisla?
tive Committee.
When the lagislative examining com?
mittee had completed its work of exam?
ining the record of the last quarter of
the State dispensary yasterday and had
filed its report, State Ltquor Commis?
sioner Misson remarked to a represen?
tative of The State that the net profits
r?ported therein were over and above
the $100,000 in cash that had been
paid into the State treasury since he
took charge of the big gio mill. He
remarked further that the dispensary
was running at its full capacity. On
Tuesday 45,000 bottles were put up
ready for shipment, and vesterday's
packages would amount to 50,000, an
average bottling of 3,000 gallons a
day, yet he wr.s unable to keep up with
the orders. The dispensary is running
strictly as a "moral institution."
The report of the legislative commit?
tee consisting of Senator Efird and
Representatives Jno. P Thomas, J.,
and R. M. Carroll, states that the mem?
bers of the committee spent six days
examining the books, and that Mr.
Efird was present at the "taking of the
stock." The report then gives the fig?
ures for the quarter heretofore published
in The State. The committee states
that it has checked off ail the disburse?
ments, and finds the books in good con?
dition. The figures show a nat accrcec}
profit for thc quarter of $20.507 12.
The committee continues : "The state
treasurer reports to us that the balance
to the credit of the State dispensary on
October 31, 1895, was 873,076 58.
The difference betwaeo this balance
and the balance of cash npon the State
commissioner's books is $31,345.96.
We have gone over the books of the
state treasurer io order to reconcile
these two balances with the following
result :
"The state commissioner reports to
us that he made cash collections of the
last quarter's business for several days
in November amounting to the sum of
$34,360.77. His books show that these
collections were made and deposited in
the Farmers and Mechanic's bank and
Carolina National bank between No?
vember 1 and November 9, and between
said dates paid over to the state treas?
urer. We found that a number of war?
rants drawn prior to October 31st had
not been paid, to wit: * * * Deduct?
ing the aggregate of tbesetn ostanding
warrants from the $34,360.77, we have
$30,879.20. We also found that the
comptroller geucral had issued war
ranis for the salaries of dispensary offi?
cials, which the state treasurer had paid
to the amount of $374.99, r.nd that
these warrants had not, on October 31st
been entered upon books of thc srate
commissioner. Adding this amount,
$374.99 to the ?30,879 20, we get
$31,254 19 As mentioned in cur
last report, there was an error in the
state commissioner's favor in warrant
No. 627, amounting to $4. Subtract?
ing this $4 from the ?31,254.19,we
have ?31,250 19 The difference be?
tween ?31,345 96 and $31,250.19 is
?105.77, which represents the present
difference between the booka of state
treasurer and state commiruioner.
Taking into consideration the discrep?
ancy of $105 21 previously reported,
I we now report, upon above reconcile?
ment, that the discrepancy between the
state treasurer's books and the state
commissioner's books is 56 cents.
We recommend that the state commis?
sioner be authorized to adjust the above
discrepancy of ?105.77.
"In order to simplify the booka of
the state commissioner we again recom?
mend that the law be changed so as to
permit the salaries of the dispensary
officials to be paid by warrant of state
commissioner, approved by the govern?
or, as other expeoses of the dispensary
are paid.
"We also recommeod that it be pro?
vided by law that the state treasurer
urnish to the slate commissioner a
monthly itemized statemeut giving the
Dumber and amounts and payees of all
dispensary warrants paid by him during
the month. If this is done, it would
vastly facilitate the work of any com?
mittee which undertakes to reconcile
the nooka of these two officers.
"In conclusion, we would state that, j
in our opinion, the financial transactions
of the the dispensary are economically
and efficiently conducted under the
supervision of the state commissioner,
Co!. F. M. Mixsoo. We would also
state that the large amount of book?
keeping necessarily involved in conduc?
ting a business of such immense pro?
portions is ably and creditably per?
formed by the bookkeeper, Mr. S W.
Scuggs. We have been given cour?
teous assistance by the officials and em?
ployees of the state dispensary in con?
ducting our examination of its affairs."
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Red Cross to the Rescue.
The Order Will Help the
Christians in Armenia.
Washington, Dec. 13.-The follow?
ing official announcement was made
from the oatiooal headquarters at the
Red Cross to-day :
"Owing lo the unanimous and urgent
appeals from the friends of humanity,
representing nearly all of the people of
this country, the American National
Red Cro-s has decided that it mast ac?
cept the sacred trust of endeavoring to
relieve the starving Armenians in Asia
Minor. According to conservative es?
timates there are 350,000 utterly des?
titute people in that country, who will
have to be assisted six or eight months
-until next harvest.
Fully realizing the difficulties and
dangers to be met, the Red Cross will
start for Turkey as soon as sufficient
funds are placed at its disposal, or guar?
anteed to insure success.
Funds may be sent to Miss Clara
Barton, president and treasurer of the
American Red Cross, Washington, D.
C.
Authorized agents to receive funds
and materials will be published in a few
days. The Red Cross also suggests
that goods, grain and other material
may be sent by chartered steamer.
American National Red Cross,
Clara Barton, President.
IN RESPONSE TO APPEALS.
Washington, Dec 13*-The final de?
termination of the American National
Red Cross to go to the relief of the Ar?
menians though not wholly unexpected
in view of the numerous appeals for
such action -' ich have come to them
from every direction in the past few
weeks, was not definitely reached until
to-day wheo it became apparent that if
effectual aid was to be rendered it must
be commenced at. onoe and no other
benevolent organization in the world
was in a position to successfully under?
take it. The action of the society is
regarded by its executive committee as
the most important any organization has
ever undertaken. Never before have
so many difficulties been presented or
such extensive measures been necessary.
For the first ti.ne the field of the fa?
mous Red Cross wi tl be tronsferred to a
foreign country far from its main base
nf supplies and abouodiog with dangers
The organization will be hampered by
an utter lack of facilities for traopport
ing food, clothing and other supplies ;
hy unfamiliarity with the language and
by a general state of lawlessness that is
known to exist io that part of Turkey.
Notwithstanding these conditions.
Clara Barton, io spite of more than 50
years service io benevolent p?ork, has
determined to go in person into Ar?
menia and control the disbursement of
the funds subscribed for lied Cross ro
lief
Tbe Red Cross io thc past few weeks,
ever since the pressure fer it to under?
take the responsibility became too
strong to resist, has been thorough
considering thc character of the work
required and its estimate that 350,000
people are absolutely destitute aud
starving [is declared to be thoroughly
conservative. While it cannot be de?
termined until the field is reached how
much money will carry these people
over to the next harvest. Missionaries
who are familiar with the country and
people think $5,000,000 a fair figure.
Of course oil of this will not be needed
at once, and the Red Cross officials in
Washington are confident that what?
ever is needed with be forthcoming.
They arc in close touch with benevol?
ently inclined people throughout the
world and the appeals that have reached
them leave no doubt that the people
generally witl evidence their most per?
sonal sympathy with the movement
Miss Barton and her btaff will be
ready to leave for Turkey next week if
success be assured through responses
to the announcement made to-day. it
will take her two weeks to reach Con?
stantinople and two weeks longer to
initiate the actual work of relief in Ar?
menia. In the meantime at least a
month of suffering and distress is ine?
vitable. She regards every moment
lost as wasted, and is now engaged in
perfecting every possible detail of
work that can be done in advance for
announcement to the public in a few
days.
Christmas Goods.
The first lot cf Christmas book?, in the
newest and prettiest edition, none like them j
i
ever before seen in this city, have been re- j
ceived by H. G. Osteen & Co. There are new '
books and standard bosks, but all in ntw
bindings. Ask to see the 50 cent edition-j
More books will be received at intervals be- j
tween this date and Christmas.
Highest cf all in Leavening POY
A Fatal Wreck.
The Engineer Killed and
Many Freight Cars De?
molished.
Special to The State.
GAFFNEY, Dec. 13.-A freight train
OD the Southern Railway was beiog run
in three sectioos, goiog north. The
first two sections received orders at
Spartanburg to meet a train at Tbick
etty, a sidetrack seven miles below this
place, but the train dispatcher either
failed to give a similar order or the
order was misuoderstood by the engi?
neer and cooductor. The first aud
second sections bad reached the side?
track and a flagman had been sent back
to flag section three. The train that
they were to meet came in and the flag?
man sent out was called. Before leav?
ing, however, he left torpedoes on the
track. The flagman had not reached
the train when they beard the third sec?
tion approaching.
The gradea at this point are very
heavy and the^rogioeer of the third sec?
tion, not having any orders to meet a
train at that point bad ordered his fire?
man to fire up in order to get on a bead
of steam to strike the bill. There was
co sand in the sandbox and he desired
to get a start in order to make the
grade, as his train was heavily loaded
with pig iron and cotton
When the engine struck the torpe?
does the engineer blew for brakes and
reversed bis engine, bat he was run?
ning at such speed, the grade being
d'.WP, that it was impossible to stop the
train before it crashed into the rear end
of the second section, demolishing the
cab and two freight cars.
The engine, tender and seven cars of
section three were completely demolish?
ed. The engine was turned complete?
ly around and the freight cars were
thrown high enough to tear down the
telegraphic wires.
The scene of the wrecx is indescrib?
able freight cars and cotton and pig
iron being piled in confusion. Ail
trains have been delayed from two to
twelve hours as a consequence of the
disaster.
A force of workmen have been oe
the scene since midnight zv.C trains arc
cow able to pass.
TIIK ENGINEER KILLED
j GAFFNEY, Dec 53.-Engineer David
! Curlee was almost instantly killed in
? the wreck at Thickery Ust night Ho
j died within an hour withent gaining
! consciousness. His fireman was eligbt
I ly injured as ho jun;ped A colored
! brakeman was also severely shaken up.
j After reversing the eng ino and calling
? to hii fireman to jump, tho engineer re
'. fused to make an oirorf to get ofT and
j perished in the wreck, his body being
! crushed almost beyond recognition.
Patriot Forces Advancing.
j MADRID, Dec. 13 -The Im parcial's
? special dispatch from Habana says that
j a reconnoitering train was fired into by
J insurgents yesterday, compelling the
?train tosrop A passenger train fol?
lowing ran into thc reconnoitering train,
i killing one soldier and injuring six
I others. The rebel leaders Gomez rind
i Maceo are advancing toward Siguranoa,
j and are being pursued by sis columns
; of Spanish troops.
A dispatch from Habana to The Cor
j respoodencia *ays fb.3t the rebel Gene?
ral Maximo Gomez had avoided a bar?
tle with thc Spanish troops by rapid
! movement. He iefr. Baez on December
I ll, but it is ootkuown in what diection.
j The Spanish government will devote
I 250, OOO pesos (dollars) subscribed by
j Spanish ic Mexico, toward meeting the
! expenses of the Cuban revolt, to the
! purchase of a cruiser which will be
? sent to Cuban waters.
! Tissue paper, al! shades and tbts, for sale
! bv h. G. ?steen & Co.
How To Prevent Croup
Some reading that wiii prove interesting
to young mothers. How to guard against
, the disease.
Croup is a terror to voung rnoTiers and tc
I post them concerning ttie cause, first sjrop
! toms and treatment is the object cf this ;r; rn *
I The origin of croup ia * common cold.
! Children who are sut?jeci to h take co?d *ery
1 easily and croup is almost sure to foiiow.
The first symptom is hoarser.es-^: :his is soon
followed by a peculiar rough cough, which is
easily recognized and v ii! never be fort? n
bv one who has he?.rd tr. The . ?.? ic tu ac; is
when the child first becomes bea-.3-?, if
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is tree.y g:- tn
ail tendency to croup will soon dte*ppA;r.
Even after the croupy couch has developed it
will prevent the attack. There is no da . .?r
in giving this remedy for i: contains nothmg
injurious For s>i!e hy Dr. A. J. China.
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