The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 25, 1896, Image 6
Cleveland the Candidate.
No Other Maa has a Show to
Win the Race.
Washingtoo, Dr C., March 22.
"Cleveland is our only available can?
didate, and if the Democratic party at
Chicago tenders him the nomination he
will accept it, even if he does so at a
great personal sacrifice." This very
significant remark was made by a mern
' ber of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet a few
days ago, while discussing the political
situation with several Democratic Con?
gressmen. No confidence is violated in
repeating the remark, for it was made
io the most open and free-handed man?
ner possible, and, strange to say, it did
not excite the slightest surprise among
the gentlemen present, for more than
one of the group bas entertained simi?
lar views for some time past. The con
. venation was proceeding io a general
way, and the entire political field, io-,
cloding Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia,
New York and other State?, was sur?
veyed with a view to summing up the
Democratic prospects io the coming
campaign. There w-? a difference of
opinion as to the chances for Democrat?
ic soccess, in view of the result of the
last Congressional and State elections,
nevertheless the majority of the gentle?
men present favored an aggressive coo
test to maintain the sopremacy of the
Democratic party The discussion was
confined to the consideration of Presi?
dential possibilities, who are supposed
to be io complete harmony with the
present Administration, and tbe quali?
fications of Secretaries Olney, Carlisle
and Postmaster General Wilson briefly
referred to and quickly disposed of It
was recalled bow quickly the crocus?
like booms of Secretary Olney and Sec?
retary Carlisle perished, and the Wil?
son seed died in the ground without
potting forth a shoot to mark the place
of its planting. Thus numerous names
were suggested, but they were weighed
and found wanting, in the estimation of
this congenial little coterie of self-con
8tituted President makers. Fically the
question was asked: "Who can we
nominate, who will have a ghost of a
chance to win T1 Then k was that the
Cabinet officer present suggested the
name of President Cleveland.
"Would he accept the nomination if
we shoold give it to him ?"
**I know very well that be does nor.
desire the nomination, and is ready to
retire from public life at tbe ciose of
his present term, bot I au equally sure
that if the party should force the nom?
ination upon him and pledge him the
united strength of the party he would
bow to the will of his party and make
the fight, not as the leader of any fac?
tion of the party, but as the leader of
all those who believe that the interests
cf the Government demand a continu?
ance of the true principles of Dem?
ocracy."
This statement was made with so
much earnestness that everyone felt the
Cabinet officer had been inspired by a
previous conversation with the Presi?
dent. That was the*impression it mady
upon the minds of those who beard it,
and it was generally believed to bc the
correct position the President occupies
to-day on that subjet. The "third
term" and other objections v?ere inter?
posed to test the strength of the propo?
sition to again trust the D?mocratie
standard in the hands of Cleveland, io
reply, it was argued, none of the here?
tofore considered Presidential possibili?
ties in the Democratic party is willing
to come forward and take the nomina?
tion on a sound money platform, ex?
cepting Mr. Cleveland, consequently
there is but little choice. It is either
Cleveland, or the nomination goes by
default.
It was further contended that Mr
Cleveland would get many votes in the
Eastern States that could not be polled
for any other Democrat, owius to his
financial policy, and when the little
circle parted fer the evening the Cleve?
land boom was the only one to be seen
OD the Democratic horizon. There
may be others, but they have not re
vealed their identity up to the presen!
writing.
Tn democratic circles, in Washington,
the impression grows stronger anc
stronger daily that Mr. Cleveland will
be the Deaiocra'ic nominee of tb?
Chicago Convention. The activity o
the Administration forces in Kentucky
Georgia. Alabama, Texas, Virginia
and wherever there* is a State contest, ii
pointed to as a sure indication that tb<
friends of Mr. Cleveland hope and ex
peet to have a commanding voice at thi
Chicago Convention. Some of th
political opponents of the Presiden
charge that the Cleveland organization
that was so potent in the Southern an'
Western States four years ago has bee?
kept intact, and it will be in evidence- a
the Convention. Many of the politi
cal bosses in the party have tried t
shut their eyes to the existence of th
well organized Cleveland movement
bot they "are beginning to realize an
admit its presence.-R. M. L. in New
and Coorier.
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Fort Scott, Kan, March 22 -Ira S
Terrell, a member of the Oklahom
Legisiatore, aothor of the capital pur
ishment law, and himself the first ma
sentenced to hang under that law, wa
positively identified here last evening
He broke jail at Guthrie while unde
teentence six months ago. He wee
back to the Territory after his wife an
children, and was going East with theo
when identified by an old acquaintance
Officers of Oklahoma are disputin
ever who ?k^j^e custody of him.
Salisbury Surrenders.
Proposals for General Arbi?
tration Sent to Us.
London, March 22.-Lord Salisbury
has written a letter to Sir Jas. Stan?
field, who was chairman of the recent
demonstration in Queen's Hall in'favor
of the principle of arbitration in all
disputes between Great Britain and the j
United States, acknowledging the re- j
ceipt of the memorial adopted at the j
meeting in his letter Lord Salisbury i
says :
"I am glad to.be able to inform you
that this question is receiving the con?
sideration of ber majesty's government
and that proposals in the direction in?
dicated by tbe memorial are now be?
fore the government of the United
States.
Signed) "Salisbury. "
The memorial referred to contained
the following :
"Without expressing any opinion
upon pending controversies, we would
earnestly press the advisability of
promptly concluding some treaty ar?
rangement by which all disputes be?
tween Great Britain and the United
States could be referred for adjudica?
tion to some permanent tribunal repre?
senting both nations and uniting them
in the common interest of justice and
peace."
In moving the adoption of the memo?
rial. Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, formerly presi?
dent of the local government board,
submitted the following, which was j
adopted :
"That the chairman be iostrcuted i
to forward the memorial when signed \
to the President of the United States,
to the prime minister and to the leader
of the house of commons with an ex
pression of the earnest desire of this
meeting, that no time may be lost in
taking action thereupon/'
He said that almost 28 years ago he
enlisted the almost unanimous vote of
the bouse of commons in favor of ar?
bitration on the Alabama claims. At
that time the first cable had just been
laid and Mr. Cyrus Field telegraphed
the whole of his speech across the At?
lantic. The speech was apparently so
heavy that it broke the cable. Since
that time about 40 arbitrations had
taken place, in 10 of which the United
States was concerned and in eight
Great Britain was a party, in 1884,
Great Britain negotiated a treaty of
commerce with Venezuela, in which for
the first time the;e was an arbitra?
tion clause ; but the treaty was not
ratified, as Mr. Gladstone's government
went out and the foreign office perma?
nent officials, he believed, thwarted bis
well-meant effort.
Ia its issue to-morrow tbe Daily
News, under the caption cf "A Break
in the Clouds," will deal with Lord
Salisbury's reply to Sir James Stanfield,
which it describes as the most hopeful
word that has been had for a long time
from the prime minister The'paper
I says that it hope that no offerts will be
j spared to press the consideration hy
j the government of the memorial in.to
action.
The Daily News elsewhere retraces
the arbitration movements from the
resolutions adopted by the American
congress in 1890 and the house of com?
mons in 1893 an ? from President
Cleveland's message in the latter year.
I it coucludes : "When Lord Rosebery
j became prime minister he took the
i matter up with the unanimous approval
of the cabioet. He intimated to Sir
Julian Pauneefote, the Brititsh ambas
sador to the Uoited States, that should
President Cleveland act upon the reso
! lutioo of congress which required him
I to invite Degotiatious with this goveru
j ment with a view to establish a system
of arbitration, the British government
would welcome such an invitation.
Since then nothing has been done. We
j hope that Lord Salisbury's letter means
that substantive prooosals have been
made."
The Chronicle will to-morrow con?
gratulate Lord Salisbury on the action
he has taken to secure arbitration, and
will say it devoutly hopes that the
United States will reciprocate Great
Britain's offer cf good will.
Indians May Hold Onice.
Washington, March 22 -The Presi
dent has issued an order directing thc
secretary of the interior to amend the
I classification of the interior department
j so as to include among the position!
I classified thereunder and subject tc
. competitive examination, all clerica
j and educational positious at [odiat
! agencies and Indian schools.
The order also provides that Indian?
? shall be eligible for appointment tc
I any of these positions on such test o
i fitness as may be required by the secre
tary of the interior and without exami
nation or certification by the civil ser
vice commission, but they shall not bi
transferred from said positions to tbi
departmental service.
Ooe of our exchanges speaks of :
millinery store kept by an estimabl
lady, and says the editor "was gratifiei
to see ber stocking up." The edito
says he never was so astonished in hi
born days as he was, when the pape
came out, to meet the millinery ledy
and have her strike him across the bro^
with an umbrella, and tell him he wa
a liar, and that she would tell his wife
He didn't know what she was mr?d at
and he had to read the item over 10
times to see if there was anythin
spiteful dn it.
\
Horrors in Cuba.
Jacksonville, Mareh 22 -Tbe fol?
lowing letter was received in this city
yesterday by a prominent gentleman of
this city from au American in Cuba : .
"I wrote to yon a few days ago and
yesterday I received your letter cf the
ord, the first I have bad from you since I
left. I was so glad to get it, as it was
so long and full of news of yourself
and the children. How much I long
to be with you, as it seems such a time
6?oce I left, but I see no possibility of
leaving the island, as things are getring
worse and worse every day, and owing
to the last news from your side, the
feeling against us here is very bitter
and I am fearing from one day to
another some public manifestation
against us and some one will perish.
As to my going to the country, it la
almost sudicidal, as they are killing
people right and left and letting them
lie in the fields to be eaten by the vul?
tures. I have seen 10 of these unfor?
tunates after 10 or 12 doys killed,amoug
them a poor friend of ours, aud another
friend has disappeared and I fear that
he has met with the same fate. I have
been told there are here soaftered about
30 or 40 bodies, but I did not care to
see more than the 10 ? saw, as it made
me sick-the sight and the smell
"I have been fired at twi;e. Fortu?
nately for me, the first day I happened
to be away from the piazza as ? bad the
habit of sitting out there after breakfast
They seemed to know it. As the force
of troops passed the place from the
high-road, they fired a volley at the
bouse and most of the shots struck the
piazza. The second time I was going
from the place to another plantation
and on the road that separates that
place from ours, again they fired at me
but fortunately in both cases no harm
was done. I was advised by friends to
leave the place and an intimate friend
begged me to remain all night at his
house and would not bear of my stay?
ing at my own place and they were so
kiod to me during the three or four
days I was with them that ? do not
know how I will ever repay them.
"Oar friend, the doctor, is also on
the missiug list. I hope he has been
able to get away, otherwise he will
meet the ?ame fate that so many others
have met
"I do not care to mention came?,
otherwise I could write to you a great
many pages to tell of the roany atroci?
ties that have been committed io this
neighborhood. [ could not believe it
at first until I made up my mind to go
and see them myself. There have
been cases of a poor mac killed before
the eyes of his own wife and children
for no reason whatever.
! 4tlf I should ever see you agaio, 1
I will tell you things that wiil make yonr
I blood run cold. I have often heard of
I the cruelry of these people, but ? must
j confess I did not believe half of it until
i ? saw with my own eyes and now I am
j ready to believe anything that is told
j mc of their horrible deeds."
Story of the Steward.
Charleston, March 22 -The little
! alleged filibustering steamer Oommo
I dore, which left this port on the loth
: for Tampa with a cargo of arms and
I ammunition returned here to-day minus
thc cargo and 23 of he; crew of ol
: men.
' The t {Seers will say nothing, but the
! steward, who is a Charleston man, says
j that when in the Florida keys the Com?
modore experienced bad weather and
j struck a snag which caused her to leak
so badly that it was necessary to throw
! all of her cargo and much of ber coal
i overboard to lighten her.
? The crew became alarmed and 23 men
j insisted on leaving the ship in boats
I These 23 were Cubans. Hansen's
! story is considered to bc fishy and is
i not believed
SPANISH YARNS.
Madrid, Ms **' 22.-A dispatch from
Habana state .hat the rebel leader,
! Perez, was killed, and the insurgent
. chief, Verona, wounded iu their last
encounter with the troops The dis
; patch adds that the rebels have hanged
' near Guanes 16 peasants of Spanish
j origin. The representativo of the
I United Press learns that the govern?
ment has decided not to buy the crui?
sers that were offered to it by tht
Glasgow builders. The Spanish com?
mission that wa.s sent to England tr
examine the vessels bas made a repon
against them, adding that most of th(
warships on sale in England tire not o
the type or tonnage required by Spain
WHERE 8ILENCE MEANS DEFEAT.
Madrid, March 22.-A dispatch ti
The Imparcial from Habana says tba
Geo. Villa has dad another e-even
fight with Maceo's force ic the vicinity
of Bahaia, Honda, to the westward o
Habana. No details of the battle an
giveu.
By direction of the secretary of war
the United States will be represented a
the coronation of Emperor Nicholas o
Russia by Maj. Gen. A. McD. MoCook
retired, and Maj. G. P. Scriven of th
signal corps. Major Scriven is th
present military attache at the Unite
States legation at Rome. Geoera
McCook is now in Paris He iutende>
to witness the coronation and the ad
ministration decided to pav bim th
high comoliment of sending bim ther
Cr ?3
in an official capacity.
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Hood's Pills are the hest after dinner pill
assist digestion, cure headache. 25 cents.
Lexington Depot Damaged by
Fire.
Special to The State.
Lexington. Depot, Mai ch 23 -I
wrire io one end of the depot while the
other eod is or< fire, with a force of
hands struggling to reduce the flames
The fire commenced on tho platform at
the rear eod of the depot, among the
cotton bales. A large crow.d soou
gathered aod by-well-directed efforts
the flames are under control. The
rear end of the depot building and
adjoining platform are considerably
damaged. It is supposed the fire origi?
nated from a rat Soding a match, as
the agent tells me DO one has been
around smoking.
Thc only person unknown to the
agent who has been around was a Mr.
Beach, who took the traiu towards
Agwsta, while the fire was raging at its
worst. I have aioce learned that Mr.
Beach is a whiskey .constable. Rather
a singular coincidence that an actual
fire should occur while a party io search
of contraband firewater ie on the scene.
Competent men put an estimate of
about $250 damages it was only coo!
and energetic work that saved the rail?
road and private property from quite a
conflagration.
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One morning recently a little fel?
low said : "Mamma, how is it thaj
some people can see in the dark and
others cannot V1 "Why, son,'7 said
the mother, "no person can see in
the dark.*' The little fellow hesi?
tated a few seconds and said :
"Well, I know that last night when
Mr - called to see sister it was
real dark in the parlor, and he had
not been there long when sister said,
'why, John yon have not shaved this
week ' Now how did she know
that ?" The mother gave it up as
too hard to answer.
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