The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 29, 1896, Image 6
Bryan and Watson.
The Populists Candidates and
Platform
The convention in session at St.
Louis last week nominated Tom
Watson, of Georgia, for Vice Presi?
dent, and for President Wm. J.
Bryan, the nominee of the Chicago
convention for the same office.
It is claimed that Mr Bryan will
not accept the nomination separated
from Sewell, the regular nominee of
the Democratic convention at Chi?
cago.
So far Mr. Bryan has given out no
announcement of his purpose.
The following is the platform and
declaration cf the Populists :
THE PLATFORM.
"The People's Party, assembled iu
la-ional convention, reaffirms its
allegiance to the principles declared
JJ the founders of the Republic and
also to the fundamental principles of
just government as enunciated in the
platform of the party in 1892. We
recognize that through the con?
ti van ce of the present and preceding
arjministrations, the country has
ijreacbe? a crisis in its National life,
as predicted in our declaration four
years ago, and that prompt and patri?
otic action is the supreme duty of the
boar. We realize that while we have
political independence, our financial
and industrial independence is yet to
be attained by restoring to our
country the constitutional control
?/ and exercise of the functions neces
_sary to a peoples* Government, which
functions have been basely surrend?
ered by our public servants to cor?
porate monopolies. The influence of
European money-changers has been
r more potent in shaping legislation
than the voice of the American peo
I pie. Executive power and patronage
p have been used to corrupt our Legis?
lation and defeat the will of the peo?
ple, and plutocracy has thereby been
enthroned upon the ruins of democ?
racy. To restore the government
intended by the fathers and for the
welfare and prosperity of this and
future generations, we demand the
establishment of an economic and
financial system which shall make us
masters of our own aifairs and inde?
pendent of European control, by the
adoption of the following.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
1. We demand a national money,
safe aud eound, issued by the Gene?
ral Government only, without the
intervention of banks of issue, to be
a full legal tender for ?11 debts, pub?
lic and private ; a just, equitable and
efficient means of diptribution direct
to the pep?e and through the lawful
disbursements of the Government.
2. We demand the free and un?
restricted coinage of silver and gold
at the present ratio of 16 to 1, with?
out waiting for the consent of foreign
nations
3. We demand the volume of cir?
culating mediem be speedily increas?
ed to an amount sufficient to meet
the demands of the business and
population, and to restore the just
level of prices of labor and produc?
tion.
4. We denouuce the sale of bonds
and the increase of the public inter?
est-bearing debt made by the present
administration as unnecessary and
without authority of law, and de?
mand that no more bonds be issued
except by specific act of Congress.
5. We demand such legislation as
will prevent the demonetization of
the lawful money of the United States
by private contract
6. We demand that the Govern?
ment, in payment of its obligations,
shall use its option as to the kind of
lawful money in which they are to be
paid, and we denounce the present
and preceding administrations for
surrendering this option to the hold?
ers of Government obligations.
7. We demand a graduated income
tax to the end that aggregated wealth
6hall bear its just proportion of taxa?
tion, and we regard the recent de?
cision of the Supreme Court relative
to the income tax law as a misinter?
pretation of the Constitution and an
invasion of the rightful powers of
Congress over the subject of taxa?
tion.
8. We demand that postal sav?
ings banks be established by the
Government for the safe deposit of
the savings of the people and to
facilitate exchange.
TRANSPORTATION.
1. Transportation being a means
of exchange and a public necessity,
the Government should own and op?
erate the railroads in the interest of
the people and on anon partiean basis
to the end that all may be accorded
the same treatment in transportation
aud that the tyranny and political
power now exercised by the great
railroad corporations which result in
the impairment, if not the destruc?
tion of the political rights and per?
sonal liberty of the citizen may be
destroyed Such ownership is to be
accomplished gradually in a manner
consistent with sound public policy.
2. The interest of the United
States in the public highways built
with public moneys, and the pro?
ceeds of extensive grants of land to
the Paciiic railroads, should never be
alienated, mortgaged nor sold but
?arded and protected for the gen
elfare as provided by the laws
such railroads. The fore
I United States on these roads should
j at once follow default in the payment
! there*cf by the debtor companies ;
! and at the foreclousure sales of said
roads the Government shall purchase
the same if it becomes necessary to
protect its interests therein, or if
they can be purchased at a reasona?
ble price ; and the Government shall
operate said railroads as public high?
ways for the benefit of the whole
people and not in the interest of the
few, under suitable provisions for
protection of life and property, giv?
ing to all transportation interests
equal privileges and equal rates for
fares and freights
3. We denounce the present in?
famous schemes for refunding these
debts and demand that the law now
applicable thereto, be executed and
administered according to its intent
and spirit
4 The telegraph, like the post
office system, being a necessity for
the transmission of news, should be
owned and operated by the Gov?
ernment in the interest of the people.
True policy demands that the Na?
tional and State legislation shall be
such as will ultimately enable every
prudent and industrious citizen to se?
cure a home, and therefore, the land
should not be monopolized for specu
tive purposes. All lands now held
by railroads and other corporations in
excess of their actual needs should, by
lawful means be reclaimed by the
Government and held for natural set?
tlers only, and private land monopo?
ly, as well as alien ownership, should
be. prohibited.
2. We condemn the frauds by
which the land grant Pacific Railroad
Corapauies, have through the conn
vance of the Interior Department,
robbed multitudes of actual bona fide
settlers of their homes and miners of
their claims, and we demand legisla*
tion by Congress which which will
enforce the exception of mineral
lands from such grants after as well
as before the patent.
3. We demand that bona fide set?
tlers on all public glands be granted
free homes as provided in the Nation?
al homestead law, and that no except?
ion be made in the case of Indian
reservations when opened for settle?
ment and that all lands not now pat?
ented come under this demand.
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
"We favor a system of direct leg
islation through thc initiative and
referendum under proper constitu?
tional safeguards
GENERAL PROPOSITIONS.
1. We demand the election of Pres?
ident, Vice President and United
States senators by a direct vote of
the people.
2. We tender to the patriotic peo?
ple of Cuba, our deepest sympathies
in their heroic struggle for political
freedom end independence, and we
believe the United States, the great
republic of the world, should recog?
nize that Cuba is and of right ought
to be a free aud independent State.
3. We favor home rule in the ter
? ritories and the District of Columbia
and the early admission of the Terri
tories as States.
4. All public salaries should be
made to correspond to the price of
labor and its products.
5. In times of great industrial de?
gression idle labor should be employ?
ed on public works as far as practi?
cable.
6 The arbitrar}7 course of the
courts in assuming to imprison citi?
zens for indirect contempt and ruling
them by injunction should be pre
vented by proper legislation.
7 We favor just pensions for our
disabled Union soldiers.
8. Believing that the elective
franchise and an untrammelled ballot
are essential to government of, for
and by the people, the People's
Party condemns the wholesale sys?
tem of di8franchiment adopted in
some of the States as un-Republican
and un-Deraocratic, and we declare
it to be the duty of the several State
Legislatures to take such action as
will secure a full, free and fair ballot
and an honest count.
9. While the foregoing proposi?
tions constitute the platform upon
whicn our party stands, and for the
vindication of which its organization
will be maintained, we recognize
that the great and pressing issue of
the campaign upon which the pres?
ent election will turn is the financial
question, and upon this great specific
issue between the parties, we coidi
aily invite the aid and co-operation
of all organizations and citizens
agreeing with us upon this vital
question.
- i i i -
Duncan and Tillman.
It was mentioned yesterday that
j Candidate Jobo T. Duncan had gone to
i Trenton for the purpose of having an
j understanding with Senator Tillman in
i regard to his letter to Evans, which has
; been heard from so frequently at the
' meetings duriug the past. week. Yes?
terday afternoon Mr. Duncan returned
io the city. Last night when asked by
a representative of The State for infor?
mation about his vi-iit he said :
"I went as i announced to see Sena- j
tor Tillman at his home. My inter- j
view with him resulted satisfactorily. ?
I was eouvinced that be was laboring
under a misapprehension as to the
political situation. It was apparent j
that his open lotter meant that he pre- i
ferrcd Evans to Karie After discuss- j
iog the situation I said to Um : 'If
you deem my election and Evans* de?
feat a misfortune to the Reform move-j
meat, I would without hesitation with?
draw from the race.' The result is
that I DOW announce that I am io the
race to the finish and in it to win.
! Tillman protests against our briogiog
j him into this matter, but grants that
k while p]vaus makes his let.?er his cre?
dential for the position, that I in jus?
tice have the liberty to eommeDt there?
on.
"In discussing Tillman'* admission ?
I io that letter that be *did not know the |
nature' of Elans' contract with Rhind, j
and in commenting upon my statement j
in my speech at Florence that in order i
to save Evans he wouid have to come j
ag.iiu to his rescue, I asked what would I
be his attitude from this on. He said
that he would write no more letters,
take neither side and in the only speech
bo be delivered by him during the cam?
paign-at Orangeburg-he would
make no allusion whatever to the sena?
torial race -The State July 27.
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Colonel Haskell Replies.
Denounces Governor Evans
and Make Statements.
To the Editor of The State :
I have to day seen your paper of
the 23d and 24th ; in the first there
is a report of the campaign raeetig
at Cheraw, in which Mr. John Gary
EvanB is reported as saying : "John
Haskell says the Evans boys howled
Hampton down, but he knew it was
a lie 19 For several years I have
carefully avoided expressing in pub?
lic my opinion of the humiliating
events that have occurred in our old
State, culminating in the deep dis?
grace which put this vile little dema?
gogue in the governor's chair He
bas gone out of his way to make a
wanton attack on me and seeks to
make political capital out of it. I
don't believe that the people of our
State, if they knew him, would sup?
port him for any any position and I
believe that many who disagree with
me in politics, will not hesitate to
believe anything that I say and this
induces me to take notice of what I
would otherwise treat with the utter
contempt that I feel for this person.
First, as to his charge, when he
pretends to quote me, he knows that
he wilfully lies General Hampton :
went to Aiken, not as a candidate,
but as an invited guest. A few of
the audience treated him with great
rudeness ; no man, who knew any?
thing of the facts, doubted that
Evans encouraged them in this con?
duct. He has denied it then and
doubtless, if it serves his purpose,
will lie about it again. I never
spoke of the Evans boys, for I- did
not suppose that he had any follow?
ers, even among those who insulted
General Hampton.
And now a word to his career. I
waa a member of the legislature when j
he first came there and was counsel j
for the Richmond and Danville road, j
I heard of him as a lawyer of rather ?
low standing at the Aiken bar. j
From conversations I had with him 11
came to the conclusion that he want- I
ed to be employed by the railroad
Soon after my professional connec- !
lion with clearing the titles of coal j
and iron property in Virginia and j
North Carolina took up so much of j
my time that 1 resigned as counsel for
the Richmond and Danville railroad,
I was consulted by the officers as to
who to retain, and among others, ad?
vised them to employ in some ca?
pacity Mr. John Gary Evans, as 1
warned them he would give trouble
if not bought. Very 6oon he was
put on as a director of one of the
branch roads in Carolina. With?
in a few days of his appointment, hie
brother irom Edgefield and his uncle
from Georgia, appeared for the first
time in the general assembly as at?
torneys for the Danville railroad.
They did the same at the ensuing
sessions until Mr. John Gary Evans
was dropped from the board.
Now I challenge him to write to
the party who employed him and see |
if he will say this appointment of
j brother and uncle was not made .to j
secure his influence against hostile ?
legislation. Don't let him just deny j
it; of course he will be ready to lie ?
out of it. He knows who employed j
him; let him ask that man in writ
ing
As to the bond matter, Mr. Rhind
stated to the syndicate that of the
large commissions which he retained, j
the bulk had to go to parties whose j
influence was needed in the South|
Carolina assembly. If he dares to do |
it, let him ask Rhind who he refer
red to. If he dares to do it let him j
ask Dr. Bates to answer the categor- j
ical question as to who got the mon- !
ey. If he dares to do it, let him ;
have the checks for payment pro- !
duced and see who endorsed them. !
Any man who will act dishonestly will
lie to protect himself Don't let him '
stand ott Tillman's letter until Till- ;
matt has cleared his own skirts of
participation in the job.
He has never dared to deny that
since he became governor the State .
and dispensary insurance has been
taken from reliable agents anil given
to his brother immediately alter his :
corning to Columbia as an insurance
agent, lt won't do for him to say
that this was done by his .subordin?
ates : no sensible man will be de?
ceived by such ;? statement as that
for one instant No one will doubt ;
why ail bonds of keepers of dispen?
saries were suddenly required to be ;
executed by surety companies, who j
were represented by the same broth?
er or why his blanks were enclosed
in official envelopes for execution
I see it is said there was ?4,000 in it
for the family. It is impossible to
legally convict any patty when they
have the records in their own hands
and will not let them be seen but by
partisan friends. But for this I feel
confident in the whiskey rebates, fees
in the phosphate business as well as in
the bonds and insurance matters we
would find a very rotten state of
affairs, but unless South Carolinians
are much lower than I imagine, they
will never select as their representa?
tive i ri the senate of the United States
a man, who to numerous charges
of dishonesty and corruption, ans?
wers : "I stand on the criminal plea of
not guilty ; you must prove it '7
And now Mr. Editor, I have done
with this dirty little puppy, with his
pockets filled with bribe's money. He
has gone out of his way to insult me
and I denouhce him as a dishonest
demogogue. With this I am done
with him unless he gets in my way,
when I will kick him out as I would
any other little cur that snaps at me.
John-C. Haskell
Washington county, Virginia.
Meeting at Barnwell.
The State of to-day says :
The State campaign will be resumed
at Barnwell to-day and a lively meeting
is expected. The condition at the
opening of this week's work, which will
be confined to three of the most promi?
nent counties in the State with the new
baby county thrown in for good mea9
ure, are very different; from what they
have been at the opening of any pre?
ceding week and whether they prove so
or not, the people of the State are ex?
pecting meetings of a more interesting
character than any of them yet held.
Despite General Earle's announce?
ment prior to the Floreuoe meeting that
he would have to give his attention this
week to official matters, he will be at
Barnwell to-day The fisticuff evident?
ly induced bim to change bis mind. ;
The following from yesterday morning's ?
Greenville News shows his intentions : !
"Judge Earle did not. reach the city j
yesterday as was expected He tele- j
graphed his friend Capt. J. A. Mooney j
Friday night from Florence that he !
would be in Greenville Saturday after- j
noon if it were possible for him to get I
baek to Barnwell on Monday for the
campaign meeting there.
"Yesterday afternoon instead of
coming he telegraphed his family from
Sumter as follows :
" 'Impossible to come. Must go to
Barnwell Don't be uneasy ; no dan?
ger.'
Touching upon the fight at Florence,
Captain Mooney received the following:
" 'Evans insulted me. I struck him.
One of his friends caught my arm white
another struck me in tbe face.
.' 'Joseph H Earle.' "
Free Coinage Not Assured.
It is beginning to be seen that even I
should the Democrats carry both the j
Presidency and the House of Kepre- 1
sentotives, it is by no means certain
that free silver legislation will result. .
There will probably be a number of ;
sound money Democrats elected to the j
nest House, and they would not by any
meaos feel bound to support a free j
coinage bill. The Democratic platform
of 1892 declared in favor of the repeal I
of the 10 per cent, tax upon State banks, !
but when Congress assembled there was
a bare majority of the Democrats in fa?
vor of such a measure, and with the as?
sistance of the Republicans the Demo?
cratic opponents of the bill introduced
accomplished its overwhelming defeat.
Without a silver majority in the
House a silver President would be pow?
erless to do more than exhaust the gold
reserve and insist upon the use of
silver now in the Treasury for the re?
demption of Government obligations.
Baltimore Sun.
The Ashley Phosphate Com
pany Sold at Public
Auction.
Quite a crowd gathered at the old
Postoffice yesterday to be present at
the sale of the Ashley Phhosphate j
Works and all its appurtenances.
T. Pinckney Lowndes, auctioneer, !
mounted a broken backed chair shortly
after ll o'clock, and the advertisement |
was read and then bids called for. Thc j
bidding wa6 not heated or excited and j
was soon concluded. The property was
knocked down for ?15,500 to Messrs. J
G. Lamb Buist, B. I. Simmons and j
George B. Edwards. It is an open ;
secret that these gentlemen bought in ;
the property as representatives of the
bondholders. It is also understood that |
the works will be resold at 60mc future !
date, when the fertilizer world is in a ;
more settled condition than at- present, j
and the property is apt to fetch a better j
price
The bonded indebtedness of rho com?
pany is largely held by thc various
city banka, as security for loans.-News
.and Courier, July 24.
? --^? f ?
The r i; nf a soap impregnated with
7 per cent, of nicotine, tor ali tkio dis
eases caused by parasites, especially
scabies, is advised by a Gor mun med?
cal magazines.
Tobacco Baskets, ciieap as the cheapest- j
for sale1-1}" i-~vi Bros,
Tn going to get a drink sto:> and tVnik
waat bargains in Planus, Uri ans and Sewing
Machines are tn o* bad ?t the ?urnter Music
Hnzse, in tbe Masonic Tenaple building.
Four and a Half Score.
Tbh Rev. Mark Boyd, !,Unc!e Mark," as he
is faroi.iarly culied, w*s on the streets of our
vcit 1 rt s ? Tuesday, it w^s oar privilege and
pleasure to m el and fee! tbe friendly h.tnd
gra?p of ibis grand old mar:. Mr. Boyd is
now neiriy D?nety '>::e \ p-.rs of acre, and is
most remarkably wei! :>re?'-rved for one su
old ; indeed, h?s lo;:s>" cio co; i di-.rife it-arce
ly hait the age he lias ttved. and he is le?s
gray than the ".versee man of forty-five.
Ht? beilth is remarkably gcc-1. and he. still
labors in the Master's c-i:ise, !;av::-g preached
eliveo sermons within the r-as: few we^ks.
ri?, sn company with hi* *<;:;. Rv. D. P
Boy.;, WHS cn his way to District Conference
at Larjdram?, Spartaoburg County, where
?he services of this eat'i?lv veteran will
doubtless be d minded and cheerfully render?
ed -Laurensville Hprald, July 24.
"A Stitch tn Time."-A dose of Ayer"s
Pills has saved many a fit of sickness; but
when a remedy dees not happen to be at
hand, slight ailments ure Hubie to he neglect*
fd, and the result, frequently, is serious
illness; therefore aiway3 be supplied with
Ayer's Pills.
Sick Headache
Permanently Cured
"I was troubled, a long time, with
sick headache. It was usually ac?
companied with severe pains in the
temples and sickness at the stom?
ach. I tried a good many remedies
recommended for
this complaint; but
ii wtis not until 1 be
?^M'm gan taking
hj?M AYER'S
Pills that I received
anything like perma?
nent benefit. A sin
?;ie box <>f these pills did the work
for ?ne, ;?;:?1 I am now a well man."
C. i!. ??nvi?ixGs, East Auburn, Me.
Fr.r tl tc rapid cure of Constipa
tien, ?'Vspfpsia. Biliousness, Nau?
sea, and nil disorders o? Stomach,
Liver, and BoVels, ?;?ke
Medal and Diploma at World's Fair^
Ask your druggist far Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
The Sumter
Music House,
NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE.
Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines
of the best grade sold cheap ior cash
or on easy terms. Old ones taken in
exchange for new ones.
CLEANING AND REPAIRING
DONE PROMPTLY.
We also keep
NEEDLES. OILS,
And parts of every Sewing Machine.
We have some rare bargains in
Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines,
M. B. R?NDLE,
Jan S. Manager.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA. S. C.
Session begins September 30th. Ten regu?
lar Courses, with Diplomas. Special Courses,
with Certificates. Board, S3 a mooth. Weil
appointed Laboratories, Chemical, Physical.
Biological, etc. Gymnasium. Total neces?
sary expenses for the year (exclusive of
travelling and clothing), from $123 to $163.
Women admitted to all Classes.
For farther information, catalogue, etc.,
address the President.
July 22. JAMES WOODROW.
Order Your
PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES
FROM
GEO. ?. STEFFENS & _
Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C
-Agents for
MOTT'S CIDER
BED SEAL CIGARS,
AND DOVE HAMS
HARB Y Sf CO.,
WHOLESALE BROKERS,
-AND
Cotton Storage Warehouse
PROPRIETY 'RS.
CP-TOWN OFFICE:
COURT HOUSE SQUARE.
i
F<T Cash with order will sell '
3,000 bushel* Prime White
Corn sacked at t-5c per bushel, :
iu lots of one sack or upwards, j
at Harby A: Co > Warehouse.
Respectfully.
HARBY & CO.
July 22.
We Offer You a Remedy Which Insures
SAFETY to LIFE of Both
Mother nr.d Cnil?.
ROBS CONFINEMENT OF ITS PAIN,
HORROR AN!) RANGER,
Wakes CHSLD-BIRTK Easy.
Endorsed an I recommended by physi?
cians, midwives and those who have used
it. Beware of substitutes and imitations.
Sent by express or mail, on receipt of price.
Sl.OO per bottle. Book "TO MOTHERS "
mulled free, containing voluntary testimonials.
BEADFIELD EEGTJLATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
NOTICE.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY
Democratic Executive Committee are
btreby reminded tbat the said Committee
adjourned to meet in the Court House in
Sumter, on the first Monday in August,
a: ll o'clock a. m They will please take
due Dotice thereof, and he preseut at that
time.
J. M. KNIGHT,
Secretary.
July 21- 2t
R. 0. PURDY,
County Chairman.
DAVIDSONCOLLEGE,
Davidson/N. C,
Sixtieth Year Begins Sept. lOihc
ELEVEN PROFESSORS AND
INSTRUCTORS.
THREE COURSES FOR DEGREES.
Ample Cabinets and Laboratories ; Loca?
tion Healthful and Beautiful.
GYMNASIUM COMPLETE.
TERMS REASONABLE.
Send for a Catalogne.
J. B. SHEARER,
June 24. President.
W
OFFORD UOLIEGE
Spartanburg, S. C.
Jas. H. Carlisle, L. L. D., President.
Seven departments, Two courses leading to
A.B. A new and well equipped Gymna?
sium and competent director.
WOFFORD FITTING SCHOOL,
A. G. Rembert, A. M., Head Master.
The Fitting School has bpen moved to the
Alumni Hall. The Second Master, A. Mason
DuPre, A M., and the Matron live ,In the
building. Several of the College professors
teach in the School and the students receive
instruction io the Gymnasium. Session be?
gin? October I. For catalogue, address
J. A. GAME WELL,
July 1-$ Secretary of Facuity.
; OF
-V:..-?.; A
OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA?
TION OF SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C., April 27, 1S96.
THE BOARD OF REGISTRATION will
open their books in
MAYESV?LLE, Tuesday, July 14.
SHILOH, Wednesday. July 15.
NORWOOD'S X ROADS. Tbursdav;
July 16.
LYNCHBURG, Friday, July 17.
ST. CHARLES, Wednesday, July 22.
MT. CLIO, (Reid's Mill,) Thursday, July
23.
CONCORD, (Gordon's Mill.) Monday.
July 27.
For the purpose of registering all qualified
electors.
J. D. WILDER, Chairman.
J. M. KNIGHT,
W. S. JAMES, Clerk.
June 17,
le Lamest ai Host Collete
-M A X UFA CT U R E RS < ) F
BOORS, SASH, BUNDS,
Moulding & Building
Material,
Ornee and Warerooms, Kin^. o--;>r,sir>. Can?
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. t\
JSST*Parchase our make, which we guas i itea
superior to any sold South, ami
thereby savt> money.
Window and Paney Glass a Specialty
October 56-o