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Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1896. New Series-Vol. XVI. No. 4
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Sending Out Tickets.
Col. Tompkins Has Supplied
the County Chairmen.
Secretary of State Tompkins, as
chairman of the State Executive Com?
mittee, has sent out the tickets for
the State officers who are to be voted
for in theprimary election on the 25th
inst.. He has taken the precaution to
have a sufficient supply sent to the
various county chairmen, the unmber
of tickets printed in all being 251,
000.
Charleston county has ordered 40,
OiOO, and from that number it looks as
if 6he will poll an unusually heavy
vote. Georgetown has received the
smallest number of tickets, there be?
ing only 1,000 ordered. Richland
has been provided with 3,000, but it
is likely that tliis number will be in?
sufficient and requisition will proba?
bly have to be made for more.
The county chairmen ordered the
number that they thought would be
needed, but from the list it will be
seen that Richland ordered many less
than other counties having a smaller
vote. If the 3.000 ballots prove to
be not enough, the matter can be
remedied by the voters writing out
their tickets.
Here are number o? tickets order?
ed, by the county chairmen for their
respective counties :
Abbeville 10,000; Aiken 5,0(X) ;
'Anderson 10,000 : Beaufort 2,000 ;
Berkeley 5.000: Barnwell 10,000 ;
Charleston 40,000 ; Chester 4.000 ;
Chesterfield 3^500 ; Colleton ?,000 ;
Clarendon 5,000 ; Darlington .5,000 ;
Edgefield 5.000 Fairfield 5,000 ;
Florence 3 000; Georgetown 1,000 ;
Greenville 10,000 ; Hampton 5,000 ;
Horry 5,000; Kershaw 4,000 ; Lan
caster 4 000 ; Laurens 6,000 ; Lex?
ington 4,000 ; Marion 10,000 ; Marl?
boro 5,000 ; Newberry 5,000 ; Coo?
nee 6,000 ; Orangeburg 10,000 ;
Pickens 5,000 ; Richland 3,000 ;
. Saluda 5,000 ; Sumter 6,500 ; Spar?
enburg 14,000 ; Union 6,000 ; Wil?
liamsburg 5,000 ; York 12,000.
. The form of ballot is convenient to
the voter and is as follows :
For United States Senator.
JOHN GARY EVANS.
JOHN T DUNCAN.
JOSEPH IL EARLE.
For Governor.
*G. WALTON WHITMAN.
W. H. ELLERBE.
JOHN R. HARRISON.
For Lieutenant Governor.
M. B. MCSWEENEY.
M. R. COOPER.
For Secretary of State.
D H TOMPKINS.
For Comptroller General
JAMES NORTON.
I
For Attorney General.
W. A. BARBER.
For State Treasurer.
W. H. TI M MERMAN. !
Fer Superintendent of Education
T. CHRIS. ROBINSON.
W. D. MAYFIELD.
Fer Adjutant and Intpector Genera!.
JOHN GARY WATTS.
K. N. RICHBOURG
For Railroad Commissioner.
,T C. WILBORN
Run a pen or pencil mark through
the names of those for whom you do
not wish to vete.
Two boxes are, of course, neces
sary at the election-one in which
the ballots for the Stat? officers are
to be cast and another for the county
.officers.
Co). Tompkins has made all the
preliminary arrangements for the pri?
mary, and it only remains for the
votes to be cast and counted.-The
State.
PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 2i -The j
stallion, Joe Patcheo lowered the |
cord's pacing record held by John R. j
Gentry to-day at Rigby by one quarter
of a second, in a fresh wind, making
the mile in 2 03. Hie quarters were
30?, 29?, 30?, 32 J. Joe Patchen was
"ed Dy a runner, known as Little
Makes a Crushing Answer
To Sen. Thurston.
The Democratic Leader Clear
ly Shows That His Advo?
cacy of Silver is no
Recent Thing,
But a Consistent Course.
Upper Red Hook N. Y., Aug 18.
Oa his return from a fishing trip to-oight
Hon. Waa. J. Bryan gave out a pre?
pared answer to (be allegations made
by Senator John M Thurston that Mr.
Bryan was in the pay of the mine own?
ers. He denied the allegations without
qualification, and practically invited
I the Republican oational committee to
make toe charge in order that he might
be given a chance to show exactly what
his income had been and from what
sources it was derived. Mr. Bryan's
statement follows :
4'T have already denied this charge
jon several occasions, but the reitera?
tion of it by Senator Thurston, a distin?
guished resident of my own State, jus?
tifies me in answering it again. I
have never at any time, or under any
circumstances, been in the employ of
any mine owners, individually or col?
lectively, directly or indirec:ly, nor
have I ever been in the employ or been
paid by any bimetallic organization
Aside from editorial salary of about
?150 per month b) the Omaha World
Herald, and a small amount derived
from the legal profession, my income
since my retirement from congress has
been derived from lectures before ebau
tauquas, lyceums and lecture bureaus,
which have usually paid me a fixed sum
and contributions made by the people
of the localities where I haue spoken.
In some instances I have received
nothing at all. In most places I have
received more than enough to cover
traveling expenses, in only two in?
stances, I think, has my compensation
exceeded $100, and io these instances
it was about $200 at one place and
?300 at the other. The first platform
upon which I ran for congress, in 1890,
before I was known politically outside
of my State, contained a free coinage
plank and my Republican opponent that
year was an advocate of free coinage.
In the campaign of 1892 I again ran
upon a free coinage platform and my
opponent for the senate, Mr. Thurston,
while opposing unlimited coinage at 16
to 1, insisted that be favored bimetal?
lism. I wrote the free coinage plank
upon wbich I ran in 1890 and the free
coinage planks in tbe Nebraska State
platform in 1891, 1894, 1895 and
1896, and tried to secure the adoption
of free coinage planks in the State plat,
forms of 1892 and 1893.
"I only mention this to show that
my advocacy of free silver is not of
recent date. Having made this an?
swer to Mr. Thurston's letter, I shall
hereafter take no notice of individual
pr newspaper comments upon this sub?
ject. If tbe Republican national com?
mittee will say officially that it believes
that I have been employed to deliver
speeches by any mine owner or group
of mine owners or by any association
supported by mine owners, I am, ready
to make a statement suowiog in detail
all money received by me for speech
making. "
WOULD NOT SELL.
CHARLESTON, August 8 -Captain
Thomas Morton of the filibusterer,
Commodore, left this city for New
York this afternoon after putting his
little vessel on the ways here. Be
fore leaving he told a reporter for
tue News and Courier a sensational
story about an attempt on the part of
the Spanish government to buy him
He said that the negotiations were
conducted through a spy named
Benson, who had been watching the
Commodore for weeks, but that the
offer came from Spanish Consul Jose
Congosto at Philadelphia. Re ex?
hibits in proof of his story a ty pe-writ
ten document from the consul. In
it Morton's name is not mentioned,
but it is an offer of $10,000 for the
betrayal of any Cuban expedition.
Captain Morton says that the Com?
modore has been kept to detain the
cutter Colfax from interfering with
the Dauntless expedition which re?
cently left Brunswick.
FORT WORTH, Texas, August 20 -
At tbe afteenoon session of the State
Democratic Convention yesterday the
following nominations were raadp:
Goyernor C. A. Culberson; Lieutenent
Governor. G. T. Gester ; Attorney
General, M. H. Crane ; Comptroller,
R. W. Finlaj: Treasurer, W. B.
Wortham : Land Commissioner A. J.
Baker ; Superintendent Public In?
struction, J M. Carlisle. The plat?
form adopted ratifies the acts of the
Chicago Convention. There is uo
manifest disposition to share electors
with the Populists.
Brooks Adams for Silver.
At a public meeting held at Quincy,
Mass , Mr. Brooks Adams spoke as fol
follows :
I confess that I am so impressed with
the difficulties of the situation before
the country that I have the greatest
disinclination to make a speech, espe?
cially as ? hardly see what good can be
done. Here,in Massachusetts, a man
who differs from the majority is imme?
diately denounced as a scoundrel, a
thief, an incendiary, or worse ; and
though this system of attack may make
votes, it certainly makes argument im?
possible. ? suppose I am a very bad
party man, but I cannot feel any such
indigoatioo against my friends OD the
other side. These questions, serious
as they are, are questions on which
honest and patroitio men must differ ;
I am only sorry I cannot see the situa?
tion in the same light.as &uch a man as
Mr. Reed, the more so as it appears to
me that we are very Dear together.
if I understand the positioo of Mr.
Reed. General Walker, Mr. Lodge and
the Republicao party correctly, it is
thus : They believe, as we-do, that the
situation of the country is disastrous io
the extreme ; they believe that the
cause of our disasters is largely, if not
wholly, due to a contraction of the
currency caused by the demonetization
of silver, aod they have pledged them?
selves to try to correct this great evil
by an international agreement to restore
silver to its old place. So far we are as
one. the only poiut of difference is
whether wc shall suffer least by pro?
ceeding to coin silver ourselves, or by
waiting until we caD persuade England
to join us. For my own part, ? was a
very sincere international bimetallist,
until I became convinced that England
bad no intention of taking any actioo.
t i bick no oae can hope for much from
that quarter sioce the declarations of
the chancellor of the exchequer of this
tory government indeed, I do not
understand that anybody is sanguine of
success.
They tell us to wait patiently, and I
do not think it is demagogy to ask
them wh' olicy they propose to adopt
meanwhile, other than the policy pur?
sued by Mr. Cleveland. I have read
MT. Reed's speeches in the hope of
finding comfort, but I get no light.
I am sure ? waDt to be convinced.
Our difficulty is perfectly plain, aod
ts admitted by all bimetallism, such as
are Republicans, according to their
platform. Our country has been capi?
talized on the basis of ?1.25 wheat;
on that basis it has contracted an enor?
mous debt, which we are now trying to
liquidate with wheat at 55 cents. Ob?
viously, to pay our interest we have to
double our experts, aod that is impos?
sible. Accordingly we have to pay the
difference in gold, and that drain causes
a steady and slow contraction, which is
forcing dc *n prices impoverishing the
farming class and ruining our factories
and railroads.
I take the Chicago, Burliogtoo and
Quincy as an example, one of the best
managed, best equipped, and, natu?
rally, richest railroads of the world.
I Its stock bas fallen at least in the ratio
i of wheat, and logically. It can't
charge the rate on 50-ceot wheat that
it did on $1.25 wheat. Farmers hare
half their old income ; therefore they
can't buy from our factories ; therefore
demand falls off, and mills close, and
therefore wages fall. I suppose that
here ic New Eoglaod the decrease io
the average earniogs of labor has
shrunk, through loss of time, nearly in
the ratio of wheat. Th? Republicans
say that we must keep to the present
system, in order that we may borrow,
and by borrowing to pay the interest of
our debts ; ID a word, tarn the current
of exchanges My difficulty is that to
borrow on a falling market is suicidal.
If we cannot pay now, how can we
hope to pay wheo we owe many huD
dred of millions more, and farming
produce is still lower. Such a policy is
certain bankruptcy. The first thing
wc ought to do is to stop borrowing and
try to pay. That is my idea of an
honest policy.
Each year the gold men say we have
reached the bottom, but bimetallists
know better. We cao never reach the
bottom while the curreocy contracts,
and this last year, in spite of the boast?
ed supply of gold, prices have, io fact,
fallen to their lowest level. Against
that fall, argument: seems futile. Then
what do they propose to do to prevent
an indefinite number of gold loans w
They can raise the taxes to $100,000,
000 or so above the wants of the Gov?
ernment and buy gold and issue it. I
have never heard that suggested,
j They can retire the greenbacks. They
j won't do that, beoause to do so would
ra?an that to stop the drain of gold to
Europe, baots on whom the burden of
redemption would rest would have to
raise the rate of discount to 10 or 12
per ceDt. We koow how that works,
for we went through it in '93 Ten
per cent, would close every factory in
the Union in a year. It would also
force dowD prices to a poiut where the
margin between our debts and our ex?
ports would be greatly iocreased. I
thiok we may assume, then, that they
to shoulder Mr. Cleveland entire, and
pwrsue his policy to the bitter end.
Now, I want to ask if tbe conservative
men of the Uoited States really thiok
the nation can stand another four years
like the last without a convulsion ? If
they think there is no danger, I have
not a word to say. If they they are
content with the present situation,
then vote for McKinley. That ends
all arguments But if we are in great
fear of the future, then we may con?
sider whether anything can be done.
I am at a loss to know bow we are to
trample down discontent The discon?
tented class are the farmers, naturally
the most loyal, the most conservative
and the most long-suffering of all class?
es. The men who have here in Massa?
chusetts always made the body of the
Republican party. Well, throughout
the Union even Republicans admit that
the farmers are becoming socialists.
You can't make those men happier by
trampling on them, nor are they men
on whom it is good to trample. Why
Dot try to give relief?
The question is to find out, if we can,
exactly what free silver will do. for us.
We are told by newspapers that imme?
diately our currency will depreciate. I
am happy to say that such folly is not
talked by all Republicans. Senator
Dodge said very truly and very frankly
that free coinage would cause contrac?
tion, and for obvious reasons.
Our currency is composed of three
parts of about equal magnitude. Pa?
per, silver and gold. We are supposed
to have six or seven hundred millions
of ?old in America. Suppose a fall of
one per cent. ; that gold would be
drained to Europe, a contraction would
follow and the paper and silver would
rise to par. It did soin 1893. We
know precisely, by experience, how the
process works. The question then
arises, what good would be done, for it
would take many years to coin ?700,
000,000, and all that time we should
have contraction That is what silver
men want. A fall of gold and our cur?
rency at per.
WThat the free silver man is after is
not to upset the American values, but
to affect the values of the world.
Throw $700,000,000 of gold in a block
on the European market, and gold
would be cheapened, that is, values
would rise ; our exports would cover an
interest account, and we should have a
favorable balance, as in 1880.
What folly is this, to say we pay iu
dollars ? We never can pay in dollars;
we pay in produce, in wheat, cotton,
meat and the like. As a debtor and
producing nation our interest is to have
prices of produce high and gold low.
Therefore, let your gold go to swell
the general mass, and, once prices have
risen, it will rturn to you again. The
more you hoard acd borrow and stuff
gold ar*ay in bank vaults, the more
prices will fall and the poorer we shall
be. Carry that policy to the end, and
we must certainly die of dry rot. We
have but one chance, and that is
to break the gold corner, swamp the
gold market.
Every one knows that now the
amount of free gold is so small that
half a dozen men can any day bring on
a contraction, not only io America, but
throughout the world, by locking up
gold. It has beoome one of the com?
monest of financial operations. It is
profitable to the men who do it, but it
is ruin to the nation, and now all the
Republicans have to say is to
admit the evil, but to tell us
that we must wait until these
very men who make so much money by
handling the geld market voluntarily
abandon their advantage.
As we all have, I have thought this
question over until I am weary, but the
more I look at this the more I am con?
vinced that it goes to the roots of our
whole social system. Discontent such
as we see about us cannot be ignored.
New England cannot live without the
West and South Without them we
should starve ; we live by supplying
their wants.
We cannot always carry on a republic
by treating the farmer class, the 40,
000,000 or so, who have always been
the strength cf our nation, as disloyal
and bishonest knaves and scoundrels,
who are to be surpressed. If they have
grievences they must be listened to.
even in self-defence. Every two years
the country cannot be distracted by an
agrarian uprising, and I am convinced
that if the party in power is firmly re?
solved to pursue a policy of contracting
the currency and consequently increas
depression cf prices, that frequent
elections will have to be dispensed with.
-Springfield Republican
CABROLLTON, 0., Aug. 20-An en?
gine on the Cincinnati, Columbus and
Springfield railroad, hauling four cars
of coal and a caboose, jumped the track
one mile south of here last evening. It
rolled down the embankment, striking
two mammoth oak trees. This preven?
ted the caboose, with 26 men aboard,
from following. Joseph Kirk, en?
gineer, John Hardesty, fireman,
both of CantoD, were both instantly
killed Investigation this morning de?
veloped the fact that the wreck was
caused by three railroad spikes which
some small boys had placed on the out?
side rail at the curv.^ where the train.;
was derailed.
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Death ; of "Gail Hamilton.*"
Brief Sketch of the Life of a
Brilliant Literary Woman
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -Mies Marj
Abigail Dodge, wbo is beet remember?
ed by ber nom de plume of Gail Hami'
ton," was essentially a New Englander
by instinct and association as well as
by birth. She was one of a coterie of
brilliant Massachusetts literary women
who left their impression upon the
century in which they lived. A geo
erally accepted impressioo that "Gail
Hamiltoo" was a blood relative of the
late James G. Blaine is erroneous.
She was a cousio of Mrs. Blaioe's.
But for maoy years she was ao intimate
associate of the Blaioe household aod
ofteo assisted the great Maine leader in
his literary work and io return some
times .cceived aid from him. For some
time previous to her iong illness in
1895, Miss Dodge was engaged in ar
raDgiog the papers of the deceased
statesmao with a view of publishing a
biography which would do him justice
Shortly afier Mr. Blaine's death she
sent to the Washington Office of the I
United-Associated Presses a statement j
written in her own strong, clear cut,
masculine hand, declaring that she
alone had the right to publish an au?
thorized biography of James G. Blaioe
aod waroiog all others from assuming
to uodertake that task. Io the biogra?
phies of Miss Dodge furnished to the
eocyclopedias, it is stated that she was
boro io Hamiltoo, Mass., "about 1830.'
This would certainly justify the assump?
tion that "Gail Hamilton'' was at least
65 years of age when paraylsis arrest?
ed her vigorous intellect and stopped her
facile pen. Her published works num?
ber many volumes She was also UDtil
lately a constant contributor to the
newspaper press, especially to the New
York Tribune. She had vigorous con
viction? which she expressed ic grace?
ful, witty and forceful language The
world was much better for "Gail Hamil?
ton's" life and is distinctly a loser by
ber untimely death.
Her illness dated from Sunday morn?
ing when seated at the breakfast ta?
ble, she suffered a stroke of pa?
ralysis, which was at ooce declar?
ed by her physician Dr. Thayer,
to be be probably fatal. Dr. Thayer io
fact did not expect his patient would
live the day out, but she surprised all by
lingering until this evening. Miss Dodge
was possessed of remarkable vitality
whioh alone enabled her to recover from
the serious stroke af paralysis with
which she was attacked while staying
with the Blaioes io WashiogtoD in
May, 1895. When Miss Dodge had
once more regaioed her health, which
never agaio became as robust as before
her illoess, she came to her birthplace,
Hamiltoo, where she remained uotil her
death.
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San Diego Rejoices.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 19.-A tele
gram was received lart night from Chi?
cago anoouociog that the Toyo Kiseo
Kaifiha steamship Hoe would make Sao
Diego its American terminus. The
telegram came from A. H. Butler, who
is purchasing agent in the United States
for the Osaka Cotton association and who
has been with President Asano almost
constantly sioce the latter's arrival io
this country. Arrangements are now
complete between the steamship line
and the Santa Fe railway and the only
condition is that San Diego and Los An?
geles furnish a stipulated amount of pro?
ducts from southern California every
mooth. This was assured after consulta?
tion with Asano a few days ago. Presi?
dent Asaoo left Chicago to-day for Lon?
don to place a cootract for new vessels.
There is considerable enthusiasm in
this city as a result of the news
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Cotton Futures.
NEW YORK, August 20.-The Suo
says : Cotton declined 4 to 7 points,
but rallied aod closed barely steady at
a net advaDce of 13 to 18 points, with
sales of 208,100 bales.
The lower Liverpool cables had a de
pressing effect on prices for a time to?
day, but shortly after the openiog the
selling pressure abated and prices rose
quite sharply. The official weather re?
port showed that very little rain had
fallen duriog the past twenty-four
hours. There was a fair precipitation
at Little Rock, bot elsewhere in the
Southwest there was no moisture worth
speakiog of. Texas was as dry as ever
aod there was DO rain in Louisiana.
Gloomy crop advices cootioue to be re?
ceived. Shorts covered, tke South
bought, the spot markets in this coun?
try were higher and more active, and
Liverpool rallied before the close, so
prices advanced and the last figures
were about the best of the day.
Highest of all in Leavening Pow<
Southern Exports.
New Orleans and Other Ports
Show WeU.
BAI.TIMOBK, August 20.-The Man?
ufacturer's Record, in its weekly re?
view of southern industrial interests,
points out the rapid increase of the
exportation of grain from southern
ports, showing that for the 7 months
ended July 31st, New Orleaus ex?
ported more corn than any other port
in the United States, having led with
13,463,000 bushels, against 12,565,
000 bushels at Baltimore, the next
port, New York dropping to 9,700,
000 bushels and Philadelphia to
4,000,000 bushels. For the corres?
ponding 7 months of 1895 New Or?
leans exported 2,300,000 bushels and
New York 6,600,000 bushels-the in?
crease this season being li,000,000
bushels at New Orleans, and 3,000,
000 bushels at New York. For the
7 months under review New Orleans
exported more corn than New York
and Philadelphia combined. Galves?
ton, Newport News and other south?
ern ports are also sharing in this
heavy corn shipment business.
In railroad matters arrangements
are being completed for the early
construction cf the Kansas and
Northern, which will be the northern
connection of the Kansas City, Pitts?
burg and Gulf, thus giving the latter
company a direct line from Omaha
and Des Moiti?s to the gulf at Port
Arthur, Tex.
A large water frontage lia? been
purchased al Norfolk by the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
branch ofvthe Pennsylvania system,
for extensive terminal facilities. The
arrangements that have been made
for steamship lines to Galveston by
the North German Lioyd and the
Hamburg-American companies in
connection with railroad systems, in?
dicate a heavy movement of immi?
gration business through Galveston,
these lines expecting to tum to that
port a considerable amount of the
immigration business that has hereto?
fore gone to northern ports.
Among industrial news reported
for the week is the closing of a con?
tract by a Bpaumrnt, Texas, lumber
company foi 16,000.00-') feet of
lumber, including 380,000 railroad
ties ; a ?10,000 knitting mill at
Barnesville, Ga. Natchitoches, La.,
will spend about ?15,000 on water?
works ; the Shreveport Cotton Oil
company, $130,000 capital stock, is
now building an oil mill : the
McColgan Machine Shop company,
?25,000 capital stock, has been or?
ganized to build machine works at
McCombs City, Miss.; a ?75,000
woolen mill to be established at
Laredo, Tex ; Palestine, Tex., will
issue ?100,000 of bends for water
works ; the Mutual Building com?
pany will erect a $200,000 office
building at Atlanta ; the Carolina
Fire Insurance company, a ?30,000
office building at Charlotte, N. C ;
th? county commissioners will build
a $50,000 jail annex at Galveston ; a
$30,000 jail will be built at Griffin,
Ga ; a $14,000 court house at Lex?
ington, Ky.; an $18,000 court house
at Madisonville, Tenn.; the board of
trade will erect a $75,000 building at
Tampa, Fla.
These reports say that notwith?
standing the political activity, the
south continues to do a fair amount
of business, and that arrangements
are being pushed for general railroad
and industrial improvements through?
out that section.
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BRYAN'S WORD IS GOOD.
Senator Thurston Has Accepted it
as Conclusivo.
CHICAGO, Aug 19.-Before leaving
for New York to night Senator Thurs?
ton accepted as conclusive proof of
the falsity of the charge tue state?
ment made yesterday by Mr. Bryan
that he had never been in the employ
of silver mine owners or silver asso?
ciations Senator Thurston, at
Madison, Wis , recently quoted the
charge as originally made in the edi?
torial columns of the Chicago Chron?
icle and called on Mr. Bryan to say
if the accusation was true or false.
The benato said to day :
"Mr. Bryan's word is enough for
me and I shall be glad t? say as
much to the people of the country in
my next public address. Mr Bryan
has denied the charge which was
made by a Democratic newpaper and
I have no hesitation in believing
him."
sr.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report