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SUMTER, S. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1896.
New Series?Vol. XYI. No. 16
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The McKinley Cabinet
No Pledges Yet Made to Any
body by the President-elect.
New York. November 10.?Chair
man Mark A. Hanna was busy to-day
at Republican national headquarters
winding up the business detail? of the
campaign. He leaves to-morrow night
for Cieveiaod, where President-elect
McKinley will be bis guest for a week.
It is expected that the persooal of the
the new Cabinet will be pretty well
decided before the President-elect's
visit comes to an end.
Mr. Hanna when asked to-day if he
was going to make any additional state
ment regarding the political situation
before he left New York replied:
"Toe time is past for statements. "
? luncheon was given this afternoon
by Mr. Isaac H. Seligman in honor of
Mr. Hanna. There were thirty to forty
guests at the table. The luncheon was
informal and there were several short
speeches.
Mr. Seligman emphasized the impor
tance of joint action in the future by
the Republican and National Democrats
in settling the currenoy question.
Mr Hanna spoke at some length, and
said that the Administration recently
chosen. would go into office without
pledges of any kind and wholly uncom
mitted as regards the formation of a
Cabinet. This statement was greeted
with applause. Mr. Hanna also &pake
on the general character of the work
done by both political organizations in
the recent campaign, and said that both
the Republicans and the national Dem
ocrats would preserve the oraoizations
intact to further the good work so auspi
ciously begun. He hoped this organ
ization would be enabled to enlist ail
good citizens in the work still to bring
about thoroughly good conditions of
business. The general opinion was ex
pressed that no new political question
should be pushed to the front to disturb
business; that the country should now
have an opportunity to build up nation
al industries, and if that were done
there would be such an advance in gen
eral prosperity that laboring men and
business men alike would feel the bene
ficial results of the last election.
Cabinet Gossip.
Names Mentioned as Likely
to Receive Mr. MeKinley's
Attention.
From the Washington Star.
The cabinet goessers are hard at
work. Mr. McKinley will have an
abundance of men from whom to se
lect bis advisers.
To begin with, the president elect
has been given a private secretary in
the person of Joseph P. Smith, fcr
some years state librarian of Ohio, and
a close friend of Mr. McKinley Perry
S. Heath, late editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, and during the
past campaign in charge of the litera
ry bureau of the repnblicao national
committee, is also named prominently
for the private secretaryship, and bis
acquaintance with newspaper methods
would seem to fit htm for the place.
Then Mr McKinley owes Mr. Heath a
little debt of gratitude, for it was the
latter who championed the canse of
McKinley during the early stage of his
candidacy for the republican nomina
tion, and if the editor politician does
not get the private secretaryship, it is
generally believed he will receive some
substantial recognition.
Every one seems to take Mr. Hanna
at bis word, and to believe that be
really does not want any political fa
vor at the hands of the man for whose
success he has worked so diligently.
He could get no more credit than he
has achieved by his masterly handling
of the campaign, and it is said be will
now step asiie wishing Mr. McKinley
success in his administration.
Senator John M. Thurston, of Ne
braska, whose valiant work in secur
ing for Mr. McKinley bis nomination
is everywhere recognized, and it is be
lieved could, under ordinary circum
stances have a place in* the cabinet
but bis state being in the hands of the
populists bis retirement from the sen
ate would be equivalent to giving his
seat to a populist, which fact places
him beyond the pale of cabinet hon- j
ore
Republicans are very skeptical about
a gold democrat being taken into the
cabinet, though it ?i? thought by many
that concessions to the gold democrats
would result in retaining many of j
them in the republican ranks. It is
believed the gold democrats will be re
cognized by appointments to foreigD
missions.
The name of Senator Sherman is not
being mentioned prominently in con
nection- with "the treasury department
because there is a general belief that
the Ohio scoator would prefer ending
his political career in the senate, he
having announced that he will retire
from publio life at ths end of his pres
ent term. He has had cab net honors, (
and it-is understood that bis life in the
senate is so agreeable to him that he
weald not care to make a change.
Representative .Dingley, of Maine,
Cornelias Bliss, of New York, Lymao
P. Gage of Illinois and John Wanama
ker of Pennsylvania are regarded as
men who would make good secretaries
of the treasury. Representative Ding
ley of Maine is looked upon as espe
cially well fitted to take charge of the
treasury portfolio, fie is known by
every*ooe as a man of the widest leg
islative and executive experience, who
has the capacity of- giviog his work
infinite pains and whose knowledge of
everything connected with the fiscal
affairs of the government is most thor
ough.
For secretary of state there is sug
gested the names of Senator Cullom of
Illinois, Robert T. Lincoln, ex-minister
to England, and Cbauncey M. Depew,
but while Mr. Depew is regarded as. a
master of diplomacy, his railroad con
nections make him less desirable as
cabinet timber, provided he would con
sent to serve in such capacity.
Every one agrees that ex-president
Harrison would reeflct great credit on
the administration of McKinley if bo
could be ioduced to become secretary
of State. His undoubted legal attain
ments and knowledge of the arts of
diplomacy especially fit bim for useful
ness in that office. There is also a politi
cal reason for securing the active co-oper
ation in the work of the administration
of the statesman from Indiana. That
State will be in thejdoubtful list in the
next presidential election, and every
effort will be oeoessary to insure its con
tinuance, in the republican column.
Mr Harrison contributed much to sav
ing the state latt Tuesday,and it may be
his influence will be greatly needed to
keep it od the republican side four years
hence
Cbairnan Babcock is named for sec
retary of the interior or the postmaster
generalship. He has the advantage
of representing a state that gave the
republican ticket a large majority and
I of having done much to secure the elec
tion of Mr VT"Kinley while chairman
of the congi ?sional committee.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon is spoken
of for the interior department because
of his familiarity with the questions
tuat come before that branch of the
government Senator Mitcbdl, al
though a eilver man, is given the cred
it for holding bis State in the republi
can column.
Senator Manderson is looked upon as
good cabinet timber. Mr. Maodersoo
was originally from Canton, Ohio,
where years ago he served as city at
torney. He was in the senate twelve
years and duriag his last term was
chairman of the committee- on military
affairs, and his close acquaintance with
the needs of the army is looked upon as
well fitting him to preside over the war
department.
Senator Proctor is also spok o of as
a man who would make a good secretary
of war. Every one remembers how Mr.
Proctor become a McKinley man be
fore the St. Louis convention, and when
his failure to stiok closely to Mr. Reed
caused sometiog of a furore among
New England politicians
For the same department the name
of Gov. Alger of Michigan is also men- I
tioned. It was he who directed and
paid the expenses of the party of "gen
erals'* dating their tour of the West in
the interest of Maj. McKinley's candi
dacy, and ho is every where regarded as
a man of great executive ability.
Senator Quay of Pennslvania, Rep
resentative Boutelle of Maine and Mr.
de Young of the San Francisco Coron
ide are all suggested for secretary cf
the navy. Mr. Quay has a navy yard
and great shipbuilding concerns in
this state, and Mr. Boutelle,' besides
being one cf the original McKinley
men, has an ambition to be connected
with the navy, with which he has had
much to do as chairmen of the bouee
commut?e on naval affairs.
N. B. Scott of West Virginia is
spoken of in connection with the rost
master generalship.
Gov Lowndes of Maryland, it is be
lieved, would also be available as post
master general. Gov. Lowndes'politi
cal work has been very successful, and
his state having given McKioley such
a mangnificent majority is looked upon
as demandiog recognition.
J. C Corwin, delegate to the nation
al convention from Omaha, Neb , is
mentioned as attorney general to rep
resent the great northwest in the cabi
net. Mr. Corw?n served bis country
1 urtf?TftfHf
throughout the war and was io Maj. I
McKinley's regiment.
For secretary of agricol'Uf^ ex-sena
tor Sawver of Wisconsin and Gov.
Bradley of Kentucky are naoed. They
are bom mew well acquaiot?d wiih the
needs of agriculture, and it is believed
they would bo popular in that posi
tion.
Improvements in the
South.
The Manufacturer's Record
Reports Conditions Improv
ing?The Direct Trade
With Europe.
Baltimore, ?> . 12 ?The Manu
facturers' Record, to i'8 review of south
ern business conditions, says:
The remarkable growth of foreign
commerce through southern ports is em
phasized by the arrangement that
bave just been completed for the estab
lisbraent of direc steamship lines from
Norfolk, <!barlpsfon. Savannah and
Brunswick to European ports Five
years ago only three southern ports h-id
direct steamer Jioes to Europe, the
shipments from other por: heing by
tra^p steamers. Now southern
ports have cstabli.-bed li to various
British and continental ports. The
magnitude of this businpss is illus
trated io the faci that one company
operating alarg? nu tuber of steamers
bas eogaged much of their cargoes
through the whole winter and up to
March, sod another company operating
from Norfolk has about 50 or 60 steam
ers engaged for carrying genera! cargo
business this winter. This great in
crease in foreign export* is building up
southern seaports and giving to them as
much activity and prosperity as has
heretofore prevailed in ine industrial cen
ters of the south.
' Following the general improvement
since the election, a large number of
southern enterprises have resumed op
erations and others are preparing to do
so. Among the most important report
ed in these two classes during the week
are the Ashland Steel company and the
Norton Nail works at Ashland, Ky.;
the Baltimore tin plate oompany, em
ploying 200 liando; the Wheeling Iron
and Steel Company and the Whitaker
Iron company of Wheeling, and other
eoterpriees have increased the number
of their hands from 2,000 to 4,500; the
Kaoawba woolen milta of Charleston,
W. Va ; the Maryland silk mills of
Hagerstown; the cotton duck mills near
Baltimore; the Galvestoo, Texas, rope
and twine mill, employing 100 hands;
the Fostcria Glass works at Mounds
ville, W. Va., 300 men: Avery plow
works, Louisville Ky , 150 additional
men; the Louisville woolen mills, 300
operative?; the Bear Grass woolen mills
200 hands; the l?oward Harrison com
pany of Bessemer, Ala., put on full
foro?; Birmingham Rolling mill 1,500
men; the Gate City rolling mill. Gate
City, Ala., 900 men and a large num
ber of other industries throughout the
south. Among the new enterprises
looking to the development of business
interests in the south reported for the
week are a number of railroad uoder
dertakings; a ?1,000,000 company or
ganized in the west which has pur
chased 6,000 acres of land in Texas for
improvement and colonization in con
nection with manufacturing enterprises;
a Chicago company organized to pur
chase 200,000 acres of land in Ala
bama for colonization, sales of several
large tracts of timber lands for develop
ment; a $150,000 cellulose plant at
Oweneboro, Ky ; a $20,000 knitting
mill company at Union Point. Ga ; a
$100,000 electric light and power com
pany at Fort Worth, Texas Many
enterprises projected some mouths ago
and delayed by the political excitement
are now being taken up actively with a
view to securiog capital for immediate
construction Some of them have capi
tal already pledged contingent upon the
election, and these will be carried for
ward promptly. Reports to The Man
ufacturers' Record from all parts of the
south show a very hopeful feeling and
a determination to bend every possible
eoergy to the materia! advancement of
this section, the newspapers very gen
erally urging the people to drop poli
tics for the time and give attention to
the advancement of njaterial interests.''
Serious Reverses.
Madrid. Nov. 13 ?In an interview
th?- morning, Premier Canovas dei Cas
tollo said that there had been serious
reverses in Cuba, but that these ought
not tn discourage the national spirits.
Within the present month, ho said, the
government were sending such rein
forcements to Cuba and the Philippine
islands as should be at'e to put. an end
to the wars in both countries in a short
time. Until the couotry objected to
the sacri?ces, he declared the govern
ment would never desist in their prose
cution of the wars in Cuba and the
Philippines.
Sewing Machines and Organs cleaned and
repaii^day^??emter Music House.
"McKinley is Not a Bad Man."
From the Liureos Advertiser.
The Bryan movement might bave
more dignity if it bad been supported
by a single great State east of tbe Mis
sissippi and north of the Ohio Tbe
outcome indicates a reflected iight?the
little Utahs, Idahos and Wyomings?as
little moons, receiving their light from
the mighty orbs manipulated by Till
man, Evans, Watson and Morgan and
faintly ebed through tbe mists of the
mighty Mississippi. A verdict like
this rendered by tbe strongest nation
morally, and in fact physically, ends a
matter. There is do appeal ; especial
ly upon a mere question of policy.
Fortunately for all, tbe sectional ques
tions affecting the weaker section of the
nation are largely settled; There is
little vindictivenees anywhere. Busi
ness prospcrfy is the great problem left
for all. and to that all good citizens
will adjust themselves. McKinley is
not a bad man ; has no quarrel with
tbe South and all his hope of fame
and h^nor will be to make his
Administration a success?which only
li?e in the prosperity and happiness of
all people of all sections. We sympa
thize with the distressed everywhere,
with our home people, believe that there
should be financial relief, believe that
it will come. There has been no cam
paign in this State. It. was settled for
Bryan when he was named in Chicago.
It has not been in the power of a South
Carolinian to do harm or good towards
tbe result As we have endeavored to
impress our readers that prosperity de
pends not so much upon the Govern
ment as upon thrift and industry and
manly self-reliance they will have no
complaint against us. Certain
newspapers in this State have
been so confident and asserted
with euch blatant assurance from
day to day that Bryan was a three
lengths winner, that we have great
cause of complaint against them. Con
fident of their forecast and honesty we
were led away by their daily exultant
confidence. Charity demands tbat we
charge it to tbe exuberance of youth,
and solace ourselves in seeing them
writhing in the direful throes of the
dry grins.
mm
The Native and tli8 Foreign
Vote.
The New York Evening Post, one
of the most ardent of gold standard
newspapers, has been studying the
statistics of the census and the re
turns of the recent election togetber,
and has made a notable discovery
relative to the division of the people
on the lines of nativity. In regard
to the Southern States that voted for
Mr. Bryan and the policies he repre
sented the Post says :
"The whites have among them
only about 1 per cent of people of
foreign parentage in North Carolina,
between 3 and 4 in South Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee and between
4 and in Virginia, Alabama, Missis
sippi and Arkansas, about 15 in Flor
ida, 19 in Texas and 26 in Louisiana.
Tn the section as a whole the foreign
vote is very small, and '*n no one of
these last three has it over been a
controlling element."
Turning to the States that voted
for Mr. McKinley and the policies he
represented the Post finds :
" In New England persons of for
eign parentage constitute from about
23 per cent of the population in Maine
to 56 in Massachusetts and 59 in
Rhode Island, in New York about 57
New Jersey 50 and Pennsylvania 37,
about 35 per cent in Ohio, 44 in Iowa,
50 in Illinois, 55 in Michigan, 61 in
South Dakota, 74 in Wisconsin, 76 in
Minnesota aud 79 in North Dakota.
The foreign vote, it is demonstrat
ed, rolled up all the gold standard
majorities, almost carried Nebraska
and made up the largest part of the
minorities in Kansas and Missouri.
' The foreign metropolis of "Missouri
(St Louis) went for sound money
"by a large majority It was the
native "Americans who carried it the
wrong "way."
Wherever the native American
population predominates, the Post
concludes, the free silver movement
was strongest ' while the largely
foreign born North "went over
whelmingly right." It is certainly a
most interesting exhibit that the Post
has made. VvTe present it for what it
is worth, and allow it to speak for
itself.?News and Courier.
Cleveland, Ohio, November 10 ?
Commonwealer J. S. Coxey has called
a conference of all friends of the initi
ative and referendum and other reforms
to m?ci at the Liodeil Hotel, St. Louis,
on January 12, 1897. At this meet
ing a platform will be presented declar
ing for the demonetization of gold as
well as silver, State ownership of ail
railroads, highways, waterways and
telegraph and telephone lines, muni
cipal ownership o? all street car Hoes,
waterworks, market bouses, electric !
light and gas plants, woman's suffrage [
and election of President by direct
vote of the people. Also that national
banksj^BjuJd loan money to the people
Bloody Murder
In Greenville.
Greenville, Nov 10 ?Thh morn
ing about 9 o'clock, io Dunklin town
ship, 10 miles below Greenville, Thom
as VY. Austin ebot and instantly killed
J. B. Beeco. A year ago Beeco moved
from Piedmont to the Austin neighbor
hood. Mr. Austin alleged that im
proper relations existed between Beeco
and Mrs. Austin and ordered Beeco
to leave the neighborhood and never re
turn under the penalty of death. Bee
co t ad not been seen in the neighbor
hood since until this morniug, when he
and his father drove up to Austin's
store, which is part of his resideoce.
He called Mr Austin. The latter saw
him, grabbed his double-berrele-i shot
gun, which was loaded with buckshot,
ran out to the buggy and emptied the
first load into Beeco's brest and as he
fell fired the other load into hie head.
Austin came to the city this afternoon
bringiog the gun which he used and
surrendered to the sheriff. He is now in
jail.
Austin is 52 years old, his wife 40
and Becco 25. Austin is not consider
ed strong minded; is said to be of a
jealous disposition and at one time was
thought to be insaoe. The Becco side
of the case has not yet been learned.
Condition of the Treasury.
Washington, November 10.?The
treasury for the first time io several
years is receiving gold in considerable
quantities for customs duties. From
this reason, and from the further fact
previously mentioned in these dispatches
that gold is bejog withdrawn from
hoarding places and deposited in the
various sub-treasuries, the gold balance
at the close of business to-day had in
creased to ?122,234,315. The pres
ent policy of the department is to dis
cbarge the receipt of gold, as the treas
ury has not on hand, without ioconve
niencing itself, sufficient currecey to
exchange for all the gold likely to be
offered The present treasury balance
is ?229.803,000, of which, exclusive of
the ?122.000,000 gold, $51,853,000 is
in greenbacks aod $39,471,000 io Sher
mao notes. Only $13.343,000 of silver
certificates remain in the treasury. The
continued increase in the deficir is now
engaging the attention of Secretary
Carliale, and will bo treated of by him
in bis annual report. It is rumored
tbat he will recommend an increase in
the tax on beer from ?1 to ?2 per bar
rel This proposition is said to be fav
ored by Commissioner Miller. The
treasury deficit for this month up to
date?one-third of the month having
pa.-sed?is ?4,458,000, making an
aggregate since July 1, 1895, of ?37
342,000.
He Had It in His Pocket.
"A misunderstanding as to the
meaning; of a word sometimes leads
to peculiar situations,v said Rev. A.
L. Smith, of Chicago, at the Arling
ton, to a Washington Star writer.
"In company with several other
miuisters I was riding in a stage or
hack, which served the purpose of a
stage, eu route to campmeeting. The
road wound among the mountains,
and the air was delightful, while the
scenery was almost sublime. I was
invigorated as though by a powerful
ton?c, and several times remarked
upon the ozone in the air.
"Aftei one of these observations
the driver stopped the horse, and,
beckoning to me slily, climbed from
the seat. Wondering what he could
want, I followed him, and soon we
were behind a large tree, out of view
of the wagon.
" 'Parson,' said the driver,
couldn't bear to see you suffer. The
ozone you smelled was in my
pocket.'
"With these words he drew forth
large bottle of whiskey, which he
ffered to me. It took several min
utes to convince him that it was not
whiskey I had referred to as ozone."
The three-year-old boy ' J. A, Johnson,
of Lynn Center, 111, is subject to attack? of
croup. Mr. Johnson says he is satisfied that
the timely use of Chamberlain's Cou^h Reme-,
dy, during a severe attack, saved his little
boy's life. He is in the drug business, a j
member of the firm of Johnson Brus, of that j
placf-: and they handled a great ninny patent I
medicines for throat and lung diseases. He
had all these to choose from, and skilled ;
physicians readj to respond to his call, but i
selected this remedy for use in his own fami- |
ly at a time when his child's life was in dan
ger, because he knew it to be superior to any
other, and famo:i3 the country owr for ils
cures of croup. Mr. Johnson s ?ys this is the
best Sellin? couch medicine they handle, and
that it gives splendid satisfaction in all c.ses
Sold by Dr. ?. J. China.
Highest cf all in Leavening Po*
More About Saiem County.
An esteemed correspondent sends
ns a copy of a letter printed recently
in the Sumter Watchman and South
ron, in advocacy of the adoption o
"Salem" as the name of the new
county proposed to be formed from
parts of Sumter and other old coun
ties, and invites us to consider the
arguments therein presented. They
are in substance as follows :
"See how full of inspiration is Sa
lem ; King of righteousness, King of
peace.
"Providentially Salem comes to
the front when we see so many evi
dences of white wiDged peace hover
ing all over our distracted State
"There is power in a name. Jose
phine presented a petition to Napo
leon interceding in behalf of some
English prisoners. He refused until
he heard the name of Dr. Jenner.
The pardon was then granted.
"Solomon says a good name is bet
ter than great riches.
"We have made a good selection,
as being a historical, traditional and
household name."
We are not disposed to argue the
question further than we have done
already It is one that concerns
mainly the people of the new county,
and if they are satisfied with "Sa
lem" and think it' is the best name
that they could give to their county
we shall abide their decision without
a murmur. We may suggest to our
j correspondent and bis neighbors,
however, that Solomon's remark was
not applied to counties, but to men,
and that Salem can have no particu
lar "historical or traditional" signifi
cance or value for the designation of
a county in this State when it al
ready designates another county in
another State, and about 75 towns
and villages and post offices scatter
ed throughout all the States, not to
mention possibly a thousand country
churches.
The Napoleonic incident does not
appear to us to have any especial
bearing upon the case, unless the
name "Jenner'' is proposed as an
alternative for "Salem," as to which
we are not informed.
Finally, "Salem" does not mean
''King of righteousness," or "King
of peace." If one of those titles is
what the people of the new couDty
have in mind the Hebrew equivalents
of them, respectively, are Melehiz
edek, and Melchisalem. Salern only
means "peace," dry so without the
"King."
And, speaking for ourselves only,
we are unable to find "so many evi
dences of white "winged peace
hovering over" any county in this
State, eld or new, as to warrant nam
ing it Peace County?News and
; Courier.
The Georgia Senatorial Race.
Atlanta, Nov. 13 ?Governor At
kinson's withdrawal from the sena
torial race was announced in the
Democratic caucus which met at 3
o'clock this afternoon. A letter from
his friends to the governor was read,
and Mr Meldrin of Savannah stated
that he was authorized to inform' the
general assembly that the governor
was out of the race. This practical
ly narrowed it down to Clay and
Howell. The Clay people claimed
that they would nominate their man
on the first ballot, but that ballot re
sulted : Clay 81, Howell 54, Lewis
18, Garrard 11.
Mr. Lewis was withdrawn yester
day, but his friends put him back in
today
The second ballot resulted : Clay
77, Howell 56, Lewis 25, Garrard 4,
Turner 4 Necessary to choice 89.
Immediately after this ballot, the
caucus adjourned until 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon
Col T. M. Norwood, former
United States senator, stated to night
that his name would be presented to
the caucus next Monday afternoon.
Colonel Norwood was a candidate
six years ago for the senate and re
ceived the second highest number of
votes. He is one of the original free
coinage men There was talk to
j night about President Berner of the
,l State senate being voted for, and
there was talk also among tbe friends
of Colonel Lewis Garrard. and it may
be that he will be pushed forward by
his friends.
"The worst cold I ever iia-i in cir lift; was '
cnr.d by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,"
writes W. H. Norton, o?" Satter Cr^r-k, Cal.
'? This cold ?efe :ne with a cough and I was
expeciorating all the time. The Remedy
curei me, and I vrant all o?' mv iiir>n.?3 when
troubled with a cousfa or cold to use i\ for
it will do them good.*' Said by Dr. A. J.
China.
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