The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 23, 1896, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 1896.
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The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani
festly t'je best advertising medium in
Sgmter.
The enthusiastic mass meetings
that are being held in all parts of the
country for the purpose of expressing
sympathy with the Cubans who are
fighting for independence shows that
the people of the country decidedly
disagree with Mr. Cleveland and his
advisers in thinking that it is tbe
beet policy to give the Spanish more
time in which to complete the butch
ery of the non comb?tate and wound
ed prisoners that fall into their hands.
The cold blooded and heartless policy
pursued by the Government has had
the effect of arousing the great mass
of American citizens to a pitch o
indignation that nothing short of the
recognition of the Cubans as belli
gerents or the intervention of the
United States will appease. The
mass meetings are probably caused
in part by temporary excite
ment, bat behind it all there
Is a great deal of earnestness
and determination that will force a
recognition of the rights of theiCu
bans from the administration and
Congress The people are in close
touch with Congress and what they
resolutely and unitedly, demand Con-1
rese will not dare deny,for the mem
?Tt? of that body know that their
tenore of office and political future
lepends upon the good will of their
ionstitntents. They know that the
>eople elect them as representatives
not rulers, and will not submit
quietly to an assumption of rulership
representatives.
The bluffing of Spain may frighten
office holders, who imagine that
?ey are the government and that the
remainder of the couutry amounte to
>mparatively little, but the people,
the seventy million or so of common
I everyday folks who pay the taxes and
are occasionally granted the privilege
$f Y?*|ng f?r ?b? o&?eholders, are not
jsacred a lut?e bit. and just at tee
^t seem in the humor to call Spain's
?bluff, ?od tbeu ask what she is going ]
. 'to. & about it. Kt *
The Watchman and Southron ex
tends to its friends the compliments
o? tbe eeasou May the Christmas
tide be a period of pleasure, happi
ness and peace in every household
into which the paper goes; may
every leader, be he in sunny Florida,
a citizen of far off California, in the
great State of Texas, amid the blue
gras hills ot Kentucky, or in our na
tive Carolina, find this Christmas
more pleasant than any that has pre
ceded it And may the coming year
be more prosperous and freer from
the cares and sorrows of life than the
years that are numbered with the
great and irreclaimable past
Washington Letter.
Washington. Dec. 21.?TA'?'? ;
war and voting for what wo* Id h?i ?
actual war are two very differir things.
Tbo leading Republicans furubhtd
their share of the war talk which pro
ceeded the election in the halls of Con
gress, but now that the election is over
and a Republican president is on the j
eve of being inaugurated, some of
these Republicans have changed their
tane. This has been especially notice
able since tbc Senate Committee on !
'Fumigo Relations took the buli by the j
boms and reported a short, resolution j
dec?anos ?he independence of Cuba.'
a?.d th.?t -be ?. S. >Tould use its good |
offices to bring about peace between the j
Spaniard* and Cuba, notwithstanding a j
profe.-t frcm Secretary Oin.-y, who ap
peared before the- Committee and
argued for a continuance of ?he ilicy
of non-action. Tbe Republicans bave
not made any party announcement on
this resolution aud probably will not
nntil the public discussions during the j
Congressional holiday recess shall have j
shown unmistakably whether it wou?d I
be wise for them to make the defeat of !
tbe ?esolution a party question. McKin
ley doesn't want the resolution adopted,
end bis closest friends ic^Cocgress are
scheming to get up a plan under which
it may be hung up without a vote. '?
Speaker Reed declines to publicly com- j
mit himself, but he is believed to be
against it. That the resolution, if put
into force, would result in war wi:h j
Spain is believed by all, but it is a long !
ways from being in force, and your
correspondent would not like to put up j
a cent on its ever being put in force. ;
In the first place, it would have j
to get a two-thirds vote io both
branches of Congress in order to be j
adopted over President Cleveland's '
veto, which it would certainly meet j
upon its first adoption. McKinley'**
wishes may not affect the Seoate, bat
they will have much weight in the
House. The fate of the resolution de
pends largely upon the state of public
opinion when Congress ^assembles,
and that may be affected one way or
the other by news from Cuba duriog
the next two weeks.
The remarkable positioo assumed to
ward the Cuban resolution by Secretary
Olney is causing mach talk among the
Constitutional lawyers in and out of
Congress. He says that the President
alooe is vested by the Constitution with
authority to recognize a new state and
that Mr. Cleveland will not obey the
resolution even if it should receive the
unanimous vote of both branches of
Congress, but will regard it simply as
an expression of Congressional opinion
Most of those who will talk express the
opinion that Mr. O'ney is wrong
The Tennessee delegation in the
House are under obligations to Speaker
Reed for counting a quorum to pass the
bill appropriating ?130,000 for a Gov
ernment building and Exhibit at the
Nashville Centennial, which was
fought by Representative Bailey, of j
Texas.
? goodly number of Senators and
Representatives didn't wait for the ad
jouroment on the 22od for the Christ
mas recess. Congress will reassemble
Jan. 5
In addition to Senator Allen's reso
lation for a general investigation by a
Senate Committee of the expenditure
of the money in the Presidential cam
paign, Representative Meredith, of
Va , has offered a resolution providing
for an investigation of the report
alleging that -National Banks con
tributed large sums to the republican
campaign fand. A preamble says
that National banks being ander
Government control, it is clearly j
within the province of Coogress to pro- 1
tect their stock holders from misase of
their funds. The resolution provides for
committee of eleven, including repre
sentatives of the republican, demo
cratic, silver republican, populist and
National democratic parties, which shall
iave power to send for persons and pa
pers in its investigation, and which is
directed to report if it bo found that
juch contributions were made whether
he same were lawful, and if not,
?bat penalties are provided by law d
The resolution farther directs that all c
Government bank examiners shall as- 1
list the Committee by investigating un- 1
1er its instructions,'the bank* in their c
Ii8trict9. c
Senater Vest declares the report ridi- D
iuIous that be had the nomination of 1
Secretary Francis held htm up to help v
iim get reelected to the Seoate, and 0
falls attention to the fact that there is 1
leitber a Palmer, nor a McKinley t
lereocrat io the Missouri legislature f
.V.s to why this and other gold demo
rratic Domiuatisos bave been held up,
Vir. Vest said : "The nomination of
Francis was postponed for consideration j e
intil after the recess as were the nomi- j
jations of a)4 the Palmer or McKinley
lemtcra's," There was a look in the
jyes of the Senator wb?n he spoke
?hieb bodes no good for the^e held up 3
lominatioos. ?
Charlie Crisp, son of the late cx
Speaker of the Hooee, was sworn in as
i member on Saturday. He is tbc 8
youngest member of the House. ^
The Coffee Fight. a
New York, Dec. 21 ?The compe-1 j
tition between the American Sugar
Refining Company (generally known
as the Sugar Trust) and the firm of
Arbuckle Brothers, coffee merchants,
is on in earnest Another reduction
of 1-2 cent, a pound in the wholesale
price of roasted coffee was made
today (the second r?duction thus ! j
far), and there is a margin yet of 4 j (
or 5 cents, it is said, before rock bot- j
torn prices can be reached?that is,
prices at which only a bare margi? (
of profit, if any at all, can be made j ,
by the toasters ,
Casper, Wyo , Dec 21.?At Ther
mopolis, Fremont County, F Han
son, Deputy Sheriff, owuer of the
town site, and a wealth}' man, gave
a dance last night, to which Thomas
Bird, a wealthy cattle man and rival
magnate, came uninvited He was !
promptly shot and killed by Hanson. ;
who is now in custody.
San Antonio, Texas. Dec 21 ? ?
Westbound passenger train, No. 2.
on the Southern Pacific Railroad, was
held up by three masked men and i
three money packages from the ex j
press car were Rtolen at midnight
last night, near Comstock, 20S miles !
west of San Antonio
Washington, Dec 21 ?The Ten
nessee centennial bill, which carries
an appropriation of ?130,000 for a
government building and exhibit at
the Nashville exposition, which will I
open in May next, was signed by !
Vice President Stevenson and Speak- j
er Reed to day and at 4 o'clock sent j
t > the White House. Messrs McMil
lin and Washington, as well as other
members of the Tennessee delega
tion, all of whom have labored un j
ceasingly to secure a favorable ac
tion on the measure, will see Presi
dent Cleveland in the morning and
urge his immediate approval of the
bill.
Two oegroes, Elliott Way and !
Henry Grant, while digging a grave
on Monday at Emancipation Church,
a few miles from St. Matthews, became j
involved in a quarrel, io which Grant
was shot by Way, the ball entering the j
right side and coming out at the hack j
j'jst under the shoulder blade. Dr A j
11. Abie, who attended the wounded !
man, thick* the wound not serious.
Timo to Load Guns.
Grand Demonstration for
Cuba in New York.
THOUSANDS IN LINE.
New York, Dec 21.?Two great
demonstrations in favor of struggling
Coba took place in thi.s city to-night
Ooe was a street parade of tbe organi
zation called The Friends of Cuba.
The other was a mass meeting at Coop- r
Union called by tbe Cuban league of
tbe Uoited States Several thousand
men took part in the street parade and
many thousands more lined the side
walks and cheered enthusiastically
along tbe line of march The proces
sion formed on e?st Eighty-sixth and
Eighty-seventh streets aud marched by
way of Third and Lexington avenues
and Broadway to Cooper Union. Franz
Mayer, president of the organization,
was grand marshal The columu was
divided into 10 battalions. An Ameri
can flag was carried at the head of each
battalion with two Cuban soldiers as es
jorts A large number of transparu
3?es were carried illustrating Spanish
Massacres. One showiog tbe killing
)f Maceo bore the title "Spain's last
riump in murdering the flag of truce "
3tber inscriptions were "Let congress
ict ; the people will uphold congress,'
Americans for liberty and facts," "Re
Dember Washington and Lafayette,"
Uphold the Monroe doctrine," "An
Hher star to tbe constellation of repob
les." "For God's sake stop tbe mur
1er io Cuba," "We die, but no surreo
?er," "Viva Cuba Libre,v "Joio tbe
imerioan Friends of Cuba?our ob
eot is to assist tbe down-trodden and
o prohibit Spain from committing fur
her assassinations "
Cooper Union was packed to the
loors when the meeting of the Cuban
eague was called to order by its presi
(eot, Ethan Allan, a lineal descendent
>f tbe general of the same name, of
evoluottooary fame.
President Allen was greeted with
iheers when be rose to speak. He said
part :
"This immense and enthusiastic au
lience is proof that the heart of our
itizens stili throbs in harmony for awy
)eople struggling to be free. Further
ban this, it is proof that tbe Ameri
an people do nor. breathe the air of j
oward??, although some of the govern- I
aent may. We are assembled to-night
o uphold in other lands the cause for
fbicb Wasbingtio and his compatriots
outooded iu this If we are not. wili
ng to make some sacrifices to extend
be heritage of liberty bequeathed to us
rom the storms of battle, we are un
rorthy to hold and enjty it ourselves.
"W? assemble here -nigbt as
Americans to declare that tbe iodepend
nee of Cuba sball be recognized now.
[\? delay is to make ourselves respon
ible for the farther ruin aud slaughter
?hioh will follow Cuba has resolved
inon freedom or ex'erruination, and
pplauding her heroic energy, it, is our
lucy to stay tbe assassin's hand. With
Spain, we have tried argument long
nough. She i* not amenable to rea
on, so we must resort to some other
orces. The time has come to stop our
alking and to load our guns. We are
inimated with the hope that a brighter
lay is to dawn upon these struggling
leroes of the Antilles
"The Cuban league which ?3 here to
tugnrated, will iaboi on till, from the
Mount Sittai of our own invincible re
)ublicanism. we thunder our comro/ind,
>o that Spain shall hear, and hearing
ha!l obey, 'Let those Cubans go.' "
A long preamble and resolutions
jreathing the spirit of Pre-ident Allen's
'pecch were adopted The concluding
'esultinoti is as follows :
'Resolved, That the Cuban league
)f the Uc-'ucd ?tatci?, organized to dif
fuse the sei.tticcnfs and to secure to
Cuba by all legal moans, the inali?n
able rights cf s?!f government, will
labor cu until i-s u/issioo is accomplish
2d And fh furtherarico of its object
we a<k that a copy of these resolutions
ss expressive of :he sense of this meet
ing, be forwarded to the representatives
of the people in congress and in other
branches of th.? government."
Gen. Bradley Johnson criticised
the attiiude of President Cleveland.
At the conclusion of Gen. Johnson's
speech the secretary, De Ziyas, read
letters from Senators Henry Cabot
Lodge, John Morgan, Wilkinson Call,
R Q. Mills, S. M. Cullom, Thomas
Dixon, Jr.. and Governor Morton
All regretted their inability to be pres
and fr-peak for Cuba's cause.
in most part the letters condemned
the butchery being conducted by the
Spanish soldiers under Weyler Sec
retary De Ziyas read a number of let
ters from prominent people giving
financial aid to the cause. Among
them was one from W. E D. Stoke*,
donating j^-^OO When this was an
nounced, the crowd called loudly for
Stokes. Finally, Mr. Stokes respond
ed : "I am convinced that our repre
.-eutative in Washington, Mr. Gluey, is
doing what every citizen knows to be
wrong. Here h a nation knocking at
our door and asking for liberty and free
dom. Snail wc help them? I say we
are not true Americans uolcss wo do.
it. is a great and grand cause that these
Cuban patriots are fighting for and they
deserve the help of the greifest of all
civilized nations, the United States."
Dr Verona spoke in Spanish, and
Dr. Ztyas aud Louis S A'incent aud
others followed with addresses
Delegate T. letrada Palraa, the
Cuban repre.-en\(ative to this couotry,
was wildly cheered as he stepped to the
\
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platform Mr. Palma said that he was
srrry that a severe cold prevented his
j speasiug
George Francis Train spoke a few
words and the meeting adjourned
El Paso, Texas, Dec 21.?Ex
Queen Lilioukalani of Hawaii parsed
through El Paso to day on the Sun
set limited, en route to Washington
She is accompanied by her maid, a
ver}' dignified and stately matron
The ex Queen refused to be inter
viewed, but appeared to enjoy being
the center of attraction of the crowd
of curious people who assembled at j
the Southern Pacific to see how she
looked
Anti-Trust Law.
Atlanta, Dec 15?The lower
house of the Georgia legislature
today passed ths Calvin anti-trust
bill, which prohibits any combination
or arrangement by which full compe
tition in the manufacture or sale of
any commodity ie prevented. The
bill is aimed at the rebate contracts
made by the large manufacturers,
which afford larger commissions to
dealers handling their goods exclu
sively than to those dealers who
handle the goods of competitors. It
provides that any corporation violat
ing the terms of the law shall forfeit
its right to do business in Georgia
and the penalty for violating the
etatute is imprisonment in the pen
itentiary. While the bill is directed
mainly against the oil, sug^r, tobac
co, iron, snuff and similar trusts, its
provisions are far-reaching and the
passage of the bill has attracted
much attention. It will go to the
senate to morrow, where it comes to
a final vote on next Friday or Satur
day.
Standard books, poems, novels, essays,
etc, ia various bindings and editions at
H. G. Osteeo & Co's. Several new editions
to be found only at this store will make
exquisite Cbristmp.s gifts.
cotton m?Skbt.
New York, December 22.?Market opeoed
steady. Closed steady.
Opening. Closing.
Dec. 6.70 6.70
Jan. 6.75 6.80
Feb G.83 6 88
Mur. 6 91 6.97
Apr. 6 93 7.05
May. 7 05 7.12
Jun. 7.10 7.17
Liverp&ol, Dec. 22 ?Marke-t opened] steady.
Closed ??eady.
Opening- Cosing.
Dec. and Jany. 3.56 3.56
Jan. and Feb. 3.54 3.56
Feb. and Mar. 3 '.4 3.56
Mar. and Apr. 3 51 3.57
Apr. and May. 3.55 3.58
May and Jun. 3 55 3.53
Sttmrpr spot market?6.35.
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Dec. 23-3t
PATRICK BURNS
Informs hi- friends and the public that be |
hua opened business in the Tuomey Block, at
the late etand of Fra'k U'Donnell, with a;
stock of
GENER?L MERCHANDISE, j
and solicite patronage.
Prices as Low as ADywhere.
Dec 23?4L
he Suinter Ifry floods ? o.,
At Cost.
Our Entire Stock of
Cloaks
Blankets.
Comforts.
Spreads,
And Dress Goods,
Will be closed out at a reduced price for
The Next 7 Days
Remember you have only 7 days to se
cure these bargains,
FHE SDMTER DRT OOODS GO.
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TV here shall I go
to find a nice assort
ment of goods suit
able for Christmas/
presents?
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will find a beautiful
line of:
Mufflers, Embroidered Suspend
ers, Gloves, Initial and Plain
White Silk Handkerchiefs, Fan
cy Silk Handkerchiefs, Um
brellas, Walking Canes, "Pall
Mall" and "Imperial" Neck
Ties. Fore-in-Hands and other
Shapes. Lovely Fancy Silk
Handkerchiefs at 25 cents.
Sumter, S. C.