The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 30, 1900, Image 2
Our Institutions
SCOPPS AT PUBLIC OPINION
Robbery and Murder Are Its Hand
; maidens and Roguery Thrives Un
der its Administration ? Tostai
Frauds In Cuba?The Thieves Are
Hanna*? Minions-?The Wannaaker
Exposures In Pbiladelpb in?Honest
Senator Tilintan?Boer Sympathy.
Special Washington Letter.]
The story of Hercules and his cleans
ing of the Augean stables is familiar to
the cars of men. Though old and
threadbare, it still possesses a strange
fascination for the human misd and
remains to this day a performance
with which to compare all things diffi
cult cf accomplishment. But a greater
task than all the labors of Hercules
confronts the American people and
that is to rid the republic of the Re
publican party, which is riding it as
another Old Man of the Sea.
It seems determined by its cspers in
this year of grace to illustrate all that
is forbidden in politics or vicious in
morals.
Early in the year the country -0ns
startled by the fact that Kentucky Re
publicans had added assassination to
their other methods cf political war
fare. Whether Governor William Goe
bel was a paragon of virtue and a
prodigy of brains, as his eulogists as
sert, or a monster in human form, as
his enemies maintain, has nothing to
do with the total depravity manifested
by Kentucky Republicans in "the deep
damnation of his taking off." They
murdered him in cold blood for the
base and sordid motive of holding on
to a few paltry offices. The deep and
humiliating stain upon the party which
falsely arrogates to itself all virtue, all
learning, all purity, all patriotism is
the fact that the de facto Governor j
Taylor is supposed to have been parti- i
ceps criminis in the foul and cowardly j
assassination of his competitor. The !
Borgias never did a more criminal and
abhorrent thing that that. The papers
say that Taylor has been indicted as
an accessory before the fact. It has
always appeared to me that a capable
and courageous prosecuting attorney
<*)uid convict him as an accessory aft
er the fact. Perhaps he ivas both.
For the sake of the fair fame of my j
native state and the credit of human
nature, I hope he may be able to dem- j
onstrate his innocence clearly?even ?
beyond the shadow cf a doubt. Not I
that ? care anything for Taylor?all j
his acts prove him to be a poor crea- ?
ture,' utterly unworthy of the high ;
place which he holds?but because his j
innocence would remove a, foul blot j
from our political system. If guilty, j
I hope he will be hanged on a gallows ?
40 cubits high, as an example and j
warning to other evildoers.
' The Postal Tbievrs. ?
* Just cs the country was recovering i
its breath after its astonishment at the :
intra!ratios of assassination as a
means for securing and holding- office :
cani-' the disgusting and startling rev- j
eia;!< :. cf the thievery of Xeely and :
his ga::;; in Cuba like a c?a!) of thunder j
out cf a clear sky. It is extremely ;
que:-:!'"-able as a matter of law
whether they can be convicted. Not
ihn* the theft is in doubt?there ap
pears to be no cavil abe;:: ti at. except
the amount, which already exceeds 1
$2Q&< ' 0 and is still growing daily?the j
trouble will ?rije b cottri on two
points: Whose men?;.' .;" ! they steal?
Was :r Cuba's cr did it belong to the
United S:::te:;V ? The t? sestieri as to
jurisdiction. What law did they vio
late. <":.ba:i or AmericanV What court
has j;:risd:c?*6:f o'rer ?he::i? The
ehan - s are ten to one .thai they had
studied all these questions thoroughly
before co?aii:::;;:?- their series of
erimes. and that they ivli? through
techxe alltles ?o unwaHipeil of jt:s:iee
and ?D son e <j!!;: t nook will enjoy the
fruity ef their c rimes.
In the neantinie the Washington
Post discerns certain ?hi':^-> hielt
ma' * it restiess. 1: is essimored of
McKinley and ??clvialcylsm. hut it
wer:: a? eonceraed that b-"2akors are
ahead h>. ti:;' following 7:gorouf? ed
itorial: ?
is THIS ' Sih.li POSSiUJ.?.?
Noi: :-?. <: ..?. ;? . cither ! ini <? expressed.
* ^ *?<. - cr proc?ST?ned, t.as caused ? - ;? rovi*
<.^r <- ;>:?. .'.? zi I !r:i' .:? poslo?ftcc sra-:::hi? :? < ul>a
ero::!-.: ? ? \ ?;''??ed without regard t ? a:?v private
or political interests, ttc sii M ;? a.r ;?in tl?at tt?<?
administration ovos it ?? ;:??.? ?. .??:?> - the !
Amerio pcop>* of ?l? classes a:;:! parir affilia
tions?e> sirt lili? n..'!!r'-r i- ti?r bottom an-.1 to
expose ?"? I piKwjr the gu?l?y. ??? rua: ter what
may i-e ?iieir connections or ti -e mSuencr. Put
ting : ,~ c;-.jo(.?i??n On ti.o lowest and mo*t K>rdiJ
basis. t\- far; r<matr s that votes v. ;: cecured
to the Ite puMkfii party juat i:: proportion as U;at
party commits it>olf to the wrai % o? decency ?"'i
the observances o? public virtue. ,
To oiir yroat uneasiness and rearer we lave de- :
t^cted v?-.at seeros lo he :t dispoi?it**a ori the part '
of the government to suppress disclosures in Ha- j
Tana and to envelop tin* whole incident in a j
?.lc;;d of languid investigation ami educated non- !
committaUstn. t'nder one suave pretext or an- j
other. t?y some queer sbuSnng of authority or ;
transfer of responsibility, the udministration La3 !
twisted itself?unintentionally. nc? do<?bt?into an !
attilt?de of obstruction and suppression. We note
the issuance of an order V.ist no more arrests shall
be made and no mor? facts bo communicated to
the press, and we recognize, or think \ve reeo?nize. ;
the slowly but eurely growing structure of a pol- !
>ry of secrecy and occultation. If we be well ad- I
vised in this?and wo hope r.ot?it remains to be j
said only that the administration is preparing for i
itself a deep humiliation and disaster.
The Indianapolis Journal, one of the most i::flu- ;
Wntial Republican organs in the country, says:
"A Washington telegram says the administra- |
tion fears the scandal in the Cuban postal sor-rie?
may have a bad political effect ia this s'ate. It
would if any disposition were shown to smother
an investigation or shield guilty persons,* but not
otherwise. The nere fiscovcry of u ?us, v.-Tfi 1 e a I
matter for profound regret, ought not to hurt the j
j administration in this cr any other state if the j
j situation is promptly and vigorously dealt with j
j and if the discovery leads to the establishment of j
j a Letter system and service."
j And. indeed, this is the plain, unvarnished I
troth. The most hitter enemies of the adminis-.
sftrion could contrive for its ruin no moro deadly ;
implication than the appearance of a desire on j
its part to hide the facts and screen the crimi- j
r.als in this disgraceful and abhorrent scandal,
The American peuple arc not dupes and fools. ?
They cannot be placated by the sacriiicc cf one
victim when they know, in their hearts, that there !
are others equally i: not more guilty. The worst !
thing that can happen to Mr. McKinley is a sus- !
pid?n that some one, acting by Ids authority, is ?
trying to immerse the whole episode in the opaque ?
puddle of red tape, star chamber confabulation j
j and interminable inquiry. The blunder of l'orto
! Rico would be as nothing in comparison.
?n:;>er?r??ism In Cnba.
Of course all good citizens of all par
ties had hoped that Neely's case was j
only a sporadic case of thievery and
did not indicate that the Cuban-Aineri
can postal revenue system is rotten to
the core. b?? latest developments show
j that such a hope was destined to dis
appointment. It now appears that many
besides the greedy Xeely were busy gob
bling great gobs of the public money,
whether Cuban or American I shall not
undertake at this writing to say, but
one cr t'other or both. Even the be
loved Rathbone seems to have led the
van. His desire appeared to be to dem
onstrate the preposterous capers which
can be cut by "a beggar on horseback."
or, in this case, a beggar in the post
office department.
If we had recognized the independ
ence of the Cuban republic, as we
should have done, we would have
avoided this huge and unsavory scan
dal, together with many other unpleas
ant things, but when we went in for
establishing and maintaining a "sta
ble" government over there we got into
all sorts of trouble and at last into dis
grace.
Rathbone cut such an amazing dash
that I am afraid that Republicans
would accuse me of drawing the long
bow if, in my own language, I gave
an account, even plain and unvarnish
ed, of his imperial goings on and do
ings. But Republicans ought to be
lieve Republicans, as nobody else will
believe them. So I quote Republican
papers for the edification of Republic
an readers?those doubting Thomases
who still hug the delusion that there is
anything good in the G. . P. Here is
an excerpt from the "Washington cor
respondence of the Cincinnati Commer
cial Tribune, a thick and thin Repub
lican organ:
Major Rathbone's exaggerated estim?t? of his
own importance as a government o?ftcial in Cuba
and his personal extravagance are the subjects of
innumerable stories here.
These stories are chiefly related by civilians,
army officers and government employees who have
returned from the island. They include anecdotes
o? Major Rathbone's fashionable residence, furnish
ed and fitted out from the Cuban revenues, and the :
somewhat regal manner in which he lives and en
tertains.
Among the expenses paid out of these revenues
was an item of Chinese lanterns with which the
grounds of Rathbone's residence were illuminated
upon the occasion of a fashionable gathering.
Some cf Ids social functions entailed an outlay of
hundreds of dollars, but I?athbc:ic-*s personal in
come did not sutler thereby. L-oats and yachts j
were freely placed at the disposal cf Major Bath
bone's friends and ^uestr. Upon these boats there j
were merry excursions, and the Cuban revenues j
paid the bill. One instance is related where a wo- j
man correspondent, who announced that she in
tended to print an article laudatory of Major j
Rathbone. had a boat placed at her disposal for i
an extended junket, during which she visited all
the important seacoast towns. It is said upon au- !
thority here that Rathbone made four visits to the I
United s?a?cs. accompanied by ids family, and
fur each ot these visits turned in an expense bill j
ot $2.000, which was paid. None c: these bills :
found its way to the postoffice department a: ?
Washington. The Cuban system since the outset !
has been practically independent of the service j
here.
A Flasrraat Scandal.
That, mark you. is au excerpt from '
a Republican paper.
If it will not be considere ! .:s rub
Ding it in, I hereby commend to Rc- J
publicans this rich editorial from the !
Philadelphia North American, a Re- j
publican paper from away back:
OUR T?IIEVE3 IN CUBA. f
It is cx?reraciy unfortunate f<'r the policy of j
expansion thai the first attempt ::t the mana,'.- ;
ment cf the Cuban postal system by American ;- j
ficials should have put a fortune into i!:e pockets !
of a thief. It is unfortunate fe.r its effect upon '
our war.'?, f'.r its influence upon public opinion i? i
the United States and for what it forebodes a-. I
the future envase ??f our colonial administration, j
Cuba is miles ?rom ti.e mainland of the !
United States. !; :< overrun with American vis- !
if rs. ?/al-uati-ns < f business men an i politicians. ?
boti: American and Cuban, circulate in hot.1: ?h- ?
rc< lions. Vet this flagran: scandal, which ought ?
to have been discovered within u month, was ai- !
lowed i<> inn ?>:: :".>r nearly a year under our eyes, i
The Philippines a ?.? S.OOU tnih :?> awar, Nobodv i
goes there who can stay away. It takes three7
m ;:?.s ?? send a letter ara! get an answer. It ',
the chief financial agent of our postal department j
in Cuba has ? . aule t ? steal an amount various- j
ly estimated a: from $73.000 to ?303.003, what ;
ma;. happen at Manila:
Some taina- arc certain. One is that wherever ;
the technics! ioga! liabiiity ua.y r.-st the United j
States ought to make i. i -> ti. it .<?<.<1 to the peo- i
pic ??t Cuba and recover whatever it can from ?
Xeely and his bondsmen. VA e an- running the Cu- !
ban government on the ground that the Cuban ?
?.; !'j ar<' n< t yet capable of running it ? r them- !
sel\ ?. IVc assumed the responsibility without be- I
ing :.?'. !. and we can do nothing less thi?n li\c up
to it.
Another certainty i? that we must make sudi
an example <>f the thief that lite news ?'f it will j
echo wherever the American flag flies over a de- ?
pendent population. Neely's crime was not merely j
lar< ; . but treason. It tends directly to aid the '?
enemies of the United State.? in the Philippines I
and elsewhere. As lias been eharjted air? inst anti- ?
imperialist agitation, it will "cost ?<->f?d American j
Uves." I
The North American is eminently !
correct in denominating these plunder- !
ers in (.'uba "our thieves." They are ;
Republican thieves, and it is proper ]
that the world understand It clearly, i
They are all Hannaltes pets and fa
voritcs of thp administration.
Blackmail In Vh llndrlph ?m.
The public had not ceased in wonder i
at that colossal piece of Republican j
thleverr before John Wanamakcr?
**Piou?" John -startles the country hv ?
a circumstantial account of how one ,
Abraham L. English, ti liigh Repnb-j
llcan official of Philadelphia, undertook
to blackmail him into silence in The
North American by threatening to run '
amuck on John's private character.
John now poses as a martyr and Is re
ceiving lots of encouragement.
So that in quick succession we have
as manifestations of Republican purity j
and light assassination iu the dark and ;
bloody ground, grand larceny in Cuba
and blackmail in the City of Brotherly
Love.
Senator Benjamin R. Tillmau. like i
Collins' ram, is a man of his own.Jicad. '
great character i? itehjamin. Iloaos
as the day is long, plain as an old shoo,
with a head full of common sense?
which, after all, is the host sort cf
sense?with a lion's heart in his breast,
with perfect confidence in and deep
sympathy with the masses, he is the
inevitable foe of jobbery and hates a
sham as he hates his satanic majesty.
most useful publie servant is Benja
min, ami a most valuable instrument
for prodding and killing unsavory
schemes is Iiis famous pitchfork. Late
ly Tiilman has brought down on Iiis
d?liant head the hatred of jobber.- of
every degree by exposing the huge
armor plate frauds, lie has a blunt,
almost brutah way of slating the
truth, and he made it rcdhot for the
armor plate agents in the galleries and
the armor plated senators on the floor.
What Tiilman lacks in g' '?? he makes
up in emphasis. He eoul . lot write so
good a handbook on rhetoric as Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, but no man cf
this generation can send a fact
straighter to the mark than this great
South Carolina tribune of the people.
He can't be wheedled, bullied or coax
ed from doing the right for right's
sake. He is a man of vast mental
force?of the order of dynamite. He
loves the plain people. God be praised,
and the plain people love him.
icnator Tiilman.
Privately he is the most genial and
companionable of men?full of kindly
humor and rich in reminiscence. 1
have been a guest in his house, aud it
was a genuine pleasure to be there.
He selected his guests?public men,
newspaper men. army officers?because
they were his friends, and we got more
enjoyment out of the acceptance of |
Senator Tollman's invitation "to help !
eat two South Carolina hams" than we
would out of a dinner in any palace in
Europe or America. It is a pleasure to
know that his re-election to the senate
is absolutely certain.
Since Mark Twain shed such copious
tears at the tomb of Adam nothing so
pathetic has happened as the interest
manifested by Republican newspapers
as to Democratic candidates for the
vice presidency.
For many months they gave us ad
vice in great and imposing chunks as
to whom we should nominate for pres
ident. They warned us against the
monstrous folly of nominating Bryan,
with whom they solemnly averred that
we cannot win. and begged us piteously
to nominate some good lord, good devil
sort of fellow with whom we could
win?as though Democratic success
were the one thing dear to the average
Republican heart! That was effrontery
stupendous enough to please Old Horn
i? himself. But we paid no attention
to his imps or their suggestions as to
the presidency, and we still cling to
Bryan.
Then they turned their attention to
making a platform for us. They vocif
erously assured us that certain victory
was within our grasp if we would only
discard the Chicago platform, especial
ly the financial piank, and get us up a
new platform meaning all things to all
men and nothing in particular to any
body anywhere. We were besought
by these friends of Democracy, the
aforementioned Republican editors, to
run with the hare and hold with the
hounds?otherwise we were rushing
headlong to the demnition bowwows.
Still we paid no attention to these
modern gift bearing Creeks, and it is
now an assured fact that the Chicago
platform will be. readopted at Kansas
City on the -1th of July. Now, having
been despitefully used by the Demo
crats as to presidential candidate and
platform, learning nothing from their
repulses, they blandly come forward
and offer to name for us a vice presi
dential candidate. They are persistent
in this malter, but will make nothing
by their motion, for the Demucrats
who will be in charge of the K. C. con
vcntionswill do as they please.
McKinley L'p Aprntnst It.
The probabilities are that the Mc
Hanna administration is up against it
at last in the Boer-English affair. It is
difficult to see how they can any longer
refuse to show their hand. It is well
known that the Boer commissioners
are not only in the country, but in the
<-ap;t:!? <>f the nation. It is also well
known that nine-tenths of the Ameri
can people, without reference to polit
ical affiliations, sympathize with the
Boers, and. what's more, they Avant
that sympathy officially and emphat
ically expressed.
There is also a deep seated suspicion
that the administration sympathizes
witli England in its murder of the two
heroic little South African republics.
If this suspicion grows into positive
knowledge. William McKinley will
stand no more chance of being re-elect
ed president than ?>f being translated
in a chariot of fire after the manner of
the prophet Elijah.
It is hinted that the powers that be
have conveyed a hint to the Boer com
missioners that they may be seen, but
must not be heard in this land of the
free and home of the brave. Nous ver
rons. Ves. we will see whether these
commissioners can be muzzled in any
such unceremonious manner. If it can
be done without the certain overthrow
of this pro-English administration,then
we have indeed sunk to a low and piti
able condition. Free speech has been
considered one of the priceless jewels
of American liberty ever since the 4th
of March, lSOl. It will be an astound
ing eommenlary upon our decadence If
the American people are willing to sur
render under it now without a struggle.
iiciiera) Gordon Injured.
Savannah, 24.?While ont rid
ing horseback on Estill avenue General
W. W. Gordon's horse stumbled and
fell. General Gordon was thrown to
the ground under the horse. The ani
mal rolled on him. breaking one of his
ribs on the left side. While General
Gordon's injury is painful it is not con
sidered serious.
The Funds That Go
to Public Schools.
Apportionment of the Dis
pensary Profits Made.
Columbia May 24 ?At last the
dispensary prcfits placed to the cred
it of the school fund in the State have
been apportioned among the several
counties A few days ago The Item
published the statement showing* the
deficiency required to make up the
$3 per capita in each county and the j
amounts required from the profits to
pay up those deficiencies. Today the
rest of the profite were apportioned
according to enrollment. The follow,
tug table shows m the first column
ibe amount that each county gets and
in the second the enrollment by
counties upon which, under the law,
ine apportionment is made :
Amount School
to each enro?l
connty ment
Abbeville, ? 2,193 64 7,879
Aiken, 2 292 48 8,234
Anderson, 3,507 76 12,599
Bamberg, 956 36 3.435
Beaufort, 1,918 56 6,891
Barnweil, 1,540 75 5,534
Berkeley, 1,547 99 5,560
(^aileston, 3,278 63 11,776
Cherokee, 1,226 14 4,404
Chester, 1..743 72 6,263
Chesterfield, 1,088 60 3,910
Clarendon, 1,616 48 5,806
Colletou, 1,394 30 5,008
Darlington, 1,927 47 6,923
Dorchester, 746 15 2,680
Edgefield, 1.671 89 6,005
Fairfield, 1,767 10 6,347
FLoience, 1,637 92 5,883
Georgetown, 1,176 03 4,224
Greenville, 3,369 39 12,102
Greenwood, 1,715 04 6,160
Hampton, 1,167 67 4,194
Horry, 1,525 74 5,480
Kershaw, 1,293 52 4;646
Lancaster, 1,465 04 5,262
Laarens, 2,122 08 7.622
Lexington, 1,664 09 5,977
Marion, 2,109 56 7,577
Marlboro, 1,436 07 5,158
Newberry, 2,076 98 7.460
Oconee, 1,339 20 4,810
Orangeburg, 3,528 94 12,675
Pickene, 1,27V 40 4,588
Richland, 1,916 64 6,884
Saluda, 1,391 54 4,998
Spartanburg, 3.993 34 14,343
Sumier, 2,650 82 9,521
Uuion, 1.394 86 5,010
Williamsburg, 1.773 79 6,371
York, 2.693 95 9.676
Totals, $75,137 63 269,875
SCHEDULE FOR THE
CAMPAIGN MEETINGS
Sub-Committee Meets and
Arranges the Dates.
The State, May 24.
Last night the sub committee of
the State Democratic executive com
mittee met in this city with ail the
members present and arranged the
schedule cf this year's State cam
paign meetings for this year The
schedule has been prepared with the
most careful consideration, the clos
est attention being given to all rail
road schedules It calle for the
opening of the campaign the same as
two years ago in Orangeburg, and
fixes the closing meeting here It
also allows time for the South Caro
lina delegation to attend the national
convention at Kansas City.
This schedule ie to be laid before
the full State committee for approval
at an extra meeting called for the
purpose to be held on Wednesday
night next
Abbeville, August 11.
Aiken, August 15
Anderson, August 10.
Bamberg, June 23.
Barnweil, June 22.
Beaufort, June 19.
Berkeley, June 28.
Charleston, June 16.
Chester, July 26.
Chesterfield, July 21.
Clarendon, June 27.
Colletou, June 18
Cherokee, July 30
Darlingtou, July 19.
Dorchester, Jone 15
Edgefield, August 16.
Fairfield, July 27.
Fiorence, July 12.
Georgetown. July 10
Greenville, August 6
Greenwood, August 13
Hampton, June 20.
Horry, July 16
Kershaw, July 23.
Lancaster. July 25.
Laurene, August 4.
Lexington. August 21.
Marion, July 13
Marlboro, July 18
Newberry, August 3.
Oconee, August 9.
Orangeburg, June 14.
Pickene, August 7.
Richland, August 22
Spartanburg, July 30.
Sumter, June 26
Saluda, August 18.
Union, August 1.
WilMamaburg, July 11.
York. July 28
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Thomas Rakes,
For Sale by
J. Rettenberg & Sons,
Sole Agents for Sumter._
NEW DEPARTURE
A Radical Change in Marketing Methods
as Applied to Sewing Machines.
An original plan under which you can obtain
easier terms and better value in the purchase of
the world famous "White" Sewing Machine than
ever before offered.
Write for cur elegant H-T catalogue and detailed particulars. How
we can save you money in the purchase of a high-grade sewing machine
and the easy terms "?T payment we can offer, either direct from
factory or through our regular authorized agents. This is an oppor
tunity you cannot a ford to pass. You know the ?'White/* you know
its manufacturers. Therefore, a detailed description of the machine and
us construevion is unnecessary. If you have an eld machine to exchange
we can offer most Kfreral terms. Write to-day. Address in full.
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