The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 29, 1901, Image 6
Sflptene^MBeeidas to
lar Cases.
h?/f?a is ?or?F??|r Territory,
but Congress Has Power to
Impose Tariff iii ?raport?
and Exports.
COyR| BABLYI DMDEDMN?
SEHT?Hf OPINIONS
? 1 a IJ I r-*-J- Ll I?1.
Washington, May 27.-In the United
States supreme court today opinions
.were handed down in all but two o?
thejcases before taat-' court involving
the relation of the- United - Stages to
its insular possessions. "The two cases
in which no conclusion^ w^s^nn^nced
were -Qiase known Ss the-" fourteen 3ia:
mond rings case" and the second of
the Dooley ^cases. ; -The undecided
Dooley case "deals wit?i a please of the
Puerto. JRican ouestions^ and the -dia
mond~rihg case involves* the right to
the free importation of merchandise
from the Phillippines to the United
States. " s ? . ' .
The original intention t?e^^u?-j
had been to adjourn for the term after
today-s J^jo^i^t discussion of -the
casesfgaapn ^loday: toek: abou^fiv?
?K>ursiso;it??e e?urt adjourned until to?
morrow, when it is presumed the re?
maining cases-will be passed .on. - Of
the sew?salicasis ffeciHetf tSdayl fhe?wo
which attracted the greatest share of
attention from the court were what-is
inown as the DeLima case and that
inown as the Downe?^case, <??4d * -of
these two the opinion in the Downes
case is considered the most far-reach?
ing as ut?f?ects the future,-^whereas
the De^?ma}case"deait,with..a transi
tiona? petase of our insular relations.
The DaLima qase was* the first :to re?
ceive the aftenifcfon of the court, andas
it aj?Sre^toHbf? quite swejspifigrly ow
posed to, tjj.e^government's contentions,
many persons precipitately a^rivea- at
the ]?eoacl*?ion that the government
tad been worsted all along the line.
This view suffered a decided change
when the^CQUQ^asion wasanuounced in
the Downe^jc??. The ' court was near?
ly eveiflj** ?iv-H?ed on both cases but
political lines were not at all controll?
ing.
The Delim^f^||v^&d^^-|^
of the government to collect duty on
goods^?n^rt^^ito the United; States
fxomT?i^b& iga? after, tfce ratificarion
of the treaty of Paris and D?f?re'trhe
passage of the Puerto Rican act. The
court said the government's contention
in this case wits substan??^fy a claim
that PuertoJBS&rfs>fo*:&i^
The entire case turned upon that con?
tention. The court held that the
position was not well takeji^tfeart
Puer$o5ico was not at the'time for?
eign *^^1wify>??dHhat ?l?*?^re-j^
duty which nao" "oeen cpliected *pust'
be returned. S/L????ZL& ?r$*?,
The decision in the Downes case fol?
lowed the history of the dealings of
the United States with Bftftfto Rico a
Btep faij^^.^^^^^a^^^^E with the
?i^ds^^ States
into Puerto Rico and also on those
^ sMpped fj ^?aSt?a^t?fe
ted StatesTin TOTS- case the conTt"neTcr
that such exaction was ??jggaL and con
^tl|^ ^^^^^^
islandMojce%n territory: that until
congress acted, upon^thev question np
dairy ?ofclc^?^o?fect?^ ?m?; ?tnlt-?as
soon asT^ongress Outlined a methlja of
controlling the island's revenue^; tljat,
action became bindings |h*fo?hjsr
-words, that congress has power under
country's, trusmar possessions aaa %as
the right to lay a duty on goodfesim
ported into our insular possessions
from the United States or expottfcd
from them into the United States.
It holds in brief_ that for "taxation
purposes . ?nev ar? net |a? past-, of ithfe
Uni tea 'States fo the' extent' that
goods shipped between, their* ports and
the United:States-are"^entitled to the
same treatment as if , they were ship?
ped between New York and New Or-'
leans. s
Justice Brp^n; delivered the court's
opinion ori both' and there were vig?
orous dissenting opinions in each. In
the Downes case, four of tfi'e; nine
members of the court united in an
opinion characterizing in strong lan?
guage the opinion of the majority in
the case. In this, opposing opinion
Chief Justice Fuller arid Justices Har?
lan, 1 Brewer, and Peenam, united,,
and the chief justice and "Justice. Har?
lan presented their, views in wrtten
form. Justices- Gr?y, Shiras; -White
and McKenna also agreeing with the
conclusion- announced that they had
reached' the conclusion -1 >y di fferec t
lines of argument, and Justices Gray.
White and McK^n^iannouuced opin?
ions outlining .'*|fci^Sres[.ective imi?
tions. Justices Shims. White and Mc?
kenna dissented^ in the DeLima Lvase,.
uniting- Tn i?Jopimbn^ Justice -Gray
presentee}.an independent. and,dissent?
ing opinio?^in fchat case." ' ' . *
AlbariyV ,:3far:-^G.-^?fVie
cars racing $r ?^witeh while running
in opposqfei^fr^^pns aV thc rate of
forty miles an' hour, cost live lives this
afternoon by a^errific collision in
which pf p&|?>riy i^ctoiin?nt peO?lfc
were injured, some fatally and others
serious^ j-^p r>> >?" >;JJ i
Blacksburg, May 2?.--A shooting
affray took place in our 'town" this
morning between A. G. Mints and D.
JF. Bridges, ^a>*>w?'Wt?e ia^^'w^
?riousLx-if ij^^iitaHy Joo* in
dornen, also a slight flesh wound in
the left shoulder;/ Minte wa* shot -in
the left hip,*bulTnot's*^W^y. . "
-- j i- ?i; wm -
TSThlte 3^:Tt?i??o? %???&?'m *
Groat consternation^ wai felt hy (the i\:uud:
of M A ?'og??y. ^f* LejiDgtop/Ky/Wcl
th?y saw hp^ wag. terciag joJbW? ll? >kiri
slowly ch?nftea color, a?s>> fifs ?ves, antth?
suffisred (?rrPbiy? .^pis malady was Telion
Jaondice He was troate'i b> the be^t doctor.-,
kat without b?tf^ * tn*nf >e w& t?v? ed rc
try Electric Bitter?, the wonderful Stomacb
sad Liver 5?Jiedyj.and be write?: ".Afrer Uk
mg two bottle? I was wholly cured.*' Atria
proves its tuAiCbless morie ..for all Stomach
Livor and Kidney troublas.. Ouly 25e Sole
Ij J ? W vdjorma, i>rag^?t- 6
/ ll i ma ' ?
They .Will Stand for Reeiec-tion and
R fififit i ?eSfeWPeop?e. '
CH?OSE YE BETOE?? THEM.
Contest Will be a Test of Personal
Strewn: of Two Men Rathe ff han ?'
Battle for Political Principles*
^ ?' i i ? I I 'i g I ; ..:
9 1 [ I I I -% ? 11 ? I ? ?
Special^ the State. * '?
Gaffney, May 25.-It is the unex
; pected that happens so often in Sonth
' - Carolina polities, which happened here
' today: ' It came like a thunderbolt out
? pf a clear sky, so unexpected and sud
i den was the whole thing. When the
two United,Stated-senators agreed to
meet in-. ?omt de&a?e, J&eLauriri to ad-'
vocate his "Commercial Democracy"
aid Tillman. ' to att?ck... it, rio one
dreamed the two United States sena?
tors would before nightfall have, their
resignations in transit to the govern
: "or. .'
'Here up in a flourishing corner of
the State, ..hasRecurred she most sen?
sational deveJopnaeiLt'Off-poEtics since
1890. Two senators have uncondition
c -a^y-resigned.. Tillman has just entered
: "?pon a six- year term and ^?cLaurin*
has Utitil March 4r, 1903, 'to serve with-,
out molestation, yet both have resign
^edj effective September latita in order.
rtliafc:they might- .go"fcefOre- the= people
and .tests their strength, the under
?' standing 'being that this test shall de?
cide whether the people, endorse Sena?
tor'McLa?rin's Democracy with its
expansion, ship subsidy and "com?
mercial" ideas, or that of Senator
?Ti'I?marW with ?what 'McBaurirr calls
his.."Bryan .Democracy, Senator Mc?
Laurin sought to narrow the fierce
. contest to- Tillman and himself"where-,
as Senator Tillman insisted on resig
-nation "as originally; proposed'yon %:tne
ground that he. . could not dictate to
. the Democratic committee as to who
{should..be ini- the- raee or wheat it
should Joe. Both seemed eager to sign
the resignation--and about "7 o'clock
the paper,, containing, ..the. dual resig>
'natio? was in the' maiL_ It means
that instead :of the c?m^i^n- <x>niitrg;
next summer it will be held this year,
and it means that Tillman will be in
cti^r9C^foi;.his?si^^e|r $eHn>and Mc?
laurin for reelection or for. Tillman's
' term:as-*he sees fit brit most li-ke?y for'
,. Tillman/s term. Tillman- in his speech,
'tab! hammered'and hammered away at
the idea that McLaurin had betrayed
the true Democracy and that if he
; were;nQjra itepjibltckn he ong&t ta be,
? fot? hkf baa1 sapp^rte? a?i* tn?ir?propo
sitions and doctrines. Tillman urged
that the decent thing for McLaurin
] Him" to resign'. h i s^' *poa^?^anpgo ' jbV
; )fore the ipeetp?e- a^(d^ if"rtiie^'?n?oise<i
"him, be returned, o r^ stay ai.<home if
! -'afefeate?"" Mc??a;?rin^Ba?*;?esei,ted the
party platform and ought to resign at
once, he persisted. Senator McLaurin
in turn insisted that he was ?feDemo- ?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ife^Er^^^eafS^ ?j^o loiter
and keep my mouth shut "and kt the
other fellows attend to him. If you
doirt want me. If he is a' Democrat
then I am not." Then, McLaurim
t^amin^jl^Tij^m^n, -^^ges*e?r^hat|
jKiimari- jBa^"?o?iid %k bo^fc-jfcbof, |
an^"then^?^nato?"^Ici^uri?%eni onj
to say: '?'0h yes*:'Tilintan 4?'ys- 'why-1
don't I resign ? If Pm elected" it will
..mean^tl^: people 4pn*t vpn L kim, but-j
be is&p^dft?iereV&?&f '?r?&tp 1f?%
never catch him committing Himself
. too far.. ^He.pi^.. not^say if I'm elect
i &d he wbnld .resig?JTOh ! you will
never-hear of 'Benjamin Tillman re?
signing. Senator Tillmaiv. jumped up
an&s??d?-"Infill sa^i^-an'? ?&sa? it. *A
Senator 'McLaurin; i ''Agreed. * '?
_ Tillmanj . .""TU resign right now1'
: Sf you: will, and we will go before the
people!".'
McLaurin : Agreed.
"Tillman.: "Draw up the, paper and
.we'll sign it right now.y : " ' ' ;
McLaurin: "That suits me."
Later-- ^'ofi i n .Tillman ' s &v& mi nut es(
replyive remarked that he/would not'
. -.reply-to Moka^rin's -charge thai, -he
'w?s'bruta?'in his treatment'and inde?
cent .in harassing hintSsv he did": taej?
wouldrbotl^ be"befbre^!fe^oJle soon/
and there would-be no need to dis?
cuss, matters further) here. He was
ready; for the"agreanWt at once.
McLaurin : " So am I. ' '
It was soon; after that .the agreement
and resignation were signed. . ": 1 '?
Both the Senators Called Hoi Bluffs.
Story" of Inc?dcnt? as Joli ty
Themselves.
Special to The State.
Gaffney, ^iay 2;";. - Senator Tillman
arid "Senator-McLaurin wen- seen after
the "day's incidents were over and ask?
ed for their views on the situation.
. Tillman said": "McLaurin made a'bluff
, at me and didn't think I'd call him, I
I felt that after I had m?a? an assault
yn his honesty and integrity of pur?
pose he tried to parry that by taunting
me with the. assertion t-hat I wouldn't
lea've'*my-fcix''yeaYs bomb-proof.' ' I saw'
the opportunity to make a ten strike
Jor Democracy. I was ready to take
; it regardless of the personal sacrifice.
\ want?South' Carolina to sav'wneihVr
shs? .wanjs tgp Democrats orj two Ive
pit??c?ffts in'the-Sen'are: If the pe?pfe
jdpji'tyant to reehl-t me, I don?t care
: to"' elive ''thefh. *X,?!hali announce my
candidacy Jo succeed myself, and will
|take'^f^"(ffc^r st^SMS^^tfd desir
I able. W^tkd it t?n&dSmii?t this
i is an off vear, so that we can discuss
- these national; i0?^w'^^^^f^0gd^.
mg and combinations and voters can
vote upon the. issixes \vi th o ut. .ou ts uh*
influence. ?T'? n-l?evc:the Sfh?? oi'lB
montons of Mclaurin l>.tliirik;l''?m en?
titled to^on^x?re<m aird -fHanks. If a
commercial Democrat isn'i a JRepubli;
can' ? dhn't know what (iii is. ? ^Mc?
Laurin is a Democ^t I am not. I. vant
the people to decide between xis. *? I
In reply to a request for a statement
from him as to the ??*uble se-hatbrial
resignation. McLaurin said :
"Tillman made a bluff'to?iy and I
called him. I put him in a position
where he either had to resign and go
[into a Senatorial race With:me or con?
fess he was bluffing and was afraid to
risk h ia-, political scalp;;; though willing
|*to knife rae in a campaign in which he
was not a candidate and bad- nothing
at, stake. ATI J desire, is a free and
open fi^ht'with' Tillman on the - issues
. upon which we differ. I earnestly
I hope that ali? others will keep out of
our race and run for the other sena
torship, so ' that Tillman and I may
meet as'-man toman and fight it out.
H? said he was unwilling to bulldoze
me into a joint debate with him if I
was afraid to meet him. I have shown
him'I was not afraid to meet him, and
I hope he will not'show himself afraid
to meet me in .the senatorial race. I
?ope he. will.not get any of his strik?
ers into tbe race to dodge behind, but
pip i ll meet me in it alone."
August Kohn.
; _ _
THE GOVERNORJS SILENT.
Will Take No Action on Resigna?
tion Until He Returns.
..Asheville, X. C., May 26.-Governor
McSweeney and State Chairman Wilie
Jones, who are en route to Chicka
mauga. were, interviewed here in refer
jence to the. resignation of.Senators
Tillman and McLaurin.
Gov. MtfSweehey says : The resigna?
tions of Senators Tillman and McLau?
rin as -United, States senators, were
received by;me in the mail this morn-,
ing as I was leaving for Chickamanga,
the resignations to take effect Sep. 15.
I will not take up the consideration
of the ; resignations until I return to
my office. At. present. I have nothing
to say and no comment to make on
the action of these gentlemen. "
CoL Jones said: "Of course I will
have to call a meeting of the State
Democratic executive, committee in
consequence of - the- .action- taken yes?
terday by our senators. I would say
off hand that I think the campaign
.should "b?gm~ about ' the first bf Au-1
gust, as it takes about six weeks,
and this is the best time from the
standpoint of attendance as the crops
? are then being 'laid by.' As things,
now stand, ? ; think I'll" call the Staje.
committee " to meet about Julyl. "
"You may say that I will be in the
race for United States senator from,
South Carolina, no matter what form ,
the primary election-therefor max1 as-.i
sume. ' '
There was an aggravating mistak?
in The State this morning caused, prob- I
ably by the bad service. The resigna?
tions are. effective Sep. " 15 and not:
Nov. 15 and was so written. . !
William RGse Dead.
Coi?mbiay; May, 35.-Uncle Wi?iani
Rose, the well' Irnown colored .mah,,
who was n veteran of thr?e warsand
for many years Messenger "for the go.vf '
ern or died this1 morning.
He was'if li'fe loiig democrat and was
respected by all who knew him.
i mm ? ?' ? "?' ?M '**' " -" '
?CARNEGE-?tNiH8f WATirR:'
EngHs? Pa?exs Yiljify Hirn For -Giving,
M$io^ia Scotch Universities. %
rpnrjpnj >Iav , gh-" Ve - trust . -in ;
sottish pride to. rise, in . its w;rath
^ainSfthfs invasion of th?' almighty
" lar,-'r* says'" - The ' Reveiw'; :"o? yh?
ek,-commenting'^*A'ndr'ew Carne-' |
's munificence to Scotland's univer?
sities*. . . - - ? '.?.. ?. i
"Many, of the oldest and. best f ami -
#es iri^Scptland."'continues the peri?
odical, "attend the ' universities and
&ay the fees, and lov? the sons of their
Nimblest neighbors?" n??thl^mor? nor
&??s.Sut.is ?f to be believed that this
jflSll continue ii they are to be-paid ]
tor by ..Mr.. .Carnegie. Imagine the
[Duke'of Hamilton, Cameron of Loch-.
' fe?.* or^I?cDonald of the Isles 'allow?
ing h is.'h cir to getan education at the
cost ol-an-. American iron monger. .We:
shall next near of some Chicago pork
packer proposing to buy up Oxford
and Cambridge and dictating the ad
.mission and the subjects to be taught ;
:QT\BQSS Croker? forming a -lobby " ter j
Wntrol^ the. landon university with
"the .object' of_ inculcating Tammany
principles in:the mind of the risiing
generation of cockneys. .".
" But-there is a bright side of the
^Americanization of this insignificant
:country: It ought to make war. impos?
sible. How can tne patriotic American]
^s?ffer from AngT?'ph?bia'wh'en he loves"
England so rimen that he wants to be
her owner? How. could he sink-the
merchant ships-in which his own mon?
ey is invested? War would ruin his in?
dustrial enterprises, stage, press and
locomotive companies, philanthropic
schemes, aristocracy, race riding in
fact everything except our agriculture
which has ceased to exist." '
The Nine-Hour Day.
j Washi'?gtgn, May 27.-A committee
Of?:empl?yes from the various machine
shops on' the Southern Railway at
; points l>etween here and Birmingham,
Louisville and St. Louis, appointed to
present certain demands regarding the
institution of a nine-hour day, increas?
ed wages, regulations as to the num?
ber of apprefttices employed, etc., were
in session throughout to-day with
Vice President and General Manager
Gannon* -of the Southern. Each of the
delegates described the conditions in
Lis-Shop and the alleged necessity for
the changes. .- . "
- The men stated later that the con?
ference was entirely unsatisfactory
and that- Mr. Gannon had refused to
consider any. of their propositions.
Mr. Gannon said that the demands
involved over 2."i per cent, increase in
pay for machinists and all other shop
employes,'- which 'was beyond reason.
He said oO per cent, of the. machinists
on the system did not bontiemplate an
ultimatum and that he do.es not look for
a g?n?ral: ?trik<\ The'men will report'
I zack to their lodge the reply given
them..
,'Itis w.Ktj n ^iio4 ?cKi pf {?le<i8ore_%9JB
iitisfrtoti?a th*"! ? rwbmrriH:.? Chrjmrrrkirt's
Coiic, Cholera and D?nr-hoe* Rrm^ij,'-' &*ye
?^rugf??et A vV S^weite, cf Harttidor, Conn
/A. lady ctxsiutu?T, B$?;pg the r. m-^iy HxpiM-rt.
for 'sa'e on my snow eas.--, s-?;d to at* : 'I
re-illy believe th-it med*C*iw*A?e<Lejj hf?* rh
pHsi aucjfiMT while nt tn* 3hor??,';a?d alie be
came so enthusiastic over us n-erits thit I at
coaennde u;> roy tn i n d h~> re^o'r.meud St in
the hr ur" KvcenTir RJ^--:i^.?r^nn cam? into
tay store &o ov;-rcotjic {ritb co?ifc piiois' tha'
ne 8*nk st o.tKr 'o th.? fl"or I give bim a
dose of th m remedy tflftcb helped him Ire
pe-?ted ibe do?e HM? ia fifteen minu?s be Itit
my store a-i ?nijq inforfDir?i? me tbat be felt as
wei! as eve? " Soid by A ? Ofe?na. - ' -
McLAU?lN W HAMPTON.
What Watterson Thinks of the
Columbia Postoffi?e Incident.
Louisville Courier Journal.
That the Philadelphia Press should
be unable to conceive how any man
on earth, being offered an office,"could
decline it-particularly a man in need
-goes without saying : is a simple mat?
ter of course: of the nature of the
Pennsylvania bottling and trade-mark :
and therefore, the comments of that
thick-nnd-thin organ upon some recent
utterances of Gen. Wade Hampton will
surprise no one who can distinguish
4'B" from "bull's foot" The Press
. ascribes the refusal of the grim old war?
rior to be bribed to "sectional preju?
dice." Se?ing all things through
the green goggles of political inter?
est and party feeling, it can imagine
no other or higher motive. This is
the jaundiced way the Press puts it :
"One or two points in the utterance
of Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Car?
olina, recently reported, deserve satten
tion. It is said to, have been inti
: mated to Gen. Hampton that he could
hate the Columbia postm?stership1
without any political conditions being
attached to the office, the appoint-H
ment, it is understood, being at the
.disposal of Senator McLaurin. As
Gen. Hampton is old and in straiten?
ed financial circumstances it was
probably thought that such an offer
would bi acceptable. It was prompt?
ly declined, however with the remark:
."I wouH not only not accept a posi- ?
tion from such a source, but I would
not even consi der i t. ". The conclus?
ion to be draw? from-the circumstances
and the language Gen. Hampton used
is that he is not in sympathy with the ?
effort .Senator McLaurin is making,
to lib?ralize the politics of South Car?
olina and that.he prefers the old, bigt
oted methods to any new .departure.
This is tobe regr.ettedjbutitis.no
nnexpected. If any one imagined that
Southern prejudices which are the
growth of generations could b? dis?
sipated at once, and that the white
demoracy could be split in twain by
some Federal appointment, the reply of
Gen. Hampton will undeceive them.
Said' the General: 'The people of
South Carolina should know by this
time that I am not for sale, and that
I never shall be. "
The fine figure of this venerable sol?
dier and gentleman, all things that
were his in youth gone from his age
save dignity, and integrity, drawing
"his; tattered .cloak, about .him and.
.putting .away an'obvious and shame?
less bribe . with hokiest, scorn, makes
\jibt ? appeal to- this, heartless cynic
ana" rabid partisan, WI?Q cannot -even
truthfully relate the facts. "We quote
the Press' again ' ' '
'"frat at "the saine time that Gen.
Hampton -niakes clear his own posi?
tion 'he'- also-reveals theinconsistency(
of the" leading southern . svhite Demo?
crats. Their assertion; reiterated time
'and again,'"' his been'that 'it " was ^tio
use to attempt to build xrp ? Republi?
can party in the south until- respect-"
.able white men were appointed to office. -,
; But as- soon, as.it is,itimated that a^
?white man'can have an .office from a
b republican administration Gen. Hamp?
oon denounces it as an "attempt to
buy Democrats.and spurns the offer
?with contempt. Ha.- plainly prefers
j the manners and methods of Senator
.Tillman to those of Senator . McLau?
rin. .Hampton has been held-.in high?
er respect .than most ..southern Demo?
cratic " leaders, but his latest utter?
ances will, not .tend to reaffirm that
opinion.. Gen Hampton might have.
Jaelped to pave the way. for a more -lib?
eral political era. in the south. He
has refused, but he cannot stop the
movement, however earnestly he may
j strive to that end. It has been started
?-and the utterances of, leading southern
newspapers how that, it has .already
gained a support that assures its per?
manence. " -
" Ts it true then that, in South Caro?
lina ? man must perforce follow either
Tillman,".with his. pitchfork, or Mc?
Laurin, with his" basket of chips? 'May
there be no progress" in the south
without turpitude? Must the white
-men of the south, sorcalled, become
Republicans before they can be exempt
Jrom the misrepresentation of Repub?
lican newspapers? Is there no such
thing as honest ..difference cf opinon
touching public affairs to be permit?
ted in the Carolinas or elsewhere south
of the old mystical Mason and Dix?
on's line? Is the ascription of ignor?
ance and prejudice to be attached to
everything in that quarter which is
not marked down upon the political
bargain counter with the imprint.
"McLaurin?"
If a man be a Protectionist, who
beleives in high tariff, or no tariff,
according to the bidding of the man?
ufacturers. If he be an opportunist,
who takes the President for his guide
in"the matter of the disposition of the
outlying territories come to us as a
consequence of the Spanish war. If
with respect to the distribution of the
Federal patronage he be a trencher?
man , who accepts the president for j
his paymaster. If in the Senate he !
follows the lead of Senator Hanna even
to the length of supporting a ship
subsidy notoriously designed to pay
olf Senator Hanna's campaign obliga?
tions. If there be such a man he is
a Rcpublicaon, and let him be rated
as such, nor dishenhorep therefor.
Hut if, on these lines, seeking prose?
lytes, this man comes among his ..Dem?
ocrat ic constituents disguised as ' a
Democrat, yet carrying across his ann
a covered basket of appointments to j
office to be doled out .to persons con?
sidered to be of likely use. or import?
ance, people are justified in saying, !
"Tliis is no Demorat. This is a Re
. jniblican. Respect his opinions for
what they are, but let us have no false
pretences."
And this seems to be the case of
Senator McLaurin. That he should
pursue his own bent is his undoubted
right and no reasonable .person will
gainsay it. But it does look a trifle
hard that, in reaching after moral
j supports, he should go out of his way
i to insult an old man like Wade Hamp-.,
ton with the oifer of a bribe so pal?
pable that needs not to be superscrib?
ed to be recognized by the blindest.
What else but indignant, refusal did he
expect? "Is thy servant a dog that
t he should do this thing?" Is nothing
1 safe against the profanation of the
Money Devil, who sits snug and smil?
ing in the seats of the mighty at
Washington, holding that every man
has his price; not whitening hairs,
nor distinguished and disinterested
public service, nor honorable pove-ity?
T?ie Courier-Journal is neither a rad:
ica?, nor an extremist. We follow, not
Senator Tillman any mbre than we
follow Senator McLaurin. But we
believe in honest politics^ in fair-sail?
ing and, square-dealing, in a word, in.
all things open and above board. Nay,
we .believe in moral obligations in
public no less than in private life.
We cannot expect a newspaper con?
ducted as our Philadelphia contempo?
rary is conducted and environed as it
is environed to Comprehend the sensi?
bilities which ' prompt a man like
Wade Hampton. The Press is not
alone among Republican organs in be?
ing a notable example of imperfect
sympathy. * It is case-hardened to any
other than party influences. It is iron?
clad- against external pressure that
does not emanate, from Washington
and Harrisburg. But still . in Penn?
sylvania they pretend to have some
standards- of honesty,, and even- in
Philadelphia the most veteran rogues
keep an eye both upon the-demands of
respectability and the doors of the pen?
itentiary, so that the Press may be
credited with a certain perspective:
and,- addressing ourselves to this, let
us ask . what it would have had Gen.
Hampton do?
He is a very old man. Little suffices
him. The' worst of it is over. What
matter to him the difference between
_his shabby old suit and a smart frock
coat, purchased with equivocal, we will
not say with dirty money? How would
he look in a shiny shirt front and new,
slick silk hat, 'got as the price of
helping, or of seeming to help, a trad?
ing politician out of a hole? : Imagine
this spotless and venerable old man, the
weight of two wars upon, bis grand
old shoulders, and a great and famous
career waiting upon his tottering foot?
steps to find an honorable grave and
an untarnished monument, lading out
letters to rag-tag and bobtail for a pit?
tance allowed him by persons not fit
to tie his shoe string. Is lt possible
that even a Philadelphian, accustomed
to swallow the knives and forks of
political servitude, used to partisan
monstrosities, with characteristic, lack
?of the graciousness which sometimes
abides in the bosoms of the least emo?
tional-which sometimes for a moment
illumines the warped nature of the
most intolerant-cannot see that the
attitude of Senator McLaurin hes
nothing in common with enlightened
politics, the course of Geri. Wade
Hampton nothing to do with what'it
calls 1 ' Southern prejudice, ' ' and that,
from first to last, his creed is an un?
patriotic and defamatory assault upon
millions of his country?
We end where we began : How could a
newspaper such as the Press be expect
[ ed to take any view: of any affair of life
except a grovelling, party view, except
; a nether, moneygrubbi?g view, except
. a malign, sectional, unpatriotic view?
It springs from the school, of which
-Thaddeus Stevens was the,o racle. -It
had devoted itself to the propagation
.of the ideas of ath'at school. It would
if., it could re-establish its ' malign
'.teaching and proscriptive spirit. ' It
has learned nothing,, forgetting.not-h
,.ing, these six and thirty years. .Nei?
ther the honor of man,'' nor the virtue
of woman, seems to have any place in
its^moral repository : it is color blind
. to everything unplastered by the party
label: and it could no more under?
stand a man like Wade Hampton than
a Hottentot could understand 7 the
works of Shakespeare, an Indian sav?
age the words of the . Holy Writ. It
is related that some one asked Pauline
Bonaparte, who "had sat naked as a
model for Canova's "famous 'statue,
whether during the sitting she did not';
feel uncomfortable, and that she
promptly answered, "Not the least in
the world. I" had plenty to eat and
drink and the room was perfectly
warmed.'*'
Forgotten Women Journalists.
The newspaper woman is not so. lat?
ter day a factor in American journal?
ism as many think. As far back as
1732 she made her appearance : for in
that year was ' established the first
newspaper published in Rhode Island.
Its founder was Mrs. Anna Franklin,
who with her two daughters wrote the
-items and set the type, while' her ser?
vants worked the press. For her skill
in the craft she was appointed printer to
the colonial officers. In 1772 Clemen?
tine Reid was publishing a paper in
Williamsburg, Va., called the Virginia ?
Gazette, favoring the colonial cause
and greatly offending the royalists.
Two years later Mrs. H. Boyle started
a paper under the same name, advo?
cating the cause of the crown.
In 1773 Elizabeth Timothy stan'ed a
; paper in Charleston, S. C., of which
i Anna Timothy became editor after the
? Revolutionary War. Anna was later
; appointed State printer, which posi
I tion she held for seventeen years.
*. Maxfield Parrish's fine decorative
design on the cover' of The Ladies'
Home Journ?l for June forms a fitting
introduction to a remarkably attract?
ive issue. Among the most interest?
ing features of this number are a dou?
ble page of pictures, entitled "Where
Golf is Played," showing some of the
handsomest country club houses in
America: a series of curios "Love
Stories of-the Zoo.*' told by .Clifford
Howard: the first installment of a fas?
cinating new serial, "Aileen." by
Elizabeth Knight Tompkins: a touch?
ing full-page picture of "The Passing
of the Farm," by W. L. Taylor: the
queer experiences with "Some People
I have married," by the Rev. D. M.
Steele, and a vigorous article on
"Women as'Poor Pay,' " by Edward
Bok. Numerous other articles of gen?
eral and domestic interest fill out the
rest of the number. By The Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia.
One dollar a year: ten cents a copy.
Soward of a Congi.
A cough ?3 Dot a d'-Sfife bat H symptom
Consumption and bronchitic vbicb are the
moa' dangerous and fatal disease*, have a r
th#ir fim Indication ? persistent couth, and
if properly trettcd a.? soon as 'hi? cc^eh n'r<
p->nr? ure ea.-?v cured Cbaxuberlatp's-Copeh
R?:PP.1J hn9 pro?"? ? wonderfully Bucees?fl*I;
ani ciinp'i i's w:d<? repii tattoo and extensive
eale t?? hs sscce?a io curing the d'je^-o
whicn c?n?e cnu/bing. if it not benefiit.'l
it will not rott j ou a cent For sal? by Dr
A J Chioa
Cheraw May 25.-The fourth and
largest freshet is at its height in the
Pee Dee river. Very great damage - is
being done all over this section. The
oat and wheat crops on the river and
creek low grounds were unusually
good, but now are entirely destroyed.
As more grain than usual has been
planted the damage is great.
Wolves fe Marlboro, -
Farmers on a Bear Hunt Make
a Surprising Discovery.
Bennettsville, Marlboro County,.
May 17.-Marlboro has another sensa?
tion I A few nights ago in Smithville
Township, seven miles north of . Ber
nettsville. Mr. Dudley Stanton heard
one of his dogs barking and making a
peculiar noise. Mr. Stanton, with,'
pistol in hand, went into the yard and .
discovered that a large black animal
had captured his dog. Mr. Stanton
fired his pistol, the strange animal
slowly walked out of "the yard, when
Mr. Stanton emptied the remaining"
four chambers of his pistol toward the-- -
retreating "varmint. " Mr. Stanton
returned to his room, but soon heard. r
the dogs behaving as before, when he-'-'
seized his double-barrelled shotgun
and the second time entered upon rthe.'A'
scene to find the same strange intruder
in his yard. He .fired twice .at the beastn
and heard nothing more until next
morning when he instituted an in ves- v
tigation. He found th?: tracks/bold'
and plain of a bear, which were crit?
ically examined by many persons, all
of whom pronounced them ". the tracks
of a bear. Very soon Mr.-Eli Chavez
anew neighbor, came over and said;
that the same "thing" had. been tc-;
his house the previous nighty. killed
his dog and that one of his four
.months-old ' pigs was : missing. The
news-spread rapidly'and soon a large
crowd, armed with shotguns, Winches-. ^
te rs, pistols and other^ implements of
warfare, were following the tracks "
towards the bogs and dense swamps of
that neighborhood. Of course-, when"
the woods were entered- the track wa? '
lost, but the crowd pushed forward
.through gall bushes, briars and heavy y .; v
underbrush. Lat? in the.afternoon-an
almost impenetrable bay was entered, .
the same place where in .1865 many,
citizens secreted themselves and eyadk \
ed Sherman's army. All of a sudden '3
two wolves jumped from their beds
and were soon lost in the dense under
. growth. .
There were several beds and in one
they found seven young-wolves, which '-'
they . captured and returned to their- -~
homes without pursuing the bear any
farther. All around these beds were- -
many. chicken and turkey feathery -
rabbits' fur and feathers of geese.and
wild ducks.
Mr. J. F. David, who lives' two .
miles from town, has two of these /
young wolves, and Mr! Si J. Pearson,,
.in town, has two in his .office. Many
.hundred people have" called to "see_
these strange animals and nearly_ all
-pronounce them to be-wolves.^ There?yi
is no doubt but the tracks- at Messrs. -
Stanton and Chaves 's were made by a -
large bear. The people of that'section
are badly frightened,-the doors.are '.
barred atnightmnd the children - are -
not allowed-to -leave- the- houses?durngr ' -
ihe"day, while two ^hools -. have bees
forced to close for 4ack.of patronage.
The Purchase of the Leyland tm:
- "The purchase of the' Leyland lin'e ..
of steamers by Mr. Pierpont Morgan
is an--episode which may well st i F
some feelings of uneasiness- in 'the - -
breast of people interested in Britishe "
shipping,^" s"ay s" the 'Dundee Advert is- '
er. "Not very long-ago theTnman"line"
passed into * American hands. * Com-- -
pared-with this later deal, however,,
that one was small, for the" Leyland
line is .one of the largest and 1>est. "'
equipped- in the Atlantic trade, ^ndrits :
transfer means a reduction of -British- i -
owned tonnage at a single blow by .-.<-.-.
nearly 200,0QQrtons, ^ogeth.er-.tbe deal
points to a method by. which British -
supremacy on the Atlantic may . " ^.
speedily be brought in question for .
they indicate that if ,the gigantic
trusts, which are the feature .of con?
temporary industrial life in the Uni?
ted States, wish to control marine car?
riage, as they control most other -
things, they will find no insuperable -
obstacle in the attachment of-the?-'-'
British shipper to his business. He is
apparently quite open to be bought
out. During the past year British
shipping companies have had a good
time of it. They have profited by the
war either in direct employment or on. "
the relief of competition through the
employment as transports of many
competitors. These abnormal cir?
cumstances must speedily pass away,,
and with the return of normal condi
tions there will come a return of small
profits. Then the Yankee syndicates
will find it still easier to buy up
whole lines of steamers." Another
British contemporary, the Manchester
Courier, says: "But the purchase of
the Leyland line means far more to
British trade than the mere transfer
of a large number of steamers to the
American flag. The possession of a'
well equipped fieet. with loner-establish?
ed trade lines to Egypt, Turky, the
Black sea, Italy, Algeria and Portu?
gal, apart from the American sen-ices,
would place many great markets at
present controlled by Europe in imme?
diate touch with the colossal steel in?
dustry of the United States. Threat?
ening possibilities face both the Eng?
lish shipowner and English manufac?
turer."
Monte Carlo, the most famous gam?
bling place in the world, has a very
curious pension list, says the Ledger
Monthly. Here are inscribed the
names of the men and women who
have lost their fortunes at the tables
and who are allowed small sums dally
j for the rest of their miserable lives.
This practice, which veas inaugurated
by Pere Blanc in his paternal care of
the decaves, is also being dropped as
the pensionnaires die out. The pen
\ sions now paid range from SI to SS a
j day, according to the amount which
j has been lost at the tables and the
j social position of the recipient. For
j instance, a tall Scotchman who is a
familiar figure upon the Promenade
des Anglais in Nice receives two louis
(about ?81 per day. He lost a million
and a quarter at roulette. He has still
I a small income, and the bank, there
j fore, considers his pension sufficient
? to keep this broken vessel from com
j ing to the ground. If one could go .
I through the whole list, what a story
j might be written anent each item!
\ There is no hope of the Casino being
! closed-not even during the summer
? but if people would only restrain their
I passion for gambling for another five
; years, as they showed themselves cap
j able of during the winter of 1896 and
. 1897, the dividend will come out zero,,
and the bank will be broken, not in
name only, but ?*c? in deed.
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