Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HESKITULIISTO. WHO CTJCVKLAND WON AGAIN Th* Only Prmhlem Who was ever Re eeereeJ After e Retirement. The Democratic landslide of 1891 which pieced Grover Cleveland for the eecond time In the presidential eheJr followed the failure of the or oat stupendous eiferte ever mads by siny party te perpetuate Itself in pover. Wtiea the Repeblleent came back In tfceir ewe after the end of the first Cleveland administrative they left ee steee unturned, eo far aa legisla? tion wee concerned, to make tielr power absolute end to prevent the pneelBStlty of another Democratic preaideat. The tret thine the Republicans did under the Harrleon administration wee te admit six states to the Union, thinking thereby to assure their par? ry ef twelve additional Republican senatsr? and twenty additional votes In the electoral college. The house ef reft ess ate tlvss was Republican by a very narrow margin. Democratic members were unseated by wholesale te ejrvs their places to Republican seat est sou, without regard to the merits ef their claims. Thee follow**, the attempt to enact the Farce bill. Its authors and pro? ponents called It the Federal Election bill, bet it was so odious to the ma? jority ?f ?he people of both parties that the name applied by the Demo? crats stuck to It the longest. This bill provided that all elections for federal oftVes. thst la repressntatlvee and presidential electors should be under the direct control of the federal gov? ernment. That meant "carpet-bag" returning boerds In the south, sup? ported by bayonets of federsl soldiers and pistols of federal deputy marshals and s "solid south" which would have been solidly Republican. The fact that the negroes were not permitted te vote freely, or that their votes were not counted, was ths principal argu? ment used for ths bill, and the only argument which gave the cause a shadow of justification. S> The Force bill was passed by the house and went to a Republican sen? ate. There the absolute freedom of uattmlted debate gave the Democrats a chance to fight the majority. The Republican senators from the far West were not heartily In sympathy with the Force bill advocates. The western Republicans had long since ceased te wave, the "bloody shirt" in campaigns, and the westerners had not known the bitterness of armed conflict. The Democrats had caucus after caucus and decided upon their plane with the greatest care. It was a matter of life and death to them, and they knew It. Southern senators of the old '"rebel brigadier" type?men of culture and polish?were assigned, man for man, to pay court to the re Ugh diamonds ef the Wert who wer? their colleagues on the otner side of that chasm mark? ed by the center aisle of tho senate chamber. The talk went on unceas? ingly for days and nights. The wh<>it country waa discussing the probability of the eenate adopting a cloture rule to Pmlt debate. Finally, about 3 o'clock one morn? ing, Senator Daniel, of Virginia, left hla orutchfs In the cloak room and shuffled on the floor Senator Vest ef Missouri, was speaking. He had been speaking for hours and hour* and hours. Daniel whispered to him: "It's all right, we have enough votes to beat It. Senator Stanford, of Cali? fornia. Is with us.' "Let me finish my speech." said Vest. And he went on to put s proper rhetorical and ora? torical finish on the speech that was meant for nothing but to gain time. The Force bill was dead, its advocates knew it snd did not press for a vote. In that fight the Democrats were aided and abetted by two eastern Re? publicans, and their victory was due In greet part to Matthew S. Quay and Don Cameron, senator* from the rock ribbed Republican state of Pennsyl? vania. Quay was to figure greatly in the coming events. He had elected Harrison over great difficulties, and hs naturally supposed that he was to be rewsrded for his efforts In the msnner that politicians are ever re? warded. He found to his surprise that Harrison credited Providence snd not Quay with the victory of 18*8. Harri? son mortally offended Quay on his first visit to the White Huso after the inaugural' ?n Harrison also forgot to reply to a telegram of congratulation sent to him on the day of his election by General W W Dm Ih-y. of Indiana, tr?vi-m?r of the national committee, who had organised the famous "block of five" system. The Republicans believed that the> had b?en returned power on the greet Issue of pfSjeagUon, The pom hv? wn< rede? ?o d ,u>d M.e M< Kin!e\ bill, the tariff of |H?in. was i MaJ. MrKlnley 'vnn chairman of the house commltte? on ways and mean* an t thereby gave hi" name to the bill, but many of the schedule* went In over hi* protest. Rightly or wrongly, the whole coun? try rose up In protect und In 1*'>" the house of representatives was turned over to the Democrat* once more, giv? ing them tho largest majority that any party has ever had In that body. That tremendous victory which swept over the states that had never elected a Democrat to any office, disheartened the KepubnYans. and gave courage to the Democratic hosts. Then came the great fight for the nominations. Harrison was renomlnated at Min neapolls by an overwhelming vote. The federal office holders' machinery was loyal to him and the party was divided. Ulalne had made the great blunder of resigning his position as secretary of state to make the race. It was as hopeless as was Clay's candi? dacy for the Whig nomination In 184 8. William McKinley was made perma? nent chslrman of the convention and at the last moment the wavering op? position settled on him. But Harrison was named on the first ballot, Blalne's and McKlnley's vote being equal. The blow was too much for Hlalne, and he died soon, broken in heart and spirit. Cleveland's third nomination was accomplished only after one of the hardest ante-convention fights ever known. He was opposed by the solid New York delegation. Governor Hill -?nd the Albany machine Joining hands with Tammany to stay their common enemy. Hill had held a convention very early in the year, a "snap" con? vention as it was called, and it had Instructed the New York delegation for him. In the c invention Bourke Cockran leaped Into fame as an orator by his famous speech denouncing Cleveland, Qeneral Bragg, of Wlnconsln, voiced the sentiments of the Democratic vo? ters with his shout: "We love him for the enemies he has made!" The matchless skill of that arch-political, William C. Whitney, accomplished the apparently Impossible, and Cleveland was named as the Democratic stand? ard bearer for the third time. When the convention adjourned there were knives In the boot legs of a majority of Democratic leaders and It seemed that Republican success was absolute? ly assured. Both parties had "straddled" the money question. The silver Issue was becoming more and more persistent, but as both parties were divided on It, neither had the courage to take either side of the controversy. It was exact? ly as in the ante-bellum days when slavery was the only real Issue, but when neither Whigs nor Democrats dared to touch the question. So the People's Party, soon given the name of Populist, was born. The Populists said everything they be? lieved and said more. A series of meetings of western and southern rad ?cals, captained by old Greenbackers and young mn of a new generation, resulted In the formation of a new party and the nomination cf James B. Weaver, of Iowa, for president. He has the distinction of being the only third-party candidate who has re? ceived a vote In the electoral collegt since the civil war. In the Democratic southern states the Populists fused with the Republi itis to overcome the Democratic ma? jorities; und In the Republican we.?t ? rn stutes they fused with the Demo? crats. The result was that Wester received 12 electoral votes, being the tit Ire votes of Colorado, Idaho, Ken sas and Nevada, and one vote each from North Dakota and Oregon. These fusions helped Cleveland greatly and took away from Harrison five of the twenty votes the Republicans planned to receive from the new western states. For the third time In the history of the country, a presidential elec? tor's pledge was broken. The first In? stance was when a New Hampshire olector In 1820 voted against Presi? dent Monroe, declaring that he had done so that Monroe's election might not be unanimous, and that he would not, therefore stand In history by th4 side of George Washington The sec? ond Instance was In 1824 when three Clay electors chosen by the New York legislature voted for Adams and Craw? ford. The third was In 1892 when one of the Cleveland electors In North Dakota voted for Harrison so that the first electoral vote cast by that state would be counted: For Cleveland 1, for Harrison 1. for Weaver 1. The tide of the election turned from Harrlrson t.i Cleveland after the great Homestead strike at the Carnegie steel works. The McKinley bill had not given the laborers the Increased wages they expected and there was serious labor trouble all over the country. The UHt> of troops at Homestead and the employment of Plnkertons In the far west enraged the laboring people ugainst the administrntion. I'ntil the last th.- Republicans had confidence, nil of them except a f? w leaders like Quay and the Cleveland landslide eras not expected. The Dem? on it* i ere i?opeful, but when they found th y hs i carried statei like Il? linois and Wisconsin they were tre rr.endously surprised. Cleveland had 277 votes, Harrison HI nnl Weaver 22 Cleveland'! posjule* vote was over 380,000. Re wa* the only man to dupl'cate An lr. w Jackson's record Of Wlnnlni I i ?pulaf plurality for pi> dent Ihree times In succession, and each time Increasing1 the majority He was also the only president ever re elected to office after a retirement. II and Harrison are the only presidents who succeeded each other. They are the only two who twice rode down Pennsylvania avenue at the head of the Inaugural procession together. It has been said that in 1892 was the only time that a party had been re? tired from power during prosperous times, but as the panic of 1899 was already approaching the statement is hardly fair. The election of Cleve? land by such a great majority was a forewarning of the great radical un? rest which was to reach the flood tide at the next election. FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK. Dr. Knapp Writes Congressman Lever That He Has $3,000 More to Carry on Work. Lexington. Nov. 3.?Congressman Lever is in receipt of gratifying news relative to the farmers' demonstration work In this State, as Is shown in the following letter from Dr. S. A. Knapp, who is In general charge of the work In the Southern States. It will be good news to the farmers to know that there will be no let up in this work. Washington, D. C. Oct. 30, 1908. Dear Mr. Lever: After going over our work in South Carolina, we found that, with the funds at our disposal for next year, we could not do all that I desired and in order to keep my promise to you good, I went to New York this week and secured $3,000 additional to be used In South Caroli? na. I think now that we can carry out everything that we have underta? ken, and we will try to make the work thoroughly effective In your district and as much of the State as we can reach. Thanking you for all your efforts In our behalf, permit me to remain, Yours very truly, (Signed) S. A. Knapp. Special Agent in Charge. Hon. A. P. Lever, M. C, Lexington, 8. C. COMPLEXION OF CONGRESS. Democrats Have Made a Few Gains. How They Stand. Chicago, Nov. 4.?Three hundred and seventy-six congressional districts have been heard from and the politi? cal complexion of the Sixty-first con? gress, according to present informa? tion, with 14 districts yet to hear from, will be: Republicans 211; Democats 168. One hundred and ninety-six votes will contrll the house. | The house of representatives in the J Sixtieth congrers consists of 166 Demo? crats. 223 Republicans and there are two vacant seats. ?Ring's Little Liver Pills for bil? iousness, sickheadache. They keep you well. lie. Try them. Sold by Slbert Drug Co. Sept-3m The mly way to get friends is io make them yourself. How to Cure n Cold. ?Be a* careful as you can you will occasionally take cold, and when you do, get a medicine of known reliabili? ty, one that has an established repu? tation and that Is certain to effect a ijulek cure. Such a medicine Is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has gained a world wide reputation by Its remarkable cures of this most common ailment, and can always be depended upon. It acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, aids expecto? ration, opens the secretions and aids nature In restoring the system to a healthy condition. During the many years in which It has been in general use we have yet to learn of a single case of cold or attack of the grip having resulted in pneumonia when this remedy was used, which shows conclusively that it is a certain pre? ventive of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's Cough remedy con? tains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by all drug? gists. A1 it Oil 1 B* B B W\ flue* $?_ Kb Kv^\yim 9 The si ore I our shipp best a&d quicke; t shipping foe HATKC'9 VIRGINIA MO PRIVAT! STOCK CO N HOLLAN ) GIN -Best Qln APPLE BRANttY-Thia y< PIACH BRANDY-Made "?3 We prepay exprei 11 toe BRYAN NOT DOWNCAST. NOTHING TO INDICATE HIS DIS? APPOINTMENT. Kefiux* to Make Consuient Before Getting Actual Result* in Ohio, In? diana end ILansa*?Sera He Will Continue Working for Good Govern? ment. Lincoln, Neb., Not. 4.?While not caring to discuss at this time the po? litical aspect of the Democratic vic? tory in his home stats or analyse the cause, William j. Bryan this after I noon, In an informal talk to a num? ber of friends who called on him, ex? pressed his pleasure at the result in Nebraska and the satisfaction it af? forded him to learn of the election of so many of his political and personal friends. A delegation numbering nearly 100 from Lincoln visited Mr. Bryan at Falrvlew to express to him their con? fidence and devotion and to assure ( him that such was the sentiment of a majority of the people of hla city and state. Mr. Bryan in responding said: "I am highly gratified over the re? sults In this state. The national de? feat has not been such a disappoint? ment when we have had so many things to console us. I hope I have convinced my friends that running for office has only been an incident to my work. My heart has never been set on holding office, but I wanted to do certain work and it looked as though the presidency might offer the opor tunlty to do that work. I am sure that in private life I can have the chance to do something. One Is not required to hold office in order to do big things; one is simply required tp do those things within his reach and that much is within the reach of each of us. "Personally, I shall find as much Joy being out of office, if the returns show I must be, as I would be In of? fice. I hope still to be of influence to bring about needed reforms. I ap? preciate very much the confidence and 1 loyalty of the people near us. It has been the greatest comfort that the election has given ue. The fact that those among whom we live have shown this confidence we appreciate more than I can tell you. It has been very kind in you to come out here and visit us on this day." The defeat he sustained yesterday did not weigh heavily on Mr. Bryan. He was one of the most cheerful of those at his home and laughed and Joked good naturedly with hi? visitors. Tonight Mr. Pryan was the guest at the banquet of the State Teachers' as? sociation, where he made a short ad? dress. He has no other immediate plans than to rest at his home fol? lowing his canvass. Mind Your Business! ?If you don't nobody will. It is your business to keep out of all the trouble you can and you can and will keep out of liver and boyel trouble If you take Dr. Kind's New Life Pills. They keep biliousness, malaria and jaundice out of your system. 25c. at Bibert'i Drug Store. There may be some useful purpose connected with a lazy man, but he shamelessly refuses to serve. Seven Years of Proof. ?"I have had seven years of proof that Dr. Kind's Now Discovery Is the best medicine to take for coughs and colds and for every diseased condi? tion of throat, chest or lungs," says W. V. Henry, of Panama, Mo. The world has had 38 years of proof that Dr. King's New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma, hay fever, bronchitis, hemorrhage of the lunss, and the ear? ly stages of consumption. Its timely use always prevents the development of pneumonia. Sold under guarantee at Sibert's Drug Store. 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. _ SHED 1867 S I Ol ST 1 LL?R:% andTi sii ill in/ house \.!icr.- v.-' haveb?en doing busii Utties. II orders uro eent out lame day NfAIN RYK?A whiskey sea hevo b< rig rr?ld and nro?mv, trj it cna 10Id at th:*j low price tare crop, but it is PURE 3RANDY ipaoially Vor us in Maryland. O -lO CLNT& EXTRA PCR GALLON FMl A 2<1 Pints or 4? H lit-Pinta ot Any rges at these prices end guarantee safe dein Send Money Order or li A. HATKE t E. CAttY ST., 1*CV? a Snovvdrift HOGLESS LARD I i The superlatively satis ' factory Southern standard , cooking-fat that has made I the South famous. Pure I cotton seed oil, super-re j fined by our exclusive ) Wesson process. The [ acme of purity, whole l someness, and economy. >'THE ? SOVTHER.N ? COTTON Ol L ? CO y/ewTbrhSavanmh^tlavtaJ^wOrlmns-Chicago1 TO THE FARMERS OF SUMTER COUNTY: The First National Bank, of Sumter Begs to announce that it is prepared to make liberal pdvances on cotton in warehouse, thus enabling you to hold for a higher price. Every Courtesy and Accommodation Consistent with Sound Banking. Come in and see us. A. J. CHINA, Pres. NEIL O'DONNELL, Vice Pres. J. L. McCALLUM, Cashier. HORSES: AND : MULES Another Car Just Arrived WAGONS? Wc are still selling Wagons at Cost. BUILDING MATERIAL? Our usual Complete Stock. SEED OATS? Appier and Red Rust Proof Seed Oats. ft K Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. Consolidation of and Successors to Booth Live Stock Co., and A. D. Harby. vi N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist. 18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs. Hoars:?8.30 to 1-P. 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