The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 21, 1896, Image 7
ABOUT THE
STATE CAMPAIGN.
NOT ONK OF KDUCATION, BUT
VILIilFICATION.
Wliut tlie Several Can<ll(lutcs Have to
to Talk About, und the
Places of Meeting.
THE MEETING AT NKWHKHltY.
'Ilio meeting at this point was in
PVPfV ri'UHonf nn ?'1f
J - uu lUCHt UlU! ill MO iur 11?
order is concerned. Tho attendance
numbered about GOO. Chairmuu Cunningham
presided, and iu culling the
meeting to order said that the first
man who attempted to howl down any
speaker would bo promptly taken in
charge, lie introduced us the first
speaker General Watts, who confined
his remarks to a brief history of his
military experience and his record as
au oliieer as evidences of his lituess to
lill tho position again. Cue great
tiuth ho uttered was that ho didn't believe
500 votes would be ehauged by
speech-making.
Judsro Eurlo was next introduced,
and he said it would be better for nil
l>omo( rata to lay aside all dissensions
and unjust criticism and work together
for the Shite and give all olllcerH duo
credit for whatever they did, which
was right. Speaking on State matters
lie said no law lnul been made which
had created so much bitterness as the
Dispensary law. It has excellent features
in so far as closing up tlioso
places where young men were enticed
to ruin. But ho said he was unalterably
opposed to the prolit features. It
is said the liipior tratlic should bo controlled
by the Stute because it produces
poverty and crime. Under
gcuerul conditions lie is opposed to
sumptuary legislation. Ho does not
believe that any Legislature can uiaks
men good. t\'s need more schools and
churches for that.
Is it right that our schools should l?e
built up by profits from whisky? Is
it not an idea repulsive to you? Anything
that curtails the use of intoxicants
is a good law, but any South
Carolinian will say it is wrong to build
up schools on whisky profits.
But again it is a great political machine.
We see everywhere men use
their ollicial position in the Dispensary
to enhance the political interests
of themselves or others. This is manifestly
wrong, and Mr. Harrison is advocating
a sclumo to tuko it out oi
politics.
It lias lu-eu said Hint the law cannot
be enforced. But he had confidence
in tho jurioH of the country. In
Charleston jurors opposed to the law,
sworn to do their duty, convicted every
man except one. The people
throughout the State will do their duty.
The people have a right to change
tho law. They should ubolish the
profit feature, if it was a compromise
between prohibition and license. Not
a dollar should bo made over and
above the necessary expenses of the
concern. If it was wrong for tho individual
to sell it, it is equally wrong
for the State to do so. But the State
has a light to regulate the traffic ami
it should do so, but it should not regulate
it to make a profit. lie had always
believed in tho rule of the majority.
He hud never attacked liny candidate
or anybody else's character,
and had never advised the people to
vote for any candidate or any ticket. |
no tlien stated briefly bis* reasons for
favoring free silver.
Goveruor Kvuns being introduced
said the position of I'nited States Souator
"was indeed an important one, especially
at this time, though he did not
consider it a greater honor than the
Governorship.
We are confronted today by the
most serious light in the history of the
nation. The South had to sufFor the
causo of defeat. The burdens placed
upon her a-o greater than heaped on
any conquered nation of civilized
times. The South has paid $400,000,000
in pensions to Yankee soldiers.
The debt is not growing less, but the
Yankees killed seemed to spring up
ngain like dragon's teeth.
Another evil, a debt is put upon 113
by the tarilF. Now, shall theso deinunds 1
be paid.
Eight. years ago the farmers demanded
relief through the Alliance, lie espoused
that causo because ho saw that I
it was the only way to obtain relief. It
is not only for the relief of the farmer,
but of tlie lawyer banker and prcaelicr.
All depends upon too prosperity
of the fanner. Our cotton is the only
product with which wo cau get much
money to como to this section and
hence it is to the interest of all to
have the pri- o as high as possible.
Why should any man ojiposo this j
movement ? Tho sub-treasury had i
more to do with bringing this move- j
ment to success than any other agency,
because its agitation showed that the I
farmers would have relief. Then some
attention was paid to their demands.
This country has conflicting interests.
The South and West are ngricul- |
'ytiral people. Those of tho N<>r111 anil |
tEast are the hankers ami owners of j
money. It is to their interest to make
their dollars buy as much cotton as
possible and your interest to make
them buy as little as possible.
In concluding lie said that ho would j
bo eleetou by an overwhelming major i
ity and that he would go to Washing- j
ton and a-sbl in running the money '
changer* in.in the Capitol.
Mr. I 'M.can opened by nlluding to
his Si'li.it.ir 111 I iifii If" u..;.l I." 1 !
the race Iron) a sense of duty, bceuuso
lm saw iiu ni'i'nlinj; condition of affairs j
which should be shown up. lie saw no
one clue come out ami hceiune himself.
Since he entered the canvass ho had
dealt with ?> Jdio records of men, vet
he had lau n fought in an undcrhnnded
way. Isn't it human nature to strike ,
back when attacked V lie said ho hail
Been day by day u little clique organized.
At Winnsboro bo saw an ex-con( table,
but now a Dispenser, with a few
others too full of |oue X bowling down
speakers to keep the truth from being
told. A paid State official has been
curried around and bis bill is now hanging
tire aud it is doubtful if 1'. will bo
paid by the Hoard of Control. Ho reasserted
that Governor Evans had run
from the stand at Edgefield, and that
Mr. Georgo Evans had aided and abetted
howlers at lied Bank. Ho concluded
by rending Gantt's letter aud commenting
upon it ut some length. He
repeated tho charge that Evans voted
against Tillman as a member of tho
Board of Agriculturo in 1888, and
: ?. t i *> ' * "
aj.<uiim uuujjo i opo ior me Supremo
boo.ro.
Mr. Cooper, candidate for Lieutonkui
Oovornor, gave Mr. W. S. Thompson,
of Spartanburg, candidate for
Solicitor, three minutes of his timo in
order to allow hint to catch a train for
homo. He took up lus timo in telling
jokes and getting olY witty sayings,
which seemed to please the crowd. Ho
said ho just got tin to let the people
see ho was as'good looking as Drl Tfniincrmau
said ho was.
Senator Harrison opened the ball
for the tiuberuuturiai candidates. Ho
spoke of the danger of trusts, uot tho
last among which was an election trust
or political combinations, lit; spoke
'of '.'Je.iu?-.on College and said that it wi.s
ver anticipated th. t it should be s
Jiterurv inst'iiition and it did not need
nil of the privilege tax. As to his His- i
pcusary plan ho said that what was
needed is that auv central control of it
shall be done away. It must be taken
X.?ut of politics it' it is made a success. i
Mr. Harrison then explained in detail i
.till* fpiif urn <if liiu
......... W. v UII li ij IH/vUIlli;
^elieiue, holding that there could not i
the any cheap liquor us long as the i
present cumbersome system existed. i
Only bj- cheaper liquor could blind ti- 1
Ijgcr.s nud moonshiners be killed otF.
( Mr. Whitman being next iutrodiuud 1
'read his credentials from 15. It. Till- i
tmiiu and made his usuui speech about 1
ipupsuckers and camp followers, but 1
'didn't create much of a laugh or any <
'evidences of opposition or approval, i
.excej t there was some n:t rtiiucut wh-"
i e said he had skinned Kllerbo so 1
,'badly at Lexington that he had gone i
to Clctnsou to milk a cow in order to 1
show that lie ought to he (Soveruor. 1
' Mr. Cooper was the next speaker,
lie coniincd himself mostly to giving
a brief to his political aud oliicia) 1
cureer. '
l>r. Timmcrmnu was next iutro
dueed, but he said he simply came to '
see the good people of Newberry. His
oflice was not a political but a ministerial
one. He said that it was a mis
take to say that the old soldiers conld
not vote. The law re quired tl ut lie
should ?ither lie able to read or write '
or in lieu of that to understand a 1
clause in the Constitution.
Mr. W. D. Mayliold, in Ins speech,
defended the higher institutions 02 '
Jeamiug. Ho 6aid wo needed them ail. 1
We hud not one too many. He spoke (
lof the necessity of improvement of the
" public schools. The prolits of liquor :
Arties had gone to the public schools
'.for years and years. It is so iu other 4
Stales and citioH. He could see nothing
wrong m devoting that fund to *
fschool purposes.
' Mr. Kohiuson announced at the out
set his platform on education. As *
many children cctiM never hope to en- 1
ter the hulls of any college, they should '
have the best elementary education s
possible, and lieneo he favored giving
more thorough attention to the public y
schools.
(Jen. Riehbourg made a short speech,
giving a brief aeeouut of his nulitary
expel ienee as a soldier and militiaman. *
After the Statj candidates had
finished candidates for Congresaspoko.
They were only allowed ten miuutes
and naturally could not say much in
that time. Congressman Latimer gave j 1
a brief account of his services in Con- *
gross aud was followed by Mr. W. 1'.
Wideman, of Abbeville, who inter- 11
siiersed his serious remarks with some i *
gook jokes which immediately captiva- I
ted the crowd. He is a splendid singer '
aue tlu' crowd insisted on a song and !
iie gave them a parody on the song j
"They are after me," applying it to |
his Congressional race, lie was voci- j *
forously cheered. Mr. ?T. L. Keitt be- j ;
ing at home did not make a speech ,
lurther than to refer to his candidacy.
VKEPITO AT I.AI CI N-i. V
The meeting hero >.as an orderly !
one. The attendance numbered about J 1
1,000. Chairman Cr. 1'. Smith culled j e
the meeting to order and prayer was i |
otTerod by Rev. Mr. Stokes. Tlie first ! l
speaker to bo introduced was (Sen. I t
Watts, and ho never attempted to make j
a speech; saying as he was at home it t
Was unneeessarv fur him r..i'i<f.> tl... i
slanderous charges mivlo against hint, t
tincl concluded his short talk l>v ex- | ,,
tending n oortliul welcome to the etui- i \
didatcs. f
Gen. Riclibonrg bring introduced
next, gave a brief history of his military
life, and said his competitor was ; h
quite extravagant in his opinion as to ; t
who would be the next Adjutant (icn h
oral. f
.Air. Kllerbe was introduced as the e
lirst gubernatorial candidate, and ho li
said the taxable value of property in ji
the State has been increased .'j'.l'),<>;>:),- 1
Dlth. This was done during his admin- ji
istration as Comptroller General. This tl
did not come altogether front propel tv tl
that had already been taxed, but that 1
which had escaped its proper >har?. ! li
Reformers had ntade mistakes, but he t
was proud of its aehievt nicnts. Taxes '1
have not been reduced because of sup- tt
porting all old institutions as w. II as t
t'ieinson and Wilithrop; because of the h
refunding of the debt and the holding r
of the Constitutional Convention. The b
Administration could not be held re- I '1
sponsible for special taxes in the dif- I i?
furent counties, lie wanted Cleinson | a
to he purely an nerrioulturial and me- | s
chauicul institution. There wus do
need for the literary department. lie
believed Ciemson could uud would bo
ruu on less luoney. lie did uot believo
the dispensary law should be run purely
as a money-making institution.
There should be a legitimate profit
which should go as provided by law to
tho couimou schools. If the law is enforced
to the letter it will reform some
drunkards and keep tho young from
enticement. 119 said if he had a Legislature
in sympathy with him ho would
promise to ruu tho government economically.
Ho said that if elected he
would bo tho Governor of tho whole
people. Ho asked thoso who had beeu
opposed to reform to como together in
a spirit o unity and see if no cau't do
Bomethiug loosing to tao development
of our resources.
Mr. Whitman, another candidate for
the above honors, spoke next, lie said
that tho dispensary luw hud licked out
nil tho ri'siiprtrtiiiliti- fu ?\r.io./.u
, .J ~ v.
South Caroliua, for tht ro bus been one
Dispensary bowl froui one end of tho
State to the other. Ho said Geii. Kllerbe,
tbo Swamp Fox, tbo Bed Fox,
was trying to steal tbo Kefortn movement.
ami give it over to tbo Conservatives.
This was met l>y loud cheers
for General Kllerbo and hisses for
Whitman. lie got off bis usual flowery
closing remnrks and then found
out that he bad no more time. Ho
read some figures to show that more
money had been expended in 181)5
than in 1KSS. lie closed his speech by
baying that if it was the last word ho
would ever speak between hero and
heaven ho would deelaro tbut II. It.
i'lilumu is the worst backsliding, somersaulting
politician that God Almighty
ever saw.
Senatorllarrison in speaking ofClcruou,
said that ?18,000 was entirely
sufficient, for permanent improvements
aud the tag tax should bo appropriated
to it if the college needed it. Thero
was no necessity for that money to go
thero in such profusion. In speaking
of the Dispensary system bo said if
taken possession of by tbo people of
Ihe counties ho believed so much profit
could be mnde as to run the public
scnoois six mourns.
In speuking of tho desirability of
local option, Mr. Ellorbo and Gov2rnor
Evans interrupted and said that
whiskey could bo kept out of any
township now ly a vote of tho people.
In concluding ho suld that tkaDispensary
wuh weight which tho Stato
could not carry much longer. Mr.
Harrison was cheered loudly as ho
concluded.
Mr. Robinson devoted the greater
part of his remarks towards showing
that Mr. Muytield had been in ollice
long enough.
Mr. Maylicfd replied that a majority
jf tho States kept u good man in oflice
is long as ho discharged his duty
i'llieieutly and if tho peoplo were satislied
with him he asked re-electiou. lie
olid not a single promise luado to tho
people iu 181)1) hu^l failed to be carried
mt. j
Mr. Duncan being introduced, referred
to his legislative record, hold- I
ug that he had always been true to his I
nmutry and State. Mr. Duncan said j
hat if partisan lines were again drawn
General Kurle would have lieeu deoutcd.
llo said if MeLanriu, or W. D.
('.vans or S. (?. Mayliehl had come out
or the Senate he would not have. But
\hen they dropped out ho felt it his
luty to eomo out uiul tell the people
vhat he knew. He took up Governor
Ivans' record as a Reformer. He had
roted aguinst every Reform nominee
cr the Roard of Agriculture; he voted
o postpone tho acceptance of the
Jiemson bequest. At this point he
ead the following telegram from W.
:1. Newbold:
"ClIESTKlt, S. C., Aug. 8.
John T. Duncan:?Don't you refer
o mo again on tho stump, either diectly
or indirectly. I mean this as a
varning. \V. II. Xkwiiold."
Mr. Duncan said in reference to tho
iliove: When it comes to that con- |
itable bulldozing me, he may kill me,
>ut he can't scare inc. (Cheers.)
A voice: "Wlun ho kills you he'll
mvo to kill others."
lie said that ho felt oonlident that
he people of tho State will turn down
ueh u man. lie wont on to apeak
'urtlier about the bond mutter ami reomul
to Governor J'.viuih hb a bantam. j
L'here weio cheers for Duuenu and
o:int? r ehcers for Kvans. 113 closed
vitli a joke, ami received considerable
ipplatise.
Governor Kvans being introduced
legan by sarcastically rot erring to the
'Inqucut words of the statesman who |
iud just preceded iiiin. lie said all
md hoard about the bond matter. la
here any man hero who wants to hear
t again? (No! No!) One man asked |
bat ho tell all about it. Governor I
]vaB? said that Duncan knew all those j
lungs ho tells about the bond business |
ml his voting against 1 'ope, etc., two j
'ears ago, yet lie goes koine and votes
or him against Kllerbe. (Cheers.)
Governor Cuius tLen went into a
. t-Moli oi tUO . .....
egiou;ocularly u< to mouo.ry
laws, lie spoke of the farmers
loilltr tllO first to start tlm fiirlit for
reo silver, thoy being first to fuel tho \
vil effects. Ho joined in with thorn
>eenuso it was tlio host interest of tho
eoplo to have thoso principles adopted.
Io spoko of tho part South Carolina
laved in tho Democratic convention
lirough Tillman. (Cheers.) He said i
lie platform was tho truo essence of j
)emoeraoy. They say wo nro l'opu- !
ists but this is the only State where j
hero is no I'opulistic organization. i
'lie greatest inenaee to your liberties j
tnhiv is the Supreme Court .fudges of .
ho I'nited States. '1 hey nro in tho '
amis of the money power. They can j
averse any action of the people. That !
? why their power should be curtailed. 1
heir menacing power must be abol- !
died, and that is why you want to send I
man to the I'nited States Sennto to I
land by Ben Tillman in this light.
~ A voicer "We'll send "you."
(Cheers.)
Ho said that this country was run by
trasts. Referring to the whiskey truBt,
he said if Mixson's letter had been read
the effect of the trust could be seen, as
ho showeu that on account of the trust
special rates could not be offered, and
a reading of Mixson's letter would
show that Hubbell offered no bride,
but offered a rebate which was to go in
tho Treasury.
Another trust is the iuto trust.whiali
must bo choked to death. Wire or
ropes must be used if necessary. Ho
said it would not tako a bantam to
whip his opponents. He could take an
old shanghai, lot him crow onco and
they would all run oft.
JudgoEarle being next introduced
said there were tkreo lawyers for tlio
United States Senate. A few yoars
ago you wero told uot to voto for a
farmer. Whether you voto for lawyers
or not, voto for tho beet man.
Tho man who comes before the people
should como robed in white. If there
is anything against him say it. It is
said that I said tho Shell manifesto
was falso. IIo said it only in reference
to corruption in oillce. Speaking of
his action in 181)0, ho snid he beggod,
implored and dared them to show that
anything was wrong with Earle or fiis
ollico. They couldn't do it, becuuso
it would have been a lie. The railroads
after that came to mo and snid that
they wcr. taxed more than any otiier
class of citizens ami they wanted me
to tako their caso to tho courts. I
refused becauso I had just left too
Attorney General's ollico and I
had advised tho State in reference to
taxation of railroads, nud I felt that
it was not rielit for ouo who liail so re
cently advised 0110 client and knew its
secrets to take nonso against the Stato.
What other name skull I give myself but
Democrat ? I am one and you are a
Democrat. Wo will have a better government,
a more friendly feeling and
a better stato of society when wo lay
aside our differences aud live under
ono banner. Quo of the greatest e\ils
from which we suffer is that we have
departed from the tenets of the Constitution.
Instead of being a government
of the peoplo by the people and
for the people, it has become the government
of trusts and monopolies.
There is no doubt about that. It is
not right or constitutional that it
should be so.
In speaking of freo silver ho said ho
heard nothiug about free silver in the
Shell manifesto or during tho campaign
of 1890. Hut it was the greatest
question of tho day now.
Tho other speakers were Mr. Cooper
for Lieutenant Governor and Dr.
Timmermau for Stato Treasurer, both
of whom spoke of their past records as
guarantees that they would conduct
their offices all right. Congressman
Stanyarno Wilson and Mr. Joseph T.
Johnston, w ho spoke on national issues,
and Messrs. Seaso of Newberry,
Tliomnbonof Spartanburg, Simpson of
Spartanburg and Featherstone of Laurens
for Solicitor.
THE fSION MEETING,
The meeting at this point came near
being a repetition of tho Floreuco
meeting, but cooler heads kept the
pugilistic candidates apart. Tho attendance
numbered about 1,000.
Chairman Greer called the meeting to
order aud Rev. Mr. McFarlaiul offered
prayer. Tho first speaker was Mr. M.
L. Cooper. lie discussed his own
record aud not freo silver. Ho concluded
by speaking at length about
what the Reform movement had accomplished
by his help.
Gen. Kiehhourg spoke next, and he
devoted considerable time to military
government, saying he had mado it a
study. In his closing remarks he gave
ft brief history of bis political record,
which showed thut ho whb a consistent
Reformer.
Gen. Watts followed Gen. Riohbourg,
nnd he spoke about tho disorganized
militia at the time his election,but
saiil it was on a lirmer foundation
now that it has been sineo tho
war. Ho elos?d by saying that he
felt sure a true and tried Reformer
would not be turned down for a latter
day Reformer.
.Mr. Maylield, in his short talk, referred
to rotation in ofiice, saying that
College presidents were retained in
otlice for years, and that it was tho
rule in education that when a man has
been faithful in the discharge of his
duty that he shall be retained.
If the people want to change tho custom
ho would bow to their will. lie
then read his statistics showing what
the Reform movement has accomplish.
Mr. Robinson followed Mr. Mayfield.
lie said he was in entire sympathy
with the public schools. They
should be strentheued and built up
| else the higher institutions will topple
I over. Mr. Maylield goes back on
[ three planks of the shell manifesto. lie
wants a monopoly of the otlice. He |
wants a special privilege to liold it
longer. lie doesn't want to rotate. 1
Let him give an account of his steward- |
ship. How many times has he visited |
this countj in the discharge of 1 is
duty and how many times the ohti r
counties? Holding the view* ho does,
the legitimate conclusion is ho wanttin;
otlice for lite.
Mr. ThoiiiHKon, candidate for Solii
t<?r, made u abort talk in behalf of h
candidacy.
l'r. Timnicrmau, candidate for St
Tri usurer, made a shoit speech, o\\?
to the fact that lie had no oppositi
Ihit in cloning lie said ho had been
advocate of free silver day in and t
ost for ten years, when many of the <
who ale now most loiid mouthed iu its
idvocaoy Avero as sihf.t as the iiiliabi- ;
tants of the city of the dead.
I\Ir. Whitman being at nomo recoiv 1
oil qnito an ovation, and began his
speech by diRcnssing State politics. Ho
said about $20,000,000 had been added
to the taxable proycrty of tlio State, j
but he didn't know what it was coi- |
lectcd for, and tho people had to paj j
it. Ho said better schools had been
promised but these little log school
houses remain. Ho said if elected
Governor every pledge inado in 1890
would bo carried out else tho Legislature
would get no pay. He would veto
and voto salary bills until Gabriel blew
his trumpet but what those promises
should be fulfilled. He said that Tillman
had never douo anything except
pilo up brick and inortar and making
tho people pay for it. Ho concluded
by saying that tho Reform party had
fallen iuto tho hands of traitors.
Senator Harrison opened by saying
as a matter of fact tho levy hud remained
about tho snmo for tho Inst
twenty years. As to tho expenses of
the government Clemson and Winthrop
had been built; n devastating storm
had almost destroyed tho phosphate
indurtry and a Constitutional convention
costing $o0,000 has been held.
These iu ii measure account for the
fact that taxes have not boon reduced.
But ho could bco uo reason now why
the Legislature could not reduce taxes.
Ho said he hud ulways and did now
support Clemsou College, but he did
not believe it needed all the privilege
tux. Tho balance of his time he took i
up in discussing the bottling department
of tho Dispensary, which ho considered
unnecessary.
Col. McSweeney said he believed tho
Comptroller General and the Treasurer
should come before tho people and in- 1
form them as to taxes. Every {State
oliicer should go before the people and 1
then we will indeed liavo a campaign
of education. He favored fostering
public schools. Ho believed in tho
course of a few years all our teachers ,
can bo obtained iu tho State, which is
not tho caso now.
Attorney-General Barber nindo a few
brief remarks aud thanked the people
for their support.
Gov. Evans was the first Senatorial 1
candidate to address tho people, aud *
he said this was the first time in the
history of the people that they had a '
voice in the selection of the'r United J
States Senator. This is an enactment ]
of the Keform movement. He believed 1
that right will finally be given to tho 1
people throughout the Union. Ho j
said that the people had probably r
heard uioro of what a demon he is, ']
what a ruscal ho is, except probably, V
Ben Tillman. Ho had answered those j
Blunders, yet from day to day they ure 'J
repeated and he did not intend taking 1
up his timo discussing them at the ex- j,
pense of more important issues. These y
things were all ventilated two years r
ugo, and he was elected Governor. Ho ^
defied any man to show one act of his n
which was not for the best interests of \
the people. He rocnlled tho fact that the 1
Shell manifesto was denounced nsa lie. ^
He said it was true so far as those <
complained of are concerned. The t?
people won a victory on that platform, 11
but vet a greater light is to bo made. ?,
They have got to swullow it here, but f.
tho people should be suro to scud a
men to Washington who will bo true
to their interest and who havo been
lighting for them sinco tho battle began.
Tho Governor concluded his l
speech by speaking at some length en
the money question.
Judge Enrlo in addressing the audience
said ho would not call them He- n
formers, but Democrats, tho uoblest A
grandest name any man could bear. J
We remember its grand achievements o
iu 1S7G and during the force bill agitu- a
tation and but for it wo would not M
have the constitution under which we I
i;?? ir.. ?: l i.- i... i i r? ?
inti xiu ouiu ii*r iiuu in It'lUr IU 111UL" 1
tors that he would not were it not hecause
they were mentioned by certain 1
people who addressed the j:eople. They ^
tell you about my canvass in 1800. Ho ^
said he had nothing to apologize for. I
Tho people of Union know that 7
churgcs of corruption in tho State r
government are false and any man who r
says so now speaks an untruth. His t
platform then and now, however, is
that tho majority must rule. He said
he was not a Reformer, lie had never t
been a member of the party. He lias 1
been honored by his people.
But it is said ho has been j
paid enough. If by that is \
meant money, ho would say that ho
made more than the salary of a judge.
! He accepted the ollieo because of tho
i honor attended to it and for the honor , j
' ho is duly thankful to the people. Ho
; n-ked whether tho people were any
I better off now than they were in 1MH). ,
They wero not, but it was not becauso
their oflicials had not been true and j
faithful. The State is but a small unit
in tho Union and can do little. The jj
burdens wo bear come from a central- j
ized government. Ho spoke of some
of the evils, mentioning tho tarilf, j
which should Vie for revenue oidy; another
was the abseuccof laws providing j r
for an income tax; another was a con- |j
tracted currency. If there is only ono-| t
half as much money in circulation, tho J(
demand and supply being the same, ^
the prico of cotton or other products
I must v nnn.tnlf I t
During Mr. Duncan's speech Gover- [
nor Evans, in a colloquy with him, re- ?
murked that Duncan could not tell the 11
truth. The latter started for the Gov- j;
eruor, who was sitting a few paces in ,.
the rear of him, as if ho intended to
strike. Shorifl'Long stepped in front j
of Mr. Duncan and told him there
must be no trouble, and Mr. Duncan | r
went bueh to tbo front and continued 1
his speech as if nothing had happened. ;
Governor Evans wasn't in the least li
disturbed apparently and never arose i ei
from his chair. Mr. Duncan was more a<
| mliflc of charges and insinuations p
than he has been for some time, though j c<
nothing more than what has been pre- i N
viously charged was brought out..'; r'
lie tried to get Gov. Evans to sign a '
pajier saying that if Mison said what ( v<
Duncan ascribed to him he was a liar, j c'
This the < tovernor refused to do, sneer- j ''
inglv teliing Duncan he would pay no \\
further attention to him and that if 'i
Mixon knew liny uroii^' he luul done it j
was liis duty a? a State tlliccr to t? 11 ,
it. _ I
m
Congressman Wilson was introduced
and received a handsome reception.
Ho was followed by Mr. Johnson of
Lanrons, and the mooting closed with
addresses by candidates for Solicitor
of this circuit?Messrs. Sanders,
Gohumpert and Sease.
TIIRKE ITALIANS LYNCHED.
Swung Up lu u Stable and Ittddlcd
With Bullets.
Wednesday night of last week-la St. Charles
Parish, Ln., Jules Gueymnrd, a storekeeper,
was assassinated while standing on
his front poreh. A Sicilian named Lorenzo
Saladlno was known to have u grudgo against
Gueymard. and ho was suspected of the
viiuir, VyiicuuinuKiii.'ii auu UiUUr UVKll'DCO
caused his arrest on Friday. Tlio shcrifT had
groat dilllculty in provoutingtho people from
lynching Snladluo then and there. The
sheriff secretly conveyed the prisoner to
llnhnville, the county sent, and placed hhn
in jail. This structure isn now building nud
was guarded by n negro night watchman,
who has performed the duty several years,
'1'wo other Italians named Deciuo and Angelo
Marouso, were confined in the jail for
the murder of nil aged Spaniard on one of
the plantations. About midnight a mob
of about fifty persons, well armed,
surprised the guard, battered down the
doors of the jail nr.d took out the three
Italians. The prisoners cried and begged
for mercy, but the crowd took them to a
stable a short dlstauce away, gave them two
minuti s iu which to pray and then strung
all threo ol them up by their necks to the
rafters.
The crowd stood around n few minutes
until the bodies ceased *o struggle and
then ^opened lire from their Winchester
rilles on the dangling forms, literally riddling
them with bullets. Tlio lynchers thou
quietly dispersed.
THK LOSS l-'.4 Tb.NTS.
Tho Condition of the Cotton Crop
Throughout tho Southern States.
Tlio August returns to tho Statistician of
Jin l)?>n'irtmonf nf Aitridiiltnmnf \Vuolil?ii?tAn
how a reduction in the condition of cotton
luring the month of July from 92.5 to ?0.1,
or 12.4 points. Tho condition the same time
ast year was 77.9. which was the lowest
iverago for August ever given. The average
>f the States are: Virginia, f ?; North Caroina,
93; South Carolina, 88; Georgia, 92;
Florida, 84; Alahama, 93; Mississippi, 78;
jouisinnn, 70; Texas, 69; Arkansas, 65; Tenlesseo,
89. Heavy ruljs in July damaged the
'rop. especially on bottom lands in Virginia,
'forth < arolina and South Carolina, l-'ioridu
ind some portions of Georgia. Over a largo
irea in Georgia the crop is in line coalition.
and promises a full yield. A
Irought which extended over Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana Arkansas ami
I'exas for several weeks produced more or
ess damage, and in many eourities comdaints
are made of rapid shedding and pretiature
ripening and blooming at the top.
lome counties in Mississippi and Arkansas
oport tho crop as irreparably damaged from
Irought and excessive heat. Some counties
u Texas report the crop in good condition
.ud fruiting well, promising an average
icld. But over the drought-stricken disricts.
where ruins have fallen, they bavoj
omo too latoto bo of beneilt. The contln-j
led drought and hot dry winds have dono'
onsiderablo damage in some counties. There!
s complaint of too much dry weather in Ten-|
lessee. Otherwise tho crop is doing fairlyj
roll. Tho crop over almost tho entire cotton |
elt is maturing rapidly, and is earlier than' ?
or many years, partly from early planting!
ud partly from premature ripening. |
CONDITION OF TIIK CKKEALS.
iiiprovemcnts in the Condition ot
Corn, Hut Spring Wheat Has
Fallen.
The report of the statistician of the Departicnt
of Agriculture at Washington for
.ugust indicates an improvement in thoeonitiou
of corn over that reported last month
f 4.4 points, or from 02.4 to 00. The avor-1
ges of the principal States are: Ohio 105,
[entucky 102. Indiana 105, Illinois 100.
own 102, Missouri 85, Kansas 100, Nebroska
08.
Condition of spring wheat has fallen sinco
ho July report from 03.3 to 78.0, a decline
f 11.4 points. Tno conditions by States are
,s follows: Michigan 83, IIIinois83, Wisconiu
82, Minnesota 80, Iowa 84, Kansas 55, Nerasku
77, South Dakota 89. North Dakota
0, Washington 00, Oregon ?0,California 109.
Condition of oats has fallen since the lost
eport 16 points, or from 06.3 to 77.3. Spring
ve condition Is 88 against 06.8 in July,
vhilo barley has fallen from 88.1 in July to
2.0 for August. The average of buckwheat is
riven as 99.5 per cent of last year's area. Conlition
of same. 96. Condition of Iristi potaoes
04.8 against 00 in July, t onditiou of to?aeeo
86.5 against 01.5 July 1.
Ueporls on the European grain erops arq
puierally favorable. The wheat crop prom*
sos to lie up to the average. Forage crops
vill In* short in t?r? at LSrilain if tbo drought
continues.
HO!v 16 SMI I II KKSKiNFI).
lis Resignation is In the Hands of the
President.
Tiie Washington Dost eonilrnis the report
hat Hoke Smith has resigned from the Cab-,
net, in an article fvom which the following
> an extract: Secretary Hoke Smith's resigation
as a member of 'he Cabinet and tho
ad of the Interior Department is said to bo
a the hands of the President.
"The authority for this statement is a close
lersonal friend of bee ret a ry Smith. As tho.
lory goes, Secretary Smith forwarded his
esignntion to the President tit (1 ray Gables
ii the same day that lie authorized the publication
in Ids paper, The Atlanta Journal, of
be editorial declaring that paper would support
llryun and Kewail, although denreeatng
the platform upon which tin y were nom-?
Jilted.
In his letter to the President it is said'
liat Secretary Smith announced the position
bat he was going to assume, pointed but
hat lu< had. during the eanipaign in Georia.
given a solemn pledge that ho would
bide bv the notion of tho Cliieago eonvenion
and then went on to say that he felt that
? could not in justice to the President, long*
r remain in ids cabinet."
NATIONAL CALAMITY.
'resent Hot Spell as Dliustrolls ns aj
I'lnxue. '
The report of futilities resulting iro:n tho
eat in various sections of the country iudiitt
thr.t the present hot spell will he as>disUrous
in its effects ns a national calamity or
Initio, Tim death roll up to Motidny ex ils
1 i."> in the principal cities. In greater
e\v York tho nutnher of deaths from heal
ached Ilftv. la lialtimore the deaths wer<4
iie tcenand in Philadelphia eighteen. Last 4
rn lti-s appear to have suffered itost seJ
r< lv. altlnni?-h tho death h.-t in tie* Wests
mtinuer* t,. he hiuh. 1'ollowiiisc is the r?-I
ort of fatalities: I
New York and vicinity "/>; Philadelphia ISj)
aishinf;t'>n lialtimore p.i; p.ayonn", N. J.,|
Newark, N. li; Albany, N. Y.t 2; Jersoyj
itv 1; I'lUshuru 1: Chi-aico (1; ltuehester l;j
oui-vill 1; ! inpitis 1;'Jlovclaud 2; Cluoiu-1
nti 5; San Antouio 1. g