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I VOL. LIL _ WINNSBORO, S.G., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1898. NO. 27." J
I IN THE STATE SENATE,
SHEEP KILLING DOGS HAS TOO
Wt- MANY FRIENDS
r
How the Senators Voted on Several Iecponuii
Measures Soilcg tho Fast "VTeek
?& Report of the Work Done.
The session of the Senate Monday ,
was entirely without incident or de
l bate. T^e entire morning was taken
^ up in routine work, which, was pushed ,
V forwsrd at a rspid rate.
President McSweeney announced
fflfoe appointment of Capt. A. M. Ruth
senate pest master, vice J. T. Parks
jPesigned, Capt Ruth is an old Con- (
Rr>1dipr and served for 18
years as sheriff of Hampton county
For a number of years before the war,
his father was a senator from Beau
fort county.
^ The bill to require the kiiiing: of
the sheep killingdogs, which had been
passed by-the Bouse was killed.
On Tuesday the session of the Senate
was devoted to the discussion
principally to two measures?the ques
tion of biennial sessions of the L?gis
lature and wide tires for wagor s. Af
ter considerable discussion the first
proposition came to a vote as follows:
i Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Brown,
m Buist, Connor, Dennis, Douglass, Du
f Bose, Gaines, Love. Mauldin. McCaila,
McDaniel Miller, Norris,
O'Dell, Pettigrew, Sender?, Scarborough,
Suddath, Turner, Walker,
Williams?23.
f "Pv?-uc?TVftn frriffith. TT?v_ Sender
Lson, Jefferies, Lesesne, May field, McAlhany,
Mcse?, Morer, Ragrsdale,
81osn, Taibird, "Wallace, Waller?15
The measure failing to set a twcthirds
vote as required by the constitution
"was declared defeated, and the ?
Legislature will meet every year as
heretofore.
The Senatewentlo work with a meat
ax Wednesday andjkilled almost every
bill on which there was the least de
bate. The first to *uffer was Mr. Patton's
paving bill and soon after Mr. ;
Gaines' broad tire bill received the i
same fate. Mr. Herderscn's county ,
government bill ran the gauntlet, but
> - it was the only one to successfully do
^ so. When the paving bill was reach- i
ed Mr. Archex moved on indefinite <
postponement, which after considerable
argument was agreed to Dy a vote i
of 21 to 16.
Mr. Hendeson's county government <
bill was then taken \vp.
Mr. Ragsdale thought it would fce i
better to try the county gover merit
law in force for a while longer. It ]
was beginning to work satisfactorily ,
in Fairfield sicca it was becoming un
derstood by the people. He moved an
indefinite postponement.
... - Mr. Archer said the people of his i
county wanted a change, and the
sooner it could be had the better. The
->' expenses of Spartanburg had been in
creased enormously under the present
law and a change was needed.
~ _ Mr. Moses endorsed every word the <
senator from Spartanburg said, for ;
they applied to Sumter equally as <
'"Y: well. i
ir -vT Mr. Lesesne hoped the bill would 1
" pass.
f Mr. Henderson said that if each sen- i
to. J j n i.__
tour wouiu uevote live minuses 10 cai
Bymlation they would see that at least i
Sere or sir hundred dollars per annum 1
H?as saved to each county. He then
^^ointed out the cumbersome machin
|^r eryof the present law and contrasted
it -with ihe simplicity of the bill under ,
discussion.
^ Mr. Archer moved to tab; e the mo I
v. tion to indefinitely postpone the bill. ,
The aye and nsy vote resulted: j
Ayes ? Alexander, Archer, Buist,
Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Dubose, i
Gaines, Griffith, Hay Henderson, JVf i
* feries, Lesesne, Love, Mauldin, McAl- (
hany, McCalla, Miller, Moses, Mower, i
Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Sanders, i
Scarborough, Sloan, Stackhouse, Sud
datb, Turner, Walker, Wallace, Walr
ler, Williams- 33. ]
Nays?Maj field, McDaniel, Sags \
dale, Talbbird?4. <
, " Mr. Norris wanted to amend tv pro- i
viding for thj election of the two ad- ?
visory commissioners by a popular ,
vote. The senate almost unanimously <
ro rejected the amendment. ]
A number of amendments perfpct \
ing the bill in miner details were offer }
? ed, some of which were adopted aud |
^ others rejected. The bill then passed ,
its second reading with notice of general
amendment on the third reading
Then the broad tire bill came up
and after some discussion was killed j
by the foilowing vote: .
Yeas?Buist, Connor, Dean, Doug
lass, DuBcse, Griffith, Hay, Sender- :
son, Jefferies, Love, McAlbany, Mc 5
Daniel, Mower, O'Dtll, Pettigrew, >
Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sloan, Wal i
2er, Williams?21. _ !
Najs--Alexander, Brown. Dennis, '
Gaines, Lesesne, Mauldin, Maj field,
McCaila, Miller, Mcse?, Norris, San *
ders, Stackhouse, Suddath. Talbird, <
Turner, Waiker, Wallace?18.
Mr. Love called up Mr. DeLoache's i
bill to regulate express and telegraph J
companies and to extend ;he powers of
the railroad commissioners, so as to
give them power and authority to 1
? rpcnlatfi ftharffPs bv i
mk for transportation, to regulate the <
wLchargss of telegraph companies for
he transmission of messages by tele 1
reraph, for charges by persons engaged
Ht the several businesses herein nam- 1
B; to apply the powers given to said
Hbmmissioners, by law, over railroad J
Hcompanies cr persons owning, control
Haling, or operating a line cr lines of ;
express and telegraph, and make the
R penalties prescribed against railroads
aafajor violating commissioner's rules apfifcly
to the companies and persons ,
Bberein named, wbos9 line or lines is
K.a;e whollv cr in nsrt in this S*ate.
I Sr. Henderson, after the hill bad j
It discussed, moved to pcspons in- j
mitely the bill. The yeas and nays
jlted as fcllovrs:
teas?Messrs. Buist, Dennis, Du
he, Hay, Henderson, Lesesne, Manila
MajfieW, McAihany, MiUtr,
^ays?Messrs. 'Alexander, Archer,
:rwn, Connor, Dean, Douglas?, :
ines, Griffith, Jetferie?, Ljy?, Mc|la,
Mc Daniel Xorris, Peitigrew,
psdale, Bear borough, S.sckbouse,
fcf. Moses amended by exempting ;
^fcephone companies from the op j
Bps of the bill. There were many !.
telephone companits in thisHk
declared, and placing them 1
iommission was an unneces-;
ship. If this thing of estab- j i
mmissions were carried much
here wculd be coramisscns
rcories, public ginneries, e'c. i
Llrcher, and McCaila spoke j
| amendment. 11
fcresuJted in its adoption as 1
fcilovrs:
Yeas?Messrs. Euist. Dear, Dennis,
Douglass, Dt'Base, Griffith, Hay, Henderson
Jefferies, Lesesne, Maulain,
May field, McAlhany, Miller. Moses,
Mower, O'Dell, Pettigre^-, Ragsdale,
Sanders, Scarborough, Sloan, Turner,
Walker, Waller.?25
Nays?Messrs. Alexander, Archer,
Bro^n. Connor, Gaioes, Love, McOal!a,
McDaniel,Norris. StackHouse, Sudf^atb,
Taibird, Wallace, Williams.?
14.
Mr. Buist offered an amendment exempting
telegraph companies from the
c "man.*? nncm t txtq C hv
the following vote:
Yeas?M--s?r9. Buist. Dennis DuBose,
K*y. Henderson. Lesesne, Mauldin,
Mayfield, Mc Albany, Miller.
Moses, Mower. CVDell, Sanders, Sloan,
Turner, Walker.?17.
Nays?Messrs. Alexander. Archer,
Bro^n, Connor, D.-an, Douglass,
G-aines, Griffith. J'fcories, Love, McCalls.
McDaDiel, Norris, Pettigrew,
R-!gsdale, Scarborough, Stackhouse,
Suddath, Talbird, Wallace, Waller,
Williams.?22.
Mr. Mayfieid amended by striking
out the section of the bill which provides
that the commission may compel
telegraph comparies to establish seen
cies at all railway stations. The Sen
ate at reed to the amendment by a vote s
of 22 tg 16.
The bill came up again Thursday
and was passed by the following vote:
Yeas?Messrs Archer. Brown Dean,
Douglass, DuBose. Griffith Jeffries,
Love, Mauldin, McCalla, Norris, Petti
grew, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Stack
house Suddath, Talbird, Wallaca and
WiJliams?19.
Nays?Messrs. Buist, Dennis. Bay,
Henderson. Lesesne, May field, Mc^lbanv,
Miller Moses. Mower, O'Dell,
Sanders, Sloan and Walker?14.
BUZZARD IN NEW FOUNLANDTerrible
Stcry Brought by tbe Bed CrcES
Steamer Portia.
The Red Cress Line steamer Portia
arrived Tuesday &fc New York, four
days overdue, from St. John's, N. F.,
and Halifax, after a desperate encoun
ter with pack-ice off the Newfound
land coast, and with a harrowing ;ale
of blizzards and destitution in the coast}'
section of that country. Hundreds of j
men, women and children, dead or:|
dying from exposure and starvation, |!
/iiAca krr linn . 2
*>iui auuuuauwo v^iuou uj , auu uiuu
dreds more threatened with a like ;
'ate, are the brief details of the condi- .
tion of affairs brought by the Portia
Four days the Portia was penned in 1
huge Arctic floes, in plain sight of St. '
John's, unable to move. She man
aged to escape bj the merest accident. 1
Many other craft, several cf them re ]
Lief vessel?, sent by the Canadian
Government to succor destitute fishermen,
had to abandon their errands of
mercy and return to St John's, where
they were still in the ice when the 1
Fortia struggled into clear water. \
Close to where the Portia lay tfce 1
steamship Virginia was locked tight
3be had been sent north by tbe Canadian
Government with food for the
starving fishermen, but a short dis- 1
tance up the coast she found the rou'e 1
seriously blocked and was forced to ]
return to port to prevent being ice 5
boand all winter. Before her depar 1
ture news had reached St. John's that <
unless assistance was prompt y dis ]
patched the unfortunate inhabitants J
would soon be beyond relief. I
Among the detained fl^et at St >
John's were a dozen or more sailing <
vessels loaded with codfish for Eng '
!acd and Brazil. The city of St. s
John's was in a terrible condition on (
iccount of the blizzard. Tne streets 5
wonrt a-pas) imrocJoKlft tVia -i 1 1
roads suspended worir. and the poor \
7Tere suffering through hunger and *
20Id. Prices of food had advanced
he til they vwere beyond the reach of *
ihe poor. '
When the Portia was working her
way out to sea she was closely fol *
[owed by the bark Flcra, and these (
;wo vessels were the only ones that sue i
seeded in leaving St. John's. Several !
Biles shore the Portia passed the !
steamer Grand Lake, fast in the ice 1
>nd in a perilous cooci;ion. Tne isteamer
Virginia was released from
ser perilous position after the dep3r- J
;ure of the Portia from St. John's, \
?nd the position of the rest of the dis
;ressed fleet has been reported by tele 2
jraph to be relieved.
i
A Brutal arder. j
One of the most brutal murderers s
;bat fcas ever stained the fair name of
rat.nall county, Ga., was committed t
Fuesdsy at tie home of Mr. Alex i
sharpe. one-of oar best 'known citi- <
sr-ns. When Mr. Sharpe itar ed to
-upper his attention was at'iact^d to a t
ire near bis A?ace and, not uiiiiking (
if its being fired ior so foul a cause,
ook all his hands with hirn, leaving \
Sirs. Sharpe at the house alone. Ht I
:aid he was gene about three quarters c
>r an hour, when he returned to the ?
aouie alone to get an axe and a bucket {
:o put cut the fire and, on reaching a
;he house, his attention was attracttd i
ay the struggles of His then expiring t
wife in the dining room. On seaitg s
tne'ghastly si?ht of his wife soaked in ?
ier own bicod, sickened and confus- t
:d he hastened back to tell the sad
aews. The men, on investigation, s
round the tell-taie axe, covered with >
alocd. thrown under the walk. The ;
brute, after taking the life of the good j
woman, broke into one of the rooms i
md tnnlr *,hr>n): ?30 and s> s^ntfrnn
rfcere is no ciu9 to ine murderer as s
pet. -Augusta Chronicle. j
Are TUey So Bllcd? '
A change of 25,000 votes in 1886
would have placed a free silver ad (
miciitration in power, and stiil these
"business representatives'' and ''nion
etary commissioners" would absolute j
!y ignore the silver sentiment in the |
''comprehensive'' plan they wcuiti }
force upon the country! These re ,
formers profess !o be wcrkirg lor the
restoration of "confide:. c="ard tie stability
of governmental ficanciai pcii
rties. Are tiiey so blind as to imagine '
that half the voting population of the J
United States will accept, without a
struggle, long-, bitter and determined,
the partisan plan which the repreien ,
tatives of the other half would foist j
upon the country ? Do they suppose
that the millions of the West" and J
South will sit quietly under a straight 1
gold standard plan that has no ek- ,
meiit of conciliation ncr compromise J
in it? How absurd is such a proposi
ticn! Evidence
ofiiHrd ijmer,
The Spartanburg: Herald says as an i
srideuce of the gr*atunboundri pros- ;
perity this country is just now enjoy
mg under the beneScitnt operation of
the goid standard, it is worthy to note
that there are three hundred applicants
for the position of mail carrier in <
that city. |
IN THE HOUSE.
THE WORK OF THE BODY DURING
THE PAST WEEK.
Several Measures of Importance Com9 Up
?Some are Pa?s?d and Some are K.l]lsd?
Some Spicy Debate.
On Monday during a session of a
little over two hours the House did
aot accomplish very much. It passed
the Verner bill providing fcr the
iravy punishment of those convic'ed
of the seduction of an unmarried woman
under promise of marriage: "then
Mr. Ashley's bill to appropriate the
privilege tax to the common schools
got killed, and Josh says be cannot
understand bow s,uch a just reform
should be refused. Mr. Blythe's bill
requiring assignment of mortgages to
be entered on the record also received
a dose of kncck-eut drops and died.
The following is ih? bill in regard to
seduction as it passed its third reading:
Section 1. That any person who
shall, under promise of marriage,have
illicit carnal intercourse with any un
married woman of previous caaste
characier, shall be guilty of a misde
meaner, and upon conviction shall be
punished by s, fine of not less than
A~r\f\ Al Bf AAA
$ouu i or more toau $i>,uuu, ur ilu^i u
onment for not less'than sixmontbs nor
raore than five years, either or both at
the discretion of the court: Provided,
that no conviction shall be had ucder
the provisions of this act c n the testimony
of the female seduced, uncorroborated
by other evidence, either
positive or circumstantial, nor unless
a warrant be sworn cut or prosecution
commenced within one year after the
commission of the off ansa. Provided,
further, that the subsequent intermar
riase of the parties may be pleaded as
a defense.
On Tuesday the House of Representatives
sidetracked everything: else and
took up the annual appropriation bill
It got alone beautifully with it until
the appropriation of $1,000 for the
general expenses of the State board of
health was reached. Then a debate in
which much was said in criticism and
defense of the State board, about vaccination,
abou:; smallpox, ab^ut the
inability and aoiiity of doctors to di
asnose small par, and about a little of
everything else, was begun. The appropriation
had been $2,500 last year,
and it was proposed to put it Dack ac
that figure. Finally, just before the
recess for dinne;*, the house by a vote
OQ fr? o/^Anf ffoo 4 _ I
j l oo y\J uu u^u-iu^u wvs M w uw iu
crease.
Tuesday was the last day for the introduction
of new bills and the big
white papers came in thick and fast,
rne most notable of the new bills introduced
were those on the same subject
introduced by Messrs. Rogers and
[ldertoa, design;d to compel commoa
carrie)s to transport members of the
ereneral assembly, State and county
officers, judges, solicitors and sheriff*
from place to place when on official
business free of charge.
The House Wednesday devoted its
sntire day session to the consideration
of the appropriation bill. The most
Qotable cfcaoge made in the biil was
the cutting down of the $25,000 flx-d
for the South Carolina college $20 300.
Tnere was quite a hard fight for
the o>d college, but it -?-as of no avail.
?o fight was made on the Citadel appropriation
or on t e general approoriations
for any of ths other Stare
alleges. Another fight was m:.d* on
:he appropriation for the State F*ir
.ociety, ar.d this provision was cut out
af the bill altogether. Dr Sturkie
-ucceded in getting the $1,000 put in
'or the State board of heaim increased
;o $1,500. The Mackey claim fur
p2 5U0 was passed.
Mr. Efird's bill to divide the privilege
tax on fertilizers equally between
I A. MA M/vvt A ? ! 11 nA I I I A rv/ * An/4
^icLLidUjLL n^uwu: tuiai wiicgc anu
Winthrop Normal college was then
jailed up. Tue ponding qu^siion was
m a motion to indtfiaiieiy postpone,
md debate b^-icg ihus snutolfthe
jouse plunged into a roll call on tfce
notion. The house refused to indelicately
postcone the bill by a vote of
16 to 60. This was clinched
Mr- ESrd had an amendment to
jive $30,000 to Wiat: rop and the rezi-iiiider
to the public schools. If
Win hrop's $30 000 was not Jmade up
iter Oltmson had gotten her's, then
;he general fuad should pay the defic
t. His previous amendment covered
ill this save the reference to public
choois.
Mr. Caughman wanted to Iknow if
his $30,000 to Winthrop wts to be in
iddition to the appropriation already
iiade.
Mr. W. H. Thomas said that the
'armers of the Siate would awake
juickly to the fact tbat the tax th-jy
tfere paying was going elsewhere and
vould demand the receal cf this- tax.
h was now kept at Clemson by virtue I
)i the fact thai thtre was an expert- j
cental station there. It could not be {
jroperlv applied at Wiathrop. Soon j
ill of these institutions would be!
caccking at the door for direct appro
jriations. Tnen which and how many
vouldgcdovn? He called upon the
riecds of higher education to rally to
he sunoort ot the colleges.
Mr. Kmard did not believe there was
my use 10 get scared. The farmers
lad no objection to letting part of
,his money to eo to Winthrcp college,
[f Clemson get too much it was right
;o give the surplus to Winthrop.
Mr. McLiurin asked why they
;h3uld not make the tax 50 instead of
io cents, and ihus support all the col.eges
if it was right to support Win;hrop
with it.
idr. ESrd disclaimed any hostility
;o the institutions of higher learning,
rha records showed that hs had sun- I
ported ihisia. He had pledged himself i
;o this people He had told his people
-hat Citmson was getting too much;
aot bscauie he was an enemy to it,
out a friend to it. Unless something
.Tas done in this matter a legislature
would soon be h^re that would act
Ee called upon tne friends of Wiath
rop aid Ciemson to stand to this bill.
Mr. Biy.ha said they should keep
his question on the proper plate
Thiy hid just voted to g:7e Wiuthrop
SbU.UOO in ihe appropriation bill; now
ihry proposed to hive this college answer*
?30 GOO. When Ciemson was
sstabliilied it was the understandicg
thit she was to be supported by :h:s
tax. 'Ihsy did not know low uiucn I
C:tmson needed. If the was tco !
great for Ciemson, tb.s showing that!
it is should be made.
Tha House then refused to reconsid- \
er the vote whereby Me. Efiru's j
am landmen i had been agreed to.
Mr. A-hlt-y demanded the ayes and
noes on the question of ordering the
bill to a third reading.
Mr. Lemmou said ihat the State had
equipptd ih.3 college and it could in
his opinion get along weLl cn 130,000.
It was time to call a halt on all this
giving of money to Ciemson.
Mr. Sturkie said he wished to know
what they were going to do with
Winthrop's rnonev already given in
the appropriation bill.
Mr. ESrd said that H13 chief clerk
at Ciemson hid told him they could
get alcm? very well with $33,000.
i Mr. Sturkie said that the trustees
were the only persons who couid tell
what Ciemson needed. One had said
they np^ded more thin 130,000.
Mr. E5rd repeated tbat'uniess tins j
ex'ravagance was stopped th2 people j
| would not submit to it. L; was a fact
I that a few years ago the tax had not
amounted to mure than $30,000, and
yet the college got along all ri^ht.
The vote was then taken cn the
question of ordering the bill to a third
reading. The vote resulted as follows,
the bill being- passed:
Yeac?Asbill, Bacot, Bailey, Bethune,
Cau-htnan, Colco-k, G W ,
Davis, Dukes, El wards, Edrd, Eppe,
Fairey, F.jx, Gige, Graham, Hamilton,
Harvey, Henderson, H'ott, HanDhrey,
Ilderton, Kennedy, Kibler, H.
J. Kinard, Lsster, LQmmon, Limebouse,
Livingston, M'shoe, McCullough,
Nettles, Patton. Perritt, Plyler,
Price, Prince, Pya't. Rainsford, Reynold?.
Robinson. Russell. Sanders.
Sea^rook, Sink'er, Sitnkms, J. R.
3aar.li, E. D. Smith, Speer. Stevenson,
Timrnertnan, Town-end, Verner, Vincent,
Wes'moreHnd, Wilson, Winkler,
Williams, WithersDoon, Wyche,
Yeldell?61.
Nays?Speaker Frank B. Gary, All,
Ashley,Austeli, Bank?, Bedon,B!y;.he,
Breeland. Burns, Carson, Crum,Cush!
man, C. II. Davis, W. (3. Davis, Da
| Bru'nl, Ga'-ris. H P. Goodwin, 0. P.
j Goodwin. Ilolli?, Hvdrick, T.E.Johnson,
J. D. Kinard, Lancaster, Lofton,
I MauIoin^Mear'S, M-hrtens, J. E. Mililer,
J. H. Miller, Mitehell. Moore,
j EJcK?own, McLiurin, Mc White, Pail
lips, Rogers, Skiocer, 8. W. Smith,
W. 8. Smith, Sturkie,W. H. Tlx do.a?,
Toole, West, Wingo?44.
On Thursday the House tcok up
j Mr. Cnilds' bill "to provide for tha
election of a state board of control,
and to further regulate the sale, use,
consumption, transportation and disposition
of intoxicating and alcoholic
iiquors or liquids in this state, for
'1 /SA?A?.?1 Ca rt v? /J MSA/kU A .1 t?ACn I
LUCU1U11, OUICUW.UU LLLCUUaUiV; ii. U3;0,
only, and prescribe further penalties
for violation of the dispensary laws,
and to police the same." A'ter a long
speech in favor of the bill by Mr.
(Jhilds, Dr. Sturkie moved to strike
out the enacting words of the bill,
which the House refused to do by the
following vote.
Yeas?Gary, All, Anderson, Austell,
Bacot, Bailey, Banks, Bsthune, Col
cock, Oum, G^o. W. Davis, DeBruhl,
Efird, Epps, Gams, 0 P. Goodwin,
Graham, Haz-lden, Henderson, Ilder
ton, Horace E Johnson, Kibler, J. D.
Kiaard, Lancaster, Lester, Lemmoa,
Hishce, Mitchell, McLiurin, McWoite,
Nettles, Paillips, Pollock,
Prince, Pyatt, Skinner. Simkins, 3turkie,
W. H. Thomas, Townseod, Welch,
W"e,t, WJson. Winkler, Williams,
Witherspcon, Wyche?47.
Nays?Ashley, Bidon, Breeland,
-uuiJLia, vaiouii, wauguiu^'i,
Ooshman, C M. D wis, W. C Davis,
Dukes. Edwards. Fairey, Fox, Gage,
B. P. Goodwin, Harvey, fiion, Hollis,
Humphrev. T. E Johnson, Kennedy,
3enry J. Kinard, Limehous*, Lofton,
Magill, Mauldin, Meares, Mohrt9us,
J. E. Miller, Joel H Miller, McCul 1
ljutfh, Perritt. Plvler, Price, Reynolds,
R>binson, Ru sell, Sanders,
Siiikler, S. W. Smith, W. 3- Smith, E *
D. Smith, Speer, Sullivan, Toole, Ver- 1
atr, W.>lliQjr. Westmoreland, Whison,
ant, Wiiaro Ydldell?52 J
Mr P^llocs offered an amendment
to M<*. Child's bill which is in reality <
Mr. Pollock's original bill substituted i
as an amendment. Tais bill of 5dr.
'P .1 rnoo n r?f m a t"Ar?l * 11 tr i
the operations of the disjensary, but
is directed at the original pickaxe
houses in order to obtain revenue from
them.
Mr. Mearss made a motion to lay
Mr. Pollock's amendment a ad Me.
Cnild's bill on the table, but Sir. Pol
lock's motion to postpone debate had 1
precedence a ad was carried, 1
Confesses tn A wfal Crime.
Abe Storms has confessed the murder
of Mrs. Fanny Rithborn and her
daughter, Mary, at Burlington Ijwa.
The confession was made to Chief of
Police Grenier and the county attor- j
aey. Storms says he committed the
deed on Sunday night, January 23
He killed the mother first in the eel- .
lar. Then he enticed the little girl
into the oed room above, and after a
terrible struggle cat her throat. The
confession was obtained after a long <
siege of sweat-box examination. After
it was obtained Storms was takes .
to the morgue, although he be.'ged
r.ot to see the bodies of his victims (
He turned sickly pale and tremb'ed i
violently when he gazed upon his vie? J;
tims. Threats of lynching are heard ;
on all sides. Storms and Cox, an al- :
leged accomplice, are now locked up- (
in the couaty jail and strongly guarded
by depu i?-s with Winchester rifles. <
Sheriff South has issue! a prjclaini- )
tion lo the effect that any attempt to j
break into the jaii and lynch Storms j
will be met with summary treatment <
b.y the deputies, who will not hesitate j
:o shoot. All is quiet though threats |
of lynching were made duri ag the af j
ternoon. Storms's mother was in
Burlington today. She is a fins- s
looking, intelligent woman, and was <
homfi-d by her sons predicament.
She exclaimed when first hearing of ^
r ha mn ?,-taT ''The min txrhnniri t.hat
deed ought to te hung, no matter if
Jae is egj son."
The Fr^e Sllvsr Fore's.
Ex-Senator Dubois, of Idaho, chair ;
man of the executive committee or the :
National Sliver Republican party, i
is coming East, at ihe request of the j
silver leaders, to confer wi.hthem for
the purposa of uniting all silver .'ore
es Chairman Dubois siys the vote in i
the Seriate in favcr ol the Teller resolution
has convinced the silver advocates
that w;tn. a close union of the
silver forws victor} in 1898 &ud 1900 is
certain. Under the contemplated arrangement
the Populisms, diiver He
publicans and Democratic parties will i
each m&iataia a ais met organ.zuicn.
Loved OjSjt Ouco.
W. T. R.chordsoa, of Densicn
TtX., has brought suit for divorce 1
?xoa his wile on rather unique
grounds They were married in 1857, :
and jived together until 1S95, whsn i
she lsfs him. Her reason lor going ;
was that before she married him she 1
hid luved another, who had died 1
The logger she had lived with Rich- i
ardson, me more eonviacea sue nad j
become that one ?7ho nad loved once {;
couid never love affain, and she Jett 1
her nusaand after thirty-eight years h
on that account,
THE TAXES THIS YEAR.
THE STATE LEVY IS INCREASED TO
FiVE MILLSWhat
Th?L?vjfor K ich County Is Fixed
tt?How tli9 Finances oi the State
S:acd.
In the House Friday when the supply
bill was taken up the chairman
stated that the senate would decline to
1417 ouj kuiut; kvnai uo au. auj UlUUiCUb
until this bill was ia its possession.
The total levi*3 for county purposes
in tue several counties were fixed as
follows, some b-ing left cpjn to be put
in when the bill reaches the senate:
Abbeville?3 \ mills.
Aiken?3 i mills.
Anderson-3 ? mills.
Beaufort?6 ? mills.
Berkeley?5 -j mills.
Bambirs? 3 mills.
Barnwell?3 mills.
Charleston?.
Cherokee?5 mills and special levies
in different townships.
Chester?7 mills.
Chesterfi-ld?9 mills.
Clarendon?A ? mills.
Colleton?.
Uariington?4 -J- mills.
Djrchester?5 + mills.
Edgefield 4 nulls.
Fairfield?5 mills.
Florence?3 J mills.
Greenville?5 i mills.
Greenwood?4 % mills.
Georgetown?8 mills.
Hampton?4 mills.
Hjrry?5 J mills.
Kershaw?6 ? mills.
Lancaster?8 ? mills and spacial in
two townshios.
Laurens?2 i naills.
L sington?3 i mills and special in
certain townships.
Karion?4 ? mills.
Marlboro?3 i mills.
Newberry?3 mills.
Oconee? 4 ? tiills.
Oraogeburg?3 miils.
Pickens?9 $ mills.
Richland?3 i mills and spacial in
csrtain townsaipa.
Saluda?5 mills.
Spartanburg?5 -J mills.
Sumter?3 I 6 miil3.
Uaioa?8 ? mills.
Wiiliamsbarg?4 mills.
York?4 mills and special in certain
townships.
Ia Fairfield the county commissioners
are permitted to borrow a sum not
exceeding $7 500, on which interest
not to exceed 7 per cent, is to be paid,
for the purpose ot improvements to
the j iiL
R chland County?For Richland
county, for ordinary county purposes,
3i mills; an additional tax of ? of 1
mill in Columbia township for inter
est oa railrcai bonds, and an addi
tional tax of i of 1 mill in said township
lor a sinking fund for the purpose
of retiring railroad bonds, and in
addition taere.o there shall be levied
a tax of 2 mills in the school district
ot lha cit? of Columbia ia lieu of anv
special tax authorized to be levied by
an act entitled "A.aact to provide for
estavish:aent of a new school district
in R.chland cDunty, and to authorize
the levy and collection of a local tax
therein," approved December 24,1880;
that the sum of $150 is hereby appropriated
to be paid as other county
claims are paid out of any couaty
funds, for the pay of the county treasurers
for services for collecting and
disbursing soecial taxes levied for fis
sal year 1897.
The section fixing the State levy is
els follows:
Section L That a tax of 5 mills, ex
slusive of the public school tax here
inafter provided for, upon every dol 1
lar of the value of all taxable property
of this Stats be and tae same is hereby
levied for the purpose of meeting appropriations
to defray the current ex
penses of the government for the fiscal i
vetr beginning January 1, 1898, atd i
to meet such other indebtednesi as has
oeen or shali be provided for in the
several acts and joint resolutions passed
by this general assemb?y at the
session of 1898 providing lor the same.
When the Dill had been read and
amended by the several delegations, a
*ork that was not comoleted until
nearly half past 12 o'clock, Chairman
John P. Tnornas went over all the figures
as to the general expenses of the
government and proceeded to show
why the committee had placed the '
levy at five mills. He spoke as fol- 1
lows:
"The ways and means committee
has recommended a special levy at
five mills for State purposes. In order
that the housa may hear the data |
upon which the committee has acted :
[ hive prepared certain statement ;
which I subcoitted for tbe information :
of the house. These statements show 1
the condition of tho finances of the 1
State as they stood on Jan 1, lbiNS,
and give the estimated ordinary re- :
> jure-s and expenditures of theSlate
government for the ensuing year. 1
Cnese statements are submitted in or- 1
ier that tbe house may vote intelligently
upon the passage of this bill, (
ind that each member may have such
information as will enable him to ex '
;rcis2 his own judgment upon this impor
ant questioa as to which is the
proper amount of the State levy. 1
Sere are the figures:
Estimated available resources January
1st, 1898:
Dash in State treasury as per
treasurer's report for 1897 $439,418 39
Amount to credit of special funds
not available for ordinary purposes
305,312 20
$134,106 19
Amount due upon taxes of 1897.. 540,000 00
fees secretary of state $3,0j0
raxes on insurance 11,000
License taxes $10,(J00?24,000 00
Railroad commission refunded 7,640 00 1
State penitentiary 10,000 00 1
$715,746 19
Excess of appropriation for 1898
over casn m treasury ana resources
fi om current taxes of
18(J7 aud fee3, etc , 18tS 148,276 25 I
$864,022 25 i
The amount due upon taxes tor 1897 i
is arrived at as follows:
Five mill levy of 1897 on $173,000,000
.$860,000 CO
Less commissions of county treasure1
s,abatements aud nulla bona 40,000 00
Set balance 540,000 00 ,
"Tee exctss of appropriations for
1S93 over present available resources,
to wit. $148,27606, is about the
amount of me usual expenditures for
twomon'hs in the year. This is about
the same deficiency, if deficiency it
3an be called, which existed last year. I
Ine 3-ate treasury, therefore, nas :
about held ground. It i3 calculated, '
therefore tbat present available re
sources are sufficient to run the govsrnment
until Nov. 1, 1893. Alter
that time, expenditures must be m?de
out of the collection of taxes for 1898.
or by borrowing mcnev in advance.of
the collection of those "taxes:
Estimated expenditures of fiscal year
1898:
General appropriations as fired by
ways and means committee ?542,771 95
Interest on public debt , 283,774 00
?S25,515 95
Legislative appropriation, esti
uiiue ui uuwpiruuer general
based on 30 day session 32,000 00
$859,415 95
Unpaid interest, 1S97 2,500 00
Outstanding warrants, 3897 2,106 30
?804,022 25
Estimate of receipts of State treasury
upon basis of a five mill levy and
nther ordinary r^s^urc^s:
Five mills on ?173,000,000 $805,000 00
Insurance and secretary of State's
fees 2-1,000 00
Railroad commission, expenses
refunded by railroads - 7,010 00
South Carolina penitentiary 10,000 00
5906,040 00
Less taxes of 1897 collected prior
to Jan 1. 189S. (See treasurer's
report, page 10) 2S5,000 00
$580,000 00
Less commissions on county
treasurers abatements and nulla
bonas, comptroller general's
estimates 40.000 00
$866,640 00
Thft tntal tavahlft nrrmftrtv ae.r.ird
ing to the renort of the comDtto'ler
e^neral for 1897. page 96. is $173,872,182.
There may bo some difference
in this amount for 1S98, as the::e is to
b3 a general reassessment of property
this year. It is, however, considered
safe to estimate on basis of $170,000 000.
It will be seen from these statements
that a five mill levy, together with
the other ordinary resources of the
State, are suffisient by a close mirgin
to meet the usual expenditures cf the
State government, provided the appropriations
do not exceed the aggre
gate as reported to the house by the
ways and means committee and provided
also that the session does not
exceed 30 days.
'"If the general appropriations are
materialJy increased, or if the sesion
exceeds 30 days in length, then the
expenditures will excede the resources
of the State upon the basis of a 5 mill
levy. In this event, if the State treasury
is to hold its ground, it will be
necessasy to increase the levy of 5
mills for State purposes, which the
committee has recommended."
Suicide In St. Aaguatlne<
_ Henry Goettel, in jail at St. Augustine,
Fia., charged, together with Herman
Breetz, with train wrecking,
committed suicide at an early hour
Wedaesday morniag by hanging
himself with a towel to the roof of the
celL His companion agreed to die
with him and male a futile attempt to
butt out his brains against the steel
walls of the cell, but in spite of the
fact that he plunged with full fores
against the walls successively he did
not succeed. The two were Germans
and in straightened circumstances.
Chey planned to rob an E tsi coast
train, went so far as to remove a rail.
Tae engine was ditched, the fireman
badly scalded and the engineer injured
in the chest. The nerve of Goettel
failed and the plan of g >ing through
the traia and robbing the passengers
atthepjint of revolvers was .aban
doned. The remarkable circumstances
in coanectioa with tiie suicide ot
G-oettel is the tremendom will power
he must have shown. He was found
with his feet firmly planted upon the
fljor. In the act of hanging he had
evidently held them from the floor
until he lost consciousness. The two
men were suspected of being the fire
bugs who burned San Marco Hotel
and other property during the last
summer and fall, and a web of strong
circumstantial evidence was ceing
woven around them. G-oettel left a
note confessing that he and his pall
had attempted to wreck the fcr&in, bushe
denied that he had anything to do
with the fires.
Ill-as crating His Point.
Senator Tillman can always be relied
upon to furnish an interesting
performance in the senate when he
makes a speech. Saturday Mr. Tillman
was d'-scribing bimetalism in his
own unique way when the amusing incident
occurred, '"Before 1873," said
he, marching up and down the aisJe,
"we used to go on two legs. One
leg: was gold and the other leg was sil
ver," he said, bringing his two feet
down with a resouading thump, one
after the otner. "Then we cut one
leg cff," he went on, drawing an imaginary
knife across his thigh, but not
content with that, we plactd the cutoff
leer on cur shoulder like this," illustrating
his meaning by acting as if
he hi cl lifted a heavy load, "and now,'
he added, "we go hopping around on
one leg with another If g on our shoul
Her." Mr. Tinman suited me action 10 i
the word. He hopped around the senate
on one leg, with his arm thro vn over
his shoulder, and made such a Judi
crous and at the same time effective
picture 0' his idea, that the crowd in
the galleries shouted with laughter,
and the vice president had to rap for
order.
Sensible Farmers.
A number of farmers in Alabama
pledged toemselves to sow from five
to twenty bushels of wheat last lall.
"This is a movement," says the Atlanta
Constitution,''which, if persisted
in, will emancipate our pockets
from the necessity of paying tribute
to the West and our stomachs from
the thousand and one brands of patent
flour, in which the essence of the
wheat has either been wholly destroy
ed cr substituted for kaolin or seme
other mixture of equal weight and fineness."
Klll?d About an
In a difficulty on the streets of Op
leika, Ala., Tuesday morning, W. J.
diddall, clerJj or me uircuit uourt, seriously
cat D. F Card-n, and in re
turn received a wound from a pistol
shot, which wili probably prove fatal,
the ball striking him. ia tbe back of
the neck. His bcdy is paiaijzed. Tbe
trouble was over politics and the ap
pointment of a postmaster. Both par
ties are R-epublicans and were active
supporters of opposing candidates for
the place.
No Difference.
The National House of Represen'ativ?s
devoted an hour one day last
wtek to a political debate, bas^d upon
tne asscrtijn of a minstrel end man
repeated on the flbor of the house by
Representative Richardson, of Tennessee,
that there was no difference
between the Cleveland panic and tne j
filcKinley boom. j.
V5
PERISHED IN THE FLAMES
O* a Buraing Hotel at Gloversvllle New
York,
At seven o'clock Tuesday morning
the Alfcrd House, at Gloversville, N.
Y., was destroyed by fire. The building
burned with almost incredible
rapidity and spectators shuddered at
I the thought that some of the inmates
would be unable to escape from the
fitry furnace. At this s 'ason the business
is uausally large, and' it is
understood that nearly every
rcorr was occupied. The fire
started on the ground floor and
sh^t up throueh the upper stories
with lightning-like soeed, the broad
stairs and hallways furnishing great
flues which carried the fltmes upward.
Almost immediately after the flames
were discovered the alarm was sounded
through the hcusa and the big hoj
tel "Was soon the scene of the wildest
confasion. Tneie was a wild scram
I ble on the cart of tho guests to escape
! from the building with their personal
nroperty, but many were forced to
flee without saving anything. A few
| of the guests made their escap9 by the
stairways, but the smoke soon cutoff
this retreat. The next resort of the
imprisoned people was the windows.
As their terror-stricken faces appeared,
the great crowd balow
watched breathlessly, hoping against
hops that all would be sav<ed. Trie
guests who were thus entrapped did
not long hesitate to take the risk of
jumping, though some were rescued
from their Derilous positions by the
firemen. Others leaped from the
windows and were more or less injured.
W. W. Findlay, a salesman
for an Albany house, c!ad only in a
shirt and troasers. jumped frsm a
window, landing safely in the snow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0 Straus finding no
escapa by way of the halls, stepped
out of the window and onto the nar
t row lede-e or cornice, where thev stood
10 or 15 minutes awaiting the rescuers.
With the aid of a ladder the hook and
ladder men brought them safely to
j the ground.' Mrs. Straus lost her
jewelry and wardrobe, valued at $L000.
L. G- Iambsrt, a Ciiicago glove
buyer, ju-nped from a second story
window and broke his rijjht arm, besides
receiving internal injuries.
The following are missing, and are
believed to have pprised in the fUmes:
Henry C. Day, G-loversville; E C.
Kimball, wife and daughter, Indian
apolis; Rupert, a bell boy. The total
los3 on the building, furniture and
property of guests will probably
amount to $100,000, partly insured.
Tne fire started near the laurudry,
but from what cause is not known.
Benjamin F. Strickland, contractor
and builder, who resided at the A1 ord
hotel, is also missing. Hsnry C Day
was one of the most prominent business
m^n of Gioversvilie. Amon?
the mcst seriously inju^d (besides L
G. Lauben) are: William Maloney,
traveling man, .residence unknown,
sprained ankle, and B M. Esss,
traveling man, Rochester, badly
braised.
The fireman searched ail day in the
ruins'or tha rcnuias of victims oat
their efforts were unrewarded. Electric
lights have been strung over the
ruins and a lar^e force will continue
the searci all night The two travel
ing m.32> reported missing are account
ed for tonight, leading six known vie
tians. Dr. J. D. Davis of Westfield,
N. Y, jumped from the thrid story
Ee struck the wires opposite the second
story aGd was thrown to the ground,
but was not seriously hurs. J. H
Barrick of Troy, jumned from the
third story and was only slightly in
jjred. E. vood de Long, a fireman,
tfras seriousiy ircz-:n. d.aarev wai,
soa of Toronto, Oat, jumped from the
fourth fljorto ashed and was only
slightly iaurt.
THE NATIONAL ISSUz MADEBy
the United States senate and the Kouao
of iBeprtsott tlT?3
The party lin*s were strictly drawn
in Speaker Retd's Congressional class
room at Washington Wednesday when
the ballot was taken on the Teller res
olution which passed'the Senate by
such an overwhelming majority iast
Friday and which is pr ictically noih
inn more than & reaffirmation of the
law alreadv on the statute books that
the obligations of this government
shall be paid in gold or silver at the
government's option. Ther* were S9v
era! exceptions or breaks from the
party alignment, bat thev served
to empbas'zs the party s Jidity on
either s.id?, so far as the membership
of the H >use go:s, rather than the re
verse. Representative Wm. E liotr,
of this Congressional district, had the
distinction of being one of the two
l^inccrats id tne poouiar Quay 01 me
national legislature who votrd with
the Ripublicaas on this question, Mc
Aleer, of Pennsylvania, w-stae other.
Taese two distinguised gentleman, apparently,
constitute ail that is left iu
the D-sffiO^rauc racks to represent the
sentiment which brought together the ,
Indiaaapbl s Convention and put
forth ih-j Palmer and Buckner single
gold s'.aadard ticket in the natiouai
campaign of 1896. These gentlemen
were offset by two R-joubliCin mem
bers, Linney aad White of North Gar
oiina, who dtned the party whip, the
former voting for the resolution and ;
the latter declining to vote at all. Toe
result in short was 133 for the resolu
tioa and 183 against it. The strange
spectacle is here presented there'or*of
the upper, more autocratic body of
tne Congress championing the causa
of-the people, while the mora representative
body rtcords lis verdict cn
the side cf plutocracy. This is doubtless
accounted for by the fact that the
present Republican majority in the
Souse was ttie result cf a popular
election in which the free silver agita
Hon was represented as a dangerous
and revolutionary fallacy which menaced
the well are of the laboring man.
while under the gold standard he was
promised hi^h wages, emoloymem
and prosperity. Tne Republican lag
s'ators have followtd out the instruc
tions under which they wtre sent to
Congress, while many of the constit
uents who sent them there have Ion?
since beea brought to realize by bitter
tx.jerience tne hollo wneis aadfailacv
of the hopes that were ba^.eu upon the
election. How many have beea tbiu,
undeceived aad whethtr the resctiui,
in the popular miad has kept pace
with the reaction ia the S^aate wiIj
remain to bi decided by the result of
:he Congressional elccuoas next No
vember. -Charleston Critic.
Tiio OaJy Hsy Oat.
There is only one way for the Repubiica.';
party to save its bacon in tht
acxt congressional and presidential
elections, aad mat 13 enter upon a
foieiicn wa?\ In no other way can
they a^ain. fool the people.
HUNDREDS ARE STARVING
? .5*
A FAIR SAMPLE OF REPUBLICAN
PROSPERITY.
' ~ J%
The Poor of New Castle, Delaware, ara In
a Most Pitiable Condition?Oat of Work
and Xo Credit.
a cispatcn irom .Newcastle, ueiaware,
says starvation is staring in the
faces of 700 people in this town, and
the condition is growing more and
mere alarming every day. Unless
something is done to alleviate the suffering
there is no telling what the
consequences may be.
DuriDg t'ae psriod of depression of
the past few years, the Delaware Iron
w/?rks and the other industries of the
town, employing up wards of 700 men,
were compelled to shut down from time
to time,resuming operations only
I L. 1 J J.J TTTi M
vyubu uusiness uenxaaaea. wnue
many of the operative* were enabled
to support their families upon the
compensation they received when the
miiis were run on partial time it wu
au uttsr impDssibility for them to lay
up anything for a rainy day, and the
blow which befel them when the milla
did cease operations a few weeks ago
was more than many of them could
bear.
The storekeepers, who in the goodness
of their nearts, extended to th? . . $
idle workers a line of credit for a short
time after the misfortune overtook
them, have been compelled to refuse M
them credit any longer they say, stating
that it means merely the donation
of provisions for which they need not
expect to ever receive any returns.
Were they to give freely to every one
who asked credit at their stores the
grocers state that it would only be a ~
matter or time wnen tney would. Da
dependent upon the trustees of the
paor for their maintenance. Of course
same exceptions are made to this rule
bj the storekeepers, but the major portion
of those who ask for time in
which to pay for their purchases are
politely told that they must seek assistance
elsewhere.
Many of the landlords whose houses
are occupied by the idle mill opera
tives assert that they have received no
rents Tor weeks at a time and one individual
property holder said his teaants
were in arrears $L,000. It would
take all their belongings to satisfy his
claim, he added, and yet he could not
so far forget his duty to humanity as
to sell the very roofs above their heads.
As an evidenca of the impoverished
condition of some of the families who
have felt the curse of pinching poverty
as they never did before it is only
necessary to relate a few instances to
convince the most skeptical mind ef
the condition which exi&is here today.
A young woman carrying a basket on
her arm entered the grocery store of a
man she had known for years, and
with tearful eyes begged him to tupply
her with enough provisions for
cerself and family for a few days.
She said that she and her husband had
gone sapperlesa in order that they
might have something to eat for
breakfast and when thev arose from
the morning meal they bad devoured
the last morsel cf food that was left in
the larder.
The woman added that her husband
had come to a neighboring city in
quest of work, and as the rent was
long since due they were unable to remove
their belongings, owing to the
fact that everything they possessed
was subject to the landlord disposal,
Tne grocery man knowing the family ?? :
to be a deserving one, had heaped the
woman's basfcet with provisions, and
on tne following day sent an addition*
al allowance to her home,
"What thftv will do whfln thrvsA mm.
pli?s are exhausted,God only knows," said
he,
Co a boarding house mistress the appeal
for assistance comes from a woman
on the outskirts of Dobbinsrille,
and the case, when investigated, prored
to ba one of the most deserving - *3
that has yet come to li?ht. The fami- - rJ
ly had actually been without food tor
a period of three days, and when sue*
cor did com3 it brought a gleam of
sunshine to a home which the blightning
shadow of starvation had hitherto
dirkened. '-M
0 .her instances are related of how
mothers in some cases bave been compelled
to put their children to bed
without anything to eat and without
proper clothing to protect them from
cold, and little, if any fueL to furnish
warmth for their bodies. From neighboric
sr woodlands underbrush has
been gathered as a substitute for coal,
a ad even green saplings have been cut
down and dried and afterwards made
to serve the purpose of the fuel.
Tne various evangelical churches
stirred to the necessities of the occasion,
have formed what is krown as
the Associate Charities, and a commitlee
has been appointed to take care of -rll
cases brought to their notice. Mrs.
Bjjd.mother of Mayor Evan Q-. Boyd,
a ad Miss Kate ilahoney, .form what is
kaown as the vi.iting committee,
while the city has been divided up
iato districts for the relief of the suffering.
Wiiilesome of the families out of
shaer necessity report their distress to
the scc.eties and receive assistance for
tue cnarii:.ble residents of the town,
others suffer in silence, being too
proud to iei their wants be known cr
to relieve their wants by begging.
???m
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More Strange Iasects.
An army of insects, perfeotly black
and as smill as chigoes, has appeared \
ia this s clion and no one knows
wueiltX! lury t'iiiio Of wuaii tucu im?sion
Tn.iy be. Toey appear in. low,
marsh j places and are iadjfferent to
?rater aid mire. Millions of them
are to be seen in any low place, especially
in the blackjacks. Mr. J. W. .
lietts had an envelope full on ezhibi->ition
a few days ago and all wiiosaw
them agree that the insect is a stranger
a thi3 section. Alihouph so smalJ,
:bey hoo somewhat like fleas. So far
they see n not to have dene any harm
and appear to hire no special mission.
-Bock Hili Herald. . :|g
A G jod Point,
Senator Tillman made a good point
jn aerator Allison when the latter
*as making his specious argument on
'.he Teller resolution to show that the
Secretary of the Treasury was free
ander the present status to pay the
iovernmenis obligations in gold or
silver, at h'.s option. Tie South Carolinian
attempted to pin the Iowan ? -Jjj
dovfix to a categorical statement, yes
?utha Knn/^?
WJL UU, VYUC'Uwl i-i ~ UCHUTVU wm?mi
were pajab'e in silver at present. But '
Senator Allison evaded the thrust and
lUtly declined to answer the question.
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