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',' - "/^ "'_"'I y} IBS , , \ ' "; I c rte 'C OI.. 1III. .lili\\INGq I?: 1,SDAY, -fARCI1 MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE. A PATRIOTIC :SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Fifty Millon Dollars voted in Anticipa tion of War With spaln-Party Lizrs Wiped Out and All Sc c:ions Harmonious ly b'eded. In a spirit of patriotism, with elo quent words ringing in their ears, every member of the house of repre sentatives Tuesday responded to the president's first call to meet the Span ish situation by casting his vote for a bill placing in President McKinley's hands fifty millions of dollars to be exponded at his discretion for the na tional defense. Party lines were swept away, and with a unanimous voice, congress voted its confidence in the administration, Many members who were paired with absent colleagues, took the responsibility of breaking their pairs, an unprecedented thing in legislative annals, in order that they might go on record in support of this vast appropriation to maintain the dignity and honor of their country. Speaker Reed, who, as the presiding office, seldom votes except in case of a tie, had his name called and voted in his capacity as a representative. The scene of enthusiasm which greeted the announcement of the vote-ayes, 311: nays, none-bas seldom been parallel ed in the house. All day long the gallaries were jam med with enthusiastic spectators ap plauding the patriotism of the words of eloquence which were uttered by the members on the floor. The speeches were all brief. Although four hours were allowed for debate, so great was the pressure for time that no one member was given more than five minutes, and most of them had to content themselves with a beggarly fraction of a minute. In all fifty-nine speeches were made. With one ac claim members from the north, the states'and the territories, battle scarred veterans of the Union and the Con federate armies, all joined in pro claiming their support of the country's chief magistrate in the face of a possi ble foreign war. In the whole debate there was only a slight discordant note caused by the speech of General Bingham, of Penn sylvania, who served with distinction under Hancock. He spoke too con servatively for the aroused temper of the house, and when he insisted that our relations with Spain were as friendly as they had been for years, many of the members hissed him. While almost every member who spoke deprecated the possibility of war a wide divergence of opinion as to how close were hostilities manifest ed itself in the debate. The general contention by the majority, among them the leaders on both sides, was that this appropriation by preparing for war would prove the surest guar antee of peace. Others insisted that war alarms would soon be heard, and Mr. Mann, of Illinois, declared that war actually existed in all save name. The speeches which attracted most attention were those of Messrs. Can non, Henderson and Dolliver, on the Renublican side and Messrs. Bailey and Sayres on the Democratic side. Mr. Cannon in opening the debate on the bill, said that in the present critical condition of affairs the com mittee had deemed it wise to appro priate this sum p lacing its expendi mure in the complete discretion of the president. He referred to the fact that the committee had been unani mous in its action and had only ~bngd the working of the bill he int'euced yesterday by making the approipriation available until January 1, 1899, instead of June 30, 1899. "We have the money in the treas ury to meet this appropriation if it is expended," he continued, "and there fore there is not presented with this proposition one to borrow money or to increase taxation to which almost any other nation on earth would have been obliged to resort." (Tremendous applause ) He insisted that this .ap propriation must not be construei into a threat. Nothing was further from the minds of those who reported, he said: This appropriation was to be placed in the hiands of a wise and pa triotic executive to make proper pre parations to maintain the national ho nor nothing more. "It is not a war appropriation," said he emphati cally. "I say that in my judgment, measuring my words that it is a peace measure. (Great applause.) The gov ernment of the United States would not, if it could trench upon the rights of any nation on earth." (Renewed applause.) After several other members had enthusiastically endorsed what Mr. Cannon said, Mr. Bingham, caused the first note of discordance that was heard. While supporting the bill on general principles was avowedly out of sympathy 'with the common ier pretation of the meaning of the bill. and as a consequence he was vigorous ly hissed twice during the progress of his remarks. Mr. Bingham began by referring to the day's proceedings of the house as akin to the "nIchods of yellow -'og journalism." He had no sympathy, ne said, with the apparent tendency of the house, and espcially none with the evident disposition to seize the opportunity for a display of jingoism that was by no means edi lying. "I care nothing," he ex -claimed, "for t'ie bravery and courage -of Mr. Lee, of which we hear so much on this floor," and he was pro eceeding to say that what we want in General Lee at the present time is ex hibition of his best judgment and common sense, but the sentence was almost drowned in the shower of hisses with which the remark was re ceived. This eviden -e of disapproval came especially from the Democratic aide. It did not appear to disconcert Mr. Bingham, who continued his ze marks by a general dispargement of the war spirit. "I favor this appro priation,"'he said in conclusion, "bat I condemn on this fbor to day the uat terance of any declaration that the re lations of this country with Spain are other wise than they have been for years past-friendly, reasonable, in ternational relations." This utter ance was received with bisses which were only suppressed by a vigorous pounding of the speaker's gavel. After several other members had spoken Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader supported the bill in a five minute speech. Mr. Bailey said: "It ought to be understoad in Spaim and it ought to be understood in every country on the globe that while this gret rennli snincerel desires to be at peace it is prepared for war if war becomes inevite ble. (Loud applause.i I fear that we have gone too far to es cape the worst and I telieve that we bave gone further than would have been necessary if at the proper time we had ?ranted the prayer of the Cu ban patriots and had simply recog nized their right to fight for the inde pendence of their own country. (Loud applause.) Yet the time for that discussion has passed. We must deal with this question as it is, not as we wculd have it to be; and approach ing it in this broader spirit, we stand ready to say to those who administer the government that may be need ed fcr the national honor and the national defense we are ready to give and give ungrudgingly. (Ap plause.) Peace is desirable, but not so desirable that it be purchased at a sac rifice of national honor. Let us in this day adopt the motto of our fathers in the older and better days of this re public let us say to all the world now as then: 'We are ready to spend millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.' (Applause.) And let us add another and nobier motto, 'We are for peace as long as it can be main tained with honor, tut we are for honor if war is necessary to defend our or protect the rights of Ameri can citizens anywhere throughout the world.' (Applause) The debate closed at 4:20 p. m. When the question was put on the passage of the bill the whole house rose en masse in its favor but Mr. Cannon asked for the as es and noes. He did so, he said at the request of many members who desired that every member shculd go on record. Every member present voted for the bill. When the speaker announced the vote, 311 ayes, noes none," an en thusiastic demonstraticn occurred - The bill was unanimously passed by the Senate the day after it passed the House and was immed'ately signed by the President. ENGLAND IS WITH US. Any Trenble Threatening the Uoited S:atee w2il b Shared by G:eat Britain England apparently wishes it dis tinctly understood that in case the United States becomes involved in a foreign war that she would side with the United States. In the British House of Commons. which is now in session at London, Mr. Ronald Mun roe-Ferguson, liberal, asked the parli amentary secretary for the foreign office, Mr. Curzon, in the hcuse of commons Thursday, whether there is any truth in the reports that commu nications on the Cuban question have been exchanged between the British ambassador at Washington, Sir Juli an Pauncefote. and the government of the United States. Mr. Curzon said that no communi cations had been exchanged. Hon. Hubert Valentine Duncombe, conservative, gave notice that he would ask Mr. Curzon, whether, with the view of recognizing the identity of the interests of all English-speaking people, her majesty's government will consider the advisability of placing the services of the British Itet at the dis posal of the United States in the event of complications between the United States and any foreign power. The question, however, was not put. Relative to the withdrawal of his question, Mr. Duncombe said: "After consultation with my Irienas, I decid ed that the exact form of the ques tion made it inopportune to put it.- [t was framed owing to the widely held opinion in the house of commons that it is high time the foreign powers should be told in unmistakable terms that any blow struck at either Great Britain or the United States was equally a blow at the cther. I was profoundly con- 1 'vizced of this today. Many more1 members than I supposed would do so came to me in order to say they heart ily endorsed my question. I am con vicced the government wculd have desired to answer my proposed ques-1 tion af~rmatively, and would hlavA done so had it not involved other con siderations, besides expressing what I believed the present government sin cerely holds-that in the face of for eign complications the interests in the future of Great Britain and the United S:ates are inseperably intertwined. Today's expression arnd endorsement we will eventuate so soon as we can frame the question in the exact terms which clearly express the feeling of the house of commons-that any trouble threatening the United States will be shared by Great Britain." Ozher members of the house of com mons who were interviewed on the same subject all spoke in a similar strain. salaries or conmy Oiwes. Althouzgh several new counties have been formed since the adoption of the constitution of 1895, the salaries of the officers of the old counties which area paid frcnm State funds are no less than formerly, while the salaries of the of. ficers of the new co-unties make an in creased demand on the gen'eral fund. Comptroller General Derham Wed nesday furnished the following list of the salaries paid the county auditors by which it will be seen that the new counties have added an expense of I $2.600: Abbeville, $700; Aiken, $700; Anderson, $700; Bamberg, $600; Barn well, $700; Beaufort. $700; Berkeley,< $S00; Charleston, $1,800; Cherokee, ti $400; Chester. $600; Cfesterfield, $500; l Clarendon, $500; Colieton, $600; Dar lington', $600; Darchester, $500; Edge field, $7C0; Fairfield, $500; Fiorence, $600; Georgetown, $500; Greenville, $600; Greenwood, S600; Hampton, $500. Kerehaw, $500; Horry, $500;] Kershaw, $500; Lincaster, 500; Lau rens, $600; Lexington, $500; Marion, ti $700; Marlboro, $500; New berry, $600; I }Ornee, $500;0:angeburg, $70; Pick ens, $500; R:chland, $500 Samter, t $700; Union, $500; Wiliamsburg, $500; York, $700; Saluda, $500; Spar tanburg, $S00. In Deaih Undivided. Mrs. John L. Driscoll was found dead in her room at the chamber of ';ommerce building at Nash vill e, Tenn., Thursday afternoon,1 w him her husband, in a dying condi. Ln, va s seated in a chair near her. The discxrery was made by a phy si-~ can w~no received a note from Dris co). asking him to call at his room, sating that his wife was dead and that he would be dead when found. I Morphiine had been taken, probably on account of ill health. Driscol was a shorthand teazher. '1he Result of Mixing. In New York last Thursday night I Kate A. Pullison, 24 years of age, a - white womnan, was caored to death J by Lou Pullison, a negro with whom she lived as wife in a West Thirty ninth street tenement. P~ullison was immaey jenlo of the woman. 1 AN ASSAULT ON WAGNER JUDGE TWIGGS OF GEORGIA DE SCRIBES THE MEMORABLE FIGHT. For Eleven Hours the Gus Poured Forth There Destructive Fire--The Fierce As sault and its Bloody Repulse- Tribute to the Brave Men Who Fell The following is a review of an ad dress delivered before the Confederate Veterans of Savannah recently by Judge H. D. D. Twiggs: Judge Twiggs began his address with a description of the defenses around Charleston, and the positions of the opposing forces, the federal forces beseiging Charleston, the har bor of which was defended by Forts Sumter, Moultrie, Gregg, Battery Wagner, and other fortifications. The battery was a very strong earthwork, located on the upper end of Morris Island, the work having been construc ted under the direction of the best en gineers of the Confederacy. There was considerable preliminary lghting leading up to the main attack. The Federals had constructed batteries in der the direction of Gen. Gilmore on the other end or Morr's Islard and were preparing to make things decid rdly uncomfortable for the Confeder ates. An attack on the fort on July 11 was repulsed with severe loss to t e Fede rals. Col. Charles H. Olmstead and the Savannah troops participated in the defense on that occasion. Gen. W. F. Taliaferro, of Virginia, whose death was recorded recently. was in command of the fort, and Judge Twiggs spoke feelingly of his :d conmander. He was assistant in spector eeneral on the staff of which Lieut. Henry C. Cunningham and Dr. Joseph Clay Habersham of Sa vannah, were also members. Besides the batteries which General Gilmore had constructed on the island, .he enemy had a number of mtoni ors and gunboats in the river, which laily shelled the fort and made things Ls unpleasant as possible for the Con !deratea. The garrison was compos ,d of less than 1,500 men from North Darolina, South Carolina, and Geor gia. Opposing them were the enemy ith over 6,000 men, forty-two large eige guns in their four land batteries, tnd a number of S, 10, 12 and 15 inch guns on their monitors. The day was one wnich will never >e forgot, Judge Twiggs said. Early n the morning he breakfasted with )r. Harper of Augusta, one of the urgeons, their breakfast consisted of lard crackers and butter, the latter eing considered a treat. Their meal as interrupted by a Parrott shell which buried itself in the earth out ide the door and then exploded, *hrowing up a large amount of earth illing the pail containing the butter with sand. It was the beginning of he bombardment. They foresaw that he fort was to be assailed by the en ire land and naval force of the erie ny. The whole seventy guns of the memy opened, and for eleven hours he air was filled with shot and shell f every description. The Confeder ttes replied as fast as they could but heir armament was far inferior to hat of the enemy, and many of their runs were soon disabled. The infant y resorted to the bombproofs, the oofs of which were almost torn away >y the constaat explosion of the shells which fell within the fort. The gooden buildings in the fort which ad been used for officers' quarttrs nd medical supplies were. torn into plinters. It was a hot July day and he men in the bomoproofs were most mcomfortable. Gaillard's batallion 'rom Charleston prepared to remain n the outside. sheltered under the all of the parapet. The blazing July sun was obscured > the clouds of smoke from the ursting shells. The fort shook like ship in the grasp cf a storm. All he heavy guns on the sea face of the ort were soon disabled and but for the yoomroofs and the parapets the gar ison would soon have been annihilat d. The halliards were cut by the hot and the garrison flag fell. A score f men ran for it at once. Four officer eized hold of it carried it back to the arapet and ran it up again. Tnis ccupied some little time. Capt. Rob :rt Barnwell, seing that the flag had allen, seized a regimental battlefiag nd rushed~out upon the ramparts, eld it there while the garrison colors were replaced. The scene of Sergt. ~asper's exploit at Fort Moultrie was n full view of this scene. "There vas one Jasper at Moultrie," said udge Twigg. "There was a score at agner." Thousands cf people at the Battery nd on the housetops at Charleston atced the bombardment with eager nterest. When the garrison flag lell heir hearts fell with it, for they fear d the garrison had surrendered. When the flag was replaced a shout ent up from thousands of thrcats nd thousands of women waved their iandkerchiefs towards the men in the Judge Twvigga' remarked upon the entiment attached to a Ilag of one's :ountry arousd great applause. .Ha he Confederate states," he said, 'ad ered to the Stars and Stripes thous nds would have il:cked to their cause vho remained away and other thcus nds would have refused to fight ~gainst it. The Stars and Stripes are ~gain the II ig of our united cxuntry. ong may it wave over the land of the ree and the home of the brave. It is he symbol of a union that will never e sundered. The people of the South tre as loyal to that flag to day as are hose who live to the north ward." There was further applause wnen he speaker alluded to Fiizhugh Lee, vho fought so well under the stars and >ars but nobly uphoiding the honor af the stars and stripes al. Havana. L'his was followed by an eloquent pan gyric upon the Confeierate banner. As the sun was sinking in the West he bombardment ceased, to the great elief of the garrison. Tne ominous ause was well understood ho wever. Lne supreme momient had arrived. laing fail. to reduce the fort by >ombardmnent the enemy's entire force as to be hurled against it. Txae as ault was about to take phace. Gene al Taliaferro had wiseiy taken the recaution early in the bombardment f removing the smaller guns out of he way of thle enemy's sha:ls. They veie promptly remounted and the ra~n Srts manned, and the whole sea andi and face of the fort was lined with ;listening steel. The ernemy evidently suppote.1 the ort to have oeen practically cestroyed J tne hnmhardmeot and that they would meet with but Ille re istance. While the fort had been cttered be yond recognition almost and the eavy guns disabled, the garrison ryas s.: in good shape and in goe d spirits. Thc Federal column was ,0u0 strong un der command of General Seymour. It consisted of three brigades from the Tenth and Thir:eenth army cores. The column moved forward in regi mental front led by the Fifiy-curth Massachusetts. a negro regiment com manded by Col, Robert G. Shaw. The federals were ordered to use the bayonet only. Not a shot was dred from either side as the column ad vanced. There was an oppressive sil ence and the rays of the setting sun danced and shimmered along the lines of bayonets. The federals were in a short distance of the fort when they gave a cheer and rushed upon i.. Ia mediately a deadly lire crashed fort:. The fort was lit with 11 ame frcm has tion to bastion. Toe 1.500 rifles and the artillery poured in a deadly fire at short range. the federal troops came gallantly on, b ating against the fort likes the waves of the sea. There was a harvest of death and men fell like r'pe grain before the sickle. The enemy pushed gallantly on. Hundreds crossed the citch at the base of the fort and many leaped the parapet to be transfixed by bayonets or hurled } below by the defenders. 0 q in, to the failure of the federal comma:der to allow for the preinmity of the creek near the fort. This resulted in confusion and the cro: ded mass offer ed splendid opportunity to the men in the fort, thus greatly auzmenting the loss. The Fifty fourth Massachusetts broke and lied, breaking the columns of the regiment behind it and the en tire brigade rushed to the rear com pletely routed. Gen. Seymour then ordered Col. I Putnam to advance to the attack wih his brigade, but he refused to do so, saying that he had been ordered :o re main where he was by Gen. Gilmore. Afterwards, however, he gallantly led forward his brigade without orders. They were received with terrible fire. but crossed the ditch, entered the fort by the southeast bastion and poured into the pat apet. Another brigade was ordered to advance, but Gen. Seymour was shot down after giving the order. He repeated the order as he was being borne from the nield, but it was not obeyed. A number o' Hutman's men had found refuge un 1 der the parapet, followed by his ofl cers, and called upon his mn to hold their position to the last. He was shot down. He was as brave and gallant a man, said the speaker as ever marched beneath the stars and stripes. His brigade was repulsed and a terrible fire poured into it as it retreated. The men intrenched in the bastion refused to surrender, however. and pu-ed a destructive fire upon the defenders of the fort. Volunteers were called up a to dislodge them and several gallant cdicers lost their lives in leading the attack. Erigadier General Johnson Hagood fortunately arrived from Ch r leston with his regiment at this time and the men in the bastion, seeing they were overpowered, surrendered. The loss in the battle, Judge Twiags said, was unpreadented in the history of the war fur the number engaged. The whole area in front o the fort was strewn with dead and dy ing. Gen. Beauregard estimated the federal loss at 3,000. There were Sou buried in front of the fort next morn ing. The Confederate loss in killed. and wounded was 175. Battery Wagner, Judge T wiggs said, was never captured, but wasI abarndoned by the Confede:'ates sev eral months later, on account of thse near approach of Gilmore's engineer ing operations. "As one of the survivors of that conflict," he said. "I still believe the cause to be just. And yet the people of the Norta call us rebels. I do no: exactly 'understand what they mean by the wcrli 'rebel.' Was R >bert E.I Lee a rebel? If so George Wasaiu r ton was a most illustrious rebel. U a-, successful revolution, it seemns, is termed rebellion. Successful revolu tion is termed patriotism. There is~ no sting left in~the soldier heart of the South towards the men who fought for the North. The God of battles directed the movements of the war and made this union of states indis soluble. We have freely forgiven the boys who wore blue. tne more so as time has them like ourselves now wearers of the gray." Both Loved the Same GirJ, Roy Gehrig of Milton. Pa., shot and perhaps fatally Will B. Davis, of St. Clair, Pa., at Millersville Wedn es day and then killed himself. A note! written by Gehrig and found near his body gives his explanation of thbeI tragedy as follows: "We are dead in love with Alice Cummings atrd Annie Holmes, and not being able to see them, and they keeping away from us; we resolved to take our lives. My' name is Roy Gehrig of Milton. Pa:, and the little fel'o is William Davis, of St. Clair. Please notify our parents at once. We would like to be cremat-' ed, so notify our parents at once" Davis says he knows nothing of -the note and denies there was any- con pact to commit suicide. Froam wha can be learned it seems that mari who was introduced to the ladiesb Davis, was desperately in loey- t Miss Cammings and tnat he a Davis had a dispute over her. Gab;rig tine. it is supposed, decined Lo il D1vis and then take his own life, and wr"oe the letter to make the sair lok like a double suicide. They were each' about 19 years old. South Carcilna L ads. To those skeptics who bri t-'a the southern press indalges ia eri ile talk when it asserts tat tis sec tion is becoming a formidbl ralt New England in tue tidof cato manufacturing we pressu h oo ing table comnpiled iri> te e available statisticad returns:. Bior .oun tyoi 'he ailngof e u sbn.a te railroad, who was ~thetop of acar by alo w u::an T . E NEXT PRESIDENT. BRY AN PEAKS AlT GREENWOOD AND DUE WEST H,_ Was G:e:ed at Both Place. by m m rsp orowds of Pe ,ple Who were Eager to se and Hear fl1m-A Gala Day for Soath Caroli:aa. Friday was Bryan day at Due West. it might also be termed the day of days for a grander gathering of people of that scc:ion and the state for that matter. The occasion was the visit of Hon. W. J. Bryan, and his speech on the sllver question. Everybody who could reach Due West was there. Frcm the rough coated farmer, whose heart felt admiration of the great Ne braska. shined forth in his face to the wll groomed politician resplen dent in his silk tile and broadcloth Prince Albert was in attendance. Not only were the visitors from this state alone, but they hailed from many oth ers, F ad all seemed as happy as the ideal spring day is pleasant. There was not one single episode to mar the dsy, and the weather was absolutely suptrb. Mr. Bryan arrived at Donalds from Greenwocd at noon. Here a brass band from Clemson college played "Dixie," as the train came to a halt. Tue depot and all available space sur rounding it were thronged with peo ple. President Giier, of Erskine col lege, was on hand at the head of a committe, and Mr. Bryan was given a most cordial greeting. On the hill leading down to the depot were gath ered vehicles of all sizes 'nd descrip tion to transport the many visitors to Dae West, four miles away. It is safe to say that when the first vehicle of this enormous procession was en tering Die West, the last was about leaving Donalds. About half way between the two places a cavalry cav aicade of about one hundred young men, well mounted, met the carriage in which Mr. Bryan was riding and became an escort of honor. Due West had put on a gala appear ance. From the first house reached to the last, all were decoration and the populace were decked out in their best bib and tuoer. Mr. Bryan was driven to the home of Prof. B. Y. Pressley, where he dined with other distinguished guests of the party. All the hotels and boarding houses, ani there are many in this college town, were running to their greatest capaci ty to feed the crowds, and thcse not sufticiently distinguished to receive a special invitation, found food in abundance at the hostelries. The speaking was scheduled to take place in the magnif cent auditorium of Er hine at ~3 oclock. The large hall was packed when the appointed hour ar rived, but Mr. Bryan did not make his apearance until 4.30. In the mean me, the crowd amused itself by g owing larger and cheering the dis tingaisned visitcrs as they made their appearance on the stage. When Mr. Bryan made his appear ance the arp'ause was tumultuous, and it was some minutes before Presi dent Grier could command order. The auditorium, which seats normally 1,600 people, was packed with fully 2,500, and everyone of them, man, woman and child, was making all the din possible. When quiet was finally restored the exercises were opened with a prayer by R av. Mr. Daniel of Abbevilie. President Grier then ad vanced to the front of the stage and announced this is Bryan day at Er skine, and stated that a pleasura and honor was conferred on the college by the visit of a man whose name and fame gr.ow brighter as they are sub jected to the searchlights of public criticism. Prof. Grier then introduced G-overnor Ellerbe as a man, who was honest, fearless and intelligent. Gov. Eilerbe then in a very neat and en thusiastic address presented Mr. Bryan to the audience. Mr. Bryan spoke for two hours. and proved himself a thorough master of bimetallism in all its many branches. Only once or twice did he attempt any thing like oratorical fights, but when he did the audience responded prompt ly to the eloquent words and thrilling action of the orator. Mr. Bryan's voice is in v-ery bad shape. He has made spEeches on an average of two a day for the last four or five weeks, and it is safe to say that he has delivered more addresses in the past year -than any other public speaker in a life time. As a result his throat is quite wezk and he cannot attempt the grand bursts that characterized his canvass for the presidency. In a calm tone, raised just a little above the conversa tional, he delivered yesterday's ad dress. Interest was intense at all timnes on account of the simple man ner ia which difficult subjects were handled and the earnestness of the sn earer-. Mr. Bryan began by thanking the people for their attendance and said he was parti cularly delighted to speak to so meany of the staulent body, as when onc a student was converted he imn e~iiately became an apostle and word 'preach the doctrine lucidly at every opportunity. In ordinary times, the~ sp Ler said, the money question wsiu his opiaion paramount to all cthas. In tiues of danger the safety ofat naon takes precedence. He t6:2 -nt into the subject oi his dis en Be B etallism, ne said, was the old Liuoric standard of value that had coedw through the ages since mo yhdbeen adopted as a medium of 4 aae. Gold monometallism :. tM -z periment and has proved e.d tosone for this country. Bi m-:.di is the only economic prin em o.:ns eevr been denour-ced by Ig :.iical partyvuntii the bolting ih~tm~s oi IS declared that gold a me onhope of tae count:-y and :a .t received less than 1 per es. of vs cf this country. It car :1 yone pacinct in tne United ..u-tht was one in -western S :cr Lmre were six votCs. All e : re at parties, Demcc:-atic, e *n Papist had always bimetallism; therefore be the co o thse people of y.I Ta dmccratic defeat nt adeeat of bimetal seternabiicans promised ....vo to esablisn it by inter asmnt n the election ei uey only meant that the Hr wiln to dfer astraight %: foryars in the hope e d n obtaned in this way. . 3 nnx explained the claims of difee teol that silver had oeen camonPi73 in 1u Aari in 1851, and I demonstrated that the law of 183 merely let up on the coinage of silve: dollars, but kept up the coinage of the smaller denominations and at tha1 time they were full legal tender. The act of '51 merely changed the ratic from 1534 to 16to1. That the desire for bimetallism was not confined to this country alone, Mr. Bryan -proved by the records of the lower house of tie German legisla ture, which had passed a resolution declaring for bimetallism. a conven tion of agriculturalists in France had done the same thing and the house of :omn- ozs in England passed a resolu tion urging on the government the ne cessity of making some contract with the American bimetallic commission which was then in that country. Mr. Bryan then rehearsed his argument about leaving the financial fate of this country in the hands of British finan ciers and ended with an elcquent per oration'urging all to study the vital question, and having once been con verted, to war for it on all occasions. Pandemonium broke forth as Mr. Bryan retired. People stood on chairs, waved hats, umbrellas, flags and cheered until the sides of the audi torium fairly shook. President Grier next introduced Sen ator McLaurin, who paid a glowing tribute to Due West's educational in stitutions and the "next president of the United States, William Jennings Bryan." Possibly the most pleasing and in teresting episode of the day was the presentation of a bunch of beautiful lillies to M41r. Bryan by thegraduating class of the Female college. To make the presentation address the young ladies selected Congressman Leutz of Ohio. Mr. Leutz represents Mr. Mc Kinley's congressional district, and in his address he recited these facts and ended by declaring that it was only right for the present president's repre sentative in congress to present the next president with flowers. During the evening Mr. Bryan was tendered a banquet by the faculties of the three colleges and leading citi aens cf Due West. On his way to Due West Mr. Bryan stopped over at Greenwood and made a speech to a large crowd. WHAT IT WILL BUY. What Prealdert McEinley Will Do With the Emergency Fund, The fifty million dollars which Con gress voted to make the country ready for war would not go far toward de fraying expenses of a s; iggie with Spain. The Cuban war has already cost Spain $280,000,000. President Lincoln got an appropriation $100, 300,000 at the outbreak of hostilities between the north and south. Presi lent McKinley would probably spend, or contract to spend, this initial $50, 300,000 as follows: For warships now in the market: Norway's Torkensjold, $1,000,000; Norway's Harold liaarjogre, $1,000, )00; Brazil's Marshal Floriano, $1,500, 000; Spiranga, $1,500,000; 'Timbris, ;100,000; Almirante Simpson, $100, 300; Amazonas, $2,000,000; Amazonas' sistership, unnamed, $2.000,000; two unnamed Japanese ships at Cramp's and at San Francisco. $3,000,000 each; four hundred men per ship, provision ed and accoutred for six months, $3, 100,000; arming and manning mer chantmen, $2,000,000; ship ammuni tion and projectiles, $1,000,000. Total for the navy, $21,800,000. Tue initial expenditures for the army, supposing 100,000 National Guardsmen would be called out, would be as follows: For 100,000 improved rifles (present make of rifle no match tor Spain's) $1,750, 300; rations, contract for six months, $1,800,000; uniforms, $1,759,000; am munition for six months, $2,000,000; machaine guns, $1,000,000; initial ex penses of mobilization, $500,000; ad ditional employe~s in war department, p500,000; pay of army, $10,003,000. l'otal for the army, $19,300,000. For oast defenses: New guns and mortars, their emplacements and carriages, $2,. 300,000; ammunition and projectiles, $1,000,000; submarine mines, torpe does, cables and chains, $1,000,000; pay for 10,000 additional men for manning batteries, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses, $4,900,000, On the outbreak of actual hostilities the president would undoubtedly ask for $200,000,000 or $400,000,000 more. Justice at Last. The Newberry Voice of the People says: "President McKinley has ap proved the Newberry College claim and there is great rejoicing here in consequence of the good ne ws. Tne college boys have been given an en tire day in which to give vent to their feelings over the victory of Litimer and Tillman, and they are enjoying themselves as only college boys can. En our editorial last weeL-, we should have made mention of the fact that Senator Tillman stood shoulder to shoulder with Congressman Latimer in his fight for this claim. We re gret the unintentional omission, and take pleasure in giving our farmer Senator due credit." Aa Int erest May Dic sate. A Washington dispatch says it is understood there that Senator Tillman is interested to a certain extent in the gubernational aspirations of his per sonal friend, R B Watson, of E~gdged, and if he was called upon to select the nominee, it would probably be Mr. Watson. Representative Latimer and some of the other members of the de legation are disposed t> lcok with favor upon Governor Ellerbe for a second term, on the ground that he has tr~ad to give tne State an honest, straightfor ward business-like adminis tration. Big Guns For Pensac Als. Five carloads of war materials for Galveston and three big ten meh g~uns bound for Pensacola passed through Atlanta Friihy night. Ln the Gal veston consignment were iour~ steel mortars wigning 117,0 JJ pournd; and tso cmrloads of gunpowder. The big guns for Pensacola weighed 07,0uuO pounds each. All of the way-bilis for these instruments of war are marktd rush. 31ught ba settlea by 'A2 In conversation Thursday at Aug 2as ta, Ga., Mr. Bryan declared that the cause of bimetallism was gro sing stronger. Should there b.e war ii would be overshadowed for th!: ilme being, for war o-vershadowvs all nitner questions, but war might result inset tiing the money question, Ktlled by a Bargliar. William O. Hutchins, one of the best known manufacturing je-vcrs in the east, was shot and killed by a burglar, Wednesday night at Lis hnme in Provilence Ri T. SPA N:ARS READY TO F:GH T. Troops Arrive in .. Amit the R a: and Biss of iockc:e. By the hiss and rear of rockets and military music Havar a was awakenec Sunday and at sunrise the harbor was alive with craft, rummoned by sig nals flying at Morro castle, announc ing the arrival of another ship. It turned out to be not the expectec cruiser Cristobal Colon, but Alfonso XIII, of the Spanish line, and on hei decks thronged 1,500 soldiers from Spain. As she moved to her anchor age tugs shot out from the piers with bands on board and rocket batteries afloat and ashore roared a welcome tc the new regiments which Spain pours into the western. world to the wonder of all natio.s. Oa the tug which cir oled the Alfonso XIII were bands playing patriotic airs and the soldiers replied with a mighty cheer as the ship crept by the trim crusiers, the Viscaya and the Oquendo and across the smooth water from Morro. Caba nas and the weakening city floated the music of the bugles and the far off cheers with which Havana greeted her friends in need. Rockets and bat aeries for an hour were never silent, and bugles sang accompaniment to the steeple bells ashore. The arrival of the Spanish warship Almirante Oquendo. while the Spanish popula tion was still rejoicing over the com ing of the Viscaya, has given the Spaniards an exaggerated notion of Sp3in's naval power. The tendency is to cause a feeline: that war with the United States would not be so serious for Spain. The idea may seem ridic ulous in the states, yet the existence of this belief among a large element of the population of Havana should not be ignored. These Spanish war ships encourage the notion that the result of the Maine inquiry is a sub jeet of ind'fhrenco to the Spanish government. Melton Appainted Marehal. Capt. Lawson D. Melton, of Colum bia, S. C., has been appointed United States Marshal for South Ca.rolina by President McKinley. For the past month many names were considered by the authorities in Washington, but candidate by candidate was struck off until only G. I. Cunningham and Chairman Tolbert of the Republican State committee were left. Then it was that Young Tolbert applied, his father withdawing in his favor. Mr. Tol bert, Jr's., application was endorsed by his father and Colonel Wallace, and it was thought that their influence could get the appointment and save Mr. Cunningham from picking the plum. At this juncture Captain Mel ton's name was suggested as a com promise, and he got the plum. Mel ton is a Lily White Republican. Tried to Get Oat. An attempt at a break in the prison at Michigan City, Ind., Thursday night by 200 convicts, led by William Sauerwine, a 14-year man from Virgo county, was made while the convicts were at supper. Captain Barnard had charge of the dining room when Suerwine, followed by 200 convicts, who began to fire the large coffee cups at the guards. By accident Nigat Man Anderson happened to be on tne scene, seeing the situation, drew his gun and fired, hitting Sauerwine and another leader named Suber. The leaders being quelled by the shots i 'aieted the other convicts and they were soon under control. It is thought the two wounded men will die. A Spanish Btchery, On the 3tst of Ootober, 1873, the steamer Virginius, sailing under American colors and carrying a United States registry, was captured on the high seas by the Tornado, a Spanish war vessel, and, on the afternoon of the 1st of November taken into the port of Santiago de Cuba. General Burrill, the commandant of the city, summoned a courtmartial, and in spite of the protests of the American consul, condemned to death at the first sitting four of the passengers. They were shot on the morning of the 4th. On the 7th twelve more passen gers were executed, and on the 8th Captain Fry and his entire crew num baring 36, making the total numbet of executions 53. Good Advlca. The Carolina Spartan is not a Jingo. It takes a calm, levelheaded view of the situation and gives this sensible ad vice to the farmers of the South: "If war should come the South will be in a biad way. The people will have no meat and bread staffs to spare. They do not manufacture the munitions of war. Unly a small portion of cotton will be required for tents. Let the cotton acreage be reduced. Plant just half as much as yoa had set aside for tLat crop. Raise corn, meat, sorghum, potatoes and prepare the land for a large small grain crop next fall." That is gcod advice, whether war comes or not. The farmer who fol lows it will have no regrets next fall. In XMnory of Jarersaon Davis, The stained glass window to be placed in St. Paul Episcopal church, Richmond, in memory of Jeiderson Davis, will be uanveiled on Easter Sunday. Some well known clergy men will be invite. to preacb, and n appropria'.e musical pro.;ramme will be re-nderd by the vested choir. They will oear the following inscrip'.ion: "To the glory of Go;d and the mem cry of Jefe>rson Davis, president of the Confederate S.ates of America. B3arn June 3,l~ 188 ded. December 6, 1804The amount necessary to pay for tuc wiudo w a s all been subscribe:i. Wha Bya s ay!. When asi~.d his opiaion as regards the action of coges 'a placing $50), u00.000 at ine preet's disposal for th urpcose of deece in case 0 war, Bryan sai:. I am glad thc iacuse acted pro.~ p ly a~ad unanoimois ly. In fau: img: ave een bet ter to have made it n hundred mnill I jns, to sho v the -' wrdth cnrs a ~nd the Amnerican pe.opewihar to suoot the. a *i"itata 'la any -ctio'n 'cessary for- te pro ecton0o '-rov'c of. Zi: '-r S aisrTe gendarmes inverted., .zrse o wLoJn and two rio.ters were wounded before the diet'. hene wre snoende-d. SPANISH OFFICERS DID IT. SUCH WILL BE THE DECISION OF THE COURT. Appointed t Instig4:c the Causes that Lsd to the SIcw ng Up of the Battleship maIne in the Ha:bar o: Havana Last F<brnary. The board of inquiry appointed to investigate the cause that brought about the destruction of the United States battleship Msiae in the harbor of Havana has about concluded its work and is now getting ready to make its report to the proper authori ties. Advirts from Washington say that there need be no doubt about the character of this report. It will state unequivocally that the opinion of the Court that the Maine was blown up from the outside, and that from the character of the damage done the explosive force used could have Len furnished only by Spanish officers, or persons given exceptional opportunities by some Spanish official in important place. The report will be carried to Washington personally by Judge Advocate Marix, who will submit it to S acretary Long. Then it will be made public. The disaster to the Maine has now reached the stage of being regarded as merely a tragic incident, which may or may not have a direct bearing on a prospective cause for war, which is regarded as inevita ble if Spain's present attitude contin ues. Several salient points have been established by the court: First-A piece of cement found only within the "outer skin" of the Maine was blown high in the air and landed not only on the after deck of the Maine, but on the deck of the City of Washington, many feet away. Second-The outer sheathing of the Maine was found within two feet of the surface of Havana harbor-some thing that could not possibly have oc curred had the explosion been inter nal in character. Third-The fact that a certain sea man who was in the bowels of the ship at the time of the explosion was blown into the air and subsequently nicked un in the water. ~ This man's story, when it is male public, will live in history as probably one of;the most hairbreadth escapes on record. According to the testimony he gave, corroborated by others, he was not more than three feet above the keel when the Maine went ur,. Of necessity he was below the maga zines. He is a living document that the exolosion came from the outside. Had the explosion occurred in any. of the magazines he would have been blown downward. This man's testi mony will occupy several pages of the report, and will furnish the most convincing evidence that the disaster was due to an external cause to those who refuse to accept a scientific deduc tions from physical conditions. For the benefit of those persons % ho want peace and nothing but pease, and who may be inclined to criticise even the finding of such a reliable Court of Inquiry as Captain Sampson's, it may be explained that the character of the explosion has been determined to a mathematical certainty. Not only will the report state that a hole was found just above the keel on the port side; that a par t of the port side and a greater portion of the for ward deck were blown off; that her ten inch guns are lying t wenty feet away in the mud on the star board side ; that all her plates from the keel to the water's edge at the deck are pushed up; that the powder maga zines and shell rooms are intact; that her bottom is all gone, and that the boilers did not explode, but it will also contain the folio wing statements: First-The disaster in Havana har bor was due to the explosion of a sub marine mine. Second that this mine was planted oy officials of the Spanish Government arnd exploded by Spanish officials in Havana. Third-That the Maine w.o pur posely mcored in the vicinity of this mine, and the explosion was evident ly timed when the Maine Ehould, through the .iafluence of wind and tide, lay directly over it. Fourth-That traces of a sub marine mine were discovered. Fifth-That Lieutenant F. W. Jen kins, who was killed in the disaster, had discovered a shore connection with mine located in the harbor. It may now authoritatively be stated that the recent hasty preparations for war, including the appropriation of the $50,000,000 national defence fund, were not inspired by Spain's desire to have Consul-General Lee recalled nor by Spain's desire to have merchant yessels transport the relief supplies, bu.t because President McKinley had been informed officially by Captains Sigsbeoe an"d Sampson and Lieutenant Comnde.r Marix of all the damning evidence. Every diver before he went below was; carefully instruicted as to the con s:ruc'im of the Maine. Diagrams and blu mints were utilized in im parti. g th information. The Maine Iwas buit with a certain number of frme extending in an elliptical shape fror. the keel. Tne ellipses varied in siza from the prow and stern to the point ai-re the ship has its gratest oe m. T"e sheathing was in plates of kn wn uensions. The diver, by e.,i the size of the plate with w i n. ad came in contact, could a i o naolute certainty where this o .riginally belonged. Thus, -nadt' exering the bottom ar br, nd he arkessof ;ch prevented any ocular e the sd o: the hole blown of the aine and its loca S ae ceen accurately determined. .1 urderer Confesses. \ sp aito The State says the ne g Gaes Williams, who was sus peid of the murder of Mr. Lee, near C (rr'sCrssing, and so narrowly e; c:.ped cemg lynched when arrested, nas ooen down and confessed the cr. It was thought that he had *aa accompice and so stated, but now he aystha healone is responsible vrugh a Buninlg Trestle. A itrain on he East and West ei~o rnning fron Cartersville, a ino lbama. went through a art restle near Rigland, Ala., ur ay-mrainZ. Tie engine and V e car went tiiroug.h the trestle, Engine1L o pencer Panill ips was instant