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T?e Marlboro* Democrat. ! rumasiiKi) KVHIY WKUNUMUY HY j SUJJSOMPTION UATKS : Ono Copy, Ono Your.?i 00 Uno Copy, Six Months. oO Enter dat tito Fostoillco nt KeunottsYlllo S O., OH second o'ass mall ninttor. TILLMAN WINS IN HIS DEBATES ON THE PROHIBI TION QUESTION. Tho Jury Dcohluri JClovon to Hight III ll lu Favor-. Prohibition Int H Aolmowlotfgo Ho Wa? Too Much for- 8t. John. Tho jury appointed to decide tho morita of tho debato which Senator Bon Tilintan and Prof. Samuol Diekio, nntional Chairman of tho Prohibition party, hold on Thursday night at Pro hibition Park, Ii. I., endorsed tho opinion of tho audience, whieh favor ed tho Southern Senator throughout. Thero wore soven Probibitionists on tho jury and fourteen auti-Prohibi tionists, and they deoided elovon to eight.in Senator Tillman's favor, two not voting. Ile carried tho audience with Iii ttl lost night as thoroughly ns bo did on tho preceding ovoning. Ho was in tho midst of tho prohibition stronghold, . contending against their theories, but tho nudionco applauded hitit as though he wore struggling in their behalf. Most of tho audience were Probibi tionists, but their delight when Till man mado a point against his oppo nent was enthusiastic. He is a speak er of considerable magnitude free from most of tho platform tricks, and natural in manner. The methods of ox-Gov. St. John, of Kansas, who was his opponent, bo long to tho old school. So tho audi onco listened to Tillman with delight, and applauded him in snob a way that their favor must havo boon hitonded not so much for what ho said as tho Way in which he said it. But, ho made a great impression on his hear ora, and their delight was unbounded when thoy learned that tho jury was with thom in giving him tho honors pf tho debate on Thursday. Tho question last night was, "Is Prohibition tho Best Motliod of Tem perance Reform?" Tho dobalo was slow Itt starting, mid after tho audi ence had sung a hymn, "Como Thou Almighty; King," Mr. H. II. Carr, who was introduced as tho foti Alor of the woinon's Republican clubs of Now York, sang ' 'Rowing Homo with Mol ly." Then tho superintendent of tho building announced that no interrup tions would bo allowed from tho audi ence On Thursday tho interruptions took up too much time and interfered with tue speakers. So it was an nounced that tho audience would havo no share in tho debate. Dr. Leonard, who is tho secretary of tho Methodist Episcopal Mission, was mado chairman, ano ho was told to keep his eyo on his watch, and seo that tho speakers did not go over their 'lime. Tho suppression of tho audi onco doprived tho debato of somo of its liveliness, but thero was nothing to prevent them from applauding, and they did this when Senator Tillman gavo thom a chance. Ex-Gov. St. John opened tho dis cussion. He said: "I don't know when Ihavo enjoyed ?^.morfiHjiflftUingou prohlbi?ontlian be foro you good people hore1, Wrn'aiJuor those circumstances. Thirty years ago Sonator Tillman and I roprosontcd ex tremes of political opinion, and I am proud to have tho honor of meeting hore one of this country's most distin guished citizens, who is known to ev erybody that makes any attempt to keon un with tho political questions of tho day. Tho question thal parted us thirty years ago is sottled now, and settled forever. Wo aro not boro to night as politicians in any sense of the word, but as citizens of our com mon country to discuss a comparative ly new question that has forced itself to tho front during tho past twonty flve years. I claim for Senator Till man that ho is as sincere and consci entious in what he is doing os what I claim for myself. Wo aro lioth doing what wo can iii an hum bio way for our follow men. I om glad that tho other sido of this dobnto is upheld by fluch a courageous man as Senator Till man. Wo know that ho has courage, as well as a great deal of cray mat tor in addition, and I would rather bo whipped by him than vanquish a little Western scrub liko ni y sol t, "I stand hero tonight for prohibi tion first, last and all tho ti ino, bo causo my oxperionce of tho last twen ty-iivo years has taught mo that it is . not only tho best way to promote tem por?neo reform, but becauso my con soionco tolls mo that in tho sight of God and man it is right. I know that all the States of tho Union arc with mo, and I know that prohibition is the rule of tho Bible. It says always, 'Thou shalt not,' and there is not a word in it in favor of licensing any wrong, nor will my friend tina Ibero a word about dispensaries. Tho law is prohibitory all through tho statutes of tho States, and tho United States Supreme Court has said that tho rights and liberties of nobody aro interfered with when tho permission to sell liquor is denied. ^ "Tho Constitution says that the fun damental object of tho government is to promote tho wei fare of tho peoplo. Last night Senator Tillman read tho statement ofj Gov. Larrabco of Iowa, in which ho denounced tho saloon and tho liquor traille as tho brooder of pau perism, crime and degradation. Tho Legislature of Iowa endorsed that, and so do I, and I claim that anything which breeds crime, pauperism amt degradation should bo prohibited, not licensed or dickered with, I found today that the statutes of South-Caro lina are in perfect harmony with my opinion. Tho whole criminal codo is prohibitory, and a man can't kick his dog without violating tho law, and ho cannot get a license to do it, nor deal with it according to tho dispensary system. South Carolina laws strictly prohibit tho adulteration of food, and do not allow tho terrapin to bo talton under a eortain sizo. You cannot got a 1 icon se to taite them. "No living pictures nor impuro lit erature aro allowed, and you can't got a license for a living picturo, or treat ono of thom in accordance with tho dispensary law. Every ono of these ?.prohibitory. You cannot dis seminate infootious disease, and you wouldn't bo allowed to glvo a man soven yoavs' itch, oven if you had a li cense) "Tho dispensary system would al low you to givo a man ns much sovon years itch as ho wanted af tor ho was 21 years old. Sonator Tillman, you know, regulates such matters j ho docs not prohibit thom. But his statute laws in South Carolina deal oven with tho salo of liquor, and this is prohibit ed within eortain distance of a college Evoryono of theso prohibitions is posi tive, and tho only ovil not prohibited is tho liquor traffic. "Tho State stops out boro and says that after a mun is 21 years old ho "Do THOU UHBAT LIHEHIY INBI'IHB OUB b'oui.B AN? MAKB OUR LIVFB IN THY Po&ifesioN HAPI'Y. OH OUB DHATHB ?T.omnitR w 'ruy Jtjw* DEFENSE. VOLUME XX. . BENNE??SVILLE, &., 0., WEDNESDAY, AUGUS1 21, 1895. NO. 34. , ,_. can got as much liquor from tho State as ho wants. But I havo no doubt that within tho noxt ton yours tho Son utor will bo as much a Prohibition ist as I am, and God bloss tho day when it comos. But I want him now to answer theso questions: "ls prohibition morally right or wrong?" "Why, in his own Stale, do they apply prohibition to ovorything ex cepting tho liquor traillo? "Can 'ho liquor traille, under tho United States Constitution, bo recog nized and regulated? "Have not tho people under tho United States Constitution tho right to prohibit liquor traille? "I want him to answer theso ques tions," Governor St. John concluded, "and I wonder how a man can como boro and plead boforo God and man for giving this damnable business tho recognition of a Slate" There was apnlauso for tho Gover nor as ho ceased, but it soon lost itself in tho enthusiasm which greeted Son at?r Tillman as ho walked toward tho front of tho stage, Tho spectators shouted and applauded, and for sov ornl minutes tho Senator was unable to begin his speech. "1 am glad to bo here," ho said, "particularly as I have been slandered and lied on moro than any man south of Ibo Mason and Dixon's lino. From what you havo heard and read of mo, 1 suppose you conceive mo to bo some thing between an anarchist and an idot. 1 want you lo take a look at mo and seo if I nm as black a do vii as I have been painted. "Gov. St. John and I aro hereto discuss in a friendly way an abstract question of government. I endorso every word that Gov. Larrab.ee wrote about tho liquor traille. It causas more crime, pauperism and vico than anything olso in tho world." Senator Tiilmau hero road an ex tract from Gov. Larrabcb'a speech. As ho took his glasses from his pocket ho said : "I hayo lo wear these things, you seo, because I havo got only ono oyo, and I havo to carry tho other old thing around without seeing anything through it. "But Gov. St. John makes a mis lako," ho continued, "when ho con founds tho saloon with tho dispensary. They aro not at all tho samo. I do not lind in anything that ho has s Kid moro than mero assortions in proof of prohibition. The question is, is pro hibition tho best method of promoting tempor?neo reform? "What is temperance? It is moder ation in tho uso of tho pleasures of lifo. What is reform? O, the sins that havo been committed in tho name of that word. To tho crank it is his specialism, but it is generally accepted to mean a making over for tho botter. Tho question is, how can wo teach men to uso intoxicants temperately? "Gov. St. John is horrified at tho results of intoxication, but ho forgots that wo aro a self-governing people, and must havo tho permission of fifty l>er cont, of tho people boforo it oan be decided that mon havo not tho right to drink whiskey when they in tho Biblo. "I fail to find a singlo instance in which drinking is prohi rited there. Certainly it is not prohibited in Mosaic law. Mon for thousands of years havo indulged in tho uso of Intoxicants. Ever since they learned that alcohol could be produced by fermentation, they feel that thoy havo a right to drink, and you cannot convinco thom otherwise. "Until you get mon to holiovo that thoy aro heller as hypocrites and liars than in their own iniquity you can never persuade them that thoy have not a right to drink. If this prohibi tion had beon as groat and wiso a thing as its followers claim, lt would havo boon tho law of tho whole land instead of tho exception." Senator Tillman bilked somo moro about his dispensary, and tho chair man reminded him that his twonty minutes was drawing to an ond. "As a proof that tho law has failed \vhorovcr it was tried," ho concluded, "you can seo that it was nccossary, oven when sincere and conscientious mon were trying to enforce tho law, for tho Slates to go back to licensing. Iowa puts a clause in its Constitution forbidding tho salo of liquor oxcopt for medicinal, pharmaceutical, and mechanical purposes. "What a stretch was given to tho meaning of those words. I know from my own cxporience in enforcing tho law how impossible it was to provont tho invasion of theso laws. My exp?ri ence hos taught mo that tho law must depend on tho governed for its en forcement. "If you have not got a public opin ion with you tho law can novor bo en forced. Where can you got tho jurors, tho prosecutors and tho witnesses whon tho feeling of tho public is so against them? It is only when tho feeling that tho saloons'must go is strong enough to support that they will be accepted ns substitutes. "Tho United States Government de mands a tax from tho people who sell whiskey, and who oan dony that there is a license to soil it. How can tho idea of prohibition bo obtained when thoro is no means of enforcing it? This is a self-governing country. "Unless a law rests in tho will of tho people thoro is no power to on force it. Tho Supremo Court says tho power does not lio with any citizen to sell li quor contrary to Ino pol ico power of tho Stato, but this rotates to tho selling and not to tho drinking." Gov. St. John now read somo statis tics showing how Kansas had increas ed in wealth sinco prohibition beenmo a law there, and how much tho gov ernors and other Sbifo ofllcors, who were once opposed to it, had to say in favor of tho conditions that oxist now. "Why, in tho town I live in," ho said, "there aro 4,000 peoplo, and wo have only ono policoman. Formerly wo bad 2,000 peoplo with two police men boforo tho prohibition carno in. "Wo havon't had a fight on tho street in Hf leon years, and everybody attonds to his own business On last Grand Army tiny in Kansas thoro woro 10,000 mon gathored togothor. Not ono was drunk. That couldn't havo happened In any Stato oxcopt Kansas." When Gov. St. John waa told lils ton minutes had oxpircd ho took a lit Ho moro timo to show how much rich er Kansas was with prohibition than South Carolina with its dispensary. More in sorrow than angor Gov Till man said ho rogrotted vory much that his antagonist had alluded to tho fact that South Carolina was not as rich as Kansas. Ho said ho did not holiovo that Gov. St. John intended to wound his fcolings. [CONTINUED ON PAUK KOUK.] FOR FREE COINAGE. UNDER THE STAMP OF THE OLD DEM OCRATIC PARTY. OrgnnlKiUloii of tho Convention of SUvoi' Democrats In Washington-Tho l'nrfy'n llcooi'd on tho Froo Coinngo Question. An A<1(U'6BS to tho 1'eonlo. WA8HiNaitON,Aug. 14.- Tho con Cor on co .of'Dem?crata favorable to tho freo coinngo of silver bogan at noon today at tho Metropolitan Hotel, tho session being secret, Tho object is to eiFect reorganization within tho party strong onough to domin?lo at tho noxt National Democratic convention and to commit tho party to freo coinngo in tho next national platform. "Freo coinngo oC silver," said a prominent Democrat this morning, ''has always been advocated by tho Democrats; it is a doctrino oidor than tho party itself and I' cannot see why wo should not obtain tho ond wo seek." Two hours boforo tho meeting of tho congress, tho lobby and parlors of tho hotel were filled willi weXUkiio.wji.pub lio mon, known ns advocates- of the extended uso of .silver ns a money motal. Tho conCorcnco was called to prdor promptly at 12 o'clock. Senator jones of Arl cansos, was mad o chairman, and ? Mr. Hinrichson of Illinois, secretary. Senator Jonos, in oponing, said that tho conference had mot in accordance witli tho call, which explained its pur pose. Ho wanted to seo a silver mili tia organized to cope with tho gold Corees. A roll call oC Stales showed tho Col lowing delegates to bo presont: Alabama-James F. Johnson, Jos. Hodgson, John W. Tomlinson. IT. N. Wilson, S. W. John. Ohio-S. S. Yoder. Georgia-Patrick Walsh, L. F. Liv ingston. Indiana-Allon W. Clark. Dolawaro-J. F. Saulsbury. Maryland-W. M. Colomnn, W. E. Mannakco, Charles ll. Darby. Kentucky-Urey Woodson. Mississippi-W. S. Stockdale. North Dakota-.Willis4t. Bierly. Missouri-Gov. W. J. Stone, Lon V. Stephens, Harry M. Hill, M. W. Ruby, Gow Allen, Jos. K. Rickey, Louis Houck, Scott Miller, lt. W. Bo dino, George E. Simmons, Thomas O. Towles, Judge Leo Woodsldes, E. J. Bean. West Virginia-John J. Cornwell. Tennessee- Senator Ishnm G. Har ris, Col. Caaoy Young, Gon. N. N. Cox, Col. E. W. Cormack. Arkansas-Senator James K, Jones, Robort Neill, W. P. Stono. North Carolina-Ex-Senator Thos. J. Jarvis, ltoprosontative Lockhardt. Mr. Josephus Daniels. Florida-Senator Call, Frank E. Harria, John S. Board, J. E. Alexan der, E. It. MoKean. Texas-Judge Silas Hare. Virginia-Senator Daniel, Wm. A. Jones, P. J. O toy, L. Q. Washington, .js-^UwJ)?fflOi Jj ?Bi Wiiwilnlrl, Eflgfl. McCarty, J. B. McCabe?DTRandolp, Meade, T. N. Conrad, Jr., Frons; Hume, P. R. Nuckolls,J. D. Ponny boker, Hon. John W. Daniel, John A. Jones, T. C. Ramsdoll, R. E. Ixe, Marshall McCormick, John F. Sow ors. . Illinois-W. H. Hinrichson, Geo. W. Fithinn; O. P. Thompson, W. E. Nolson, M. F. Dunlap, Geo. M. Lo crono, Goo. B. Parsons, Goo. E. Doy ing, Goo, E. Bronnan, T. W. McNeo ly, A. M. Rose, John H. Barnes, John W. Yantis, C. R. Tuttle. South Carolina-Col. John P. Treu len. Colorado-M. B. Gerry, S. D. Trim ble, Olnoy Newoll. Tho conCorenco reassembles at -1 o'clock. Senator Daniel, in accord ance with the ngrcomenl readied by tho committee on programmo, report ed pTggrogs,-nud asked-that tho con ference adjourn until 10 o'clock to morrow morning, at which timo they expected to bo ablo to report resolu tions and an address to tho party. Tho request of Senator Daniel met prompt compliance, and tho confer ence adjourned until 10 o'clock tomor row morning. Sonator Daniols of Virginia, offered tho follow resolutions, which was agreed to without discussion : Resolved, That a committee bo ap ?iointcd by tho chairman oC tho con eronco, of such numbor as ho may seo fit, to preparo a programmo of proceedings and resolutions, and ro port tho samo to tho conference at an adjourned mooting to bo hold at 1 o'clock today. Tho chairman' oC tho conference shall boox-olllcio momber of this committee. After tho adoption oC tho resolution, a recess Cor thirty minutes was taken to allow tho chairman, Senator Jones, to proparo tho committee Ho decided to appoint a committco oC ono momber Crom each State roproscntcd. ACtor tho recess Chairman Jouas an nounced tho following committco: Missouri, Governor Stone and H. M. Hill ; North Carolina, Sonator Jarvis ; Illinois, W. H. Hinrichson; Indiana, A. W. Clark; Goorgin, ox-Sontitor Walsh; Alabama, Judge Johnson; Tennessoe, E. W. Cormack ; Virginia, Sonator Daniels; Kentucky, W\ W. WoodsOn ; Colorado, A. Nowell ;North Dakota, W. R. Bierby; Ohio, P.S. Yondor; Dela war ), J. F. Saulsbury; Maryland, M. M. Pullman; Mississip pi ; W. S. Stockdale ; South Carolina, J. F. Troutlon ; West Virginia, J. J. Cromwell ; Toxoo, E. P. lloro ; Arkan sas, Sonator Jonos; Florida, J. S. Board. Tho following is tho roport oC tho committco as adopted by tho confer onco : At a conCeronco between a numbor of Domoorats from tho dilloront States who attondedtho non-partisan con voli tion reoontly announced at Memphis, Tonn., forillo purposo of promoting tho cause of freo silver ooinago (which conforonco woa held oftortho adjourn ment of tho convention) a committco consisting of Senators Jones, of Arkan sas, Turple, of Indiana and Harris, of Tonuesaoe, waa appointed and author ised to invite representativo Democrats from tho Bovoral States to meet them at Washington for consultation with tho viow of Booming co-operation and concert of action among thoso Domo orats throughout tho Union who bo lievein adhering to tho cardinal Dom ocratlo policy of bimetallism, and who aro opposed to committing tho party to tho Republican doctrino of gold monometallism. Tho presont confor onco is tho result of action thon taken. Thia is purely a voluntary assomblogo and therefore, does not assumo to sneak with party authority and dis claiming all right to bind any porson by our utterances; but profoundly conscious that tho Democratic party today confronts a crisis the most mo mentous in its history and fraught with far reaching peril to tho people and tho country, wo aro assembled as individual Democrats to take counsel togethor, aud for tho undisguised pur pose of inaugurating and promoting a thorough and systematic organization of tho Domooratio mass?s, so that thoy may go forward as ono man with a resoluto purpose lo resouo tho old par ty founded by Thomas JoHorson from plutocratic domination. <?4&?f* Therefore, with this ob?u>\?m viow, this convention of ?meriti^ti Demo crats, composed of representatives from twenty-two of tho leading States of tho Union, make tho following de claration on tho monotory quostion, which has been forced into the leading place among tho issues of today ? Tho Federal Constitution names sil vor and gold togother as tho money motels of tho United States. Tho ilrst coinago law passed by Congress under tho Constitution mado tho sil vor dollar tho unit of value and admitted gold to freo, coinago at a ratio measured by tho silver dollar unit. From tho beginning of tho govern ment, following a policy formulated by Thomas Joucrson and firmly es tablished by Jackson, tho Democratic party hos boon . tho party of bimetal lism, favoring tho freo coinago of both silver and gold at tho national mints, and opposed to a farming out to bank corporations tho government's sovor oign power of issuing and controlling the money pf Ibo peoplo. Tho act of 1873 demonetizing silvor was surreptitiously passed without tho approval or knowledge of Ibo Ameri can peoplo, and from Ibo timo when tho effect of this act in fastening upon' this country tho singlo gold standard was understood, tho Democratic party has consistently and persistently urged that the grievous wrong bo righted. Failure to accomplish this object hos resulted in tho steady apprecia tion of gold and a conspicuous fall in tho price of commodities produced by tho people; a heavy increase in tho burdon of all debts, public and pri vate: tho enrichment of tho monoy lendmg class; paralysis of industry, and tho impoverishment of the peoplo and unexampled distress in all gold standard countries. Experience has shown that while, under Ibo singlo gold standard, there may bo an occa sional revival of business, activoly ac companied by enhanced prices of a limited number of commodities, such rovival is duo to artificial and tem porary causes and cannot permanent ly alleviate tho sufferings duo to tho falling of prices brought about by tho appreciation of gold and tho inade quate supply of primary or redemption, monoy. Tho rights of tho American peoplo. tho interests of American labor, and tho prosperity of American industry have a higher claim to the considera tion of tho people's law-makers th?.n tho greed of foreign creditors, or 'Ibo' avaricious demands made by "idlo holders of idle capital." Tho right to regulate its own monetary system iii the interests of its own peoplo is a right which no free government can barter, sell or surrender" Tf??s" re sorved right is a part of every bond, of ovory contract and of ovory obliga tion. No creditor or claimant can sot up a right that can take precedence over a nation's obligations to promote' tho welfare of tho masses of its peo ple. This is a dobt higher and m?ro binding than all other dobts, and ono that it is not only dishonest, but trea sonable to ignore. Tho land and its products aro tho basis of all developments aud pros perity. Tho productivo capacity of a country must bo tho basis ol its credit. In opposing, tho policy of con traction, which must inevitably de preciate tho value of land and its pro ducts wo aro the supporter of property rights and sound credit, and stand bc tweon thc homes and estates of the peoplo and thc red J lag of tho auction eer. Tho policy of gold monometal lism has been characterized by ropcat ed and disastrous financial panics. Tho farmers have found their prosper ity and indopendonco constant ly wah ring under its blighting influence. Manufacturers aro interested too, for they find tho prices of salo falling bolow tho cost of tho production. Mer chants should opposo it, for with fall ing prices thoy aro often compelled to soil for less than they paid for manu factured goods. Neither manufactur er nor merchant can prosper unless tho mass of consumers real i/o such prices for their products and labor as to supply themselves liberally willi tho necessities and luxuries of lifo, norean tho wage-earner prosper, for under depressed conditions there is less and less competition for Iiis labor. Tho Domooratio party is thc tradition al friend and champion of bimetal lism. Its strength and power and popularity have been largely built upon its steadfast opposition to the demonetization of silver money and its record of unwearied effort lo re store it to ifs historic placo asa full monoy molal equal with gold. Thc offbrt at this lalo day to mako it par excellence tho champion of gold mono metallism, the enemy of tho policy if has uphold and defender O?' tho crime it has donounced, is au effort'to dis honor its record, its promises, and its principles. The moment tho Domo eratic party is forced into this posi tion, it heaps obloquy on its own pasl and crowns its groat adversary with glory and honor. Duty to the peoplo requires that thc party of tho peoplo continuo tho bat tie for bimetallism until its offortf aro crowned with success; thcroforo. bo it, Resolved, That tho Democratic part) in national convention assomblcd should domand tho freo and unlimitet coinago of silver and gold into primar j or redemption money, at tho ratio o lt) to jj without waiting for tho actioi or approval of any other nation. .Resolved, That it should declaro it, irrevocable opposition to tin substitution for a metallic mbnoji of a panic-brooding, corporation-crcdi curroncy. baso 1 on a singlo motal, tin supply or which is so limited that i can bo cornorcd at any time by a fov banking institutions in Europe am Amorica. r Resolved, That it should declare it opposition to tho policy and practic of surrendering to tho holders of th' obligations of tho United States th option rosorved by tho law to tho gov ornmont of rcdooming such obligatio! in oithor silvor coin or gold coin. Resolved. That it should declare it opposition to tho issuing of interest boaring bonds of tho United States ii timoor pcaoo, and especially toplacinj tho Treasury of tho government undo tho control of bankers and tho issu ance of bonds to bo sold by thom at ai onormous profit, for tho purposo o supplyiu?tho Federal troasury with gold tojpmintain tho policy of gold mouo??ifr&lferh. With a vioW to scouring tho ?dho reiico iewi vo-atl option of tho Domo* oralie'fi?iAn?ial policy above set forth by tho luimocratio national convention to bo asjomblod iu 1890, and of tho nomination of a'cendidato for tho presi dency, Yell known:to bo in hearty sympathy therewith, wo hereby pledge our i?T^ut??,'^)oporation, urgently re commending to D?meoratio brothorn in all states to act; to begin vigorous ly and systematically to prosecute tho work of ft thorough organisation ; and to this end tho Adoption of tho plan of organization of hero with submitted is recommpnded. Tho plan of organization recom mended by tho committco was thon outlined to tho conference as follows: i Believing Hutt a largo majority of Ihc.Der?^Stic voters of tho United Stnl<Mg}yt harmony with tho sonti monts^HLescd' iu tho foregoing ad dress, ha^cnTnving that a full atid freo oxpfession of their views eau? on ly bo osier tair.cd and mado eiVcctive IhrougU proper organized efforts', ..we rccoiru?i tho following as a plan of organ i'A?U?. :;. T ^ . FirstJndoro shall bo a national cohit millee^XDemoorats who aro in favor of botlf gold and silvor as tho money of tho Constitution, which shall bo composed of ono Democrat from each Stulo ij;id tho executive committco hereinafter .provided for. Second; That until othorwiso or dorcdAiiy the national committco, Son alors Harms, of Tonnesseo; Jones, of Arkansas; Turpio, of Indiana, and Hons. W. J. Stone, of Missouri, and W. II. Ilinrichsoii, of Illinois, bo and aro heroby constituted tho executive committco, and shall have full power and authority and it shall be their duty at as carly a day as possibly, to ap point tho members of the national committee herein provided for, and to lill vacancies in tho.same. Third. That said national commit tco shall havo full control and M direction of tho patrio tic efforts of the, bimetallic Do mocrals of tho nation lo secure in tho next Democratic convention tho main tonanflo of time-honored principales and pqUtics of tho Democratic party, and whor the national committee shall havo tho authority and discharge all tho duties hereby conferred upon the national committee. Fourth. It shall be the duty of tho member of tho national committee men from each Stale immediatoloy after his appoinimont lo take such stops as ho may d?em best to organize tho bimetallic forces of his State, and it is earnestly recommended that in each county and olection precinct of eachStato bimetallic Democratic clubs bo orginized, and for tho purpose ho may appoint such committees and canvassers as he may deem best. Fifth. That fully realizing tho fact that either this nor any othor plan of ^./mization can bo successful without i?$?)iy cooperation of tho voters thom s?ltas, wo urgo upon evey voter in ov*yy State in the Union, who is in sympathy with this movement, and -^dpjyishes to restore porinanent pros poriTy to.his homo and country^ "t Vf*. I fectoig til is organization, and that each of ?''flem shall enroll himself in such ',' By uuanious volo approval was given to tho plan prosed, and tho con ference then, at 12:45, on motion of Sonator Harris, adjourned sino dio. After adjournment of thoconforoncc tho excculivo committee provided for in tho plan of organization hold a two hours'session, at which means of ob taining an ctlieient National commit tco were fully decided lo divdo tho count ry into sections and to give every mombcr of the executive committee a section in which to correspond with a view of gottlihg tho host men lo ad vance the cause outlined by tho con vention. It was found necessary lo take this step, as all the States were not represented at tho confereneo and the delegates Of many of thoso repre sented did not wish lo name mon for the National convention bofor consult ing their frionds at homo, The executive committee, before sep arating, named following members of tho National committco: F.x-Sonotor Walsh, of Augusta,Ga., J. II. Dennis of Reno, Nevada, O. S., Thomas, of Colorado, G. Ainslee, of Idaho, J. II. Head, of Nashville, Tennessee and ?. Armstrong, of Arkansas. The committee adjourned to meet again at tho call of its chairman, Son ator i larris, of Tonnesseo. Uulo oftho Mob. KU.KNUUHU, Wash., Aug M.-Alan early hour this morning Charles Vin cent, who shot Mike IC.olohopp in a drunken brawl, Sunday, was lynched. A largo mob gathered at midnight and attacked the .jail about 1 o'clock. Tho sherill' mado resistance, but had a small force of mon and was overpow ered. Vincent was hanged to a rail road bridge and his body shot full of hole?. His hearing was to havo tak en placo today. Last night John Burglin, who was stabbed by Vincent's father in tho samo row, died from his wounds. Young Vincent had served time iii tho Oregon penitentiary for burglary. Within an hour after tho younger Vincent was hanged his fath er was also takon from tho jail and hanged beside him. Shoriff Stinson ninde a strong elf ort to save tho mon, but thej mob was too strong for him. Tho jail is a weak altair, and thoro was no trouble in gaining access to it. but tho mon woro confined in stool cages, whieh gavo tho mob a good deal of troublo in oponing. Tho v i neon ts mado no light, hoing apparently ovor como with foar. Somo of tho most prominont citizens in town participat ed in tho lynching. A few were ?m.Tjkcd,- but tiio majority mado no at tompt to disguiso tliomsolves. Thoro has hoon a good deal of lawlessness in tho neighborhood for tho past year, and it was tho general boliof that a sharp losson was needed by tho evil disposed characters who had takon up tholr quarters in town. Tho civil au thorities have not yet taken any ac tion with, rogard to the lynching. Foll Cf ii on Musaolmnna. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug.. 13.-Tho vallo of Adrianoplo has telegraphed to the Porto that a strong Bulgarian band attacked Janakli, a town in tho Khdjali distriot, inhabited by Mussol mans. Tho Bulgarians burned OOO houses and killed many of tho villag ers. Tho valio adds that tho nows em anates from tho vlllagors .and may be oxaggoratod. Tho valio of Sal?nica confirms tho foregoing report and says that tho ov?nt occurred on August 8th ; that thc) band numboved 1,000 mon and that 200 houses wore burned. Ho pliwos tho number of tho killed at twj mty-Avo. ! Mb MANAGEMENT CLEMSON COLLEGE NOT THE SUC CESS IT 8HOULD BE. ?tudont?, rrofcsdors niul l'roBlilont Out of Jolut-'l'OO Much Molloy Siiont-Antici pated munno Not ir o rt n Coming. .OliKMSON COLLICOK, Aug. 10.-It ?S said that in tho meeting of tho Board of Trustees, of Glenison Collogo, which was hold boro last night and. this morning, Senator Tillman declared that cortain departments of tho insti tution woro "a humbug and a farce" President ll. W. Simpson', of tho Board, is said to have supplemented this with tho statement that to con tinuo to run tho collogo as it has heon run "was to run it in tho ground." And so lt goes. To tho casual obsorvcr matters at donison aro running smoothly enough, and in roply to his question as to how thoy aro coming on, both professors and students will answer, "first doss, thst class." But if ho will ihquiro a little moro oaroftilly, and place'himself in a position so that ci thor students or professors will halie freely ho will soon Icarii that troubles aro browing, which, sooner or later, will work important changes in tho management of tho institution, and that, in tho words of ono of tho Trus tees, "while ibero has been a great deal of success thoro has been a great doal of failure.'' To visit Clemson Collogo is a reve lation to tho average South Carolinian who has novor seen it boforo. A mag nificent main building, of modern do sign, with a graceful tower reaching high into tho heavens, crowns thc most important hill. Grouped about it aro tho barracks for tho cadols and soveral collogo buildings containing class rooms. Handsome homes for tho professors, with well-kept yards, aro placed boro and thoro at points of van tage, a woll appointed hotel occupies an attractive spot, and nestled about in tho beautiful grove of oaks aro tho smaller buildings of tho college, each ono designed to givo tho most artistic effect. Truly it is a pleasant sight. Aud should-ho-visit-the farm ho will find as well cared for crops os can bo found auywhoro, showing intelligent cultivation, and plenty of it. Should ho bo fortunato enough to gota ride in ono of tho collogo wagons ho will bo drawn by as fat and sleek mules as his eyes over rested on, and bo will won der if they ever do anything but cat corn. All this is very nico, but there is a harmony among tho buildings, woods and fields and mules, that he does not find in tho management of tho college, for the faculty is not har monious. Thoro is no polities in it either, lt is understood that thoro are members of tho faculty, who at thc time of ,tW;r olection were classed as "T>namtes, n and "Anti-Tiilmahitca," but in con versation with these gentlemen now, polities seem lo be forgotten, and the gocul^ofd careful to converso with mon sup posed formerly to belong to tho fac tions named, but ho found them agree ing in sentiment concerning tho insti tution, and as far as his observation wont, not lo mince words further, that President Craighcad is not tho man for bis place,thai the mechanical department is a "humbug and a farce" ann that almost as much can bo said Of tllC? agricultural department. To tho visitor, President Craighcad is all that could bc expected ot tho president of a college. Tie is pleasing ni lils address and courteous in his manners, but Ibero aro students and professors connected with tho college who say thal ho is not cllicicnt, and that he is not at all qualified for tho presidency of an agricultural and me chanical college. It will bo remem bered that a number of students peti tioned tho board of trustcoss to romovo President Craighcad about cighteon months ago. lt is said now that tho matter was washed over.but tho issues involved were not sottlcd. Whother tho matter will be rovived again or not cannot bo stated, but if thoro over woro any reasons why tho President should have been removed thoso rea sons romain. Tho mechanical dpartmont is said to bo under tho management of the most incompetent instructors of any depart ment of tho collogo, and tho opinion seems to bo that a boy wastes his time when ho puts it in that department. Ono person wont so far as to say that there was not a student in tho highest class who could cut threads f?r a sorow. and it was doubtful whether all or thom knew tho diff?rence be tween a bolt aud a nut. Tho agricultural department is said to need sadly tho presonce of a worthy succossor to Professor Newman. As sociate Professor McGeo is said to bo a vory fino man, and ono of general in formation, and jhis management of tho farm is said to bo admirable, but thoro is no ono to take tho place of Professor Newman, who his friends claim was sacrificed for President Croighoad. A joko is told on ono of tho studonts of tho agricultural department that when asked which was tho best for tili'/.or, kainil, or silo (a bolo in tho ground) he replied that ho did not now. Tho boys in both of these de partments aro said to bo gonorally very much dissatisfied with thoir pro gress, but aro poworless to help thorti solvcs. On. vory good authority it is stated that tho board of trustees recognise tho shortcomings of tho institution, but are disposod to shoulder a large fart of tho bl an io them sci ve?. It is understood that tho mooting of tho board was a stormy ono, and that it was said by somo member that tho trusteos always loft matters in such a muddled condition that tho president could not be blamed for not conduct ing tho institution as it should bo. Tilings got so hot that tho board of control of tho oxperimont station, con sisting of Trustoes D. IC. Norris, M. L. Donaldson and J. K. Bradley, re signed, and so did Messrs. Bowon, Bradley and Simpson, of tho execu tive committee Thoro was a fight against ?ho acceptance of those resig nations, hut they woro accoptod. and a disposition was shown to abolish tho two committees, and put tho responsi bility of management upon the wholo board. Thfp was opposed, and it was urged that' if a small body of mon oould not attend properly to thoir du ties, the board of trustees as a wholo would hot do so. There is said to havo bcon considerable fooling shown, and tho board of trustees is said not to be any moro harmonious than tho facul ty and studonts. G rf' ? . t ? . -.1 Tho attendance lin? fallon oil' com siderably from what it wa? at first. Just before tho main building was burned thoro wore nearly six hundred boys in attondanco, Tao command ant's books now show only 297. In this cohneotion if might bo s*icl that Commandant Fuller speaks vory high ly of tho boys, saying that they aro a well behaved and gentlemanly sot of follows. Captain Fidler speaks very highly of tho class of work dono hy his predecessor, Lieut. Donaldson, who, he- sav?, worked marvels with what must liavo beon raw material. Captain Fuller says that ho hopes that tho board of trustees will seo their way clear to mako ?om? heeded im pvovomonls in tho m<m hnll-now furniture, table cloths and napkins, hoing very badly needed. Tko smaller attendance is not looked upon as a disadvantage,but rather au advantago, as tho boys can bo moro carefully trained, and aro not so cramped for quartern as formorly, -, It cannot bo denied that a great deal of mouoy has boon spent on tho" insti tution, first and Inst, but thoro is a great deal to show for it. What the total is, tho writer cannot state now, but tho treasurer's books show tho fol lowing amounts to havobeon received during the pastsoholalic year : Frofn tho Morell fund.$10,500 From tho Hatch fluid. 15,000 Privuto tax fund. 30,000 Special appropriation. 35,000 Clomson bequest. 3,500 Land script. 5,700 Total.$00,700 These figures may not bb absolutely correct as thoy wore given from mem ory by tho secretary, out within a few dollars, thoy oro correct. Ton thousand dollars or moro of tho special appropriation was used in re building tho main building. Tho exact amount cannot bo slated, but tho board of visitors congratulated itself that tho estimate it mado last year that would bo needed to rebuild tho main building in addition to the insur ance money, was approximately cor rect, and ten thousand dollars was the estimate made by thom. A tuition fee of $10 is provided for but nono was paid during the last year. Receipts from this source do not show in tho above statement. - It hos hoon found that tho plan of working tho students?on tho farm was not satisfactory, and thirty convicts aro now employed to do this work. These convicts aro kept constantly em ployed, and the goon condition of thc crops shows their ellioioncy. Another reason givon for not employing thc boys this year was that thoro was no money to pay them. A trustee is au thority for this statement, buL jK ? hard losco whero so miich^";,?. y jttfk gone. ^aJ^fsSr^ There bas bo^v^oTno^ complaint about th/; '; .nlity of food tho boys got. ? >.y" "liTiiUeo from the trustees investi gated this, and reported that thoro was no . ^J?fib for complaint, but tho boy.? 1 1 j&at tho trustees were fed on (mickey w)iic|i ?hoy Were not allowee i rr 'c at< '-"-'ho faro is said to bo much bGlu:r than it was, but thoro is stil EjP?$&< for improvement. ?) .Jrno following is tho rop?vli of tin boanuof visitors mndo to tho board oi trustees- : To Tho Honorablo Board of Tursteoi of Clemson College. Tho board of visitors met for ih second examination of tho collego or tho ovoning August 13. Presidont; D. F. Bradley; T. L. Brice, R. B. Wat son and Theo. D. Jorvoy. Owing tc tho absence of tho chairman of thc board, D. F. Bradley was olected hj tho members present to submit tin second and final report. Wo find that by tho very full roper submitted by us last year, it will bc necessary to say littlo this year, inas much as wo presumo that those of our suggestions which has been fou nc practicable havo been adopted, and i is in any ovont usolcss to multiply words. Wo havo again visited tho farm an? gardons and find thom in excellen condition, even bolter than last yoav and in this connection we would s?j that tho board of trustees, if they dc siro to obtain for tho p?ople of th State tho full educational benefit o this great work, should arrango som plan by which excursions from th various parts of tho State can bo rm to Clomson for tho day. Thoso wh aro interested in agriculture and stoc raising should havo presented to thor tho opportunity of seeing for thom solves what is shown tho board, aa without any regard to tho apparon difficulties m tho way, tho board c trustees should consider the ways an means of oll'ecting this. In tho moai time, tire bulletins should bo mor widely circulated and tho cducationn work of tho collogo and all of its dc partmonts brought fully to bear upo our people. In this way tho wor clone at tho dairy could bo brought int notico by sending occasionally som of tho excellent chcoso mado thoro t tho various county gatherings. W woro pleased lo find that our estimai made lost year as lo tho probable co: of ropairs lins beon vorificd, and w understand that tho preparatory d partmont is woi'kiitg well. Tho reduction in tho oxponso ( is not as groat as wo had been lcd hopo it might bo, but wo aro pleasi that a reduction has beon effected. "W presumo that the oxponso attendant c tho carrying out of our suggestions t to tho ventilation of tho clormitorh may havo interfered with tho adoptic of tho suggestion of cutting cross se tions. Wo can only ropoat the suggc tiens. Tho supply of oxcollont drin ing water in tho dormitories is chango for tho hotter. This water supplied from a spring; complete] protected from any dramago, and porfectly swcot, puro and wholcsom Tho number of students at tho cc logo is romarkablo whon wo consid tho tightness of times; and thohoal of those present, wo understand, iso collont. Wo mako no oxtended montion work in class rooms or other dopai monta, ns wo seo no rooson to alt tho opinions oxprossod by ut; at cn first mooting. Wo feel that tho intitutlon is pa.? ing from tho condition of an oxpoi mont into that of a groat eduction iniluonco, and in conclusion, wo oi only urgoupon the trustees tho impc tonco of bringing this iniluonco hoar upon tho people of thc State evory posslbloway, All of which is respectfully subm ted D. F. BRADLEY, Chairman Pro Tom. Tinco. D. JKRVKY, Secretary. A supplemental report v/as mado1 Messrs. Bradloy. Brico and Watso recommending tho olootloh of *t, re done chaplain, if thoro woro fun available for this p?rposo. /?'?' ADVEU TI?I3MISJNTS INSERTED AT tOW HATES. 1 ..-1-.... .UM... ALI) KINOS OF JOB FBINTINCr DONE PKOMi'TEY. BlUEF WOBK IS MADE A SPECIALTY. ~-'-;-..-~ - ENTSEND IN YOUR OEDEKS. AN INTERESTING .LJ?TOMf WHICH KEVEAL8 THE STATUS OF THE REGISTRATION UAW FIGHT.' Tho Commuitlocllon 1? from Ob'Otir ?)otiKltiaa toG?o'vgoW. rihlrtyy, tho Dhiok lix - ?oiigroaBiuan~-TJi? Lim y o J M Want Moro Money, COLUMBIA. S. C.. Aug. Kl.- Tho .fol lowing.: lotter'was yesterday made pub lic by ox-Congressman Geo. Washing ton Murray, tho black representativo of the black district of South Carolina in tho last Congress. Tho lotter is from tho attorneys who have been prosecuting tho registration law test cases in tho United Slates Courts on bohalf of thonogrocs of tho Stale, and it now gives vory fully and compre hensively tho present status of the lo gal light. It tolls the exact condition of all airs in regard to tho cases, and oxplains tho courso that tho attorneys intend to pursue. Hore is tho lotter however, io speak for itself: Washington, D. C., Aug. 7, J89??. Hon. Gh \y, Murray, Rombort, S. C. ; Dear Sir : Our Mr. Obear returned yesterday afternoon from Richmond, where ho had been to orguo tho Gow iVj case. Judge Golf limited tho argu ment to tho question as to tho mate riality of Ibo di D?cences between tho two cases; and after bearing full ar gument (lieu tho opinion, which I pro sumo you ba vc, ero this, scon in tho papors. lio found that tho Gowdy caso has tho same scope and effect as tho Mills caso, and is governed by the decision of tho Circuit Court of Appeals in tho latter cause. It is man ifest, that it will bo impossible tobring any suit in the Fcdoral courts touch ing tho registration laws which would not havo tue "same scope and elTcot" as thc Mills caso: and tho proper stops now aro to bond our onorgies toward getting, as speedily as possiblo, a de cision upon tho questions involved from tho Supremo Court of tho United Slates ; and wo aro in a better position to accomplish that ond in tho prcsont condition of things than wo would have been if Judge Goff had deoided in our favor. Had ho done so the / Slato would, probably, havo adopted ono of two courses: oithor havo dis obeyed tho injunction, or havo in duced Mr. Chief Justice Fuller to call a special term of tho Circuit .Court of Appeals, appeal tho case to that court, ? and have tho injunction dissolved. y?\" before. If thoy had di??b?y^t?l^'^^i^S junction wo would h#vVA * <^>>> visor arrested, .,??moritics would kn$c .nf&p v'V?^habeas corpus, j .fat'-, ?.b?b tho Circuit Court of 'rfj?;"*n"s? induced tho Chief Justice to sit again, and havo had that court turn tho suporvisor loose. Had thin contingency happened wo would have bconatlho "ond of our row," because Ibero lies no appeal to tho Supreme Court from tho Circuit Court of Ap peals in habeas corpus, proceedings. Had tho Stato authorities taken tho other courso we would have had to talco our appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals to tho Supremo Court, and, at best, tho appeal from tho Circuit Court of Appeals is hampered hy many 4 technical diiHouUios, which wo need not go into now-but which exist. But as mailors now stand, wo will our selves appeal tho Gowdy decision di rectly to tho Supremo Court of tho United States, and so got tho wholo case before thom. The tiling to do is to got the Appeal ready at once. The oxponso of getting it up will bo com paratively vory small. It will take about $50 to print tho record-not our argument-that wo can attend to later, and thon $25 more, feo of tho clerk of tho Supreme Court, for docket ing. Have this much money raised for this purposo and sond to us at once. Wo horewith ondoso you a blank ap peal bond. Havo it oxcculcd by Mr. Gowdy and sureties as was dono in tho Mills caso, and sond us as soon as signed. Wo ourselves oxpect to got to work today upon the ' 'assignments of "orrors," and if you will push at your end wo will havo this appeal perfected and docketed boforo this month has passed, Wo have received no money on ac count of tho balance of our feo aud tho exponsos wo havo horetoforo in curred . Fuom what you said in your last lotter, wo fully oxpectod that hy this timo wo would havo had a remit tance from Beaufort, and are disap pointed at neither rccoiving a remit tance or hearing from you as to the cause of tho doloy. We nope you will now givo this, and tho other equally important matters mentioned in this lotter, your speedy attention. Having embarked upon this sea of registra tion litigation, let us not rest until wo reach tho haven of a full decision by tho Supremo Court of tho United States. Yours Truly, OwcAit & DOUGLASS. Cheap linton for tho li'alr. OiiAKLiiSTON, Aug.'13.-A largely I attended and representative meeting of ofllcials of tho Southern Passenger Association was hold this afternoon in tho Charleston hotol. Tho meeting was in session for almost two hours, without any spectators. Much rou tine business, it was ascertained, was considered, though tho groator part of it was of no local concern. Tho chief matters of local import considered wore rates botweon Columbia aAd Charleston, Columbia and Savannah, and Charleston and Savannah. The politl?n of tho Stato fair committco re?. quosting special ratos over various lines recoived carof ul and considerate attention. Af tor a little? discussion it was decided to grant tho rates asked for by tho committee, which, it was understood, aro about two cent? a milo for tho round trip for a radius of 250 miles. An ofilcial statement of rales will bo published later.--Stato. AKIHOJ) forVhroo Month?, MONTflOMKHY, Aug. 15.--A spocial to the Advertiser from Guntcrsvillo. Ala., says: Mrs. James Rutherford of this county, wos brought to town today. About six months ago, this woman foll into .a deep sleep, from which sho awoke at long intervals, but it has been three months now $ince sho was awake, Twico a day food is put in hor mouth, whioh she swallows ravenously, hut tho action is puroly meohanical. Tho doctors aro puzzled ovor tho caso and do not know what to say. KllloU hy Lightning. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13,-A special from Rici imond, Va., says : Four per-, sons woro killed by lightning in Prince Kdwavd county, soveral mile? from this city, yesterday ovening. Tho rosidonco of Henry Redd was struck by lightning and Redd and his wi to land daughter were instantly killed,