The Manning times. [volume], November 03, 1886, Image 1

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The mcs sage of verr i
was read in the Ge:end y o
Wednesdar the 2h ut. l
given a synopsis of its eo :
Tel actd is nlow - I
tunded at tifty eca
th tile for fn l e
Act. of the teiot
October, low.
In. T. xL\.2
After reviewing te tax L.v- . -
end, Governokr shepparnd ptl l i
following defects:
First. "All propecrty subj,,ect tLota
tion" is not aSsessed.
Second. "A uniform .nl e rate of
assessDment and taxa s no'i 1Md.
Third. T." pa-ment the x ein
not be cnforced.
After briely) idering th- owo irst
topics. Governor Shepp \ard s
1 new pass to tiheW consdr, of the;
third defect in the preent ;i la.w-to
wit, the method of en:oreemei.
Very few, if any. tax title iin this 'state
have survived the test of jud.ed inves.ti
gation. In this partical a t itles are
not pecuLt.r to South Caroli . Blak
well, in his admiraoble :Io on tle
says "that ont of at leat one to.usand
causes of this descript'(in eh have!
found their way intO te pe .e Courts
of the countrv. not twentv of t hem Iave
been foand to he dand regaar.
The Courts hold tL titl1 to ,th. e' -
eention o. Z power, and theOre n .,
sunficient, for the purp o intended u1ness
all the conditio;:s of that ,Wer have
been fully comnlied with. Tat the per
son invested with such a p er inst
pursue with precision the c,:urse pre
scribed by Law. or his act is invald is a
principlewhch has l.been repeatedly r
cognized by the Courts.
County Treasurers tud Au.itois are;
f'enerally unfamiliar with the irms and
reqturements of law ineident t the e -
forcement of the paynct of taxes-m
the various details tiat n e udgment
of the Courts are required-.:d hence
should not be expected, uuet lesre
quired, to exceute siuch po - .
But our people are cons1rvtive, and
have great respect for our Courts of jus
tice. No land for the non-1'yment o:
taxes should be sold exevI . -. the aul
thority of a decree of a Coi.v
This que.stion wits carefy ni nidr
by a comiission, composed 1 :di atud
experienced genteleen, appon ud nder
"a joint resolution to i-ova -. t.e
appointment of a c on iO cou'a"'r
and report a plan to .sinpiify 11. ioute
of assessing and collecting the tax.. es oi
the State and counties," appr.ved De
cember 21th. 18:$*.
These gentlemen 'recauu.tended a
proceeding in rem .tiist e ral irop
erty tixcd, and decree o. Com. and sale
thereunder by an oilcar of the. Cuut.'
I heartily concur i tie w xre
by the commission, and reowr.nend the
enactment of a law tocarry it into eltect.
Hardips ' may be elq.eril autil our
people become famihar with th- change,
but in a short time there wil1 be very few
sales of land for the non-payment of
taxes.
If these reconmmendations should re
ceive your approval, and yoa should
enact a law to make them operanive, I see
no reason why the duties of Auditor and
Treasurer should not be perfo.rmed by
the same person. This question .I sub~
mit for your careful consideration and
determination.
I am unwilling to pass by this imupor
tant subject without directang your at
tention to the alarmingly large record of
forfeited lands. These lawlh -; ield prae
tically, no revenue to the 6tii::, and the
enjoymentof them b~y former owners is
practically undisturbed.
If the former owner desires to redee.m,~
he is permitted to do so by pAying .the
taxes, penalties and costs accrned, w.ith'
out reference to the claims of cities and
towns for municipal taxes.
2For this great and gro. iug ev il an
etreetve and vigorous remedy should be
provided. I1 recommend the passage of
an Act that will authorize and emowrer
the Sinking Fund Comissio'n to obtain
possession of all such lands. .in no event
should redemption be allow. , execpt
upon payment of all taxes, pena.lties and,
costs due to the State, county and mu
nicipality.
The report of the Sinking Fund Comn
messioni gives much valuable information
upon this subject, to which I invite your
attention.
TinE coCnTs.
No less inmoortant--not much les
diIlicult--s the matter of the admni>
tration of justice in the Courts of the.
State.
Before and since Haiunlet's Soliloquyi
was written, the law's delay has been
by-word and reproach, a source of anxe
tv and unhappiness, a cause of mental
distress and financial disaster, and an
obstruction to the development of the
science of law. llules of law and sttte
should accora with common sense, n
should result, whenci put in pra'ctice,m
rapid, but not hasty or ill-considered,
settlement of forensic disp.utes.
D)elav is insepa~iralel from, if no t 1
disneniable to, the patient and orde..rly
adininistration of justice: but whe.n thi
delay becomes so serious '-that the bus
ness conumdity has beo:ne reluet;:nt t
resort to the Cois to scenre ahe e.
forcement of contracts, i'ud men are
driven to nmethods of adjustmuent ~ wiu
the ai .1 of C'ourt< 5t:Npien :i.ow'Ouse
either that evil inheres in the . .tem
opration, or tihat the met~hod of its al
ministration is defective.
Judge Kershiaw said, in addresin
Grand Jury, at a late term of Couret
(Orang'eburg:.-1 have 1frCue.l, In
remiarks to the G~and Junes, taken o. .
sioni to comnt on eL fact t lA .t w'e
South C rolina, very probabI l have t.
most expenise sys tem o'i m .l.n.uu Ju.
tice in the world
No fuunamentae chanein e est
now existing Ii necessry to etfec tm
the nmethod of iconducting~ Iiut'neSs
greatly reduce expeniSus.
Tn the State there are thirty-fouu
V 1 1nnC 1 1,1 WO - u1 t'
,!in t 'e State e of one-half of
< anCrst ti. 1 is the leSs amm 11allyV
li broughou.t the S-ztte oflit-ewr
ing dis, orL t-.o mionthis. time uniien
tohohkI an aiverageO teorm of the. Courts. of
at e C * icui. It is safe to say, that
one' -hi., on an average, of one day in
ev rv is conulled in swearmg iit
Iitw" CS *' 1111 Court wllo are to 1 et(.Sti
hjrehe Urand Juirv. This is totally
"""ecessary. A (rnid Jury m-'.y, either
on their own infornation, or th" de
rved%' fromi other ocs, a 1re
etmm, :: i~ln a'.di m>ybe pre
luani by,. til. Grand.. Jury. Io go into+(
tourtto'b swor by he S lio. 'it
%,a- not until ls- 71a; v. '' 2'is
S C that the :preie Com-, decidCd
t)at -'itnesses exailned befor a Graund
'urv uon a bill of indictment mus11"t be
sworn in open Couri,~ ahu;gh p)re
vUiusl. thereto suci had been tie prac
lier.
I recoind im passage of an Act
ashas been do. in several States. au
trzinguteL Freman of tL GIrand
.urv, or Forem:n Pro tem.. in the ab
Snee of the ForemiUaU, to admi-sbter the
:1th to all witn.e-es to be exaained by
the Grand J.Th1i
How shall tle time be employed now
consumed in swearing witnesse,?
1 recommend the restoration of the
summary process jurisdiction of the Cir
cuit Court-with such modifications as
to form of procedure, as may be necessary
to conform it to the system ol practice
now prevailing. The Circuit Judge
should be authorized to take up the
sumnary process calendar during the
siuting o the Court of Session.;. Thus,
while the Grand is engaged in the ex
uni'uation of bills, the Court be em
ploved in hearing and !eiding cases on
he summary process doeket. The costs
in such cases should be rednced. In
stead of 1, cquivalent to S5.71, as
rescribed in the Act of i Te\ the Cir
t Juge siould be authorized to hear
- determire without a jury, unless
lenianded by either party. under certain
restrictions to be I rescribed, all civil
etionls at law involving not more than
two hundred dollars, including appeals
in civil actions from Trial Justice
Courts. Thus, by the time of the ad
iurnment of the Court of Se:-sions, a
arge proportion of the civil business
uill have been transacted.
ElineIt authority in the State urgent
v advise that in this class of causes no
ppetl should be allowed to the Supreme
0urt. ur tis practice we should bave
:eeedent in the United States Courts
u1 which noappeal to the Supreme
'ourt is allowed--unless involving::
Lontiutional question in cayteS invLolv
nag less thai live thousand dliars. This
vould greatly relieve the pressure upon
Le Supreme Court, and would spare to
itigants much delay and expenie. This
instion I submit for your consideration.
The fcc bill shoud be revised and
aended, especially so as to limit the
mmber (f days for which costs may be
axe,'d for "refer"ee" before M3Isters and
Ieerees.
The most fruitful source of the delay,
ma the expense, that are incid.ent to the
ui-.1itratioi of justice in the State is
the Trial Justice system.
No question Las received a greater
-hare oi public attention. and mon no
usion is there a greater diversity of
>pinion. All admit that the .Ystem is
efective; the diffIerence arises upon the
>uggetion of a remedy.
In his last annual message to the
(eneral Assembly, Governor Thompson
lireted attention to this important mat
:er;: he said "the Trial Justice system,
hich was intended to relieve the Cir
uit Court of' General Sessions b~y pro
iding inferior Courts, in which p)etty~
>finses could be tried readily and ata
mall cost, has failed to fuliill the pur
ose which it was designed to accom
dish. It is proper, therefore, that 1
recomnmend, for the consideration of the
eneral Assembly, such amendmnents to
he law as seem mocst likely to ;;ive relief
o the Courts of Sessions, while provid
ng for the prompt trial of persons
harged with crime, and the speedy pun
shment of those who may be convieted.
B~ut two modes suggest themselves
o me by which this may be0 accom
Ri'shed. These are the establishment of
ounty Coturts, or an increase in the
umber of Circuit Judges. Careful con
5ieationl of tis' subject induces meI to
elieve that the latter mode is best sutd:
o our wants."
I concur in the judgment of (Governor
Thompson, and endorse the re asons as
igned by him, that the establishment
ot County Courts will not remaedy the
vil complained of; but I do noet think
an increase of the nmber of Judicial
iruts is necessary or advisable. An
sinerior Court of some description is
idispensible. The present system i
etter and cheaper than County Courts;
ut the present system should be modi
:ed in important features.
The Supreme Court has decided that
The Court of Common Picas has con
urrent jurisdiction, under the Consti
ut, in civil cases cognizalie before
Jstces of the Peace"; which being the
ase, the civil jurisdiction of Trial Jus
ices may be permitted to remain, as
parties may nowv, at their option, pro
-eed either in the Trial Justice Court or
in the Common Pleas.
If is the criminal jurisdiction of Trial
Tustices that imposes great annoyance
upon the people and great expense upon
the conties. .From the report of the
Comptroller General for the last tiscal
year, it appears that the aumount in
thirty-one counties three eeunties were
mitted, nto returns having been made1,
ad to 'rial J ustices and their consta
Ede was .'2.00)-equal to $1,-s.I9
-o e'ch conty. Tfhe bulk of this ex
p"nse was~ inurred in the investigation
of p etit fareenies and simple)i assaults.
UnLder no circenst:meces should 'a
T.i 1d Jutce have jarisdicttonin cased
oflaeey for no Court of les;s dignity
ta aCort of Rlecord should be aui
torzed to deprive a citizen of two of
te m 't highly valued franchises of
ctzenship, to wit: the right of voting
and the rit of testifying in court.
N.or would the justice of the country
seriously suffer, if the number of simple
assaults investigated by Trial JTustices
soul d be greatly diminished; for, a
umber of these prosecutions are in
stitu 'ted for some other purpose than t he
nuisiar-ut a puidic wrong, or' the
inication of the public justie.
In 1L judment much of the trouble
have is nor;. pr er eei
Iy vlaw.
.:ic'A ,e foi ea'ch oltv. : j f. fcat. d at,
th (Court ouse; hesimna 110 be p.id a1
reasonable salary, .d should noo Ib
heW .l d av Lcrimial. jm -;ti al1 V
now providecd by iaw lg o ot
pettit larety heshuh le1 reirvi d to
''ea ne ern1>:ta '' abca.-e :oen 1)u
wtC1 fir Lltral fit,,a it est"gaeoi to
u byt' Mintria! r Ju', ec:
tinil the hattM to he juithlt dIe only
-ition of the Cout o es;sin, it
shorld e rcuirret to krwarl the reoid
0estighe tihn e 0 3 OLOut ', bin
over fcor tril; ih vupivet iatin-e
dc-tio of theout ofesinty
tv Court without icurr" thea expense
incident thereto.
This is a biost imp11or0tanit sb11jec, d.1
Icomu-udvia it tLo yo-ur attentionl, inl the"
coniiden- als!'uKace that"' Ait will r. e-rive'
the careful conslder1t('tioi wic itsl tii
portamee dem'nds, aln that proper reme
dies vill be Iprovided Afo- those evils
which are now the c:aus i great and
just complaint.
THE TtANSr'O1nTATION O 1RISONERS.
It may not be irrdevant in this con
nection to refer to the expense mcurred
annally by the Counties in the transpor
tation of convicts to the Penitentiary;
the counties do not receive any portion
of the income derived from the L:bor 01
Convicts, and should bear no part of the
ense of their delivery to the peniten
tiary. BesidCs, the Sup.)erintendlenit, with
his regularly employed and expeienced
guard force, can verymutct meo-te nchcap'iy
onvey prisoners' to tile Penitentiary
than can the sheriffs. -
I applied to each Uoard of Countv
Conmmisioners in the State for a state
ment of the expense incurred in tranis
porting prisoners to the Penitentiary. 1
thus ascertained that it cost oc County
3L.50 for each and every conviet deiv
ered to the Penitentiary, aggregating in
that county nearlv ;1,400. A careful
estimate of the necessary cost of deliver
ing from the same co-uity showed that
the prisoners could have be-en delivered
for :342.80. From another county the
expense thus ineurred anioulted to m
for each conviet: and in anothe' county
said expense amoun ted to i :>1.:; for .ech
onvict. This is a great wrtng u'on tax
ayrand shoubl Ive remie, ikd.
. recommend the passage of an -et
requiring the Clerks of the Courts, upon
the adjournnunt e the Courts of bes
sions, te notify the Sutperint cedent of tle
Penitentiary of the number of persoiis
sentenced to imprisonment in tie Peni
entiary, and reouiring the Superittend
ent to provide for their transportation.
The Governor congratulates the pco
le on the decision of the United States
Supreme Court touching the Levenue
Bond Scrip. He discusses the publie
chools, and asks the attention of the
Legislature to the repod of the State
Superintendent of Education. He re
omends the iaintenance of the Cita
del and the College, but think:4 that in
the latter tuition should be iree to those
only who are unable to pay. lie l1es
o recommendation as to the Coluaija
Canal. He calls attention to the ten
lenv of railroad companies to remove
their offices far beyond the h?lits of the
State, and to the running of trains on
Sunday. He alludes to the Charlestou
arthquake, and hopes th~e Legislxature
nay tna measures of relief-at the samte
iie urging the body to memaorializLe
ongreis to comiplete thle jetties mn te
arbor. He recoinnuteias an ap proprw
ion for the taking ei a cen)ss-unle~s
the Legislature shall ratifyV the amend
nt to the Constitution, voted a t the
recent election, taking the United Statezs
ensus as a basis for apportioning repre
entaton among the several counties im
the House of Representatives.
Pursuant to the requiremenC1ts of 1heo
ostitutionl, the G;eneral A5semlyl of
South ('arolina convened at Columbia oni
uesday, the 23d nit.
The Senate was called to order by
Acting Clerk Ludette, and the roll was
called. Th~e newly-eleted Sen?ators were
ily sworn in. Geni. Jamtes FE. lzlar was
manimously elected Presiden t pro tem I.,
nd, on takling the gavel, made a brief
adress returning his thanks for the
honor.
The first buinless in order was the
eletion of a Clerk. The candidates for
this place were Capt. Hi. A. Glaillard, oIf
Fairield, O. L. Scliunlpert, Es., of
Newberry, WVm. D. 31artin, Esq., of
nderson, and A. L. Evans, Esi., of
arion. On the nineCteenthI ballot the
hoice was narrowed down to 3IesSrs.
ilahrd and Selann~pert. Capt. Glaillard
was elected by a vote ,of 1' to 1:3. He
was sworn in accordiuigly.
Col. A. D. Goodwvni w: elected Read
ing Clerk and 31r. .L. Il. 31arshall, of
Colubia, was elected Ser'geant-at-Armsi
-caehi withlout oplposoitioni. Mir. A. L
Evans was appoinied Assistant Clerk,
nd 31r. L. T. Levin Journlal Clerk.
The work of organization consumed
the first day's session.
On Wednesday, most o.f the day was
consumed in readting the Glovernor s
message.
Among the bils of general interesti
trdued' in the Senatte "re
iy benator S"iythe--. bill tio aien'l
the law relatingT to the r ihts an~d liabibi
ties of married'. woin
Byv Senator Crew s-Ill ?to d'.'ble the
royalty on phosphate roek
The House of RepfresentaL 1w
duly called to order by Clerk . loau, I' l
Mr..James Aldriech, of Aikenj, ' a. called
to the chair. The enrollmenc ofmem
hers consumed about an ou.'e
next matter in order was the eletino
Speaker. The candidates werec the 1! ou.
James Simons, of Chiarleston, incum
~ent for twio terms past, and Dr. Samp
on Pope, miemb~er from Newberry.
Speahe Slimns was elete.d by a 1l
sonc major it.--)r. Pope receivii"' 'uj
eleven voes. The other 'inUb't:
oil eers were all re-eleted wi thot' op -
ition (ol. .limi T. Sloa. Sr. ''A
. 31. Anderson, 'tdn C(erk -lI
Th.s subon ttemeers wer ' au -
almo Q ed.
on1:1dl referred.
m\'oig the na.sures introduced are
the followng:
- Mr McKi-ich, of Union- -1ais to
a. te slary (of the Lieutenant
(ovcrnor; to edue- the salary of the
Chief Just ice from J4,000 to - 3,500,
an'dt the siri of ithe Asociate JustiCes
ad Ihe C rcuit Judges froi .:500 to
001. Th e hilis were properl y -ferred.
hinv s enof i al ures
- Ih(errsoiondent of t he ' 1w and
COuri* r v'r r Tiw1a huadI
moutcards of invitati to . confr
eee whicL ' hld *it dithoning roma
: h d olumi u Hotc' on,'rd y
m ahi. anl the result of which w.as only
oa T bjliec of the
CoC;fe':nCe was. of Course, the platforlm
of th:- ree 1 armlers' Coinvemiion, the
pic;. Cs (f (s'uSion belig the
estid'' " 0t of an gricult-a' Co!!eIe
nd'-*ue o!.f the lilaalg(eent of
thI NGaaa Bu-reau to the Yarimers
Conv. -:.m The mi' g was v'uni
-:;u)W la favr f the etb li4hmnb t of
the ele, I rov i it col d ie done
wir a . increase4 Inl the ax:: It iS
ls :-: ;. i Qajority of the :e ers
nres ' . C:-ekd them .selves in favor of
the i i;::7fer ljthe Iual to t'' .armi
rsou. The Columiti'a Canal
was ' d ise, but without arriving
a. au. ni cnclusion."
-3: - .keton ft asuceCCso::! 0o JudgeC
Coth . i vacate his plae on
t :ebruary isaleady attracting
muchl interest6'. The genL~t1lme Men
ti1d for the place are: Messrs. E H.
Gvd t n ll U1d W . H Pari.cr, of Abbe
vilh, T. Q. Donaldon, of r.en-ville,
. LNortn, of Wlhalla, nd B. .F.
Wi~tero Andcrson%. The conte't
promis to u lie an interestig 011".
--Th~e te:rm of the- ISuperinttadent of
thC Pen'ten'irv also expires soon. and
the vacanc must ie titled duruig the
re.sen.t sess i. It ;s expected that Col.
Thos. d7. .Lipscomnh, thle incumbent,4 C ol.
J. 1H. lkinsleIr, o ihland, Mij. J. I
White, of Marion, Mr. N. C. Ibertson,
of Fairfield, and perhaps others will be
tan iddtcs for the new term.
I i. I C. 1 N 31-. II -T %entien Ts ." ut were
C nw wo, Noveini 'r 2-1.-The Times
publislhes a City of Meo dipach say
ing: "The Ami'erielfm colony in this city
is ro)fI.ohl-LI ,gitatel iVer . ii
wh~ich tonehIs Anricanl prid' to a dek.
gree vCnl sui ing te Sedgwick atfair.
"his story iu, briieI is to the til'eet
that the new imenii'eitn Minister, Hon.
Thcmas H. Manning, of Louisiana, has
fallen a victim to the r-m*itless cueny of
SeatrCwk. Just how the full partietdars
have become so thoroughly known does
not appear, for the reason that no one
desires to assume the responsi:jiitv of
first making known the conditio:i of the
Mnister. L.ast Thursdav afterntoon Mr.I
)ianning attended a dinner givvu in his
honor bv Mi. L. Girard, one of tie
leading nmbersi oi the Anmerican -olony
andl n~-in-iaw of the late Mini!er Mor
gau. ( lururd is a Louisiana Frne-chman,
ad at pres't holds the responsible po
sition of General Manager of tih- Mexi
can TelephoneI Company. Many of the
mo-t distnguished Mexican politicians;
and banke..rs were present at the banquet
to meet the new Minister. At the con
chison of the banquet Jludge Manning
repaired& to his' rooms1, and was not again
seen on t street until yesteidahy. .Fri
dav, Satuday anid Sumiry he was re
Voted ior tht ertary of "Legit tion~ and
otherS abeing~11 ifll ndcotined to his
room. It is nowl stated, howev:er, tihat
the distigushe gentleman, during' fou
entir- days. fI~olwng the banqu-ec, was in
ai frcanied state, "a cont'inuedt'I to indulge
so freely that his S~ectary and the inter-I
preter could not make him realize what
ixe was doing. Rumors of his condition
began to leak out, it is thought, through
the servants; possibly throngh the inter
preter'. The Secrtaury of Legation called
on an old menmber of the American
colony, and together they finally suc
ceededl bV liberal use of medicines in
briuging the Minister to realize his situa
tioni. As soon as Mr. Manning realized
what htad transpired, his Secretary visited1
the necwspapiler o!Iices and corresplondent
and tried to induce them to say nothing
about the matter. The Se2cretary made
his roun'ds Monday afternoon, but met
with such oloor su.ecs that he advised
Mtr. Manning to call in1 a moie expe
rincdjfriend who knew the newspaper
men. This gentleman, who is an Ameri
can, labored hard to suppjress m..ntion of
the aiftir, and succeeded for the time
being by making strong pledges in the
name of Judge Manning that the occur
rencee would not be repeated. Owing to
the fact that the Minister's wife and
dau'lghtr were due to arrive by yesterday
molrnilug :. train, they suippresed the
story, provided the matter did not be
comle notorious throughout the tcity,
when farther attempnts at concealnent
would be im'nossible.LThis arrangementb
was made Moniday eveniing, bat Tuesd. y
the story ha'd become so thtoroughly
spread over thx"et it thati theL Cicrsplond
ents considered themselv es relcased from
their agrement to ithhold it fronm the~.
Amercan papers, espc.ialy as telegram
had beeni received mean~time fromt papers
in the Unite~d State shiow.ing that they'
had cognizance through some source of
tile Alir. Judge Marning yesterday
snt wcrd~ th-t .e hatd determined to face
the ums 'ie, anid hado ...lread cabled Secre-I
trv Daivar~d the tru1th, an'd would abide
t.er:lt. The Minister fece: his posi
i, I ki.. ,. His estable wife and
d*ugte litrved yes~'tuda. and tihe neCws
wa.O told ithem by thle .Judge himself.
.;iv( a, is severely tcensured. lie is the
me man' who ice EnvfOyS S~a
Cub. it 1s thiought on all1 sides~ that the
unforta event l l in' all probabilit
eledI toa early resignation of Mini'ste
- ; :: :.. - ers:y t er i
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WVASITNWFOm, November:21.-111
lowing correpondenlce relative to the
case of Willim i A. Sht'o. the i.le p
District Attorney f'or the ' --*rn 11 J
trict of Pennsylvani. , ma e public
this afternoon:
Hv. it.!. '4o9'-w lN s |"
we i- it aN d i -I .%
Benton, -: States attorney con
nected with sa :storzttlon to ofice, in
which it appe th.at he vwa s suspended
from ollice for his alypircnt neglect of
ofncial uties in nalmgT ca' mpatgn
spechies. Prem-u nablv, v sus penisimn
was orderCd I.- the samie r. so. Ide
sire, therefore, :o state thb fcts 1in m1y
ea se. If te Iit two speech pnor to
the reedpt ( the ordei ofi* a.ni:
one at Butlcr, ini al aijoaing couny.
on the e.e nin of October 1, and one at
Kittanning, a nwa uear to Pittsbur.
on the evening of October 2.
I did not heave Pittsburg for Uatler
until nearly ui*'clock October 1, and re
turned un the :uriing of October :
about lo'e, ei.:- I left Pittsburg for
Kittanning 6aturday, Octobar 2 about 5
o'clock, p. m., and returned the saeo
ight. Upon both of the above dates
the United States Courts here were not
in session except a short tiee in the
morning of each day for ordiuary mo
tions. I was in attendance.q) nlxn- the
Courts during their sittings, and did not
leave the city upon either occasion until
ong after the corts had adjourned. (n
October 18 the United tates District:
Co-t began its session at Pittsburg for
the trial of jury causes, 6 pet:t and gr nd
jury being in attendance. From Octo
ber 2 until October '1. 1 was engaged m
preparing United States causes for trial,
and from October is until October '
the date of the receipt of the order of
sspension, I was eugageJ in the trial of
tese causes. Neither during this pleriod1
from October 2 to October *I, nor at any
other time did I in any particular neg
ect the duties of my ollee. These state
nents may be verified by inquiry of any
oficer of our courts. J. feel it my duty.
fter reading the corresrondence be
;weecn the President and Mir. Denion, to,
:tate thes- facts ;a justice to m.oUlf. and
re-pectfuliv request that theis cmmuni
ation be referred to the fi .:d
1 may al.so add that 1 Jid not thilk
hat niaking an occasiouai campaignl
Speech to my neighbors, while not neg
ecting the duties of my ollice, would be
i violation of the President's order of
uly 10, 1$8i. Very respectfully, your
>bedient servant,
IWILLLUA. o
TnE PRESID1NT s ANSw*:1.
EXUrIv M.Nslos, Nov. :8 .
,on. A. 1!. ( arland. .r Gu
D..t Sim-I have read the letter of
he 18th inst., written to you by William
. Stone, lately .uspended from ollice as -
District Attorney for the Western 1'Is
trict of Pennsylvania, and the subject
natter to which it refers has received ray
:areful consideration. I shall not ha
>ute to the writer any mischievous ioa
Live in his plainly erroneous assumption
hat his case and^that of 'I. E. Benton,
ecently suspended and reinstated, rest:
1pon the same state of facts, but prefer
o regard his letter as containing th?e
est statement possible upon01 tile <ptes
ion of his reinstatement.
You remember, of course, that soon
fter the present adinistration was in-.
taled, and, I think nearly a year and a
ali ago, I considered with you eertain
~harges which had been preferred
ainst Mr. Stone as a P ederai otlicia!.
ou rember, too, that the action we then
~ontemplated was withheld by reason of.
the excuses and explaniations of his
~riends. These excuses and explanations
nduced me to believe that 3Ir. Stone's
etention would insure a faithful per
ormance of official duty; and that what-.
~ver offensive partisanship - he lad
eemed justifiable in other circum
stances, he would during his continu-:
neein office at his request, uder .nd
ninistration op'posed to him in political
~reed andI policy, content himselt'r with a
piet and unobtrusive enjovment of his
>olitical privileges. I certainly su'p
osed that his sense of propriety wonid
~ase him to refrain from pursuing such
partisan course as would wanutonly
dfend and irritate the friends of the 'ad-.
inistration who insisted tha t he s-hould
ot be retained in office, either bec'cue
f his personal merit or in adhercnee to
he methods which for a ioug~ tim" had
revailed in the distributio' (f 1Federai
fiices.
In the light of a better y"tem, anid
vithout considering the politia :?il'
ions, MIr. Stone, when permt'ted to) ',
aain in oillee, became a part of? th~e bau'
tess organization of the presenut aLdmin
stration, bond by every obligation? of
onr to assist, ii ithin is sphe're, in it
uccesful opieration?. 'hshigtn
voved not ouiy:. the plropje perform
ne of onieita duty, but a crtain good
hith and uidelty which, while niot xaci
g the least sacrifice of politica ine~i
le, for'bade active participatio'i in pured
p lartisan demnstrattis of ' o
tounced type, undertakeni for' the pur-'
lose of advancing ptartisani inte'ests, amit
uonduced uploin theC avowed tihtory 'at
he adm'inistration of the ve m
asi not entitled to the coudene u1
'espect of the people. Tha i s no us
uite whatever concer'nin~g the fac tt
ir. stone did join others wh?o were':a -
aigning" the S'tate of Pennsyvai in
lppositiou to the adinistration. t :'
~ears, too. that he wa's actieano~
nent with nioi-y enthusias~' in an -
nce upon at least two large pua? i
ngs; that the speeches at such me''i
vere largely devoted to abhuse ndm
'epresentation of th ?annstri-:
hat he approved all tis .nd actual
ddressed the meetings himsielfi s0
vtiat the same straiu;, tha h lit tece
ueh meetings awayx from his huome:
be purpjose of mingi suao a ddo m.
d that noe was adveidt as5 ione of1
I shali ae'*r-ep'1 ' ine ' en
lr 'Stone tha~t the 1:met .,o't ly un' i.
ji. demmn"datg his winhgu.'.
.1 C- ( . at to hehuds o
is iw i wih hepule, anld which
, , noJr( in the ngl ec of
-arv fnicid t'. But his conduct
144soogItI to light such an unfriendli
rs owardi thei 'Ar.rnistration which he
r to erve and o4 which he is
nomilly a pait, anl such a subsequent
(: , of !:%al interest n its success, that
the !de aid surt:t guaranty of his
6:ful 1 servic iC , inl myL opinion, en
-. .: v. w :t . iiis e urse, in itself
s h een entered
S ilaintaining onieal relations
to the aidinistUation, also reuews and
revives. Wih imm ikabIleinterprctation
f ti':r character and intent, the charges
of oi'ensive partii:anshiip heretofore made
:Lld ip to this time held in abeynice.
Mr. Stone and others of like disposi
tion are not to suppose that party lines
are so far obliterated that the administra
tion of the government is to be trusted
in places high or low to those v-ho ag
gressively and constantly endeavor, un
fairl, to aicstroy the confidence of the
cn the party responsible for such
ad niistration. While vicious partisan
methods should not be allowed for par
tisin pureposes to deg-ade or injure the
u ievice it is my belief that noth
frg tenAlds so much to discredit our
eiorts, in the interest of such service, to
treat fairly and generously the~ oflicial
incumnbency of political opponents as
conduct such as is here disclosed.
The people of this country certainly
do not require the best results of admin
istrative endeavor to be reached with
such agencies as these.
Upon a full consideration of all I have
before Iae, I am constrained to decline
the application of Mr. Stone for his re
I inelose his letter with this, and de
sire you to acquaint him with my de
cision. Yours truly,
GnovEn CLEVELAND.
I I ImOr or .1 A .E'i.
w a I.m:: -- Rite 2 lWo ,,a Found 1r. -ead
One of the me:4-t remarkable and ap
parently best authenticated ghost stories
ever reported here is the talk of the
street in Louisville. For a number of
years .oi Dewberry, an individual re
iarkable for his many eccentricities,
kept a saloon on Sixth street, between
MIarket and Jenferson. Mr. Dewberry
was taken sick and after a lingering ill
liess died about five months ago. He
left a widow and two children t very
fair circumstances. After her husband's
death -Mrs. Dewberry sold out the saloon
and residence on Szixth street and moved
c Madison street, below Fifeenth.
:hortly at.7 &'cloek this mornuing Toi
truiel and his partuer, Pat Grirmes, the
new irm. were standing behind the bar
when a woman heavily veiled rusled in
and asked to be allowed to go into the
1ack vard. Her request being granted,
she w'ent to the left hand corner of the
vard and scraped aside a lot of rubbish,
then took a small flower spade de had
concealed in the folds of her dress and
dug away the earth until she found a
eigar box. This she removed from the
cadh and faintcd away. The men rushed
to the woman's side and found her to be
Mrs. D-ewvoerrv. The bo. by her side
oinedasIt Ibag full of gold. This
tey counmted, and iound 1L twenty-dol
lar gold pieces and a number of smaller
coias, naki-ng a total of 2-.30. When
Mrs. Dewberry revived she declared
that whie sleeping in her room iast
night Ihe was awakened by the touch of
an icv cold hand on her torehead. As
she aiwoke te clock struck the hour of
midnight. furning in the dim light,
se saw the pICallid face of her deceased
husband. Thie ghostly ;isitor stood by
the bed. He wore his blu-ial robes, and
is words were few. The ghost directed
Mrs, Dewberry to the spot where she
onai~ the money and then disapp~eared.
Thle story is corroioorated by so many
eptable gentlemen that it cannot be
JoUItbtd, and the iudingr of John Dew
berrvs money will doubtless remain,
whether preternatural or otherwise, a:
thing inexplicable.
it has been re'n.uked that there are
ix -fs" by any of whIich a stranger
av kno a ma:n an1d a wo'man to be hus
bad aind wife. These rules, it is said,
are infallible in jnst interl~retation.
Thy may be resorted to with conrdcnce
s tihey are deduced fr~omi everyday ex
leriece:
1.~ Ifyu ce a gentleman id lady
litgree upon tritling oceau~ous, or cor
ecig each other in company, you may:
be assured they have tied the mnatrimoni
l noose.
:. E' you see a silent pair ina hack
ne at eahwindow, without seeming to
mow they havre a companion, tesign
s inailibie.
:8. if you see a lady drolp her glove
mdl a gentlema~n by the side of herkind
y telling her to plick it up, you~ needl
flot jesltate in forlaiing your oplioni or
t. If. yo2se ai indy preseniting a gen
nnn ich:tthmi :n: carele-,sly, her
nto him ith idid'UI~elnee; or,
Ii X4on mfeet a couiple in the fields.
LI geileman? twenty varos inl advaue
i tldy, who perhaps is getting over
i tle with ditliculty, or picking heur way
hrough a inuddy path; or.
I.Ji voul see a gentleman parfieanrly
oteo,tO obiging and good-natured,
kA ing into smiiles, saying smart things
oa every pratty woman iu the room ex
eptig one, to whom~ he appears par
ente.iv rewrvedi, cold and .tornudl, andl
'. can' h.' e at a loss to discov:r.
u n 11h1 was~ rch:aul c id:
n 'b"ste1othu
r
I T ii V :111. K IN TII E COCOANUT.
hyCertain Paper% Attack P'reident
e,-.!:iu--Pers.oinal Disappointnents
:sdth I I 'resident's Firnane.,s and Their
(U-tter to the New York Siar.)
WASHINGTON, November 24.-The se
cret of the hostility which certain alleged
Democratic newspapers betray toward
the administration, which is daily be
coming more bitter in tone, has never yet
been made public. Your correspondent
happens to have pretty thorough and au
thentic information on the subject, and
will give it as a contributi3n to history.
The hostility of 3r. Dana is of early
date. When Mr. Cleveland was elected
Governor of New York, Mr. Dana made
an urgent request that he appoint Mr.
Franklin Bartlett on his staff as Judge
Advocate General. Shortly after this
request was made, and when 'r. Dana
was thinking his friend would certainly
get the appointmeit Mr. Chas. McCune,
late proprietor of the Buffalo Courier,
happened to be at the Manhattan Club
reception to the Governor elect. Under
the exuberance of the wine and the occa
sion, McCune chaffed young Bartlett
about his expectations. "You will not
get that appointment," said he. "There
is a man who is more influential with the
administration than Dana. It is Henry
Ward Beecher, and he is backing Hora
tio C. King." King was appointed and
Dana at once commenced war.
Soon after this, however, Mr. Cleve
land conceived the idea of having a se
lect dinner party at Albany, and con
cluded he would invite Mr. Dana. He
accordingly commissioned M1r. Manning
to approach Dana on the subject, which
was done, and the editor of the Sun said
he would go. 31r. Manning then told
him that the Governor would fix a date
and send him an invitation. Time passed
on, the date was not fixed, the invitation
was not sent, and that particular dinner
was never given; hence these tears.
Pulitzer's grievances are also of a
purely personal nature. He went to
Washington after the inauguration with
his family, notified members of the Cabi
net that he was there, and expected both
the Cabinet officers and the ladies of their
households to call on him and his, which
they did not do. Pulitzer was also some
what disappointed at his reception at the
White House. He had to wait his turn,
like other mortals who had made much
better records in the army and out of it.
The fact that he had becn a deserter did
not help him.
Then the Indianapolis Sentinel man,
who is now so hot in the collar, was an
applicant for office, which he did not get;
and the same is true of the Alexandria
editor, from whose obscure newspaper
the World and Sun quote with so much
satisfaction, though it is doubtful if
either Dana or Pulitzer knew his name
or the name of his paper before it com
menced to attack the President.
The Courier-Journal's hostility can
also be traced te personal grievances.
Watterson had done much loose talk
during the campaign, never missed an
opportunity to depreciate Mr. Cleveland,
and, there is much evidence to show,
privately preferred the election of Blaine,
though Halderman would not allow him
to destroy the paper by betraying this
preference in its editorial columns. After
Cleveland was elected and inaugurated,
Watterson was exceedingly anxious to
make peace with the new and unexpected
powers in Washington. He accordingly
wrote to his friends in different portions
of the country who were also friends of
the President, and through them secured
something of a favorable reception. He
got a sop in the way of getting a friend
or two appointed to office, and he wrote
letters to the Courier-Journal exalting
the new President, endorsing his civil
service views and, indeed, all other views
which the President was supposed to
hold, and was almost offensively effusive
and gushing in his adlmiration of Mr.
Cleveland, Miss Gleveland, the Cabinet
and everything connected with the ad
minstration.
But when it came to securing the im
portant appointments in Kentucky, the
gallant Harry got left. They were made
without reference to Henry's wishes.
Still there was no open breach, as the
ostmaster at Louisville had not been
appointed, atd on that position Halder
man, the proprietor of the Courier
Journal, had fixed his fancy. He wanted
the p~osition filled by some henchma of
his own. the subordinate places crowded
with his indigent kin, and the institution
itself converted into a machine for the
furtherance of purely personal and sellish
ends. This plan was defeated by the
appointment of MIrs. Thompson.
The war is therefore inaugurated by
Hademan, and Watterson must be the
igure-head in the fight. To reflect Hal
deman's hate and to further his ven
geance, he has been compelled to go back
on his record and the record of the paper
ia favor of the civil service law, and to
recall all the gush he so lavishly bestowed
upon the victims of his new-born attach
ments.
It will be seen that the change in the
tone of these papers springs from no de
mand of public sentiment, but from the
ersonal piques and disappointmecnts of
those who control them. There is not
one of the editors in question who could
not have been conciliated or whose active
support could not have biten secured had
the President been disposed to subordi
nate his sense of duty to the gratification
of their wishes. Their hostility, under
the circumstances, is an honor to him,
and will be so regarded by the masses of
his country men. He simply preferred
their hiost' -yto the forfeit of his pledges
to his party and the people. Hie has lost
their friendship, but he hais iretained his
own self-respect, the dignity" of his office
and the confidence of the public.
The -: exession). "I1'din u the t' wn
rn. sthus explainedl by a 31ii-aairi cap
tan in the St. Louis Gqecwndt:
--ack in the fifties racing was oneC of the
eci~ting~ features of3ississippi travel, and
when an opportunity offecred for a tria1of
speed all hands prepared w~I'h a will. T'he
tiirt order of the captain would bie, 'Pa:int
her red, boys! which was the river 'argot
forilling the tire-box with rosin in order
toceate p uick, hot tire. When thiis was
lne the fire-bioxcs would be thr'own open,
ad if the nightt was dark thre etteet waus
~ipy grand. As far e eye could see
the river would be deg > rd. Necl ascene
could never be forgotgren. Next steamboat
1men1 bepn~ to speaik of psinuting the town
red as indicating thatt hey wotuld ihave a