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VOL. V1. MANNING, S. C, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 1890. NO. 45
IHEY WANT HASKELL.
THE COLORED CONVENT!ON EN
DORSES JUDGE HASKELL.
A. Object Lesson for White Men-Sote
-Jitbursts of Eloquence that Ought to
"etroy the Lrnt Vital Spark of the Ha%
kel: Movement.
0oLttlAuM, S. C., Oct. 15.-The Col
ure( Reform Conference met in the
Ha, of Representatives to-day at one
1)'cl k. There were just twenty-two
..iehates present, but the number was
ines e:ased by degrees to about sixty, of
whonm Richland County furnished the
m'iority. The Rev. J. J. Durham of
tered a prayer in which he asked that
characterize the deliberation of the
Con;ference, so tbat they migh t result
in tcod to all the. people. The call for
the Conference. signed by Prof. Morris
xna others, was read by the secretary,
-ind on motion of R. H. Jenkins, of
BIeixely. it w as unanimously adopted.
J:f. J. W- Morris was elected tempo
inry chairman and Prof. J. H. Jamison
was elected temporary secretary. The
credentials t'f the delegate-s were called
for, and lists of names were handed up to
the secretary. The enrolment showed
-.- eighty delegates were In attend
anne. The following is a complete list
AMbbville- .':..Jamison.
Barnwell-W. S. Dixon, F. W. IYil
tian, Lewis Fraser. Oliver Dunbar,
Pieter W ade, Fred Nix.
Beaufort-J. I. Washington.
lBerkeley-J. E Hayne. R.. H. Jen
<iris E..3. Snetter, W. M. Night, II. T.
Wi-liamus.
Lexington-W. A. Smith, A. W.
Johnson, J. E. Hiller.
New berry-P. M4. Miller. S. C. Gary.
Orangeburg-C. W. Caldwell, R. Car
roll. .1. J. Johnson, George Robinson,
J. Emmly, J. H. .'osey, J. II. Fordhan.
M. I'. Glover, D. T. McDaniel, J. W.
Robi:.son.
Ea1rlield-H. M. Rayford.
3eo.rretown-R. W. Harrison.
Kershaw-J. H. Johnson.
Fi-rence-E. R. Roberts, J. It. Wil
son.
Laurens-P. S. Suber, C. G. Garett,
T. A. Saxon.
Ch-riezton-J. M. Freeman, T. H.
jone, H. W. Purvis, S. W. McKinlay.
Clarendon-W. D. Chappelle.
Coleton-W. A.Paul, John J. Crouk,
W. A. Chizens, D. S. Singleton, H.
Winins.
Rchland-J. W. Morris, R. E. Wall.
'. I'. Davis, James Robinson, W. Wil
hams, W. Ferguson, M. J. Williams, R.
13right, C. Alston, W. Roof. L. W. Coo
per. L. Eades, L. Brown, H. Lee, S
Johnson, J. Black F. Hicks,J. S. Nesbitt,
S. B. Thompson, C. C. McMeans, H. H.
.Jolnsor, J. L. Simons, J. W. Sanders.
.7. C. Dlaniel, S. J. Gregory, H. Coultry.
Spartanburg-A. W. Pincknev.
M. Myers, Thos. J. Smith. K. Wilson,
G. W. Murray.
Ujnion-E-D. White.
The chairman announced -the ap
pointmest of tLe following commit
tees:
On Address-J. E. Hayne, W. D,
Chappelie. Levi R. Johnson, R. II
Jenkins, S. B. Thompson.
Resolutions-J. J. Durham, W. Ray
ford. W. Williams. S. W. McKinlaw.
Eduetion-R. E. Wall, Richard Car
roll, J. B. Johnson, C. G. Garrett.
Advisabilty of endorsing the Isas
kell State Ticket-T. A. Saxon, D). G.
Mc )aniel, W. A. Paul. M4. P. Glover.
A recess was taken until four o'clock
mn order to give the committees a
chance to get their reports ready.
The Conference did not reassemble
until 5 P. M., at which hour reports
from the committees appointed were
called for. The only one presented was
by3 the committee on education, which
was read and. adopted.
No other business pressing uron the
Conference, the Rev..W. D. Chappelle,
of Columbia, presiding elder of the A.
M4. E. Church, a very intelligent young
black man, made a speech in favor of
education, which was well received.
The Rev. J. J. Durham, from the
committee on resolutions, presented
and read the following.
Whereas, the political situation in
this State is at present very complicat
ed, and in some respects delicate; and
whereas. the Democratic party is divid
ed and has two tickets in the State.
Therefore resolved:
1st. That we do not deem it wise,
prudent or practicable for the Republi
can party to put a ticket in the field.
2d. That in regard to the Haskel.
movement, while we believe in good
government, and a just and .impartial
administration of its laws, and while
we believe that our rights, privileges
and interests would be best conserved
by the element represented by the
Haskell movement, yet, taking into
consideration all the circumnstances,
we do not think it wise or practicabale
to endorse said movement, but to leave
the matter with the State executive
committee, feeling sure that the wis
dom and dis-retion of said commit
tee will decid. for the best arnd bighiest
interests of all concerned.
3d. That we do not desire social
equality, nor demn:ad political su;premn
acy as a race, tbut as citizens ot this
Strcte and of the United States we do
demand an impartial administration ol
the government under which tve live,
and a just and fair share in that sd
mmistration.
4th. That we condemn the bitter par.
tisan feeling and rashness which tend
to engender and stir up strife among
the faces. without conducing to the in
terests of either race.
Coultry, of Columbia, said he hoped
the Conference was not here to endorse
either faction of the Democracy,
althouah it had been rumored that was
the object of the gathering. This was
a Dimocratic fight, not a Republican,
and no resolution pertaining to it ought
to come up in Conference. The negro
had b~een under the ban fourteen years
in .:'uth Carolina, and he candidly did
not believe the burden could be any
greater tnan it had been.
That resolution, said the speaker,
should sleep as she are. [Roars of laugh
ter.i Some one had surmised that if
Tillman b'ecamue Governor a constitu
tional convention would be held, which
would dlisfranchise the negroes. For
his part he considered them already
disfra:nchised. No matter what they
miaht do on November 4 they would
still be treated like negroes. If the
Democratic house was divided and the
negro tried1 to prop it up it would not
fall and the people would go on living
in it. The News and Courier, the jour
nal of the State. had plainly told the
negro that he w~as not wanted in this
fght. Like the News and Courier he
was opposed to the negroes having any
thing to do with this thing.
Points of order were made on the
speaker, and, as he exprsssed it, he w a
attacked on all sides. but he finally
moved that the resolutIons be indeb
mtely Postponed.
The Rev M r. Chappelle did not be
lieve in dodging the question and put
ting the responsibility upon the exe
cutv committee. Hie said: The gen
tleman had sawr the negro was not con
cerned in this fight ietween Diemcra'.s.
In a figh t one side was sure to be right
and the other side wrong, and he be
lieved that that faction which sought
the good of the whole State, which was
willing to give the negroes their rights
ern4er the Constitution, whether they
askedd or not, should be supported
to a man -y the negroes of the State.
[Applause.]
GregorT: "Any guarantee of our
Chappe'le: *No; but one. faction says
it s g.oing to prevent the negro from
votingand the other hasn't said so.'
[Applause.
Voice: -_Petween two evils we will
choose the least."
Gregory: "A few of us have voted
for the last fourteen years. Have you
any guarantee that our votes will he
counted this time?"
Chappelle: "The only way to prevent
Is-tO tave-bitnmen-to do the count
in"g. [Laughter.] If there's good in any
of these parties.for the well-being of
the negroes of South Corolina we ought
to go to it. We have been waiting too
long t~obe invited. We are citizens.
Present your checks and claim your
baggage. I am in favor of supportilog
Mir. Haskell. I am going to vote for
him and I don't care who knows it. I
want these resolutions to endorse Mr.
liaskell and I don't care who knows
that. [Applause.] I amn opposed to the
man who publicly announces that cer
tain citizens shall not have the right (if
the ballot. {ilere a delegate shouted,
'Anything to beat Tilhaan,' and there
was much laughter and applause.]
Whether this Conference endorses Mr,
laskeli or not I want the delegates to
go home and tell their people to vote
for him if they want good government
in South Carolina. Judge Ilaskeil's
principles of fairness have come down
to him by inheritance. Notonly Has
kell's, but all the gentlemen who rep
resented the true Democracy. Stop
and think of these poor hungry Till
man men getting control of the Gov
ernment. I'm for Ilaskell all the time.'
[Applause.]
Fred Nix, of Barn well.said he didn't
know vet whether he would vote for
vJudge Haskell or advise his Republi
can friends to do so, because he did not
know if he would remain in the field
until November. if he did continuea
candidate until the election he would
vote for him first, last and all the time
but let the resolution go to the execu
tive committee. Ie had friends in
both factions, and had called the Re
publicans of Barn well together to dt
I cide who to vote for. The ltppublicau
I party In South Caroliaa was at an end,
and to was the Democratic party. Not
withstanding the threats of the gentle
man from Edgeileid he would vote for
Haskell if he remained in the field.
Next Tuesday, the 21st, the Barn
'well Republicans would make a de
cision.
The Rev. R.Carroll, of Orangoburg
said he could not approve of leaving
the matter to the Republican executive
committee, because he knew the com
mittee would endorse the Haskell tick
et. [How do you know ?] Because one
nf t'h 10-rmr - rtIimere -.0
oppose the colored people taking
any action whatever, We have got
what we have prayed for so long, a
split in the Democratic party. Join
one side now and you will grasp a sha
dow. Let the thing work. He be
lieved Tillman ought to be elected.
[Voice: "Oh, no."] Well, let me talk,
Before Tillinan was nominated, we
were all Tillmanites [Voice: "No, no."]
We are rejoiced. We wanted his suc
cess. Now he has been nonin-ited.
Tiliman has done us more good than
any living man since the war. He
made colored as well as white people
thinkers and readers. Heretofore all
Democrats went into oilice on '76 and
the negro question. Tillman came
along and let the negro alone. [Yoice:
"Hamburg." "Ellenton!"] He put peo
ple to thinking on other things than
the negro. He ought to be Governor,
and if .1 was a white Democrat I'd cast
10.000 votes to reward him. i'm not
afraid of Tillman. I'm afraid of the
men who got in his wagon and were
pulled into office by him. The white
people are divided, but the moment the
negro comes in they will get together
again. [Applause.] Both parties wil]
turn on the negro and he will have to
run to the mountains. I am opposed
to the colored people having anything
more to do with politics if they act as
they have acted in the past.
The man who sells his vote ought to
be disfranchised forever. (Voice; "The
nigger is not the only one.'] If you go
for Haskell Tillman will be buying
your votes. I haven't lived in Green
vile city three years for nothing, see
ingthemn buy colored votes with sugar,
sacls of flour and so on. [Laughter.]
Durham: "We don't come here to
contrast the worst qualities of some
people with the best of others."
The Chair: "The point is well taken."
Carroll: "If you endorse Hlaskell I'll
enter politics with 100,000 others.
["Won't vote for Tillman.') Ihe'll be
Governor just the same.,' [("%ever."]
Thomas J. Smith, of Sumter. warmly
opposed Carroll's views, if the situa
tion was bad for the negro he might
keep it from becoming worse. He
ridiculed Carroll's praise of Tillman
and urged the adoption of the resolu
tions.
IThe question was put and the reso
lutions were unanimously adopted.
On motion the roll was called and
each dtelegtate invite, to step up and
contribute a quarter to the illumina
tion? of the hail and other necessary ex
penses. The response was by no means
unamm zous,
In presenoting the report of the com
mittee appointedl to consider the ad
visability" of endorsing the Haskell
ticket, F. A. Saxon declared that Judge
iHaskell had expressed his sentiments
exactly whben he said no party's will or
race terror should prevent him from
doing what his conscience dictated.
[Applause.] Hie had been strongly urg
ed by friends not to take sides in this
matter, but he was not working for
selfish ends, but for the good of the
State and his race. Ie read ihe com
mittee's resolution, as, follows:
We, the committee, to whom was
referred the very important duty of
considering the adlvisability of end(ors
ig the ilaskell State ticket, beg leave
to submit the following report:
After having considered this import
aut subject committed to us,after look
ing at the subject from every reason
able standpoint, we have decided not
to endorse either of the contending
factions of the Democratic party.
Jones, ot Charleston, made a warm
and eloquenit speech against the adop
tion of the report.
'The negroes, lie said, had inherent
and natural rights and should stand on
one side or the other. in this contest
he wouldI support I askell because he
had the courage [Voices : "H urrah for
Charleston 1"] to declare that the negro
had rights anid a personality in politics.
Were the negroes going to wait for two
years and let their rights be taken
awas? Tis was nlot a matter for the
whites alone, as the Ne ws and Courier
said, but concerned every manuin South
Carolina.
if the Conference and its constitu
Iency were cowards he did not want te
be associated with them. if the altar
of assassination and murder was to be
did be wish to be sacrificed. .ne man
who stepped on his rights was a co war:.
Ie was not satisfied with the guardian
shin of the National Republican party.
Let the negro in South Carolina stand
by the man who stood by him. [A p
plause.1
I am not here for glory or :iincussion.
I declare my choice. I stand by Aleck
Iaskell, because he stands against the
men who conspire against our liberties.
le did not ask the negroes in the upper
part of the State. whose persons were
in danger, to take this fGght upon theum
selves, but from Richland to the s.'a
let the negroes roll up a majority for
Haskell which couldn't be overcome.
[Applause.] Ile would rather have the
negro working with the best native
born element than have the entire
Federal army for his protection.
I"Hear ! hear !" Don't sleep on your
rights. Don't adopt these resolutions.
Resolve to stand for Haskell, because
he has shown an indication at lesnt to
stand by us. [Cheers.)
S. W. McKinlay, of Charieston.agr'd
in toto with Jones, but thought th
iatter should be left in the hands of
the executive comniittee. The whois
Atlantic coast was for Iaske . The
committee would carry out ti rit
and intent of this Conference. No man
loved South Carolina more than h. did,
her glory and her fame. No man more
admired that element of her citiz-n
shi) that had made her great. NO tom n
like Tillman. who had traduced the
State, could have loyalty in his heart,
could be an honor to it or its proper
renresentative.
Even if Ilaskell withdrew he wouia
go to the polls anti vote for him. No
Tilimanism in his-no slaughterer of a
defienceless people should ever rece-ive
his support. He was proud of South
Carolina's history, and of her chival
rois men. The grandeur of a people
comes from the best elements which
control their action. so that marching
onward under th UIaskell banner he
would feel assured of victory and hon
for the old Palmetto State.
Geo. W. Murray, of Sumter, chair
man (if the last Republican Statc Con
vention, declared that with heart and
hand open he would vote for Alex. C.
Haskell fur Governor of South Care
lina. The condition of ailairs in this
State, which closed the school houses
and ballot-boxes, was due solely to the
existence of two political parties, one
composed exclusiv'ey of v;ht es and t he
other of colored. As long as parties
were so constituted one wouhl rule ani
the ether would suffer, and tho one to
suffer was the colored party.
Of all the papers he ever read the
manifesto of Judge llaskell was the
grandest and wisest. He was one of
South Carolina's chivalrous sons about
whose head a dazzling glory hung, and
he had called for free speech and a free
ballot. [Applause.] What was the
effect?
The newspapers were crying for
peace and agaiast bloodshed at the
polls. Why? Becanu3 two white can
didates were before the voters. The
opportunity for free speech and free
ballot had come. Let the negro) em
brace it-not because it was thought lie
would be put in orice, nor because the
supremacy of the race was expected.
but becau3c they wanted the equal
rights to which they were entitled, and
which, he would remark, they never
had even before 1876.
One of the Democratic parties now
existing was composed almost exclu
sively of an ignorant rabble. The other
embraced the wealthy. educated class,
and every man knew the educated, in
telligent white man had always been a
friend to the negro.
Carroll, (interrupting :) "Who divid
ed the Democratic party of South Caro
lina so you could have the privilege oi'
saying who you could voi for?"
.Murray: "It makes no dlifference
who divided it. 1 rejoice ini the
division." [Cheers and laughter.]
Carrol: "Don't you think the man
who divided it ought to be rewarded ?"
Murray: "'Let us reward men for
what they did intend to do, not for
what they have done. [Shouts of laugh
ter and cheers.] Though Tillman may
be credited with the division of the
white people of South Carolina his in
tention wvas not to benefit the negro.
Hie boasts that he has a rille now in his
parlor with which he killed negres at
Hamburg and Ellenton." [Cheers:
"Hurrah for Ben Tillman." Great
laughter.]
Carroll: "Haven't a majority of
Democrats gone into oflice since '76 by
boasting of what they did in '70 ?"
Murray: "Senator Hampton and
other gentlemen boasted of their war
records, of their contests with Northern
soldiers, equally armed, but when Ben
Tillman was pressed to say wvhy he
should be Governor he boasted of his
achievements at Hamburg and Ellen
ton an&inst defeneeless negroes."
[Shouts of applause.]
Carroll: '-Didn't th e so-called
Straightouts do the same thing?"
Murray: "In all cases where negroes
have been lynched, in all cases where
they have been assassinated, it has been
by the poor whites led on by men like
Ien Tillman." [Uproarious cheering
and applause, delegates waving hats,
chairs, etc.]
Carroll: "Were they not led on by
aristocrats as well as comnmon men ?
Murray: "I expect that every negro
when he looks through the jury which
is totry him and sees two aristocrats
on itknows that he uns a chance, but
when he sees the jury composed of such
men as are following Tilman lie knows
he is doomed. [Cheers and laughter.]
When every man can go to the polls
and have his vote counted, when he
can secure his rights withou~it applying
to the National Government, when
that day comes, I expect to see some
colored men Republicans and some
Democrats. WVhen we crowd all white
men into one party and colored meni
into another, South Carolina will be
filled with murder and bloodshed. We
do not favor the IHaskell movement be
cause we expect Repubilican o'r negro
ascendancy, but because the colored
people will hold the balance of power,
and both white parties will make fair
terms with them."
E. B. White, recently of Louisiana,
wished the negro vote divided. IHe
was proud of Mr. IIaskell, prouid of the
line race of white men who had been
ruling South Carolina for years. Let
us all rush along together, ed~ca to his
kind. The nig niggers up with the h;:
white folks; the little niggers down
wvith the little white folks. [Shouts of
laughter.] Mr. IIaskell had not asked
the negro to vote, anti he should wait
until lie was asked. Each of these
parties said the whites must rule. But
the fact was that the rich men were
going to rule. Neither the poor white
devils nor the poor niggers were gomirg
to have a show. Education was a pow
er, character was a poer but money
was the greatest power of all. !ie
gave an amusing snuary of the
situation from his standploiur1. When
you are in your virtuous couch you
hear a gentle knocking at your dour.
There stands the poor white with up
li ted hand (indicating the hawlI mn the
act of pulling a trigger.) ie can shoot
a nigger a nule off. Next morning the
aristocrat looks at your body and says:
- oor fellow, he was a good cotton
hand," and that's all. [Cries of laugh
ter.] I won't tell you any lie. If I was
living here, before I'd join either side I
would want tnrkey You've been
hungry fourteen years. in Louisiana
the niggers get turkey when they vote
with the whites.
Caldwell, of Orangeburg, said he
would vote for anybody the Rtepublh
can committee recommended, but he
didn't fancy Tillman.
I. W. Purvis. of Charleston, made an
conuent spcch, but without any
special point, except that he could not
as a Republican consistently support
eit her laskell or Tillman. Finally, he
was called to order and sat down.
J. E. Hfavne. of Berkeley. was glad
that for once in South Carolina he had
the privilege or ieeting in a Conven
tion not controlled by noitticians or
dernagogues. He was ?lad the negro
in the State had the privilege and the
courage to rise above party and refuse
to be controlled by a certain class who
cared more for themselves than for the
whole people of the State.
The time h-d come for the negro to
reject all such influences. Every man
with a thimbleful of common ise
should see Iibat there was a providence
laid before the negro now. which showd
be accepted. iVolitieinsn with their
,:e- fixed on the almigrhty dollar could
not see the things. 1t Look men who
book to the geood of the pe..ple to do so
andl "olvise them..
'T'here were now in Sooth Caro;ina
two distinct elements belonging to a
single party. They had hd a.failing
out upon certain measures, and those
measures were nothing mnre nor less
than the pure principles on which their
party was founded. Those who had
violated those principles were those
who were opposed by Mr. Haskell and
his party. The negroes wanted all the
people of the State to get along with
out friction.
Ile would give reasons why the Has
kcl ticket s.hould he endlorsted and sip
pnrted at the pols. Who represerted
the progress of the State but the las
kell movement? But they could iot
protect their own interests and those
of his followers without protecting the
interpsts of those. who supported them
in this struggle. A man was grateful
to those who came to him in time of
need. If the bet icr class of voters
would rally and maintain the Govern
nent in the hauds of those who now
control it the troubles which had vex
ed the State would be removed.
Experience would show how to cor
rect existing evils. The idea had gone
out that the negro was anxious to get
control of the State as i'n the past.
The white man who asserted that did
not know the negro. The better class
of negroes were as much opposed to
negro rule of the State as the better
I class of whites were opposed to its con
trol by Mr. Tillmnan. [Applause.]
They had sense enough to know that
the people who paid the taxes must
control, but they wished that those
who in future controlled should do so
in the interest of the whole people;
that fair laws should le! passed; that
they would be remembered in the jury
box and in the executive department.
The negro simply wanzed to stand in
ths hall, not with a majority, but with
a fair representation, so that he could
voice the sentiment of his people as no
other man could do. If he could do it
legally and could cast 150,000 votes
every one of them would go for Judge
Ilaskell and his ticket. [Cheers.]
Did the Conferenei remember the
platform of 1876 upon which Hampton
had been elected? Did they remember
what Hampton had said? He promis
ed in every county that if the colored
people would stand to him he would
never forget them and would maintain
their rights. Unfortunately Hamp
ton's promises had been lost sight of;
but Haskell stood to what Hampton
had promised; the negroes would not
tur.n Democrats, hut they would come
so far over as to support that gentle
man without one word of solicitation.
T. A. Saxon decclared that this Con
vention of colored men should act for
the colored men irrespective of the Re
publican State comumittee. If lie could
he would give 70,000 votes to 1{askell.
The Democrats had the manhood to
say that Tillman had made worse char
ges against South Carolina than the
backest Rtepublican ever made. de
preferred to put the Government in the
hauds of the best people of the State
rather than in those of this clodhopper.
Chappelle said that this Conference
had assembled as negroes, not as Re
publicans. Durham hailed the day
when not only whites but negroes
would be divided in the South. Their
wite friends did not know them. They
didn't want political supremacy, and if
to-night by his vote he could restore
the State of things existing in the p ist
he would not do it, [applause,] and
hundreds and thousands of negroes in
the State wouldn't do it. [Cheers.]
They wanted justice only. Their white
friends had made a mistake. They had
not given them an opportunity of sup
porting them, and when the negroes
suported other white men who pre
sented themselves the cry of carpet
bagger was heard. [Apl~lause.] lie was
glad the negro l d the opportunity of
showing he was as loyal to his white
neighbor as the star to the pole.
E. J. Snetter, of Berkeley, said he
supposed the idea was it would injure
H~askell to endorse him. But he didn't
think so. Hie advocated endorsement.
Jdmes Robinson, of Columbia, de
clared the future hopes of the colored
race lay in this great Democratic move
meit, lie was independent of the
party lash. The State had to have a
white Governor arnd the negroes want
ed the best man. No matter whom it
might offend he favored the Hlaskell
ticet. Tillmian wished to change the
constitution to, disfranchise the negro.
Death wras threatened the colored
man who voted for Hlaskell. lie was
wijlng to test that question. [Voice:
"his is Rlichland County. Go to
Laures; go to Edgenleld.") There
were men in Edgeheld County who
would vote for A. C. Hlaskell in defl
ance ot B. R. Tillman. When the
murdering begins in this State Tillman
won't have much longer to live.
[Laughter.1
He hoped the Conference would stand
like men and endorse Hlaskell. The
negro had crossed in '76 a worse bridge
than this. Members were dodging this
responsibility and putting it on the ex
ecutie comumittee. Tillman could
not frighten him from the polls. If
Tiihan said the negroes who voted for
1 askeil would have to die, there would
ue enough left to see him buried.
[Laughter and~ applaiuse.]
Hane ofreredl a substitute for the
cmnhiitte's resolution: "'Resolved
that we recommend the negroes for the
betterent of their condition to vote
the Hiaskell ticket."
The Chair (Prof. Morris) put tihe
qIetion of adopting the substitute,
an in a breath declared it carried.
Much kicking and confusion ensued,
a Laurns delegate appeailing from the
decision of the chair. The chairman
finally said he did not propose to be
bulldozed and would't go back on his
decision, but for the general satisfac
tion wouldl put the question again.
There was a storm of yeas and a few
sc;tteriig nays and the comimittee
was overruled and the substitute
adopted.
The result was greeted with great en
tiusi asm and vociferous cheering.
At 'J I'. M. the following address was
presented by the comiuiittee charged
with preparing it.
The address is very long and declares
that the real duty of the negro is to do
whatever is in his power to overthrow
every scheme and plan of the dem a-I
gogues and politicians opposed to the
general interest of the whole people,
and of course both races. This Con
vention, now assembled, has no other
motive than to advise and discuss dis
passionately what It conceives. in com
mon with the better classes of both
races in the State, to be the course each
should take, regardless of race or poli
Itics.
The address then denounces the ac
tion of the late Republican State Con
vention in deposing E. M. Brayton
from the State chairmanship as the
work of demagogues controlling the
ring, and that such action did not rep
resent tie will nod wishes of the party.
It then declares that the Republican
party up to this Convention existed
practically in the few or many ofice
holders under the National Govern
ment, and that "an immediate change
ought to obtain." The address con
tihues:
"It is commonly spoken cn the
streets and In the newspapers of the
State that the negroes were anxious for
a sp'lt in the Democratic party, know
ing that a split would afford them a
splendid opportunity to capturc the
State out of the hands of thn present
I rulers, and thus plunge it Into ruin and
degradation. The gentlemen who hold
that view and proniulig.te the saime do
not voice the sentiments of any negroes
In the Republican party. There ns no
cles of citizens anywhere in the United
States that are more interested in pure
and good government, national and !1
cal, than the negroes. They do not
want control of the State, they only
ask for fair play In the legislative
halls, in the judicial departinents and
in the executive branch of the Govern
ment. it. in short, the real and ideal
principles of the original Hampton
Government of '76 are carried out faith
fully the negroes would be contended
under the circumstances. It should he
remembered the negroes have a record
in this country that is sacred to them
and they are proud of it, and to it at
all times and under all circurmstances
now they refer."
The remainder of the address deals
with negro progress since emancipa
tion.
Murray, of Sumter. moved that the
reflection upon the action of the late
Republican )nvention be stricken
from the address. On motion of a
Berkeley delegate Murray's motion
was laid on the table.
The address was then (eclared
adopted, a demand for a division being
ignored by the Chair.
Fordham offered a resolution for the
appointment :f a committee of five to
wait upon Governor Richardson and
request him to give the Republican
party representation upon the board of
election commissioners.
Saxon opposed the resolution as being
inexpedient and unnecessary, saying
that the ballot-boxes would be looked
after and sufliciently guarded without
any action in the matter by this body,
and upon Saxon's motion the resolution
was laid on the table.
A motion was then made that Mr.
Ellery M. Brayton be invited to address
the -Convention, which was greeted by
loud and enthusiastic cries of "Bray
ton! Brayton!"
Jones, of Charleston, opposed the
motion. This being a colored men's
Convention he objected to any white
man being invited to address it.
Hayne, of Charleston, took issue with
his colleague and made an earnest ap
peal in behalf of the motion to hear an
address from Mr. Brayton, which mo
tion was then adopted, and Brayton
was escorted to the stand and intro
duced to the Convention by the Rev.
R. E. Wall, who had just taken the
chair. By tlis time the Convention
was in an uproar, caused by the oppo
nents of Brayton, some of whom a eemed
determined he should not be allowed to
speak.
Muiirray, of Sumter, jumped to his
feet and wildly demanded recognition
by the Chair upon a question of privi
lege. Murry was greeted by cres of
"Put him out." The utmost confusion
and excitement prevailed. Delegates
mounted the chairs, yelling and wildly
gesticulating. Murray dared anyone to
lay hands upon him, is friendls
crowded around him and exposi ulated
with him, but in vain, he declaring,
with an oath, that Brayton shor.ld not
speak until he had beeni heard. At
this juncture a riot seemed imminent,
and the chairman, who was powerless
to enforce order, upon the suggestion
of a reporter, requested Mr. Paul Joiner,
the speciai State House police officer,
to remove Murray from the hall.
Mr. Joyner at once forced his way
through the crowd, and taking Murray
by the coat collar attempted to push
and drag him toward the door. The
obstreperous Sumter delegate vigorous
ly resisted. His frIends clo::ed in
around him, blocking the way to the
door and a general scuflle ensued, which
continued for several minutes, the of
ficer finally being compelled to relin
quish his hold upon Murray, who re
mained in the hall surrounded and pro
tected by his friends.
Prof. Morris here resumed the chaIr
and by a few calm remarks poured oil
upon the troubled waters, Murray be
ing finally prevailed upon to take his
seat.
M.Baton w as then introduced to
the Convention and proceeded to speak,
and was listened to respectfully and
attentively.
He paid his respects to the State
Convention which had dleposed hhni
from the State chairmanship. The
corrupt agencies employed to control
that convention could not, he declared,
be approved or endorsed by the party.
He then turned his attention to the
present political crisis. No one, he
said, could tell what the outcome would
be, but he felt sure that out of the
breach in the Democratic party there
would result good for the whole peo
pe, good to both races. lHe didn't be
lieve there was a Republican in the
State that had not rejoiced over the
way in which the Tillman movement
had swept the State, and that they had
also rejoiced in the fact that the mino
rity of the Democratic party had risen
in opposition to the movement. It
opened the eyes of the white people,
had aroused a spirit of independent
ismn. and the result in the future would
be a better condition of things in this
old hide-bound State of South Carolina.
He expressed the belief that the change
which would result from the present
political crisis would bring about a de
gree of toleration and conservatism
which would give the negroes rights
and justice now denied them, and that
the pledges made by Hampton and his
party in 1876 would yet be fulillied.
At the conclusion of Mr. Drayton's
speech Murray, of Sumiter, denounced:
the action of the chairman in refusing
to accord him a hearing on his ques
tion of privilege as ungentlemanly and
unprliamientary. He also denounced
Brayton. in whose Interest lie declared
this Convention had been called. said
its princIpal object was to slplit the
party in 1892 and he appealed to the
meibers of the Convention not to
allow themselves to be tied to Bray
ton's coat-tails.
Prof. Morris gave the lie to the state
ment that the Convention had been1
organized to break up the party.
Tihe point of order being raised and
sustained by the Chair that Murrays
personalities were out or order, that
abstreperous individual took his seat
amid loud cries for Brayton.
The Convention then, on motion of
Prof. 'Morris, at 11.45 adjourned sine
:le.-News and Courier.
OBJECT LESSONS IN TARIFF.
A Bad Campaign Document For the Uc
publican Party.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-Some of the
RepublIcan managers are disposed to
Ind fault with the retail merchants who
tave taken advantage of the new tariff
[aw promptly to raise the prices of their
wares. They insist that there is no
aeed for such an action this fall, because
the big dealers in all kinds of merchan
ise laid in a sufficient supply for six
months to come before the passage of
the law, and so can well afford to dis
pose of it at old prices. It is an expo
nent of greed that the politicians can
not condemn in strong enough language.
The trouble is that the prompt rise in
prices of the common necessaries of life
is bringing the Republican tariff home
to the masses of voters in a way highly I
ansatisfactory to those who made that i
tariff. The Congressional Committee j
wants to send out a campaign document
telling the people that living is going to t
be cheaper under the McKinley act, but
with higher prices already asked in the
retail stores, such an assertion is not
ikely to be easily swallowed.
In fact, the managers greatly fear
that every merchant who has put up his I
prices is making Democratic voters out
f his customers. It is a pity, they con
fess, that the new law did not go into ef
feet three or four months ago, or not
antil after election, so that its effect up
on prices might not have been felt, or
that this effect might have had its edge
taken off by long familiarity. As it is,
vidence is coming in at a rate the corn
mittee does not like that increased
prices are furnishing object lessons of
the Republican tarilf policy which are
loing the Democrats a great deal of t
good. I
Those business men who have not yet
put up their prices are many of them
lso open to Republican criticism, for
they are filling the advertising columns
f the newspapers with advice to the
people to "buy now," before the figures
re forced up by the new tariff. This is
almost as bad as charging the higher
rates at once, for it is a notice that the
tariff will increase the cost of living.
Taken altogether, the high protective
tariff is not as good a campaign docu
ment as the Republican leaders wish it
Was.
THE NUPTIALS ARE OFF
Tho Daughter of the Confederscy Will
Not Wed.}
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 14.-The en- 1
agement of Miss Winnie Davis, the
Daughter of the Confederacy," to Mr.
Alfred Wilkinson, of this city, which
was announced less than six months ago,
and which created so great a surprise inl t
all sections of the country, will never be
onsummated. Very intimate friends I
of Miss Davis here authorize this state
ment. They assign as the cause the ill- I
health of the young lady.
Now,that the rumor first started from 1
the South, as it should properly, friends i
of both are less reticent regarding the I
matter.
It seems that Miss Davis has not been i
in good health for some time, and that J
he went abroad for the purpose of re- t
ruiting her strength. Her trip was bene
Rcial, but it did not restore her fully to
ealth. Her mother and her intimate
friends feel that nnder these circum
stances it were best that the prospected t
marriage should be annulled, and this
step was most reluctantly taken by Mss
Davis.
On the other hand, some of Mfr. Wilk
inson's friends are of tihe opinion thati
the recent reverse of his family, his mod
2rate income, and the still more recent
burning of the old homestead, had somei
weight mn shaping Mi1ss Winnie's decis
ion. There is general regret ,here that1t
the match will not take place, inasmuch
as it would have been one of the most re
markable and romantic marriages on re
cord.
MIr. Wilkinson has had nothing to say
about the matter, even to his most inti
mate friends, and conducts himself ad-'
mirably under the trying ordeal. Ie re-t
fuses to be interviewed on the subject,
and seems much engrossed in businiess.
The statement is made in a local pa
per that some time ago a prominent
~entleman of this city received a request
from the South for information con
eerning M1r. Wilkinson. The failure of
the Wilkinson family was particularly
inquired into. This was thought by
some to be quite signiticant at the
rLime.
StorIes or shockizug Crueities.
CONsTANTINOPL E, Oct. 14.-Dispatch
as received here say that a party of Ar
menians and Druses attacked the bar
racks at Silensia, syria, and blew up a
portion of the buildings. Forty Turkish
soldiers were killed. The Armenians
then invaded the government building,
killed tile Governor and robbed the treas
ry of its contents. From there they
proceeded to the prison, which they car
ried by the storm, liberating .all the pris
oners-.
VIENNA. Oct. 15.-A dispatch fronm
Constantinople states that the arrests
of Armenianis are still being made, and
that many of those who have been taken
into custody have been shoekingly mal
treated and tortured. Among the other
eruelties to which the prisoners have
been subjected is withholding from
them of ali food. They have also been
ceprived of sleep.
Persons suspected of disloyalty are
arrested upon information being lodged]
Igainst them by any spy. An Armei-(
an recently arrested for attempting to
nurder a priest in thle Koomakapoon
huarter of Constantinople was to-dayj
ound dead in his cell. It is allegedt
:hat his death was the result of tortures
nfited upon himl.
T[he oflicials at Vau. Armenia, are 1
til burning Turks. and outrages upont
:rinllians here are of frequent occur
~ence.
Secured Freedom.
SPAnTANInino, S. C., Oct. 1.-There
vas great excitement created on the
~tret this moring by the annlounce
nlent that the jail had been broken open
mid a numbler of the prsnr had escap
d. A representative of The Register
,ent immaediately to the jail, and found
lit eight of the sixteen prisoners had
otten out. They were all in the day
~oom on wvhich the various cells open and
aking advantage of the temnporary ab
ence of the Sheri ff and his deputies they
ore down one of the massive cell doors,
md~ using that as a battering ram sue
eeded in breaking down tile door to the
ay room. They then descended to the '
~rund floor and picked the lock off a
ack door and freed themselves. They C
ere discovered by the negro cook just
is they were issuing fronm the jail. She d
rave the alarm, but before the Sheriff I
ould be summoned they had all gotten 1:
vel away. Chase was immediately o
iven. At this hour three o: Lthem have
Jeen retaken. Considerable 'excitement a
prevailed, as several of the escap'e' pris- '
>ners are known to be des gerate charac
ers. There is parties out in every direc
zion searching the country, and all thec
prisoners will soon be retaken.-Column
THE NEXT HOUSE.
:STiMAYES INDICATE A DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY OF EIGHTEEN.
Iut it Ymy be Larger--Three Great Is
suc3-Warfarc Against Protectica andt
the Centralization of Power to Be Ccn
tinued at the Polls.
WASINGTON, Oct, 14.-Three weeks
,ence the voters of the United States
ill pass in judgment upon the Harri
on administration and the record of
he Fifty-first Congress at its iirst ses
Ton. The Cromwellian rule of Speaker
iee&, the economic policy of Major Mc
inley and the Lodge force bill are
ach oi thei distinctive feature of the
iepubAican policy and are to be ap
roved or condemned at the polls by
he American people.
Of all the issues which will tend to
hape the result, the new tariff law is
ikely to prove the most potent factor in
leterwining it, because its effects are so
ar reaching and it comes home to every
ndividual consumer in the land. Whilei
resident Harrison was elected on the
rotective tariff issue by a minority of
he ropular vote, though a majority in
.he electoral college, the Republican
eaders never intimated that they pro
)osed to go to the, lengths of the
neas. re that has just become a law.
The bill has been passed despite the
yrotests of large and important element
if the population. Already its effects
re being felt. Prices are slowly but
teadily going up on articles of almost
iniversni consumption. On the other
and wages have riot acted in sympathy
vith prices. The home industries,
vhich are expected to receive such an
nipetus by reason of the new tariff.
annot experience it until the large
tock of foreign goods which has been
aid in becomes exhausted.
The effect of all this must operate to!
he detriment of the Republicans, and
owhere more than in the agricultural
tates of the West, where the farming
aterests are greatly depressed. Sena
ors Paddock of Nebraska, Pettigrew of
outh Dakota and Plumb of Kansas
ealizs d this fully when they Toted
gainst the McKinley bill on Its final
)assage, and in doing so they represent
d the views of their constituents. The
tbsence of harsh criticism of their
rotes in the columns of the Republican
>apers in those States proves this in
:ontestably.
The force bill has had the effect of
ierving up the Southern Democrats to a
upreme effort and very few Republi
ans will sit in the next Congress from
hat section. So strong is the feeling
>n the subject that Mr. McComas, who
as been repeatedly elected to represent
,he Sixth Districi of 3Maryland as a
lepulican, is thought this year to be
n danger of defeat. The same thing
ill :Fpply to Congressman Brower of
Sorth Carolina, who has twice been
dected as a Republican. No efforts
vill be spared by the Democrats in the
iouth to carry every district possible
nd an increased.Democratic represen
,ation may be expected.
In this connection it is advisable to
;ouch on a movement which is attract
ng widespread attention and which is
xpected to play an important part in
,he future politics of the country. I
efer to the Farmers' Alliance. The
Iepulicans are laying the flattering
inction to their souls that through this
edge they will be able to break up the
olid South and perhaps prevent the
emocrats from organizing the next
Ious:.. In this they are likely to be
)adly deceived.
True, in many districts in the South,
liance men have defeated Democratic
reterns for the nomination. This
tappened in six of the ten Georgia dis
,its. But it was merely a primary
:ontest, and the nominees are running
ts Democrats and with the understand
ng tLat they will participate in the
)emocratic caucus. They well know
hat to prove recreant to this pledge
rould doom them to future political
>blivmon. The Southern Alhiance Dem
>crats will stand by their party.
But in the Western States the Re
>ublicans are trying to utilize the alli
me and withisome success. In several
tates. in close and doubtful districts,
hey have indorsed alliance candidates
>r h'ave secured the nomination of alli
tce candlidates who had been lifelong
tepubicans. This is notably the case
n the Eighteenth Illinois district,
,vhere the President of the Farmers'
lliance of that State is the Republican
andidate for Congress.
This coquetting of the Rcpuiblicans
vith the alliance men may lose a few
listricts to the Democrats, but only
erv Jew, for most of the Western
itaes are Republican and have been
:arefully gerrymandered in the Repub
ican interest, and where there is a
)emocratie district it is usually large
y Democratic. The Oliio Democrats
nve adopted the system this year and
>ropose to try it, and great is the wail
ng and gnashing of teeth among the
ollowers of the grandl old party at
that they are pleased to term the "in
~aeus D)emocratic gerrymander."
The following ligures will show the
ituation at a glance: First we will
ake the South. In the present Con
~ress :rom thait section the Democrats
av 104 members and the Republicans
.7; in the next Congress the Democrats
vil likely have 107 and the Republi
ans 14, being a gain of 3 for the Demo
rats in the South. In 1888 the Demo
rats lost one of the Baltimore districts
>y carelessness, Stockbridge, Republi
an, defeating Raynor, Dem.ocrat, by
0 votes. 31r. Raynor is again ai candi
ate and will surely be eltecd. Thle
'ifth district of M1aryland, carried by
ampton, Democrat, by 121 votes in
888 (he was afterward unseated,) has
een strengthened by the addition ot a
)eocratic ward of Baltimore. While
he Democrats are hotly contesting the
ith district, lieComas, Rep'ublican,
tad to win. In Virginia Professor
agton is likely this year to carry
he Petersburg district on his merits,
et thiere are two Repubican candi
ktes in the Norfolk district and the
ivisioui of thle vote is likely to result
a the return of a Democrat.
in l orth Carolina the Democrats
ave a good prospect of regaining~ either
he Fifth or Ninth districts. Brower,
tepublican, c:arried the former in 1888
v only 675 votes, and Ewart the latter
v 518. The vote in both districts was
full one. Cheatham, the only origi
Lal colored memnber of the House, car-1
ied the Scond district by hut 653, but
is district is Republican.
The Second district of Louisiana,
art of the city of Newv Orleans, was
arried by Coleman. Republican, in
83 by 174 majority. It was entirely
ue to D~emocratic dissension andl the
istrict this year will go heavily Demo
ratic.
In Kentucky the Legislature has re
istricted the State and all the strono
tepublian counities have been massea
r one district. This assures a gain of
ne member to the Democrats.
The Legislature of Tennessee has
iso redistricted that State and the
hird, or Chattanooga district, which
eturned a RepubncaIn in 1888 by 28$
ajority, had a thousan~d more Demo
ratic voters put into it.
The Republicans elected four meme
iers to the presnt Congress from M1is
sourj. inree or Tnein were irom z.
Louis districts heretofore represented
by Democrats. It is safe to assume
that at least one of them will be re
:leemed.
Four Democrats were returned from
West Virginia in 1888 by small majori
Ies. two of whom have since been un
seated. It is fair to divide the -delega
lion eqally between the parties at the
comir',s election, considering how close
the State is.
In Arkansas the Republicans are
Likely to gain a member. They had
none at the opening of the present Con
7ress, but unseated two Democrats.
So the result of the estimate shows a
net loss to the Republicans of three and
a net gain to the Democrats of three
in sixteen Southern States.
In the Eastern States the Democrats'.
now have 28 Conrressman, while the
Republicans have.67. It is expected in
the approaching election that the fig
ures will stand about as follows:
Democrats 31, Republicans 64, being a
gain of 3 members for the Democrat&s
Maine has already voted and elected
four Republicans. In New Hampshire
the Democrats have a fair prospect of'
electing one member, as they have also_
n Rhode Island, but both are conceded
to the Republicans in the estimate.
In Massachusetts only the two Boston
listricts are put down as Domocratic,
though the Democrats have hopes of
:thers. The delegation is left tin
:hanged. In Connecticut a gain of one
flistrict can be safely claimed by the
Democrats. In several Congresses they
have had three members. The Repub
icans carried the first; third and fourth
:listricts in 1888 by 813, 748 and 26 ma
jority respectively.
In New York the Democrats are z'nv.
:ee;ed a gain of one distric*. They
lost the Fifteenth District in 1888 by
74 votes. In the Buffalo distiict John
M. Farquhar has been left out in the
cold, and against the present Republi
-an nominee Mr. Dan Lockwood, the
Democrat., can win. In the Thirty
third the Republicans are as badly di
vided as in 1888, when John Wiley car
ried the district by 564. Many helieve
that the Republicans will lose the Ro
ehester district, owing to the unpopu
larity of their nominee, Dan Voorhis.
Mr. Greenleaf, the Dmocratic candi
date, beat him several years ago.
In New Jersey the Democrats are
sure of the three districts they now
hold, and are likely to capture the
Newark district.
In Pe'nnsylvania the bolt against
Delamater. Senator Quay's candidate
for Governor, is likely to affect the
close districts, and in one of them, the
Twenty-fifth, two Republicans are in
the field, so that a Democratic gain of
one is not an unreasonable claim.
From this section. including New
England and New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. a Democratic gain
of three and a Republican loss of three
is claimed to be the probable result.
Lastly, the Western section or the
country, embracin the nineteen re
maining States. Six of these-North
and South Dakota. Montana. Washing
ton, Wyoming and Idahe-id not vote
in 1S88, though the first four'id in 1889
and their Representatives par icipated
in the organization of the present
House.
In this seetion-a gain for-the-emo
crats of eight members can be confi,
dently expected, and a corresponding
loss by the Republicans, and when the
test of political probabilities is applied
to this claim it-will be readily seen that
it is a conservative one.
In Ohio a Democratic gain of seven
members is a very conservative claim.
In the present Congress there are but
live Democrats froni- Ohio to sixteen
Republicans. The "infamous" gerry
mander which produced this result has
been duplicated by the recent Demo
eratic Legislature, with the shoe on the
other foot, and fifteen districts have
been constructed with Democratie ma
jorities ranging from six hundred to
three thousand. Six districts were
made heavily Republican, in some of.
the districts the Democratic majority
is small, notably in the Sixth, Eighth
and Thirteenth. wvhere it does not ex
eeed 1,000, and so these districts are
conceded to the Republicans in-the esti
mate. Moreover, the Republicans them
seives concede eleven districts to the
Democrats, and say that if they can
keep the Democrats down to that figure
they will have won a great Republican
victory.
in 1888 the Indiana Democrats car
ried ten of the thirteen Congressional
D~istricts. Six of the ten, however, were
carried by less than 750 plurality, four
of them by less than 500, and t wo of
them by less than 100 plurality, the
First District ~by 20 votes and the
Eighth by 09. It is well known that
t~he Republican managers sacrificed
everything to secure the electoral vote
rof the State for Harrison. It is there
tore safe to assume that the Republi
eans will gain two districts this year,
and they are accorded that in the esti
mate.
In Michigan a gain of one is assured
to the Democrats. In 1888 they lost
the Sixth District by only 367, and the
Tenth, or Bay City District, oy only
113, and in the latter the Republicans
put forward their strongest candidate,
who is not in the field this year.
In Wisconsin the only gain claimed
for the Democrats is the Milwaukee
district. That city elected a Demnocra
tic mayor this spring by over 6,000 ma
jority, and on an issue which is the
issue in this campaign. WVhile the
D emocrats have nominated the million
aire John Michell as their candidate.
the present Rlepuublican member. Van
schaick, who has never met defeat,
would not consent to run again.
ie dropped out once before when
Democratic success was assured. In
Iowa a gain of one is claimed from the
Republicans. Last year Governor Boles
carried live of the el -ven districts in
the State. Certainly one of these should
elIect a Democrat this year. The Io'va
liistrict, now held by the Democrats,t.nd
the two held by thema in Wisconsin a're
largely Democratic and safe.
T he abov e are the only Western
Staites in w hich any Democratic gains
ire cl aid, though there is a good
prospect of defeating the Republican
:adidates in both the First and Fourth
ilifornia districts, now represented in
Jongress by Republicans, The esti
arte is intended to be conservative.
tid gives to the Republicans everV
hing they can possibly hope to carry.
To sum up, the Republicans cannot
wope to secure more than fourteen
ntemblers in the South, sixty-four in
he East and seventy-nine in the West,
mad to secure this representation they
tre accorded nearly every doubtful dis
riet. The representation will then
tand nearly as follows:
Republicans. Democrats.
inst.............864 31
,Vest...........793
outh...........14 107
Total........157 175
Democratic majority at lowest calcu
A n insane P'rinter
MUNICE, Ind., Oct. 10.-Win.Shumm,
printer on the Miunice Times, laid his
mead on the Big? Four track, near Sali
la this conty, and wa decapitated by
i freight train. He leaves a widow
md eightschildren in destitute circum
itances. He was made insane by set
Ling up the description of a murder
