Newspaper Page Text
CLEVELAND’S ACCEPTANCE
01 He Deiocralic Nomination lor Pres-
Ment ct Hie United States.
Tariff Reform Paramonnt—His Views
on Financial ami Other (Questions.
Now York, September 20.—Tho follow ing
in tho k-u«r oi orover Cleveland accepting
tit t k> 1 . ■‘Uluru u.-> me democratic canaic*. to
for pieaident oi the Lulled States:
To lion. \\ iliiuru L. Wilson auu Others,
Gommitle -Oi ictnen: in responding to
your formal notification of my nomination to
tho presidency by the iiaiio.i.d democracy, I
hope J. may be permitted to say at the outset
that continued reflection and observation have
continued iu me my adherence to opinions
Jelled. XniiTis “jSltloL Tutolv^ln
the can va >s. a time, above ah others.
when tbe.-.i; ,pi, -lions should be considered
sion .he of II,,, ,rin< fplea upon I which the „he, out government . =|;
Is baaed and a clear understanding of the
relation it bears to the people for whose bene-
fit it was created. Wc Khali thus be supplied
with a test by which the value of any proposl
tion relating to the maintenance and ad
ministration of our government cau be uscer-
talned, and by which the justb < and honesty
of every political 1 question cau be judged. If
-
doctrines , or theories , , are presented j which , . « do ,
not satisfy this test loyal Americanism must
pronounce them false and mischievous. The
protection of the people iu the exclusive use
and enjoy,,,, m of their property and earnings
conceded!j constitutes the especial purpose
and mi -ion of our free government. This
design is go interwoven with the structure of
our plan of rule that a failure to protect a
citizen in such use or enjoyment or their
Justifiable dlininuition by the government itseif
is a betrayal of the people’s trust.
Tari f i* I’fo rm.
Wo have, however, undertaken t . build a
great nation i p<m a plan .........hilly our own
To maintain it and to fuini Ji, through it?
agency, means for the accompli lunent of
national objects, the At •lean people ur >
willing, through federal taxation, to surrender
a part of their earnings and income. Tariff
legi.shil if,n presents a familiar form of federal
taxation. Such e glslation results as surely in
a tax up m the dally life of our people as
tho tribute paid directly into the hand of the
taxgatlierer. We feel the burden of these
tariff taxes t<fn palpably to be persuaded by
any sophistry that they do not exist, as they
are paid by foreigners. Such taxes representing
a dlininuition of the property rights of the
people are only justifiable when laid and col¬
lected for the purpose of maintaining our
government and furnishing means for the
accomplishment of its legitimate purposes
and functions. This is taxation under the
operation of a tariff for revenue. It accords
wiih tho professions of American free insti¬
tutions, and Its justlce^and honesty answer
tho test supplied by a correct appreciation of
tho principles upon which these institutions
rest- This theory of *■••!!? legislation maul
festly enjoins strict economy In public ex¬
penditures and their limitation to legitimate
public uses, inasmuch as it prohibits absolute
extortion and exaction, by way of taxation,
from the substance of the people beyond the
necessities of a careful and proper administra¬
tion of the government.
Opposed to this theory, the dogma is now
boldly presented that turlff taxation is justifi¬
able for the express purpose and Intent of
thereby promoting especial interests and enter¬
prises. Such a proposition is so clearly con¬
trary to the spirit of our constitution and so
directly encourages disturbance by selfishness
and greed of patriotic sentiment that its state¬
ment would rudely shock our people, if they
had not already been insidiously allured from
tho safe landmark of principle. Never has
an honest desire for national growth, patri¬
otic devotion to country and sincere regard
for those who toil, been so betrayed by the
aupport of a pernicious doctrine. Iu its be¬
half, the plea that our Infant industries should
be fostered, did service until discredited by
our stalwart growth; then followed the ex¬
igencies of a terrible war which made our
people heedless of opportunities for the ul¬
terior schemes afforded by their willing and
patriotic payment of unprecedented tribute;
and now, after a long period of peace, when
our overburdened countrymen ask for relief
and restoration to the fuller eujoymeut of
their incomes and earnings, they are met by
tho claim that tariff taxation for the sake oi
protection is an American system, the con
tlnuauce of which is necessary in order that
higu wages may be paid to our workingmen
and a home market be provided for our larni
products. These pretenses should no longer
deceive. Truth is such that the system is
directly antagonized by every sentiment of
JuMice aud fairness, of which Americans are
pre-eminently proud. It Is also true that while
harder our people defend themselves agaiust the
homo life, which such tariff taxation
decrees, tiie workingman, suffering from the
importation aud employment of pauper labor
instigated by liis professed friends aud seek¬
ing security for his interests in organized eo
advantages operation, stilt waits for a division of the
secured to his employer under the
cover ot generous solicitude tor his wages,
■while the farmer is learning that the prices
of ids products are fixed iu foreign markets,
win re fie suffers from competition invited
and built up by the system he is asked to
ftupport. The straggle for unearned advan¬
tage the at the d airs ot the government tramples
OU the rights of those who patiently rely upon
assurance of American equality. Evers
governmental concession to clamorous favor
ltes invites corruption in political affairs by
encouraging bauch the expenditure of money to de¬
favorable suffrage iu support of a policy directly -ii
the to private and selfish gain. This
end must strangle patriotism and weaken
popular confidence iu the rectitude of republi¬
can institutions. Though the subject of tariff
legislation involves the question of markets;
it also involves the question of morals.
We cannot with impunity permit iujustief
to tuiut the spirit of right and equity, which
is the life of our republic, and we shall fail
to reach our national destiny if greed
and selfishness lead the way. Recognizing
these truths, the national democracy will
seek, by the application of just and sound
ings principles, due them to equalize from the to government our people the they bless¬
port. to promote sup¬
among our countrymen a
closer community of interests, cemented bv
patriotism and national pride, ami to point
out a fair field, where prosperous aud diver¬
sified American enterprise may grow and
thrive in the wholesome atmosphere of Amer¬
ican industry, ingenuity and intelligence.
Tariff reform is still our purpose.
We oppose the theory that tariff laws must
be passed having for their objeet the granting
of discriminating and unfair governmental
aid to private ventures. We wage no exter¬
minating believe war agaiust any American interests.
plished " e in accordance a readjustment can be accom¬
with the principles wo
profess believe without disaster or demolition, Yv’e
that the advantages of free raw ma¬
terials should be accorded to our manufac¬
turers. aud we contemplate a fair and careful
distribution of necessary tariff burdens, rather
than the precipitation of free trade.
We anticipate with calmness the misrepre-
■entation of our motives and purposes, insti¬
gated by a selfishness which seeks to hold in
the Unrelenting grasp tartfT its unfair advantage under
present laws. We will rely upon
the ..ntelltgence of our fellow countrymen to
reject the charge that the party comprising
a majority of our people is planning the de-
•truction or injury of American interests, and
we know they cannot be frightened bv the
■peoter of impossible free trade. The admin¬
istration and management of our government
depend upon the popular will. Federal power
Is the instrument of that will—not its master,
inerefore the attempt of the opponents of
democracy •uffrag* to interfere with and control the
of states through federal agencies,
develops a design which no explanation can
tmtixat*. to reverse fundamental and safe ro-
Iftuoa* between the people and their govern-
Such an attempt cannot fail to be re-
by thoughtful men as a proof of a
oota determination to secure the a seen done v
or e. discredited party in reckless disregard
” •oppression of the popular will. To
resist «uch a scheme is an impulse of the de-
*‘7" -kt all times and in al! places we
Me peeple. As against the disposition
to force the way to federal power, we pre-
Bent to them as our claim to their confidence
rlgtits" : '* >0rt ’ a stcai *T championship of their
The Stiver and Gold
The people are entitled to sound and honest
money, ply abundantly sufficient in volume to sup¬
their business needs. But whatever mar
be the form of the people's currency, national
ml, whether gold, silver or paper—it
5rnm!L ernmcital b ? action no regulated or by wise and and guarded careful by laws gov-
%i ?“® a d ^ability CaQ of , £ its ^uded value. as Every to the dollar certainty put
h f ui s of t he people should be of the
K intrinsic , , value or purchasing power.
upon ^VTtil^r equai terms
in the adjust men subject t of our
eummey l n dealing with This no
scheme should be allowed to intervene
an«l no d nt tful experiment should he at¬
from tempted. The wants of our people, arising
a circulation, deficiency or imperfect distribution fully and hon¬ of
money estly recognized and ought efficiently to be remedied, It
should, however, be constantly remembered
that the inconvenience or loss that might
arise from such a situation can be much
easier iiorne than the universal distress which
must follow discredited currency.
Civil Service Reform.
Public officials are agents of the people. It
is, therefore, their duty to secure for those
whom they represent the best and most ef¬
ficient performance of public work. This
plainly can best be accomplished by regarding
ascertained fitness in the selection of govern¬
ment efflployes. These considerations alons
are a sufficient Justification for an honest ad¬
herence to the letter and spirit of civil ser¬
vice reform. There are. however, other fea¬
tures of this plan which abundantly commend
it. Through its operation worthv merit In
every station and condition of American life
is recognized in the distribution of public em¬
ployment, while its application tends to raise
the standard of political activity from spoils
banting and unthinking party affiliation to the
advocacy of party principles by reason and
argument.
Tbe American people are generous and
impressed these char-
their government Thera-
veteran soldiers and for the families of those
who have died. No complaint should be made
of the amount of public money paid to those
actually disabled or made dependent by re*-
son of army service. But our pension roll
should be a roll of honor, uncontaminated by
ill dersert and iuvitiated by demagogic use.
This is due to those whose worthv names adorn
Jbe honor roll, the and brave to all and our true. people It who Is also delight due to to
those w ho, in years to come, should be allowed
to i 10ar _ reverently and lovinglv, the story of
American patriotism and fortitude, illustra-
ted by our pension roll. Preferences accorded
t® veteran soldiers in public employment
£(Usk^and their claim the helpful whin'“SSe^an“wort regard gratitude hj]
to and
of their countrymen should bo ungrudgingly
acknowledged,
Against Sumptuary Laws.
Assurances lo the people of tbe utmost in-
dividual liberty consistent with peace and
good order is a cardinal principle of our gov¬
ernment. This gives no sanction to vexatious
sumptuary laws which unnecessarily interfere
with such habits and customs of our people
as are not offensive to the Just moral sense
and not inconsistent with good citizenship and
the public welfare. Such a principle re-
quires that the line between subjects which
are properly within governmental control and
those which are more fittingly left to parental
regulations, could be carefully kept in view.
An enforced education, wisely deemed proper
preparation for citizenship, should not In¬
volve the impairment of wholesome parental
authority nor do violence to the household of
science. Paternalism in the government finds
no approval in the creed of democracy, It is
a symptom of misrule, whether it Is mani¬
fested in authorized gifts or by an unwar-
ranted control of personal and family affairs.
Our people, still cherishing the feeling of hu-
tnau fellowship which belonged to our beginn¬
ing as a nation, require their government to
express for them their sympathy with all those
who are oppressed under any rule less free
than ours. The generous hospitality, which
Is one of the most prominent of our national
characteristics, prompts us to welcome the
worthy and industrious of all lands, to homes
and citizenship among us. This hospitable
sentiment Is not violated, however, bv careful
of and public reasonable health, regulations does it for justify the the p’rotection
nor recep¬
tion of immigrants who have no appreciation
of our institutions and whose presence among
us is a menace to good peace and good order.
The Importance of the construction of th«
Nicaragua ship canal, as means of promoting
commerce between our states and with for¬
eign countries, and also a contribution by
Americans to enterprises which advance the
interests of the world of civilization, should
commend the project to the government’* ap¬
proval and endorsement.
Our countrymen not only expect from those
who represent them in public places a sedu¬
lous care for things which are directly and
palpably related to their material intereat*
but they also fully appreciate the value of
cultivating our national pride and maintain¬
ing our national honor. Both their material
interests and their national pride and honor
are involved in the success of the Columbian
exposition, and they will not be Inclined to
condone any neglect of effort on the part of
their government to insure In the grandeur of
tins event a fitting exhibit of American growth
ami greatness, and a splendid demonstration
of American patriotism.
In an imperfect and incomplete manner I
have thus endeavored to state some of the
things which accord with the creed and in¬
tentions of the party to which I have given
my life-long allegiance. My attempt has not
been to instruct, mv countrymen nor mv party,
hut to remind both that democratic doctrine
lies near the principles of our government aud
tends to promote the people’s good.
I am willing to be accused of addressing
my fashion, countrymen upon trite topics in a homely
for I believe that important truths
ire I omul on the surface of thought, and that
th -y -should be stated in direct and simple
record te-ins. Though much is left unwritten, mv
for misunderstanding as a public servant leaves no excuse
the questions my belief and position
on the which are now presented to
voters of the land for their decision. Call¬
ed for a third time to represent the party of
mv choice in the contest for the supremacy
of democratic principles, my grateful appre¬
ciation of its confidence, less than ever, efface*
the solemn sense of mv responsibility If the
action of the convention you represent shall
tie endorsed by the suffrages of mv country¬
men. 1 will assume the duties of "the great
office for which I have been nominated know-
tng full well its labors and perploxities. and
with hiitnMe reliance upon the divine being.
Infinite in power to ai*l and constant in watch¬
ful care over our favored nation. Cleveland/ Yours very
tr ” ly - gkover
Gray Gables, _ September 26.
THE CENTRAL’S AFFAIRS
Will in all Probability be Straightened
Out Satisfactorily.
A special disp itch from New York says:
Important steps were taken Thursday in
the direction ot securing the discharge of
the Georgia Central receivers and taking
& *p the floating debt now held by Speyer
Co. It is also like v that the manage¬
ment «f the road will change hands, Pres
ident Corner stepping out and bciug suc¬
ceeded by C. EL Phinizy, of Augusta, Ga.
Formal act on in tho matter was taken at
a full board meeting of the Georgia Cen¬
tral directors held at the Fifth Aveuua
hotel, where a committee was appointed
with full power to readjust the floating
dsbt and secure the discharge of the re¬
ceivers. A full membership of the com¬
mittee could not be found, but among
those on it are: E. Rollins Morse, of E.
Rollins Morse A Bras , Boston; E. D»n-
nsson, of E. W. Clark & Co., Philadel¬
phia; F. M. Colson, of Wilson, Colson
Ss Co,, Baltimore; C. H. Phinizy, of
Augusta, Ga.; E. T. Woodward, presi¬
dent of the Hanover bank of New York,
and Emanuel Lehman and H. B. Hollins,
also of New York.
It was generally understood that be¬
fore the committee was formally appoint¬
ed that they had fully discussed the
matter and all arrangements made to pay
ofl the floating debt and change the man¬
agement of the company.
AMPLE ASSETS.
The New York Tribune, in its issue of
Friday, says: Georgia
' The Central management hu
been rev )lulionized in tho last year. In No¬
vember. 1891. when the Calhoun brother* wero
■till in the board of directors, provided the pressing
needs of the company were for by a
loan made by a ban-ing A syndicate L. Yon inoluaing Hoff¬
Speyer A Co., Kuh >. Lo b Co.,
man A Co.. Halljiarten A Co., and others; ft„d
one other was made by the Mutual Lile Insur¬
ance Company. In I st January ih’ Richmond
Terminal influence ;ef; the Calhoun brother*
off the board of director* of the Georgia Cen¬
tral. The imeg'e to re-organizs the Richmond
Terminal system follows 1, but i » March the
Georgia Central was place 1 in the hands of a
receiver, and since that time the oomp-uiy has
bs*a managed Terminal.' by interests boatiie to the Rich¬
mond
Litigation over the Paelfl; lease of the Georgia Cen¬
tral to the Georgia followed afid a mass
of l-:g*l comp iea ion arose which is 8til nh-
It is said by ths friends of the Geor¬
gia O trai that it would not require more
than $5,000,000 or $*3,090,000 to provide for the
Speyer and other loans aud interests on bond¬
ed indebtedness now in default The asse s of
the company are alleged to be ample for tha
purpose f raising this money.
Forest fires, scald rad grra&open are
given for a short cranberry otojb effect in
New Jersey. There is a report to the
that the increasing practice of sprayiag
fruit trees is thinning out the sparrow*.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tie Revs of tbe World Condensed Into
Ply and Pointed Paragratlis.
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Headers.
Two more mail wagon drivers have
been arrested in Philadelphia, charged
with robbing the mai's.
leader, Hugh O'Donnell, the Homestead strike
was refused bail at Pittsburg,
Saturday, main and will be compelled to re¬
in jail until his trial.
Offers of silver to the treasury depart¬
ment 875,000 at Washington Monday aggregated
ounces, and amount purchased
was 606,000 ounces at $8,880 and $8,385.
The state convention of the people’s
party in Connecticut was held at Meri¬
den, Saturday. A full list of state offi¬
cers down. were nominated, from governor
A news special of Saturday from Balti¬
more says: The order of the Iron Hall
has been reorganized and Freeman D.
Somerby, of Philadelphia, re-elected su¬
preme justice.
A New York dispatch says: Th<j body
of Patrick Sarslield Gilmore arrived at the
Grand Central depot Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Gilmore has agreed to a military
funeral for her husband.
A dispatch of Satuidty from the City
of Mexico says: The chamb r of depu¬
ties, which constitutes the electoral col¬
lege, has again declared Diaz president
of Mexico for four years, from the first of
next December.
Reports of Saturday from Deming, N.
M., state that an outbreak h is oecuried
among the Apache Indians in the Sierra
Madra mountains and a family of sett
lers near Colonia Pacheco have been
murdered by them.
me presbytery of Cincinnati in session
Thursday, decided, by a large majouty,
to put on trial for heretical teaching, one
of its members, Prof. Henry P. Smith,
of Lane Theological Seminary. The
trial will begin October 5th.
A dispatch of Monday from Staunton,
Va., states that valuable discoveries of
ouyx at Bridgewater, Rockingham coun¬
ty, have been recently made. The onyx
was found to be abundant and of su¬
perior quality, and a syndicate of Boston
capitalists have purchased the property
for $9,000.
A special of Saturday from Martins
ville, Ind,, says: Charles Hamilton, in
behalf of the state, has filed a suit
against County Auditor Santa and Treas¬
urer Langwood to test the constitution¬
ality of the democratic apportionment
laws of 1885 and 1891. Similar suits
will be filed in every county in the state
where the districts were affected by these
measures.
Following close upon the report from
New York that there was no cholera in
the lower bay Monday comes a special
that the dread scourge had again broken
out. Two new cases were reported on
board the steamer Bohemia Tuesday
morning, the first in seven days. Dr.
Jenking is waiting for further informa¬
tion. The Bohemia still has her steerage
passengers on board, though her cabin
are all out.
Three small children—Charles Brown,
George and John Bogart, were choked to
death at Bordentun, N. J. Tuis lay. The
deed was done at the residence of Bo¬
gart, by the mother of Charles Brown.
The woman is believed to be insane.
After killing the children she went to
Marshal Hall and told mim that he would
find three dead babies in the house on
Chestnut street. She admitted that she
had killed the children, but said she
could not tell why she did it,
A Saratoga, N. Y., third dispatch department says: The
general term of the of
the supreme court Thursday morning
handed down a decision in the legislative
apportionment case of the people ex rel
George C. Carter, of Utica, against Frank
Rice, Secretary of State. The motion
aud application for mandamus and in¬
junctions were denied and apportionment
by the extra session was declared consti¬
tutional. The opposition byMayham, P.
J., and justice Herrick. Justice Putnam
expresses no opinion, not having had
time to examine into the case.
The supreme court at Madison, Wis.,
rendered a decision Tuesday morning in
the second gerrymander case. It holds
that the court has jurisdiction in the
case and overthrows tbe demurrer of
Senator Vilas, based on the claim that
the suit should have been brought by the
attorney general instead of by the peti¬
tioner, Lamb. It holds that Lamb is en¬
titled to bring the suit, and that the bill
of the plaintiff contains sufficient ground
for action. This is practically an over¬
throw of the last gerrymander. The plaintiff de¬
fense will answer the bill of the
at once.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Developments for the
Past Week.
Tha establishment of two large packing
houses, one at Nashville, Tenn., and the other
at Dallas, Texas, are the important features of
the past week in the south, a a to industrial de¬
velopment, C together with the organization at
vingron, Ky., of a wagon making company
with §700,000 capital.
Several new cotton mills were organized dur¬
ing the week. This branch of manufacturing
business is doing well and fair profits are re¬
ported. The weather has been unfavorable for
cotton picking, and the new crop is not coming
into market in good shape thus far. All reports
confirm tbe predictions of a sb rt crop. Gener¬
al business is gefod, and is increasing with tbe
marketing of the crops.
Thirty-one new industries were established
or enlargements incorporated during tbo week, together with
6 of manufactories and 24 im¬
portant new buildings. Among the new in¬
dustries reported are an iron working plant at
Covington, Kv., a brass company at Bessemer,
Ala., and a furnace at Itockwood, Teuu. A
coa mine will be opened at Moses Fork, West
Virginia, Louisville, a quarry with $250,000 capital at
Dallas, Ky., a $50.0(0 stamping e“mpany
at Tex., a $100,000 fru t company at
Galveston, Tex,, a $50,000 packing company
at Dallas Tex . and a phospha e company at
niston, Anthony, Fla. fibre A tannery is reported*at An¬
Ala , a comp uy at Charleston. H.
C., and a knitting mill at Elizabethton, T nn.,
and woolen mills at Blountsville and John.-on
City, Tenn., Tenn.. a carriage factory at Chattanooga,
Tenn., a $25,000 chair factory at Memphis,
a $4 >,000 furniture company at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., lumber companies each with
$50,000 capital at Prescott, Ark., and Texar¬
kana, Tex., a $700,000 wagon company at Cov¬
ington. Ky, and saw and planing mills at Mt.
Olive, N. C., Clarksdale, Miss., and Jefferson,
Tes.
The enlargements for the week include a can-
im.g factory at Fraz er, Ga., a fertiliz r com-
t any at Charleston, 8. C.. rice mills at Bayou
Lab; a're, Ala., water works at Greenville, Tex.,
a box factory at Fort Meade, Fla., and a furni¬
ture fac ory at Guntersv lle. Ala. Among the
new build ngs a- e a bank bnilding at Wilming¬
ton, N. C..a $30,000 bath house at Hot Springs,
Ark., busine8ss houses at Calhoun, Ga., Cle¬
burne, Tex., and Wheeling, W- Ya., a church
at Crewe, Va.. a $20,000 club house at Jackson¬
ville, Fla., college and school bnildinca at Pe-
tersburg, Tenn., Caudhr. N- < Bastrop and
Houston, Macon, Tex., an l Suffolk, Va-, and power
boosts at Ga., and Wheeling, W. Va.—
Tha Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn.
cOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS
Meet iu State Convention at Columbia
Tillman Nominated.
The South Curo'ioa state democratic
'’'invention met nfc Columbia at noou
Wednesday; full delegations p estet
Uie primary elections already held hav-
ng settled the question of Dominations
for state officers except as to attorney
general, in which there is only local in
terest, the greatest interest iu the con-
veation hinged on whether the state de
mocracy would align itself with the na-
tioual democracy. The Horning session
was occupied m effecting permanent or¬
ganization and rou ine work, It sc ess
was taken till 0 p. in.
Upon reassembling the cimmittee on
platform and resolutions reparted the
following:
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
We, representatives of the democratic
party of South Carolina, in convention
assembled, do reaffirm our allegiance to
the principles of the party as formulated
i>y Jefferson, exemplified and illustrated
by ids successors in the leadership, and
endorsed by our people in the recent pri¬
mary electio n, and we pledge our loyal
support to the nominees of the national
democracy, Cleveland an 1 Stevenson.
We denounce as unpatriotic and infa¬
mous the attempts which have been made
to injure the credit and honor of the
state, both at home and abroad.
The people of South Carolina, con-
scious of their ability and integrity, are
determined that every just obligation of
the state shall be honorably and prompt¬
ly discharged, and we boldly proclaim
that upon this one subject there is no
difference or division of sentiment among
some of the states. The bonded debt of
the state is small. Her resources are large
and ample. In her phosphate deposits
alone the state is rich, and since the liti¬
gation in regard thereto lias been adjust¬
ed, the monthly receipts from the phos¬
phate royalty for the past two months were
nearly sufficient to meet the interest on
the debt itself. Wo earnestly necommend
to the legislature to set aparbby law any
excess of the phosphate royalty after
paying the annual interest on the state
debt as a sinking fund to be, placed at
interest and sacredly kept ai^d used for
the purpose of paying the principal of
the state debt.
TILLMAN TICKET NOMINATED.
Governor, Benjamin Tillman; lieuten¬
ant governor, Eugene B. Cary; secretary
of state, J. E. Tindall; comptroller gen¬
eral, W. H. Etlerbe; treasurer, W. T. C.
Bates; attorney-geuerai, D. A. Towns¬
end; superintendent of education, W. D.
Mayfield; adjutaut and inspector general
H. L. Farley, were nominated as the
state ticket by the Farmers’ Alliance
deraociats, the regular democracy of the
state.
The result was received with tumultu¬
ous cheering. The candidates who re¬
ceived the nominations were then intro¬
duced to the convention and made short
speeches presidential of acceptance. The election
of electors will result in the
selection of the Tillman ticket, the mem¬
bers of which are pledged to support
Cleveland and Stephenson. The couven-
tioby a viva voce vote passed the fol¬
lowing resolution:
“We, the democratic party of South
Carolina in convention assembled, desire
to express our appreciation of thejpatri-
otic services of the Columbia Register,
its able editor, Mr. T. L. Gantt, in behalf
rights of the cause of true democracy and the
of the people.”
After the transaction of some further
routine business, the convention ad¬
journed sine die.
CANADAY SUICIDES.
Ho was Ex-Sergeant-at-Arms of the
United States Senate.
A Washington special says: The cli¬
max to a decade of wild, adventurous
speculation in projects of a hazardous
kind, in the hope, always delusive, that
each successive scheme would bring him
large wealth, came, some time between
G :80 and 7 o’clock Tuesday morniug, in
the suicide of William P. Canady, of
North Carolina, formerly sergeant-al¬
arms of the United States Senate, and
known to politicians throughout the
country for years as one of the leading
republicans in the south. The suicide
was a sensational one.
CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN ROBED.
Prior to the ;micide, Colonel Caaaday
was seen about daylight Tuesday morn
ing bound by a slight cord fastening
to the door, which fastenings he
told the gentlemen he had alarmed by
his outcries, had been bound on him by
burglars, who at the point of a knife,
had forced him to open his safe, and had
abstracted therefrom the most of its con¬
tents. Following this scene was anoth¬
er, in which J. Q. A. Houghton, cap¬
tain on Hancock’s staff during the war
and partner of Col. Cauaday’s, told his
partner that he did not believe the story,
and would have it investigated by the
police.
CHARGED WITH FRAUD.
Captain Houghton accused Canaday
of an attempt to defraud. Subsequently
Houghton stated to a reporter that Mon¬
day evening he (Houghton) had put $2,-
000 in bills in the safe, the combination
te which was known only to himself and
Colonel Canaday.
The third scene was that which was
visible almost an hour later when Cap¬
tain Houghton returned with a police¬
man who broke open the window, the
doors having been locked by Col. Cana¬
day on tlie inside, and found the former
seargent-at-armr of the senate, lying iu a
bath of blood from the effects of a pis¬
tol wound through tbo head, entirely
irum ear to ear.
A STATUE UNVEILED.
Greenville, S. C., Honors the Heroes
of the Lost Cause.
A Greenville, S. C. dispatch says: Af¬
ter two postponements on account of bad
weather, the monument to the confed¬
erate dead of this city and coun’y was
unveiled before an immense audience at
12 o’clock Tuesday. The monument
stands on upper Main street between
North and College streets. The design
is a handsome aud graceful one repre¬
senting a confederate soldier in full uni¬
form and equipments, standing at parade
rest and facing the south. The figure is
ten feet high and rests on a pedestal
twenty feet in height. Jhe whole is of
white marble. It was erected by the
Ladies’ 3Iemor;al Associa'ion of Green¬
ville, who have been working for it for
nearly twenty years.
A notable feature of the occasion was
the appearance of the old flag of the
Fourth South Carolina volunteers. As the
veil was pulled aside ou a rope stretched
across the street the old flag was sudden¬
ly drawn until the statu: on the monu¬
ment was in its shadow. It was greeted
with a yell-by the large crowd of veterans
present. This flag was presented by some
Virginia ladies to the Fourth South Caro¬
lina regiment, and was carried by them
through the war.
Married) Women in the Weal.
The weatera married man has no stand*
ing in society except bv Ins wife’s Bide.
The man who “runs” the towns are sel¬
dom seen at the parties, which are man¬
ned- by their unmarried clerks. In the
old^courtly social individuality; days a man but and wife had a
gathering when a man
attends a social in the west he
is expected to seat himself beside his
wife and behave as well as he can, to the
end that people may understand that he
home, is not only fond of the women at Lis
but in company as well."
If a married man should attend a we*t-
ern social affair without his wife he
would be very apt to be approached by
a married woman who would ask him in
an audible whisper, “Where is your
wife? ’ and thiro would be a certain
something ing in the woman’s tone indicat¬
that he ought to be ashamed of him¬
self for being there under such circum¬
stances. I once knew a gay young hus¬
band to exhibit a paper, signed by his
wife, to the effect that he was at the
party alone with hef knowledge and con-
6ent.—E. W. Howe in Forum.
The Saltan’s Poisoner.
Among the Turks the usual method,
of trying und punishing a poisoner is to
make him drink his own concoction, if
any can be found. Otherwise the ac¬
cused is half strangled or beaten into a
confession. A poisoner who survives the
preleminary ordeals, but is convicted
ing nevertheless, is tortured to death the' by be¬
It spread eagled in the heat of sun.
is said that up to a recent period the
sultan’s list of palace employees included
a Turkish doctor, expert in poisons,
whose duties were not confined to attend¬
ing the sick and tasting the sultans food.
It has been known in Constantinople
that the skill of the sultan’s poison ex¬
pert was called into service whenever
his master wiebed to get rid of some i ne
who had offended but who had been
guilty of no open violation of the sul¬
tan’s wi9hes or decrees. The present,
sultan, Abdul Hamid, among other re¬
forms, has dispensed with the court pois¬
oner .—Pittsburg Leader.
The Way to Catch a Porcupine.
The porcupine climbs the tree as readily
as slip a squirrel and cut Would, his tail provided off while you he dou’t
up is go¬
ing up. Somehow or other he can’t climb
the tree without his tail, nor he won’t,
come down without it. If you catch one
of these porcupines climbing a tree and
chop his tail off he will stop right where
he is, and will stay there until he starves
to death, unless he is taken away.—Phil¬
adelphia Times.
The Phonograph in a Hen Coop.
M. du Haudray, following the method
of Professor Garnier’s studies of the Sim¬
ian language, has carried his phonograph
into the hencoop. He places it in one
henhouse where the “family” are at home,
and when the receiver has been cackled
into for a half an hour it is taken away
and made to repeat all the gossip in a
neighboring hencoop. The results of the
experiments are said to be marvelous.—
New York Journal.
A Far-Seeing Boy.
First Boy—“Why didn’t you get
Safety like mine?”
Second Boy—“Huhl Wouldn’t have
Safety, that’s why.”
“But that big wheel kind you’ve got
old-fashioned.”
“That’s all right. These old fnshiou-
ed ones suit me, Can’t carry bundles on
’em.”—Street & Smith’s Good News.
To Sell at Double Price.
The souvenir half dollais to be issued
in support of the World’s Columbian ex¬
position dollar are to be sold at the rate of
for each of the coins. The board
of directors has decided to sell the sou
venirs direct to the public instead
placing the entire issue in the hauds
some syndicate.
Easy Enough Apparently.
Miss Bach y—Yes; but how you
forgive and forget.
Mis3 Faraway—Oh, I can forgive,
it’s not so easy to forget.
Mis9 Bagley—Nonsense! I can tell you
a hundred things I’ve
Tit-Bits.
A Thin Querest.
Sunday Ipchool Superintendent—Tom¬
my, can you tell me why the lions didn’t
eat Daniel when he was in their den?
Tommy—I guess it must er b’en,
ter, ’cause he was like you and hadn’t
meat on him.—Boston Courier.
The first volume of Indian tales
the pen of Cooper appeared when
a fih r was 30.
Breathes There a Man
Who can inhale malaria-breeding air
impunity? No, not unless he be
against its insidious poison with
Stomach Bitters. Then, indeed, is he
Not only is this medicine most thorough as
bulwark against chills and fever and
remittent, constipation, but rheumatism, it thoroughly relieves biliousness, dyspep
ousness and kidney trouble.
A historic collection of railway tickets
be exhibite d at the World’s fair.
Many persons are broken down from over¬
work or household cares. Brow n’s Iron Bit¬
ters rebuilds the bile, system, aids digestion, re¬
moves excess of ana cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
made Seven-eights of of the wheat. bread made in London i-
American
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp¬
son’s Eye-water-Druggist*-sell at 25 per hot r e.
. 3k No Wonder
Pfc&tile Speak Well
of HOOD'S, “ For a
long time 1 was troubled
with weak stomach, In¬
digestion and Dys¬
pepsia. I began taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and
_________have not felt so well
Mr. II. J• Brundatre, over for years. My
seldom troubles mo now. My sister also took
Hood’s Sarsaparilla with very pleasing results.
I don’t wonder people si»eak well of
Sarsaparilla. Don’t see how they can
it.” R.J. J HUNDAGE, Norwalk, Sarsaparilla. Ct.
N.B.—Bo sure to get Hood’s
Hood's Fills act easily, yet promptly
efficiently on the liver and bow els.
if A used remedy by which, Wives
tv about the painful to experience ordeal
f attendant upon
Child-birth, proves
an infallible obviate* sptei-
— Sc for, and
*4 the torture* ofcon-
vy </ finement, lessening
f the dangers thereof
f to both mother and
druggists. child. Sold Sent by all by
L
% express on receipt
■UJ* of price, $1.50 per
bottle, charges pre-
_ paid.
BRAD FIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga.
A Cliolora Cnr*.
General Jordan of the Mining Record
says: “A tablespoonful of chloroform in
about four times as much water is an in¬
fallible cure for cholera. A doctor who
had lived in Mobile Ala., and had
great success in curing people during a
cholera epidemic there, told ms about it.
When, iu the Cuban revolution, I went
to Cuba to help organize the insurgeni remedy,
army, I had a chance to try the
for a cholera epidemic broke out among
the troops. My first experiment was on I
a negro, who was iu the last stages.
cured him and hundreds after him.
When we marched the officers carried
bottles of chloroform, and it a man fel
out sick with the cholera, the remedy
was applied, and he was able to resnmt
bis place. I have seen men lying by thi
roadside in a state of collapse, almost
dead. An officer would ride up, dis¬
mount, and apply the remedy, and be¬
fore the column had passed the ruan
would be in the ranks again."
Foundation lor n Factory City.
“Four railroads, one a belt line, and two fuel-
oil pipe-lines are sure to make a nig city here,”
said Jay A. Dwiggjns «fc Co., of Chicago, when
they lactories founded located Griffith. They were houses right. aud Four
at once, new stores
are going up daily.—Chicago News.
The thermometer has been proven to be
invention of Galileo in i-W.
S omctliing of Vital Importance.
Do you know that the state of the blood run-
ning in your health? veins is the cause of your sickness
or your This is a most important mat¬
ter, although overlooked by people who show
a great deal of good sense otherwise. Your
blood has to be kept ptire, or your whole system
gradually check becomes a wreck. It costs very little
to disease ami correct the state of the
blood if tile matter is taken up in time; hut it
costs a great deal, and is often impossible, if
taken up after disease lias gained a foothold.
If you are troubled with Syphilis, Itch. Hu¬
mors, Pimples, Swellings. Skin Disease, Rheumatism,
Liver Scrofula, Kidney Malaria, Catarrh, Fevers,
and diseases, old Sores, Erup¬
tions, or any’ other disorders resulting from im¬
pure blood, write at once to Dr. S. O. Parson
derful Savannah, Ga. llis Blood Purifier is . won- .....
bottle. remedy, Send and only costs one dollar per
2c stamp for pamphlet containing
a lot of private and valuable information. I)r.
Parsons Female Regulating Pills are very elli-
cacious. Write to him without delay.
Tlic Only One Ever Printed.
CAN YOU FIND THE WORD?
There is a 3-inch display advertisement in
this paper, this week, which lias no two words
alike except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house plac s a *
“Crescent” on everything they make and
of publish’ Look for it, send them the name
the word and they will return you book,
BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS or SAMPLES FREE.
An interpreter in the employ of the govern¬
ment on Ellis island speaks fifteen languages.
Ladies needing a tonic, or children who
Bitters. want building up, should take Brown’s Iron .. ..
It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Liver Complaints
makes the Blood rich and pure.
Some of the African tribes pull their fingers
till the joints crack as a form a salutation.
Beccham’s Anyone would he justified in recommending liver
Bills for all affections of the
and other vital organs.
Our old reliable ; eye-water cures weak or in¬
Price25c. flamed eyes or R. granulated Dickey DrugCo., liils without Bristol, pain. Va
John
J. A. JOHNSON, Medina, N. Y,, says: “Hall’s
Catorrh Cure cured me.” Sold by Druggists,75c.
P0'B
A Vi ' V
V •
fjlgl AS
4 m £
3 *
Ci Wm
"'*K
■pMl oisriS .
Both the method and results when
Syrup and of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
gently refreshing promptly to the taste, and acts
Liver and yet Bowels, cleanses on the Kidneys, the
tem effectually, dispels colds, head¬ sys¬
aches and fevers and cures habitual
only constipation. remedy of Syrup its kind of Figs is the
ever pro¬
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac¬
ceptable its to the stomach, prompt in
action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular Syrup remedy known.
of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug¬
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure wishes it promptly Ilo for any one who
to try it. not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCI8C0 - CAL -
Louisville, o ey. tiEvj YORK.
seven SEVENTEEN SEVENTY
-X >
Small.
Guaranteed to cure Bilious Attacks, Siek-
Headache and Constipation. 40 in each
bottle. Price 25c. For sale by druggists.
Picture “ 7,17, 70” and sample dose free.
<1. F. SMITH & C0„ Proprietors, NEW YORK.
NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
L ATLANTA, GA.,
I Treat* Def rmitie
p wiropjc D|d.i8e«, swell a-
' Hip. Spine and Joi- t-s, P ir-
» pi-, Pi e-, Fistula. Ci-
tarrh. Fcm t e and private
H* rnfa, Diseases
Y9of the Urinary Orga
Send ior ilins^rate i circa-
r r. Name f his i an r.
IT ISA DUTY you owevnnr-
eel fund family to set the best
value for roiiru muey. Ec OIIO-
mistc in your footwear by pur¬
chasing W. L. Douglas Shoe*,
which represent the best FOR
value for prices testify. a-ked, as
thousands will
S3T TA KE N O SUBSTITUTE. THE BEST SHOE IH THE . WORLD GENTLEMEN,
FOR THE MONEY.
t---. A genuine sevs-ed shoe, that t rill not rip, f ne calf, seamleas.
smooth lnaiUe, flexible, more comfortabie.stylish and durable than
utrom°*tVff$'? 01 J SC the price ’ custom made shoe*
eo
<5 A and S-> IInnd-sewed, fine calf shoe*. The most stylish,
fS $3 *. , 1 S« 8 SjrvSK &STS.
% v easyto S2. walk in, and Lnlf, will keep the End feet S‘J dry and warm.
e moSey Workingmen’s Shorg
„ n give i more wear for the taad
They are made for se rviee. The Increasing any other make.
MM InKTnen have found this sales show that wort-
out.
JJ BOYS’ worTlw by the boys everywhere. Sl ’ 7 * Sch The ?‘» 1 uiost Shoes gervp are e-
■ —
able shfics sold at tneso prices.
L A D “fF 2 SS’ oes *<*r MiSeesare *2.50, madeof S3 «re and Lest SI.75 Don-
m or ,.D 3 Calf, rt* - desired. Tiiey are verv ssvli&k. rrm,
form de and duraole. The $3 shoe equals made
shoes costing from $i to $ 5 . Ladles who w&h m ccono-
mizs in their footwear areflnding This nst
CAUTION’. — Iteware of Ct-aiersnibiflfiitlagshoes w th.
outVv. Douglas name and tbeprh-es?,-mp«ionbottcm-
ASK FOR W. L. DOUGLAS’ SHOES.
wanted. If not Upstage tor sale free. in your Will place gife send exclusive direct to sale I’actory, elntiit" m^2ud kind slv. general^ nn/trijii. w ‘‘' l h
ckunta where I have Write for to shoo dra t>ougla% P
no agents. Catalogue. W. L.
9 . '
« s
S9th agagBS^B*” N( &.ne E *. IS, mSTTItew which stain
44 German
99
William MeKeekan, Druggist bad at
Bloomiugdale, Micb. “ I have
the Asthma badly ever since I came
out of the army and though I have
been in the drug business ior fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every¬
thing on the market, nothing lias
given me the slightest relief until a
few mouths ago, when I used Bo-
schee’s German Syrup. I am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. I am greatly reliev¬
ed during the day and at night go to
sleeu without the least trouble. d>
v. «*f.i
THE
ONLY TRUE
y _ _
O HTr.'.3
<
' (C
s311—
Wlli purify BLOOD, regulate
—. . y KIDNEYS !KYS, remove l.IVEB i.i * r. J-
dlsoril ter, tiuihl strength,renew health anil
1 Ik appetite, tite. restore restore i
vigor igorofyouth. or youth. that D Dyspepsia* tired teel-
Indigestion, iugahsolutelv eradicated.
, V brightened, bram
Mind Increased,
power bones, nerves, mus¬
cles, receive new force,
[tiering front complaints using it, find pe-
8 culiar to their sex, Returns
ec<ly fies cure. Coat pi ex i on.
u t i
Sold everywhere. All genuine goods bear
“Crescent, ’’ Wcml us2 cent stamp tor y^.-pago
pamp lilct.
D3. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis. Mo.
Uniiks the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
— OK —
Other Chemicals
m u are used in the
i,-> preparation of
W. BAKER & CO.’S
£ i peamstCocoa fi
r i i’ tehicli is absolutely
1 ■. T It the has strength pure more Ml and than of soluble. Cocoa three mixed ti mea
with Starch, and Arrowroot or
Sugar, is far more eco¬
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED. _
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
AN ASTONISHING
romo FOR WOMEN.
& K r OF
£S3
It Strengthens the Weak, Quiets the
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE DISEASES.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
51.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA **ED. CO., Chattanooga, Tenn.
“•a I n
■
its Origin and History;
-ITS--
DO^CItlTSn^ I !eS£ W El^s I ifi i
u
An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad-
dress on receipt of Stamm
Dr. L. H. HARRIS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Every Ian His Own Doctor.
A GOO-pageProfus'-ly Illustrated Book, contain-
mg valuable information pertaining to di.s-
‘.LLA human system, showing Low to
F anil CURE with the i-imples-t of medi-
<ine.N. The book contains analysis of court-
snip and marriage and mar a t-ment of child-
t? -'sailed, 11 ’.besides post-pai useful for prescription’, recipes, etc.
1, 60 cents. Address
ATLANTA PUBLISHING HOUSE,
110 Loyd Street, Atlanta, Ga.
fMSQ’S CUfrEsfeRG J5
L j Consumptive* and people
t I who have weak lane* or Astb- *
mi, should use Piso’s Core for 7?
■ i Consumption. It ha* eared *
thomandi. It has not injur¬
ii ed one. It is not bad to take. 1
Itl8tbe beat coagh syrup. ‘S
Sold everywhere. SSc.
A. ti. U. ’9*2