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MACON. GA.* TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 24. 1894.
Dnllr, 97.00 a. Year.
KtnidoOopjr, b Cents.
GORMAN GOES
FOR CLEVELAND
The President's Letter to Wilson Has
Opened the Box of Tariff
Secrets
C.Tll.l. and Cleveland, the Maryland
Senator CKurgss, llel l ;el * Slake the
Senate lull, and How the
Wrrk I» Repudiated.
Washington, July 23.-No« for many
n year has the senate chamber, rich us
it is in history rttmlnlseunuea, wilmessetl
a more sulking speoiucle lllnun Ciiiit
Which took place today. The Mtowlr
edge that Senator Borman wus to take
up the gauntlet .thrown down by Pres
ident Cleveland at «he feet of Dmno-
er.ti*c senators, attnuoted ta the sepaite
a large part of the visitors and people
of leisure who take delight in the corn-
hats of political glud'.mtors. Gorman
was in his" best flgbtiog trim. Never
dal he acquit Kirnadf of a 'task to con
nection Witik his senn.lloni.iJ duties In
n manner so ctvlenlulttd to win pr!also
for himself. Without n note or u mem-
urauduni to read or refer to to refresh
his memory, he held tlho floor for nearly
three hours, exJiVbWing jMW-cts of ora
tory for wbloh few even of his warmest
polWoal admirers wouid have given
him eredilt. For all tbmt time he was
the eentral Ugat-e oh whit'll every eye
of spec 1 ,tutors and senaltors wus tlxed,
aud to whose words every ecu’ wus
turned in closest uiUDoiildou. He ac-
vused die president cif ingrutllitude to
(lie men uvtho had stood by him ,u the
“tilth uud slime'' of his Urst tu.mpaign,
and who had given their time and la
bor und wealth to Bteure bis ucac-nd
cleetSou (referring in tills connection to,
Senator Brtoe of Ohio ospedaily), aud
iusts'tod that tlho eoufiovtnoe bill as
prepared by Senaltors Junes of Arkan
sas and Vest of. Missouri, uud us It
Dually pnssed the senate, had been
subtil Hited on several omtsuous to the
ecereltary of the treasury und the presi
dent and had received the assent und
approval <f boalt of them, uiul that la
wus wot until ulftw 'the puhlloatlou of
the Wilson letter that the husdHry uf
the president to the Bcnata bill bad
been known or sttspedled.
Mr. Gorman’s assertions on theut point
were fully oarroborttted uud with nil
necessary detail by Messrs. Jones nird
Vest, and also by Mr. Harris, who de
scribed two Interviews which he had
bad with the presldcnti, Jhe last of them
while the bill was to conference, frurn
whloh he hod come a,wuy with the dls-
ttnet understand’,ng thut tdte president
wus strongly in flavor of tile bill us lit
l»HMfd 'till-' Semite. "If no bettor terms
could be obtained.”
Interest did not abate ns Mr. Gor
man dropped, for the time being, from
the mere sentu'tionul features of hl3
ipttch, and gave attention to the rates
of duty In the bill. The floor at this
time was crowded. Every senator in
town occupied the chair and every va
cant plage wus tilled by a member of
the house. So great -was the Influx of
representatives that Chairs for their ac
commodation were placed around the
wuHs, but these were not sufficient,
and three score or more of them were
obliged to stand. Even the diplomatic
gallery was comfortably filled at Uhls
point, and apparently thd most Inter*su
'd apeotia'tor waa 8lr Julian Paunce-
fo.e, the British ambassador.
Mr. White of CaHfortflu, mado _
•peedh in favor of the motion to insist
on the senate amendments and to
agree to farther conference, and then,
without action on the pending motions,
the senate at 3:40 adjourned.
Aker the expiration of the predlml-
nary routine business at 1:22 Mr. Voor-
hees catted the conference report on
the tariff bill. Then the storm broke.
Mr. Gorman Immediately arose. . He
began by saying 'that he hoped he ap
preciated the gravity of the situation.
Ordinarily, the situation would be easy
of solution. There would ordinarily be
no difference of opinion about sending
the bill to conference, where the differ
ences between the houses ceuid be ad
justed. He drew a graphic picture of
the anxiety with which the country
•waited the fate of the bill. The Idle
the midst of the atruggle came the pres
ident’s letter. "It was the most un
called. the most extraordinary, the most
unwise communication,” said he In bit
ter tones, "that ever came from n pres
ident of the United States. It placed
the body in a position where Its mem
bers must see to It that the dignity ami
honor of this chamber must be' pre
served. It places me," said Mr. Gor
man, “In a position where I must tell
the story as It Occurred. The limit of
endurance has been reached."
Mr. Gorman then proceeded to detail
the history of the tariff bill after It
reached the senate and tho manner In
which to meet the objections and secure
the support of certain disaffected Dem
ocrats, the changes had been agreed
senate had byen traduced. An attempt
had been made to "try and gibbet It
before the country." These charges had
been foully made float such distin
guished sources ifhA't 'they must be met
and refuted. The oharges were echoed
by men who 'chirped' when he talked.
These senators who had been sum
moned .had fought for tariff reforms
when "cowards 1ft high places would
not show I'lre.r heads." Mr. Gorman
said he oouid conceive no reason for
the remarkable action ghat had been
taken, unless, perhaps, the one respon
sible for ft was "consumed by vanity”
In desiring to have the country regard
him us the author of ull that waswight
In tariff reform.
SHOT DOWN BY A
DRUNKEN NEGRO
Cowajdiy Murder of Conductor James
Nelson of the Brunswick
and Western.
Vest and Jones had frequently had con
ferences with Secretary Carlisle and
oftentimes with Mr. Cleveland himself.
N*o material sacrifice of principle was
made. The result was. as he had de-
la red on a previous occasion, a Dem
ocratic measure which, in his opinion,
leaned toward the radical tariff‘reform
sentiment and which he thought would
receive the support of a Democratic
house and senate and president. He be
lieved then, as he ibelieved now, that he
hart authority for that statement. Ho
charged 'directly that every one *>f the
senate amendments had been seen by
Secretory Carlisle and scanned by him
before they were agreed upon. He drew
from his desk and had read an Interview
with Secretary Carlisle on April 30, in
which the secretary of !he treasury
gave the senate bill his sweeping In
dorsement. That Interview, said Mr.
Qormam. softened the hard placet* for
those tvlio were trying to harmonize the
differences.* It dll much to aid the
Democrats of the senate in getting to
gether had it not been for that inter
view. The secretary of the treasury
cessarlly spoke In a great measure
for the president in matters relating to
h!s department. On the morning fol
lowing the publication of that inrer-
view the papers announced that the
president was in entire harmony with
hia great secretary of the treasury. If
that was not true, then the forty-rmii*
Democratic senators on this aide bf the
chamber had been misled.
As a compromise Mr. Gorman assert
ed that the bill as completed was not
satisfactory to a solitary human being
In all Its details. But as a* whole the
structure presented, as scanned by the
secretary of the treasury and tile, presi
dent, as looked at by us, was accepta
ble as the best bill that could be passed.
There was no suggestion anywhere,
either from the pvesldent or the secre
tary ‘of the treasury, that the bill as
modified was a violation of the Demo
cratic principle. ,
With dramatic emphasis, Mr. Gorman
called upon Me«3rs. Vest. Jones and
Voorhees to bear testimony as to
whether his statement had varied a
hair’s breadth from the truth. “Let
the people have the truth,” said he, as
he paused.
MR. VEST SPEAKS.
Mr. Vest arose. He began by saying
that he had not hifhself seen the presi
dent, since the repeal of the Sherman
lav/ fast summer, but with the secretary
of the treaoury he had had frequent
consultations. Secretary Carlisle' had
repeatedly and distinctly said* to him
that the greatest possible calamity that
could happen would be the failure of
that bill. He had distinctly stated to
him that no difference in rates should
be allowed to stand In the way of the
eoinsumatlon of some scheme of tariff
reform. His colleague (Jones) hud seen
both Secretary Carlisle and President
Cleveland and tney had both declared
that the bill was acceptable td them.
The bill did ndt suit him' (Vest. He
knew It must have the support of the
administration to pass 1^ and he asked
Mr. Jones if the president would throw
the weight of Its Influence In favor of It;
Mr. Jones replied that the president
bad said to him: “I am willing to do
anything to pass the bill through con
gress.” “If we go Into this fight the
president must be behind us,” I said.
Mr. Jones replied that he was. “There
upon,” said Mr. Vest, “I gave up my
personal opinions and resolved tb sup
port the bill. The president’s letter was
the first intimation to me that lie was
against us.”
JONES EXPLAINS.
When Mr. Veat sat down Mr. Jones,
who was in charge of the bill in fhe
senate, tobk the floor. He was as pale
as death, but showed no signs of ner
vousness. He realized, he said, when
the bill came to the ffenate It could not
be passed In its then form and he had
gone to work, he said, with Infinite lab’or
and pains to interview every Democratic
senator. He ascertained every objec
tion they had and carefully noted them.
He had talked with Mr. Carlisle about
his plan and the president Indorsed it
oa wise. Then -he (Jones) prepared the
amendments in dhnsultatlon with Sec
retary Carll.de. The secretary was
thoroughly Informed as to the situation
and he (Jones) had sa<d to him: “I will
not go orte step farther If tho admlnln-
tratibn is not behind mo.” I requested
him to explain everything to (he presi
dent. I saw the president. He told mo
Secrettry Carlisle had explained all and
he (Cleveland! said he thought we were
doing the wise and proper thing.
Among the amendments the house pre
pared were those placing coal and iron
on the dutiable list. Until I read Mr.
Cleveland’s letter tb Mr. Wilson,” said
Mr. Jones emphatically, “I believed he
—■■ . . juittio uiiiyuuuL'uii/, i i 'titicvcu tic
closed workshops nnd tho cordially approved of our action. I had
unemployed. Further suspense was
neither to fhe beat interest of the coun
try nor to the Democratic party. He
senators would moot the alternative
It ** patriotic m*'n and meu-iir".’
expressed rt> him the opinion that it
must either be this bill modified or none
at all, and he had replied that In the
favbred the modified
duty bound 'Democrats. It was Idle for
h.m, be stifd. Ho add anything to wha't
had been said on Friday last by the
senator from New Jersey. In 'the house
mere was an overwhelming majority.
Here * In the senate, Jthe Democrats
the outset confronted with the
* v..V* 1 * ** Iere were but 44 Democrats.
a bill must be framed which would sc
ab. Mr. Gorman mrfde each reference
to 'the president >i'here was a commotion
In the galleries, whtdh compelled the
presiding oflloer to interpose cautions
against further demonstrations.
Mr. Gorman nex*t turned his atten
tion to Senator Hill’s speech of Fri
day indorsing President Cleveland’s tet
ter. “That letter,’’ said iMr. Gorman,
“was a Godsend to the senator from
New York (HH.)l l't Is the only com
fort !he ihus 'had from 'this administra
tion." (Laughter). As the laugh con
tinued, Mr. Hill arose und with good-
natured deliberateness said: “In the
lani proposition I will *»iy tJhia’t the
senator from Maryland is correct."
IMr. Gorman proceeded to criticise
Mr. Hill's course, and asserted that
the senator from New # York has
throughout attempted to thwart bis
party. “Never -before since the declara
tion of independence,’’ Mr. Gorman
went on, “has a president of the United
States been guilty of suoh a violation
of 'the spirit of tlhe oonsbituCion as baa
Cleveland to writing his letter to
Cheirm.m Wilson. Conference commit
tees should be* free from outside in
fluences. The liberty of the senate
should not be Invaded,” he said In
thunderous tones, “though a thousand
hirelings write us down and traduce
ua. “The presiden t," he continued,” had
said at would be dishonorable to tax
coal and iron. The house, parrot like,
repented theory. Men who set up high
»&md.irds,“ said he, “should come to
us with clean bands.
He argued that the house, if it had
been consistent, would have placod all
raw materials on the free list. He enu
merated bther raw materials which the
house had made dutiable, either on the
Democra.de doctrine or in accordance
with the Democratic platform declara
tions to place Iron on the free '1st. *Ie
enumerated the nm'ount of tnx’on coal
placed by different 'Democratic con
gresses.
“The same bills you speak of,” Inter
rupted Mr. Hill, “placed wool und lum
ber on the dutiable list.”
“They did,” replied Mr. Gorman. He
proceeded that the Democratic platform
did not demand'free* raw material. He
went back tb the Democratic plutform
of 1834, on which he said Mr. Cleveland
was elected “by the grace of God and
a great deni of hard work.” It did not
provide for free raw materials. The
bill prepared by his distinguished radi
cal friend, Mr. Mills, placed 76 cents
duty on coal.
“I was In .'the same sKuaMon. then, 1
Interrupted Mr. Mills, “that I am In
nbw. I was In tho hands of hair a doz
en men Who forced a duty on coal. It
uas not my choice.”
“I am not attacking you,” snld Mr.
Gorman deprecatlngly.
“If you said 1 prepared a bill with
coal In It you db,” replied Mr. Mills
hotly,
Mr. Gorman then gavo the history
of the -convention of 1888, where, he
said, the radicals were in the saddle. A
resolution was adopted Indbrslng the
Mills bill taxing coal. Mr. Cleveland
accepted and stood on it. He referred
to the platform declaration of 1892, pre
pared by Mr. Cleveland’s friends, com
mending the hbuse “for going In tho di
rection of free raw materla-ls." The
radical reason was sprung In the con
vention and was pushed by those who
desired to defeat his nomination. But
It did not defeat his nomination,
one oxpected Mr. Cleveland to stand on
that radical plank. Mr. Cleveland’s let
ter was looked forward to with anxiety.
In it Mr. Cleveland declared speclflcally
against the destruction of uny industry
and In ifavor bf “freer,” not fre«, raw
material. That letter, Mr. Gorman
said, changed the tide and elected Mr.
Cleveland president.
Reverting again to tlhe duty on coal,
Mr. Gorman argued that 10 cents a ton
was purely a revenue duty. Free coal,
he said, gave to tile single foreign cor-
porattb.i nil tho coal trade from Boston
north. Free coni would not benefit a
single man or woman in this country.
“Who demands It?” he asked. “The
professional, the theoretical tariff re
former. said it would cheapen the cost
of mar*ufl ucturtng.ydt nrAV'tomatlcal freo
coal would not give the New England
manufacturers more than 3-4 of 1 per
cent, of cost of manufacturing.” There
was but one groat concern on the face
bf the earth that wanted free coal. In
Nova ScOtla there was a deposit of coal
as broad and as rich as uny on the face
of tho earth. The Canadian government
had controlled it. Five years ago the
Dominion government was Induced to
change Its policy. The email leases
were- wiped out. The Canadian Paelflc,
that great artery of Great Britain, the
great men from the United Btates as
sociated themselves together and se
cured a ninety-nine years* louse on these
coal Holds on condition that they pay
Into the Canadian treasury 12 cents loy
alty per ton. If coal were free the
coal of Nova; Scotia would displace that
of the United Btates and the treasury of
Canada would be enriched by money
that bught to go into the treasury of
the United States. “God knows we have
enough trusts,” said Mr. Gorman,
will never consent to allow this mam
moth'foreign corporation to Invade our
territory and take the subsistence away
from our people.”
“There was only one other difficult
question Involved in this situation, the
everlasting subject of sugar. Louisiana,
through its senator, wanted to know be
tore we entered upon the campaign
what tbe policy of the party was to be
under the apparently free trade resolu
tions adopted In Chicago. After a great
deal of talk.iafter the most careful con
sideration. the candidate of our party
‘old them, on he had told the public
through hi* letter, that the Democratic
«ft>MLorv"trnI5 * Party wus not to dostiby the Industries
® , wurl * if sAi.tttl.l nf«is*A »• Salt* (iiifv nn iliitliK't
As Senator Jones rat down Mr. Gor
man arose to resume, hut Mr. Vilas
Interposed with a series o£ questions
to Mr. Jones.
“In your interviews with the presi
dent,” asked Mr. Vifas, "were the sub
jects of coal and Iron ever mentioned?"
"Yos," replied Sir. Jones with explo-
slve vehemence. “Ae every conversi-
cure Che support ot all these senaltors j tlon between the president and myself
—an of whose votes, sive one, were coil and iron were specifically men-
necesosry to pass It. That one vote Honed.”
•JJilgJl' The senator from New York! There was great.applause from the
eeS 111 ) from the ibegtnningr opposed gallery, Which the presMInx officer had
-he "MU openly and manfully. The difficulty In cheeking. ‘‘And,” eon
Democrats, faced with such a condl- ! tipued Hr. Jones, with measured cm-
iron, ihtad gone manfully to work to phasls on esoh word, "tlhe president
h'™’?*! 1 ' the differences, and had ac- never once uttered one •o’ttnry word r, -- • .
Mcriflces-a 1 -; againstJtolng ahead wJBt the_coa1 and Vreven,.. dufcV«t Jhi hin
vVTv .TV 11 6,16 of principle. 1 Iron 4n^lhe MU at liien 4n the senate
^ ln thi * country, he bill.”
ev * p l,e€ri confronted » “One more qu«i*Mon,” *ald MrJ. Vilas,
wrm such a coiflfltlbn. The represent-; “DM not 'he fc>;l»nMe-nt fexprws the
uvet ofthe mutes of New York, New I hope tat tmes thm Iron and coal
°? Vo * West «ud Mary- should be on the free lfctT”
wndoli the outset announced ihdit the “At nil times, yes,” mild Mr, Jones,
U?™ WH was so radical, k> de*:ruct- i “but It woj -tbe expression of a hope
- Interests of the people that • and the clrcirmstaticea would not per-
*** «upport It. Ho paid ai m;t ns reattzitSon.”
•W WlHite to Senators Vest, Jones, I Mr. Gorman summoned ■Senator Hur-
Harris, chose brave men i rln a witness, who graced tW.it In
>*drnnfi frtyrtous work bad at last nc- other conversations with President
the feat of adjusting these Cleveland he (Harris) had been led to
it mode the passage I conclude that the president favored
the passage of the compromise Semite
bill, n-Oi rb»at he approved tt because
it was the best that could he eecured.”
»*b»l possible.
V|. ln , dramatic tone*, he delivered
?'*“*!*'*toe. The Infamous calumnies
!?*• u »on the Democrats of the aen-
,rtHn hl ’ Um - he 11 Plata,
un aralabyd statement of the (Seta. He
make If. he said, with malice to-
ili2r tt °ne. but he would look hit eol-
jeagueg and the American people in the
tl ■ the truth. In patriotism
U* JDemocrats pf the senate had to
to * ave th * country keep
neir in power, when suddenly in
GORMAN RESUMED.
Mr. Gorman here resumed with one
of the most genaxtiofttl references of
the day to Preoldent Cleveland. The
flenntor «poke of the deep regret th'at
he wjj compelled to ask the public
testlm >ny of these senators, but rhe
time bid come to apeak. ,The limit of
endurance had been reached. The
articles, n revenue duty: that the bill
which ha»l met spprovnl wan the MlHs
hill, and on the line of the Mills bill the
Democratic party would act. They said
to us frankly we want to 4e!l our people
the truth. We don’t want to press you
to give a single friction of a cent to
Louielna, but we only want to know
the truth At that solemn conclave we
all said ves. It la a dutiable article; it
U to be nnd muat ho ttie corner-stone
by which we will overthrow McKfnely-
Ism.
•'Mr. President. I would have given
anything In reason for the Interest bf
my own peoplo whom I represent In
consonance of my own views upon the
subject If I could h.ive sug.tr all along
the line. But sbbvc all. to all rny ca
reer, ir> mnn, no! Ivjng being, has ever
charged pi? with perfidy. No soul 'an
sty that I ever made a prom!*« about
public or private mxMcrn that I did not
carry It out If I had fhe iiow»*»» t»> do so.
“These vwo senators. Smith and
Brice, grid myself, earning out the
pledges of our party whose candidates
(Continued on page 4.)
A TRAIN HAND WAS ALSO SHOT
Intents excitement Over the Murder
Which Pl*y head to Lynching—
Cle*i;eit Out the Negro Car
With Oour-Kuobi.
Brunswick, Julyi 23.—(Special.)*
Conductor James Nelson of the Bruns
wick and Western railroad was allot
andf killed by a drunken negro pass
enger lust night near Nnhunba, a sta
tion on the OJrunswick ttnd Western,
between Brunswick and W-aycroes.
Shortly afterwards Dramtley, a
pegro train hand on the same train,
wus tfhot und killed by a passenger.
The train lefft here with a big party
of excursionists at 7:20 last night, G>n.
duckor Nelscm was in Ohurge, and many
negroes were on the train, several of
wnom were Intoxicated.
disturbance arose while the train
was running a few miles ouift of No
li unta, in which a white man was In
volved. Oapt. Nelson went into tho
ear no restore order and, tlhlnklng ho
had succeeded, turned to walk out,
When the negro who was the ring
leader in the row shot him in the hack.
Mr. Nelson turned no face the black
assassin, and us ho did bo the negro
fired andtttier shift, Which penetrated
his ihdart and killed him dnataii'tly. The
negro jumped from the train und es
cu'ped.
Oapt. Nelson was one of the most
trusted and popular men fn the employ
of the -Brunswick and Western Ittullwuy
Company, and 'the whole section from
Albany to Brunswick fa ln a frepzy.
Immediately after Ulhe notice of -the
murder -waa given ui posse wus organ
ized In Waycross und bloodhounds were
procured and put on tlhe trail of the
murderer and those Involved In the
disturbance.
A report has reached there that six
of 'them have been caught. If this Is
It its hardly probable that they will
ever huuve a HrkvI.
Oapt. Nelson had Just leBt his wife
at Wt. Simons Island, and When the
nowH was told her her grief was in*-
descrtbable. She left for Albany, where
'Che body w'as carried In a special car
this morning. The bod&'Wlll bo brought
back tt> Brunswick for "burial tomor
row.
Shortly afterwards Sam Brantley, a
negro 'train hand, became Involved In
a row with a passenger aiid wus fa
tally shot.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
What Was Learned About tho Affair
From Information Received Locally.
Additional facts were received in the
city yesterduy concerning the foul mur
der of Conductor James T. Nelson on
the Brunswick and Western railroad,
which corroborate tho Telegraph's story
of the affair und tell more particularly
of the details.
The further facts bf the case make it
out a double murder and one which
borders on a riot. The details an ob
tained are these:
Conductor Nelson left his fAmlly at
St. Simona on Bundav evening to take
charge of his train on the Brunswick
and Western roud. The train left Bruns
wick early in the evening, having on
board a mixed excursion warty of white
people and negroes. Tnore wus evi
dence of a g’ood deal of whisky being
circulated on tho train (When it pulled
out of Brunswick, nnd owing to tho size
of the crowd white people and negroes
were crowded Into tho same car.
Everything went well until tho train
approached Waycross. though the con
ductor hud feared trouble all the way.
When the train came ulmost to Way-
cross parties came to Conductor Nelson
nnd told him that a White man and a
negro wera about to flght in a front
cur. He immediately made his way
through the crowd and reached tho
sceno of the dlaturbunce, whero lie
found the whole car In a terrible up
roar nnd a negro named Tom Johnson
on the point of shooting n white man
with whom he was quarrelling. Tho
negro had his pistol drawn and tho con
ductor was Just In time to grasp it and
save the White man’s life before he had
time to shoot. Tho conductor rebuked
him euversly and brdored him to put
his pistol away nnd keep quiet.
Tho negro obeyed with apparent wil
lingness and Conductor Nelson, think
ing that the trouble was at an end,
turned to leavo the car. Just as he hod
reached tho door Johnson rbso up in
the aisle and took deliberate ulm and
fired at Nelson’a back twico in rapid
succession.
Both shots took fatal effect, and
thibwing up his hands, Nelson fell with
a groan In the aisle uud died almost
inatnntli.
The negro, still holding the smoking
revolver In hfa* hand, reached above his
head and pulled the bell cord for tho
train to stop. Before its speed had
been materially reduced Johnson leaped
from the platform to the ground and
has not since been seen. •
But there was another tragedy to fol
low this in quick succe.vilon. A white
inon who had witnessed the murder of
NtdSbn became very much wrought up
over the affair and accused ono of tho
colored porters on the train of abetting
Johnson in. escaping. The negro ve
hemently denied the charge and an al
tercation fbJlowsd, in which the white
man drew his plntol nnd iihot the negro,
probably fatally iniuring hlrn.
Thd train by tills time wan running at
a low rate of speed and the white man
upon realizing what he had done and
seeing the negroes In the train crowd
;• round him. evidently bn vengeance
bent, jumped off and fled.
By this time the whole crowd of ex
cursion lets were thoroughly wrought up
»n'l ‘Sfi. wonder Is that a free-for-all
flght did not ensue. The murderer bf
N» tHon was In the swamp in a short
while with « Urge party of the white
passengers on his trull, wrought up to a
high pilch of excitement. The man
who shot the porter likewise disap
peared .but little attention was paid to
him, everybody being Intent upon cap
turing the negro.
In the meantime the remains of the
dead conductor were token to Waycross
and cared for until they could bo sent
on tb hia home in Albany. His wife at
St. Simons was -wired and she followed
as soon as possible.
All conductors on the East Tenessee
and other roads have been furnished
with descriptions of the murderer, and
he will probabbly be captured -before
long. He Is dark ginger-cake cnlor,
about Mx feet high, clean shaved and
apparently about 23 years old. He wore
a blue coat and striped shirt and trous-
*3.
When the train reached Waycross nnd
the detuils of tho killing became knbwn
the white people were stirred uj> to fe
ver heat nnd at once began organizing
posse* to capture Johnson, swearing dire
vengeance upon him if they succeeded.
While the excitement was spreading
big, powerfully-built white man,
claiming to cbme from Cottee county,
boarded the train at the depot anu
made his way to the negro coach where
the disturbance had occurred. He
wrendhed tho mnrblo knob from the
door as he entered , nnd taking them
pair after pair ns they sat in tlielr
seats, began doing the brass knucks
net bn the negroes’ heads with the knob.
He knocked them right and left, all the
time cursing nnd swearing vengenneo
upon the whole colored race.
The negroes were frightened beyond
the power of resistance and went out
of the windows like peas but of a hop
per, carrying the snalies with them.
The Coffee county man literally cleaned
out the whole car nnd Is said to have
knocked a number cf his victims sense
less.
MURDER ON THE RAIL. •
Two Men Were Killed on a Trip From
Brunswick to Albany.
Columbus, July 23.—(Speolal.)—A
well known railroad man, orrlved in
Uio olty yesterday, Who was aboard
tho Brunswick and Western train on
which Conductor Nelson -was shot down
by a negro passenger, tho story of
which wa« printed in the Telegraph to
dj.y. He tells a sensational story of
the occurrence on the train, end It ap
pears ifhVDt ndt only was ,t!ho conductor
shot and •killed,, but the negro porter
on the itrafn *wtta Nhot and a race flght
wUa almost precipitated.
He says that the negro who did the
flrst shooting became engaged in, a
controversy, between Brunswick und
Waycross, with a white man. Ho did
a good deal of loud itialklng nnd then
drew U. pistol. Capt. Nohwn went to
him nnd told him if (ho did not keep
quiet and put up his pistol' he would
be put off the train.
This apparently quieted *tho negro,
for he stopped talking and put up his
pistol. Capt. Nelson, thinking that all
the trouble was over, turned nnd
wmlked towards the door of tho car.
Almost immediately 'the negro got into
tho nhsle and, before anybody could
interfere, drew his pistol and flred Into
the back of ithe conductor, inflicting
a wound whloh soon proved fatal.
The murderer In the excitement Inci
dent to tho Shcwtlng pulled the bell
rope, and when 'the train slowed up
Jumped oft and mude his escape.
In the ,meantime the wounded con
ductor was m'ado «'» comfort able ns
possible, until death put an end toihls
sufferings. *
After tt had become patent 'ttvt It
would be (Impossible for those on the
train *to catch the murderer the signal
was given? by thW Ibsugiguge imnstor,
who assumed dharge of the -train w
go ahead.
Of course the motft Intense excite
ment prevailed among the passengers
and train men. This excitement gave
rise to another ehodtlng. Ono of the
white passengers conceived tho idea
tfliftt the negro porter had been dnstru
mental in allowing tho murderer of
Cnipt. Nelson to caoajpe and Charged
him wilUh it. The porter denied the
ohuTgo vigorously and this -led to a
dlfncuHy, ln Which the porter was shot
and killed. This murderer also Jumped
from the train und escaped,
This looked like it might be Incident
enough for one run, but tho excitement
was not over yet by a long shot.
One of the white passengers, It Is
said a Coffee county gentleman, had
become so wrought up by tho unpro
voked murder of Oapt. Nelson that
ho mad^. up Mi mind that ho would
clean ouF<the negro oar. Going to the
door of tho car he succeeded In un
screwing tho heavy bronze knobs.
With ithese ns a sort of brass knuckles
he started ln at ono end of the car In
which tlhe negroes 'were riding and
struck otft right and left. There was
general scatteratWn, many of tho
frightened negroes Jumping through
the car wlndoww to tho ground. In 'a
very few momenta the belligerent Cof
fee county man Wad the car to blmselL
After a while comparative peace was
restored, the passengers took their
places and the <trafn proceeded to Its
destination, which it reached in duo
time without further untoward con
duct, though there was an undercur
rent of tn/tense excitement among tho
passengers which might -have brokon
out into a free flght at any time.
POLICEMAN THOMPSON SHOT,
Met Ills Death While Trying to Capture
a Fugitive Negro In Brunswick.
Brunswick, July 23.—(flpecl/il.)—Po
liceman Thompson, while trying to nr
rest a negro, Dan Wood, dnturduy night
was shot by him nnd Instantly killed.
Bpeclal Officer Guy Turner approached
tho negro nnd Informed him that he
had a warrant tor him and to consider
himself under arrest. The negro ran
and Turner flred on nfm several times.
Policeman Thompson, hearing the fir
ing, ran to the scene and ln the chase
after Wood the latter told the ofllcor
not to crowd him. Thompson, how
ever, drew his pistol and continued to
run after fhe negro. When tho latter
reached tlho corner of tho city bail, stop,
ping In the shadow, he turned and ns
the ofllcer approached shot him. Four
chambers of the policeman’s revolver
were found to bo empty.
Tho nagro escaped, though he .was
wounded, as he was traced by blood
found on the streets for some distance.
VIGILANT LEFT AGAIN.
TILLMAN TAKES
THE REINS AGAIN
Ho Issuos a Proclamation to the Peoplo
That the Diapensariei Will .*
Be Reopened
THE LAW OF 1892 STILL OF FORCE
Tli. Snpr.m. Court Full.it to Daolurt
Unoanattt«ittoiiM,l All Acts Author
ising tho Establishment of
list* Dispensaries*
Tho Brltinoto in HaTttnK a Kories of
Vi<tJar1rt» to HVt Credit.
Rorihne Iroiaivl, July A3.—Tho
ItrliUTOi'a nmd tllto \V.KllTrit HSirtml la
a mce over tlio ootme? uf rhe Itoyul
Mirndnc Vacfltt Club Gita mnrntaR fur
it cuj, valutd nt. sixty poumta. Tho
cmtrm vma ImM rurt from ltwl*«- Point
tb Ittir maxi, Mnte to I>,-tunic’s roclt
anil link 10 ItrtSic’H Point. Tlir.e
taiwst orouml .mad Mien To title dull
butae of Mis Itoyul Pork Yacht Ctuh
Ok QuevaMftnm, a diMUwcn of fifty
uitles. Un watthir was cixir im.1 the
wind fret* Irion Hie nonttiwvit. Ik
boM* wets* iiwir tJtn f.no at She jrun fine
ami crowd lo^ebcr. n* Vigilant
took Mu* l.ud and continued to m’.-n
sturdily until, on ifflie third round, atm
paused the P0or Hunt Ihu: Ixm 7
minutes noil 8 seconds In the lead,
fully t wo inite* In dMancc. Here the
Vii.-ll.nit whs boasimed While tile Jirlt-
■nn/tr ivlfinrel tihe brerao ami |awi!
lire and won -die race by 4S eimsuta
snout time, or 1 minute S3 gocouds
corroded Mine.
Columbia. S. 0., July 23.—Governo,
Tillman promised in hta oampatsi
speeches a few daya ago to reopen thi
il:speii9.\.rlcs on August 1. Today in
Issued the following prockimatkm:
"Stato of South Carolina, Exeouttvi
OhamboB-WlrereUa, Under the provi.
Bious of an act to prohibit tlhe nrnnu.
fucture and sale of intoxIoelWnit llquori
ae u. bevetuge within the *t)alto, except
as herein provided, approved Decern
ber 24, 1892, tho state assumed contra
of the lcg.il liquor traffic In South Cara
Una. commencing July 1, 1893; and,
"Whereas, The said policy arid pun
powe Of tho state to permit the mijo <*
liquor by and through the slate's offi.
eers only-was .leatllrniled my :ui not ap,
proved Decemeber 23, 1893, entitled
"An act to declare the law In rotar
once to and further regulate iftlh use,
Bale, consumption, iiunsportiKtun and
disposition of alcoholic liquids oi
■1 quors -within the stake of South Oaro-
Una, unjl to police the same; nmd
'Whereas, Tho supreme court of thi
state of South OairoWnu, by it elec!,Ins
rendered the 19th of April, 1894, declared
Pie limit act above men tioned ..unnon,
stltutlonal, except one small pruylslu,
of ono section, tiho executive, In obe,
dlenoe to What iho believes to be -thi
wJil of the court, closed ull 'the dtapen,
—tales and dlsohaj-ged tho oonetubulary.
In u subsequent decision the court
s'till Ignoring the not of 1893, aibovo mem
tioned, construed Ws decision go mead
there cun bo no legal eate of llquoi
by license;’ but has seemingly on tmr>
pose omitted to inhrftkm or confltriu
the not of 1693; nnd
-Whereas, The stato of South Oaro,
Una, acting ln good fa-lth -through tlhi
executive branch of «5io govern mum
and relying upon the decision of th«
supremo oourt iln itho aise of I [novel
vs. Wie town counolli of Chestor, i„
which It was declared that the act o
1892 was in effect an uct to roKiifat.
the sale of splrltous liquors, fhoNpowo.
do which Is milvcnmiiy recognliod,' hoi
Invested largo sums of money In liquor,
for sale under tho provisions of tin
two acts mentioned; an'dl
"Whereas, This liquor ,1s mow bclna
held a't heavy expense, while tihe statt
Is flooded with contiulband w-Msky. sold
without authority of lanv. Now, there,
L orf - L B -,. n - Tlllmnn, governor o|
Bouth -Carollnii, In -exercise of my ills,
crotlon ns executive, do 1ssuo this my
proclamation and declared that the saW
supremo oourt, having ntljournod -with,
out In any wise giving expression In
regaTd to thenet of 1893. that tho snld
act, of full -force and effect, win bo en.
forced In aocordneo nvl-ih miy outh ol
office until tho oourt shall bavcipaiaed
upon Itiio sums, or until l-ho Icglslat-uri
shall have repealed -l't. The oounty dts!
pensarles In tb* various oountlc* -ivIM
open -th»lr dispensaries on Wednesday!
August 1. All perBoiiA Interested, In,
eluding public carriers, are notified
that Importation of liquors will be al
the risk of seizure nnd prosecution,
and all contraband liquors found In tli.
borders of :tho State Will bo seized and
eonflscn'ted U(-curding ito law.
"In testimony -whereof I havo here,
unto set my -hand and caused thegre.il
seal of 9ho Stato -tol bo affixed at Colum.
bfcAW* 23d day of July, 1894. nnd 4n 1h«
one hundred und nineteenth year ol
the Independence of alio United Utah*
of Amorlca.
(SlgnedC
liy tho governor:
'•J. E. Tindall, Becrotnry of State.-<
THE CONTEMPT CASES. i
The Debs Contempt Cnso -Wos ArgueiJ
-by Counsel on Both 8l(les.
Chicago, July 23.-A motion was tnadu
befors Judges -Wood mid (ironscup In
the United States court this morning
to dismiss tho charges of contumpt of
court against President Debs, Vice
President Howard. Secretary ICellher
und Director Dopers bf tho American
ImIIway Union. It was argued at great
length, but not flnlabcd. The Drat movo
was by Attorney Gregory, for tho do.
fenae. who asks that his client bo re
leased on account of an insufficiency b{
evidence; the Judges called for tho roud-
Ing of the Information nnd answers
thereto. Tho reading of the docnm-.iU
tvas long and tedious. Tho Information
charged that Debs nnd his amogiat-.-s
continued Interfering with thu employes
of railroads and ordered' strikes after
hr had been en joined from so doing,
and contained a long arruy of tele
grams imrportlng to be signed by E. V,
Dtfbbs, ordering und encouraging strikes
at a date subsequent to the serving of
the Injunction.
The defendants entered a flat denial
and disclaimed all knowledge of the
telegrams produced nnd aver that tbey;
hid no novver tb order a strike, but
could only advise, und If their advice
was accepted It was voluntarily done.
Upon theae statements tho argument
was based.
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
Butte, Mont, July 23.—At a meeting
of the local American Railway Union
tills evening tho strike on the Montana
division was declared off. It was ttio
last road In the stato to hold out. All
trains will be moving tomorrow. Tho
Northern Pacific snd Union Pacific are
In full operation, though trains are run
ning under military escort.
ARKANSAS REPUBLICAN'S. '
little Hock. July 23.—Hm? ArkuranH
H'fHjhMtsin ffftito cunvnittlon will me* t
tarifrXTuw. IV)*hvII Clayton nml a num
ber of crtlicr Uudlwc U«*puLiUtiiw fnrai
various l*>nlou»* of Ur* stuio arrive*!
today. Tlx* qmwtlo-n oi fusion with
(be I’opuHtfH Ik belli# dixcu**(tl by
pr>tnli**tft to Un* roiiv’enllon
;t 1.41 v».!l Ik* W Vlli-rt i*. I’ i\-
Hon nrascs. Gon. CkJ«yu»u nu4d ti/ivi(:ht
tb.ii he wu* tor noinliAiiins a straight
ticket, b<Jb fMta (139*1 rmtfnrihsiit.
und wtu nlivo (Va* a lUi>>d»Hi.*.iu ticket
n*/tuiii.t'ini In every ooutoy hi
Ull** Itou. ’IIioumua II. Uoloji t*f
Seb MtUui b* (SdAtoad as 4be imiMlblu
hwujjhoo fuc gMWiTKrr,
**D. R. Tillmkn.