The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-27
A POLITICIAN MURDERED.
HE WOULD 7ALk AZ HE PLEASED TO
THE Nh0ROES down SOUTH.


In south CnroiIha-The Force BIII.
JACKSON. July 26-F. M. b. Cook was found
dead in the road on Tuesday morning. about
elk miles from Mount Zion, In the western par!
OF JASPER county. Cook was running for Re-
publican delegate to the Constitutional Com
VonIon from Jasper county. and was making
vigorous canvass. His speeches appealed TO
tho passions OF the negroes, and were calcu-
lated to engender the worst feelings between
the two races. lie endorsed the Federal Elec-
tlon bill, saying that 1t would mako that dis
trict and several others In the state surely
Republican.
He had an appointment to speak nt Mount
Zion on last Tuesday and was waited on by a
committee Of citizens. who told him no must
not make the kind Of q speech there that he b ad
mado at other points in the county. and that
Mhe attempted it trouble would follow He
replied that he would speak. and was willing
to take the consciousness,
When Tuesday arrived Cook came to town
md large crowd assembled. For some reason
he changed his mind and did not make the
speech. but left for Charlottesville. a small VII
lsge twelve miles beyond, on horseback. This
vas the last seen OF him alive and his body was
found the same. morning by an old negro
woman In the road with eighteen buckshot
init.
There is NO clue to the person or persons
who committed the deed. Cooks speeches had
created great excitement throughout the
country. and he had been warned to deslst.
Cook was the Republican candidate for Con-
Eress in the last election. but Rolled very
Of his nSd anS his ae
for the constitutional Convention was be-
leved to have been principally for the pur-
pose OF rendering himself more prominent for
the Republican nomination Tor Congress. The
yirulence Of his speeches is largely accounted
Dr. j. Ii. took. brother Of F. NJ. b. Cook, was
hero to-day consulting with his Republican
friends as to the best course to pursue to bring
the murderers to Iustico; he had an idea that
there was some way in which the case could he
got into the. Federal court for trial, but was
Gov Stone who told him he would offer the
highest reward permitted under the law, $4,000.
.Hr. Cook says hi brother was killed about
Mount Zion at a schoolhouse, and denounces
the deed as political murder Of the worst kind.
echoolhouse. and fired at him as he rode by,
killing. him Instantly. The physical signs
T that i've EnSs sh2 %srS weEs ed pnrR
through crack in tho building, and the log
distinctly shows powder burns where the shots
&ero fired. DR.. Cook says there is the strong
est kind Of circumstantal evidence as to who
the murderers are. and that in his own mind
he entertans no doubt.
THREATS OF KILLING IN SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA. s. c.. July 26.--The canvass Of
the State by the leaders OF the two powerful
factions OF the Democrats party began on
Manning, Clarendon county. 1t was promised
that this meeting would be the scene Of riot
with being mobhed ii he appeared In the
county. Ii was declared that he should not
friends said he should speak. or some one
would get killed: and it was understood that
4 any killing was done Capt. Tiilman would be
Every pr"caution was taken to prevent
riot. and company OF special policemen were
injured probably restrained his friends. They
were In the majority, but Earle spoke, as usual.
He attacked TiIlman's method and declared
that he was creating strife, which was lnlurng
the state and might split the party. The feat
ton that he would appear before the August
CSnventisn called to decide whether the slate
primary. and ask that the primary plan de-
mapded by his opponents be granted,
manding primary and the Til manites wanting
Convention. All delegates elected by the TIL
stEpcted to oppose primary.
Timan will have majority In the Convex |
the tRs VIE
primary they can defeat Tillman. and he is
is To- h t' "a II be ee S
the negro VII play very IMPORTANT part.
campaign. The indications now are that Till |
man will have two-thirds of the delegates 10
the August Convention. The bitterness Of feel |
tinues very great, and appears to be increas- |
of feeling no blood has yet been shed.
The Congress ball has been put in motion by |
tbe FarmeIs Alliance The following interro; |
cations Will be put 70 every candidate. and
Alliance support They have Just been pre-
scented to the candidates in the Third district:
II. VIII you commit Yourself to support the
following PROPOSITIONS:
Uninfu enc BY party cancus II elected to
he % TSnks
the substitution Of legal tender Treasury
notes in lieu OF national bank notes Issued
OF the country on q cash system, regulating
the amount needed on per capita basis as
and that all money issued by tho Government
shall be legal tender In payment OF all debts.
both public and private?
oNectually prevent the dealing In futures Of Ill
agricultural and mechanical productions. pro-
serviD stringent system ofprocedure in trials
as shall secure the prompt conviction and im-
DO ing such penalties rs sha j secure the most !
perfect compli lance with tho law.
g. Free and unlimi ed coinage Of silver.
4. The enactment Of laws prohibiting alien
ownershlp OF land,
Tied 10 the necessary exrenEcs OF the Govern
nent economically and honestly admins
20. That Congress issue a sufficient amount
OF fractional paper currency to facilitate ex-
cnange thFough TIE medium OF tile United
States mail.
~. That means OF communication and
transportation shall be owned by and operated
in The interest OF the people as in the United
States postal system.
g. Do you approve and will you give full
support to enact the Sub Treasury plan adopt
ed by the National Farmers ALLIANCE. and In
dustrial Union at st. Louis on Dec, 7, 1897"
CHAWEsfOS, :. G.. July 26.-The State CAM
paiRn Is very nearly over there being but few
more counties to hold meetings. The close OF
the week finds the bitterness between the two
factions still more intensified. and the pros
poets for split sill more probable.
The Tilman faction have. by going into their
canvass in March last, succeeded in capturing
the party machinery In all but three or four Il
tie thirty-our counties in the State. and in
most Instances have o ected delegates to the
nearly 200 OF the 800 delegates composing the
Convention. While tho straightout Democrats
have but 40 In sight.
But The end Is not yet. The straightouts are
stiIl lighting the best they know how. and the
Gf coming storm can ba heard in |
every quarter. Tillman has already captured
me Augusta convention, which Is to decide !
whether the nominating conventions TO meet
N September shall be chosen by primaries or
county conventions 1t l. almost certain that
mo rimary plan will be sGuelched and 1t ia |
mol improbable that the Augusta convention |
VIII go into nominalio Ions and put up the TIL |
man ticket Alter that the deluge.
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