The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-01-31


Prof. Newman. a man of ability who came
70 Clemson College with the highest endorse
ments, was requested to resign and 90
reasons have jet been givan for the action of
the Board. Now i: is accepted as fact that
Secretary of State Tindal is to be elected to
succeed Prof. Newman. Mr. Tindal has been
often mentioned az q candidate for Governor.
Mase refaxm politics.
Gov. Nortben. Of Georgia. called on.
several companies of the State militia and
stationed them aloug the railroads leading
from Florida for sae purpose OF preventing
the occurrence of the Corbett- Mitchell 6gbt
in that State. He had no chance to use
them. Gov. Mitchell, of Florida also called out
his troops and concentrated them in jack
sonville, but made 30 use Of them.
Considerable has been said about the
Observance Of Gen. Lees birthday in the last
week or ,wo-much more since, than before,
the 18th instant, the anniversary of bis birth.
We have no doubt hut that the day was
observed, in Que way or another, in thousands
of the schools of the South. In the Scmter
Graded School the day was marked by the
preparation of compositions on the life and
patriotic services of Gen. Lee by some of the
higher grades, but as it sas thought to be
nothing unusual, 40 mention was made of it.
As long as our schools are taught by men
and women of Southern birth there will be no
danger of the Sonth's patriots being for
gotten.
An "Old Cotton Buyer" who is said not
to be straightout, nouinates the following
State ticket in the Fairfield Ntus and Herald :
Governor, Col. v. E. McBee, of Columbia !;
Lieutenant Governor, Col. Leroy Springs.
Of Lancaster; Secretary Of State, Msj.
Marioo Noise, OF Sumter; Attorney General.
E. B. Ragsdale, Of Fairfield; Treasurer. W.
L. Roddey, Of York; Comptroller General.
r. Z. McCaughran, of Newberry Superin-
tendent of Education, e. B. Craighead, Of
Clemson College; Adjutant and Inspector
Geaeral, JOS. <. Alston, Of Columbia. The
ticket is very good as to materiaa-much
better than South Carolina will have until
Tillmanism and refawm are dead-but we
are not hunting ticket this year. The fight
between Refawm and Populism is much too
Interesting.
The cases iu which the constitutiouality of
the Dispensary Law is the issue, were argued
before the Supreme Court on Monday and
Tuesday. Attorney General Buchanan, at
the outset, read paper setting forth the
uselessness of argument, inasmuch as the
law has been changed since the cases at issue
were brought. The arguments were heard
by the court, Notwithstanding the position OF
the Attorney General, who, however, would
not make motion to dismiss the cases, as he
was anxious to have the coustitutionality OF
the law settled. Mr.. Buchanan and Col. R.
W. Boyd appeared for the State, aud Judge
Melton, C. A. Woods, G. s. Nettles, J. P. Z.
Bryan, Jas. Simons, John McMaster and
Lawson D. Melton, against the law. The
synopses of the arguments, given IN the
daily papers, saow that every point has been
fully covered, aud We are more confirmed
than ever in the belief that the law is
unconstitutional, monopolistic and not
police measure 10 the true meaning Of the
term. The argument of Mr. J. P. K. Bryan
IS 30 clear aud convincing that we shall give
as full an abstract as possible next week.
The bond issue Of Secretary Carlisle is
creating more comment than any public
measure in long time. Much of the COM
ment is adverse in fact, few of the isdlen-
tial Southern papers favor the measure at all
but are yet willing to accept i, as measure
of public necessity and safety. On principle
they are opposed to the issue of new bonds,
but since the Government has been brought
to the verge of bankruptcy, in consequence of
Republican extravagance, and Congress has
failed to enact relief measures, they uphold
Secretary Carlisle in his effort to protect the
Government and prevent the entire depletion
of the treasury. Other papers condemn the
measure and demand, instead of the issue OF
bonds, the coinage Of the silver bullion DOW
in the treasury. That the Government is in
a bad way, financially, is admitted by all,
and it is also admitted by honest men that
this condition is no fau:: of the Democratic
party, but is the result of the pension raids on
the treasury and other rascality committed
during Harrison's administration. 1t takes
years for an individual TO accumulate an
estate that be can dissipa,e, or hopelessly en-
tangle in few weeks or months, but it is not
possible to disentangle it 10 a few weeks
This is the condition of the Government to-
day.
FOOL OR MADMAN? I?