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an increase on passage and a neavy gain
In the English visip.e. big RUSSIAN snip
wet harvests in the Southwest and fair
export demand contributed TO the late re-
action. No. red June, 1850; July. 10 5-l6
G7sc, closed at 17Ssc; August, 16$s a lsSsc,
% ss,.c :' ~ ''''"''
Corn-Receipts, 62.iOO bu: exports 1870
blu: sales, 5s0C0J bu futures. $1,000 bu SPOT.
Spots opened weak and closed frmer. No.
2. 5-9sq53S4c in elevator. options weak at
first under liquidation and good weather
good cash demand West and here. closing
at unchanged prices. July. 55c551sc, closed
at Size Angus. 53laa5issc. closed at 5iS4c;
Oats-Receipts, $50 bu; exports, 200 bu
sales. 4i5.O0O bu futures. 5000 bu spot.
Spots dull and lower; No. 2. 3l41SlS4c; No
white. 34i2c: No. white. 3S%c; track
mixed Western, 321s@33i2c; track white
Western, 36a42c; track white State. 36di2c
Options declined after the opening on good
closed lac higher. June closed at 3l$4c;
July. 3lAG32c closed at sc; September.
SlAds2lsc. closed at S2lsc.,
Hay steady. Hops dull. Hides firm.
Leather firm; hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres
light TO heavy weights. ia sc. acid. 2ld2ic.
Beef quiet Cut meats firm Lard nrm
Western steam closed at soc; city, 6.l5@
6.25c; July closed at 6.90c nominal; Septem-
Der. 7.12c nominal Refined steady Pork
firm and more actie; sales, 500 brls; new
mess. S13.JOQ1i25; family. $l3; short-clear,
$l3d15.
Butter firm; Western dairy, 9q14c; West
ern creamery, l2dlSc: Western factory, $
Q121Rc; Elgins, 1Sc; imitation creamery, IL
@15c; State dairy, 11qlIc; State creamery,
1sc.
Cheese firmer; large. 5Aa724c; small. 81
GSc; part skins, 214c; full skins. 1@llzc:
Eggs weak; State and Pennsylvania. 1fd
HE; Western fresh, 12l2G13l2c; receipts,
$3.50 packages.
Tallow dull and easy.
Cotton seed oil moderately active and
steady for small lots, with bids for round
lots generally lower.
Coffee-Options opened quiet. but firm.
Sellers scarce all day; European advlces
better than expected and warehouse deliv-
cries on the increase. Improved steadily
on local demand. Closed firm at, l542l
points net advance. Sales, $3.50 bags, in
Guiding: March. 1iZ5c; July. IA 35c: Septem-
Der. 1440G1i.45c; October. 14.45ef1455c; De-
cember. 145Oc. spot coffee-Rio dull; No. 4
1524c. Mild quiet; Cordova, 1SalSs4c. Rio
esd Receipts. 5000 bags; cleared for the
United States, 11.O00 bags: cleared for Eu-
rope, 2.0G0 bags; stocks. 10000 bags
Warehouse deliveries from New York yes
terday 141Si bags; New York stock to-
day. 273,022 bags; United States stock, 325,-
622 bags; af1oat for the United states, 49,
600 bags. Total visible for the United
States. 5S5.622 bags; against, SOo.ll4 bags
Sugar-Raw quiet and steady; refined
quiet
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Deaths -.

Infant Sponsel. 1OS Yeiser street. menin-
gifts.
Oscar Davidson, forty-six years. City
Hospital, Bright's disease.
John Kuhler. four months, 22} Hamilton
avenue cholera .nfantum.
Arthur Miller. nine years, 1893 Davidson
street pistol shot.
Emmett Patrick. three months, 924 Madi-
son avenue. cholera infantum.
Joanna Gatewood. twenty-five years, rs
Fountain street. nephritis.
Lena Ribble, nine years. l01 Shelby street,
diphtheria.
Herbert Green. six months. Calling
street, cholera infantum
George G.. Bly,. four months, % North
New Jersey street, cholera Infantum.
Mrs. Emma Bushong, thirty years, $50
West First street. consumption.
Anna Workman, two years, 1888 f. Market
street diphtheria.
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: futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
3 spring wheat. 76c; No. red, 731sQ741sc.
No. 2 corn. 4sisc; No. 3 yellow corn, 1880.
No. oats, &c: No. 3 white. Slq3lAc; No.
white. 3Os4 QSllsc. No: rye, &c. No bar,
faxseed. sl.5Oa4. Prime timothy seed. $50.
Mess pork per brl. sl237laa12.5O. Lard. per
Id. 6.521ad6.55c. Short-rib sides Qoose) %
as 3Oc Dry-salred shoulders (boxed), $50
5Izc. Short-clear sides (boxed), 6iad6bsc.
Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal,
$1.261a.
butter market was steady; creameries, 100
17lkc: dairies. 1O@16c. Eggs steady at 1oAg
1l13c. Cheese. 611@714c. -
bu: corn, 10000 bu; oats. $4,000 bu; rye.
1000 bu; barley. 5000 bu. Shipments
Flour, 1900 brls; wheat. 111.0OO bu; corn,
133,OO0 bu oats, 12l,0O0 bu; rye. 5000 bu;
harley COO hlI
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Dirths.

". II. and Ellen Johnson, rear 13S Agnes
street. boy.
James $. and Mrs Stone, 1919 West First
street, girl.
Frank and Nora Boyer. Is Maple street.
girl.
Joe and Grace Lawson, rs Abbott street.
girl.
John and Mrs. Douglass, PSI Lincoln lane
William and Grace Devine, Morgan
Block. boy.
Silas and Lillian Lilly. McCauley street.
boy.
Scott and Cora Gehring. 1877 North State
avenue, girl.
Charles and Birdie Yauzer, boy
Henry and Maria Klein, 265 Massachusetts
avenue. boy.
Frank and Minnie Jones. 1888 Kenwood
avenue
William and Gcrt!e Starke, sos Yandes
street, girl.
Oscar and May Terwilligar, North Indi-
annapolis. girl.
William II. and Rhoda Phelps, / Lafay-
cite street boy.
William r. and Belle Moore 300 West
Market street. girl.
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices i'm Produce at the Sea-
hoard,s Conn rcinl Metropolin.

NEW YORK, June H-Flour-Receipts,
2l.OOo brls; exports. 1000 brls; sales, IL 600
packages. Market weak and unsettled.
with very little demand and prices still
more less nominal. Winters steadier
than springs. Southern flour dull. Rye
flour dull; sales. 100 brls. Corn meal dull.
Wheat-Receipts none; exports. 1900 bu
sales. 23.54O.oO bu futures. $4,000 bu spot
SIots irregular. No. red. in store and
elevator 1850; afloat. TAG; (. o. b., 7S7sc
aiioat; No. l Northern, Sossc; No. hard
N7sc. Options were decidedly lower to-day
with it'ly which left prices 17sg2c net
decline. The weakness was Que to heavy
liquidation. foreign selling. lower cabl IS,
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AZ: Texas COWS. s2H325: beef stee-s.
S3.l5G5.70: native COWS. S.sSff5.l0: stockers
and feeders, S3H4.20: bulls. SZu32 %
Hogs-Receipts. 431y: shipments. COO. The
market was firm 10 90 higher. bulk OF
sales at A.359455; heavies. A.50d4sS:
packers. 81 l0die5: mixed. $i.20n4.60: lights.
sfn435: Workers. A25d435: pigs. H.75a4l0.
ssheep-Receipts. 2.7c0: shipments. none
The market was steady
CINCINNATI. June l7-Cattlc steady at
s. 25G5. Receipts. 1900: shipments none.
Hogs active at $i25H4.S5. Receipts. p
200; shipments, 800.
Sheep steady at sl.JOGs50 Receipts. B.
100; shipments. 200. Lambs easier at
81 5Od5s0
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transactions mt New York.

NEW YORK, June T.-Lquidation was
the order of the day in grain. Big blocks
of wheat were thrown over. resulting in
&c break. of which lac were finally recov-
cred. Trading was active all day, total
transactions reaching 23.54o0OO blu. In the
down grade good many stop orders were
caught. thus increasing the offerings and
adding to the bulls decentralization. Bear
points were thick, among the most i'm
portant being the report OF heavy Russian
Shipments for the week, lower cables with
considerable foreign selling, good rains West
inSuring better crop news, and an
increase of 100000 bushels I'm the
English visible supply The public kept
aloof to-day which was another discourage
ment TO the bulls. In the afternoon, how
ever the market braced up considerably
on talk of too much rain and prospects OF a
wet harvest in the Southwest coupled with
an improved export demand. Traders who
sold freely all the forenoon now tumbled
over each other in their eagerness TO cover.
resulting in a sharp rally the close being
strong. The range on July, which opened
at 77ihc was to 7Sc, down TO 76lsc and a
closing of 77ssc. Corn and oats followed
wheat the former developing a good deal
of activity in the afternoon
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MINING SHARES.
Mondays Bank CIearings.

At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, $o.7f7. 100
At New lork-clearings $50 1885,, 2Si; ball
ances, Sc. SIS. 7s7.
At MISUNDERSTANDING. $685.. $50; bal
ances, $685.. 500.
AT Baltimore-clearinss. s2.Os7.597: hall
ances. $3l0654.
At chicago-Ciearings. si5.555.0o0. Demand
Cor money fair with rates at 4q5 per cent.
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box.
Produce, Fruits and Vegetables.
Bananas-Per bunch. s1,25G1.75.
Cabbage-New, $2d2.23 per crate; Louis
vile, Sl.75 per barrel.
Sweet Potatoes-New Southern Queen.
So % per bril-
Cheese-Tew York full cream. 12a14c.
skins. safe per 10.
Pineapples-$1G2 per doz.
I.emons-Messina choice, So per box;
fancy lemons. 81.
box; navels, 1915.
Strawberries-s2d3 per case of "a quarts.
Green Peas-s1.5 per bushel
Plums-s1. 25G1.50 per crate.
Whortleberrles-A per 24-quart crate.
Gooseberries-o.50 per stand "A quarts.
Apples-Per brl. New York and New Eng
land stock. $3.50; new green, soc per peck
box: cary June. Soc.
Green Beans-sle5 per bushel; wax beans.
81 per bushel.
New Potatoes 25@25O per brl
Coacoanuts-$4 per 100
Tomatoes-New, s2a2.5O for six-baske-
crate; four-basket crate, Sl.50ql15.
Cherries-Sy per stand.
watermelons-s25G3o per 100.
Peaches-65Q75c FER one-quarter bushel
Blackberries-s2. 5OQ2.75 per 2i-quart crate.
Provisions.
Bacon-Clear sides, 40 TO 20 lbs average
Use; 80 to 40 lbs average, Sc; 20 to 80 ios
IA to l6 lbs average, Ssc; IL to 10 lbs aver
age. S1sc. Clear backs. ~ to % lbs average
1:sc; IL to 20 lbs average, 73sc; to 20 ID:
average, l,sc.
Shoulders-English cured. Il lbs average
77sc; lbs average, S1sc.
Picked Pork-Bean pork, clear, per bril-
200 lbs, SIS, rump pork. SIS.
Breakfast Bacon-Ciear frsts, 12c; Sec
onds, lie.
Lard-Kettle-render N tierces, sac
pure lard, 77sc.
Hams-Sugar-cured, Is TO 20 lbs average
1Olac: Is lbs average, 1O12c; 12l2 lbs average
! 1034c; 10 lbs average, lie; block hams
| IlNc; all first brands; seconds, 12c less Cal
ifornia hams, sugar-c9red, 10 10 IL lbs aver.
| age, 7i2c. Boneless hams, sugar-cured,
Q9l@c.
Clover-Choce recleaned. 60-lb, S5.75G5 30
| prime 50. 75M5.9O; English choice, S5.75G5 30
prime, 500; Alsike. choice, 6.40q6.5O; Alfal
| "a choice. S5l5q5.45: crimson or scarlet clio
yer. So. 1904: timothy. 45-lb, choice. $500
2.75; strictly prime, S2.60M275: blue grass
$3.50; strictly prime, s2.5Od2.6O: blue grass
| fancy. 14-lb. s1.40d1.50 extra clean. S5q9Oc
| Orchard grass. extra, Sl-Sou2O5; red top
| choice s1d1.25; extra clean, 90cqS; En-
| glish blue grass. 2i-lb. s2.2G42.2o.
| Timers Supplies.
Best brand charcoal tin. &c, l0xl4. 1ix20
| 12x12. s5.50d6: TX. 10x14. 14x20. 12xl2 SIC
80: &c, 14x2o roofing tin. si5od5; &c; 200
%. $Sdl0; block tin in pigs, '19c; in bars
Zoe. Iron-27 B iron. 2s.c; c iron. SIC; gal
vanized. % per cent. discount: Shee
| zinc. 505i2c. Copper bottoms, 20c. Plan
lshed copper, zoe. Solder, 111l2c.
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Cotton.

MEMPHIS, June 17.-Cotton dull and
unchanged: middling 67sc: sales. % bales;
receipts a bales; shipments, 200 bales;
stock, 1896 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, June I.-Cotton easy;
middling 13-16c; gross receipts, 5l3 bales;
sales, 200 bales; stock, $4,000 bales.
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SEALS. STENCILS. sTAMPs
"EpwOrth Leaguers."
PENNSYLVANIA LINES

Have been selected as the official route
for the Second International Conference.
Chattanooga, Tenn. June IS TO q
Special train leaves indianapolis at IL a.
m Tuesday June -, and Will make spe-
cial trip TO Mammoth Cave: also stop four
hours at the beautiful city OF Nashville.
Tenn for sight seeing
Those who do not desire to go the
special train Will find regular train
service the best. The route from Louis
WILLIE via L. & " r. X. and ~. c. A. ST l..
r. r., passes through the country made
famous by some OF the hardest fought
scenic route
one fare rate from all points IN the State
Director, Room so, Thorpe Block. for cir
cular giving full information. or address
GEORGE T.. ROCKWELL. ID. u. A.
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Scarce and Steady-HOgs
Shade Hfgher-Sheep Weak.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 11.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts light, shipments light. AS usual on
Monday there were hardly enough here to
establish a market. The feeling was about
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Visible supply of Grim.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE visible sup
ply of grain Saturday, June Is. as COM
piled by the New York Produce Exchange.
is as follows: Wheat, 47,717,C0O bushels, a
decrease of 2,O4S,O0O; corn, 1O,7s4,OO0 blu, a
decrease of $4,000; oats. S661, 900 bushels, a
decrease of 10000, barley, $4,000 bushels,
an increase of 24O0O
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Porter county settled with the state yes
terday. paying in s2s.7sl.oi. and drawing out
for schools sls.037.56: also, Lake county,
$a,5ls.7o; schools. so. 1851.
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for call loans and 4i1d6 per cent. for COM
mercial paper. New York exchange 35c
premium Sterling posted rates, A90i4 and
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Leave Indanapolis-7.3 80 a. m, $50 a. m.
II Is a. m, L. 40 noon. IL - y. IN.
Arrive St Louis-5l2 p. m. 3:ii p. NJ.
$40 p. m, 20 y. m, 60 a.
Parior car on I:40 noon train daily and
local sleeper on IL 20 p. IN. train daily for
Evansville and 81. Louis open 10 receive
passengers at $50.
Ticket offices. No. 4s- West Washington
street. No. Is jackson place and Union
GEO. e. ROCKWELL. d. p. A.
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Metals.

NEW YORK. June 17.-Pig iron steady
American. s10di2.75. Copper easy: brokers'
price, lOlzc; exchange price. lose. Lead
price S.25c Tin firm; straits. 1905; plates
market steady. Speter firm; domestic. S.6oc;
sales ON Change, 10 tons spot tin at lSc
ST. LOUIS. June 17.-Lead firm at 3-l04
S.12lac; spelter, Si7t2Q3.50c.
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Cheese and Butter.

UTICA. June 17.--Sales of cheese: Large
white, 6 lots. All boxes, at &c; large white
l lot, 80 boxes. at 71sc: large white lots
127 boxes, at Csc: large cclored 76 lots,
$50 boxes. at 65sc; large colored, g. lots. 257
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nry Goods.

NEW YORK, June I7.-Agents have ad-
vanced prices of cotton goods as follows;
Lonsdale. Se-ineh bleached. TO 1he; BLACK
store, 36-inch bleached. to 6l4c; Hope. 30
inch bleached. to 7Ac: Hope. 5l-inch
bleached, TO 6l2c: Gold Medal; S6 and 81,
inch bleached, &c; Hamilton IA. BIB and
AAA ticking lbc each. Because of celebra-
ton attending the opening Of the ship canal
and half holiday resulting il has been a
very quiet day i'm all departments of trade.
Printing cloths steady TO firm at 27sc; large
sales of 81 wide goods at 31sc.
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Nails and HorseshOes.
Produce, Fruits and Vegetables.

Steel cut nails. $40: wire nails s1iOli1.5o
rates; horsesnoes. per keS, $40; mule
shoes, per keg. $4.75: horse nails. S4q5 per
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INTEREST

This company pays interest on
sums OF money Entrusted tn it for the
whole time they remain with IL. re-
paying the principal ut date agreed,
thus affordinG direct, safe and
speedy way for persons who have
awnings In varying amounts tn Sc
cure returns them.
Longtime investment of estates,
real personal. the negotiation of
fairs generally. as trustee, agent or
assignee, are also among the under
fnffons invited.
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Export grades. 1850 to l.550 lbs. s500q5.3
Shippers, good to choice.....-.... 4.25q4.Sg
Shippers, common to medium-..... 3.2314.W
Feeders, 900 to 1, 100 lbs. .......... 3.25q4.W
Stockers, 500 to 500 lbs. 2.50GS.o0
Heifers, good to choice. 3.50Q4.25
Hefers, fair to medium. 2.75I3.25
Hefers, common thin. 2c0d2.9
Cows good to choice. ............. 3.00Q3.i5
Fair to medium cows. ............. 2.25G2.D
Common old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1.00G2.O0
VealS, good to choice. 4.2oQ5.00
Common TO medium veals. 300Q375
Bulls, good to choice. ............. 3.00lf3.5o
Common to medium bulls. 2.00G2.1S
Mixers good TO choice. .......... 200q35.00
Common to medium mixers. 16O0G23.0 90
Hogs-Receipts. 500; shipments. 3OO The
market opened with light supply. shippers
being the principal buyers. All sold readily
at shade higher prices, and the market
closed steady.
Packing and shipping .A.50Q475
MiAcu ........... s................-... fSOuf-oo
l>iSnt-.. :---.--.----.---- A. 4oQ no
Pigs and heavy roughs ............. 350Q4.25
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts none. ship
ments none. Nothing doing for want of
stock. The outlook is not good.
Sheep. good to choice. SO. 00G3.5o
= ar 10 ineuiuH Sneep. --..-..----.-.- <-z9Wz %
Common thin Sheep.................. 1.50G200
Spring lambs. common to good...... 3.0olff50
BUCKS per mead. -.-.---.-----.-.---... 2UoQ3OO
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75c: French kip. 9Ocdsl.20: city calfskins,
90cG$110; French calfskins. $1-Dde-
Flour.
Straight grades. $iGl5O: fancy grades.
s425: patent -four. $i.5015; low grades.
Sd3O
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Oil.

WILMINGTON. June Il. - Rosin firm;
strained. Sis; good, $40. Spirits OF tur-
pentine steady al 2siA @269.c Tar steady at
sl25 Turpentine firm; dari. $40; soft,
$3.50; virgin, S2.25.
OIL. CITY. June 17.-Oil opened and closed
at $3.50 Sales LOCO brls: clearances. 400
brls; shipments, 152.56S brls; runs, lS2, i92
brls.
NEW YORK, June 17.-Petroleum quiet;
United closed at S1.50 bid. Rosin steady.
Spirits of turpentine quiet at 29lsq3oc.
CHARLESTON, June 17.-Ros.n firm at
sl.l0 Turpentine firm, at aiec.
SAVANNAH. June 17.-Turpentine firm at
Sl.70 bid. Rosin firm.
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The INDIANA TRUST COMPANY

Temporary Oficc. 81 5. Meridian ST.
CAPITAL, 100000
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boxes. at &c: large colored. s lots. as boxes.
at 7lsc; small white. lots. $40 boxes. at
TIC: small colored. l lot, boxes. at e.sc'
mission. ; lots AS boxes: total. las lots.
ll,319 boxes. Butter. creamery. 10 pack
ages; commission, 30 packages, at lac.
LITTLE FALLS. y. V. June IL
Cheese-Sales. - lots, at CSC, 63 lots at &C;
lots commissioned; total. 5.s22 boxes. Mar
ket firm for dairies; 2S6 boxes OF farm dairy
cheese were sold at 6l2u1c. Butter-Ine
sales of creamery butter amounted TO ~
packages at lie, . packages OF farm dairy
butter sold at 16Q11c.
ELGIN. June I7.1Butter firm: offerings,
% $50 lbs; sales, i0.620 lbs at 1I11c.
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DAILY VITAL STATISTICS-JUNE II.

Transfers. 10; consideration q. Sc. 800
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-31

give IL up that we may lift ourselves out
or the bog and mire that we have been
wallowing In for the last twenty years.
! think no one can say that you Will stoop
TO any fraud to accomplish this, or that
you Intend any fraud in the operation OF
this clause.
For the good of the body polite and
the preservation OF the rights OF the poor
white man-and l say that anybody who
comes here and claims that he Is a better
friend OF the poor white man than lhls
committee is claiming more than he can
prove. Let me point out the miserable
situation that viii exist If you make this
Idea that predominates IN the mind or
every patriot In this body is that the
Anglo-Saxon civilization which We have
inherited shall De preserved and that the
white man shall govern i'm this state
We have had a taste OF what negro dom
nation, or the domination OF the white
man through the negro can accomplish,
ana say that that danger Is ever present
until we have gotten such restrictions on
the suffrage as will largely reduce the
number OF these people that can vote,
ana thereby put Il so that II we divide,
and divide we must, we viii stlll have a
white government and a decent govern
ment in this state, even If the negro
should hold the balance Of power.
Let us suppose that you leave II 10
the discretion of the registration. oiiicer
to say who can understand-mind in per-
petuity, while we limit to two years. Let
US conceive that this convention Is car
ried away by the pleas for the poor white
bR9H WAAh NHllAlhN iteA anu WAAAt stilA AtN
er expect TO try to learn, and in the
future, when these white men have di-
vided and we have two white parties and
one negro party. and the registration law
gives the power to reach out and Increase
the suffrage through the understanding
clause, isn't 1t clear enough that
the temptation to make more and
more of the negroes understand
Will not be resisted2 " men the
party in power makes enough OF them
understand TO perpetuate its grip upon the
offices and deprave the white majority,
then we would feel the consequences OF
IL. 1t is too plain, too easy. therefore, u
Is preposterous to adopt Il. We have
to have done with il in two years, And VIC
then propose to put I'm force such laws IN
regard to our schools as VIII give every
poor white hoy an opportunity to qualify
himself to become a white voter. Let the
gentlemen vote thus when the time comes
and not come here and give them lip ser
vice, but such actual service in increasing
and improving the free schools as Will do
away with white illiteracy In South Caro-
lima. He Will then be called blessed by the
poor white men of South Carolina. But
when he comes here and talks as he has
/ fear / must call a halt" He continued
in the same earnest manner.
The Wilson measure was then voted
down by a vote of 129 to 16. Several Other
measures were voted down In like man
ner
other amendments are pending. At g
late hour the convention adjourned amid
such confusion, q batch OF propositions be-
ing rushed in to be printed
Senators Tillman and Irby VIII both
speak tomorrow on the question proper