The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-18
HIS PITCH-FORK OUT.
TILLMAN PR PARED FOR THE RE.
PUBLICAN PROTEST.
II it is Made at the Meeting of the
Electoral College. e.-How the Treaty
May Affect the Financial Question.

May Affect the Financial question.
Correspondence of The NEws.
WASHINGTON, Feb S.-Senator
Tiliman has got out his pitchfork
again, and is going to use it if the
Republicans try to throw out the
electoral vote of SouthCarolina on the
protest that is going to be made by
Murray, the negro member of The
House from that State, when the
House and Senate meet this week
I in joint session to count the electoral
votes. Senator Tillman said on the
subject: off Mckinley is going to be
| inaugurated on the 4th of March,
the joint Convention has got to count
the vote of South Carolina. If the
Republican party wants to make an
attack on the constitution of the
State, it must make it OIL some other
ground or in some other manner
| than by endeavoring to prevent the
counting of her vote. / wish to go
! further and express my preference
for seeing Mr.. Mckinley President
rather than to see the Presidential
function exercised by Secretary Oh
ney, as it will be after the 4th of
March, if an effort is made to deny
South Carolina the right to vote"
The following significant language
was used by Representative Mccall,
of Mass who is a Republican and
chairman of the election committee
which has charge of the. contested
election cases from South Carolina
in this Congress: at is true, appa
rently, that the election laws and
constitution of South Carolina dis
bar large proportion of the popu-
lation from voting, but it seems to
be the illiterate ones who are dis
franchised. There is question in
the minds of many intelligent men
whether this is not wise plan if
constitutionally enforced and carried
out according to law. A full gener-
alton has passed since the colored
men were enfranchised, and | do
not know how long they can expect
us to coddle them and fight to secure
their electoral rights, while they
neglect to learn to read and write"
Nobody was surprised when the
Senators who have been pushing the
Nicaragua Canal bill decided to give
up the fight At no time during
the present session has the bill had
the slightest chance of getting
through the House, even if passed
by the Senate. 1t could have been
passed by the Senate notwithstand-
! ing the protests of Nicaragua, but
it could only have been done by a
protracted fight which would have
resulted in preventing action by the
Senate upon other legislation.
FINANCE THE TREATY.
Senator Daniel has made a point
against the arbitration treaty which
may result in arraying the silver
senators solidly against its ratifca.
ton. The point is that if the United
States should adopt the free coinage
of silver while that treaty was IN
, force, England could put in ciai m
, for the difference between the value
of principal and interest of American
, debts held in England, under the
new system of a double standard and
under the present single gold stand
J ard, and if majority of the arbi-
traitors happened to be gold men
; would probably get decision il
favor of the claim.
: A marked feature of the contested
: election cases decided last week by
) the House was that the Democrat:
| who held the seats were upheld by
/ the Republican majority. The Dem
l ocrats so honored were Representa-
tives Swanson, of Va; Kendall, Of
: XIV, aud Price and Boatner, of La
| Tom Watson's contest has beer
: decided by committee against him
and,n favor of Representative Black
=. and will this week be decided tint
: same way by the House.
| Canada has sent two members Of
its ministry to Washington to offe.
liberal trade concessions in exchang,
for duties in the new tariff bill tina
will shut out Canadian agriculture
products, but it looks as though the,
l would just as we'll have remained a
a home so far as accomplishing any
thing goes. The Republicans hav
already agreed to a schedule of rate
on agricultural products that raise
the duties to such an extent chat i
will bar out Canadian products.
POST AFTER STERLING MORTON.
J The Washington Post has beel
having fun with Secretary Morton
d Its latest hits too good to be over
looked: "The Post is under obliga
tions to Hon. J. Sterling Morton fo
his most valuable report on Tape
! Worms of Poultry By the keel
employment of that twin screw an,
!, double expansion logic for which tn
head of the Agricultural Depart
ment is so noted, the writer is able t
show that this pest which is annoy
= ing to farmers and adding to thei
mortgages is due directly to the con
slant agitation of the financial ques
tion by irresponsible persons who d
. not agree with the present admins
tration."
The swearing in of Senator Ken
ney, of Delaware, which the mos
o radical of the Republicans had no
the cheek to object to, after the com
mittee on elections had refused t
d reopen the Dupont claim, makes
full Senate of ninety members
There will probably be break in tn
t ranks again after the 4th of March
t either on account of no successo
O being selected to Senator Blackburn
or because of a deadlock in one O
D more States which have not We
: | olected Senators.