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SOUTH CAROLINA. 



SPAIN. 



We declare the work and achievements of the Re- 

 publican party are such as to commend it to the con- 

 tinued favor of the nation, and its mission will not be 

 completed until all American citizens are protected at 

 home as well as abroad, and a full ballot and a fair 

 count make a solid South no longer possible. 



We denounce the methods employed by the Demo- 

 cratic party in carrying elections in this State, and 

 charge them as being responsible for the violence and 

 intimidation which has suppressed the Republican 

 vote. 



While registration laws are usually intended to pre- 

 vent fraud and to secure the free expression of the 

 will of the people, the registration law of this State is 

 plainly designed to facilitate fraud and suppress the 

 will of the majority, and is on its face one of the most 

 disgraceful acts ever placed upon the statutes of this 

 or any other State. 



We invoke the aid of the National Government to 

 relieve us of this obnoxious law and demand of Con- 

 gress to enact such legislation as shall secure a fair 

 election at least for members of Congress and presi- 

 dential electors. 



On May 17, at the same place, the Democrats 

 elected delegates to the St. Louis Convention, 

 and adopted a short series of resolutions, ap- 

 proving the National Administration, the re- 

 nomination of President Cleveland, tariff re- 

 form, and the message of the President on that 

 subject, but omitting any reference to the Mill's 

 Bill, the provisions of which relative to rice 

 were not approved. A second Democratic 

 State Convention met at Columbia on Septem- 

 ber 6 to nominate candidates for State officers. 

 The renoraination of Gov. Richardson was op- 

 posed by a considerable number of delegates, 

 who united upon Attorney-General Joseph H. 

 Earle as a candidate, but the Governor ob- 

 tained nearly two thirds of the convention on 

 the first ballot, and his nomination was made 

 unanimous. The other State officers were also 

 renominated. The resolutions reaffirm the Na- 

 tional Democratic platforms of 1884 and 1888, 

 without adverting to State issues. No nomi- 

 nating convention was held by the Republicans, 

 and no State ticket supported by them, so that 

 the Democratic ticket received the entire vote 

 cast at the election in November. The Demo- 

 crats elected every member of the State Sen- 

 ate (35 in all) and 121 out of 124 members of 

 the Lower House, the three remaining members 

 being Republicans. The Democratic national 

 ticket was successful, and Democrats were 

 elected in the seven congressional districts. In 

 the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Districts there 

 was no opposition to the Democratic candi- 

 date ; in the First District the vote stood, 

 Democratic 8,540, Republican 1,296 ; in the 

 Second District, Democratic 10.7U4, Republi- 

 can 1,405; in the Sixth District, Democratic 

 8,586, Republican 327; and in the Seventh 

 District, Democratic 8,358, Republican 7,003. 



The people voted at the same election upon 

 two constitutional amendments one extend- 

 ing the term of probate judges from two to 

 four years, which was adopted by a vote of 

 28,806 yeas to 20,543 nays; the other abolish- 

 ing the election of county school commission- 

 ers, which was rejected by a vote of 15,125 

 yeas to 33,457 nays. 



SPAIN, a constitutional monarchy in South- 

 western Europe. The present King is Alfonso 

 XIII, posthumous son of Alfonso XII, born 

 May 17, 1886. Queen Maria Christina, mother 

 of the King, is Regent during the minority 

 of her son. She was an Austrian princess, 

 daughter of the late Archduke Karl Ferdinand. 



The following ministers were in office at the 

 beginning of 1888, having been appointed Nov. 

 27, 1885: Prime-Minister and President of the 

 Council, Praxedes Mateo Sagasta; Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs, Segismundo Moret; Minister 

 of Finance, Joaquin Lopez Pnigcerver; Minis- 

 ter of the Interior, Jose L. Albareda; Minister 

 of Justice, Manuel Alonso Martinez ; Minister 

 of Agriculture and Public Works, Carlos Na- 

 varro Rodrigo; Minister of War, Manuel Cas- 

 sola; Minister of Marine, Rafael Rodriguez de 

 Arias ; Minister of Colonies, Victor Balaguer. 



The Army. The peace establishment of the 

 Spanish army was fixed bj the resolution of 

 the Cortes of April 14, 1887, at 131,400 men, 

 of whom 100,000 were for service in the 

 peninsula, 19,000 for Cuba, 8,700 for the Phil- 

 ippine Islands, and 3,700 for Porto Rico. The 

 number of horses provided for is 16,495 ; the 

 number of guns, 416. The war effective is 

 869,353 men, with 23,467 horses and 484 guns. 



The Navy. The fleet on Jan. 1, 1888, com- 

 prised 3 iron-clad frigates, 9 unarmored frigates 

 and cruisers, 12 gun- boats, 6 avisos, 1 torpedo- 

 catcher, 12 torpedo-boats, and 71 other vessels. 

 There were under construction 1 armored 

 frigate, 3 belted cruisers, 3 unarmored cruisers 

 of the first class, 8 of the third class, and 2 

 torpedo-boats. A credit of 171,000,000 pesetas 

 to be spent on the navy in the space of nine 

 years was made conditional on all the ships 

 being built in Spain from Spanish material. 

 The Government in 1888 ordered 3 armored 

 cruisers, of 7,000 tons each, and 3 torpedo 

 gun-boats. 



Commerce. The total value of the imports in 

 1886 was 855,206,950 pesetas, against 764,- 

 758,000 pesetas in 1885; the value of the ex- 

 ports was 727,349,885 pesetas, against a total 

 of 698,003,000 pesetas tor the preceding year. 

 The principal articles of import and their values 

 were the following: Cotton and cotton goods, 

 73,136,042 pesetas; spirits, 63,614,684 pesetas; 

 cereals and flour, 53,233,645 pesetas; tobacco, 

 43,133,521 pesetas; timber, 37,625,930 pesetas; 

 sugnr, 32,625.930 pesetas; wool and woolen 

 goods, 27,606,381 pesetas ; fish, 27,520.010 

 pesetas; bides and skins, 26,061,640 pesetas; 

 coal, 26,033,681 pesetas; machinery, 20,902,194 

 pesetas; cattle, 20,409,521 pesetas; silk and 

 silk goods, 18,186,885 pesetas; iron and manu- 

 factures of iron, 17,290,616 pesetas; hemp and 

 flax, and their manufactures, 17,888,335 pesetas; 

 chemicals, 15,851,813 pesetas; cocoa, 14,023,- 

 433 pesetas; all other articles, 320.629,218 

 pesetas. The principal exports and their values 

 in 1886 were as follow: Wine, 334,816,652 

 pesetas; minerals, 61,849,023 pesetas; fruits, 

 59,520,923 pesetas; lead, copper, iron, and zinc 







