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ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON HE KALI), DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MOHNINH, FEBRUARY 19, 1920. VOL. 24. NO. 24.
*C0? NEWS
ID HAPPENIftGb
NEWSl* l.EXTEKS 11Y RECilLAK
LOHKESPONDENTS.
News llems ol Interest to Herald
Headers Ebb and Flow oi the
Human Tide.
Lake View.
i nogg oil ine sick hsi mis ???
yare Mr. Ringland Smith, Mr. Ed Hill,
" Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ford and baby, Mrs.
Kemp Home, Little Lois Flowers,
Miss Belle Home.
Dr. Rufus Ford of Marion was in
town last week at the Baptist part
sonage.
^ Gordon Page was painfully hurt
last week when he was cranking a
car and it kicked, knocking the
wrist bone out of place.
Richard Flowers spent Saturday
and Sunday at St. Paul, N. C., visiting
his sons.
Robert Ford of this place and Miss
Griffith, former millineer here, were
quietly married at the home of the
bride last week. The young couple
expect to make this their future
home.
Rev. E. T. Mason spent several
A 1 arc?* woaIt frionHc at Plin
uoj D laoi. n cca n uu iiivuuu ?*v
and Blenheim.
Mr. Allen P. Hayes spent the week
end in Charleston.
Mrs. Chadie Haves' sister, Miss
Price, spent a few days with Mrs.
Hayes the past week.
Mrs. Willie Rogers spent Sunday
in Mullins.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Leon McCormac
left Saturday for Fountain Inn, S. C.,
where they will spend a few days with
Mrs. McCormac's mother.
An epidemic has struck our town
and community which is peculiar in
its workings. It does not seem to be
fatal, but "scarey" to some people.
It seems that there is no danger in
catching the disease in stores or on
the streets until after 6 p. m. Then
the public is warned to be very carei
ful how they mingle together. Anoth
er peculiar thing about the disease is
the great danger in attending church,
Sunday school and public free school.
The church and school people may
r gather together in stores an^ on the
streets in great crowds without danL
ger before 6 p. m., but the moment
? they enter the church and public
y school they are taking great risks. It
- is hoped that this disease which is so
peculiar in its workings will soon bid
us adieu.
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Oak Grove.
The Rev. Wilson Hayes, a local
Methodist minister died at the home
of his son Thomas R. Hayes near
here last Wednesday afternoon after
an illness of several months. M*\
Hayes was a good man, noted for his
piety and christian character. He
had been for more than half a century
a local minister and filled regular
each month for many years past
till his health began to decline, appointments
at Bethlehem and Bethesda
of the Brownsville charge.
He was always faithful to the
church and was never too busy to
neglect any call that was made upon
him in its behalf. He was also a steward
of Bethesda many years and in
kthis department of church work none
took more interest or was more faithful.
The funeral services were held
at Bethesda last Thursday afternoon,
being conducted by the Rev. C.
S. Felder, assisted by Rev. S. J. Be.
thea of Latta. Beautiful tributes were
T paid the memory of the deceased by
- C. P. Hodges of Brownsville, W. B.
Allen of Free States and J. J. Bethea,
and Rev. S. J. Bethea of Latta. Mr.
Hayes was in the eighthv-fifth year
of his age.
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Latta.
Mr. L. D. Manship has returned
from Columbia accompanied by his
wife ^ho has been in the Columbia
hospital for treatment.
Misses Minnie and Kittie Allen entertained
the Missionary Circle Monj
? ; a
uay iiigui.
Mrs. S. A. McMillian came home
Friday night and reports her daughter
as getting on nicely.
Mrs. R. M. Oliver of Sellers spent
Monday with Mrs. Mclntyre.
Mrs. Sue Evans and daughter Gary
leave this morning for Goldsboro to
visit Mrs. J. C. Bethea.
Mr. Murray Hayes of Floydale was
in town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Manship of Ellerbe
were visitors in town Monday
afternoon.
The social tea given at th0 Latta
' Library last Monday afternoon was
. attended and enjoyed by quite a num/
ber of people.
Little Miss Maty Brice Summerlin
s celebrated her 4th birthday Tuesday.
One of the largest and most attractive
parties of the winter season was
L that given by Mrs. I>. I?. Shine on
Saturday afternoon in honor of her
sister. Mrs. J. Nelson Bethea of Little
Rock. Ark., and Mrs. Deans
Crumpler. Block ie?. cream, enk,, and
coffee were served.
Norman McMillian is home for a
few days.
Mr. B. H. Myers is out aenin after
on illness of a few days.
Miss Onnie Bethea has returned
from Little Rock. Ark., where she has
been visiting her brother, J. Nelson
Bethea.
Mrs. E. Johnson Brown has been
JCOI.VIE ADOPTS 111.IE LAWS.
Nothing Hut Drugs, Medicines and
Actual .Necessities Sold East
Sunday.
There was an awful thrist in town
.Sunday morning when the regular
;patrons of the soft drink and cigar
Istands discovered that council had,
forbidden the sale of anything on
Sunday except drugs and medicines
and lood at the restaurants. The
smoker who failed to purchase his
daily supply of cigars and cigarettes
;the day before raised a mighty howl
!when he discovered that he must en!dure
a whole day without the coni.forting
and consoling effects of the
I weed, while the fellow who was in
: the habit of taking his morning i
!"glass*' went about with a sad and
bewildered air. The old time "Blue
.'Laws" were in effect and the lid was
on good and tight. The drug stores
were closed during the morning hours
but opened later in the day for the
,sale of medicines on prescription.
I There were many requests for just
:one cigar or dope, but the druggists
ishook their heads and said "there
jwas nothing doing." The ordinance
i prohibiting the sale of luxuries was
passed at the Friday night meeting
of council.
Another ordinance adopted at the
_ ? _ i! r ? P
;sanie meeting nxes a license ui -po
on automobiles and $10 on trucks
owned and operated within the town
limits. Mayor Hamer says the revenue
from this source will be kept
in a separate fund and used for the
iup-keep of the streets.
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TAKEN* ILL IX DILLON.""
; National Bank Examiner Developed
Flu While at Work in Dillon.
The death of National Bank Examiner
Godwin which occurred at
Columbia Saturday is of more than
! passing interest to Dillonites in that
Mr. Godwin developed the case of influenza
which caused his death while
;at work in Dillon.
Mr. Godwin with his assistant arrived
in Dillon on the 4th for the pur,pose
of making the usual semi-annual
audit of the First National Bank,
i While at work in the bank Mr. Godjwin
was taken ill and turning the
work over to his assistant went to
bed at a local hotel. A physician was I
.called and he was told that he had a
;case of influenza. He remained at the
hotel until his assistant had complet
ea me worK ai me oanK ana xeii iui
Florence where it was his intention
to enter an infirmary. It seems that
he changed his mind, however, and
.went on to Columbia. He was running
a high temperature when he left
Dillon and it is thought Jhat the trip
taxed his strength and shortly after
his arrival in Columbia he developed
double pneumonia. Mr. Godwin
was held ir high esteem by bankers
all over the state.
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"LABOR IS XOT THERE."
: I>r. Knapp Says South Hasn't Enough
Labor to Increase Cotton
Crop.
Washington, Feb. 16?An increased
acreage in cotton this year is out
of the question .according to Dr.
Bradford Knapp, who recently resigned
as chief of the office of extension
work in the South with the Department
of Agriculture and becanie dean
of the college of agriculture, University
of Arkansas.
"The experiences of 1919 ought to
teach Southern cotton farmers that
they cannot handle with their present
suddIv of labor, an increased ac
Ireage in cotton; the labor is not
there", writes Dr. Knapp in one of
his last works before leaving the Department
of Agriculture, entitled
"Safe Farming in the Southern
States in 1920."
' By "safe farming," says Dr. Knapp,
"is meant a system which maintains
soil fertility, produces tlie food and
feed for the people and the 1 ive stock
in sufficient quantities to insure a
comfortable surplus, and produces
cotton as a strictly cash crop.''
"Cotton," Dr. Knapp says, "is not
actually very high. It is high as compared
with prices in former years, not
as compared with current prices of
other commodities. Before the farmer
decides that the high price of cotton
will warrant his planting the entire
acreage to that crop to the neglect of
all else, he had better make a pretty
thorough examination of the retail
prices of the necessities of life at the
place where he must purchase them
during the year, if he fails to produce
them on his own farm.
"There is no thought that cotton
acreage ought to he reduced, but only
that the lure of prices should not
blind our eyes to the necessity of food
and feed."
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Virginia Hart DuBose. the t'iv?*
months oM infant of Mr. ami Mrs. T.
It. DuBoso. of Wyona. S. (*.. died
Wednesday morning at the Floreneo
Infirmary after undergoing an op
oration Tuesday.
on the sick list for the past wook.
Rev. \V. (\ Allon and wife of Dillon
spent Sunday here,
i Miss Tholma Bethea who is teaching
at Wliiteville, N. C.. is home for
a few days.
Mrs. E. If. Berry. Jr., and children
'who have been visiting in Kentucky,
are home again.
PEACE KIT GEiS
III TANGLED STATE
iiKST ruiKxns mimmi/i: rossiItlMTIKS
OF .KiKKK.MK.VT.
".Might Come Out at the Same Hole
\\e Went III," Says Senator
Hitchcock.
Washington, Feb. 17?The peace
treaty compromise negotiations got
? n n m c/1 uhano tnrlnv t lvi t
IlllU SUV.I1 <1 UIII^IVU Oiiupv i.vulv
despite claims in some quarters that
the lines on both sides are weakening,
the treaty's best friends in the
Senate minimized the possibilities of
agreement.
"It looks as though we might come
out at the same hole we went in,"
said Senator Hitchcock, the Democratic
leader, after another effort to
obtain Republican aid in modifying
the Article 10 reservation adopted at
the last session of Congress. He
added that the Republicans apparently
had rejected all compromise propos
als on the subject and that he was
certain the treaty never could be ratified
unless they did compromise.
At the same time, Senators in the
j mild reservation group of Republicans
indicated their belief that the
;Democratic proposal might command
; considerable Republican strength,
; while some Democrats predicted that
ienough Democrats to insure ratification
would break away and vote for
'the Republican reservation as it
[stands.
Situation .>liul<lle<l.
The result was a muddled situation
jin which the party leaders on both
;sides appeared uncertain as to what
.might be the next development. It
generally was agreed, however, that
there would be no shown down immediately
and that the debate which began
yesterday would be permitted to
,run on for the present, without any
ieffort to hasten a ratification rollj
call.
Forty Democrats had been pledged
'tonight for the alternate Article 10
reservations, presented by Senator
Hitchcock, and he said he hoped eventually
to have the support of one or
two more. It would take forty-nine
votes to make up the simple majority
necessary to substitute, one of these
reservations for the Republican draft,
and to the seven or more Republican
ivotes required for this operation fifIteen
mor? would have to be added to
I insure final ratification by a twothirds
vote.
i !It was pointed out. however, that
the Republican leaders might be
placed in an awkward position should
,a majority displace the Republican
reservation with one drawn up by the
Democrats. How many Republicans
!then would swing over on the ratification
vote is problematical.
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COTTON WAREHOUSE
IN EVERY COUNTY.
System Would Make Possible Distribution
of Cotton Sales Over
tho Year.
Columbia, Feb. 16?Steps will be
taken at the annual meeting of the
American Cotton Association, which
will be held in Montgomery, Ala.,
next month, looking to the erection
of cotton warehouses in every county
in the belt, said J. Skottowe Wannamaker,
president of the association,
yesterday. An effort will be made
he said, to have these warehouses
erected befor^ harvesting period of
the 1920 crop so that the sale ?f that,
crop may be stretched over a full
period of 12 months.
| "It. is our purpose," said Mr. Wan11
a maker "to have these warehouses
owned and controlled by the people
of the respective counties. They will
be urged by us that steps be taken to
as nearly as possible arrange for
uniform warehouse receipts so as to
secure the lowest possible interest
rate in borrowing on the cotton
stored in these warehouses.
"We will also attempt to secure
pledges which will insurc that the
sale of the cotton from the 1920 crop
will be stretched over a 12 month
period, the producer only selling
when there is a legitimate demand
from the manufacturers at a profitable
price. This will be possible with
the warehouse system which we propose
to create.
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BANK FOIt FOKK.
Dillon county will soon have its
ninth bank. Enterprising citizens of
Fork have secured ?'* commission authorizing
them to solicit subscriptions
to the capital stock of the Bank of
Fork which will open business with
a paid in capital of $25,000. It is
understood that all the stock has
been pledged and as soon as t!:t. formal
legal requirements can be complied
with the bonk will open busi
iless. This makes the second new
bank for the county this year, th"
oilier being th,. I'nion Bank and
Trust Co.. which opens at hake View
this month with a capital ol $25.ntoi
Mrs Ida <Bowcii.
Mrs. Ida C. Rowen. widow of th
late Mack Ilowen. for many von--mayor
of Little Hock. died at Littb
Hock Tuesday morning after an ill
ness of several days with pneumonia
Mrs. Bowen leaves several children.
Before her marriage she was a Mis
Covington of Marlboro county and
the interment was made at Hebron
church where she had held membership
from early childhood.
TIE PEACE TREATY ,
MAY BE WITHDRAWN
NOT A THItKAT BI T A CONDITION "
SAYS rHKSIDKXT. h
li Agreement is Not Heat-lit*,] I'nitnl c
States Will Make Sejmnite s
With (iei'maiiy. ^
'i
i .
Washington, Feb. 17?The allied h
supreme council has been informed.u
by President Wilson. It was disclos- i:
ed today, that if the proposed Adria- p
tic settlement to which the American s
government is not a party is put into s
force the United States might havej
t0 consider withdrawing the treaty c
of Versailles from Senate considera- a
ition. jb
i The President's communication It
not in the nature of a threat in the b
common sense of the term, it was t
said, but was merely a statement of Jb
.the situation in which the United ,d
States might find itself if asked to']
subscribe to agreements in which it j
had no part and to which it was opI
posed. t
! The explanation was trtade in offi- s.
Jcial quarters that the league of na-L
tions was to be the instrume-.it for j
'enforcing various agreements as to ]
jthe boundaries and the Hire and thai (
;if the United States became a party r
to the treaty of Versailles it w iuld ;
thus l>e subscribing to the enforce
nie:u of agreements to whim it had j
| not given either its approval or con-L
I ~ tj
It was explained further that the
Anglo-French-American i/taiy and
the treaty of Versailles were consid- .
even inseparable so iar as tnis ques-|c
tion was coi.cerned and that if a sit- (
luation arose where the President^
would have tt consider withdrawing i
the latter ho .also would have to con-,
!,,ider withdrawing the former.
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BOY MEETS TKAtilC DEATH.
! a
Florence Times. i"
1 When William Childers, aged eight 1
years, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.|.
.Childers of Magnolia Heights failed jj
to return home late Saturday after-j'
noon after having gone out to play, J J
his parents became uneasy and start-!1
ed a search for their boy. In this'
search the neighbors joined with the j J
result that the dead body of the lad;1
was found later in a hole, said to!
;have been dug by the electric light!1
company. The hole was near the Chil-'f
ders home. It was full of water from j .
the recent rains. The body was found ,1
with the head resting in the water at,'
the bottom of the hole. A foot pro-11
truded from the opening and this at-['
tracted the attention of a little girl 1
who was assisting in the search. a
The boy was missed about 2 o'clock
but the parents expected him to re-'1
jturn home at almost any moment. :
I Search was instituted at half past
five o'clock in the afternoon, and the ii]
body was found half an hour later. P
Death was due to drowning. There j1
| was evidence of the hard struggle 1
Jthe child had madt. to extricate him- 1
|self before being overcome by the
water. t
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Death Claims Harry Bluckwcll.
C
Harry Blackwell died Tuesday^
night at 9 o'clock at the home of hisi^
father-in-law, Mr. Jas. Graham, near 1
Floydale. About ten days ago Mr. c
Blackwell contracted influenza which!1
developed into a case of pneumonia.'l
Mr nior.L-11^11 ..-or o nnrlt..? f
nvii n no CI Jiauvc Ul IV11 l 1 I lift- *
ton county, but came, to Dillon when I
I quite a young man and engaged in ^
| the mercantile business. About five a
(years ago be moved to Mullins and c
from Mullins he moved to a farm near I
jFloydale. He was an enterprising man I
.and enjoyed the esteem nd confidence It
jof a large circle of friends. Mr. Black- I
jwell's mother came over from Dar-'t
lington Tuesday morning and was at i^
; his bedside when he passed away. Mr. j
.Blackwell was a brother of Mr. Sam 11
Blackwell, for many years connected j
with the Palmetto Hardware Co. The f
'interment was made at Mt. Zion ^
.church yesterday afternoon at 4 s
I o'clock. jFLU
SITUATION KNCOUKAOI NO. 11
I Very Few Cases in Town or County,
and Situation Well Under
Control.
With the exception of a few scat- '
tered cases ther0 is very lit tip in flu- 1
'enza in Dillon or Dillon county. At
no tinie has the disease reached the 0
Iepidemic stage and there hits been 1
no occasion for alarm. The cases so 11
Ifur reported are of a mild type and 11
| there has been very little pneumon
lit. I N (? IHMIWI > I in* MIC. ' mil
well under control and tin-re i: \< r> 1
little likelihood of the disease spread- '
' i 11 AT so loni: as the if 11:1 ratitin laws '
ore eontitiued in force. The school: . f
churches and all public places are !
still dosed, and i.n public patio
are allowed. 1
it w i:s-i;i:i:kv.
Mr. Ueiubeii I). !l i\? from N> v. a
port News. Va? and Mi- l.'stelb l'?: i
ry from Ook (!ro\e. were ?;ni ;iy ma?
tied at Dillon court house on Sato* 1
day evening, February It. l,,L,,t.
i They left that niuhl for Newport h
News, Va.. w bere they will make tin ir t
i future home. ?'
! Mrs. Hayes is a charming young t
I lady and will be greatly missed by r
liter many friends in her community, v
land their many friends wish them a t
'long and happy life. T. M. f
IMtKKIDEXT OlSTS LAXSINO. I
' liny of Long Standing ricaclu's t'li- I
mav in Cabinet Officer's Forced
Itoignation.
Robert Lansing, secretary of state
lid one of the strongest members of ?
lie president's cr 'net, has tendered
is resignation, 'ihe resignation was
orced by a letter from the president
barging .Mr. Lansing with having as- '
umed "presidential authority" while
Ir. Wilson was ill. in that he called
nformal meetings of the cabinet to
iseuss state matters. There is much
inder the surface and official Wash-,
ngton says the feeling between the ^
i vnt- i/lnnt n n J hio conrot q rx' i c r\ f 1 ntt P"
tanding. A Washington dispatch ?
ays:
i j]
"Mr. Lansing denied he has sought j
ir intended to usurp the presidentialiG
.uthority. He added, however, that he ^
elieved then, an^ still believes, thati
he cabinet conferences were "for the'
est interests of the republic;" thatf^
hey were "proper and necessary" .
ecause of the President's condition
ind that he would have been derelict ^
n his duty if he had failed to act as
ie did. J
"As the record stands, Mr. Lansing t
endeted his resignation and Mr. Wilon
accepted it. The resignation was j
ffered, however, only after the c
'resident, under date of February 7.
lad written asking if it were true
hat Mr. Lansing had called cabinet
neetings and stating that if such
vere the case he felt it necessary to
ay that "under our constitutional,
aw and practice as developed hither- i
o no one but the President has the
ight to summon the heads of the exicutive
departments into conference.'
"Mr. Lansing answered two days
liter?last Monday?saying he had
ailed the cabinet conferences be ause
he and others of the Presidents
fficial family "felt that, in view of
he fact that we were denied com11
u 11 ication with you, it was wise for
is lo confer informally together on * t
' * matters as to which action could c
lot be postponed until your medical
idvisers permitted you to pass upon
hem."
"The secretary concluded by say- i
ng that if the President believed he c
ia(i failed in his "loyalty" to him, t
ind if Mr. Wilson no longer had con- a
idence in him, he was ready to "re- i
ieve you of any embarrassment by (
ilacing my resignation in your. 1
lands"
"The President replied last Wed- 1
lesday that he was "much disappoint- t
id" by Mr. Lansing's letter regarding I
'the so called cabinet meeting.'' He r
ound nothing in the secretary's let- t
er "which justifies your assumption t
if presidential authority in such a I
natter," and added that he "must s
rankly take advantage of your kind r
iuggestion to resign."
"I must say," continued the Presi- t
lent, "that it would relieve me of ein- '
larrassment, Mr. Secretary, the em- i
larrassment of feeling your reluct- a
nice and divergence of judgment, if i
ou would give up your present of- i
ire iind allow me to select sonio one'ti
'lse \vhose mind would more willingy
go along with mine."
liefore this letter was written the
late for the regular cabinet tneetng
?last Tuesday?had passed, and
he correspondence discloses why the
abinet did not meet. On the same
lay that he received this letter
rom the President, Mr. Lansing an-|
tounced he had written the cabinet1
d'l'icers that he would not call any;
nore cabinet conferences for the
>resent but no explanation was of-!
ered. Inquiry at the White House'
>rought only the statement that Mr.
Yilson himself probably would call
ind preside at the next session of his I
(fficial advisers. '
But the differences between the
'resident and the secretary long pre-!
lated the first cabinet call by Mr.
-ansing, which was issued last Octoler
fifth, seven days after Mr. Wilon
returned from his western speak-j
ng tour anj took to his bed. They,
tegun at the peace conference in
'aris, as Mr. Lansing disclosed in his
inal letter to the President, under
late of yesterday, and had continued
ince that time?one of the chief diferences
being over the government's
ttitude towar(j Mexico. I
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<ha\<;i: in Ligioit laws.
!
At the request of U. S. District At- t
orney Weston the Senate Judiciary f
'ommittee will this week introduce l
. bill to amend the present liquor law a
if the state to make it conform to o
he federal law. The slate law per- a
ails u person to buy a quart every t
uonth lor medical purposes, where- o
s the federal law allows the pur- t
has,, of a pint every ten days. If has c
een lawful sitico the nation went |
Irv hist Juii,, to ship a quart a month t
mo the state, but tli,. ?1 i t licit 11 y has t
ieen the soil l'ee Of supply. I"II?i I* tile I
ederal prohibition laws dru^yare |
Mowed to haudl,. whiskey for niedi- ?
a! | urpo>es. Tlu-v iiiusi Live bond to v
uarautee that it is sold vu eordiu^' t?> ti
is. The liquor tun t ! obtain*,{ on i
i'l.\sieian's pr? serip;it u and the i
i y>i,-ian is houdeil also. The diiia i
i.e., i.| |>illo|| have liol iir.idf f>|>lt v
| n* lieeii.-e to dispell ,, wlii<kev v
t: 1 so far as can be learned there 1
v,. In en no applicalions by any ot
i... line' >-iiiii!< in thi> i-omilv I I
nse tin* dim; stores decline to handle f
he stuff th,. government has the \
in lit tu establish :i dispensatory, t
iliere. in the judgment of the au- f
horilies, there is a legitimate demand t
or it. v
[ICE PRESIDENT
STATES HIS VIEWS
OLD TIME DEMOCRATIC l'LATFOIIM
ItEST," HE SAYS.
Telieves Peace and l'r<)S|)erity llest
On Time Honored Doctrines
of Democracy.
Washington, Feb. 15?Vice-Presilent
Marshall, in a letter to E. GToffniann,
of Fort Wayne, Ind., see
etary of the Democratic national
omimttee, made public tonight, aalounced
his candidacy as a delegate
t large from Indiana t0 the coming;
!an Francisco convention upon "an
ild time Democratic platform/'
"i have watched in other countries
mr effects of so-called unbridled deuocracy,"
the Vice President wrote,
and I have seen its menace in this
ountry, until I am quite convince*!
hat the peace, prosperity and perletuity
of the American republic must,
est finally upon a few ancient and
ime honored democratic doctrines/*'
In view of political gossip that Vice
'resident Marshall is slated to beome
chairman of the Democratic
datform committee his letter was
ead with especial interest by offiials
here.
"Another presidental campaign
mpends," Mr. Marshall wrote. "Thus
ar the President, who is the chief o-f
>ur party, has not deemed it expedi nt
to express his opinion as to what,
he issues will be. As I am desirous
>f being a delegate at large from
he State of Ind:ana, I wish in consolance
with what I hop^ has been my
'ntire public career, to state the sul>tance
of what I think the Democraic
party should stand for. I would
tot want to go under any misapprelension
as to my views upon the part:
>f the unfaltering Democrats of Iir?
liana.
War Is Xow Over.
"\Ve were in the war from the ?ery
noment of its European beginning be:ause
it affected our internal affairs..
Vll of the methods and measures
I /Innt oH fnr t A n i*nnnmro ?
iuvi/ivu iwi me picoci vauvu ui Liinr
jeace of our country and the winntnjg
>f the war met with approval and
am ready to defend them.
"The war is now over an^ the rehabilitation
of America, as well
he rest of the world, is taking place,
t is not possible to accomplish our
ehabilitation other than through
he instrumentalities of political paries.
How shall the Democratic party
iropose to rehabilitate the political
tysteni of America, if entrusted with
>ower? is the question.
"1 have watched in other countries
he effects of so-called unbridled de*nocracy
and I have seen its meuuce
n this country, until I am quite conduced
that the peace, prospesity and
jerpetuity of the American republic,
nust rest finally upon a few ancient
ind time-honored democratic docrines.
"No one save God can remove the
ndividual as the unit of good governnent.
Legislative efforts t0 produce
ust ice and good order in society by
istening and acceding to the (jemandi
)l persons and classes will in tt#?lour
of peace produce failure. The
>nly sure foundation for a stable re*-lublic
must rest upon thP Jeffersonan
right to life, to liberty and to the*
lursuit of happiness.
"The Democratic party should
itand for this and pledge itself t0 re>
11 ild the American political structure
ilong this line by clearly dividing its?
itizens into the hiw abiding and law.
ireaking; making its laws rest equaJfy
upon all men; permitting the iudiidual
citizen who is honest to suc eed
by honest methods; giving to o??>
itizen legislative advantage; speedily;'
lunishing any one who unjustly obains
success by crooked and dislion>st
means; recognizing that this sk.
till a federation of States; demaurfng
that the States discharge the uuies
of local self-government; resist ng
the usurpations of the general
;overnment; removing corrupt ancJ
dased judges by standing always forr
ibedience to the decrees of court ai d
o constituted authority, insisting
hat the legislative branch of thw government
shall be responsible for '.h-tlischarge
of its duty and serving noice
upon it that it cannot skulk be-tind
an alleged interference upon the.
iart of the executive branch; electin.tr
in Executive pledged lo discharge thrountless
officials and innumerabN*
igonts made necessary by th<> war arid'
o administer public affairs aloni
conomic lines, even to tho point. <:<'
he veto of every bill carrying r.o.
inly unnecessary and ill advised nj?irojiriations,
but appropriations frr
h(> benefit of a few citizens rather
ban for the common good; regubring
strictly every public utility, am
ii11ishi 11 gr all tlios,. seeking to proffer
either personally or through a-regaled
combinations ol men >nOlley;
in short, the pre :-entat m-| !
lie people |or their suffrages ol
it; ii upon :fn old tint,. Democrat!*
datform. under the principles
vhit-li the republic for so tunny yea*.
i ei.nil tiled prosperous and invimile.
"If the faith of litis kind appeal a
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it i lit* iM'iIluri ,n^ ?j i inuiaiia, a *?* ? ??
o go as ;i delegate at large to th(. niuention
at San Francisco to advocate
his kind of a platform and to'.is-.e.:ain
whether everything that mad?ho
republic great was right < ~
srong."