The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, September 29, 1904, Image 1
VOL. I. NO. 35. CAMDEN. S C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904. Sl.SO Per Year.
JUDGE PARKER'S LETTER
He Writes the Committee At Length Accepting
The Democratic Nomination
MITES BOLDLY UPON TIE ISSUES
A Vigorous Outllno of tho Democratic
Faith Given by tho Democrat!??
Faith Qivon by tho Oomooratio Can
didate?Tho Pollcieo That Should
Govern the Executive Outlined at
Length.
Jvige Parker gave to the presss
hie letter of, acceptance, printed In full
below. A If shortet than that of Presi
dent Rooeevelt, and deala with the
questions at Issue In the frankeet and
mosL Htrightforward way. There can
bo no doubt where the Democratic
candidate stands on the Issues of im
perialism, thetarl*. the trusts, the Phil
ippines. or any other of the campaign
questions. President Roosevelt's de
fence of his administrative usurpa
tion is riddled by the great Jurist.
To the Honorable Champ Clark snd
others. Committee, etc.
Gentlemen: In my response to your
Committee, st the formal notification
proceedings, I referred to some matters
not mentioned in this letter. I desire
that these be considered ss incorporat
ed herein, and regret that lack of
apace prevents specific reference to
them all. ( wish here, however, sgaln
to refer to my views there expressed
as to the gold standard, to declare
again my unqualified belief in ssld
stands rd. and to express my apprecla
tion of the action of the Convention
in reply to my communication upon
that subject.
Grave public questions are pressing
for derision. The Democratic party ap
peals to the people with confidence that
lt? position on these questions will be
accepted and endorsed at the polls.
While the Issues Involved sre numer
ous. some stand forth pre-eminent In
the public mind. Among these are,?
Tariff Reform, Imperialism, Economi
cal Administration and Honesty In the
Public Service. I shall briefly consider
these and some others within the ne
cessarily prescribed limits of this
letter.
IMPERIALISM.
While I presented my views st the
notification proceedings concerning this
vital issue, the overshadowing import
ance of this question impels me to refer
to It again.! The Issue Is oftentimes re
ferred to ss Constitutionalism vs. Im
perialism.
If we would retain our liberties and
oiistltiitional rights unimpaired, we
?annot permit or tolerate, at any time
?r for any purpose, the arrogation of
unconstitutional powers by the execu
tive branch of our government. We
should he ever mindful of the words
cf Webster. "Liberty is only to be pre
served by maintaining Constitutional
restraints and a Just division of politi
cal powers."
Already the national government has
?Mvome centralized beyond any point
-ontemplatcd or Imagined by the
oundera of the Constitution. How
tremendously all this has added to the
power of the President! It has devel
oped from year to year until It almost
~quals that of many monarchs. While
'.he growth of our country end the mag
nitude of interstate Interests may seem
to furnish a plausible reason for this
.entrallzatlon of power, yet these same
facts afford the most potent reason why
he executive should not be permitted
fo encroach upon the other depart
nents of the government, and assume
legislative, or other powers, not ex
ressly conferred by the Constitution.
The magnitude of the country and its
iverslty of Interests and population
would enable a determined, ambitious
nd able executive, unmindful of con
stitutional limitations and fired with
the lust of power, to go far to usurpa
tion of authority and the aggrandize
ment of personal power before the situ
ation could be fully appreciated or the
people be aroused.
The Issue of Imperialism which has
)fcn thrust upon the country involves
a decision whether the law of the land
r the rule of individual caprice shall
govern. The principle of Imperialism
may givo rise to brilliant, startling,
dashing results, but the priciple of De
mocracy holds In check the brilliant
Executive and subjects him to the
sober, conservative control of the
people.
The people of the United States
stand at the parting of the ways. Shell
we follow the footsteps of our fathers
along the paths of peace, prosperity and
contentment, guided by the ever-liv
ing yplrlt of tho Constitution which
they framed for us. or shall we go
along other and untried paths, hither
to shunned by all, following hlindlv
rew ideals, which, though appealing
with brilliancy to the Imagination and
ambition, may prove a will o' the wisp, |
leading us Into difficulties from which
It may he Impossible to extricate our
Kclres without lasting injury to our na
tional character and Institutions'
THE TARIFF AND TRUSTS.
Tariff reform Is one of the cardinal
principles of the Democratic faith, and
the necessity for It was never greater
than at the present time. It should be
undertaken at once in the Interest of
all our people.
The Dlngley Tariff is excessive In
many of its rates, and. as to them at
least, unjuntly and oppressively bur
dons tho people. It secures to domes
tic manufacturers, singly or In combi
nation, the privilege of exacting ex
cessive prices at home and prices far
Telegraphic Briefs.
Thomas H. Tibbies, Vice-Presidential
candidate of the People s party, has Is
sued his letter of acceptance.
A man who says he Is J. E. Reeves,
of Baltlmoro, was arrested at Oyeter
Bay, N. Y., while trying to see Presi
dent Roosevelt, for whom ho said he
.had a message from H?aven.
j The New York Democratic State
[Convention met at Saratoga, effected a
itemporary organisation and than ad
ftowraod until today.
above the level of sales made regularly
bj them abroad with profit, thus giving
a bounty to foreigners at the expense
of our own people. It levies oppressive
and unjust taxes upon many articles
forming. In whole or psrt. the so-called
raw material of many of our manufac
tured products, not only burdening the
consumer, but also closing to the man
ufacturer the msrkets he needs and
seeks sbroad. Its unjust taxation bur
dena the people generally, forcing them
to pay excessive prices for food, fuel,
clothing and other necessaries of life.
It levies duties on many articles not
normally Imported In any considerable
amount, which are made extenalvely at
home, for which the most extreme pro
tection would hsrdly Justify protective
tsxes, snd which In large amounts are
exported. Such duties have been and
will continue to be a direct Incentive to
the formation of huge Industrial com
binations, which, secure from foreign
competetiona, are enabled to stifle do
mestic competition snd practically to
monopolise the home market. .
The.people demand reform of exist
ing conditions. Since the lsst Demo
cratic administration the cost of living
I'as grievously Increased. Those having
fixed incomes have suffered keenly;
those living on wages, If there has
been any increaae, know that such in
crease has not kept pace with the ad
vance in the cost of living, including
rent and the necessaries of life. Many
today are out of work, unable to se
cure any wages at all. To alleviate
theae conditions, in so far as Is in our
power, should be our earnest en
deavor.
Judge Parker defines the difference
between the two parties on the tariff!
question. The Republican party has'
favored the protection Idea, while the]
Democratic party has always claimed
that taxation of all kinds should be
purely with a view of raising neces
sary revenue.
TRUST REMEDIES.
I pointed out in my earlier response
the remedy, which In my judgment, can
effectually be applied against monop
olies, apd the assurance was then given
that if existing laws, including both
statute and common law, proved inad
equate, contrary to my expectations. I
favor auch further legislation, within
constitutional limitations, as will best
promote and safeguard the Interests
of all the people.
Whether *th%re Is any common law
which can be applied and enforced by
the Federal courts .cannot be deter
mined by the President, or by a candi
date for the Presidency.
The determination of this question
was left by Jhe people In framing the
Constitution, to the Judiciary and not
to the Executive. The Supreme Court of
the United States has recently consld-'
ered this question, and. In the case of
the Western Union Telegraph Co. vs.
The Call Publishing Co.. to be found
in the one hundred and eighty-first
voiuuie of the United States Supreme
Court reports, at page 92, It decided
that common law principles could be
applied by United States courts in
cases involving Interstate Commerce,
in the absence of United States statutes
specifically covering the case. Such is
the law of the land.
RECIPROCITY.
In my address to the Notification
Committee I said that tariff reform "Is
demanded by the best Interests of both
msnufscturer snd consumer." With
eoual truth It can be said that the bene
fits of reciprocal trade treaties would
ensure to both. That the consumer
would be helped is unquestionable.
That the manufacturer would receive
great benefit by extending his markets
abroad hardly needs demonstration.
His productive capacity has outgrown
the home market. The very term
"Home Market," has changed in Its
significance. Once, from the manufac'
turers' point of view. It meant expan
sion; today the marvellous growth of
our manufacturing Industries has far
exceeded the consumptive capacity of
our domestic markets, and the term
"Home Market" implies contraction,
rather than expansion. If we would run
our mills to their full capacity, thus
giving steady employment to our work
men and securing to them and to the
manufacturer the profits accruing from
Increased production, other markets
must be found. Furthermore, when our
manufacturers are dependent on raw
materials in whole or part Imported,
it Is vital to the extension of their
markets abroad that they secure their
materials on the most favorable terms.
Our martyred President, William Mc
Klnley, appreciated this situation. Ho
pointed out in his last address to the
people that we must make sensible
trade arrangements If "we shall extend
the outlets for our Increasing surplus."
Ho said, "a system which provides n
mutual exchange of commodities Is
manifestly essential to the continued
and healthful growth of our export
trade. ? * ? The period of exclu
Mveness Is past. The expansion of our
trade and commerce is the pressing
problem. Commercial wars are unprof
itable. A policy of good will and
friendly relations will prevent reprisals.
Reciprocity treaties are In harmony
with the spirit of the times; measures
of retaliation are not."
This argument was made In the In
terest of our manufacturers, whose
I roducts. he urged, "have so multiplied, j
that the problem of more markets re- '
quires our urgent and immediate atten- I
t!on." He had come to realize that the ^
so-called "stand pat" policy must give |
way?that there must be a reduction
of duties to enable our manufacturers |
Sharps and Flats.
Mormon missionaries are to be ex
cluded from Hungary.
King Oscer of Sweden receives Aoif
Beck, who served Ave years In an Eng
lish jail for another mon's crime.
An attempt was made at Odessa to
assassinate Chief of Police Neldgardt.
President Rooscvolt's special train
was delayed 36 minutes In Baltlmoro
by the breaking of a tire on the loco
motive, which crippled the machine.
to cultivate fortln markets. Tha last
words of this President?who had woo
tha affection of his eovatrymen?ought
to ha studied by every man who has
?V doebt of tha necessity of a reduc
tion lh tariff rates la tha Interest of tha
manufacturer. They promt with clear
ness a situation and a propoasd remedy
that prompted the provision la our
platform which declarea that, "we
favor liberal trade arrangements with
Cnnnds and with peoples of other conn
tries where they can be entered Into
with benefit to American agriculture,
manufactures. mining or commerce."
The peraletent refusal of the Repub
lican majority in the Federal Senate to
ratify the reciprocity treaties negoti
ated In pursuance of the policy advo
cated alike by Mr. Blaine and Mr. Mc~
Klnley. and expreeely santloned in the
Dlngley act Itself, Is a discouraging ex
hibition of bad faith. As already men
tioned by me, the exorbitant duty 1m
poeed on many an Imported article by
the Dlngley Tariff was avowedly In
tended by Its author n#t to be per
manent, but to servo temporarily aa a
maximum, from which the Federal
Government wss empowered to offer
a reduction. In return for an equivalent
concession on the part of a foreign
country. President McKlnley undertook
honestly to csrry out the purpoee of the
set A number of reciprocity agree
ments was negotiated, which. If rati
fied, would have had the two-fold re
sult of cheapening many Imported pro
ducts for American consumers, and of
opening and enlarging foreign markets
to American producers. Not one of
those agreementa haa met with the ap
proval of the Republican masters of
the Senste. Indeed they did not even
permit their consideration. In view of
the sttltude of the present Eexcutlve,
no new agreement need be expected
from him. Nor does the Republican
platform contain a favorable reference
to one of the suspended treaties. The
reciprocity clauses of the Dlngley act
seem destined to remain a monument
of legislstlve cozenage and political bad
faith, unless the people take the matter
in their own handa at the ballot box
and command a reduction of duties in
return for reciprocal concession^.
INDEPENDENCE FOR THE FILIPI
NOS.
In some quarters It has been aasum
ed that In the discussion of the Philip
pine question In my response, the
phrase "self-government," was intend
ed to mean something less than Inde
pendence. It was not Intended that it
should be understood to mean, nor do
I think aa used It does mean leas
independence. However, to eliminate
all possibility for conjecture, I now
state that I am In hearty accord with
that plank in our platform that favors
doing for the Filipinos what we have
already done for the Cubans; and I fa
vor making the promise to them now
that we shall take such action as soon
m they are reasonably prepared for It.
!f independence, auch as the Cubans
enjoy, Ca mot be prudently granted to
the F'Mplnos at this time, the promise
that It shall come the moment they are
capable of receiving It will tend to
stimulate rather than hinder their de
velopment. And this should be done not
only In Justice to the Filipinos, but to
preserve our own rights; for a free
people cannot withhold freedom from
another people and themselves remain
free. The toleration of tyranny over
others will soon breed contempt for
freedom and self-government, and
weaken our power of resistance to in
sidious usurpation of our constitutional
rights.
AMERICAN" CITIZENSHIP.
The pledge of the platform to secure
to our citizens, without distinction of
race or creed, whether native born or
naturalized, at home and abroad, the
equal protection of the laws and the
enjoyment of all the rights and privi
leges open to them under the covenants
of our treaties, as their Just due, should
be made good to them. In the accomp
lishment of that result it is essential
that a passport issued by the govern
ment of the United States to an Ameri
can cltisen shall be accepted the world
over as proof of citizenship.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The statute relating to Civil Service
is the outcome of the efforts of
thoughtful, unselfish and public spirit
id citizens. Operation under it has
frequently been of such a character as
to offend against the spirit of the stat
ute, but the result achieved, even under
a partial enforcement of the law, has
been such as to both deserve and com
mand the utterance of the Democratic
party that It stands committed to the
principal of Civil Service reform and
demands its Just and impartial en
forcement.
PANAMA CANAL.
As Isthmian canal has long been the
hope of our statesmen, and the avow
ed aim of the two great parties, as their
platforms in the past show. The Pana
ma route having been selected, the
building of the canal should be pressed
to completion with all reasonable ex
pedition.
The methods by which the Execu
tive acquired the Panama Canal route
antl rights are a source of regret to
ninny. To them, the statement that
thereby a great public work was assur
ed to the profit of our people is not a
sufficient answer to the charge of vio
lation of National good faith. They ap
preciate that the principles and healthy
convictions which In their working out
have made us free and great, utand
firmly against the argument or sugges
tion that we shall be blind to the na
ture of the means employed to promote
our welfare. They hold that adherence
to principle, whether it works for our
good or III. will have a more beneficent
influence on our future destiny than
all our material upbuilding, and that
r/e should ever remember that the Idea
cf doing a wrong to a smaller, weaker
nation that we. or even all mankind,
may have a resultant good Is repug
nant to the principles upon which our
government was founded.
Under the laws of the United States
the duty is Imposed on the Executlvo
By Wire and Cable.
Judge I). Cady Herrlck. who will re
sign shortly. opened his campaign at
Albany.
The Democratic campaign textbook
was completed and la to be issued
fhortly.
Colorado Democrats completed their
State ticket, renominating ex-Congress
man J. F. Shafroth among others.
Many learned papers were read be
fore the International Congress of Art?
and Sciences in St. Louis.
to arocsed With iat dfilmoe |a the
work of constructing the Caul. That
duty should be promptly performed.
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
Oar commerce la A?Hog bottoms
?mounts to but eight per cent, of oar
total exports and lafotta. For seventy
years prior to ISM, when the Republi
cs* party came lato power, our mer
chant marine carried an sverace of
seventy-five per cent, of oar foreign
commerce. By 1877 It had dwindled to
twenty-seven per cent. Mow we carry
bat a contemptibly small fraction of
oar exports snd tmporta.
American shipping In the foreign
trsde was grester by over one hundred
thousand tons In ltlb?nearly a hun
dred years ago?than It was lsst year.
In the face of the continuous decline In
the record of American shipping du
ring tae lsst forty-three years, the
promise of the Republican party to re
store It Is without encouragement. The
record of the Democratic party gives
sssursnce that the taak can be more
wisely entrusted to It.
It Is sn arduous task to undo the ef
fect of forty years of decadence, snd
requires the study and Investigation of
those best fitted by experience to find
the remedy.?which saialy does not Us
lu the grantlsg of subsidies, wrung
from the pocket of all the taxpayers.
INVESTIGATION- OP GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS.
Recent disclosures, coupled with the
rapid augmentation of government ex
penditures. show a need of an investi
gation of every department of the gov
ernment. The Democrats in Congresa
demsnded It. The Republican majority
refused the demand. The people csn
determine by their vote in November
whether they with aa honest snd thor
ough investigation. 'A Democratic Con
gress snd Executive will sssure it.
ARMY AND NAVY.
We are Justly proud of the officers
and men of our Army and Navy. Both,
however, have suffered from the per
sistent injection of personsl snd po
litical influence. Promotions snd ap
polntments have been frequently based
on fsvorltlsm instead of merit. Trials
and court-martials have been set aside
under circumstances Ipdlcatlng politi
cal Interference. These and other abus
es should be corrected.
On the subject of pensions the letter
is plain. Mr. Parker Is favorable to a
liberal allowance for disabled veterans,
but opposes extravagance in the grant
ing of pensions.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The foreign relations of the govern
ment have in late years assumed spe
cial Importsnce. Prior to the acquisi
tion of the Philippines, We were prac
tically Invulnerable against attacks by
foreign States. Those .tropical posses
sions. however, seven thousand miles
frpm our shores, have changed all this
snd have in effect put us under bonds
to keep the"peace. The tmq conditions
call for a management .of foreign af
fairs the more circumspect In that the
recent American Invasion of foreign
markets in all parts of the world has
excited the serious apprehension of all
the great Industrial peoples. It Is es
sential, therefore, more than ever, to
adhere strictly to the traditional policy
of the country as formulated by Its
first president and never. In my Judg
ment. wisely departed from?to ln\*ite
friendly relations with all nations
while avoiding entangling alliances
with any. Such a policy means the cul
tivation of peace instead of the glorlfl
cntlon of war, and the minding of our
own business In lieu of spectacular In
termeddling with the affali? of other
nations. It means strict observance of
the principles of International law and
condemns the doctrine that a great
state, by reasoq of Its strength, may
rightfully appreciate the sovereignty or
territory of a small atate on account
of its weakness. It means for other
American states that we claim no
rights and will assume no functions
save those of a friend and of an ally
and defender aa against European ag
gressions. It means that we repudiate
the role of the American continental
policeman; that we refuse to act as
debt collector for foreign states or
their cltltens; that we respect the In
dependent sovereignty of each Ameri
can state and its right to preserve
order and otherwise regulate its own
Internal affairs In its own way; and
that sny Investlgstlon In Its sffslrs by
us Is limited to the single offloe of en
abling its people to work out their own
political and national destiny for them
selves free from the coercion of sny
European stste.
REFORM IN GOVERNMENTAL EX
PENDITURES.
Twenty-eight years have passed since
the Democratic party of the State of
New York, in convention assembled,
recommended to the National Democra
cy the nomination of Samuel J Tll
den as Its candidate for the Pensldency
and declared It to be "their settled con
viction that a return to the constitu
tional principles, frugal expenses ana
administrative purity of the founders
of tho Republic is the first and most
Imperlons duty of the times,?the com
manding issue now before the people
of the Union." This strong expression
wag called forth by the national expen
ditures for the year 1876, which
amounted to $274.000.000.?a situation
which. In the opinion of a majority of
our people. Justified an imperative de
mand for reform In the administration
of public affairs. As the expenditures
of the last fiscal year amounted to the
enormous total of $582,000,000. It Is evi
dent that a thorough Investigation of
the public sorvicc and the Immediate
abandonment of useless and extrava
gant expenditures are more necessary
now than they wore then. This astound
ing increase Is out of all proportion to
the Increase of our population, and
finds no excuse from whatever aspect
we view tho situation. The National
Democratic Platforrfi declares that
"large reductions can easily be made
in the annual expenditures of the gov
ernment without Impairing the effi
ciency of any branch of the public ser
vice." Can there be any doubt of the
The News in Paragraphs.
The "determined" men who usually
resort to mob law to avenge an offense
agalnat the State, know that they Are
taking the law into their own hands
and are doing what they know to be
wrong. In so doing they dishonor God,
destroy their own Idea of self respect
and set at naught the dignity of the
State.
A negro assaulted and probably fa
tally injured Mrs. Emma Rotten, near
l'atton, Pennsylvania
ueinej of this statement? Betweea
the expenditures of the year ISM,
amounting to $242,000,000. and those oC
the last fiscal yesr?the seventh after
Urover Cleveland ceased to be Presi
dent?aggregating $582,000,000, there is
s difference so crest as to excite alarm
In the breasts of sll thoughtful men.
Bvea excluding-the sum of $60,000,000
psld for the Psnama Canal rights and
to the Stste of Panama, the expendi
tures of the last fiscal year exceeded
the sum of $532,000,000, being mors
than double the expenditures erf the
government for all purposes during the
first yesr of Mr. Cleveland's admlnls
tratlon.
The expenses of the first four years
succssdlng the lsst Democratic admin
istration amounted to the enormous av
ersge of $11,000,000 per yesr. This large
expenditure was due to a considerable
extent to the cost of the Spanlsh
Amsricsn War, which occurred during
that period; but the termination of
that war brought no relief to the
Treasury, for the average annual ex
penses of the government during the
three subsequent years ending June 30,
1904. were about $519,000,000, which Is
the largest sum hitherto reached, du
ring a like period, since the close of
the Civil War.
This draft upon the revenue of the
country has bad the effect which might
hsvs been sntlclpsted, and now we
have presented the reverse of the situ
ation, which led to the famous obser
vation, "It is s condition, and not s
theory, which confronts us;" for, al
though ths present Incumbent found at
the close of the first fiscal yesr, during
which he sssumed control of the ad
ministration, a surplus of receipts over
expenditures of more than $91,000,000,
there was an excess of expenditures
over receipts st the close of the last
fiscal year of $42,000,000. and the offi
cial monthly reports made by the
Treasury Department show that the ex
penditures are continuously and rapidly
increasing, while the receipts are di
minishing.
In this connection it is interesting to
note the recent administrative orders
forbidding government officers from
making public any statement of esti
mates on which future appropriations
are to bp based.
If a man of ordinary Intelligence and
prudence should find In the operating
expenses of his business such a tre
mendous percentage of Increase, would
he not promptly set on foot an Inquiry
for the cause of the waste. and take
Immediate measures to stop it, espe
cially when trusted employees have
been found dishonest and convicted,
and a widespread impression exists
that/a thorough Investigation may dis
cover other cases of malfeasance?
When the Chief Executive reported to
Congress thst, "through frauds, forge
ries snd perjuries, and by shameless
briberies the laws relating to the
proper conduct of the public service In
general, snd to the due administration
of the Postofflce Department have been
notoriously violated ? ? ? ," there
was a general popular demand for a
rigid, sweeping Investigation by Con- j
press, in addition to that undertaken (
by the Executive himself. Such an In
vestigation the Republican majority In 1
Congress would not permit, although ;
the minority Insisted that the Interests ,
of good government demanded It. And
the minority was right. The liberality,
patriotism and national pride of the
people should not be made an excuse
for waste of the public funds. Official
extravagance Is official crime.
There is not a sentence in the Re
publican platform recommending a re
duction in the expenditures of the gov
ernment; not a line suggesting that the
Increase In the cost of the War De
partment from $34,000,000 in 1886 to
$115,000,000 in 1904, should be Inquired
into; and not a paragraph calling for s
thorough investigation of those depart
ments of the government in which dis
honesty has been recently disclosed.
Reform In expenditures must be had
in both the Civil. Military and Naval
establishments in order that the na
tional expenditures may be brought to
a basis of peace and the government
maintained without recourse to the
taxes of war.
CONCLUSION.
I have put aside a congenial work,
to which I had expected to devote my
life, In order to assume, as best I can,
the responsibilities your convention put
upon me.
I solicit the cordial co-operation and
generous assistance of every man who
believes that a chance of measures and
of men at this time would be wise, and
urge harmony of endeavor as well as
vigorous action on tho part of all so
minded.
The issues are Joined and the people
must render the verdict.
Shall economy of administration be
demanded or shall extravagance be en
couraged? ,
Shall the wrongdoer be brought to
bay by the people, or must Justice wait
upon political oligarchy?
Shall our government stand for equal
opportunity or for special privilege?
8hall it remain n government of law
or become one of Individual caprice?
Shall we cling to the rule of the peo
ple, or shall we embrace beneficent
despotism?
With calmncss snd confidence, we
await the people's verdict.
If called to the office of President. I
shall consider myself the chief magis
trate of all tho people and not of any
faction, and shall ever be mindful of
the fact that on many questions of na
tional policy there are honest differen
ces of opinion. I believe In the patri
otism, good sense and absolute sincer
ity of all the people. I shall strive to
remember that he may serve his Party
best who serves his Country best.
If It be the wish of the people that
I undertake the duties of the Presi
dency, I pledgr myself, with God's help,
to devote all my powers and energy to
the duties of this oxalted office.
Very truly yours,
ALTON B. PARKER.
Minor Events of the We?k.
The director* on the part of the
Stato for the Atlantic and North Car
olina Railroad are announced. Th-j
only changc is that L. Harvey in mado
Btatc'a proxy Instead of J. W. Grang
er, who .4ue<?oed? Harvey as dirootor.
Other directors aie C. M. HttBhee.
Raleigh; W. II. Smith. Goldsboro;
Jaa. A. Bryan. New Beino; W. H.
Hagley, Raleigh; L. O. Daniels, Hay
bo ro ; R. W. Tajlor, Mootehcad City;
V. C. Parker.
U MAD AND 120 BA1LY INJURED
Terrible Loes of Life M the Heavy
Eastbound Train Due to the Fact
that the Second Coach Plouf ho# In
to the Bank and Other Care were
Jammed Into It by the Heavy Full*
mane.
Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?Running
in a roadbed in a supposedly high
condition of maintenance and having
About them every safeguard known
jo modern railroading, two trains
>n the Southern railway carrying
leavy lists of passengers, came to
gether in a frightful bead-end collision
iear Hodges, Tenn., Saturday, send
ng 62 people to death and injuring
120. several of whom will probably
tie. This appalling loss of life and
oalmlng of the living resulted, appar
ently, from the disregarding of orders
tlven to the two trains to meet at a
itation which has for a long time
?een their regular meeting point. The
:lalm of failure to see either the star
Ion or signals cannot be set up by
be engineer of th e west bound train
sere he alive to enter plea of defense,
is the accident happened in broad
layllght, and according to the best
nformation obtainable, he had the
>rders In a little frame In front of
aim as his monster of iron and steel
rushed by New Market and soon after
same upon an east bound passenger
rain No. 12. making for New Market
n compliance with instructions to
neet the westbound train which car
ried the sleepers from the Bast for
Knoxville, Chattanooga . and other
Southern cities.
CAUSE OF THB WRESOK.
The possibility exists that the 111
hted engineer may have been asleep
>r that death had suddenly taken
:he sight from his eyes before New
MLarket was reached. But nothing Is
mown save that the orders were not
>beyed. The trains were on time and
lot making more than 36 miles an
lour, yet the Impact as they rounded
i curve and came suddenly upon each
>thei was frightful. Both engines
ind the major portions of both trains
ftrere demolished, and why the orders
Are re disregarded or misinterpreted
probably will never be known, as the
mgineers of the two trains were
:rushed, their bodies remaining for
lours under the wreckage of the
nonster locomotives, which, but a
ibort time before, had leaped forward
At the touch of their strong hands
jpon the throttle.
Home of the bodies have not boen
i 'ecovered, and many remain unldentl
; led.
CORRECTED DEATH UST.
The complete and corrected list of
! lead as a result of Saturday's wreck,
! op to 10 o'clock Sondsy night, Is as fol
I lows:
W. A. Oalbralth, Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. W. A. Oalbralth, Knoxville,
Tenn.
W. T. Ellis, Greensboro, N. C .
Ralph Mountcastle, Knoxville.
Miss Inez Russell, Knoxville.
Clyde Russell, Knoxville.
Cory Knight, Dandrldge, Tenn.
W. A. Stephenson, Omaha, Neb,
John Conner, Roanoke, Va.
Militia Lmvi Trial.
Huntsville, Ala., Special.?On the ad
vice of Judge Speak, of the Circuit
Court, orders were received today for
the militia to break camp and return
to Birmingham. The guard at the jail
wan taken off at noon and the company
left for home tonight. It la extremely
Improbable that there will be any more
trouble during the trials of alleged
lynchers.
French Workmen at St. Louis.
New York, Special.?A delegation of
Prencnmen sent at tho expenae of the
French government to the St. Tx>uls
Exposition arrived Sunday on board
the French Line steamer La Bretagne,
from Havre. The industries represent
ed are the manufacture of musical In
struments, cotton, shoes, hats, machin
pry. tools and railroad supplies. There
are also representatives of national la
bor organisations and experts In mail
distribution. Mr. Mekin Albert, profes
sor at the French colonial and naval
cadet school, heads the delegation of
workmen.
Dies of His Wounds.
Cleveland, #hio, Special.?TJoyd F.
Harms, associate editor of The Cleve
land Tribune, who was shot In tho of
fice of that paper, Thursday evening,
died at lakeside Hospital Saturday
night. An hour after Harms' death,
John Stanton, who shot him, was re
arrested and locked up on a charge of
murder. The shooting was tfoo result
of^an article whlcb appeared U The
A WHOLESALE DEATH LIST
Results From Head-End Collision of Crowded
Passenger Trains
D. S. Box, Birmingham, AI%1
J. M. Adkins, Jelllco, T?u.
Mrs. J. B. Gam, KaoxvfUe.
Mrs. W. O. Haddlx. Knoxriile. -
James Bird, Jefferson City, Tens.
Mrs. Albert McMahan, N ewpttf
Tenn.
John Glenn, Morristows,
E. S. Home, Morris town,'
J. R. Plummer, Chapet HUI, N. G.
W. 8. Hill. J ?111co, Ten.
Hill, 7-year-old daaghter 4
Mrs. Laura Hill.
Mrs. Sarah Hill, Gaffney, 0. C.
Boy thought to he son of Mrs. Uw|
Hill. <
Mrs. Fannie McKwen. Knoxriile.
R. B. Godwin?, Jefferson Olty, Ttu|
. Monroe Ash more, Knoxriile.
J. J. Daniel, Turley's Mill. Tenn.
Mrs. Annie Haylow Matlofr. Binning*
bam.
W. R. Kane, Knoxville, engineer a#
westbound train.
W. R Spencer, Areadia, Pftn.
Roy McMahan, Newport, Toaa
Mrs. Geo. Klnsel, Knoxriile.
Miss Cupp, Knoxriile.
C. M. Helskell, Memphis, Teas.
Charles Carson, colored. Tetfor*4
Tenn.
Will Cunlnghsm, eolored, CMtic^
Tenn.
Two white men, unidentified.
Two-yearo-oid girl, uakmewa.
Unknown negro.
E. G. Earnest, Johnson City, Tea*.
Mis. R. B. Crayford, Mehawk, TeUl
Ed Degrout, Johnson City, Tenn.
Dr. A. Crawford, BardsUnra, Ky. ,
Geo. Lee, Carrollton, Ky. '
J. H. Rea, Whitesboro, Tenn.
Mrs. Laura Hill, Gaffner, 8. C.
Fifteen Months-old Boy.
Mrs. C. A. Russell, Knoxriile
William Jonee, Knoxriile.
G. N. Parrott, Knoxriile.
Mrs. Green, Cylra, N. C.
Mrs. J. A. Lemons, Knenrftle.
Mtsl Nancy J. Rumley, WaSaag%
Tenn.
Rer. Isaac Emery, Knonvllle.
Melrel P. Gantt, Shelby, If. ?.
J. Miles, negro fireman.
Nep. Miller, colored, Greenville
Tenn.
Arthur Gass, colored, Greeurillo^
Tenn.
Unidentified Baby, found Sunday.
Two Unidentified Bodies found 9u?
day.
A force of 150 men tailed all day long
?t the scene of the wreck. Before $
o'clock Sunday morning the track wa$
clear for through trains, but It rsqulr*
ed many hours to clear the debris. One
gineero Parrott and Kane were fouiu)
beneath tbetr engines, but their bodl<$
were not crushed badly. Small frt$*
xrents of bodies were found in man|
places, but It Is thought that they be?
long to bodies already found ant
brought to this city. One little babj
was found by the wreckers.
LOSS OP LIFE EXPLAINED.
The cause of the terrible loss of life,
in the heavy east-bound train was ex
plained. It seems that the second coach
ploughed Its way into a bank In which
other cars were jammed, and, pushed
on by the weight of henry Pullman!
were crushed like egg ghells.
Physicians at the hospital state thai
of the long list of injured wtrich they
hare in their care it is probable thai
not more than four will die. The com*
plete list of injured, as gtren out bj
the railroad officials show a total o|
162, but this includes all persons wb4
were only slightly hurt or scratched.
Americans Not Served.
Id a ntimber of the leading stores o|
Edinburgh and Glasgow there Is a no
tice: "Americans not served here."
Yankee shoppers used to cause the pro*
prletors and their anaJstants to turn
their shops topsy-turvy until they look?
od like a rummage sale (bargain eoun<
ler not In It), and then would etevat<
their noses and "guess we'll try some
where elst." Hence the aotire.
Cholera at Port Arthur?
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Althougt
no confirmation has been roe.elved
at this hour at either the War Office
or the Admiralty of the report from
Tslngtau, that cholera had broken out
at Port Arthur. It Is admitted that 11
Is possibly true, owing to the terri
bly unsanitary conditions around th<
fortress, arising from the number oft
docayln* corpses there. Rut until
confirmation is received, tho Tsmgtau
telegram will not be Riven out to th?
pross. In order to avoid causing noed
| less alarm among the relatives of the
brave defenders. Tho announcement,
I nono the las, has caused tho deepest
| concern.
Citizens Resent Outrages.
Macon, Ga., Special.?A special t?
The Telegraph fr<Sm Talbotton says:
"A mass meeting was held at tb?
court house here today which was at
tended by prominent cltisetis from ev
ery portion of the county to tako the
necessary steps to apprehend and
prosecute the parties who shot, the two
negroes. Resolutions were passed fav
orable to Inw and orflervand tho Gov
ernor, was requested to offer a reward
for the arrest of t*r ^tilltjr parties,"