The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 16, 1914, Image 1
VVOL,.
9, NO. 73, SKMI-WEEKLY.
6HARGB CONSPIRACY LZI^
TO BLOCK LEGISLATION 5=H
of phenomenal violenc
President Wilson Creates Sensa- ov<>r Paris for three h
loss of life and enormt
tion in Official ( ircles. property. The rain floe
land caused the burstiri
TALKS OF TRUST PROGRAM the central fashionabl<
? city a street caved in,
8nys Sentiment Favoring Postpone- finil pedestrians. The 1
nient is Result of Campaign? tims is not known, ow
Will Not Influence Him. Ker of approaching th
Washington, June 15.?President : resu'i'n8 from the col
Wilson made the direct churge today ! wa"tB an<' roadways.
^ 4| A , m . I t { m !110 Kn 1 o ?r* r* r, t o
umi sentiment in uivor or postpone- m
... , . . . .. . . . The most serious ci
ment of the administration trust leg- . .
.... .. .. , at the juncture of the
islative program was the result of a
. . . . . . i and the Faubourg
campaign of certain interests and
* .1 ....... .. , ... When the storm was a
Intimated that it was the cause of the , . ,
? iiii.i i i square feet of the roa<
psychological business depression,
, rying with it a num
of which he recently spoke. . . ...
4 In support of the President's view w^? a( ta <n s Ie 1
the White House made public copies awn ng ? u ca eof
letters and telegrams circulated 1 ~
among business men calling for ad- *1. i*. rvxvsJ
journment of Congress without com- PASS
pletiou of the trust bills, praying for ??the
freight rate increase asked by the vrd HS * ntplain 1
railroads of the interstate commerce Between t e .^ ect ?
commission and calling for a halt of e< ,
....... , . ? Blenheim Special
the attacks on business. *
President Wilson made it clear to state- Ju?e 13 T
his callers thnt the campaign, if such ^'r^ar(^s? or mor< '
it might be called, would not influ- Presbyterian miniate,
ence him and that it was his plan to home of hIs dauKht
push the trust program through the H"nter, at . ..0 p. r,
senate with the aid of all the means the 87th year ? b
at his command. been 1,1 with some fo*
He expressed the view that bust- ^?%er *or six w?e^B ai
ness was as good if not better now advanccd aK' e
than a short while ago and that it tained at any Umf f<
would be less harmful to business in- remarkable vita I
*?_ . . ... tention of his menta
terests to have the trust legislation
? , . , . , most up to the time oi
program completed than to be con.
. most pvtmnrillniiru
frnntoH wit i> ? J?1 - r
".v.. u ucnuu ui uncertainty I ~ " "
..... . , I He was at the time
which would accompany delay. a ? .
? ... , . trustee of the Colum
One of the letters which came into , ....
? .? .... >. . . Seminary, in whcih 1
possession of the White House, but
. _ . active interest, and t
was not given out toaay, was circu- ? ' ?
TT . ,, ber of Pee Dee Pre
lated by the Simmons Hardware Co., , , ,
. oa t , , , attended its last seast
of St. Louis. E. C. Simmons, head of
the company, had been selected for ^aymembership
in the federal reserve ^r? R c ?^ds
board and his nomination was to have hlh ,lr*t wl ?J
gone to the senate today. This man y?&rs a8?- ? ?
ing it was announced at the White oT hiH flrst marria*
y, House that Mr. Simmons had de- John G ? a
clined the place. White House of- H111- ReT- Gflcials
emphatically .denied, however. D" of Dav,dBon' N.
that the circular letter had any con- ardB of Holand,
nection with this development Munter of B,?nhe,mAnother
circular letter made pub- Ca,,um of Hamer' Mr
He, purporting to have been sent out Sckool. N- 8 1
by the Pictorial Review Co.. of New a large nulnb?r of *r
York, was signed by W. P. Abnelt as 11iH 8econd wife;
president. Sarah Matheson of
It was dated May 1st, and enclosed three years aK?"
a draft of a letter "which embraces Mr- Rtchards was a
the views of a majority of the think- (-onfcderate arm> an<
Ing business people of our section of tor of the R?-esbyteria
the country and which should be ad- erty Hil1, Rersbaw c<
dressed to the President of the United ly 40 yean,> comia8
States, the Congress and members of R,enheim- p
the interstate commerce commission cf the Rlpnhpin?> I,ul
respectively." ' Creek Rresbyterian <
The letter concluded: "lr you pre- he Herved for 17 yea
fer to use copies of the enclosed let- was a man of flr
ter we will mail you as many a yon al),Rty? loyal to ,^,p ca
can conveniently use. It will be B ,onK *n r'" -Fap
more effective, however, if you write tho Master whom h
them on your own letter heads." |.En??h <>f ?,d' Uns
1'he form of letter attached was an ,oya,ty 10 the truth> *
appeal for postponement, of trust leg- r*K'1*eouBnes8, count 1
(station and a five per cent freight I" n<' an<* 8Pen
rate increase for the railroads. .of h'H fo,,ow men* 1
A copy of a night lettergram con-' nieant lon* BerV,C?'fC
tainlng the contents of the form let- uPllft,nS the world \
ter in condensed terms was attached.jan<* 'ntense> and, ui
The letter purported to have been men' he dld not Hve 1
sent out by the Simmons Company PI.EGKS ARK
was dated June 9th, which was after j
^ Mr. Simmons had been offered a seven More Candidal
place on the reserve board. Coming Cam
Not since President Wilson mailt Tbo following c?
his charge of an insidious lobby in (heir assessments ves
Washington to influence tariff logis- , Charles Carroll Sir
latlon has there been a sensation of uor
such a sort in official circles. News j g A Mullally,
of what the President had said and l P Jennings, fo;
of the giving out of the circular let- nenete.
tera spread quickly to the Capitol. ^ Hamer, for
where it became the subject of anl- (j(Ktrict.
mated discussion In both houses of John A. Horton,
Congress. third district.
. * - ' ,?77?~?: 7 , . John G. Richards,
MoAdoo Stands Ready to Again As. 3 WatHOn for (
sist in Moving Dixie's Crops. ,
_ ... . , __ _ agriculture.
Washington, June IS? Secretary K|(.hari1 , Monnl
McAdoo again atanda ready to lend m<M| h|g Ied s()me
a hand to Western and Southern ... . ,
. , A. , . candidate for goverm
banks In case they need money for
. crop moving purposes. The plan of Ifcnts Hrr *Tn
lending government money to the, a?atharapWt,, Junu
bank. In agricultural dlatrtcta during [y 81r T?oma, Liplo,
crop moving aeaaon Ian year wee ao ^ ^ ,h(
euceeeeful lhat It will be adopted r(j(,k ,, m|nute8 4 8ec
thla year It the neceaal ty artaen. The )n & ^
total amount loaned to banks last I
year was $.17,386,000. It went to The mora money
. 183 banks ?n 02 cities of 28 states. funnier his Jokes sou
?
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i
LANCASTER, S. C., TUESIL
::::: l mm 10 lead ex-v
? canal procession' '
e tonight raged
ours, it caused Wilson to Head International Adlai
>us damage to i _ , , _
,ded the street? *,let on Bridge of Oregon.
ig of sewers. In
3 quarter ofthe VOYAGE TO SAN FRANCISCO WAS
engulf'ng sev
lumber of vie- w?, Then Enter Golden tiate With Was V
ing to the dan- War Craft From Nearly All the j |Kli
i.iuutiiBc Civilized Nations of Karth.
Ilapse of side-' _T .. _ , . wj ,,
,. Washington, June 14.?president Chic
The police es- 11V1 . . J " ...
even at least 1Wi,SOn next March Per8???ally will steven,
. , lead the international floot of warave-ln
occurred .. . big.
_ . _ ships from Hampton Roads to Colon
Rue la Boetic I . .. . , . Adln
? , a to participate in the formal opening ?<?'?
Saint Honore. , ? , . . , ,,,
of the Panama canal by passing Presidi
t its height 500 ! . . , .. , , ,
through on the bridge of the world a long
iway sank, car- , ,. . ? .
famous old battleship Oregon as leadbor
of Dorsons ne w?
, , er of the long line of fighting craft of ,0?_
er under the . .. 1897 \
| all nations, and then after pro- j j
ceeding northward enter the Qolden ua^ejj
j- . -p-picj Gate at the head of the immonse arlAlCi/o
mada and attend the Panama-Pacific Ce
;es away exposition at San Francisco. This
i * i c<
announcement was made yesterdav ,
...rinK the War )>y Secr(,,ar7 Uanlel! he ?er
THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
>?e' ? .. | Originally the President was to go ' ,
to Columbia , ? ,,, .. . . ? _ . ? Hi 1
? ^ from Wasnington to Hampton Roads , ,
he Rev. J. O. , . , - .. . . for pul
l to greet commanders of the internalan
50 years x . . _ .. . ... was m
.. . . tional fleet as thev arrived. After- . .
r, died at the . . . , .. . . . ,, uois bj
? ward he was to make the trip by rail , . .
er, Mrs. J. E. . ? ? . . .. .. , defeat*
to San Francisco to visit the exposin.
yesterday In .. . . . . . . , public:
.. .. tion at some convenient later date,
age. He had ,, , .. , .. ? . , . He
? , ' Under the new plan the President ?
m of contirued . . . . , , . Kentu*
. . will redeem his longf standing prom- _ ,
xd owing to his , _ , _ ' _ ' . , Scotch
I ise to Col. George W. Goethals forope
was enter- ,, _ , TI parent
. , I mally to open the Panama canal. He ,,
>r his recovery. . , . , TT . atl
will leave Washington for Hampton ..
Ity and the re- .. . , . , . . . . the 111
, . . , . Roads, accompanied by his official T ?
1 faculties al- , ,. .. - ,? . r In 1
... . . faniilv, on the Mayflower March 5, ,,
' his death were ,?,r ? . .? Colleg
1915. The international fleet will wa
. . . . . have been gathered in the roads ... , .
i of his death a , . , Blackt
. , , since January 1. _ ..
bia Theological NINE ALREADY IN. youthf
xe too a most go ^ar njne maritime coxintries pu
he oldest mem- . " '
, . " I have signified their intentions to take "
pbytery, bavin* |pan ,n th# plra(1<1 lhmuBh tho PInM ?c ?
on at . ur on n and j, jg cer,ain thorn will be other '"*
, . participants. The conn tries that
twice married, :. . . .*." * ',, A'14
,, , ' have accepted are the Argentine He- .
g died several ... Z . ? turned
* gllJ , public, Cuba, France, Germany, ,
lowing children ? .. , ... ? n - . , law.
Great Britain, Italy. Japan, Portugal ,oco
e survive him: . ? , ~. .. ... loos
^ , . and Russia. The entire Atlantic m. .
n Richards of ? . , .... Matan
.. _. . I fleet of the American navy will-form ...
M. Richards, D. ... , . . . ... . . until
? ' I the nucleus around which the inter- . . . ,
C.. Louis Rich- ... . . ... ... he flel
I national naval forces will gather. .
.V re" ' w.' After the ceremonies at Hampton tery
Mr.. Areh Mr- Kogd, ara ov? tba PrMldont "?r '?
. Hay of Farm ,akc. ? b|8 ,Juart,? ?? th? Nea. In 1
1 IT y Vork, which will be at that llmo the T"
*n c rrn. moat formidable vessel In the world. ^
who was Miss ...... . . , ... tor mi
, The start will be made for Colon with .. .
Blenheim, died .... , , _. , the d?
the New York leading. There prob- clefi
. . ably will be between 80 and 100 '
chaplain in the ,n the proc88#lon> Stm
served as pap- Exact details of the formal cere- tJr?.m,
n c "re i .it - monjeH jn connection with the pas- a e
sunty, for near- 8aKe of tbe Breat flpet 0f warships at . \fmt
from there to thp offic,al openlnR Qf the Panama half o
became paator . canaJ haVfi not been completed If a
ibar an Reedy .j gOCB weu jhe first vessels of the , "
lurches, which J?tertatlonal floet hould pa83 '?r* C<
irs . , ... anti-re
international fleet should pass . ,.
le character and j 9 j 5 teentn
Luse and serving j John
I'-"-': METHODISTS HEAR
e followed like . ______ . _ Iess aI
werving in his ANNUAL SERMON tioii
e stood for true DiN^up Collins l>enny Preaches at
ig it a privilege * _ . _ - . .. Jority
, .. . WofTord?I?r. Snyder Also
t In the service ? . votes.
Sneaks. .
.ong life to him _ . 0 , , . _ . . , tn
, , . . , Spartanburg Special to Columbia ,
ir his interest in 0. , . . . , Longri
State June 14.?The commencement ,
vas still ardent . . .. . . .. greenl
., sermon before the members of the
nlike many old , . . ... _ . ,. suppoi
graduating class of VVonord college I ,
In the past. ... - . - icilneti
was delivered nere this morning at
? 11 o'clock In the Centra ; Mothodist. Je,og
! FII.EB church by Bishop Collin Denny of al con
r nn.Hffv For Kichmon, Va. There was a Uige nuin vcr CI,
e" * ber present to hear the sermon which he v a
P" K.n'. a . , w as considered one of tl)? host de- commj
in ! llvered to a graduating clkss of Wof- an e0,
?r Nf?r snvor ford in many years. The speaker mfttall
nms. for gov dlHfnjJsed the nfe of Paul and I
for governor. of the duty ?f coll,if m0M t?" Tieasn
r United ""yT<>n,Bhl ln the Centri MethodUt:
Congreev elxth vliureh Dr. Henry Neh> Snyder. aBcnt,
Congrofa. Bre9|dent, delivered the annual bafcca trR|| 0
for Congress I laureate address to thj "A
the graduating class. Tlw address una avoj(|
for governor. considered to be one o^emostbHl- , alonpr
nmmlaaloner of H*nt ever <*e,iverod Dr; 8ny, I be det
The ubject was "The Tteltgion of an , ^ nQ
nK of Sumter Educated Man." escape
. n The graduating exercises will hi
a>s no. tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock , doej< n
0T' in the college chapel when diplomas known
??' * will he awarded to 56 young me*. ftiread
- r ahnmrock Tho ?nnual ?ddrcfts to the mem- f
r. .;.7w c?n ch?l ol the graduating claa. win be y .
. older Sham-1 delivered tomorrow r morning, | (jljjr , Th?
onds over a 15- Senator E. P. Smith: Jlent ,,
rate breeze. ' ' j Itnorn \
! it Is the consensus of'Oplnlort Ih^Hceadin
a man has the those who tango need no other PX"']0msUs <
nd. lPtlq?> . J <
1 '.r.;. . }r
4- '*}' ' ' V' *< j . ?, |l| K
" " "Sill
a 3j i. I f con
\Y, JUNE 16, 1914.
IPC DDCPinCWT THKODOBK KOOSKVKI.T II
vL I IlLUIULIl I UrandKuu Horn to Hear the C'oloi
OF NATION IS DEAD:Kr;.uv^?7:^
iirst grandson to boar the fai
E. Stevenson Passes Away ,lttme. wus born hor? to,lay at
home of his parents, Mr. and 1
in ( tucago. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.
Theodore, Jr., oluest son of
79 YEARS OF AGE. j former President, Married i
I Eleanor B. Alexander June 20, 1
. ? ., . ... . iTheir first child was a daughter
ice President From 181)3 to
" <'"'v"r MUST BE ACCEPTAB]
ago, June 14.?Adlai E. TO THE REBE
son died here early this morn- u, Will Not Recede From Deni
That ni.l. C?.oh ..
mi Known in Illinois legal cir- [Ba,u w nave conierreu with repn
tatives of Huerta.
renson's political career dated j Constitutionalist agents in V
1864, when he was a presiden- jinKto" had received no reply froc
ector on the Democratic ticket, mediators today to the offer of
ule a canvass of Illinois in be- ran*a to send delegates to Nia
f the McClellan ticket and won i * alls.
itation as a political orator.
1874 Stevenson was nominated VOLCANIC STREAM
ingress by the greenback and O 000 "PP.TIT TTT
lonopolist parties in the thir- '
Illinois district against Gen. Mt. lawmen's Pillar of Smoke
McNlta, Republican. The Fifty Miles?Kruption of Jit
;rats considered the case hope- Minutes,
id did not hold even a oonven- Redding, Cal, June 14.?M
Thq ensuing campaign was ex- Lassen finally erupted with voli
and Stevenson won by a ma- fire today and one man is rep<
over General McNulta of 1,232 killed one injured and two di
temporarily insane as a result o
1876 he again was elected to terrific outburst from the ere
bss for the same district on the which had been latent for r
>ack ticket, although ho was . years.
ted by the Democrats was de- Two eruptions occurred today
to be put up as a candidate. sixth outburst early today shot
84 Stevenson led the Illinois huge column oT dense, black sn
* >n to the Democratic nation- steam and ashes which could be
vention which nominated Gro- fifty miles distant. 2,000 Teet in
sveland for President. In 1807 air. At 7 p. m , a second funm
s appointed a member of a smoke and ashes larger in vol
88ion which visited Europe in than the mornng explosion, shot
art to secure international hi- ward.
sm. Today's eruption was more vi<
than any since the volcanic, natui
iry Agents Will Soon he on the Pp:,k became evident rec.
ill of Income Tax Dodgers. Tlie kp?v>' <louds was blown n<
hington. June 15.?Treasury war<l for ?evpr?l miles. The e
are making ready to take the 'Know-capped peak has been blank
f income tax dodgers. with ashes.
man is a fool who attempts to ' 'lushing United States f<
the Income tax." said Uommls- Bt'P'T visor. who is in charge of
Oshorn today. "He is sure to eraI observations at. Lassen, said
ected sooner or later. There "The column of smoke was thi
chance that tax dodger.-' can a')OUt J,000 feet high. The eruj
>? lasted half an hour."
time for payment of this tax ^ report was received tonght
ot expire until July 1 but it is oppurently confirmed that La
that, the treasury department Oraham, lumberman from \ lola,
y has the information neces- lfornia, who, with eight others,
>r the prosecution of many per- j viewing the eruption, was crusl.e
/ho made false returns a roik blown from the fissure ir
penalty for making a fraud a- mountain. One other member ol
Bturn is imprisonment for not Parly> " a'd. waa seriously injt
than one year or a fins not e*- , . " , *
. aaa ? w .? hi. .r. A girl always thinks sho h
g $1. or bot.i with tne Qropk prome jf 8ho can wear
>f prosecution. glasses.
v
A
$LSQPER YEAR I
1 nr?nu mri nurnr
do more for the people by virtue of
! toy position on various commitVS
IIC> i
j t i tees than I have been able to do
Iv**ly "l PaRt in that my committee appolntmentR
are such as to give mo
t 'added influence in legislation. I am
^ chairman of tlie committee on irnrni;1
tf) gration, ranking member on the comfhfto
' of postoffices and post roads,
( (,n ranking member of Tnterstate com(
au jmerce committee, ranking member of
(1 *|)( i agricultural committee and of several
other less important committees,
f j case I would not be returned, whoouse
rtVer succeeded me would necessarily
rsist- have to begin practically at the botrop
torn of the list. These are some of
luer- tbe *actB t-bat I think the farmers
,ffer. ought to know."
oex-1 PRAISES WILSON.
ienco' -'VsRe'cl about Wilson's policy with
ar t. reference to negroes, which has been
Been- cr<t'?'8e(1 *n tbis State, the Senator re
plied that he did not know, and that
fash- was a *bing that *n tbe nature of
u the tbe case one did not like to discuss..
Car-I "Tbe people know that Wilson is a
igara|blfif of fiee<^ corn, the only man
that has ever accomplished anything
and they would be fools to throw
I away nil the corn for a few rotten
'kernels," he said.
GH Asked about some of the particular
(charges that friends of the Governor
are alleged to have been talking of es
r|
probably to be brought against him,
'notably the charge that he has been
oimt dealing in cotton futures on the New
canie. York Exchange while his cotton bills
>rted WPre pending in the Senate and while
r'%en(he was advising the farmers to hold
' their cotton, the Senator became
ator' rather warm, brought his fist down
n,luJ witn force and with a laugh of derision
said that he was not. worrying
at all about that, that he had the
a goods to prove such nothing but manioke,
ufnotured lies. Asked if he voted to
seeu confirm a negro judge in the District
1 of Columbia, he laughed again, as if
3' ol t were a joke, and said that on the
luni,> contrary he had the proof to show
skv" that he made one of the most convincing
speeches against this conflrmation,
and came pretty near to
re ?' preventing it. by changing tho minds
11,1 ol a number of Republicans. To subirt
V
- : ntiate this he said that one had
i only to write to Senators Vardaman,
ettM' Lee. Overman and J. VV. Kern. "This
was done in secret session, and therc>n'>l
fore might be hurd to get out. It is
I ,m!~ not in the Congressional Record,"
said Senator Smith.
pown
)tlon >
I Excursion For K. K. I). Association.
and Spartanburg Special to The State,
ning "lune 15.?Announcement was made
today that the South Carolina Rural
letter Carriers' Association, which
was
(l meets here July 2, 3 and 4, will go
i the to ?*rw'n? Tenn., July 4, on an excurf
the s'on over Carolina, Cliiichficld &
ured l?hio Ro'Mway.
as a It seems gradually to be working
nose around ell right. A woman in Seattle
has been made to pay alimony,
' I
AUMV irWBWJ OU\ II 41 1 IH
ii Ewing Stevenson, once Vice Selected.
?nt of the United States, has Washngton, June 15?Secre
Bryan conferred at length with P
and memorable public career. dent WiI|JOU over the progre8s of
s Vice President from 1893 to Mexican mediation today and in
inder President Grover Cleve- jdiately afterward dispatched a
In 1900 he aguin was nomi-1 telegram to the American deleg
by the Democratic party for i at the Niagara conference, whic
resident, but was defeated. He , was understood, concerned the c
as a member of the 4 4th and acter and personnel of the prop
^ngresses. From 1885 to 1889 provisional governmeir. and the
ved as first assistant postmas- tude of the Mexican delegates
neral under President Cleve- obect to a provisional executive
Constitutionalist leanings. Mr.
ast appearance as a candidate an would not discuss the natur
bile office was In 1908, when he his conference with the President
omiuated for governor of llli- i would only say that mediation
r the Democratic party and was "progressing satisfactorily."
ed by Charles 3. Deneen, Re- , The opinion prevailed here
in. the United States would not recei
was born in Christian county, its desire to havo named as the I
city, October 23, 1835, of of the temporary government a
-Irish parentage. In 1853 his who would be acceptable to the r
s moved to Bloomington, III. lutionary faction,
tended the public schools and Bearing on that conclusion was
inois University. i attitude of the administration
86fi he graduated from Canter , wards Charles A. Towne, a New 1
e, Danville, Kentucky. There iattorney, in Washington, in tin
n a or senator joe ajruuw ?ii me liuerta regime and
>urn and other Kentucky has declared that the Mexican i
i who later became prominent K?tew at Niagara Falls posit:
)lic life. He signalized the would not accept a pronounced
)f his college career by marry- stitutionalist for provisional p
daughter of I)r. Lewis W. jdent. Mr. Towue planned to se
president of the college. conference with President Wilsoi
ADMITTED TO BAR. da-y. but it was stated at the V\
>r leaving college Stevenson re- House tuat the President has ?c
1 to Bloomington, 111., and read gngeiuent with him and that t*
He was admitted to the bar in probability no engagement woul
and began legal pructice at. made.
lora, 111., where he remained The presence in Washington 01
1868. During these ten years dro Del Villar continued to ai
d the office of master in chan- speculation and a report was pei
our years and district attor- ent that adherents of Felix Diaz,
f a similar period. resented by Del Villar, and the f
1868 he returned to Blooming- tistas had patched up their d
id formed a law partnership ences and were acting together t
lis cousin, James S. Ewing and ert the strongest possible influ
any years the firm was one of before the mediators. Del Vill
i\chu i run dm I lit,
S DECLARES SMITH
tnily
tlu> Jun'ar Senator to Seek Re-Eleo
Mrs.
tion on His Record.
the j
viiKsk^N DO MUCH FOR STATE.
a 10.
i'.rucds Charge of (lis Healing iu
. _ Cotton Kuturoi as .Manufac-1*1
tured Falsehood.
Spartanburg Special to Charleston
ian<l -^ews an(* Courier. June 15.?Senator
U. D. Smith, who came hero from
Washington to deliver tho commence.
ment address at Wof'ord College,
r^J.y left for Columbia tonight, with
former Governor John Gary Evane.
chairman of the State Democrats?
1(>ii r executive committee. Mr. Evans said
all candidate for governor had filed
' .. their pledges except John L. Me,
Laurin.
harose(j
"I'm ready for tho fray," sa'd Senator
Smith, with reference to the Senatorial
campaign, which opens in St
wjli1 Matthews Wednesday. Ho said ho
j<r^' would ask re-election on tho strength
^ of his record in tho Senate, in this
j connection laying particular stress on
a measure he said he passed for the
regulation of the. cotton exchanges
. and his amendment to tho hanking
and currency law, which gives farlieaij
niars six months' time to draw their
man (,rafts? hills and notes for agrlcultur?l
purposes instead of ninety days,
i as originally contemplated In the mea
isure.
< the
Senator Smith also said: 'I am now
to- , , ,
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