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TEDDY'S DESIGN
K Hopes to Become Ptnnanent President
of the United States.
HIS FIGHT IN NEW YORK
The Final Step Towards the Kstab|
llstur.ent of His New Nationalism,
^ But the Rising Tide of Democratic
Pictrine, as Shown in the Maine
Election, Will Defeat Him.
Judge Alton B. Parker, Democratic
candidate for President in 1904, took
occasion Thursday to comment on
the Democratic victory m .uuiuc
on other matters that appear to him
to loom large in the political field.
"The dream of a permanent Presidency
with Mr. Roosevelt in the
chair," said Judge Parker, "has long
haunted the pillows of his many followers
as well as himself. They have
seen as through a glass darkly, the
workings of a new nationalism when
the executive power shall become the
steward of the public welfare and an
independent judiciary, basing its
judgment on principles instead oi
men, shall be no more.
"Then, too, shall the good trusts
receive the Presidential blessing with
assurance that there will be no hostile
successor to transform it into a
4jurse. Many steps have been taken
to that end by Garfield Pinchot and
others under the leadership of their
A1.. r\r\ from
chief, but who recenuy iaun<? ..? .
a triumphant tour in behalf of the |
propogation of the new faith. There
seemed to them to remain but one
more 9tep to reach the goal?the
capture of New York with Roosevelt
for Governor; to smash the Republican
machine and then ride over it
to overwhelming victory; aye, that
Indeed, captured the imagination?
for then would all tue East surrender.
"Mr. Hearst saw the picture, too,
and for that reason was pieased with
it. So, he tendered his support and
all will agree that he made a tender
of great value. But will >Mr. Roosevelt
dare? Aye. that is the question
Yesterday he would have dared, but
oh? thaf is different.
WUO/
"Maine has spoken and the voice
that must be analyzed before risking
this precious cargo with the voters
of New York.
"Will he dare? It is an old saying,
'Never prophesy until you know.
"I do not know, but my guess is
that he will not dare."
The Roosevelt Danger.
William IJarnes, Jr., Republican
leader in Albany county, New York,
has issued a statement in which he
refers to a statement of Mr. Griscom
that the action of the State committee
"in selecting Mr. Sherman as
temporary chairman will certainly
be overturned by the convention and
that Mr. Roosevelt will preside, which
means that he will appoint the committee
on resolutions.
"If Mr. Roosevelt is temporary
chairman and if the convention
adopts the report of a radical committee
on resolutions, New York will
place herself alongside of Kansas
and Iowa, and the conservative element
of the Republican party which
for years has been its backbone, will
be invited to the rear and the newnationalism
coupled with the Brvannronouncement
against the decis
ions of the Supreme Court will take
its place."
Mr. Barnes then says that if Mr.
Sherman's name should be ratified by
the convention and if the resolutions
committee drafts a platform endorsing
the Taft administration, declaring
opposition to the political hysteria
of the hour, "and firmly planting
itself upon the sane Republicanism ot
the past, then the party can ente'
the campaign with respect lor itself
which ou?ht to command the respect
of the majority of the electorate as
it has before."
"Some of the men who are urging
Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy for temporary
chairman of the convention
against Vice-President Sherman have
little realization of the rising tid?
nnniiiar disanDroval which Mr
V*. JSVf ? ? r Roosevelt's
speeches in the West
have caused. His assumption o'
power is looked uj>on with wonder
ment. His ability to arouse the pas
Bions of the mob is dreaded In ever\
quarter of the State and every da>
the menace of his political ascendancy
to business and to labor is
more thoroughly appreciated.
"I do not believe that bis nam'
will ever be presented to the conven
tion against the recommendation of
the State committee of Mr. Sherman.
If it is, it will certainly be voted
I Hflwn in the cause of true Republi
canism as that the convention will
convene. Thoughtful men all over
the State are aroused to the regreli
table fact that Mr. Roosevelt today
Is the most dangerous foe to the
! world of business and labor in the
United States. They hope with earnest
solicitude that the Republican
party in this State will not in its
| convention permit him to be the arbitrator
of his policies and the mentor
of its thoughts."
Tried to Wreck Train.
: Train No. 13. from Columbia to
Asheville. came very near having a
serious wreck just beyond Saluda,
N. C. Two miscreants who were seen
scrambling down an embankment and
fleeing had placed a very large
switch crosstie on the track. The
engine struck it, but kept, tho track.*1
Made Water Haul.
Robbers forced an entrance into
the bank of Trenton, Ky., Thursday
night and got away with $100, all
In copper cents. The other funds in
t-be w^e npt disturbed.
* ZI
BLEASE AT HOME
HIG CROWD AND ItAND AT DHl'OT
TO MEET HIM.
Hut He Hushed All Noise, Out ol'
Respect to Dead Child's Parents,
Who Weir On the Train.
A dispatch from Newberry says
Hon. Cole L. Hi ease. Democratic
governor of South Carolina, was accorded
a most enthusiastic reception
by the people of his home town Wednesday
night upon his arrival from
Columbia. A crowd of men, women
and children variously estimated at
from 2,000 to 3.O00 were at the union
station awaiting the arrival oi
the successful candidate, who was returning
from Columbia, where he
had gone to receive the returns ot
the election.
Gov.-elect Hlease had been apprised
that the people of his home town
were waiting to welcome him, hut
knowing that the corpse of a little
child was in the baggage car of the
train in which he was traveling, and
that the father and mother of the
child were accompanying the re
mains. .Mayor mease, ueaums iu
spect the feelings of the afflicted parents,
caused a message to be wired
to his friends, who were waiting to
receive him at the station. Requesting
that they make no demonstration
until the train had gone beyond the
limits of the town of Newberry.
When the train arrived Mr. Blease
standing in the doorway of the baggage
car, with bared head motioned
with his head for silence from his
friends. The effect of Mr. Blease's
attitude upon the people was remarkable,
for. though hundreds had
been waiting for an hour to cheer
the next Governor of South Carolina,
not a voice was raised. As soon as
the train pulled out the Newberry
concert band began to play, and lusty
cheers went up from the assembled
multitude.
Among those greeting Mr. Rlease
were a number of relatives, including
his aged stepmother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Rlease. With his arms about
the white haired lady he was led
by his friends to a waiting carriage
and in which he and his mother were
placed, and 200 men with ropes attached
to the carriage began the
march up the niain street of the
town. Reaching the stone steps ot"
the historic old court house Mayor
Rlease was called upon for a speech.
His remarks were very short, asking
his friends to excuse him from an
extended sdeech as he was very much
fatigued and needed rest.
He snid that the victory he and
his friends had won was the greatest
known in the political history of the
;.he State, for almost every newspaper
in South Carolina had aligned itV?
AnnneitiAn hut t no l\it_
ter fight which had been made
against him had only made him more
grateful to the people who so loyally
gave him their support with such
little opportunity to defend himself
from the violent attacks of his enemies;
that the people of South Carolina
had chosen him as heir governor
for the next two years, and that
the large majority which he had received
in his home town and county,
not ouly contributed to his election
but gave absolute denial to the many
accusations which had been made
against him.
He spoke feelinely of his love for
Newberry and its people and his life
in the town and county and said it
would be his purpose to so discharge
the duties of the office of governor
of South Carolina that the people of
Newberry should never have cause to
ret|-et the confidence which they had
>o often shown in him as a man and
as an official.
CANDIDATE ENDORSED.
Republican Endorsed by the Democrats
of Tennessee.
The independent Democrats of
Tennessee Wednesday endorsed the
andidacy of Ben W. Hooper, Republican
nominee for governor, and further
cut loose from tne regular wing
l?y referring the latter's harmony
(. solution to the new independent
State executive committee without
;iscusslon.
Thus was formed a formidable
ooking triumvirate to campaign for
i Republican governor, the triumvirtte
consisting of Republican*, indelendent
Democrats and State-wide
irohibitionists. Tbe independent
>rohihiiionists are so closely allied
is to largely overlap in their membership.
The possible break of the solid
4outh outlined in the convention, exlends
only to one office, the governorship.
There is a "gentlemen's
agreement" between the independents
and Republicans that neither
party will invade the other's safe
legislative territory and this, the inlependents
say, assures a Democratic
legislature.
The regulars organized to fight it
out with the fusionists all along the
line. l neir oiaie cummntee cancu
a convention to meet in Nashville
October 6 to name a gubernatorial
candidate, adopt a platform, select a
n;it:onal Democratic committeeman
and elect a new State executive committee.
Regular leaders said the
call for a new platform is evidence
of the sincerity of the Democratic organization
to reunite the factions.
The call it to all Democrats Irrespective
of paBt party differences.
Died of Pellagra.
Sricken two weeks ago with a?iue
rase of pellagra, John M. Julian, editor
of the Salisbury, N*. C.f Evening
Post for the past six years, and a
leader In State politics, died at his
home in thai city Friday. He was n
member of the North Carolina Legislature.
He was representative of
Associated Press, _ *
LEADERS PLEASED
OVER THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC
VICTORY IX MAINE.
*
Judge Parker and National Chairman
.Mack Thinks It Means Well
fur the Doinoerary.
Judge Alton IJ. Parker, who ran
against Roosevelt in 1904, when illformed
at New York of the Maine
results, said with a rising inflection.
"Really?"
There was no statement he caret!
to make at the moment, he said.
Judge Parker recently returned
front Maine where he made three
campaign speeches.
Judge Parker later consented to
supplement his first ejaculation.
"The Democratic party in Maine,
he said, "as to its State ticket, made
Its contest on the ground that !' e
Republican party has been wasrciul
and extravagant in its conduct of the
affairs of the State.
"Its leaders and its press presented
no new issues and made no de
1- ^ A
magogic appeais, uui ijit?a.ueu simpij
for the abolition of dictorial and
corrupt bosses and for an honest,
'economical and juet administration
of the affairs of the State.
"The Democratic party, in other
words, deserved to win and the
country is to be congratulated that
It has won."
When the results from Maine were
made known to Lloyd C, Grlscom,
president of the New York Republican
county committee, he issued
this advice:
"All the more important that New
York should not go Democratic. The
returns from .Maine are the best of
evidence to show the people of this
State that a change is necessary."
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, chairman
of the Democratic national committee,
when he heard the latest returns
from the Maine elections, said:
"All that I can say now is that
the expressions of sentiment which
have been coming into us from all
over the country indicated the pos
sibility of such a result. But, or
course, It is almost too good to be
true.
"What does It Indicate? You
know you don't need to ask me that
?it indicates a sweeping Democratic
victory from coast to coast.
"Chairman Griscom was taiking
with me in Buffalo onyl last week after
returning from the Pacific and he
told me then the sentiment he found
there was the same which victoriously
manifested itself in Maine."
IJLKASE A\l) MIS PROMISE.
What He Said Kijulit After Finding
Out He Had Won.
Surrounded by a hillarious crowd
of his supporters close on to the midnight
hour, on the day of the primary
election, Cole L. Hlease, after he
was certain that he had been nominated
for governor, speaking in front
of a hotel in Columbia said:
"This is not the time to make a
speech. We canuot tell what will
happen yet. Let us rest on what we
have got.
over the State of Washington Wednesday,
the old guard of the Republican
party lost everything. Miles
Foindexter, of Spokane, insurgent
leader in the ' -esent house, was
nominated for United State Senator
by 40,000 plurality, carrying <niry
county in the Ststp.
Georgia Mayor Killed.
The Georgia and Florida passenger
from Valdosta collided with t.hc
automobile of T. S. Price, in Douglass..
Ga... Friday, killing Mayor F.
L. Sweat, of Douglass, wounding
Mr. Price and completely domolishIne;
the automobile. The machine
was caught on the cowcatcher and
carried 100 yards. *
HsanKnBRniHWH
"I want to thnnk you all for what
you have done for me.
"I hope that when some people eat
erow in the morning they will puke
until they will have to be sent to Dr.
Kendall's establishment."
Amid wild cheering the next Governor
was conducted back into the
hotel. Such a scene as was witnessed
in the lobby just prior to the
speech has never been seen in Columbia
in recent years.
There were hundreds of men in
the lobby and when the yell was set
up to have Cole L. Hlease make a
speech there were cheers upon cheers
and Mr. Mease was almost lifted out
to the sidewalk. Here amid another
wild demonstration Mr. Blease spoke
for just a few minutes as quo.ed
above.
Tuesday night Mr. Please was call
ed up at nis noiei in wiumuw auu
asked if he had any statement to
make. Mr. Dlea.se replied as foliowe>:
"I have nothing to say. except 'Praise
God from Whom All Blessings Flow.
I thank my friends and 1 thank God
for this victory. I expect to make
South Carolina the best Governor she
has ever Imd for ail her people."
BLOWN* TO PIECKS
.
Another of Zeppelin's Airships Has
Been Destroyed.
The German dirigible balloon Zeppelin
VI. while entering her shed at
Baden Baden was blown up by an explosion
of the motor in the rear gondola.
Three of the airship's rrew
were seriously injured. This is the
fifth serious accident which ha-j befallen
the Zeppelin dirigibles, the
histories of which have been brilliant
but brief, and usually ended in
disaster. The dirigible was reconstructed
to carry ten passengers and
during the last few days had made
trips to various interesting places.
Many Americans were among the excursionisrs.
Old Guard Beaton.
In the insurgent storm that swept
PAYS BOTH WAYS
i
The Consumer Swindled by the Republican
Protective Tariff.
AMERICAN CONSUMERS
Has to Foot the Kill Going and Coin- .
ing?Necessities of Life Exported ?
f
to Europe and Then Drought Hack. |
Paying Duties to Manufacturer? j
Iniquities of the Tariff. '
It will be recalled, says the Wash- s
Ington correspondent of the State, t
that in a recent Democratic nntionai 1
campaign it was shown that Amen- '
can made goods are shipped to Eu- g
rope, and there, after the fremiti
charges across the Atlantic oce.'in i
have been paid, sold at little moie c
Lban half what is demanded -A the
consumer in the United States. The |:
fact was used in the effort to per- r
suade the American people that the f
Republican tariff was robbing them, t
They heeded not the argument but a
again entered the revision of the tar- t
UlifQ ii 1121 rfv. t*
IU IU tuc iWV|/UIMlVUU )/?.. k
But now there is evidence to prove
that some of the necessities of life j
are being Bhipped from this country i
where they are produced, to Europ?, j
freight paid across the ocean, then c
purchased in Europe by American v
buyers, frefght paid across the ocean c
again, and the tariff paid In addition, t
the goods being sent back to th:s j
country. I
In other words, the prices of some i
of the necessities of life in this country
are so high that it Is cheaper t
to pay the tariff, plus the round trip ^
freight across the Atlantic, an-1 buy 7
the stuff in Europe, without and pro- 1
cess of refinement or anything else a
entering into the matter. t
The trusts are so thoroughly "pro- (j
tected" that they make the American a
buyer pay freight across the Atlantic <;
twice, plus a high tariff, and then \
pay a profit to the trusts. i
A Washington dealer in meats, in
discussing the reasons for the high ^
and advancing prices of the -?oods j
which he handles, says: t
"It is not that there are no hogs, r
There are thousands. Hut the sup- i
ply is regulated so that the price will c
? .... 1 in fhis fitV whd v
sua 1 . J rv li v/ " um..v.w ... .
are now buying American made lard c
in Europe, paying the duty, and ?
bringing it here to use, for much r
less than they can buy the sauie article
in American markets at wu-.ilesale
"Just enough pork Is allowed to |
be sold in the United States to keep
up the prices. The remainder is
shipped abroad and sold at lowjr
prices. The prions are regulated
daily by the bosses of the situation, j
and the American people pay what- (
ever is usxed.'" r
Some time ago, when the "ten- dollar
hog ' was common, bacon was j
selling in Washington for l'f? cen's
a pound. Now thp price of hogs on (
the hoof i? considerably lower than
$10 per hundred pounds: but bacou
is selling at 3 0 ceuts a pound.
Washington dealers dec'a re >h;ir j
tho beef tn>st simply control* ihe t
situation. It forces down the price of
hogs, because it has to buy tho.n
from the farmers; and it forces im;
the price of meats, because it has to j
sell them. ^
Through the weapon of the Repuo- r
lican protective tariff, the trusts sim- f
ply nullify the natural economic lrtw ^
of supply and demand, and ::i i'p j
stead recognize no law excent that of j.
their own inordinate gre^d
They force the farmer to take s
whatever they offer him for his products.
and they force the consume*'
to pay whatever they demand for
their products
This is the view of the dea'er
above quoted, and of others in thia
city, and perhaps in every other city
in the United States. Mr. Taft nas
said that the Payne-Aldrich carlif law *
is the best ever enacted; and so it 1
is for the trusts. 1
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FATAL STRIKE FIGHT. t
t 1
c
Strike Among Cigar Makers Growing
1
Ileal Serious. '
I
At Tampa, Fla., J. F. Easterling, i
bookkeeper and office manager for t
Bustillo Bros. and Diaz, was ehct and ;
fatally wounded by a striker Wed- <
nesday afternoo-. rs he stepped from <
a street car in front of the factory in 1
West Tampa. The shot was fired hy <
some member of a crowd of cigar j
makers across the street. I
Following the shooting of Easter- 1
iing and the demonstration ;it the ;
evening trains, where strikers tried 1
to prevent cigar workers leaving the ;
city for other towns, ^vhere hrun<h
factories have been established.
Mayor McKay issued a proclamation
calling on all peace-loving union men .
to assist in preserving order, and declaring
he will call out the milieu
if necessary to preserve order.
|
Charged With Arson.
M. C. Rickard, a white man, and :
Melvin Harris, a negro, are in Lex- <
ington jail, charged with the crime |
of arson. It is alleged that they set ]
+V1/1 Korn onrl at'llll.iC nf TT rA- i
Adams, a well-known farmer of the i
Hollow Creek section of Lexington
county, on the nifht of July 30, at i
which fire several fine animals perished.
!
His I ,ast Goodbye.
A few seconds after affectionately
bidding Irs aged parents good-bye at i
Davev. W. Vs., Friday. J. H. Cook,
a farmer, stepped from the moving
car, fell under the wheels and was
Kiound to death. His father ind
mother, both 80 ve?:rs old. had jus',
boarded the train t'> return to th*>ir
home in Arizona, *
GAINED A SENATOR
\AIi KEACHIXt; EFFECT OF THE
V1CTUHV IN MAINE.
k'liiocruta Elect AH State Officers,
Two Congressmen and a Majority
of tlie Legislature.
The Democratic victory in Maine
s more sweeping in its effect than
t was thought at first, and both
democratic and Republican leaders in
hat State are surprised at its completeness.
In fact it came to the
Republicans like a stroke of lightnu1,'
out of a clear sky.
Complete returns of the vote for
enaiors and representatives gave
he Democrats substantial majorities
11 both branches of the Maine legisaturo
which at the beginning of the
lew year will elect a United States
enator to succeed Eugene Hale, a ,
ecretary of state, state treasurer,
itio! ney general and commissioner
>f agriculture.
The new leg'slature progably will
>e called upon to carry out the declaation
of the Democratic party platorms
of recent years and resubmit
o the people the liquor prohibitory
imendment to the constitution and
o repeal the Sturgis liquor law enorcoment
act.
According to the unofficial com
xieie returns iub mgiBuaiuio nm
>ave a Democratic majority of 36 on
oint ballot. The senate will consist
if 21 Democrats and 10 Republicans,
vhile the house will have 88 Demicrats
and 63 Republican members,
['he last legislature consisted of 122
lepubllcans and 60 Democrats, the
lepublicans having a majority of 15
n the senate and 47 in the house.
The total vote of the leading paries
in Monday's election was 138,;r>6.
Four years ago It was 130,'90.
Tiir votp this yenr was npnr
y 8.UO0 more than it was four years
igo. Of the vote in Monday's elecion,
Plaisted, the Democratic candilate
for Governor, received 73,644,
;nd Fernalds, the Republican candi!ate
for Governor, received 64,912
'otes. This gives Plaisted a majorty
of 8,732.
The first congressional district
ras carried by the Republicans by
:00 majority. The second and third
>y the Democrats by 2,000 and 3,000
espectively. The fourth districts
s so close that it will take the offi
ial count to determine whether it
rent for the Democratic or Republian
candidate. The Republicans
re completely dumfounded by the
tsult.
THERE IS NO CHAXGK.
lease Still Has a Good I*?ad on
Featlierstoue.
With less than three hundred voteb
nissing, Cole L. Blease continues to
ead C. C. Featherstone by about six
housaud votes. The figures are, foi
Uease 56,072, for .Mr. Featherstone
iO.IOS. Only four boxes are unretorted.
The relative standing of the
ontestants in the race for Adjutant
Jeneral and for Railroad Connnisioner
has not been materially alterd.
Col. W. \V. Moore for the former
fllce, and Mr. George McDuffle
lampton. ror me inner, uuvk uuu<
ieen nominated, as already announcd.
In the 2d Congressional district the
esult of the contest between Messrs.
Byrnes and Patterson will remain in
loubt until the State executive comnlttee
has rendered a decision. The
igures give Mr. Byrnes a majority of
14 ovor his competitor for the seat
n Congress now held by the latter,
>ut Representative Patterson has fil>d
protests in several counties and a
ituubborn fight is in progress.
WAYLAID AXI) MOBBKD.
I Spartanburg Physician Drugged by
Two White Men.
Decoyed to a lonely spot near
tlendale, 6 miles from Spartanburg.
>y a call for his professional services,
3r. William G. Sexton, of that city,
vas waylaid Wednesday morning by
,wo white men who overpowered
jim, rendered him unconscious with
iloroform and robbed him of $500.
\ccordlng to his statement he had
intended to give the money to a
juilding contractor in payment for
epairs to his house, which was almost
destroyed by fire three months
igo. Dr. Sexton had a narrow es:ape
from losing his life on that occasion.
He lay unconscious for nine
lours. When he recovered consciousness
he called to a passing ne
?rO lor assisiaiiue. ne "<io v-amcv*
;o Spartanburg and taken home. He
was still dazed, but managed to tell
i connected story and to give a fairly
good description of one of his
issailants.
SKKIOl'S CHARGE.
Accused of Robbing Banks as Well
as Postofficrs.
At Witchita, Kan.. X. S. Snaftzger,
until a week ago president of the
Fourth National bank, of the city;
Frank S. Burt, an ex-chief of police
3f Witchita and John Callahan, alleged
leaders of a gang of bank and
postoffice robbers were indicted by a
federal grand jury there on Wednesday
on charges of conspiring against
the government and receiving and
disposing of $1,500 worth of stamps,
which it is charged they knew were
stolen from the government.
Millions of Locusts.
Locusts by the millions have descended
upon the cultivated regions
of Yucatan and have left, in their
wake nothing but ruin and destruction
among the principal crops. Vegetation
eenerally hi6 suffered, the
chief loss being in the corn crop, a
large percentage of which was destroyed.
.
- # 0m. 3fc. -I4 ?t.>
WANTS TO MAKE TERMS |
TAPT HEARS THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE AND OREY3.
With the Result of Recent Electiou
Refore Him He Decides to Invite ]
All to Pie Counters.
President Taft has decided that
hereafter he will recognize no dis
tinction as between Republican senators
and representatives, whether
"progressives" or "regulars," in the
matter of federal patronage. In other
words, he will treat them all alikein
this respect.
The president's views in regard 'o ,
the matter were made known in a let- ,
ter made public Thursday by Charles
D. Norton, his secretary, addressed
lo a Republican leader in Iowa, whose
namo ir nr>t rlisHnsffl
"He," says Secretary Norton, referring
to President Tart, "will now
follow the usual rule in Republican
congressional districts and States and
follow the recommendations made by
Republican congressmen and senators
of whatever shade of political
opinion, only requiring that the men
recommended shall be good men, tl.iniOPt
competent and the best fitter
for the particular office."
The letter in part follows:
"While Republican legislation pending
in congress was opposed by certian
Republicans, the president felt
it to be his duty to the party and to
the country to withhold federal patronage
from certain senators and
congressmen who seemed to be in
opposition to the administration's efforts
to carry out the promises of the
party platform.
"That attitude, however, ended
with the primary elections and nrm:naiing
conventions which have been
held, and in which the voters have
had opportunity to declare themselves.
The people have spoken as the
party faces the fall elections; the
question must be settled by Republicans
of every shade of opinion,
whether the differences of the last
session shall be perpetuated or shall
be forgotten.
"The president feels that the value
of federal patronage has been greatly
exaggerated, and that the refusal
to grant it has probably been more
useful to the men affected than the
ippointments would have been."
After stating that "in the preliminary
skirmishes in certain States liktIowa
and elsewhere, he was willin?.
in the interest of whdt the leaders believed
would lead to party success
to make certain discriminations.'
Mr. Norton then makes known the
president's decision, above quoted.
PEAKY WAS P.EATEX.
The Eskimos Say Cook Did Keach th?
North Pole.
A dispatch from Copenhagen, Denmark.
says the Danish government
steamer Hans Egede arrived there on
Thursday with the news that John R
Bradley, the financial backer of Dr
Frederick A. Cook's North Polar ex
pedition. was on his way to Etah i<
secure the much talked of records
and instruments which Cook has aaio
that he left at that Esciuimo settle
ment northeast of Greenland. Tfie
captain of the steamer thinks thai
Cook is with Bradley but gives no
particular reason for this belief.
The Hans Egede, which Is the vessel
upon which the explorer traveled
to civilization, fell in with a yacht
at Godhaven, Greenland, and in the
course of exchanges between the
members learned that Bradley was
aboard the other craft
The Polar hunt promoter admitted
his identity and explained that
he was bound for Etah to recover
whatever had been left there by Dr.
Cook. He refused, however, to eithei
tleny of confirm the report that he
was accompanied by the explorer.
The government vessel also bring.the
information that two missionaries
who are working among the Esquimos,
who accompanied Cook on his
expedition say that these Eskimos
insist that the doctor reached the
North Pole, as he claims, prior to its
discovery by Commander Peary.
TILLMAN OX B LEASE.
Expects Hint to Disappoint His Enemies
as Governor.
Senator B. R. Tillman, at his home
at Trenton Wednesday when asked
about the result of the second primary,
said: "It is a remarkable illustration
of what little influence our
newspapers have. They have been
so unfair and unjust that they are
utterly discredited by the people. 1
expect Gov. Blease to disappoint his
enemies and to act with such prudence
and wisdom that he will justify
and make happy bis friends. He
has a golden opportunity, and I believe
he will make good. No onp
can dispute that he has brains, and
while he has faults, like the devil he
is not not as black as he has been
painted."
WANTS GENERAL PRIMARY LAW.
Proposes a Conference of Governors
to Consider It.
A congress of governors of the
various States to outline a primary
law for general use throughout the
country was the plan outlined by
John A. Dix. chairman of the New
York Democratic State committee, at
a conference Friday afternoon with
200 Demociatic leaders of Saratoga
county. Mr. Dix also advocv.'n\ .1
State law tbat wiuld ;i'?v2nt the
use of funds by corporations ia corrupting
legislators. He told his
hearers that the time has come to
place citizenship above partisanship
to accomplish r^'orme. *
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CADGHTAfLAST
Detectives Arrest a Man for Stealing
Atter Watching Bio
FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS
Men Taken in Charge for Kobbing
the United States Sub Treasury at
Chicago Several Years Ago. After
Iieing Shadowed by Detectives for
Years.
George VV. Fitzgerald, a former assorting
teller in the Chicago subrreasury,
was arrested at Chicago on
Wednesday by Deputy United State
marshall, charged with the mysterious
theft of $173,000 from the treas
ury on February 19,1907.
Fitzgerald was arrested on a bench
warrant based on an indictment returned
secretly by a federal grand
jury on February 17, 1910. Three
days after the indictment was secretly
returned and suppressed on February
20, it was announced that the
statute of limitations had operated
to stop possible criminal prosecution
in the peculiar case. ^
Coincident with this ruse by the
ftiithnrltipH secret service men were
detailed to watch Fitzgerald constantly
and make a most rigid
investigation of the former teller's
financial interests and affairs. Discoveries
made by these secret service
operatives resulted in the order
for Fitzgerald's arrest.
Marshal Eberstein, chief of special
agents of the department of justice,
and Deputy United States marshals
Walter \V?.inwright nnd J. T. Huckner
arrested Fitzgerald at his insurance
brokerage offices just as the
former sub-treaaury teller was leaving
for his home. Fitzgerald was
first taken to United States Marshal
Hay's office in the federal building,
where he was searched, handcuffed,
and placed in a cell. After an hour's
Imprisonment, Fitzgerald was taken
before Judge Kennesaw M. Landis, ^
formally arraigned and his bail fixed
? * C A AAA T3 iinflVlfl oH <??X
aw f UV/|UVU. UC1U5 viuairiv? wv ?? v
bond in this sum, he was taken to
the county jail.
The Indictment against Fitzgerald
read In court specifies four counts.
Three charge embezzlement and the
ourth charges larceny.
Attaches of the district attorney's
tfice declare that, since the disappearance
of the $173,000 from the
mb-treasury. Fitzgerald had done
he following things:
Organized the Illinois Car Manufacturing
company with a $5n,000
llant at Hammond, Ind.; organized
r.he Illinois Bolt, Nut'and Forgin
ompany with a large plant in Chicago;
dealt extensively in stocks and
?onds; moved from a modest flat to
x $10,000 residence in Rodgers park,
\ suburb of Chicago; paid for this
new home and furnished it exte*?lvely:
lived in expensive style and
entertained friends lavishly.
From the time of the returning
>f the suppressed indictment on February
17, the greatest secrecy was
jsed by government officials In hai?J'lng
the investigation. The Indictment
was locked in a vault in the
offices of the United States district
iourt clerk to await such time as the
federal lawyers felt that they had
sufficient evidence to warrant the
trrest of Fitzgerald.
All this time Fitzgerald was never
out of sight of secret service men
when awake, and while he slept operatives
were on guard at his home
or hotel. The former teller was followed
to his offices doWn town and
.vatched throughout the day. Meanwhile
all of his financial transactions
were checked up closely and certain
investments traced to him.
The sub-treasury robbery, which
has baffled secret service officers for
three years occurred Wednesday,
February 20, 1907.
The money was all in $1,000 and
$10,000 bills.' Federal officers all
over the country were brought into
the hunt for the missing money.
The $173,000 disappeared from
Fitzgerald's cage In the sub-treasury,
where he was employed as sorting
teller. When questioned regarding
the disappearance of the money Fitzgerald
said he went out to lunch and
when he returned the money was
?one. He was closely questioned at
'.he time and was shadowed for several
months.
A year after the robbery Fitzgerald
was arrested by a private detfctive
agent acting for William Boldenwelr,
the sub-treasurer. The
charge was not pressed at that time,
However, and Fitzgerald proceeded
to institute damage suits against
Boldenweir and the detective agency
tor alleged false arrest.
ENTIRELY TOO SENSITIVE.
Killed Himself Because He Was
Short Small Sum.
At Flora, Indiana, when Mrs. Jno.
E. I.odd, wife of the superintendent,
and treasurer of the schools of the
city, read to her husband from a
news-paper Thursday night the report
of the examiners of the State
hoard of accounts that the funds in
his care had been discovered to be
short 820.. he made no comment.
but Friday she found his dead body
in bis bedroom and a bottle that had
contained carbolic acid In his hand.
The schools and most of the business
houses were closed out of respect of
him during the funeral. *
Will Stretch Hemp.
For the murder of Officer Waldrop
at Piedmont about two months age.
Buuk Sherard. a young negro, whh
Friday sentenced at Greenville by
Judge Gary to hang on the first Friday
in October. *