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EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17,1904.
NO. 34.
Accepts the Presidents
By the Demi
THE NOTIFICATION ADDRESSES j
Utterances of the Democratic Candi
; date on the issues Before the Coun
try In the Present Campaign.
Esopus, N. Y., Special.-Judge Alton
?. Parker Wednesday received formal j
notification of his nomination for the
presidency of thc United States as the
candidate of the Democratic party, and
In accepting gave public expression
for the first time of his views on the is
sues of the campaign. The notifica
tion, was brought to him by Represen
tative Champ * Clark, of Missouri, as
chairman of a committee representing
every State and Territy in the Union
Mr. Clark, in a brief'speech informed
the candidate of his nomination and
presented to him a formal communica
tioa-'signed by the committee.
"Mr. Clark said in pa?t:
"Judge Parker:-The most moment
ous ; political performance known
among men is the quadrennial election
of an. American President. The su
preme executive power of 80,000,000
free, people changes hands with sim
plest ceremony and most perfest order.
While the contest for votes is waged
with' earnestness and enthusiasm
sometimes with much heat and bitter
ness-the ready acceptance of the re
sult by the defeated is the surest aug
ury, bf the perpetuity of our institu
ci?n^.
^'Presidents come and Presidents go,
but >the great republic-freighted with
the. hopea of the human race for liberty
-rgoes on forever. All history provea
that a government .bottomed on popu
lar suffrage is a government by party.
Experience shows that he serves-his
party best who serves his country
test The names most fondly cher
ished are those of men who devcied
their time, their energies, their talents,
their fortunes ~nnd their lives to the
promotion of the public weal. Stronger
incentive to high and patriotic endeav
or nb man hath than the hope to stand
thorough all the ages in that goodly
company.
- "Out of the masterly debates and.pro
found deliberations of the St. Lous .
convention emerged a re-united party,, 1
which goes forth conquering and to ! !
conquer. The flower of the Democracy
?sesmbled there to consult the govern
ment to the principles enunciated by
the fathers, from which it has drifted
for in these latter days. Every phase
of Democratic opinion was represented
*>y-brave, honest and able champions,,
in -th?t great conclave of free and pa- 1?
JJ
ut" ?nd dried pro
gramme. Its debates were not.mere
automatons or mahoniettes waving and
talking " when the strings were pulled
?jy ene mau. Speech and action were
absolutely free and the great debates
"which took pla?e there will constitute
part of, the permanent political litera
ture?, of the country. No effort was
mad-, to gag or bridle any one. If a
delegate had a pet idea which he was
anxious to exploit, he was givea an
adequate and respectful hearing before
either the platform committee or the
entire convention. Every man had his
say-. To none was opportunity denied,
Out of it all grew such unity as en
courages lovers of liberty and of pure
government everywhere. We enter
upon the campaign. with the strength
which grows out of the union of a
mighty party, with the enthusiasm
horn of truth, with the courage that
emanates from a righteous cause, with
the confidence of men animated by no
ble purposes and lofty patriotism.
''The hope is not too extravagant for <
entertaining that in this campaign
our candidates will have the support,
not only of cv?ry Democrat in the land,
but- also of every voter, by whatever
political name called, who believes
that the constitution of the United
States is a living reality and that it
applies equally to high and low, to
great and small; to public official and
to private citizen.
"Into your hands the Democracy has
committed its standard with abiding
faith in your courage, your integrity,
your honor, your capacity and your
patriotism, believing that under your
leadership we will achieve a signal vic
tory, thal your administration will be
such a fortunate, such a happy era in
cur. annals as to mark the beginning
of a long period of Democratic ascen -
dancy, and that you will so discharge
your duties as to rank in history as
ene of the greatest and best beloved of
American Presidents.
In accepting the nomination Judge
Parker spoke as follows:
JUDGE PARKER'S ACCEPTANCE.
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee:
"I have resigned the office of Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals, of this
State, in order that I may accept the
responsibility that the great conven
tion that you represent has put upon
me, without' possible prejudice to thc
court to which I had the honor to be
long, or to the eminent members of
the judiciary of this State, of whom I
may now say as a private citizen that
I am justly proud.
"At the very threshold of this re
sponse and before dealing wth other
subjects, I must, in justice to myself,
Ey Wire and Cable.
. President Nord, of Haiti, made a
speech threatening foreigners.
It is officially denied in Berlin that !
Germany had sent an ultimatum to j
Venezuela demanding the payment of j
interest on the idemnity.
In the House of Commons Joseph
Chamberlain said he was anxious for
a general election at once on his tar
iff proposals.
A French ofl&cer was appointed
head of the Tangier police.
A satisfactory test was made of the
York Haven power plant, near York,
Pa.
The United Lutheran Synod, at
Newmarket, Va.,, will decide at its
next convention whether ministers of
its churches may re-marry divorced
persons.
The West Virginia Legislature con
sidered tax measures. Mr. Morgan
-C. Munboe, Democratic member from
Pendleton county, died suddenly of
Bright's disease. ?
The body of Joseph Lamar, Jr., of
' Pittsburg; was found in a clump of
; willows near Whaling, W, It li
bttjiimd ba waa auraoredi
ii Nomination Tendered
eratic Party
! and \& relieve my sense of gratitude,
express my profuond appreciation of
the confidence repese'd in me by the
convention Alter nominating mc
and Subsequently receiving a com
munication declaring that I regarded
tho gold standard as firmly and irre1
vccably established, a matter which
I felt it incumbent upoft me te male?
known my attitude so th?t hereafter
no man could justly say that his
support had been secured through in
direction or, mistake-, th? convention
reiterated its determination that I
should be the standard-bearer of the
party in the present contest. This
mark of trust and confidence I shall
ever esteem as the highest honor
that could be conferred upon me-an
honor that, whatever may be th 3 fate
of the campaign, the futm'Q catt iii
no degree lessen or impair.
ADMIRABLE PLATFORM.
"The admirable platform upon
which the party appeals to the coun
try for its confidence and support
clearly staten the principles which
wero BO weil condensed in the first
inaugural address cf President'Jeff or
son and points out with force and di
rectness the course to be pursued
through their proper application in
order to insure needed reforms in
both .the legislative and administra
tive departments of the government.
"While unhesitating in its promise to
correct abuses and to right wrongs
wherever they appear or however
caused; to investigate the several ad
ministrative departments of the gov
ernment, the conduct of whoso offi
cials has created scandals, and to
punish those who have been guilty uf
a breach of their trust; to oppose the
granting of special privileges by
which the few may profit at the ex
pense of the many; to practive econ
omy in the expenditure of the money
of tho people, and to that end to re
turn once more to the methods of the
founders of the republic by observ
ing in disbursing tho public funds tho
care and caution a prudent individual
observes in respect to his own; still
the spirit of the platform assures con
servative, instead of rash action; tho
protection of the innocent ?s well as
?e punshment of the guilty; the en
:ouragemcnt of industry, economy
md thrift; the protection of property !
;nd a guarantee of the enforcement ,
!or the benefit of all man's inaliena- ,
ile rights, among which, as said in ,
he Declaration of Independence, aro *
'life, liberty and the pursuit of hap-1 (
riness." Liberty, as understood in j
his country, means not only the right t
>f freedom from actual servitude, im
?risonment or restraint, but the .
ight of one to use his facilities in all
iwful ways, to live and work where
e W'H and .^,,?^,^^,?^7 Iflfflfaj I j
rg^s^f^'?f'??bwty and property s
re not only guaranteed" to the ci ti- f
en by the constitution of each of the j
everal States, but the States are by T
he Fourteenth Amendment to the ,
Jonstitution of the United States for- t
ridden to deprive any person cf them s
vithout due pyocess of .law. ?
"Occasionally, by reason of unnec- t
?sary, or impatient agitation for re- r
orms, or because ' the limitations t
ilaced upon the departments cf gov- t
?rnment by the Constitution are dis- t
egarded by officials desiring to ac- t
:omplish that which to them seems *
jood, whether the power exists in
hem or not, it becomes desirable to 1
rall attention to the fact that the peo- ,
de, in whom all power resides have <
>een fit to limit the powers conferred j
ind to say to departments created j
)y it: "Thus far shalt thou go and no 1
'arther.' To secure the ends sought j
he people have by the Constitution ;
jeparated and distributed among tho 1
:hree departments of government- j
he Executive, Legislative and Judi- 1
iial-certain powers, and it is the 1
luty of those administering each de- -
partment so to act as to preserve, 1
.ather than destroy, the 1 potency of <
:he co-ordinate branches of the gov- ?
jrnment, and thus secure the exercise j
>f all the pow?ts conferred by the (
people. i
THE THREE POWERS. ?
"Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to :
William C. Jarvis, touching the per- '?
petuity of our institutions, written
?nany years after he had retired to
private life, said: 'If the three pow
ers of our government maintain their
mutual independence of each other,
It may last long, but not so if cither
can assume the authority of tho oth
er.' It must be confessed that in the
course of our history executives have !
employed powers not belonging to '
them; statutes have been passed that !
wer? expressly forbidden by the con
stitution and statutes have been set
aside as unconstitutional when it was
difficult to point out the provisions
sa'd to be offended against in their
enactment; all this has been done
w?th a good purpose, no doubt, .but
in disregard, nevertheless, of the fact
that ours is a government of laws,
not of men, 'deriving its just powers
from the consent of the governed.'
If we would have our government
continue through the ages to come,
for the benefit of those who shall
succeed us.- we must ever be on our
guard against the danger of usurpa- ;
tion of that authority which resides ?
in the whole people, whether the usur-1
pation be by ofiieials representing 1
one of the three great departments of
government, or by a body of men act-1
flin or rient ion.
The British expedition under Colonel
Younghusband reached Lhasa, Tibet.
The total number identified bodies
recovered from the wreck at Eden, Col.,
np to Tuesday night was 73, and the j
unidentified 3.
The United Mine Workers' executive j
board adjourned at Scranton without j
definitely deciding upon the date for a 1
s;rike in the Wyoming and Lackawan- j
na valleys.
The Griffith Improvement Company
of Athens, Ga., was placed in hands of
a receiver. S. C. Upson was named
as receiver. The receivership was
caused by a petition in involuntary
bankruptcy, brought by the creditors.
Liabilities are $60,000 with assets about
the same.
In a statement Issued Tuesday after
noon the detective agency engaged in
the search ior $200,000 worth of jewels,
the property of Mrs. Ogden Goolet,
which was supposed to have been stol
en, it was announced that the jewels
were found in Mrs. Goelet'e. Bafe. in
New York, wfesre the own?: nacl pm
thea?
ing without a commission from the
people.
IMPATIENCE AT RESTRAINT 0F
LAW?
? "Imp?U??c? bi the restraints of
law as well hs of its delays; is be
coming mor* ?nd more rrianifest from
o-?.'/ co.. day;, .Within the past .few
j'?M**. Tr\?iiy .'instanced have been
brought to our attention, where in
different parts of our beloved country
supposed criminals have been seized
and punished hy a mob, notwithstand
ing tho fact that the constitution of
each Stato guarantees to every per
son within it3 Jurisdiction that his
life, his liberty or hts properly shall
not bo taken from him without due
process of law?
'Til ? struggle between. employers
and employ?s, dynamite is said to
have 1)0211 used.by the latter, resulting
in the loss ot life arid the destruction
bf. property. The perpetrators of this.
offense against the laws of God and
man, and all others engaged in the
conspiracy with them, should, after
duo trial and conviction, have had
meted out to them the most rigorous
punishment known to the law. This
crime, added perhaps tb ?tll?rs," led
to the formation cf a committee of
citizens that, with the support of the
military authority, deports from the
State, without trial, persons.suspected,
of belonging to the organiz?tibri of
which the perpetrators of the dyn?
init? outrag?s frere supposed to be
members-. In. both cases the reign
of law gave way to the reign of force.
Thesp illustrations present some evi
dence of the failure of the government
to protect the citizen and his property,
which not only justified thc action
of your convention iii this regard,
but made it its duty to cali attention
to the fact that constitutional gu?ran
teos are violated whenever any citi
zen is denied the right to iabor, to
acquire, and to enjoy property, or to
reside where his interests or inclina
tion may determino; and the fulfill
ment of the assurance to rebuke and
punish all denials Of these rights,
whether brought about hy individuals
or government agencies? should be
enforced by every Official and support
ed by fevery citizen. The essenco of
good government lies in strict obser
vance of constitutional limitations, en
forcement of law and urdor and rug
ged opposition to all encroachment
upon the sovereignty of the people.
"The foregoing distinctions but em
pbasizo tho distinction which exists
between our own and other forms ct
government, lt has been well said,
in substance, that there are but two
powers in government, ene by the j
power of the sword, sustained by the
land that wields it, and the other
.he power of the law, sustained by
in enlightened public sentiment. The
lifferenco between r. republic-such
is ours, based on law,.and a written
constitution, supported by ?nteMi
jenco, virtuo and patriotism-and a
nonarchy-sustained by force exert
;d by an individual, uncontrolled by
aws other'than O**??? m<wio nr sanc-J.
ioned by him; o
?titutionalism, the
PRESENT TA
"The present tai
tances es to exac
rom the people,
las thi3 view becor
lent members of tl
md at least two |
ions, have dared - v..~ e~">-?"-'
;entiment o" that subject'. That party
leems, however, to be collectively able
;0 harmonize only upon a plank that
idmits that revision may from time to
ime be necessary, hut it is so phased
;hat it is expected to be satisfactory to
;hose favor a reduction thereof, and '
;o those opposed to any change what
iver.
"Judge by the record of performance,
.ather than that of promise, on the I
part of that party in the past, it would I
;eem as if the outcome, in the event of
ts success would he to gratify the l?t
:er class. With absolute control of
poth the legislative and executive de
partment of the government siuce
\iarch 4th. 1S97, there has been neither
'eduction nor an attempt at reduction
n tariff duties. It is not unreasonable
to assume, in the light of that record,
that a future Congress of that party
will not undertake a revision of the
tariff downward in the event that it
shall receive an endorsement of its
past course on that subject by the peo
ple. It is a fact and should he frankly"
conceded that though our party be suc
cessful in the coming contest we can
not hope to secure a majority in the
Senate during the next four years, and
hence v/e shall be unable to secure any
modification in the tariff save that to
which the Republican majority in the
Senate may consent. While, therefore,
v/e are unable to give assurance of re
lief to the people from such excessive
duties are burden them; it is due to
them that we state our position to be
in favor of a resonable reduction of
the tariff; that we believe it is demand
ed by the best interests' of both manu
facturer and consumer, and that a wise
and beneficent revision of the tariff
can be accomplished as soon as both
branches of Congress and an executive
in favor of it are elected, without cre
ating that sense of uncertainty and in
stability that has on other occasions
manifested itself. This can be achiev
ed by providing that such a resonable
period shall intervene, between the date
of the enactment of the statute making
a revision and the date of its enforce
ment, as shall he deemed sufficient for
the industry or business affected by
such revision to adjust itself to thc
changes and new conditions imposed.
So confident am I in the belief that the
demand of the people for a reform of
the tariff is just, that I indulge the
hope that should a Democratic House
of Representatives and a Democratic
Executive be chosen by the people,
even a Republican Senate may he?d the
Odds and Ends.
Even a golden vessel cannot make a
smooth sea.
If the Sinless knew sorrow shall the
sinful escape?
The branch that bends lowest oears
the most fruit.
You must either flee from Egypt or
forfeit Canaan. w
Circumstances may abase, but only
sin can debase you. ,
No breath was ever yet wasted in
true prayer.
There is no progress in holiness
without practice.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who has pat
ented a number of valuable railroad
inventions, is at work on others, it is
said, which he expects to complete
shortly.
The mother of F. Augustus Heinze,
the Montana copper magnate, died In
Germany.
It ta reported at Cheiu that a Japa
nese attack, on Port Arthur last Fri
: day waa repulsed, with enormous loss
warning and fcbnse?t .to giv8 ?t. i,??st
some measure of relief io tfi? p?dpl?V
THE TRUSTS:
"The .combinations,_ popularly .called
trusts, y/hich aim to secar? a monopoly'
of trade .in the dl?c?ssari?? of life., as'
well,as. in _thos? things, that, are eni-j
ployed upon the farm, in the factory'
and in many other fields of industry,
have been encouraged and stimulated,
by excessive tariff duties. These op
erate to furnish a substantial market
in the necessities of eighty millions of
people, by practically excluding com
petition. With so large a market and ]
highly remunerative pf-ices e?ntifluingr
long after the line of possible compc-[
titioii would naturally be r?ached; tri? I
temptation" of Hil erigaged in the
sam? business to combine sd as to p'i'ei
vent comp?tition at home and ? result
ing reduction of prices; li?s prdv?d ir=
resistibie in a humber bf cas??: All
men must agree that" the net result,
of enacting laws that foster such in
equitable conditions, is most unfort?.^
nate for the people as a whole, and it
would seem as if all ought to agree
that the effective remedy would b? to.
appropriately modify the offending law.
The growth bf monopoly, Of which
complaint is justly mad?? can?ot be?
laid at the doors of the courts of this
country. The decisions of the SiU
preme Court bf. the Unit?.d States; th?
Court of Appeals of this State, aiid th?;
courts bf last resort in many other
States, warrant the assertion that the'
common law as developed affords a
complete legal remedy against mono
polies. The fact that they have multi-'
plied in number and increased in pow
er has been due, not to the failure of
the courts to apply t.b<3 law wheii prop
erly moved, bj' administrative officials'
6? private individuals, but to the fail"
ur? of officials charged with th? d?ty\
of ?nfoi'cing the law to take the ne
cessary procedure to procure the judg
ments of the courts in the appropriate
jurisdiction, coupled with the fact that
the legislative departments of some of
our State governments, as well as Con
gress iii the manner already referred
to, have, by legislation, eric?urag?d
their propagation. What is needed-iri
addition to the passage of a statute re
vising the tariff duties to a reasonable
basis-is not so much other and differ
ent laws, as officials having both the
disposition and the courage to enforce
existing law. While this is my view of
the scope of the common law, if it
should be made to appear that it is ?
mistaken one, then I favor such further
legislation within constitutional limita
tions as will give the people a just.and
full measure of protection.
SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR FILT>
PINOS.
"It is difficult to understand how any
citizen of the United States, much less
a descendant of Revolutionary stock,
can tolerate the thought of permanent
ly denying the right of self-government
lo the Filipinos. Can we hope to in
still into the minds of our descendants
reverence and devotion for a govern
ment by the people, while denying ulti
mately that right to the inhabitants
respect of the civilized world, while"
proudlv guaranteeing to every citizen
of the "United States that no law shall
be made or enforced which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States, or deny
to any person the equal protection of
the laws, and at the same time not only
deny similar rights to the inhabitants
of the Philippines, but take away from
them the right of trial by jury, and
place their lives and the disposition of
their property in the keeping of those
whom we sent to them to be their gov
ernors? We shall certainly rue it as
a nation if we make any such attempt
Viewing the question even from the.
standpoint of national selfishness, there
is no prospect that the twenty millions
of dollars expended in the purchase of
the islands and the six hundred and
fifty millions said to have been since
disbursed will ever come back to us.
The accident of war brought the Phil
ippines into our possession and we are
not at liberty to disregard the respon
sibility which thus came to us, but that
responsibility will be best subserved
by preparing the islanders as raipdly
as possible for self-government and
giving to them the assurances that it
will come as soon as they are reason
ably prepared for it. There need be
no fear that the assertion s.> often
made of late, that we have now become
a world power, will then be without
support. Ours is a world power, and
as such it must be maintained, but I
deny that it is at *11 recently that the
United States has attained that emi
ence. Our country became a world po
er over a century ago, when, havin
thrown off foreign domination, the peo'
pie established a free government, th
source of whose authority sprung, an
was continuously to proceed, from th
will of the people themselves. It gre
as a world power as its sturdy citizen
to whose natural increase were adde
immigrants from the Old World see
ing to obtain here the liberty and pro^[
perity denied them in their own coun
tries, spread over the face of the land,
reduced the prairies and forests to cul
tivation, built cities, constructed high
ways and railroads, till now a nation
which at the formation of the govern
ment, numbered only three millions in
population, has become eighty millions,
and from ocean to ocean and the lakes
to the gulf, the country is the abode of
a free and proseprous people, advanced
in the highest degree in the learning
rind arts of civilizations. It is the lib
erty, the advancement and the pros
perity of its citizens, not any career of
Telegraphic Briefs.
There are three cases of yellow fever
at Vera Cruz, Mexico, three at Coatza
! coal cos, and five at Tehuantepec. There
i have been no death at the latter place.
Chairman Cowherd, of the Demo
I eratic Congressional Campaign Com
! raittee. has issued a statement cbal
! lenging the accuracy of Commissioner
! Wright's r?port on wages and the cost i
! of living.
I The repulse of the Japanese at Port
j Arthur on July 26, 27 and 28 is con
! firmed in an official dispatch from Gen
eral Stoessel.
The United States European Squad
ron sailed from Villefranche for Smyr
na, in Turkey.
Dr. Edward Hanslick, a noted musi
cal critic, died in Vienna.
The Princess of Monaco was robbed
in Paris of jewels and bank notes val
ued at $16,000.
Representative Ghat?^p C'.arfc ia cQuft
dont that Parker ant} Day!?.
calve ?(?3 Qlaoioral votes,
m
m
c^nq?i?sj;; that, in?k? th? country' 8
.world p?wer. This condition we owe td
jtKlP.^?unty of Providence; unfolded i?
tfre^great natural resources of . th?
conntry td tal! .wisdom of our fathers
manifested by them, tb th? energy, irj
.^try;vr|ibral character and l?w-abid
IngV.spirit .bf the people themselves;
??^?f? are not a military people, bent
Q^'cOnquest, or engaged In extending
our domains in foreign lands, or de
sirous x?f securing natural advantages,
however great, by force; but a people
laying peace, not only for ourselves,
but for all the nations of the earth.
>V'\. ' MILITARY DISPLAY.
.i?yT?? gfea? display of military af
mam??ts inay please the eye and; for
tb;^moment; excite tho pride of the
ct^2?en?- but it cannot brldg to the
b??i?tr'y the brains, brawn and mds
clji?o? ? single immigrant, nor induce
tlf^inv?sime?l; here of a dollar of
capital. .?' Of course, such ?rm?rdent as
niayf-'-.be. necessary for the security
p?|?he. country and the protection of
the.rights of its citizens at home or
ibjcad," must be maintained. Any
G^iri-cburse would be not only false
eConomy, but pusillanimous. I pro
however, against the feeling,
?oW^far tod prevalent, that by reason
p'?ith? commanding position we have
i?fjuiaed ..in the World, we must take
^a^??^ti?? disput?s and broils of for
?i^tv cbuhtri?s, and that b?cause We
MjMgrown great we should inter
ne.-In every important question th?t
U'iaes in other parts of the world. I
lisp - protest against the erection of
iny"'such military establishment as
.v^ld: be required to maintain the
^fMtry in that attitude. We should
ffifflrle Our international activities
?ofely to matters in which the fights
i^ithig country or of our citizens are
I^ectiy involved. That is not a sit
iaron- of isolation, but of indepen
Ie|ce,
???P HANDS OFF FOREIGN
:$j TROUBLES,
;^fh? government of the United
?t?t?? was organized solely for the
l?opl? of the United States. While
??pr?a. contemplated that this coun
r^rshould oecome ? refUg? for the
inpressed of every land, who might
iMpt to discharge the duties of our
dtizenship, and while we have al
lays sympathized with the people of
very , nation in their struggles for
cr?rg?A'Grnment, the government was
.0^ created for career of political or
Ivalizlng evangelisation in foreign
buntries or among alien races.
^The most efficient work we can do
l^plifting the people of other coun
r??s, IS by the presentation of a hap
j?fepr?spefo??, s?lf-gov?r?l?g nation
fi-?ix ideal to be emulated, ? mod?l to
.e|follcrwed. The general occupation
fn?ur citizens in the arts of peace,
?ithe absence of large military ar
l?'ments, tends to impair neither pa
?jl?tism nor physical courage, and
?tf-the truth of this I refer the young
??h of. to-day to the history of the
iyil Wai. For 50 years, with th?
s?eption of the war with Mexico,
roc-cncrc-moat-neron:-ue?U3-proc
eeded infinitely more from devotion
> the country, than from martial
pirit. As I have already proceeded
t too great length, other questions
uggested in the platform must await
iy letter of acceptance.
. NOMINATION ACCEPTED.
"Mr. Chairman: In most graceful
peech you have reminded me of tne
Teat responsibility, as well as the
;reat honor of the nomination be
towed upon me by the convention
ou represent this day. Be assured
hat both are appreciated-so keenly
.ppreciated that I am humbled in
heir acceptance.
"I accept, gentlemen of tba commit
ee, the nomination, und J! the action
if the convention shall be endorsed
ry an electiop by the people, I will,
iod helping me, give to the discharge
if the duties of that exalted office
heibesi service of which I am capa
>le::and nt tte end of'the term retire
o private life. I shall not be a candi
late for, nor shall I accept a re-nom
nation. Several reasons might be ad
vanced for this position, but the con
xolling one with me is that I am fully
persuaded that no incumbent of that
jffice should ever be placed in a situ
ition of possible temptation to con
sider what the effect of action taken
Dy him in an administrative matter'
Di great importance might have upon
ai? political fortunes. Questions of
momentous consequence to all of the
:he office for two terms or sought io
succeed themselves; for strong ar
guments can be advanced in support
of the re-election of a President. It
is simply my judgment that the inter
ests of thi3 country are now so vast
and the questions presented are fre
quently of such overpowering magni
tude to the people that it is indispen
sable to the maintenance of a befit
ting attitude before the people, not
only that thc Chief Magistrate should
bc independent, but that that inde
pendence should be known of all
men."
News of the Day.
In an official statement issued at the
White House Secretary Loeb made it
clear that no letter was sent either by
the President or by him by their au
thority to the National Association of
Stationary Engineers in session at
Richmond, declining to receive the en
gineers as a body, because "it would
create capital for the Democratic cam
paign, and particularly where an asso
ciation was so closely allied with la
bor."
The American legation at Constanti
nople has not yet received a reply from
the Porte regarding the demand upon
the Turkish government for the same
favored-treatment in the matter ot
schools, hospitals and charitable insti
tutions accorder! to other powers. How
ever, it is anticipated by diplomata
that the dc-mand will be granted be
fore the arrival of thc American squad
ron at Smyrna.
Dr. J. H. Chandler was named by the
"regular" Republicans for Governor ol
Delaware;
4 teether and her tbres pliildren were
klltod in R collison, nm D?tcago Tuw?
?&?, .>?.?. v. ;
JAPS TAKE VESSEL
Still Making Thing's Interesting for
the Russians
TOWED FROM A NEUTRAL PORT
The Dismantled Torpedo Boat Des
troyer Ryeshitelni Boarded at 3:30
O'Clock Friday Morning in the Chi
nese Port of Cheefoo by the Crews
of Two Japanese Destroyers and
Towed Off by ? Third*
Cheefoo, By Cable.-Two large Jap
anese torpedo destroyers which have
been hovering outside the harbor, en
tered under cover of tho darknes;
Thursday night, showing no lights,
and anchored a quarter of a mile fron!
the* Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Rycsitelni, which had been moved to
a permanent anchorage. The corres
pondent'of the Associated Press was
not allowed to board the -ap??ese
vessels. The Japanese officers said
they would depart at daylight.
Cheefoo, By Cable.-A boarding par
ty from a Japanese torpedo boat de
stroyer boarded the dismantled Rus
sian torepdo boat destroyer Ryeshit
elni Thursday morning at 3.30 o'clock.
The Japanese discharged their small
arms, and during the firing a Russian
was wounded in one of his legs. Day
break showed. a third Japanese de
stroyer towing the Ryeshitelni out
of the harbor and all disappeared.
The Japanese consul claims that the
Japanese slilpa were ignorant of the
dismantling of the Ryeshitelni. An
Associated Press informed the Jap
anese of this fact when he visited the
two Japanese destroyers at 2.30
o'clock Friday morning.
Progress of Chicago $Mk?. I
Chicago, Special.-The stockyards
strike Thursday night seems no nearer
i settlement than it did the day the
struggle began. Efforts of a committee
composed of retail butchers and gro
cers to bring about a conference b?
vveen the packers end the strike lead
?rs were of no avail. The retailers'
committee was in conference with Ed
gard Tilden, John E. Maurer, Thomas
?Vilson and Thomas J. Connors, repro
bating the packers, for three hours
:his afternoon, and after the meeting
he following statement was given out
)7 the committee of business men:
?onferciices with thc unionists, they
jegan to form plans to force the hand
?f the k-gal department of the United
states in au endeavor to bring about a
settlement. This movement wa9 de
sided upon by the legal advisers of the
?trikers after they had received what
Lhey considered reliable information
that the Attorney General would not
make a move to bring into operation
the perpetual injunction now held by
?.he government against combinations
?.raong the packing firms unless order
ed to do so by President Roosevelt.
The plan is this: An action will be
started in the Federal Court in the
name of a striker who holds stock in
one of the biggest of the packing con
cerns, demanding that the injunction
be put into operation on the ground
that the illegal combination still ex
ists and that through it shareholders
are suffering a loss. This, it is ex
pected by the strike leaders, will in
duce President Roosevelt to take up
the fight and force the packers, to pro
duce their books, contracts and argu
ments in open court. Such a step, it is
believed by the strikers, will bring the
packers to terms and end the struggle.
News of the Day.
A general strike of teamsters .be
gan in Vienna.
S. F. Cole, of Catskill, N. Y., broke
the world's typewriting record at the
World's Fair, averaging nearly 68
words a minute for seven hours.
A movement at Charlestown, W,
Va., to lynch George W. Williams,
the negro assailant of Miss Knode,
ended in a committee of the would-b*
lynchers being arrested.
Sultan Must Keep Faith.
Washington, Special-The State De
partment has heard nothing from Min
ister Leishman, at Constantinople,
since last Monday, when he cabled that
the Porte had promised to see that he
received the Sultan's answer to his
representations touching the rights of
American citizens in Turkey. If today's
engagement is not' kept, the Depart
ment orobably will send additional in
structions to Minister Leishman as
soon as he officially reports the addi
tional breach of faith. In that event
he is expected to go to Smyrna to com
municate personally with Admiral Jew
ell, commanding the European squad
ron, and perhaps to take up his quar
ters aboard the flagship'Olympia, thus
marking a diplomatic crisis.
Rev. W. E. Mumford Dead.
Macon, Ga., Special.-Rev. W. E.
Mumford died ai S o'clock Friday
morning after a month's illness of ty
phoid fever. He was well known
throughout the South as a philanthrop
ist, having devoted the past 15 years
of his life to the care of the orphan
children of .Georgia. He founded the
Georgia Industrial Home, of Macon,
where 150 children are being cared for.
The deceased was a Methodist preacher
and a former newspaper man.
Georgia Legislature Adjorns.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The Georgia
Legislature adjourned Its summer ses
sion of 50 days at midnight Thursday.
Among the acts passed was one in
creasing the salary of the Governor
from $3,000 to $5,000. those of the Su
preme Court Justices from $3.000 to $4,
000. and thoa* of the Superior Court
JudgeB from $2,000 to $3,000 per year.
The appropriations for school purposes
will bring the total sum available for
that purpose during the coming year
Up to $2,000,000, The Legislature re
vlm to ftilop; the Australian batist
syatem.
Buried Landscapes.
One of the most curious results of
gee-logical exploration is the discovery
of 'buried landscapes," by which is
meant parts of the former face of the
earth now covered under later depos
its, but yet retaining so many of their
original features that the geologist
can ideally reconstruct the scenes
that would have been presented to the
eye of man if he bad been present
among them. Sometimes buried land
scapes exist in countries now densely
inhabited. Recent investigation has
shown that one lies beneath the re
gion in England known as Charnwood
Forest. The rocky projections seen
there are the peaks and aretes of a
buried mountain chain belonging to
the old red sandstone period. Sever
al different phases in the history of
this landscape have been traced. At
one time it contained salt lakes and
desert expanses. In its modern form
it is a pastoral region, with barren,
stony tracts and rocky eminences,
where the ancient mountains project
through the soil. j
Lightning Settled the Quarrel.
Lightning settled a dispute on Tor
ringford street. Winsted, Conn., the
other day. In the winter George W.
Eaton felled an immense chestnut tree.
When Eaton went after the; heavy
piece of timber, Fred Bailey claimed
it, saying Eaton had cut it on .his land
and forbade its removal. An argu
ment between the two men followed,
and before it was finished an electric
storm came up and they sought shel
ter under a nearby shed to settle the
point at issue. There was a fearful
crash a few minutes later and an in
vestigation showed that lightning had'
struck and destroyed the huge log.
Makes Cheap Alcohol.
A Norwegian chemist has discov
ered a new and cheap process for
making alcohol from sawdust. Saw
dust is treated under pressure with
diluted sulphuric acid, by which the
celluloise is transformed into sugar,
which, by adding fermentation produc
ers, is converted into alcohol in the
old manner, and then distilled.
Farrand
Organs
The Bese in,the world. The
Factory does three quarters
of a million dollars worth of
business a year.
Quality considered they are
tde CHEAPEST ORGANS
made. Over fifty now in
stock. Terms accommodat
ing. Write me before buying
elsewhere. Other magnifi
cent, organs in appearance
at Forty-Five Dollars, with
stool and box. Freight paid
J. A. Holland
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Johnston, South Carolina,
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