Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 20, 1908, Image 2
Scraps and Jarts.
? Serious trouble broke out at Port
au Prince, Ha.vti, last Sunday morning
ami as the result of it a number of
warships, including British, American,
French and Herman are at that port
to protect the lives of citizens of their
respective nations. The trouble had I
its origin in the summary execution
of a dozen or more alleged revolutionists,
who were captured during the
night and shot at sunrise. All foreigners
are very much frightened over
the situation and terror reigns
throughout the island.
? Washington, March 17: Rear
Admiral Charles S. Sperry will be
commander-in-chief of the American
battleship fleet when it leaves san
Francisco in July to encircle the
globe. This Important detail was decided
on by President Roosevelt and
his cabinet today. Rear Admiral
Evans, on his personal request, will
be relieved of the command at the
conclusion of the big naval review at
San Francisco, May Sth. The admiral
considers this the completion
of the work he was assigned to do?
take the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific
coast. Admiral Evans retires in August.
To Rear Admiral Thomas
comes the honor of commanding the
fleet on its visit to Puget Sound and
until the homeward journey begins.
He has been second in command during
the voyage and retires in October.
These retirements make possible
two promotions to the grade of
rear almiral, and these are to be filled
by the advancement of Captain
Seaton Schroeder and Captain Richard
Wainwright, who .vill command
respectively the. third and fourth
squadrons of the fleet, and Rear Admiral
Emory the second.
? Declaring that the recent financial
stringency in the country was
brought about by the influence of the
"Standard Oil" and J. Pierpont Morgan,
Senator LaFollette in a speech
on the Aldrich currency bill, entered
upon a denunciation of men high in
the financial world. "There were no
commercial reasons for panic," said
LaFollette, "there were speculative,
legislative and political reasons why
a panic migni stuc oj>cv.mi i.unv^,
there were business scores to settle.
There was legislation to be blocked
and a currency measure that suited
the system to be secured. There was a
third term to be disposed of, and policies
to be discredited." He severely
criticised the provision of the Aldrich
bill by which railroad bonds are to
be made security for an emergency
circulation. He said, "When once the
government invites the national
banks of the country to invest in
them for the patriotic purpose of
avoiding financial disaster those railroad
bonds will become sacred papers.
The good faith of the country
will be pledged to defeat any legislation
that suggests a disturbance of
the four per cent dividend upon the
stock."
? Caldwell, Idaho, March 18: Stating
that he believed that Harry Orchard,
in his testimony in the trials
of William D. Haywood and George
A. Pettibone for the murder of exGovernor
Frank Stuenenberg, told
the exact truth, attempting to conceal
nothing, Judge Fremont Wood,
in the district court today, recommended
that the state board of pardons
commute Orchard's sentence of
death to imprisonment in the state
penitentiary. The sentence of death
was pronounced in accordance with the
plea of guilty entered by Orchard on
Tuesday of last week, when arraigned.
Judge Wood presided at both the
Haywood and Pettibone trials. In
sentencing Orchard and recommending
the commutation of his sentence,
Judge Wood reviewed the case from
tho time nf th<? killinc of Frank Stu
enenberg to the present, including the
arrest of Orchard, his confession, the
arrest of Charies E. Moyer, president
of the Western Federation of Miners;
William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer
of the federation, and George A.
Pettibone and the plea of guilty entered
by Orchard, to the charge of
murder in the first degree, the punishment
for which under the Idaho
statutes is death. After the court
proceedings Orchard was taken back
to Boise and placed in the penitentiary.
The board of pardons meets
on April 1st.
? St. Petersburg. March 18: Lieutenant
General Smirnoff was probably
fatally wounded in a duel fought here
this morning with Lieut-General
Fock. The men met in the riding
school of the chevalier guard regiment
and fought with pistols, standing
close to each other when the
shots were exchanged. The duel was
caused by memorandum written by
General Smirnoff on the siege of Port
Arthur, in which he questioned the
courage of General Fock. The latter
considered his honor and reputation
involved and challenged the author
of the memorandum. The duel
occurred with the full knowledge and
approbation of the military authorities.
It was witnessed by special officers
of high rank and it has been
reported that several women were
present. Shortly before ten o'clock
Generals Fock and Smirnoff appeared
at the riding school. Without saluting
they took the places assigned
by their seconds. The duelists were
instructed to fire untli # one or the
other was hit. At Fock's fourth
shot Smirnoff groaned and sank,
wounded in the abdomen above the
hip. The word "fire" was given by
General Kirsleff, a Russian authority
on dueling. At the third exchange
Smirnoff accidentally fired prematurely.
but Fock magnanimously declined
to shoot at his defenceless opponent
and the fourth and final shots
were then exchanged. The duel will
be followed by another between Fock
and General Gorbaloffsky, who was
criticised by Fock during the court
martial proceedings. General Smirnoff
was the acting commandant of
the Port Arthur fortress during the
siege and at the time of its surrender
to the Japanese. Afjer his return to
Russia he prepared a secret report of
the defense of Port Arthur which was
the basis of the indictments on which
General Stoessel. General Fuck and
General Reiss were tried for their
lives before a court martial.
? Washington, March 18: In the
course of discussion of the cotton industry
Mr. Hetlin, of Alabama, in the
house of representatives today, referred
to the falling off of the trade
in this country in that staple. He declared
that the south was not only
the greatest region in the world for
cotton, but had demonstrated that
there was no other place in the world
where cotton could be manufactured
so cheaply and profitably. And yet,
he said. England. China and Japan
were geting most of the trade in cotton
goods. If the United States wanted
a fair share of that trade it must
go after it. He pleaded that the cotton
producers should be put upon the
same basis as any manufacturer or
mercantile business. The one obstacle
that stood in the way of buying
and selling cotton in the open, he declared,
was the Xew York cotton exchange.
which was the "rottenest on
earth," and the various "bucket
shops." He called upon congress to
act, "and not be deceived by a suggestion
from the White House that at
some time in the pale distant future
a commission may be appointed to
look into the speculators' hands."
The producers, he asserted, "have suffered
the horrors that come from the
gambling exchange year after year."
There was. he said, an army of pro-l
ducers in the west and an army of
producers in the south, "marching,
through their representatives, to this
chamber, asking you to act now and
drive from power the gamblers in the
exchanges in Chicago and Xew York."
Replying to a question by Mr. Fitzgerald.
of Xew York, as to whether
there had been any complaints of- injustice
done by the exchange in grading
cotton. Mr. Hetlin charged that the
exchange had discriminated against
the southern producer "a thousand
times over." The Xew York cotton exchange,
he declared, was the only in
stitution that could sell one hundred
million bales of cotton in one season.
The output of cotton, he said, "has
nothing to do with this heartless and
thieving game." Mr. Heflin severely
arraigned Theodore Price, who, he
charged, had a substitute on the floor
of the exchange, notwithstanding he
had resigned his membership, lie referred
to the case of Assistant Statistician
Holmes of the agricultural department,
who was indicted on the
charge of giving out departmental
information and said that Price was
the man who made a government report
tell a lie to the world and closed
by insisting that the time had come
"to eliminate the gambling exchange
from the cotton business."
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Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, I90S.
SEXATOK Gary has qualified and has
been assigned to the committee appointments
held by his predecessor,
Senator Latimer.
If Pritchard had appointed all the
candidates for the senate as receivers,
wonder how many would have been left
in the race.?Newberry Observer.
Tou naughty fellow.
The Rnquirer is not inclined to consider
the probable price of cotton next
fall. There are those who talk about
7 and s cents, and who give plausible
reasons. They may be right and they
may be wrong. At best they are
guessing. But no matter what the
price of cotton next fall, we insist that
everybody will do well to make provis
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crib is better than dollars in the bank.
If there are dollars in the bank and no
corn in the crib, the dollars have to
come out of the bank to go after corn.
If there are no dollars and no corn, the
corn must be had anyway. The man
who has cotton but no corn has to sell
his cotton to buy corn; but the man
who has corn and no cotton is still in
pretty ?*ood shape. After all corn is '
a much better money crop than it gets
credit for being.
Pitiable indeed is the case of poor
old man Zimmerman of Columbia, who !
was committed to the penitentiary last 1
Wednesday to serve three years for :
forgery. That we have sympathy for 1
this old man we shall not deny. If he j
had fought his case and been convicted,
we would have had no sympathy.
We would have only entertained a
feeling of higher respect for the alleged
majesty of the law of South Carolina.
As it is. we have little in the
case other than that the state is able
to punish such of its high-u" criminals
as have left honor sufficient to make
them acknowledge their faults. For
that poor Mr. Zimmerman is entitled
to due credit. But what a commentary
do we have here on the cases of the
thousands of high-up malefactors,
thieves and murderers who are constantly
being exonerated by due pro
cess of law:
One of the smallest pieces ?of contemptibleness
that has come under
our observation recently, is an intima- ;
tion that was given currency to the
effect that Judge O. W. Buchanan was '
assassinated because of his connection
with the defense of J. H. Tillman. It
is hardly to be denied that the conduct
and result of the J. H. Tillman trial 1
was very well calculated to provoke !
private vengeance; but the people interested
on the other side are not the
kind to operate in any such manner.
The death of Judge Buchanan is most
regrettable, especially under the cir- 1
cumstances; but there is no reason to
believe that it was the result of anything
else than criminal carelessness
of a character that is too common. We
have no idea that the party who fired
the shot was dreaming of Judge Buchanan
at the time or of any other individual.
It is sincerely hoped, however,
that the matter will be probed to
the very bottom, and if there is any
possibility of punishing the guilty individual.
we hope that punishment will
not fail.
Tin: Columbia State of Wednesday
has the following observation on our
recent remarks with reference to Governor
Ansel and the "newspaper
men":
"Newspaper men" is a somewhat indefinite
designation of those with whom
the governor is said to find himself at
variance, and while such a condition
as the Enquirer describes may exist
we are not conscious of it. Speaking
for ourselves, we are distinctly gratified
with Gov. Ansel's record. He neither
invites nor gives confidences. Perhaps
he takes advice, but we imagine
that when he does, it is because that
advice tends to strengthen his own
hard-thought-out conclusions: that it
is taken or not without regard to the
influence or conspicuousness of the
adviser. He strikes us as being independent,
but not bull-headed; conservative,
but not timid. He is just?and
justness is a quality of superlative
value. We agree with The Enquirer,
that the people can get better acquainted
with Gov. Ansel to their profit?nor
will he suffer by their increased
knowledge.
What we said was said advisedly;
but we said about all that we cared
to say. except maybe it is proper that
we go further and state that we have
not noted any conspicuous editorial
opposition or unfairness to Governor
Ansel except in a very few instances.
The pen picture that the State draws
of Governor Ansel is true and accurate.
and it gives all the reasons why
Tin- Kn<iuii?'i- thinks that the governor
is entitled to the most loyal support
of the people of South Carolina.
Ship Subsidy.
That was a good point that Congressman
Fin ley made against the Republicans
the other day when lie
charged them with cowardice in trying
to get through a ship subsidy proposition
under pretense of increasing
the efficiency of the postal service:
we endorse all he says along that line,
but we are not opposed to ship subsidy.
Ask any intelligent mill man to explain
the present depressed condition
of the cotton goods market in this
country, as compared with the flourishing
condition of that market all
over the balance of the world, and
among other things he will tell you
that the trouble is largely due to the
fact that our mills have only the
Cnited States for a market, whereas
foreign mills have the markets of all
the balance of the world, and there being
no general depression elsewhere,
their trade is good.
Wo do not think that there is much J
doubt of the fact that American manufacturers
are able to turn out cotton
goods of the same quality as cheap as
foreign manufacturers. If this is true, I
I he question naturally arises, why then
cannot American manufacturers compete
with the foreigners in foreign I
markets, and the answer sit once
brings up the ship subsidy question
in a manner that is difficult to escape i
in its application to our own problems.
Take the South American trade, the ^
African trade and the Asiatic trade, for
instance. American cotton goods have
but little foothold in any of these
quarters, and why? Simply because
the ships of the various countries that
are engaged in cotton manufactures
push the manufactures of their res- J
peetive countries to the "exclusion of
American manufactures. The only i
hope we can see for the development
of a healthy foreign trade In American
cotton goods, is by developing ocean ^
carrying facilities that will compete
with those of the foreigners. In one
way and another, especially where
necessary, the foreign carrying trade is i
aided by subsidy, and if we can develop
a carrying trade in no other way,
we should resort to subsidy too. 1
It has oeen Quite cummun iu ucnounce
as Republicanism any endorsement
of the ship subsidy proposition:
but the justice of such denunciation
we are unable to appreciate. 1
In the first place, it is not to be denied
that the Republican party has been in
absolute control for a good many"years.
It has certainly had the power, as a ^
party to pass a ship subsidy bill whenever
it saw proper, and the only reasons
we can assign why it has not (
done so are that it either has not desired
a shfii subsidy bill or it has been
afraid to pass one. I
Of course, we may be mistaken; but
as we see it, if congress would undertake
to stimulate the development of n
an American merchant marine by
means of a liberal subsidy system, it
would not be a great while before
there would be lots of American ves- J
sels that would be dependent for the
greater part of their living on such
trade as they might be able to develop, I
und this would result in the placing
of American cotton goods in many
markets that have yet never heard of j
them.
And with European and American
mills both finding ready and profitable
markets for all the cotton goods they
can manufacture, it looks to us that
one inevitable result will be sufficient j
competitive bidding after raw cotton
to raise the price.
Railroad Strife.
Although as things now stand there
Is little hope that tne people can be
quickly aroused to the dangers of a 1
situation that has neen the steady
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^rowiu auu ucvciui?iuviii u* j vi*? W|
nevertheless behooves the genial pub- J
lie to Rive more serious consideration
to the railroad question than it has
vet been disposed to do.
That the railroads, or most of them,
by reason of their conduct in times t
past, are largely responsible for existing
conditions, it would be a waste of li
time for anybody to try to deny. Take s
the old Richmond and Danville for
instance, as a familiar example. Dur- t
ing many years previous to its failure jit
was run on the well known princl- \
pie of "the public be d?n." It was r
nt-xt to the impossible to secure the o
settlement of the most just claims, s
overcharges, delays, shortages or damages
of any kind, and ks business gen- fJ
erally was conducted on lines hat ful- t
iy .justified its being considered a pub- a
lie enemy. It was probably the worst v
sinner of wiich we have any recollec- g
tion; but the railroad that sought to '1
deal fairly and squarely with the pub- t
lie was an exception.
Things have changed very much s
during the part few years. Practically F
all of the railroads have been brought i<
around to the policy of showing the o
public greater consideration. Their v
attitude has been effected in part by ii
laws more or less just and wholesome; r
but more largely, it is fair to say by a ii
general recognition on the part of the c
railroad management that the public
is not only the real master of any sit
nation; but when aroused by injustice
or unfairness it is all powerful to e
get all that is coming to it. c
But notwithstanding the fact that t
the attitude of the railroads to the n
public has changed to one of the most s
careful consideration, it would hardly
be correct to say that the public is yet ii
fully mollified. The railroads are still d
being made to suffer for past offenses, e
and there are not infrequent cases f
where the retributive justice admin- o
istered is rather more severe than some 0
of the original offenses. This, of p
course, is very natural, and may be
very satisfactorily illustrated in the t
old story of the farm hand who, when y
expostulated with for meeting an at- r
tack of the farmer's bull dog with the |;
sharp end of a pitchfork, instead of t
the handle, argued that the dog should a
have come at him with the other end. p
The railroads have been catching it v
heavy and they are still catching it c
heavy. As to whether they will be o
able to hold out until the public real- t
izes that they have been sufficiently j,
punished as a matter of guess work.
As we see it there is no safe premise
on which it is possible to base an accurate
prediction. t
But there is another feature of the
troubles of the railroad, the event of a
which is not likely to be so uncertain, ^
and that is this long continued strife s
between the management and the la- a
bor organizations. As yet the public
has not realized that it is interested;
but that it will come to a realization ?
of the fact that it is vitally interested |(
is a conclusion that cannot be escaped r
by those who undertake to reason the j,
thing out to the end. c
That the laborer should have fair ^
pay for his work Is right, and the pub- j
lie stands ready to back him up in it.
lint when the laborer gets good pay
and short hours, lie must give good .1
service. It is a fact that the service s
on many of the railroads has sadly de- (
teriomted with more pay and shorter t
hours. It is a fact that hundreds and
thousands of laborers have not shown v
proper appreciation of the substantial
concessions that they have won from j
lite railroads. It is a fact that much
delayed ft eight and freight shortages. ^
as well as freight and passenger t
wrecks in which lives are lost is clue n
to dishonest service on the part of well j,
paid employes, and here is where the
interest of the public begins to come 11
in. t
It is all right for tlie employe to de- j
tnand such wages as will enable him to
keep his family in comfort and edu- s
cate his children. If he is not getting
such wages, lie is entitled to them. Of
course, tlie public pays the bill. If
there is an increase of 10 or 20 per
cent in wages, where the employe de- ^
mauds it and the railroad grants it. a
the public pays the bill. The public |j
will stand a great deal in this direction;
but let the public once begin to "
realize that the service being rendered -s
by the employe is not reasonably in
proportion to the wages paid and the s
time put in. and the employe will begin
to catch the pitch fork with the 1
sharp end. A
LOCAL. AFFAIRS. <
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. '
1. M. Clemmer?Has opened a pool j
parlor in the Commercial club rooms
and invites the patronage of the '
lovers of the frame. 1
,esslie Smith. See.?Requests a full ,
attendance of members of No. 2f?3
Farmers* Union at the meeting Wed- 1
nesday night. I
. H. Norrls?Can furnish eggs from ,
single comb buff Orpingtons at 51 j
per setting.
iV. P. Smith. Clover?Will furnish 1
limited number of eggs from Part- ]
ridge Wyandottes at $1 per setting
of 13. ,
iV. C. Paris, Admr.?Gives notice to
the debtors and creditors of estate of l
Jessie I. Faris, deceased, to make <
settlement with him. .
r. M. and H. K. Ferguson?Will buy
all veal calves delivered up to next '
Monday afternoon. i
V. H. Jackson, Admr.?Will on April ]
27th apply to the probate court for
final discharge as administrator of 1
estate of J. A. Jackson, deceased.
*r T XlTUV?at?u?\ar?? Pa \AFinto on nn.
portunlty to demonstrate to you that
it can save you money on either a
buggy or surrey. A big line of all
kinds of farm implements.
^irst National Bank?Explains that if
we make thousands and spend it all,
we will still be poor. It Is saving
that counts,
fork Supply Co.?Has received a lot
of new goods this week and wants
you to see it for goods in its lines.
D. E. Boney?Sells fire, life and livestock
insurance and tells of an incident
that happened last week,
fork Furniture Co.?Has a complete
line of cooking stoves and ranges
with a wide variety of styles and
prices and wants you to see them
before buying,
r. L. Williams & Co.?Say they need
room and money and offer special
prices on various goods to get both.
See the Zeigler oxfords and pumps.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Tell you to buy
your refrigerator now and have it
ready for use when needed. A catalogue
and information on request,
lerndon & Gordon?Are continually
receiving fresh groceries and confectioneries.
Apples, gelatine, Kingan's
hams, dried fiiilt, etc.
^ ho in.son Co.?Announce a special sale
of ladies muslin underwear and linonette
skirts for tomorrow and
Monday. Ready made garments at
cost of material.
W. Dobson?Reminds you that he
can save you money on groceries.
Fresh goods just received. Free
garden seeds tomorrow. Saturday.
. W. Johnson?Enumerates the different
brands of chewing tobaccos
and soaps that he sells. He also sells
smoking tobacco and cigars.
Foster-Milburn Co.?Publish a testi- j
monial from a Yorkvllle man telling 1
what Doan's kidney pills did for j
him. See fourth page.
rorkville Hardware Co.?Fly 3creens!
You need them and right now Is the
time to get them fixed. Keeping out
flies benefits the health,
tank of Hickory Grove?Extends an
Invitation to its customers to see its
new Mosler triple time lock burglar
proof safe.
x>an and Savings Bank?Desires you
as a customer in its savings department.
and tells you how to get the
first hundred saved.
I. W. White?Asks for bids on various
local stocks and quotes prices on
others. He tells how to increase
your money-getting powers.
. Q. Wray?Has a very complete line
of dress goods and would he pleased
to show it to all comers. Tinware
given away free of charge.
The roads have gotten a little beter:
but they are nothing to brag on.
The farmers are all working Tor dear
ife, and but few of them are to be
een off their farms these days.
There is a rumor to the effect that
he Carolina and North-Western will
>ut on its trains Nos. 7 and 8 again.
Ve have no confirmation of the runor:
but the people along the line
f the road will he gratinea m nave u o.
The jury commissioners will on,0ext
Tuesday draw thirty-six petit Jurors
o serve during the first week of the
pproaching term of the circuit court,
rhich convenes on April 13, and twelve
rand jurors to serve during the year,
.'here will be only two weeks of court
his spring. Judge Watts will preside.
Citizens of this country do not yet
eem to realize that it comes with
>oor taste for them to abuse and critcise
.their public officials. If a public
fficial is incompetent, it is the; voter
rho is responsible. If a public official
s dishonest, it is the voter who is
esponsible. There is no sense in tryng
to saddle the blame upon the offiial.
END OF CLUB CONTEST.
All olubmakers and others interestd
will please take notice that the
lub contest now on for the nine quarer
leather top Rock Hill buggies and
ther prepiiums, comes to a close on
Saturday, March 28, at 6 o'clock p. m.
In previous years the club contest
las closed March 15; but this year the
late was extended to March 28 advisdly.
The value of the premiums ofered
Is greater and at the time the
ffer wa smade, the general business
iutlook did not appear so good as durng
some years previous.
While the club contest does not come
o a close until March 28, it is very
rell for those subscribers who have
lot settled to understand that this
Imit applies to the clubmakers rather
han to subscribers. All subscriptions
.re due and payable from the time the
laner starts and those subscribers
rho have not already settled with the j
lubmakers should do so at once, in 1
irder that the clubmaker may have j
he less trouble in settling1 with the j
niblishers. ?
WITHIN THE TOWN. j
? Mr. James Beckham is rapidly get- (
ing his fire horses into fine training. '
? The Scott, Silvcrlake and Connor's "
ggregation played to a large crowd ]
inder canvas on South Congress 1
treet last night. They are to give '
nother entertainment tonight and still ^
.nother tomorrow night. <
? Mr. H. M. Clemnier of Dallas, N. ?
has opened a pool and billiard par- \
jr in the former quarters of the Com- \
nercial club. He promises to give the \
100I and billiard players first-class fa- 1
ilities for playing, and says he will be J
dad to develop the attractions of his
dace in proportion to patronage. '
? All citizens of Yorkville, otherwise 5
(
lualitieri and who have not ulreadv (
lone so, should ;it once provide tnern- i
elves with municipal registration cer- j
ificates. The exhibition of a registra- (
ion certificate to tile managers is an t
bsolutely essential prerequisite to 1
oting in the municipal election.
? Sheriff Brown, Chief of Police (
v?ve. Constable Sanders and Deputy '
iuinn have lieen on the alert during J
lie past few days on account of a (
lumber of suspicious characters, who I
lave been prowling around Yorkvllle 1
nd vicinity. There have been, more
ramps and other "undesirables" about |
ust now than has been known for 1
nine time.
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ABOUT PEOPLE. \
.Miss Nannie Shafer of Middleton, 1
Id., arrived in Yorkville this week, |
nd will again have charge of the mil- ]
inery department of the Yorkvllle -B. v
t M. company during the spring sea- 1
on. t
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller have is- *
ued invitations to the marriage of 1
heir daughter. Miss Mary Emma to (
Ir. Thomas Howard Riddle. The cer- t
cmony Is to take place at the home of
he bride's parents, on Thursday evenng.
April 2. at 6 o'clock.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: Mr.
L. T. Nichols, manager of the Carolina
ind North-Western railway, was lutey
in the city and told of considerable
Jevelopinont on his road north of 1 Renoir.
He looks for splendid summer
travel this year. A turnpike has been
constructed from Edgemont to Carey's
Flats and passenger trains will be run
throughout the summer to Edgemont.
Edgemont is about sixteen miles from.
Blowing Rock and the new turnpike
will give good connections. Another
turnpike is being built from Edgemont
to Linville. Edgemont will therefore
be an Important terminal for the
mountain country, and when both
Lhese turnpikes are completed, will
have good carriage connections to all
points on top of the mountains.
WITH THE BATTLESHIP FLEET.
Through the kindness of Mr. T. M.
Dobson, The Enquirer Is able to reproduce
liberal extracts from a letter
recently written by Past Assistant
Paymaster B. M. Dobson, on the supply
ship Glacier, of the United States
battleship tieet, recently arrived at
Magdalena bay, California, after
steaming around South America
through the Strait of Magellan and on
up the Faciflc. The letter was not
written for publication; but it deals
with matters that are very well calculated
to interest the public. This
letter is dated "At Sea, off Valparaiso,
Chile, South America. Wednesday,
February 12, 1908," and the extracts
mentioned are as follows:
"I have not written since leaving
Rio because there has been no opportunity
to mail the letter; but I can mail
this at Callao, Peru.
"Rio Is a very pretty city and the
inhabitants certainly did their best to
?ntertain the fleet. I was ashore several
times, but did not go to any of the
entertainments. I did not care to; but
several times I almost had to.
"Everything is very expensive in
Brazil. I was talking to one of the
3erman merchants and he told me that
the duty on imports is very high,
ranging from forty to two hundred
per cent. Three-fourths of the revenue
of the country is derived from duties
on imports.
"Very few people realize that Brazil
is just about the size of the United
States, excluding Alaska. Its seacoast
is about three thousand miles long,
ind in going from Trinidad to Rio, we
iad to go as far east as. the Azore Islands
in order to get around the east?rn
corner of Brazil.
"The trip from Rio to the strait was
jneventful except for some bad weath?r.
A squadron of Argentine cruisers
came out from the coast as we passed,
Fired a salute to our admiral and reFurned.
They were very much disappointed
because we did not visit
Buenos Ayres. Only the torpedo flotiln
umnt thtiru
"We entered the Strait of Magellan
ib'>ut noon on January 31, and anchorid
for the night during a westerly gale
:hat blew very hard. At daylight next
uorning we started for Punta Arenas,
irtlving theie about 2 that afternoon.
The town is the most southerly in the
.vorld and has a population of about
:er. thousand inhabitants. The harbor
s the open strait, and the weather is alnost
always bad, but it was very good
luring our stay. At times, without any
warning at all, the wind blows a gale
ml because of the deep water the
ships frequently drag their anchors.
fVo had a little excitement on this ac?ount
A British collier which was
tnchored near the Glacier was struck
ly a hard squall and came, dragging
ts anchor, in our direction. The capain
of the collier attempted to pick up
lis anchor and steam across our bow,
iut the wind forced his ship down on
is and our bowsprit was carried away.
The collier was still more seriously
lamaged.
"There was .a Chilean and a British)
;ruiser in port here when we arrived.
"You know that the seasons here are
:he opposite to what they are in the
states. It is summer time here now;
iut the day before we entered the
strait the weather was so cold that I
was forced to put on the heaviest unierwear
I had, and I did not do that in
New York in December. Since the
niddle of December, we have been in
he tropics where the temperature was
jighty or a hundred in the shade, and
when we suddenly struck the cold
(Vinos irom me Anutruuu, we tci iumy
did feel the change. The latitude of
Punta Arenas is about 50 degrees
south, corresponding to the climate of
Labrador. I could plainly see the snow
in the hills back of the town.
"We left Punta Arenas at 11 o'clock
:n the night o{ February 7th. Dayight
begins before 3 o'clock and It Is
tecessary lor ships to leave this port
i.t such ?: time as will enable them to
pass through the strait and reach the
Pacific before dark. And frequently
:he weather is so bad and the rain and
mow squalls so thick, that it is necissary
to go very slowly. In some
places the strait is less than two
niles wide, and navigation Is rather
lifficult.
"But we were favored with good
veather most of the day, during which
:ime the scenery was beautiful. I
sould see hundreds of snow capped
peaks and two glaciers. The wind was
piercing cold. Although it was supposed
to be summer time, whenever I
vent on deck, I had to wear my heavy
jvercoat with the collar turned up over
ny ears. During the middle of the
ifternoon the weather became foggy,
tnd for quite a while we could not
?ven see the ships ahead of us. That
vas rather exciting, as there were
iwenty ships in the column, with six
:orpedo destroyers coming along belind,
and a merchant ship meeting us
jvery few hours. The last two hours
ve were in the strait the fog was so
:hlck that we could sec nothing and all
ve could do was to steam ahead and
rust to Providence. When we dlscov?red
from the heavy swell that we had
massed Cape Pillar into the Pacific
jcean everybody breathed more easly.
Severe westerly gales blow in the
Pacific at the entrance to the strait
very few days, but we escaped these.
Prom the heavy swell that was run
llllg I ruin uie snuiunrai, ?> c ooaumvu
Jiat a sale had just blown out and we
lid not lose any time setting beyond
he reach of another as soon as posdble.
"We left Punta Arenas Friday night.
It is now Wednesday afternoon, and
,ve are seeins the sun for the first
:ime. There have been times when we
:ould not see a ship's length ahead
jecause of the fog, and this is always
lisagreeable and dangerous. Monday
light the admiral telegraphed the
luxiliaries to proceed singly to Callao,
ind three of us started out in the fog
:o get clear of the fleet. At noon today
,ve learned that we were about fifty
idles ahead of one of the ships and
ibout twenty-eight miles ahead of the
ither.
"The battleships are going to steam
nto the harbor of Valparaiso, fire a
vilute to the Chilean Hag. then steam
nit and resume their course toward
'nllao. We shall probably reach Calao
about two days ahead of the tleet,
since they generally steam at about ten
tnots in battleship formation. Addiional
speed would not be justified by
he amount of coal required; but when
we are alone, we can do our best,
which is about 300 miles a day.
"If the Pacific ocean is always as
?alm as it has been since we got about
wo hundred miles north of the strait,
t is certainly deserving of its name.
>ne of the officers who made the
ruise to Manila with me said today at
unch that he had cruised four years
m the South American Pacific coast,
mil not once did he encounter a gale
ir heavy swell except in the southern
lart. .4t this writing the sea is per'ectl.v
calm with a heavy swell to the
southwest.
"I am enclosing a list of the cargo
f this vessel, and it will probably give
*ou some idea of the responsibility
which 1 have as paymaster of the supily
ship. Very few realize the quanity
of stores we carry. When I left
S'ew York on December 5th, the net
weight of my cargo was 3,063,222
jounds, worth $234,897.45. There are
05 different articles and when I load
he shiji I have to plan just where to
stow everything so that I can get to
my article at any time, without movng
other stores. And this is pretty
lifticult at times. Frequently cargo is
>eing stowed in three holds of the ship
at a time. I am responsible for the
stowing of the cargo and it is very
hard to plan it so that the ship will be
on an even keel when everything is '
aboard.' All meats are received frozen
and are stored in the refrigerators
in the forward part of the ship. The
temperature of the refrigerators averages
sixteen degrees F., so that it is
practically impossible for any of the
meat to spoil. The fresh vegetables
are kept at about forty degrees and
these give more trouble than anything
else. I am solely responsible for the
condition of the cargo at all times, so
you can see that it requires very careful
and very frequent inspections.
"The men of my department are
very careful men. At first they were
inexperienced and could not be depended
upon: but now each one has
been assigned to a certain part of the
cargo, and he always calls attention
to any signs of detrioration. The articles
kept in refrigerators are only
issued between 5 a. m. and 8 a. m.:
but other stores are issued at any
time from 5 a. m. to S p in. It is not
unusual for a battleship to send for
fifteen thousand pounds of beef, twen
ty thousand pounds of potatoes or
twenty-five thousand pounds of flour
at a time. This is Just like a wholesale
grocery with a capital of about
$250,000. The candy, cigars, cigarettes
and smoking tobacco which you
notice in the list are carried for issue
to the canteens of the different ships,
and are sold to the enlisted men for
cash.
"I understand that great preparations
are being made at Calluo for our
reception. An elaborate bull fight has
been arranged. I have often wanted
to see a bull fight and a game of jaialai.
I saw the jai-alal in Havana a
few months ago, and I suppose I shall
see the bull fight In Callao. I imagine
that one bull fight wl'l be enough to
do me for a long time; but I am willing
to risk it."
LOCAL LACONICS.
Clover Automobiles.
There are two new automobiles In
Clover, both having arrived within the
past few days. Mr. J. M. Smith is the
purchaser of one and Dr. I. J. and Mr.
T. M. Campbell are the purchasers of
the other.
Death of Another Veteran.
Mr. Robert L. McCants, one of the
oldest and best known citizens of Bethesda
township, died on Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock from a cancer of
the hand. Mr. McCants served during
the civil war under the late Capt. E.
A. Crawford. He was twice wounded,
once in the foot and once in the hand.
He was married in 1867 to Miss Elia
Devinney. He leaves eight children,
three sons and five daughters as follows:
Mr. Walter McCants of Southeast,
Ga.. Mr. J. D. McCants of Smith's
Turnout; Miss Charlotte McCants of
Charlotte, N. C.; Mesdames J. A.
Forsythe and J. T. Conrad, Misses
Susie and Lula and Mr. John McCants.
The funeral was conducted at the family
home by Rev. J. K. Hall and the
interment took plnce In the cemetery
at Lowryville.
Big Automobile Race.
Rock Hill Record: Quite a number
of our men and boys waited on the
streets until rather lat,e Tuesday night,
after it was learned that one of the
automobiles which was making the
race from Philadelphia to Savannah
was headed this way and would pass
through the city that night. It left
Charlotte at 7 o'clock and should have
reached here about 8.30, but on account
of accidents they did not reach
here until about twelve or a little later.
Mr. C. B. McFadden .accompanied
them from here to Columbia and
they reached that place about 10
o'clock. The other machine, we are
informed, went by the way of Raleigh
and down by Cheraw and reached Columbia
considerably ahead of the one
that passed this way. and reports from
Augusta stated that it was in that city
yesterday morning, and no doubt it
reached Savannah very much ahead.
Baseball In Rock Hill.
Rock Hill Record: Mr. W. B. Wilson.
returned from the meeting of the
State League Baseball association at
Sumter, Wednesday afternoon, and
reports a pretty lively meeting. Chester,
Orangeburg, Sumter, Camden and
Rock Hill were there to put up the
required bond, but Florence, who had
thrown out such bold assertions that
they would go in if Camden would,
failed to show up with the goods. It
is thought possible that they may get
busy and come in yet. It is now definitely
settled that Gunter will manage
Rock Hill's team, and it is presumed
that Sumier will make a desperate effort
to hand back the lemon that she
received from Rock Hill, as the fans
here feel that Sumter will be the
hardest proposition that they will
have to go up against in the league,
as they say Orangeburg is too slow.
New Mileage Books.
Columbia Record: The new form
of mileage books on the Southern
railway, Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard
Air Line and about twenty-five other
rnllrnnds of the south will go on sale
April 1. Speaking of this Col. R. W.
Hunt, assistant general passenger
agent of the Southern, said the new
books would make very little, if any
difference, to the people traveling in
this territory. They will be interchangeable
with all the railroads operated
in the southeast. About twenty-five
railroads have entered the
agreement. About twice that many
roads accepted the present Interchangeable
1,000 mile book. After
April 1 the railroads will sell straight
tickets at 2 J cents per mile. They
will sell 1,000 and 2,000-mile books at
$20 and $40, respectively. Both will
be interchangeable, but the former
will be restricted to the use of one
person and the latter may be used by
several members of a firm. There
will also be placed on sale a family
mileage book of 500 miles to be used
by members of a family and restricted
to use on the railroad issuing it, and
also to travel within the state. The
present form of 1,000-mile books,
which sells at 25 cents a mile, or $25,
will be continued on sale for the reason
that it will be interchangeable on
a larger number of lines than have
gone into the agreement on the other
mileage books. A very radical change
In the use of mileage for railroad
travel will become operative on the
first of the coming month. No mileage
of any description will be accepted
by conductors on trains. Holders of
mileage will be required to apply at
ticket offices for tickets}. The ticket
agent will issue a ticket to the destination
named, and will tear off the
mileage to pay for it. Or in other
words, each mile coupon in a book
will have the purchasing power of
two cents, or two and a half cents as
the case may be, dependent upon the
form of book used, and the coupons
will be used, as cash in purchasing a
ticket. Baggage checks will not be
issued on mileage, but solely on tickets.
? Columbia special of March 17 to
Charlotte Observer: There was genuine
sorrow and regret expressed
here today over the news that Judge
O. W. Buchanan, of Winnsboro, had 1
died In Augusta this morning as a result
of being shot in the left side j
while a passenger on a Pullman car j
attached to the Southern's train on
its way to Augusta from Columbia
yesterday, afternoon. Judge Buchanan
was on his way to Augusta to '
meet his brothers-in-law, Col, James
H. Tillman, of Edgefield, and Mr. R.
A. Fuller, of Laurens, and his sister- 1
in-law, Mrs. G. A. Bunch. Judge Buchanan
was born at Winnsboro. Sept. 16,
1858. being the son of R. A. Buchanan '
and Rebecca Woodward, and was de- j
seended from revolutionary stock '
on both sides. His uncle, John Buch- (
anan, was one of the signers of the :
ordinance of secession. He was admitted
to the bar in 1X80, after studying
law in the office of James H. Rion
at Winnsboro. He was married at
Clark's Hill In 1889 to Miss Sophia '
Tillman. daughter of Congressman '
George Tillman and niece of Senator '
B. R. Tillman. He was appointed j
assistant attorney general by Attorney J
General D. A. Townsend, and on the !
elevation to the bench of the latter
was elected attorney general, going '!
to the bench from that office. He J
served twelve years as a circuit judge. '
? Chief Justice Pope of the supreme t
court, has granted bail to Wade t
Hampton Sellers, the blind tiger king s
of Columbia, who killed a constable in t
Columbia recently. The amount of the f
bond has been fixed at $5,000. (
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. *
? Col. J. J. Dargan has published a
card announcing- hLs withdrawal from
the senatorial race.
? John fl. Richards has announced
that he will not go into the gubernatorial
race this summer.
? In a second primary held Tuesday.
William S. Reamer was elected mayor ^
of Columbia over William W. Steiglitz j.
by a majority of nearly 500 votes. a
? It has been arranged that Judge r
Pritchard will on next Monday hear *
argument on a motion to revoke his c
former orders in connection with the a
dispensary case.
? William Ashmend Courtenay, for- *
mer mayor of Charleston; but during j
a number of years past a resident of s
Newry and Columbia, died in Colum- *
bia last Tuesday.
? Greenville, March 18: At a conference
of the South Carolina Cotton
Manufacturers' association here today ^
it was unanimously decided to continue
the curtailment of twenty-five
per cent in the production of cotton
goods as far as practicable during the t
three months beginning the first of s
April. This action continues a curtailment
that has been in operation
by the mills of the state since January
1st. The number of spindles represented
at the conference today was
two and a quarter million, out of a
total of three and a quarter million In
operation in South Carolina. The
continued depression of the cotton
goods market is responsible for the
action of the spinners.
? Lancaster special of March 17 to
the Columbia State: Court of common
pleas finished its work in a day
and a half. Only two Jury cases were
tried. Both of these were against the
Southern railway. One was a suit for
$5,000 damages by W. B. Blaekmon
for putting his son, a minor, off and
making him walk to Lancaster from
Springdell. Mr. J. Hurry Foster represented
Mr. Blaekmon and Mr. E.
M. Thomson of Columbia the Southern.
Verdict for the Southern. The
other was the case of J. A. Bridges
against the same railroad for actual
and punitive damages for delay of a
car load of guano some time ago. The
verdict was $85 for the plaintiff.
Other cases were compromised.
? Columbia, March 17: The state
Democratic executive committee met
tonight and called the state convention
for May 20th, when a delegation
to the national convention will be
chosen. A resolution by Mr. James
nnnnonllnir tVio Qttita PfinVPn Hfiri to h P .
careful to do only those things that
will safeguard the business interests
of the state and nation was defeated
as not being within the duties of the
committee, as was a resolution by
Senator Blease to change the August s
primary from Tuesday to Saturday bo ^
as to give the mill people a better op- ]
portunity to vote. Senator Tillman, j
who is an ex-offlcio member of the ,
committee, was not present. He left ,
Washington last night. It is presum- s
ed the death of his relative, Judge ?
Buchanan, prevented his attendance.
? Greenville, March 17: Two un- "
successful efforts were made to wreck 1
main line passenger trains of the r
Southern railway, near this city. Mon- 1
day morning by placing crossties on I
the rails, the second attempt having '
been made within two hours of the I
first nnd not a mile distant. Both t
trains were northbound, the first be- ?
ing fast mall No. 36 passing here a *
few minutes after 6 o'clock and the s
second, No. 42, scheduled to depart t
two hours later. On account of a J
heavy grade at the place selected by s
the would-be wreckers neither train 1
was running at exceeding 25 miles an i
hour. Had the obstructions been <
struck by trains running in the op- t
posite direction a far worse fate <
might have resulted In either case be- t
cause of the high speed attained by t
those moving south. No arrests have t
been made and no clue obtained, but c
a negro who was found In the woods ?
near the scene of the attempted t
wrecks was given a long chase by a a
special officer who wan sent to the
scene. He finally made his escape.
Officials of the road believe that malice
was the sole motive prompting the
acts.
? Chester Reporter, March 19: There
are no new developments in the alleged
shortage at the Springstein mill,
which for several days now has furnished
the chief theme for local conversation.
The American Audit company,
which is checking up Mr. Boney's
books, have so lar discovered
irregularities amounting to something
over 57,000. Mr. Boney admits having
abstracted funds to the amount of
$4,000, but contends that the balance
of the shortage is the result of errors
in bookkeeping. Mr. Boney's friends
have been very loath to believe that a
thorough examination of the books
would not establish his innocence of
wrong intent: but the progress of the
investigation and hints thrown out by
those in touch with the situation make
matters decidedly more serious than
was at first anticipated. It appears
that the memorandum slips supposed
to contain a full record of Mr. Boney's
account with the mill were not produced
until this investigation was
commenced, and Col. Springs and his
office force disclaim all knowledge of
any account that Mr. Boney was supposed
to be carrying with the mill. It is
further stated that Mr. Boney admits
having commenced to make these loans
to himself from within two months
after the time that he was first employed.
From the same source we al
so understand tnat ne auinus navmg from
time to time taken the proceeds t
of cash sales of goods and applied the a
same to reducing this private account 1
without having made any other entry *
at all regarding the transaction. The d
Audit company find it very difficult to S
conclude their investigations, and it a
will probably be several days before L
any deiinite statement can be given I
out as to the exact amount of the 1
shortage. The mill, we understand, is t
secured to the extent of $10,000, Mr. t
Boney being bonded in the United c
States Fidelity & Guaranty company f
to this amount. At a meeting of the 1
directors of the Springstein mill at v
Lancaster yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. s
C. Thomson of Lancaster, was elected c
secretary and treasurer to succeed Mr. t
Boney. Mr. Thomson is a most capa- o
ble business man, and under his ad- t
ministration affairs will move along t
as if there had never been any trouble, t
? There have been no new develop- b
inents in the dispensary matter during 1
the past few days, the situation being P
about the same as it was Tuesday, 8
when it was described in the Columbia
correspondence of the News and c
Courier as follows: Will Judge Pritch- tl
ard recede from his position and va- h
cate his order appointing receivers d
for the dispensary funds? Judge i'
Pritchard has been asked to come to ti
Columbia and hear argument on a d
motion to vacate his order as well as P
a motion in attachment proceedings t!
against the commission to wind up tl
the affairs of the state dispensary. He P
has replied that he will hear the mo- a
lions after he has given all parties due cl
notice. Attorney W. F. Stevenson in- e
formed Judge Pritchard yesterday by b,
wire that in order to get the questions
involved before the United States su- w
preme court it was deemed necessary tl
by the counsel for the commission to tl
idvise the dispensary commission to
refuse to comply with the demands of tl
the receivers, and Mr. Stevenson stat3d
that he would be glad if Judge d
Pritchard would nx a uay iur uib ?>
bearing. Also it was desired to be y<
beard upon the question of jurlsdic- oi
tion and on a motion that Judge I
Pritchard vacate his order in view of I
he construction of the state constltu- P'
:ion and statutes by the supreme'tl
;ourt of South Carolina. Judge [1
Pritchard replied by wire: "Your tl
elegram requesting that I go to Co- \\
umbia to hear attachment proceed- k
ngs against dispensary commission, n<
ilso requesting me to fix date for m
tearing same, received. No appllea- tf
ion has been made to me for attach- tf
Tient proceedings. If such be made, aj
[ will hear same after giving all par- la
ies timely notice." The intimation tf
hat there might be a compromise ol
ieems to have been unfounded, but tf
he easy way out of the difficulty is m
'or Judge Pritchard to vacate his or- es
ler. The dispatches from Ashevllle, pi
lowever, indicate that ho Is not likoly
0 do this, and, therefore, when the
eeeivers make demand for the dlsiensary
funds, the commission?or +
vhat remains of the commission?
rill be advised not to comply with the
letnand. Application to attach the
eeeivers for- contempt will then he
nade, and if the receivers are imtrisoned
for contempt In refusing to
ornply with the orders of Judge
1 ritehrtrd, the matter can be brought
>efore the Federal supreme court on i
l writ of habeas corpus. Hut the
nore pleasant method will be to ar,rue
before Judge Prltchard a motion
o vacate his order in view of the deIslon
of the state supreme court. The
ittumeys for the state are confident
hat the decisions support their view ^
hat the United states supreme court vill
sustain the state supreme court
n the interpretation of the state constitution
and statutes, and that the
aw as quoted from Asheville is not
correct.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PANIC
Congressman Finley Rubs Salt on
Republican Raw Places.
Congressman Finley of the commit- #
ee on postofflces and post roads,
spoke on the postofflce appropriation
>ill on Tuesday of last week. He exilained
the bill at length; but the principal
feature of his remarks was an ^
'xcoriatlon of the Republicans for tryng
to saddle a ship subsidy approbation
on the postal service instead
>f meeting the Issue squarely and takng
the responsibility of passing a ship
lubsldy bill open and aboveboard. In
;onclusion, he charged the Republicans
with responsibility for the present
depressed condition of the country. 6
iVhat he hud to say along this line is
eproduced from the Congressional
Record as follows:
Ttys country Is great in every way.
Particularly in its citizenship, aecomplishrnent,
material wealth, and, m
I may add, in appropriations genertlly
for the pupport of the govern nent
and narticularlv for the SUP
port of the postal service. Its materal
wealth amounts approximately to
pne-quarter of the wealth of the
vorld, and, as I remember, our expenditures
for postal facilities amount
:o more than thirty per cent of the
:otal expenditures for this purpose 9
jy all the nations of the earth.
1 am not a pessimist. I have faith
n the people and believe that the
progress and development of the
:ountry is best assured by the showng
made by the postal service. The
*ecelpts from this source are the sur- ^
>st indications and constitute the very
pest business barometer to be had.
Receipts and expenditures in the postal
lervice have practically doubled within
;he past nine years. Nine years ago
eceipts amounted to a little more
han $102,000,000. The recommendsions
of the postoffice department
lave not been carried out by the post)fflce
committee in the preparation
)f the bill under consideration by
lomething like 19,000.000. The realon
given for this generally by the melority
of the committee was that we
pave a panic on and that there will
lecessarlly be a falling off in revelues
and in demand for increased
lervice. This falling off has not
imounted to much as yet.
In all of my experience in congress t
?nine years?this is the first time I
lave heard Republicans cry panic,
rhe only song I have heard from
hem heretofore is that panic and Republican
rule do not go together; that
l Republican administration means
prosperity of a high order and coninuous
duration. Often I have heard
ny friends on the other side of the
lisle tell of the hard times under the
tecond Cleveland administration, and 4K
hen in grand peroration exclaim that
Democratic rule must of necessity remit
in panic. I remember particu
arly tne taie 01 woe 101a oy one 01
ny Republican friends as to how
luring Cleveland's last admlnistralon
he was compelled by the stress ?
)f the times to eat clams?to eat
hem and eat them to such an extent
hat his stomach rose and * felt with
he tides. I would like to know what
liet he has been regaling himself on
luring the past six months. [Laugher
and applause on the Democratic
tide.] 1 should say that it is about
dam time again. One thing is cerain,
the Republican members of this
>ody no longer sing of prosperity ?
caused by the Republican party being
n power. ' Republicans now claim
hat panics, like death and taxes must
tome.
At any rate, we have a panic, the
nost far-reaching that some sections
>f this country have as yet experienced.
1 may say, however, in passing w
hat this Republican panic has not afected
the postal revenues, as it otherrise
might, for the reason that there is
10 real cause for panic. It comes at a
ime of profound peace, when the counry
was never more prosperous in its
ields, mines and industries. It comes at
t time when there was never so much
noney in the country?in fact, when
he circulation per capita is greater
han ever in the history of this counry.
It comes at a time when the ^
tock of gold in this country exceeds
i billion of dollars. It is a panic
>rought on by reason of the distrust
vith which the masses of the people
n this country have come to regard
he government, and they regard it
vith distrust, high and low, rich and _
>oor, because the government is in
he hands of the Republican party.
The panic of 1891 to 1879 was
widespread. The present panic is
inly as wide as the rule of the Repubican
party and only extends where
he blighting effects of that misrule
eaches. I go one step further and
tate that this Republican panic, conIned
principally to this country, has
iuon mnro severe and more disas
rous in its consequences in those
tates where the Republican party is
n power. We felt it to some extent in
ny state, but not a bank closed its
toors; not a single failure resulted in
louth Carolina to my knowledge on
iccount of it. It has come about
hat on account of the policies and
iractices of the Republican party,
ncluding the close connection be- 9
ween the government and special inerests,
the people are in a condition
if panic. That is, they have lost conIdence
in the Republican party.
There will be an end to this. In Noember
next the people will have a
ay. Republican orators and politiians
may disclaim responsibility for
he panic, but the fact is the panic is
n. You claim that the way to end
his panic is to re-elect your party
o power. I tell you that the people of
his country are not fools. The panic
eing caused by misgovernment on
he part of your party, how can the %
eople expect to better conditions by
iving the Republican party a new
?ase of power? Puffed up with suces3
and pride of power, you have in
he past called attention to the soup
ouses. workmen without work, and
(stressed conditions generally dur- Mig
the last Democratic administraion.
It is with sorrow for the conition
of the laboring classes and poor
eople In the great industrial centers
hat 1 call attention to the fact that
lere are probably 1,500,000 out of
ermanent employment today, all on
ceount of your panic. In the great
ities in this country during the presut
winter thousands have been f6d
y the hand of charity.
Confidence will be restored, but it 9
ill not be until the people have had 9
telr say in November. [Applause 011
le Democratic side.l
Mr. Sherwood. And what about
full dinner nail?
Mr. Finley. Mr. Chairman, the full
Inner pall song has served Its purose.
I do not think that In this
ear of grace we will hear any song
f that tenor. What the song will be
do not know, I can not surmise, but
will say this, that the Republican
olitlclans are?to my mind?about
le smartest on the face of the earth
aughter], and they will sing a song
mt will suit if they can And one.
'hat it will be generally I do not
now, but I am satisfied of this, that
-> matter what their song is, no
.atter what pretense they give for f
le Republican panic that is now on,
te people will answer them not with
jplause, but with an emphatic decration
at the ballot box restoring
lis government again to the hands
' the Democratic party, the party of
le people, the party that will adinister
this government in the Inter- W
it of all the people. [Prolonged apause
on the Democratic side.]