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ESTABLISHED IN 18 HEAD CUT OPEN. ?n Aged Woman Brained by Negro j With an Axe. OVER IN LEXINGTON. Sitting Alone in Her Room, Near! Caye, Mrs. Panl D. ElUsor Has Her Stall Split Open by Assassin Who ?Crept Upon Her From Behind? Body Concealed in Clothes Bas ket. ?Sitting in her home, two miles west | of Cayce, nf Lexington County, Wed-1 nesday morning, white-haired Mrs. Paul D. Ellisor was suddenly struck down from behind by a negro burg lar armed with her husband's axe. The heavy weapon sank down into the skull and death was probably in stantaneous. His fiendish work done, the assas- j sin strove to cover up the evidence so that the crime would not be dis covered until he had made good his escape. Catching up the pitiful, wasted body he forced it into a; clothes basket near at hand and toss ed over it the quilts from the bed. Then catching up Mr. Ellisor's shot-] sun and one of his coats the murder er fled. The crime was not discovered until an hour or more afterward. Mr. El lisor had gone to New Brookland at an early hour to sell vegetables, leav-1 Ing Mrs. Ellisor alone in the little 3 room house. The supposition is that the murderer, seeing the master of j the house drive away, supposed the house to be empty. Mr. Ellisor re turned to the house at about 9:30 o'clock and found his daughter and several friends sitting upon the door-1 step awaiting his return. The house was locked up, and ail supposed that Mrs. Elhsor had clos ed it to run over to a neighbor's Af ter waiting around the premises for some time they became alarmed and forced the door to find the reality far worse than anything they could i have feared. The alarm was quick- J iy given, and within the hour men \ were searching for the murderer. Within a few minutes after the ] alarm was given Mr. Steygert, con stable lor" Magistrate Bachman, of New Brookland, was on the scene. He ^took ch?rge of the premises and un der Mr. Bachman's direction empan elled a jury, which , viewed the re mains. The inquest was then ad journed. The body remains at the home. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier, who furnishes the above facts to his paper, says it. Is believed that the murderer went direct to Columbia hoping to elude pursuit in the criminal quarters of the city. The police were not notified of the murder until nearly two hours after it had ben discovered. Mrs. Ellisor leaves her husband, an aged larmer much respected in the com- j munity, and six children, four mar- \ ried daughters and two grown sons. PREDICTS HIS ASSASSINATION. A Catholic Priest Says He Is a Mark ed Victim. "A murder will be committed in Chicago within one month similar to the Denver assassination, where Father Leo Heinriches was shot down," asserted Chancellor E. M. Dunne, of Chicago, arch-diocese Wed nesday night. "I am positive that anarchsts, anti tlerlcais or whatever they caw them selves, have prepared lists of priests aad clergymen to be killei and I am certain that some Chicago man has been marked," he said. "I am the most logical man for the assassina tion, and aknough I have thousands of friends in the Italian colony, 1 also have many bitter enemies." MURDER IN SPARTANBURG The Passing of the Lie Causes Anoth er Killing. A dispatch from Spartanburg says Sullivan Hughes, a young white man who killed John Franklin in the low *r part of the county Saturday, has not been arrested though the young man's father says he will have him surrender to the sheriff. Hughes shot Franklin in the head with a pis tol. The difficulty was about a ?"damned He" being passea. AWFUL DEATH. A Woman Pours Kerosene Over Her self and Fires It. Choosing fire as a medium of death. Miss Emma Fink, of Slating-! ton. Pa., committed suicide at Slate-j <:ale in a most tragic manner. Stand ing where she could see the ruins of her old home, which was destroyed by fire about a year ago, she poured coal oil over her clothing and then set fire to her skirt. Col. Youmnns Dead. A dispatch from Barnwell says Col. ? "Lawrence W. Youmans died at four j o'clock Wednesday morning at the hospital in Savannah, where he was taken several days ago for treatment! ?or a cancerous affection. The news Of his death was received throughout the state with universal regret. i 69. RE-ENROLLMENT BILL PASSED. Teart of Measure Providing for Reg istration of Voters. One of the most important meas ures the general assembly has passed is a bill to provide for the re-enroll ment and registrat/jn of the qualified electors of this State during the year 1908, and to provde compensation for the supervisors of registration as follows. Section One. That the sup ervisors of registration in each county of the State are required to re-enroll all the qualified electors in this State during the year 1908. Section 2. That the same time the said supervisors shall register all per sons who may make application there for and who may be entitled thereto. Section 3. That for the purpose of such enrolment and registration the said supervisors shall keep the books of registration open at the several county seats every day (Sundays ex cepted) between the hours of 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. during the months of July and August 190S;and in addi tion thereto they shall attend, during the month of September. 1908, at least 1 day in each township '.n their respective counties, of whicn at least ten day's notice shall be given by ad vertisement in a newspaper publish-1 ed in the county, and in counties con taining fifty thousand inhabitants they shall attend in each city, town or industral community containing three hundred or more inhabitants at least one day upon similar notice; Provided that the provisions of this section shall only apply to the re-en rolment and registration for the year 1908. Section 4. That for the purpose of said reenrolment the secretary of state shall furnish the supervisors of registration with all the necessary books and the sum of five hundred dollars shall be appropriated for sup plying said books. Section 5. That the supervisors of registration shall each receive for their services during the year 1908, the sum of two hundred dollars, to be paid by the State quarterly, as other State officers are paid, except in the oounties of Anderson, Charleston; Greenville, Sumter, Orangeburg, Richland, where they shall receive ceive two hundred and fifty dollars for the year 1908: Provided, that in Spartanburg county tney shall receive this year three hundred dollars, to be paid as above provided. That after the year 1908 the supervisors of reg istration shall each receive fifty dol lars per annum In off -years and one hundred dollars in general election vears,"except in the above named counties, where they shall each re ceive seventy-five dollars per annum in off years and in general election years they shall receive, two hundred dollars per annum, Including the county of Spartanburg. ? LOOTED BY ROBBERS. Ked Members of the Family While Robbery Went On. - Two robbers took posession of the home of Irwin Brooks, aged 65 years, a farmer living in Wayandotte coun ty, Kansas, Tuesday night while the members of the family were bound and kept prisoners in bed. When Brooks resisted, the robbers shot him in the hand. They then tied his* hands and feet and placed him in bed. Mrs. Brooks and two daughters, Emma, aged 22, and Eva, aged 17, were similarly treated. The robbers ransacked the house and secured $50. They prepared a meal and ate leis urely. They released the oldest Brooks girl for a time while she quieted her baby, which had begun to cry. ( After the robbers left the girls succeeded in releasing them selves and their parents. QUITE A WARM TIME. A Pole Wedding at Chicago Ends in a Fatal Fight. Three men are reported dying from stab wounds at the county hospital, and IS persons were injured in a riot and free for all battle with knives at the close of a Polish wed ding celebration held over the saloon of Joseph Kuza, 73 Front street, on the North Side, Chicago. The three most seriously injured, who are expected to die, are John Wadvo, brother of the bride, ear cut off and face and body severely stab-| bed in ten piaces; Stanley Wudasek, I stabbed in 20 places, about the head, face and body; Jarues Grim, cut and slashed about the cheeks head and breast. TACKLED WRONG MAX. Robber Shot and Killed in an At tempted Hold Up. In Chicago Herman Becker, an al leged highwayman, was shot and in stantly killed Tuesday night at Six teenth and Forty-second avenue by Frank Daverock, an optician. Dave rock was on his way home whc*j ho was intercepted by two men. One of them pointed a pistol at Daverock j rnd told him to throw up his hands. Daverock had his hands in his over coat and in one hand had a pistol. He answered the robber's command with a she' through his coat pocket. The j bullet struck Becker in the stonvch and he fell to the ground. His com panion fled. Wash Hunter Convicted. Wash Hunter, wv<- killed Elbert fjnpeland in Lauren' county ever a! pear ago, was convicted of man-! daughter at Greenwood on Wednes- j ANOTHER VICTIM Of the Fatal Quarrel in the Ker shaw Barber Shop. MOBLEY IS MURDERED By Grover Welch, a Brother of Steve Welch, Who Was lulled in the De cember Shooting Scrape, When Young Clyburn Was Also Killed, .. and Mobley Was Badly Wounded; Welch in Jail. A dispatch from Lancaster says Berry B. Mobley, the young man who was desperately wounded in the Ker shaw double tragedy just before Christmas, in which Steven Welch and Thomas Clyburn Jost their lives, was shot and instantly killed, on the Southern railway north-bound train Monday night, by Grover Welch, a brother of the late Steven Welch. The men were passengers coming to Lan caster on the Southern Railway train. ? 'Mobley's body was taken off the train at Pleasant Hill to have the inquest held. Welch came on to Lan caster and surrendered. He is now in jail. Mobley was about 32 years old and leaves a widow and five chil dren. Welch is unmarried. He is about 25 years of age. He had an interest in the Heath Supply com pany, of which his late brother was the president. Mobley was accompanied by his un cle, Z. L. Robertson, of Oakhurst, and was going to Lancaster to consult his attorney about his approaching trial. Welch was accompanied by his. uncle, W. U. Clyburn, of Halle Gold Mine, father of the young Cylburn killed in the Kershaw affair. The shooting occurred just as the train was slowing up at Pleasant Hill. Several shots were fired. Three bullets struck Mobley in the head, causing instant death. Mobley's pis tol showed one empty chamber af ter the shooting, it is said. It is also stated that no words were passed be tween the parties. Mobley left Kershaw Monday af ternoon and drove to Heath Springs, there boarding the Southern train for Lancaster. The trouble between the two men was apprehended. They naturally had little love for each oth er, and it is known that Mobley has avoided meeting Welch, but no threats have been known to pass be tween them. It is thought that Mob ley may have driven to Heath Springs, instead of taking the train at Ker shaw, for the very purpose of evad ing an encounter with Welch, not ex pecting Welch would board the train also. I The Columbia Record says Monday nights tragedy is the aftermath of a pistol duel which took place in Wil son's barbarshop at Kershaw on the night of Saturday, December 21st last. On that occasion Steven Welch,! Thomas Clyburn and B--rry Mobley, all armed and all driuiiing to some extent, met in the plate in the eve ning. Anger engendered by whiskey and by the irritation surviving from a pre vious quarrel precipitated the trou ble. Berry Mobley remarked that it| was a good thing the previous diffi culty had been patch'-l up. as the J parties were all good friends. At this stage. Steven We'ch drew his pistol and struck Mobley over the head with it, then stepping back and becan firing. Cly'mrn, his cous in, rushed forward t- prevent the impending hor^'ide, r.nd hir self r<;-l ceived the fir-', thro-^ bulle ft fro - , Welch's revolver. He dropp< to t' ??? floor and expired 'nstant'v. Mea ?v ji'e Berry Mobley, n >? i JG, S. C, FBIDAY, FBB I PLAYERS AT -^JDE AND J ing his wits after the blow from Welch's pistol-butt, had gotten his own gun out. He fired two or three times and Welch also fell, expiring at once. Mobley then turned aside, himself hit in three places and with his coat ablaze and walked into the office of Dr. Twitty, which adjoins the barbershop. Bullets from Welch's pistol had struck him in the righi breast, the shoulder and the neck. Ever since then, Mobley has been more or less disabled. For a long time he hovered between lifo and death, and it has not been three weeks since he has been able to leave his bed. Mobley was head clerk at the store of Carson & Co. He leaves a wife and five children. His aged father, Capt. W. C. Mobley, is a resident of the town of Lancaster. Steven W. Welch .was president of the Heath F-pply Company. - He was a son of the late Capt. Jas. V. Welch, of Korshaw county; was 28 years old and unmarried. Thos. L. Clyburn was president of the Clyburn Mule company. He had been a Clemson student. His father Is Capt. W. U. Clyburn, of the Halle Gold Mines. His mother was in Char lotte at the time of the tragedy. Mr. Ciyburn left a widow, Mrs. Dora Cunningham Clyburn. They had been married less than a year. Two women widowed and five lit tle children orphaned is one of the results of that pistol duel December 21st and its aftermath of Monday night. CHANGES IN POLITICS. Gov. Ansel Seems to Have Become The State says there has been a marked change during the last 10 days in the outlook for the guberna torial campaign. Ten days ago there had scarcely been heard a whisper of opposition to Gov. Ansel. It was quite generally conceded that he would have no opposition for reelec tion, but there has been a change, al though it is somewhat difficult to locate the starting point or to find the reason. There are evidences of a good deal of quiet activity on the part of pro hibitionists, and it is quite evident, too, that the majority of the general assembly is "anti-Ansel." Why this is true is not so clear, for a majority stood with him a year ago on the dispensary Issue. It is said, however, that the governor does not consult members as freely as they-like, and that he takes very few into his confi dence. They prefer it to be other wise. But the lack of support on the part of the legislature does not alto gether explain the sudden change in the gubernatorial situation. The fact is that a couple of months ago when it was rumored that Gov. Ansel might lie a candidate for the United States senate, he was importuned from many quarters to remain in the guberna torial chair for another term; indi viduals and newspapers assumed that reelection was his for the asking. GEN. CANTON DEAD. Was Stationed in South Carolina Bight After the War. Brigadier-Cenera! Rufas Sexton, U. S. A., retired, dropped dead at Washington Tuesday of heart disease. He entered the army from Massachu setts in ISR5 as a first lieutenant of the ^hird Artillery; received a con gressional medal f>r bravery in the defense of Harper's Ferry, and was reMred April 2?., I?04. General Sax ton was born S4 years ago. Turing and after the war Gen. Snxtnn was stationed on the isalnds about Charleston and Beaufort, where he was very active in oppress ing white people .'or tho benefit of the freed slaves. He wra i'i chrrge of the confiscated irnds of -he ph lt e . which he rTls'ributc'i largely - \g tlu negrces who ovn it yet. Very Unpopular. RUAKY 2?, 1908. seek; NO ACTION. Roosevelt Preaches Glibly, But Is Slow to Perform, WORDS HURT NO ONE Malefactors of Wealth not Disturbed 'by White House Denunciation. Bryan Tells Bankers How to Se cure an Elastic Currency?Long Session Indicated for Republican' National Convention. Former Representative and Senator Charles A. Towne was in Washington recently and In the course of an Inter view expressed some views not wholly In accordance with those of e ther shin ing lights of the Democratic party. Mr. Towne does not sympathize with the tendency of many Democrats, notably Mr. Bryan and Bourke Cockran, to ap plaud the president. He is more In ac cord with Representative Champ Clark, who not long ago delivered a very forceful speech attacking the presiden tial policies and commenting very blt lngly upon the presidential manners. Mr. Towne said: "The Democratic par ty does not owe to Theodore Roosevelt its doctrine of the greatest good to the greatest number, and it can go on championing the welfare of the many as against the interests of the few without relinquishing its great princi ples of home rule, local self govern ment, the preservation of the autonomy of the states and the restoration and maintenance of the balance among the co-ordinate branches of the national government. I believe that the country, while determined to take no backward step in maintaining the rights of citi zens agaius': the encroachments of cor porations, is inclined to pau.se awhile and take stock, so to speak, of recent achievement. I believe the people are ready to welcome a president who would be content to enforce the laws without seeking also to enact and In terpret them. I believe, in short, that it would be both patriotic and politic for the Democratic party to promise the nation a lucid Interval of constitu tional government." It must be admitted that there is some foundation for the recent gibe of Mr. Payne, the Republican leader in the congress, that half the Democrats were applauding the president and half condemning him. But the con trast, after all, is more apparent than real. For example, when Mr. Bryan speaks, applauding certain of the ac ! tions of the president, the newspapers ! which are hypnotized by the Roosevelt I personality print with much elabora j tion that part of his address, but re I frain from publishing his criticisms of i the president. The effect is to make It j appear that he gives unreserved ap proval to all that the president has said and to all that he has done, a difficult thing for any public man to accomplish, because most of the things Mr. Roosevelt has said are exactly the things that he has failed to do. The Case of the Muskrat. Somebody who must live along the ' banks of a canal where muskrats are not merely a nuisance, but a positive menace, wrote n plaintive inquiry to a New York paper the other day com- j paring the presidential outcry with the repeated threats of a farmer in his j n< igh'.iorho(Ml to go out and kill a] muskrat?threats that were never ful filled. And he asked why everybody | should turn in and applaud the man* who was always promising to do thisJ but had not as yet slaughtered oue sol-! ltary rat. The editor sagaciously re- j sponded that the correspondent might know someihlng about muskrats, but ho knew nothing about politics. Byj purs-1 . the policy which he repre-l beju V- vio.ent foe of the muskrat w< :t th?* .'Pi iaure uad the votes of every man who thought that musk 1 rats should be exterminated, while by not doing anything against the Terrain he would get the support of the musk rat colony and those who thought It should be left alone. The aralrgy is perfectly clear. Thus far the oratory of the administration has made for President Roosevelt or his political legatee, Secretary Taft, millions of friends among the people who do not differentiate between preaching and practice, between' calling criminals hard names and actually sending them to jail. It has not very seriously af fected the Rooseveltian dynasty with the malefactors of wealth, who read his violent messages with their tongues in their cheeks and go on with their malefactions. Currency Reform Again. The other day Andrew Carnegie, Ly man J. Gage mid Victor Morawetz, a prominent financial lawyer of Now York, addressed the Economic club of that city on the banking and currency question. They declared that the Unit ed States had the worst system in the world, but no one of them suggested the way to mend it. All three pleaded that it should be handed over to a commission of experts who should formulate a measure to be enacted into law, which of course would carry the question over the next election. Mr. Bryan, who was present, was asked to respond to their arguments. As the press associations and daily newspa pers made scarcely any pretense of covering his speech, some of his para graphs In retort may well be quoted here: How ?hall I explain that three conspicu ous financier who had given this subject great thought and who know all the in tricacies of finance should be agreed upon but one proposition, and that Is that they do not know what oujjht to be done? As each one approached the important part of the subject he concluded that we ought to have a commission to consider the matter. Is It not strange that the commission is always resorted to by those who do not care to elaborate bet?re an election a plan '.hat might not be popular at the election? Is It not strange that all of our groat financial programmes nre brought out Just after the election, when the pi-ople cannot sit In judgment upon the subject? These greenbacks which have been de scribed in uncomplimentary language were not iss'ied by me or by my party. But it seems to me that it Is straining u point to denounce the government for Is suing 3-16.000,000 promises to pay, bearing no Interest, when he?ex-Secretary Gage docs not denounce the issue of 700,000,000 banks' promises to pay that bear no inter est. If a bank's promise to pay, bearing no interest, is ftt to serve as money, why should not a government's promise to pay, bearing"no interest, 'ae fit to serve as money? It la not my business to explain this panic. Politically my connection with it has been anything but embarrassing, for it has at least robbed the country of the argument that my party was the only party under whose administration a panic could come. Some of the little colloquies which enlivened the address were interesting, though not reported in the press. For example, Mr. Bryan said: Our financiers will tell you that the banks that have failed failed In almost every instance because the omccrs of the bank have violated their trust and used the money of other people to advance their own private Interests. Isn't that true, Mr. Gage? ? Mr. Gage?Yes, sir. Mr. Bryan?Isn't that true, Mr. Baker? (Mr. Baker is president of the First Na tional bank of New York.) Mr. Baker?Yes, sir. Mr. Bryan?Why hasn't it been reme died? Because the managers of the bad banks don't want to be restrained; be cause the good bank is not anxious to have the other ones restrained so that the good bank can point to the recklessness of the others and thereby draw away deposits. We will have to meet this issue some time, and we may as well do so frankly and boldly now. If you tell me that you need an elastic currency, I will take your word for It, but If you tell me that you object to it unless you hold both ends of the elastic I will tell you that you do not need it as much as you thought you did. Trust the government, the representatives elected by the people. ? ? ? If you want this elastic currency, let the government issue It and control it. and you will have no difficulty about the security. Then lay upon the banks the responsibility for making the banks safe. If the banks say that they do not want to be held re sponsible for other banks, my answer is that if your bankers will not trust each other they should not expect the people to trust them with their money. This Is the most respectable crowd that I have ever talked to In my life?that Is, measured by Now York standaids. It is no more respectable, however, than the people among whom I live. The man who toils by the day, who goes out In the morning and works all day, who com mences In the spring \nd works all sum mer, though his hands be hard from work and his clothing not of the latest cut, he Is a respectable man. and I have been ad dressing such respectable audiences ftll over the country, but this is the most high ly financial audience that I have yet ad dressed. And. If I have exceeded my time limit and spoken with an earnestness for which I should apologise. Just remember how long I have waited for this oppor tunity and rem-mber also that I may never have It again. The stenographic report of the meet ing now in my possession indicates that Mr. Bryan's speech was punctuated and followed with long and continued ap plause. The Republican National Convention. From the headquarters of Chairman New and Secretary Dover of the Re publican national committee here the news leaked out that the officials of the Chicago convention expect that it will last at least live days and apprehend that it may extend to elgiit. At any rate, the Striug of tickets which will be given to each person entitled to ad mission Is going to have coupons for the sessions of the eight days. Should It last that long it will be the longest national convention on record. Even the famous convention of 11:30, when the indomitable phalanx of ?,0<) stood desperately back of General Grant's candidacy, did not extend to such a period. The significance of the prepa rations being made by the national committee for a long convention is ap parent. It Indicates that the practical politician*;?and the Republican nn- j tional committee Is omlnen?.T practical j ?are unite convinced that t!<p admin istration plan of nominating Taft on ; the first ballot Is not golr.g to prove cf- j fectlvc nnd, further, that they are dls Inclined to believe that after a brief 1 deadlock' on the Taft pro;-ositir>n the convention can be stampeded for the j Roosevelt third term. It furthermore indicates that the policy of the auti- j ... I I $1.50 PER AS IT SHOULD BL A White Man Hanged for Murder ing His Own Wife. SAID HE WAS INSANE The Crime Was an Atrocious One, But Much Sympathy Was Worked! Up for the Murderer by a Lot of Women AVho Visited Him in Jail, But Governor Smith Stood Firm, and Declined to Interfere. A special dispatch from Savannah, Ga., to The News and Courier says Willie Rogers, at 1:15 o'clock Tues day afternoon paid the penalty on the gallows for the murder of his wife, committed about eighteen; month ago, on West Broad street, in an eating house, the woman had en tered in search of food. She held a baby in her arms when Rogers fired the fatal shot. The execution of Rogers, the first white man ever legally executed in Chatham County, came after the ex haustion of every possible legal move that might have been taken to save his life. Many appeals to the Governor la his behalf were made, and these re> suited in two respites, but finally the Governor proved obdurate to the claims that were made by physicians and others that Rogers was insane, and unable to comprehend the dif ference between right and wrong. Preferring the opinion of the two physicians, Dr. W. F. Bruner and Dr. T. J. Charlton, whom he himself had named, and who reported the con trary, Gov. Smith declined to inter fere further with che execution. Never had there been known in Savannah such a marked interest in the fate of a murderer. This inter est permeated- church circles, that ele ment having been arSused largely through Rogers' daily reading of the Bible, his professions of Christianity and his interest in the prayers that were offered by good women upon the occasion of their visits to the jail. A dozen or more physicians, too, became concerned and offered their testimony relative of Rogers' mentality. Rogers was the first man ever exe cuted in the Chatham jail on a day (other than Friday. Moreover, he was the thirteenth man to be execut ed there. That it was not on a Friday he was hanged was due to Judge Seabrook having an aversion to sentencing men to be hanged on that day. Seeing no reason why Fri day should be stigmatized as hang man's day, he sentenced Rogers to ? be hanged on another day of the week. Giving a rspite of ten days, Gov ernor Smith seemed in a fair way to defeat this intention of the Court, for that threw the date to a Friday. But then came greater activity on Rogers' behalf and a further respite of ten days, which again avoided a Friday and fixed the execution for a Tuesday. THREE MEN KLLED In a frightful Rear End Crash of Two Trains. Two Trains. Three men were killed in a fright ful rear-end crash between 2\. freight trains on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad's Harlem branch just south of the bartow sta tion Wednesday. A heavily loaded freight got beyond control on a down grade and ran into the rear of anoth er freight just ahead. The conductor of the first freight train was in the caboose, and was instantly killed. The engineer and fireman on the en gine of the second freight were pin ned in 'he wreckage and killed. administration forces of forcing con tests in the southern states, a policy al ready put Into practice in Florida, is going to be systematically pushed and that there will be enough contesting delegations to occupy two or three days* time before the permanent roll of the convention Is made up. It is by no means certain either that contests are going to be confined to the southern states. A Wisconsin Repub lican, one of the followers of Senator La Follette, tells me that there is much irritation among Republicans of that state because of the effort of the ad ministration through its officeholders to secure a Taft delegation there. lie points out that as soon as Governor Hughes declared his willingness to be a eaudidare the administration forces and Secretary Taft himself announced with unction that they would make no content in a state which der!rcd to present a favorite son of Its own. The state of Wisconsin wanrks to ' -?-^nt Senator La FoPette, yet the '' ?'?n1 ' Ing cabal is opposing his friend* at every point. Why Hi's differing atti tude toward the favorite sons of two Gtatps? Of courre 'he answer is easy. Roosevelt and Taft are probably weak er in New Y'ork than in any state of the Union. New Yorkers usually agree that it would have' been Impossible to get a Taft delegation In the f-co of the Hughes candidacy, wherefore Mr. Roosevelt, who i? nothing if not a poli tician, called off Ids men and grace fully left the fie'd to the governor. Bnt he th'n' that to Wisconsin there* may be a ? s, nnd therefore them are no smo > ; ?? o:vs addressed to the people of that state In applause ot, their favorite sc i. Washington. D. C. By Willis J. Abbott.