The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, April 03, 1908, Image 1
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8RYAN WILL WIN
Says Senator Tillman if Republi
cans Nominate Taft in
TALK WITH THE STATE
Kepresentative at His Home in Tren
ton?The Senator Getting Better-?
Will Work for Democracy in Octo
ber if Health Permits?To Visit
Atlanta and Then Go Abroad With I
Mrs. Tillman.
A representative of The State call
ed on the-Senator at his home at
* Trenton Tuesday morning and found
him alone in his library. He was ly
ing upon a couch reading his morn
ing's mail. Later he ^hanged his po
sition to a large rocking chair and
had his breakfast urougnt in. He|
ate heartily and seemed to relish his
food
During and after breakfast Sen
ator Tillman talked upon a great va
riety of subjects, ranging from anat
omy to national politics.
. In appearance the senator seems
to be in his usual good health. He
does not, however, feel that he wiil
he able to return to congress this
session. He expects *o go to an
Atlanta sanitarium as soon as he
feels strong enough to stand travel
ing, lie. with Mrs. Tillman, will re
main there for several weeks, after
which they wijl go to Europe for a
complete rest.
Senator Tillman said that he felt
satisfied that he must not take on
any more work just nowv and that
it would require time to show when
he will be able to do so.
He said that he had no plans with
regard to politics, as he could not
now see far enough ahead to make
it worth while.
He could not *iow te'i whether he
would attend the State Democratic
convention, but indicated that if his
lealth permitted he wchild do 60.
As to Instructions.
"Senator, do you favor an instruct
ed delegation to the Denver con
teotion?" he was asked.
? "Well, I have not been elected a
delegate yet, and for that reason I
do not think it proper for me to say
what the convention ought to do."
"What about national politics,
senator. Do you think that Bryan
will be nominated, and what are his
- chances of election?"
"It all depends on one thing: If
the Republicans nominate Taft for
president at the Juue convention,
Bryan will undoubtedly be named by
the Democrats and I think he will
win. But on the other hand, if the
Republicans lock up the convention
and stampede it for Roosevelt and
nominate him, I do not thfnk that
the Democrats can put Bryan for
ward." ,
"Do you think the matter of a
third term would defeat Roosevelt?"
"Well, all that Byran could say
would be 'third term," because he
lias prased the policies of Roosevelt
has praised he policies of Roosevelt
him to say."
"If the Republicans nominate
Roosevelt, who do you think the
Democrats would put up?"
"That I am ? unable to say," re
plied the senator.
"When do you expect to go to
Atlanta?"
"Just as soon as possible," he
said. "I want to take a special treat
ment of massage, baths and electri
city. Further than this I have no
plans for the future. I am going to
Europe just as soon as I feel strong
?enough to make the voyage."
Intended to Go Abroad.
SenatorTillman said that for a
long time he had been intending
to take a trip abroad and that just
as soon as he felt able to take it he
would do so. He intends to visit
Italy first, because of the good cli
mate, and afterwards to go to Eng
land.
"Will you study the question of
immigration while there?"
"Study? No! I'm not going over
there to study; I want to rest and re
new my acquaintance with English
history and literature."
Senator Tillman's conversation in
dicated that he had no idea or re
linguished his wokr for the State and
nation. He said the real fight in the
national campaign would not open
up until October and that if his j
physical condition permitted, he
would go into the campaign tooth
and nail and work for the triumph
of Democracy.
Letter from Senator Chandler.
Among the letters the senator was
reading when The State's rpresenta
tive reached his home was one from
Former United States Senator Wil-j
liam E. Chandler, a Republican, of
Kew Hampshire. Senator Chandler
and Senator Tillman, as is well
known, are warm personal friends
"He said that Senator Chandler, at
the age of 72, is still vigorous and in
full possession of his mental powers.
Vp to a year ago he was president
of the Spanish-American vj.ir chiims
commission. Since that time he has
been practicing law in Washington.
Senator .Tillman paid a high tribute
to the former senator from New
Hampshire. Although a Republican.
Senate- Tillman said that he could
not question his patriotism and that
he regards him as a very high man.
When asked If he would not allow
he letter to be published, the sena
r at first declined, but afterwards
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State House
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consented to its publication. The
letter follows:
"My Dearly Beloved: The papers
say. you are staying in - bed. Good.
"Stay there.
"If you knew how many pluocrats
that fact pleases you would realize
that in no other way can you cause
so much happiness to humans. They
may not be the class of bipeds whom
you live to please and praise but God
works in a mysterious way His won
ders to perform.
"There is a time for amnestv to
ward all criminals. *??
"If you were here you might dis
turb Mr. Taffs plan to get nominat
ed. ,
"(1) All pending prosecutions of
trusts to be kept on the docket until
the district attorneys report that they
can see no evidence, and then dis
missed.
(2) A statute of limitations?vs.
new prosecutions after one year_not1
before. j
"(3) The labor unions to boycott
everybody at will, and no injunctions!
to be issued. j
"(4 ) The Sherman law to be so |
modified that trusts shall be deemed
reasonable and sacred until a court
at the end of a lawsuit shall say
they are unreasonable.
"(5) The railroads may make J
pooling contracts ad lib. divide traffic j
and proceeds and agree not to com
pete with each other.
"The F'utocrats and proletriat all
for Taft! '
If you were to get out of lied you
might expose this plan and defeat
Mr. Bryan.
"Stay in bed and Bryan v.fill win.
"You know I have often told you
you were a great help to the Repub
lican party by your talk. Now you
will help it by keeping quiet (?) See! j
"While you are away I shall urge
Mr. Burrows to get through a public
ity bill and take the credit away
from you. Will he do it?
"Seriously now?take a rest. Do
not be Worried. Sleep, walk in the
garden and see the glories of the j
[lowers.
"Vis medicatrix naturae. Be a
farmer again and not a stateman
my longer. Faithfully yours, etc.,
"Wm. E. Chandler."
Mrs. Tillman Shipping Asparagus.
During the conversation of two
hours or more between Senator- Till
man and the representative of the
State, Mrs. Tillman was busily en
gaged in. the packing house, along j
svith six or eight hands, preparing |
isparagus for shipment by express to
Boston. New York, Richmond and
Atlanta. Mrs. Tillman was hard fit
vork, doing the actual work'of wash
ing the asparagus and marking the
aoxes for shipment. She has about
sight acres planted in this vegetable
md has orders for all that she can
furnish. At present the market price |
is 40 to 50 cents a bunch.
When first approached Senator
Tillman talked slowly and deliberate
ly, but after warming rip to questions
Df interest to him his old time fire
was apparent. While he is some
what feeble physically, his mind is
perfectly clear as was evidenced by
the various topics he discussed in a
vigorous manner and the interest he
displayed in State and national af
fairs.
When the Fenator was first strick
en he said that the attack came upon
him as if a flash from a/gun. He
attributes the present Illness to that
with wfliich he suffered 44 years ago,
when he lost his eye. He was simi
larly effected then and has had sev
eral attacks of a like character since
that time.
Senator Tillman's wishes are to get
away from everything and havo ab
solute rest for a time and he feels
and hopes that this will restore him
to hs former vigor.
During the course of conversation
reference was* made to the recent
speech of Senator Tillman in the sen
ate, in which he took the Republi
cans to task and incidentally gave
President Roosevelt a walloping. He
said that never before in his life had
he felt less like making a speech,
nor had he ever before experienced
such a strain and effort as he did
while delivering his address on
March 16. He said that he was in
full , poser.sion of his facts and
thoughts, but still he was unable to
assemble his ammunition as he
should like to have done. He gave
notice on Saturday of his intention
to deliver the address on Monday
and had but a brief period to pre
pare hfs remarks.
Altogether, 'it may be said that
Senator Tillman, as well as Mrs.
Tillman, hope that the senator will
soon be restored to his usual heatlh
and will resume his place in the fight
for Democracy's supremacy.
"Senator, did you see much of the
late Senator William James Bryan
of Florida, and what was your opin
ion of him?"
"Well, he was in the senate only
a short time, but he gave every prom
ise of being a valuable addtion to
the Democratic side." He said that
Senator Bryan's death had grieved
him very much, as it had^other sena
tors, especdally because o'f his youth
and great promise for future devel
opment. He thought that the Flor
ida senator would have made a name
for himself and reflected credit upon
his State. He said that the young
senator had been married but three
or four years, having won a bride at
Lexington. Va.. where he attended
college at Washington and Lee uni
versity.
A Campaign Button.
Among other things'of intere-t re
"eived in the morning'.s mail of the
senator was a "Bryan button." which
he presented to the correspondent.
The button, which is probably one
of the first received in South Caro
lina, is just a little larger than a
silver dollar and contains the like
nesses of George Washington, Thorn
line
ORANGE BT
"I had a home onct.
"Aw, cut it. Dis air
1MPP REFORM.
Most Important National Issue
Says Hon John Gary Evans.
HE GIVES HIS VIEWS
On the Other More Important Issues I
of the Campaign?Favors Inimi*
grution to Meet State Problems?
We Print Below His Formal An
nouncement of His Candida ry for
the United States Senate.
Sometime ago Ex-Gov. John Gary
Bvans formally declared his inten
tion to be a candidate for the United
States Senate in the primary this
Summer in a letter, which we pub
lish below:
Evan's Announcement:
The following is the announcement
Governor Evans gave out:
It has not been deemed necessary
heretofore for a candidate for the
nomination of United States Senator
in a Democratic primary to write a
platform, especially before the as
sembling of the State and National
conventions of the party. I would
therefore, simply state that I am a
candidate for the nomination of
United States Senator by the Demo
cratic party of South Carolina, but
as others have published what they
stand for, a word from me may not
be inappropriate.
I believe the most important is
sue to be pressed before the people
is, that of tariff. I have in former
campaigns endeavored to show the in
iquity and injustice of the Repub
lican policy so far as the South is
concerned* and I sh.j.ll continue to
do so.
We are still an agricultural peo
ple, cotton raising and cotton manu
facturing are our principal industries
and will ever be. These industries
furnished the United States las', year
a balance in trades without which our
country would have been a debtor to
the rest of the world instead of a
creditor. Since the war between the
United States, the South from its cot
con crops alone has brought into
the States approximately fourteen
million of dollars of foreign gold.
This sum represents enough money
to purchase at their assessed valua
tions for taxation today the States of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey, Delaware, and
Ohio and a surplus sufficient to add
100 per cent, to the taxable property
of South Carolina. If this money
could have been kept at home the
South would be the richest country
In the world. Where has it gone?
The answer is easy, to fatten the pro
tected interests of the States enum
erated. Our farmers who manufac
ture nothing have been forced to
sell their cotton in Europe, compelled
to bring back gold only to he robbed
at the custom house and forced to
purchase their ploughs, hoots, shoes,
buttons, coats and supplies from
home manufacturers at prices from
fifty to three hundred per cent, high
er than they could have been gotten
in the markets whore they sold their
cottvjii, and yet we are told that the
Southern farmer is lazy and indol
ent. The time has come for the
truth to be preached and demand
made for fair treatment.
The Republican party is fast be
coming divided into two hostile
camps on the tariff. New England is
thoroughly developed, her manufac
turers no longer monopolize the
home market, they are dependent
n.-w for dividends upon the surrdus
ns Jefferson, Andrew? Jackson and
Abraham Lincoln with Mr. Bryan in
the center, under whose picture is
this inscription: "The Peopl s Choice'
s: tjntt t"-i h a leeend. "Enemies of
Specia.4 Privileges," and on the bot
om is "I pnoiuers of Equality of 'he
Law. Just above Mr. Bryan's head
in the picture are inscribed "Heal
Americans," and "Popular States
JBG, S. C. FRIDAY. API
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There was turkey an' cranberry sauce a
i't no teeater!"
in foreign markets where the Soutn
I sells her cotton. The Western
I Republican has become the extreme
: high protectionist and Massachu
setts is now for free trade in the
! raw material, which she manufac
\ t.ures. The shoes we formerly bought
!in Massachusetts now come from
Missouri. The factories have gone to
the hides just as they are coming to '
the cotton, and the East can no long
er compete in the home market with
the West. You cannot protect cot
ton so long as the home market con
sumes but one-third of the raw ma
terial. It is our-duty, therefore, to
combine with the free traders of New
'England and thns secure fair treat
ment for our farmers.
Our cotton crop for the past year
Is estimated to bring into this coun
try in foreign gold seven hundred
millon of dollars, while our cotton
manufacturers bring in only thirty
two million. This condition should
not he allowed to exist. We must
manufacture at home every pound
of cotton we raise and Instead of
exporting raw cotton cloth. Qur
prosperity will never "be permanent
until this is done. We should stand
by our cotton manufacturers and de
mand for -them fair treatment It is
an anomalous fact that England last
year built more new cotton mills In
three counties than were constructed
in the entire outside world. Cotton
machinery can be purchased in En?
land fifty per cent, cheaper than the
mills can buy In New England and
yet we are forced by the iniquitous
tariff policy to pay the price. The
Southern cotton farmer and the
Southern cotton manufacturer should
go hand in hand into this light for
their interests are of the same. The
gamblers in cotton futures who at
tempt to fix the price of wur crop bo
fore it is even planted, Bhould be
outlawed- and treated the same as
other criminals. Cotton is still king,
but he Is taxed to death and enslaved
by a party Intent upon making him
pay the expenses .of the government
and to fatten their insatiable finan
cial cormorants. I believe, it is time
for the young Southernar to demand
a voice in the government of this na
tion. The men who now control
the politics of our country were not
in the Civil War and It is nonsense
and cowardly for the press of the
South to continue to print the fear
of a so called rebel control as a
scare crow to Southern brains and
ambition. The most loyal Americans
today live in the South and the fight now
being made by the president of "he
United States against his own party
for honesty in business and govern
mental affairs and against predatory
wealth and the cupidity of our mil
lionaires and trust magnates finds its
ablest champions In one section.
Another iquity that I shall en
deavor to blot out, is the pension
policy of the Republican party. The
ease with which every free hooter
and camp follower now gets his
name upon the pension rolls is ap
palling. We have paid to Northern
soldiers since the war ended $3,551,
025,051.17 or enough to buy the
States of Maryland, Virginia. North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Ixmisinna at their assessed values
for taxation. The South pays the
major portion of this tax and gets
nothing In return. We were not ag
gressors in the Civil War. the refus
al of the North to acept the decision
Of the Supreme Court of the United
States upon a constitutional question
in the Dred Scott case was practi
cally a nullification of that instru
ment and therefore, according to
their construction, a declaration of
war. The South fought in defense
of the constitution. This is now ac
? epted as true by all writers of history
'and has practically been snstaine'il by
jthe Supreme Court of the United
iStates. The President who hro spent.
I most of his life writing articles and
books deflamatory of Southern states
men r id beroe3, in his last message
to Co igress. he thus speaks of this
conflict, "There is grave need of rhose
-?tern qualities shown alike by the
men ?.f the North i> td men of the
South in the dark ' ys when each
I valiantly battled for the llgM as *'
! was given each to see the lig t. their
'spirit should be our spirit as we striv
to bring nearer the d:.y when giced
? and trickery and cunning shall be
trampled :uder foot by those who
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n' pumpkin pie and"?
?Williams ir. Philadelphia Ledger.
fight for righteousness that exaleth
I a nation." The Confederate soldier
battled for the light as given by the
only source from whence it could
come, the sun of the constitution?
the Supreme Court of the United
States. Such being the case I shall
demand that the Confederate soldier
be treated as the equal of the Federal
soldiers and granted an equal pen
sion in his old age as a brother who
fought for the light as he saw it and
as he was in duty bound to accept it
from its only source the highest ,
Court in the Union.
Finances.
Under our Constitution Congress ,
alone has the power to coin money. ,
I shall advocate an elastic currency, ,
issued by the government and in- |
dorsed by the entire resources of |
our country. ,
The great trouble with this ques- |
tion is the tendency on the part of
our financiers and statesmen to treat
money as a commodity and n ot.as a
medium of exchange. The idea of
money being sold in the open market 1
to the highest bidder like real estate
or mules and horses is something
unique to the student of political
economy and yet this is the specta- I
cle we witness when a scare is pro- i
duced in our financial centres. :
The . volume of money cannot be I
arbitrarily fixed, its only regulator i
should be the volume of produce it i
is snuposed to represent the amount l
of cotton, corn and manufactured I
products it is supposed to exchange
and stand as a pledge for. The idea
.that money should have an intrinsic
value is unsound and absolutely an
tagonistic to the object and function
of money. What we need is to go
back to first principles, to Adam
Smith, instead of relying upon men,
who never see anything but a dol
lar, to make the financial policy of
this government men who look upon
money as the only product of the
country, we should consult men who
manage the farms, the mills and the
mines, which produce the real source
of our wealth and who believe that
monew is stamped by the govern
ment for the purpose of aiding them
in exchanging their products. Then
and not until then will we have a
sound financial policy. Turn the
money changers out of the temple
and place therein honest men who
produce something and the country
will be safe.
I am unalterably opposed to tho
establishment of a central bank in
Washington to handle the currency
of our government. This is Republi
can doctrine pure and simple and
means ultimate monarchy and the
centralization of government. Our
experience with a central bank has
I been disastrous. It was corrupted to
defeat Andrew- Jackson for presi
dent.
Thrice has it been tried, corrupt
ed and repudiated and I do not be
lieve there is a Republican in con
gress who has the temerity to pro
pose It, to say nothing of its advo
cacy by a South Carolina Democrat.
The Panama Canal will soon be
completed and with it will return
the importance and commercial ad
vantages of our ports, Charleston.
Port Royal and Georgetown. I shall
stand for their opening and improve
ment for I believe that our exports
of cotton and manufactured products
should go through our own ports.
The day is not far distant when we
should manufacture all the cotton
we produce. When it does come
these manufactured products should
be warehoused, sold and exported
ifrom Charleston and our o'her ports.
I To this end the manufacturers of our
'state and financiers of our port cit
ies should co-operate to make our
mills independent of outside capital
ists. We must hasten the day when
I the agents of the outside world will
come to our ports to buy and ship
I cotton goods instead of raw cotton.
1 To bring about this result we must
.have an increase in industrial work
ers of character. We cannot build
I mills to si ?Mid idle for want of oper
n*t?< ? Already our labor supply Is
(below the demand. We cannot stag-1
Xvo -"list go forward as other
[ ;t *? (*s will take our place.
The negro has been tried and
prov I a failure as an artisan. He
cannot be used in manufacturing, the|
wl ife man must take his place. Nnne
'ut the most narrow minded, short
ivisloned demagogue can fall to real
Ize the problem that confronts us.
It is cowardice to leave it to our pos
terity. The white roan's ranks must
be filled, we cannot wait for' rein
forcements after the battle is on. The
only hope of the negro Is in segraga
tion, h emust be placed in a hopeless
minority wherever he may be, other
wise a race war is inevitable. . There
are only two flags, white and black,
under which will you enlist? I
stand for the white.
Drainage.
The. coast section of our State is
one of the richest in the world. Our
forefathers appreciated it and by a
system of canals, endeavored to
drain the swamps and claim the
abundant fruits of the soii. I pledge
my best efforts to get for our State
what the West is getting for irriga
tion. We are entitled to it and with
proper representation it can be had.
Water Powers.
Our chief hope, to be able to man
ufacture our produce cheaper than
elsewhere in the world, lies in the
development of our abundant natural]
water powers. These are now being
harnessed and brought to our doors
in the form of electricity. To pre
serve them it is absolutely necessary
to protect the forest upon our moun
tains from the ravage" of the axemen.
If the trees are cut down we shall
soon have bare rocks incapable of
retaining the water and our hopes for
cheap power will be blasted. The
Appalachian Park should be estab
ished and I pledege my efforts in its
behalf.
Inter-State Commerce.
Congress alone has the power to
regulate inter-state commerce. I be
lieve the laws now on the statute
books amply sufficient to protect the
people against oppression on the part
Df corporation interest. Their strict
enforcement is all that Is necessary
tnd this will he insured by the ap
pointment of an honest commission.
I have not endeavored in this paper
:o, do more than direct attention to
;he most important, questions as I
;ee them. I shall in my speeches be
'ore the people let them know my
position in every question affecting
:heir interests, Irrespective of the
;onsequences. If I am elected I shall
levote my whole time to the people's
:ause. If I am defeated I will not sulk
n the camps, but will continue, as I
tave always done, to work for the
tpbuilding of the State and the en
ightment of our people.
A LEOPARD IN HAMPTON".
Jenst Supposed to Have Escaped
From Circus is Killed.
A dispatch from Hampton to the
3tate says an animal bearinc the
esmblance of a leopard was Killed
Jonday by Frank Linto in the Grays
leighborhood about 12 miles from
lampton. This animal passed
hrough the lower part of the coun
y last week frightening the people
n the community through which it
.raveled until it wandered ts way
o Grays where it was slain. The
mimal was about three feet in
weight and bore spots characteristic
>f a leopard which Is supposed to
lave escaped from some circus.
BRDGE FALLS.
Three Men Watching High Water
Swept to their Death.
Three men were drowned by the
collapse or n suspension bridge at
Rockkk, W. Va., spanning Bluestone
River. The victims were standing on
the bridge with five other men and
boys, watching the rushing current
when the bridge gave way, precipita
ting the entire eight into the river
Five were washed down stream to a
point where the river had overflowed
its banks and were lodged in trees
from which tney were rescua. The
bodies of the three victims have not
been recovered.
DEATH CAUSED BY LAUGHTER.
Widow Overcome by Joke Related at
a Social Function.
At New York overcome by laugh
ter at a joke by a member of the com
pany she was atending, Mrs. Anna
Ferrera a widow forty-two years old,
was unable to stop the laught parox
ysm. She fell to the floor, was lift
Je back into her chair, gasping for
breath and before the horrified guests
realized that anything serious was ^he
matter she was dying. Before a phy
sician who was summoned could
reach the house she was dead.
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Wife of Grocery man Sends Bullet
into her Breast.
A special to The News and Courier
from Spartan burg says Airs. Luuie
Sharp, wife of .1. lb Sharp, a grocer
committed suicide Thursday after
noon by shooting herself in the chest
with a ?,2-calibre p.stol. Desponden
cy is said to have been the cause of
the act. She walked into her room
and seizing her husband's pistol plac
ed it to her bhreast. and fired. She
died almost instantly.
Abbeville Gets Building.
A dispatch from Wsahiugton says
building and grounds Wednesday or
dered reported bills for new bulld
thoi Senate committee on public
ings ot Muskegee. Oklahoma, $2<;r,.
000; Abbeville. South Carolina. $75,
000; and Miami. Florida, $75,000.
Return Flags.
At Trenton. X. .1.. Thursday the
house passed the senate joint reso
lution providing for the return of
Southern fiags taken during the Civ
il War. -
81.50 PER ANNUM.,
THEY ARE GLAD.
Republicans Are Jubilant ] That
Senator Tillman is Absent
ARE AFRAID OF HIM.
The Republican Leaders Said to Bo
Breathing Easier Than in Years
Because of the Enforced Absence
of the Senior Senator From South
Carolina.?Democrats Will Greatly
Miss Dim and His Leadorship.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says since it
was announced a lew days ago that
Senator Tllman's physicians had
positively forbidden him to return to
Washington before the beginning of
the next session of Congress and in
the meantime had ordered a complete
change of livng in every respect,
there has been a considerable amount
of discussion as to who will take his
part in the Denver Convention and
will lead the Senate until he returns.
It is said that Republican leaders
are breathing easy now for the first
time since Tillman went to the Sen
ate. While they admit that he has
tcned dov#n considerable since his
advent into Washington political life
he is still, they say, anything but
docile, and what troubV-> them most
is that they never can tell just where
or when he is going to break out.
That part of the Senator's make-up
has given them more trouble than
a little and many# times when they
thought him quieted he was only
gathering more material for a still
mightier onslaught.
Beveridge, Lodge, Aldrich, Hale,
in fact all the big men on the Re
publican side of the Senate wear a
different look now from that to bo
found on their features two weeks
ago. They knew Tillman was a
fighter who did not know the mean
ing of the word fear and they had to
guess many times justwhere to
tackle in order to get a hold. Some
times they held him, sometimes they
threw him, but it v.as always be
cause of the combined forces of the
Repubblleans on one side as opposed
to the half-hearted help of the Dem
ocrats on the other.
No- man who had made plans to
attend the Denver Convention will bo
more missed than Tillman and many
Democrats who expect to attend from
different parts of the United States
have so expressed themselves. He
was to be the central figure?certain
ly so far as the South is concerned?
unless it be Bailey, of Texas, and
there is now serious doubt whether
the great Texas orator will be al
lowed to present his State or not.
lowed to represent his State or
not. There will be other
Democrats from various sections of.
the country, but all eyes- were be
ginning to centre on Tillman and
Bailey as the two Southern leaders.
The people of Texas have never
been able to believe that their for
mer idol, Bailey, was entirely divor
ced from the sCandal that two years
ago came near ending his political
life, when his alleged connection
with the Waters-Pierce Oil Company
became known to them. In order
that the people of Texas may vote on
the issue as to whether Bailey shall
he one of the four delegates at large
to the Denver Convention a special
election is to be held May 2. Should
it be decided at that election that
Bailey shall not attend two of the
foremost Democrats in political life
to-day will be absent?Tillman and
Bailey.
EARTHQUAKE PREDICTED.
By a Roaring Well at Beloit, Wis.%
On Two Occasions.
The "roaring well" ne?r Beioit.
Wis., prdicted the Mexican earth
quake as it did the one at San Fran
cisco. The well is m ilie farm of
Charles Lathers, northeast of Beloit.
It roared for several weeks, before
the great earthquake at San Francis
co, and the curious sound of rum
bllngs, together with wind from tho
month of the well ceased at the pre
cise hour when the shock struct, the
California city. On the day, a little
over a week ago when the well re
sumed its roaring, residents of Rock
county predicted a calamity. Mon
day it came, at Chilapa, Mexico.
TROUBLE AT CL?.....,?)N'.
Over Half of the Boys look Holiday
on Wednesday.
A dispatch from ._.emson to Tho
Slate says a little more than naif the
cadets, principally lower Classmen,
taking advantage of April 1, too*
houday and went, to Pendleton this
morning. All the seniors, most of
the members of the atnietlc teams*
and a number of all classes remrin
ed at the college -nd are attending
their regular duties. T':>e uis?lplin?
commit^ is consilderng the matter
but It I- not known wlv.t actoinn it
will takke.
Will Return Hags.
The New Jersey House of Repre
sentatives Wednesday passed the Sen
se's joint resolution providing for ?
the return of Southern flags taken
during the civil war. The flags are
to be givento the organizations from
which they were captured,^.