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PUBLISHED THREE T WANTS um Ggvsraor B lease Asks Tas? an Investi gaiioa Be Made into ?ie II MSPfJJSARY M?HERS -" . Wants tho legislature to Seek Out Every Transaction Of the Winding ?Up Commission, and Hints at Ir regular ties on the Part of Mem bers and the Attorney-General. Governor Blease sent to. the-gen oral assembly Tuesday afternoon a >-c,'.\"''ii'-'V;."? CV/ "?/''?'? ? ? ? ??CjC message >'hich startled the legisla tors with an urgent demand for a thorough ' investigation of the dis pensary winding-up commission. Numbers of specific transactions sup posed by ':he governor to have been made by the commission are men ? tioned, with the insistent recommen dation that each be carefully looked ir.to. The message in full follows: To tho General Assembly: Just ai-'ter my nomination as governor, I noticed i:o the papers (and as I have noticed no correction, I take it to. ha true) that the commission for winding-up the affairs of the Sta-;e dispensary had a meeting at which I was freely discussed, and expressed, fears as to themselves, when I be came governor. If they had done ? c no wrong I see no reason why they should fear any harm from me. If they are guilty of wrong-doing, it is tip to you to investigate them. ?I would like for you to investi gate them fully and find ont for the people of South Carolina what C*iid become of the large amount of alco hol thai; was on hand at the time this com mittee took charge; to whom it was sold, at what price, and what was the regular price at that tirae5 so as to see if the State was not a heavy loser in .that transaction. Also, w'iat salary, or how much fees each member of. that commission has received, since he has served, on* the board, and how much per diem ? they have received for their services on that, day; if car fares, (railroad fares a c>d other expenses have been charged against the State which were not incurred by the member receiv ing payment therefor. Also how much actual cash has & .been tamed.over.to the.State treas urer; how much has been paid oirc and how much is left as profit to the taxpayers. What criminal cases have been compromised and what were the conditions of the compromise? rfas the attorney general received any ! money, and if so by whom $vas it paid 'and for what? Why the com mission kept the Clark lot of whis key after Governor Ansel had dis missed the former members of the hoard of control for bi ying this same whiskey? Did Clark rebate the present commission? If so, where4 is the rebate money? How much, more than $5,000 did Farnum pay and where is it? What were the conditions of the Goodman oompro mise? What were the conditions of the- Fleischmann compromise? If money was paid in these traussc tions, where is .'.t? What was, the ' agreement had with ex-Governor John Gary Evans and ex-State Chair man H. ,H. Evans, for information jgiven by them at conference held in 'Atlanta, between.' these gentleman, !, Attorney General Lyon and Attor ney Felder? Why were other mem bers of the various boards of con -trol Hot Indicted? What became of the report of the detectives to the cOmtmittee of certain members of the house and senate and why wa3 this report not made public? 'What were Felder's fees, and why was he not prosecuted, when It was known that he was attorney for a liquor house and was favored with purchase?; from dispensary boards and rebates were paid for these purchases? What criminal prosecutions have been brought, who has been convicted and what has it cost the State? A thorough investigation of this entire matter, gentlemen, will give a great deal of satisfaction to your 'constituents. There ard those who believe that the State has l?st more through the windlng-up commission than it has ever lost th'rOVigh the ?State dispensary system* Whether this be true or not, it \s not for me to say. I hold my belief as to cor ruption, but the people of South Carolina are entitled to the fullest ?lid freest Investigation on your part, "before the report of these men Is received and they are discharged as public ?mcials. Sbu*-h Carolina is paying bonds to day Cot debts made by scalawags and carpetbaggers, for things which her citizenship never received the benefit therefor. Under her Democratic gov ernment, she bought whiskey at a price and sold it, made a profit on it and now repudiates the debt made by her sons, white men and Democrats. If she can repudiate this indebted ness with impunity and without a scar upon her honor, why could she not repudiate the debt of thieves and scoundrels who. were not her own people? I repeat, gentlemen, laying aside political feeling, aygniliusxzfiflffffiffi; political feeling, laying aside person al feelings and animosity, and as true citizens as you are, who love your State, love her past traditions and are proud of her future pros pects, should thoroughly in. estigate this entire matter, clear Up suspi cion against those who are innocent and prosecute "those who rare guilty, IMES A trEEK.' . dream came true A SPARTAJiBURQ LADY HAS THRILLING EXPE?niJNCE. I- :. ? . She Dreamei'1 That a Burglar Was In vs - ? ?. Her Roon^t'Which She Found True oin Awaking. > i Mrs. Mai Henrici,' wife of.the city editor of the Spartanburg Herald, J dreamed daring the early hours of Monday night that burglars would enter" her room before morning and a few hours alter having this weird dream awoke to find that really and truly there stood a burglar In tho centre of her room. ' She retired Monday night as usual, but did not sleep soundly during tne early part qic the evening. After er periencing such a dream she fell asleep. At S: 30 o'clock she awoke and'at once noticed that her room was very cold. Looking toward the window which she had left close! :t was'open and the outside shatters had also been thrown wide open. The inner shade was', pulled down and this, had been left up. .. She lay still for: a moment and soon heard the footsteps of the -mid night intruder. Creeping out of her bed on the opposite side from the robber she could plainly; see him standing by the dresser'and present ly he flashed his electric. pocket dash-light on the. bureau arid was [ransacking this for valuables. The brave young woman, attempted to creep out of the room without be ing detected but just as she reached the door and was on the point of getting into the adjoining room, where her husband was asleep, the robber flashed his light squarely into 'her face. This so frightened the young -wo man that she screamed at the top of her voice and wakened every one in the house. Her husband rushed in to the room, but at this time the burglar had jumped out of the open 'window onto the front porch and once igainlng the street, easily made his escape. Positively no clue was left. The fright of Mrs. Henrici was aw ful and almost threw her into hyster ics. However she soon recovered, and is now m her usual, good health. It was a peculiar coincidence that Mrs. Henrici should dream of the approach of the .burglar and wake up several hours later and And one standing in the ..centre-of ^the room... KILLED BY A MADMAX. . ?4j Story Writer Shot by Man Who; Com mits Suicide. 'David Graham Phillips, editor, publicist and novelist, was shot six times Monday as he approached the Princeton club in New York by Fitz hugh Coyle Goldsborough, a Har vard man, who immediately after committed suicide. Phillips died at the hospital where he was carried Tuesday, afternoon. "There you go," snapped the as sassin, as he opened fire, and "here I go," lie echoed, as he sent a bullet into his own brain. He used a ten shot .32 calibre automatic pistol and all six shots aimed at Phillips took effect. One of them perforated the abdomen; another pierced the right lung and came out at the back; a third shattered the left wrist and a fourth drilled the right thikh. ( . Harrison W. Phillips, David Gra ham's younger brother, said that Goldsborough had been bothering David with letters and telephone calls to the Princeton club for a month or six weeks, but that his brother had never been able to learn what the man's grievance was. He thouight perhaps they had met at a Socialistic gathering and that Golds borough had insisted Phillips ought to "do something for the cause." LEOPARD CAUSES TERROR. Devourer of Six Natives TrleB to Get From Cage. Forty wild animals from East Af rica arrived Tuesday at New York on the steamer Mlh'?etonka of the At lantic Transport Company. One of the captives, a leopard, is known to have killed "ind devoured six natives previous to nis capture. On the trip across, when two days out from Southampton, the animal nearly escaped from Its cage. The leopard made its attempt at dead of night, and the uproar of the other animals when it bent aside a bar and tried to squeeze out of the cage aroused the keepers, who forced the beast back with pikes and torches. The animais are a part of the consignment of six hundred wild ani mals obtained for Rlngling's circus and shipped by Jordan & Co., of I Nairobi, East Africa. They were brought over by Dr. Ernest W. Toul min, M. R. C. S., L. R. C. P., of the University of London. Dr. Toulmin prefers the excitement of capturing wild animals to the practice of medi cine. Killed Going to Fire. At St. Lo.ui3 while responding to a fire alarm Charles Offenstein, aged 42, a horse truck driver in the local department, was thrown from his wagon and instantly killed. The fire damage amounted to $3.00. whether they be members of past boards or present. Very respectfully, Cole L. IBiesse, 'Governor. THOROUGH INVESTIGATION TO | BE MADE AT ONCE. i Throe Members of House and Three | of Senate to Inquire Into Dispen sary Matters* The special Message of Governor ] [BleaBe to. the general assembly was ) [listened to attentively on Tuesday. I It wan. received ail information, and | [ on motion of Mr. B rice of Chester, I 'brother"of J. Steel Brice, one of the [members of the winding-up commis I sloa, was spread on the journal. That night in the house Mr. Kib Ier of Newberry offered a concurrent | resolution that a joint. committee of the two bodies be appointed to in quire into the matters mentioned in i the message of the governor's office. W. F. Stevenson", attorney for the | commission, declared that the com mission seeks nothing more pleas-1 ing than to give to the people of the j 1 State all the information asked for. Attorney General Lyou stated that | he would .not talk of the matter in advance q% a formal statement, from the members of the commission, but that he wishes for every act of his as attorney general to be kno.wn to the people of the State. "A concurrent resolution to pro vide for a committee of the house and senate to Investigate the matters referred to in the igovernor's mes sage in relation to the winding up the affairs of the State dispensary and for other purposes. "Be it resolved by the house of j representative!), the senate concurr ing, That the speaker of the house of | representatives appoint three mem bers of the house and the president I of the senate appoint three members \ of- the senate to inquire into all of the matter? and things referred to in the governor's message of thej 24th inst., relating to the investiga-| tion of the dispensary by the legis lative committees . appointed in the years 1905, 1906 and 1907, and asj to the acts and doings of the State [ dispensary commission and also why the attorney general has not made| certain prosecutions. "Section 2. That the said com mittee shall have power to summon witnesses and; to require the produc tion of books, pages and documents. "Section 3. That the committee I herein provided for be permitted .to. | sit during the sessions of the house! and senate tend shall report before | the adjournment of the present ses sion." NUMBER OP BALES GINNED. Report of the Cersus Bureau on the Cotton Crop. / /Cotton 61! the- (growth of 1910 ginned prior to January :15th., ac cording to the report of the census bureau, issued at 10 o'clock Monday morning was 11,254,115 bales, compared with 9;7R7,592 in 1909; and 12,666,203 via- 1908. The per cent of the 1909 crop ginned prior to-January 16 was 97.2 while that of the 1908 crop was 96.8. Round bales included this year are 110,815 compared with 146,378 in 1909 and 232,510 in 1908. By States the number of hales ginned were: Alabama.1,171) 6.63 Arkansas... 746,247 Florida. .... 24,770 Georgia... .. ....... ..1,779,966 Louisiana.. ...... .. 242,612 Mississippi.. .. ..1,158,267 North'Carolina.718,389 Oklahoma. 906,186 South Carolina.1,178,895 Tennessee.. 297,610 Texas.2,912,244 All other States. 74,278 The distribution of Sea Island cot ton was: Florida., %..'28,782 Georgia... .. ?. ?45,436 South Carolina.. .....??. 12,193 WILL VISIT OLD HOME. Great Tunnel Builder Is a Native | of Marietta, Ga. An At lanta dispatch says that j when President Taft, Mayor Gaynor, and other notables come to Georgia) March 10th to attend the Southern Commercial congress, William G. [McAdoo, the famous "man who built the tunnel, ' will visit the scenes of his boyhood for the first time since he left his little family cottage at Marietta, in Cobb county, to attend college. Already the prograssive little Marietta chamber of commerce j has prepared an elaborate reception for the famous man who was born [in that town 45 years ago. McAd->o, I Is one of the most famous civil engi neers in the world. -??? ? Young Boy Dead Drunk. When. Mrs. Bud McBee, of Spar tanburg, opened her front door, she was greeted by the form of her 14 year-olc. boy, Sam, lying on the porch drunk is the pitiful tale told the po lice court. The Chap was dead to [the world and did not know of the (agonies that he was suffering at the time. Tramp Was Killed. An unknown negro tramp was fa tally injured, three trainmen were] slightly hurt and six freight carsj were heaped along the track as thej result "of a collision between an ex tra freight train, No. 526, and local I'frelght.'No. 63, at Klillans, 15 miles j Inorfflrof Columbia, Tuesday morning. S. C, TJBE?BSDAY. JAKU More Than Oae Hundred Suite Killed in Tbret Days Fiebl, WERE CAUGHT IN f RAP And the Mexican Troop Were Liter* ally Mowed Down by the Insur gents,, Who Had Posted Them selves in the Cliffs and Crevices of the Mountains. Advices from Mexico say that more than 100 soldiers were killed in a three days'-battle between the Mex. ican federal troops and insurgents in the mountains, between Ojinaga ana Cuchollio Parrado. Two hundred soldiers under ? Col. Dorantes with two machine guns went -to the res cue and these troops also engaged. The government troops were caught in ? trap and were literally mowed down by the storm of bul lets which siwept their ranks from three directions. The insurgents oc cupied the cliffs and mountains and the soldiers were In the road with only one way of escaping and that guarded. 01.' the 200 men who wem into the pass oaly '40 escaped, as far as known. Tijey joined the column under Col. Dorantes. The reolutionists' loss was slight, only five men being killed, according to the insurgent reports. The bat tle was the most severe fought dur ing the present trouble ,and later re ports indicate that the federal sol diers aTe retiring slowly to their for tified camp at Ojinaga, pressed on every side by the rebels. The fight ing started on the 16th when a small band of. insurgents was routed at Coyania. A column of 200 soldiers pursued the fleeing insurgents and walked into thfe trap set for them. The road winds through a narrow canon forming a "cul de sac" into which the'government troops march ed. When all were In the pass, the insurgents swept down the moun tainside In. the road behind them and the firing 'began. It is believed that about 200. insurgents were en gaged. They ;Jay behind rocks and poured a steady fire into the govern ment troops. A detachment of in surgents was. seen after the fight with 32/'captuVed Mi-.user rifles. ? 'The' batt:teV?a^ted all day January 17.- On January 18, Col. Dorantes' advanced from Ojlnagia with rein forcements. He circled about, avoid ing the deadly pass, and entered the mountains from the west. He dis covered the insurgents and a contin uous fight for two days followed. Dorantes has retired Into the foot hills and is awaiting reinforcements. Last night another column of 100 soldiers left Ojinaga for the relief of Dorantes. Several wounded insur gents and a number of wounded sol diers have been taken to San Juan. The insurgents had cared for the wounded soldiers, treating them with the same consideration shown their own men. There are about 800 sol diers and armed citizens of the gov ernment forces near Ojinaga and the insurgents have about the same num ber in the districts ? Insurgents who were in the fight last Tuesday declared that 150 sol diers were killed. A federal army officer with the reinforcements re ports that 100 federals were killed. No reports have been received re garding the casualties in the fighting Thursday and Friday. FIVE DIE IN FIRE. A Lady, Her Three Children and Maid All Perished. A.t Toronto, Ontario, five persons were burned to death early Sunday morning in a fire which destroyed the residence Of Percy C. Brooks, manager and treasurer of the Canad ian Fairbanks Company, and the Morsa Canadian Manufacturing Com pany- The house was at 435 Indian road, in the western end of the city, a fashionable residence section. The dead are: Mrs. Brooke, her three children, Percy, Jr., 7 years old; George, 4 years, and Wendel, 3 years, and a maid serant whose name is not known. The only other occupant of the building, the second maid, saved her life by jumping, but was seriously burned and will probably die. She was unable to give the police any ac count of the tragedy. HE WANTED TO GO. Wealthy Georgia Planter Takes His Life At Last. After being defeated in his effort to commit suicide with a razor, James Maddox, aged 60, a wealthy planter, of Butts county, cut his throat with a pocket knife, and then finding death coming too slow ly, he rammed a pair of long scis sors down his throat. Death resulted in a few minutes. Maddox's attempt to use the razor was frustrated by his three sisters, who overpowered him after a hard struggle. Just as the women turned to leave him, how ever, he drew a long-bladed knife from his pocket and cut his throat from, ear to ear.. As 'his sisters again rushed to his side. Maddox snatched up a pair of scissors and shoved them into, his mouth, split ting the windpipe. Maddox had been ill for a long time. fARY. 26. 1911. RESENTED INSULT MOKDEOM CALLS GRACE A LIAR IN PROBATE COURT. Lawyers Meet Again in Adjoining Of fice When Suggestions of Using "Hot Lead" Are Made. A lively wrangle between the law yers, Messrs. Grace and Mordecai, with the exchange of epithets mark ed the hearing Tuesday of the will case of the late Michael C. O'Neill in the probate court in Charleston, nec essitated the adjournment of the court, on account of the confusion, but not until Sheriff Martin had been sent for to restore order., ?Capt. Edmund Kemble was on the witness stand on crossrexamination. A question of an original ' paper in the case precipitated a discussion be tween the attorneys which then be came personal between Messrs. Grace and Mordecai. Attorney Smith representing Mr. Mordecai asked for the production of one of the original papers In tne case in the possession of Messrs. Lo gan and Grace, attorneys for the Misses O'Neill, bringing the remark from Mr. Grace that he feared to let it leave his custody. Mr. Smith inquired to know if Mr. Grace meant to infer that he would steal it, which Mr. Grace de nied as to Mr. Smith, and when Mr. Mordecai who was at the side" of his counsel asked if the attorney re ferred to him. Mr. Grace said that he did. Mr. Mordecai then called Mr. Grace a liar. Mr. Grace attempted to reach him and the. disturbance occurred which brought about the suspension of the court for the day, with the probate judge sending for the sheriff to re store order. . In an adjoining office and In the corridor of the building the lawyers came together .but no blow was pass ed. According to Mr. Grace he de manded ah apology which was re fused unless he would retract the change, of theft. Mr. Mordecai sug gested "a meeting outside of the State" while. Mr. Grace wanted to have a fistcuff settlement. ? Mr. Mordecai, who is a much .older man than Mr. Grace, said he was not physically able to meet Mr. Grace, when Mr. Grace expressed a willing ness to use "hot lead." Serious trouble was however averted. GREAT RIOT'S IN CHINA. Trouble Caused by the Killing of a Chiijcse Coolie. American Consul Albert Brent (Mozer at Haukom, China, communi cated with his government, asking that a gunboat be sent to that port to protect American interests In the event of a continuation of the riot ing that bejan yesterday. Disorders began following the,cir culation of a. report that the British police had killed a coolie. During the rioting considerable damage wat. done and the British and German ma rines were landed from gunboats In the harbor to defend the foreign community. Fighting between the Chinese and the authorities supported by the ma rines resulted in the death, probably, of twenty Chinamen. Several for eigners were hurt. Monday the foreign concessions were protected by Chinese troops. The rioters, who have been checked in their lawlessness, have instituted a boycott against all foreigners. Business in the city has been sus pended. LUKE LEA WINS. Elected Senator From Tennessee by Legislature. (A dispatch from Nashville says striking at the psychological move ment Monday won for Editor Luke Lea, of the Tennessean, the United State Senatorship, in the fight before the Legislature over the seat soon to he made vacant by Senator Jas. B. Frazier. At 1 o'clock Monday morn ing Mr. Lea said he would not allow his name to be used. At 11 a. m. Monday the Fusionists had decided to vote solidly for one candidate, but whom they did not know. At 11:30 they had decided to drop B. A. En loe, whom i.hey had been supporting, and go to Mr. Lea, who had just given his consent to being put in the race. He was nominated at 12:30. The victory of Lea is one for pro hibition and a distinct defeat to the Patterson wing of the party. BALKED AT DOG BEDFELLOW. Husband's Woe Ends and He and Wife Are Reconciled. 'Because, he said, that his wife insisted that he sleep with the fox terrier, John Dannenweiter, a baker, of No. 411 Seventeenth street, Brooklyn, left home, Magistrate Dooley was informed in the Domes tic Relations Court. Mrs. Dannenweiter said that after she was deserted she had to support herself. Dannenweiter admitted that he had left home. Why did he do \ it? Because it was not becoming to his dignity to sleep with a dog. "Where is the dog?" asked Dooley. "Lost," said husband and wife In a duet. "Then I don't see why you should quarrel," exclaimed the magistrate. THE PLAGUE IN CHINA BLACK DEATH GROWS WORSE ALL THE TIME. Over Fifteen Hundred Deaths Occur in Fudziadian, and Bodies Are Piled in the Street. A dispatch from Harbin, Manchur ia, says Fudziadian, a suburb of Har bin, and the particular plague spot of Manchuria, is to be Isolated as the first systematic ecort to exterminate the plague that has grown more threatening every day. This was decided upon at a con ference participated in by the taotai, the head of the local Chinese govern ment, and English and Chinese phy sicians. The movement is due to pressure brought by the Russian government, which, realizes the seriousness of the situation. A Russian physician who has just completed an Inspection of Fudsiad ian discovered three plague sources in the neighborhood of which 7,000 persons reside. Corpses are piled! high In the streets and in the yardsl adjoining the >omes. Last week there were 1,500 deaths in Fudziad ian. ' * The government is sending a note to the Chinese ministers abroad in- . structing them to invite the govern ments to which they are accredited to send experts to the affected dis tricts to study the bubonic plague and means for its extermination. The government offers to bear the ex penses of the crusade. Dr. Zabolotny, who has just re turned to St.. Petersburg, Russia, from a tour of inspection in the far East, states that Blagovieschtchensk, the capital of Amur province, in Asiatic Russia, Tchita, the capital of Trans-Balkalia, Siberia; Irkutsk, the capital of the government ot Irkutsk, and the maritime provinces are menaced by the plague. The doctor says European Russia is in no immediate danger. A BULLY CAME TO GRDEF. Was Shot Down and "Captured by Officers of the Law. Dalton, Ga., was thrown into a state of terror Thursday night by Horan Springfield, armed with a Colt's revolver and Winchester rifle, running amuck on the main thor oughfare. Springfield fibred \ shots, at two boys, he then had a duel with Policeman Manus, one of the latter's shots piercing Springfield's thigh. Springfield rushed to his home and secured his rifle. He gave, orders to merchants to turn off the lights and a majority of them obeyed. It was only a short time before the streets were cleared of people. It seemed that Springfield's desire was to shoot down the officers, 'for, in several in stances, he held people at the point of his rifle and, learning they were not policemen, told them to move on. He took a stand in front of the Gregory Drug Company and dared ?the police, to arrest him. Chief of Police Pincher was notified, and rushed to the scene. As the chief approached Springfield raised his rifle, and drawing sight on the offi cer, pulled the-trigger. His weapon failed to respond and, before he could eject the defective cartridge, Chief Fincher had discharged a shot gun, the entire load entering Spring field's groin, and he fell badly wounded. BODY RIDDLED AND BURNED. Story of Lynching of Negro Who Killed Brakeman. What aopears to be definite infor mation that William Johnson, a ne | gro, charged with the murder of Brakeman Humphreys, White, at jAvera, Ga.. was lynched early Sun day morning, his body riddled with bullets and later burned, was con tained in a special dispatch from that town lo the Chronicle tonight. According to the statement re ceived here, after shooting Hum phreys when he left the train to go to his home, Johnson made an ef fort to escape. So hotly was he pur sued that he gave himself up to the authorities and was placed In jail. Hardly had an hour passed, when a mob, numbering about fifty men, ap peared at f.he jail, overpowered the guard and forcibly took the negro several miles out of town, stringing him up to a tree. The body was then riddled with bullets. A fire of brush was then kindled, and when the flames had reached suf ficient intensity, it is said the ne gro's body was hurled into them and almost totally consumed. The mur der for which Johnson was lynched was a most cold blooded one, and was committed Sunday night. Took Her Own Life. At Hattiesburg, Miss., Miss Maud Hixson, a pretty 18-year-old girl, despondent because of ill health and the thought of being separated from her sweetheart, telephoned the latter, George Bony, Saturday night, and immediately drank an ounce of car bolic acid. She died Sunday at noon. Bomb Explosion in Chicago. At Chicago a bomb explosion Mon day wrecked a drug store owned by Artzio Stinano and Guiseppi Naml ana at 1001 Larribe street. The druggists had previously received letters demanding money. No one was Injured. WO CENTS PEB COPY Which WiD Fight For Establishment of Popnlar Governmenf. WHAT THEY WANT TO DO -. The Progressive Republicans Organ-, ize Themselves into a lljeague for^ the Purpose of Enforcing Their Ideals Ahout Reforms That Are Needed in the Government. Organization of the Republican Progressive league by progressive Republican senators, representatives, governors and others?an organiza tion which will fight for the estab lishment of popular government? announced at Washington on Mon day. / Plans of the new league, which have been under way since the as sembling ? of congress, were con cluded at a meeting Saturday night, at wlhich a declaration of principles was signed, a contitution adoptetd and the following officers were elect ed: ?President, Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Oregon. First vice president, Representa tive George W- Norris, Nebraska. Second vice president, Gov. Chas. S. Osborne, Michigan. ?Treasurer, Charles R. Crane, Chi cago. Executive committee, Senator Moses E. Clapp, Minnesota; Senator : Jos T. Bristow, Kansas'; Representa tive E. H. Hubbard, Iowa; Represen tative Irvine L. Lenroot, Wisconsin; Representative-elect Wm. L. Kent, California; Glfford Plnchot, Penn sylvania; George L. Record, New Jersey, and the president, vice presi dent and the treasurer, members ex officio. The declaration of principles signed by nine Republican United States senators, the governors of six Republican States, 13 members of the house and others, is as follows: . "We, the undersigned, associate ourselves together as the National Progressive Republican league. "The object of the league ,1s the . promotion of. popular government and progressive legislation. "Popular government in America been thwarted and progressive ? leg .slatlon strangled by the' special Interests which control caucuses, del egates, conventions and party organ izations, and, through control of the machinery of government, dictate nominations and platforms, elect ad ministrations, le?islators, representa tives in congress and United States senators and control cabinet officers. "Under existing conditions legisla tion in the public interests has been ? baffled and defeated. This Is evi denced by the long struggle to secure laws but partially effective for the control of railway rates and services, the revision of the tariff In the in terest of the producer and consumer, statutes dealing with trusts and com binations based on sound economic principles as applied to modern in dustrial and commercial conditions,, a wise, comprehensive and impartial reconstruction of the banking and monetary laws, the conservation of coal, oil, gas, timber, water powers and otlier natural resources belong ing to the people, and for the enact ment of all legislation solely for the common good. "Just In proportion as popular gov ernment has in certain States super ceded the delegate, convention sys tem and the people have assumed control -of the machinery of govern ment, has government become respon sive to the popular will and progres sive legislation been secured. "The Progressive 'Republican league believes that popular govern ment is fundamental to all other questions. To this end it advocates: "The election of United States sen ators by direct vote of the people. "Direct primaries for the nomina tion of all elective officials. "The direct election of delegates to national conventions with oppor tunity for the voter to express his choice for president and vice presi dent? "Amendment to State constitu tions providing for the initiative, referendum and recall. ?'A thorough, general corrupt prac tices act. / "The league will cooperate with progressives In the several States and wherever acceptable will render assistance in promoting the organiza tion of State leagues. "Whenever requested by any pro-' gressive State league or by progres sive leaders in State legislatures, the National Progressive Republican league will aid in the preparation of appropriate bills and resolutions and will furnish speakers and literature in support of legislation on the prop ositions enumerated in the five num bered paragraphs set forth in the foregoing declaration of principles." The names signed to the declara tion include the leading progressive Republicans and many private per sons prominent In the party. Little Sufferer Passes. The one-year-old infant of Prof. A. H. McCracken, of Spartanburg turned a kettle of boiling water over on Itself several days ago and died Sunday as a result of burns. The entire body of the child was covered with blisters and death put an end to the unbearable sufferings.