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THE CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOI
John Sharp Williams Will Romaii
Minority Loader?Practically all
Opposition to Him Has Beon
Dissipated.
Nows and Courier.
Washington, November 28.? Coining
events?political and otherwisecast
their shadows before them, ani
as the day for the sixtieth Congress
to open approaches a fairly accural
vision may be had of what is likelj
to take place among our nationa
law-makers during the next six 01
seven months.
As stated in a dispatch to the News
and Courier the ball will start tc
rolling Saturday afternoon when the
Democrats of the liou.se will caucu.to
select a successor to ReprosenlaJive
John Sharp Williams, who lias
been minority leader Cor about sixteen
years. When Senator Bailey,
tlion a representative from the State
of Texas, gave up the minority leadership
he was succeeded by Representative
Richardson, of Tennessee. After
he had held the place for a short
lime he gave place to Mr. Williams,
the present incumbent.
A week ago it looked as if the
friends ol Representative DeArmand,
of Missouri, would mass their forces
to oust. Mr. Williams when the caucus
meets, but Mr. Williams has been
gaining strength so rapidly sinco his
defeat of Coventor Vardaman for
tlvo senate that there is now littlo
roasorn to believo that the Williams
opponents will make more than a demonstration
of opposition. On the
streets today and in political circles?
wherever Democrats are gathered?it
is the belief that. .Judge DeArmand
will run even though ho should receive
only the voles of those Democrats
dissatisfied with Mr. Williams
and his administration for personal
reasons.
It is practically certain at the same
time thai for the sake of party harmony
no -oilier Democrat will allow
his name to go before the caucus. In
thai event Mr. William's re-election
will be certain.
II is not al all cerlain llial "ITnelo
?Ioe'' Cannon will be re-elected
Speaker of (lie House, although there
were in the last house 240 Republicans
as against LKi Democrats, and
the proportion will not be greath
different during the next, congress
and thai number, ordinarily, would
be enough to -elect him without the
least trou'ble. II must, be understood
however, thai of I he 21!) Republican
members all are not Cannon men
and should another strong Republican?of
the stamp of Tawney, 01
Payne, or Dal/ell come oul for the
speakership I lie Republican element
ol the house would not show a solid
front for ('annou by any means.
There are a number, of leading Republicans
in 1 he house as well as
Democrats who do :iol countenance
Mr. Cannon's methods ai all limes,
and the statement has frequently
been made by some of tliein thai they
might as well be at home as for the
results ; Iccompii.->:ied hv them under
the Cannon regime.
The real fight on Mr. Cannon is
coming, if the present plans of President
Compels, of the American Federation
of Labor, ami his co-workers
are carried out. because they say I hoy
cannot, under M r. Cannon's dictatorship
and rulings as well as his bossisiii
ol commit lees, secure proper
legislation In protect (lie labor people
of the I niled Stales. Ilis shortcomings
during the three congresses
he has served as speaker are. set out
at length in the circular letters going
over the I'uited Stales in the effort
to defeat him for re-election to
that place. In these circulars each
instance whereby his rulings were
against the interests of organized labor
have received special attention.
Chief of these is cited his action in
regard to the labor amendments to
the Sherman anti-trust law, the employers'
liability bill, the project of
ereatin a depart me.ll of labor with a
secretary in I he president's cabinet,
the eight-hour labor bill, (he abuse
of the injunction measures and the
bill relating to alien labor on the
Panama Canal. Mr. Cannon i*. charged
with having ruled against the interests
of organized labor in each of
these instances. These are some of
1he greivances Mr. Coinpers and his
associates in the Federal ion of Ijiltor
have chalked up against Mr. Cannon.
It remains, therefore, to see
which is the strongest?the Federation
of Labor backed by three million
members or Joseph C. Cannon,
speake? of the house of representatives
and leader of the 250 Republican
members.
P. TL McO.
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A woman's idea of economy is to
buy a f>-cent loaf of bread instead
of a dollar sack of flour.
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? j THE LA.ST DUEL
i In South Cai'olina Was Fought More
Than Twcuty-thrco Yoars
Ago.
I
J. JI. Godfrey in Daily Mail.
The last duel fought in South Car
olina, according lo the regular duel- I
code, was iought albout 23 yoars
1 jvgo when Col. JO. li. Cash shot and
> killed Col. Shannon.
3 This duel occurred at Dubose's
!>iidge, then in J)arlington county,
' but now in I^eo.
The people of tho lower part of
lnis stale have I his incident fresh in
' their memories, hut the majority of
' tho up-eoiintry people have forgot-j
'1 '' A( the time, it caused a great |
'ideal ??|* laik :i 11 over the state, hut a!
-ieater pari of this talk subsided
1 J when ( ol. ( ash was acquitted bv a
Darlington jury.
I ' "''I be recalled that Col. Cash1
was one ol (hi* most prominent oil- '
i/.ens of his community, lie owned j
considerable land and was a prosper-]
j ous planter. 11 is wile was a Miss I
j Kllerbe ol one ol the best families in |
| lower South Carolina.
| When I lie war bet ween tho states
broke out. Col. Cash was one of the
lirsi lo go to the front. lie was
elected colonel of a regiment, which i
position he held until his term, to
which he had been elecl'od, expired.
When tho second election of officers
of the regiment was held, Col. Cash's
name was dropped out. It is said
that on this account, he put some otic
in the ranks in his place, and then
relumed lo his South Carolina home,
saving V! i a I men were needed on tlu:
I arms to raise provisions for t he mon
in (lie army.
11 seems that. Col. Cash's wealth
really belonged lo his wife and when j
I hey separated, she placed her estate [
| in the. bands !' Sh>nnon & Depass,'
| prominent attorneys in (nitnden.
Mrs. ( ash had a brother named j
I'ob hllei'he. and it is frequentIv??
said that lie caused the difIerenccs to
exist between Col. ('ash and Col.
Shannon, which resulted i:i the duel.
Others say thai Col. Cash, in need of
> money, looked fo ('ol. Shannon lo
[ j supply his need, which Col. Shannon *
'j ret used to do. II is a matter of his
j lory, however, that Col. Cash a:rd his
I young son, Klleiibe liogan Cash, dr..
who had only recently graduated as
, i captain at the Virginia, Military inI
si it n(c, became enraged with Col.
Shannon and that both of litem starl,
ed by private conveyance from their
i eouutrv home at Cash's station to
, Camden to challenge 'Col. Shannon.
It is further said thai the father did
not know that the son was oil the
' same mission, nor did the son know
j I ha I (lie father was on his way to
, issue a challenge. . They made their
I trip separately, and when young ('ash j
I arrived at ( amdcit. lie found that his |
. lather had been there before him and '
j had already accorded Col. Slianun.i a,
, elialleiige, which was promptlv ac- !
{copied. Young Cash, although dis-I
j appointed, (hen challenged Col. Shan-I
[lion's law partner. Mr. Depass. ami!
I likewise this elmIleiige was accepted. I
ll was arranged thai Shannon and
I I'lie elder <('ash should nice! at Duj
bose s bridge on a certain morning at j
| sunrise. Col. Cash was an excellent
jsnol. Mis reputation was known fa? j
j and wide.
line lo their honor. Shannon audi
j Cash appeared al the dueling place
'at t lie appointed hour. It is said thai
Col. ('ash wanted'to les| his pistol
j before the duel and |i|ial he did lire
one snot through a board in a fence
| ami that he afterwards emptied tho
j remaining shots in the chamber
| t>lirough I he same hole.
I lie decision as lo who should have
j lirst shot was duly arranged accordI
ing lo the dueling code and it fell lo
J Col. Shannon's luck that be won. Col.
I Shannon, who either was very much
: excited or because he was a poor
{shot, lircd wide of his mark. It is
j --aid that his bullet hit in the mud
j directly in lYonl of Col. Cash and
jthat it spattered mini on Col. Cash's
clothes. This did not unnerve the
| stead\ colonel, lor he placed himself
j in position ami lircd and Shannon
dropped dead.
j I' has bee i said that Col. Cash
I U"IV :l breast plate at the lime of j
| the duel, but Ibis rumor has been do-I
| uied by bis I rieuds and associates.'
( ol. Cash was arrested and his trial
j followed, which resulted in a verdict
| of not guilty.' If is said that he
had a Irieivd in the jury room who
| had agreed with him to display by a
signal with his hand how the jury!
stood after retiring with (he case and!
thai vtfler being out some time, Col.l
Cash learned from his friend thai
several were for acquittal and the
others for eonvictiion. TTe then retired
!o get a full night's sleep witlij
out waiting to learn of the verdict,
j lb" duel between young Cash and
Mr. Dopiuss novor materialized. It
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\..v- ii.-riv,. ;im| that ^liis duel^liould I
take place in An.so a county, N. C. I
As Mr. He puss' road to., the dueling
placo It'll liini through Chcslerllehl
court house, lie was arrested there
and put under a peace bond. Some
people havo intimated that he allowed
the news to go out to tho court
house he Tore he arrived there that ii<*
expected to pass through on his way
to tho duel. This may bo doing him
an injustice, but yet it is claimed
by Cash's friends.
Col. Cash died at a ripe old age.
IT is son had quite a different ending,
lie was shot down and killed by a
posse, who had been ordered by the
governor to kill him at sight. Ho had
killed several people and ho had been
declared an outlaw. '
It will be recalled Hint he and his
bosom friend. Sam Lee, were round in i(
a IiiiI in a u? i (' .rest on the Pec |
Deo river and that the posse sur- I
rounded tin? house at daybreak one
morning and began firing I it rough
the wcnthcphonrding. Lee was the
lirst inmate l>> leave the house, lie
jumped out of the door and was recognized
by some of the members of
the posse, lint the men in the posse
on the other side of the 'house could
see nothing of him but his legs and
lircd mi him. The result is that Lee
is limping around near the Cash
plantation even to this day. Young'
Bogan Cash was finally forced to
leave his refuge, which proved to be
not much of one. and a<s he stepped I
out of the door, ho was riddled with
bullets. It. is said that bo lired several
shots at the posse after lie had ]
fallen to the ground.
Itogan Cash was a good man when j
bo left the Virginia Military insti- ]
lute. It is said that he made the best ,
captain that that instituition ever .
had. Hut. his associations, after his
return to his home, were too much ,
for 11iin and lie soon went from good ,
'? bad and from bad to wor>c. lie '
was buried ill the family burial {
ground near the front slops of the '
('ash mansion. And on hi< tomb- ;
stone bis aged father had lliis inseription
cut. "Kllorbe liogan Cash,
born ?? and murdered ." And,
in Latin on the lower part of the '
slab is a verse which asks the question.
who shall alone for thi> foul
deed and states that his best friends 1
deserted him and shot him d"\vu.
It. is a matter of history that his
classmate, also a captain of the Virginia
Miliary institute, was captain'1
of the Cheraw guards during the oe- ,
eurrences related above and that this'
friend was ordered b\ i In* governor
to capture Cash dead or alive.
I?ut the last duel in this state was
between Col. Cash and (' >1. Shannon, !
for the South Carolina general as-I
seni'blv soon after the duel, enacted |
an anti-dueling law. whi< i is yet on :
t lie statute books of ihi 'ate.
A w <man can bra-.v :11 somebody
in the family being an invalid, i
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Sunday, November 24th, 1907, the
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