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JfJrAFT AND SHERMAN
11 REPUBLICAN TICKETS
p ,'^EW YORK CONGRESSMAN GETS
SECOND PLACE.
jljEf Vice Presidential Candidate Won |)ut
P? Easily?Delegates Deserting
Windy City.
Chicago, June 19.?Tnft and Slier
man!
This is the ticket of the Republican
K parly flung to I he breeze today as the
H national convention concluded with
the nomination of James S. Sherman,
V of New York, for vice president.
V Again the vast assembly was swept on
H a wave of wild exultant clamor as the
multitude, realizing that at last the
work was done and the record made
K upon which the Republican party
K goes before the country, united in one
W last mighty enthusiastic outburst to
H the men who will bear the Republican
W standard in the struggle now at hand.
L An inspiring picture was presented
B today as the convention named its
candidate for vice president. The enormous
throngs had waited through
an hour of oratory, sweltering in the
heat-laden atmosphere, packed as before,
'into solid masses of humanity,
with only here and there a few vacant
spots in the remote galleries?the delegates
in the broad -vena below, the
bright lined lines of femininity in the
encircling galleries and all over tlie
enveloping folds of "Old Glory."
From the outset it vtos distinctly a
icrman crowd, with galleries already
'nod into the choruses of Sherman
> and an invading host of Sherlarc.hers,
bearing a huge portrait
New York candidate, starting
>es ringing.
(he early arrivals on the
Weaker Cannon, yesterday
for president, here as a
.rength in the Sherman
movement. The widespread affection
for the old war horse of the party was
shown by the crowds of delegates
surging about him to -rasp his hand
and bid him welcome.
V' e preliminaries were brief, and
.it f-O.'JO the nomination speech?? for
vi<-e president began with ;i limit <>f
ten minutes to each -p?aker.
On the roll call of States Delaware
yielded to New York, and former
Lieutenant Governor Timothy L.
Woodruff mounted the platform for a
glowing speech, placing in nomination
Sherman as New York's choice
for the vice presidency. Now came a
surprise as the venerable Cannon,
with his Lincoln-like visage and shaggy
beard, emerged from the Illinois
delegation, and stepping to the plat'mi.
was yielded unanimous consent
*.<> second the nomination of Sherman.
Such a picture of sturdy, homely,
plain American citizenship as Cannon
appeared as he advanced before the
throng who rose to do him homage
has seldom been seen before in a national
convention. TTis serious face
was beaded with perspiration, his collar
melted to a rag rung l'm.p about
his neck. His vest was tin own wide
open exposing a crumpled shirt, and
the sleeves of his black alpaca coat
curled up about his dangling cuffs to
his elbows, as his waving arm emphasized
his ringing words for his colleague
and friend?James S. Sherman,
of New York.
From the outbursrs of enthusiasm
which greeted every mention of Sherman's
name it was plain that the mind
of the convention had been made up
and the decision wa"S only to be recorded.
But for a moment there was a halt
in the Sherman movement, as Senator
. Lodge, leaving the presiding officer's
chair, advanced to nominate Governor
Guild, of Massachusetts, for the vice
presidency. The sctmror's voice was
strained, but he spoke eloquently and
forcibly for the Massachusetts candidate.
Mississippi, through Chase Osborn,
added her voice for Guild, and
New Jersey brought yinvard her favorite
son in a speech by Thomas "R.
McCnrtor, nominating former Governor
Murphy, of New Jersey.
rlie stcaiTy advance of the Sherniovt^nent
began again as State
r State fell into line?North Caro'ih
ringing spcech from the floor
Tarry Skinner, Oklahoma by Den
nis T. Flynn, Pennsylvania by C011gpossman
Myron Olmsted, Tennessee
by II. Clay Evans, and Virginia bv
C. B. Slemp.
Now began I lie vote-taking amid
contusion at (irst, which increased as
I lie totals climbed upward to the nominating
point. The result was never
in doubt as the ballots of States were
beaded upon another until they readied
810. Chairman Lodge announced
the iesiiIt as follows; \ ice President
Fairbanks gets 1 vote; Governor
j Sheldon, of Nebraska, rO votes; GovI
crnor Guild, of Massachusetts, 7.1
votes; Governor Murphy, of New Jersey.
77 votes, and James Schoolcraft
Sherman, of New \oru, 810 votes.'
Again the flood gates of enthusiasm
were let loose as floor and gallory
joined in a pandemonium for tlx
nominee.
The nominations completed, fina
details were now quickly perfected
committees from the various State;
to wait upon the candidates for presi
dent and vice president, and formally
notify them of the action of the con
vention in nominating; prospective
meetings of the national committee t<
perfect plans for coming campaigi
paiiiii and thanks and congpatulation:
(lie fhicagoans. who have given a con
\ention ot such perfect equipment
and then just before noon, ami(
cheers still echoing and the inspiring
strains of the national anthem, tin
national convention finally adjourned
The action of the oonventioi
touched a sympathetic chord through
out the city and tonight the part1
spirit of Republican enthusiasm run:
high, playing patriotic airs. Tin
nominee for vice president was amoiu
those witnessing these scenes of en
thusiastic tribute. He remained a
I'is hotel during the balloting toda1
and quickly received a message an
nouncing his nomination. Later th
delegates arriving from the couveu
tion flocked about him in a continu
ous ovation lasting throughout the af
tcrnoon.
Manv of (he delegates and a grea
mass of strangers are hastening home
ward on crowded trains and tomorro\
there will he only the aftermath am
the nucleus of the leaders to mark tli
historic gathering.
Attention is now being directed t
the selecetion of the chairman of th
national committee?the general i
chief \\ ho will have supreme comman
of the Republican forces in the aji
pponching campaign. The natiomi
committee, after a session today, nam
ed n sub-comniittec of eight mem
hois, which left tonight for ('inciuufi
ti, where it will confer with Secretar
I aft tomorrow on the selection o
campaign manager and details of th
campaign.
The name of Frank IT. Ilitchcocl
who has been prominently identific
with Mr. Taft's interests up to tlii
time, and Arthur I. Vorys, of Ohi<
; i'o is credited with turning the 'id
J1", "liio sentie.icrf. at a tim ? who:; i
w-sJ -.f t setting so -:r--r.t:'? |<>wa
'ir.f' ,ire freqnen 'v ?n? n i>'.?-d.
considerable number of (he member
ot the national committee have unit
ed in a signed declaration in favor o
Ilitoi-cock. The name of' Ex-Governo
Mvror. rl. lferrjck, of Ohio. is -ils
mentioned among the members of th
sub-committee, but the actual sol or
tion will depend or, rho change o
views between the secretary and Ih
members of (he sub-committee who
they assemble at Cincinnati lomoi
row.
MRS. THAW GOES TO EUROPE.
IVaighkoepsic, N. V., June 20.Ifai'rv
Thaw announced today tin:
| his mother, Mrs. William Thaw," sailo
j fop Europe today. Thaw gave out th
following statement in Poughkeensi
j jail:
I "My mother sailed for Europe t<
day. She was very iMincfant and d(
sired to remain until my affairs coul
be settled, but we all urged her to g
fop the sake of-hep health. She wi
go to some health posort to take th
waters.''
Evelyn Thaw spent several bout
with h<*r husband today. It is undci
stood that Thaw's mother sailed wit I
|out a pcconciliation with her daugl
ter-in-lnw.
BRYAN ON THE CONVENTION. \v<
Republicans Will Have Many Embar- 11
rassing Thangs to Deal With in do
the Coming Campaign. lw
; It
Lincoln, Neb., June 20.?Under the re
. caption "In Full Retreat," William |><
r). Hryan, in the next issue of the Com- so
moner, will discuss the Republican III
convention as follows: nn
The Republicans vim attended the t<>
. national convention as spectators and ol
. joined in the demonstration in favor so
i of President Rnosevoif and Senator tii
LaFollotte, must have felt indignant In
J's they watched the panic-srtiokon de- w
' legates running over each other in w
their effort ti? get away from the La- e?l
Follette reforms, some of which had; of
, been endorsed by the president him- n<
self. Congressman fooper. of Wis- w
I cousin, representing the LaFollette el
men, brought in a minority report m
' signed by himself alone. Fifty-two io
members of the committee signed the a
majority report and one signed the ti
minority report.
An Embarrassing Position.
The Republican p.:i?y will find tTie w
ratio of (o 1 a very embarrasing ti
one to deal with in the coming cam- (i
j paign. Mr. Cooper's report contained ||
~ j a declaration'in favor of publicity as p.
' to campaign funds. It was lost by a 1>
(vote of 880 to 0-1, more than 0 to 1, T
r
i and yet the president had been advo- ,?
i eating legislation in favor of publicity 1<
as to campaign contributions and ai
1 Secretary Taft \Vrote a letter to Mr. t>
Burrows advocating the passage of a a
k publicity bill. ITow fortunate it was ]{
s that Secretary Taft's letter was fin- p
5 ally discovered and published, Sena- |<
* j tor Burrows, the man to whom the b;
"I Taft letter was addressed, was the tl
' | temporary chairman of the conven- ii
v tion, and the convention over which
" lie presided turned down the publicity
p plank by a vote of nine to one; who
~ will deny that, on this subject, the rji
- | Republican party is retreating?
-j Another plank of the LaFollette
I platform authorized the ascertaining
M of the value of the railroads. This
> | plank was lost by a vote of D17 to (iti,
v nearly l."j to 1. and yet President
il ! Roosevelt has advocated this very ~
e proposition, llere is a retreat on the
railroad question. ^
o Injunction Plank.
p In another column reference is
,, made to the injunction plank. The ''
injunction plank adopyert Dv rho Re- ''
publican convention is a retreat from
I the position taken by the president "
and from the position taken by See- "
rotary Taft in his speeches, although ,S1
neither of them went as far as tliev 's
. "1*1
v ought to have gone in their effort to
p prevent what is known as "govern- "
0 menl by injunction." Ilere is the
third rercat. 0
The president has advocated the "
| income tax as a means of preventing
swollen fortunes and of ot|u.-nv.lng the
^ burdens of government. The Repub- s
| liean platform is silent on the subject. .
U Was the president right in the pnsi.
lion he t<? If so then the conven- "
^ tion was wrong in not indorsing him. .
,s Will the Republican voters follow the 11
president in this just demand or will 11
p they follow the Republican organiza- "
r tion in ret renting from it.
The president advocated an inherit0
ance lax but the Republican conven- "
lion is silent on that subject. Was the 1
p president ahead of the Republican n
party in advocating this reform or has ('
the Republican party receded from
j i he president's position. Di<l the ('
president give a false alarm on this x
question or lias the party sounded
retreat?
Popular Election of Senators.
In the president's message to con- a
gross last spring he presented an in- '
^ dictmenl against the conspiracy
formed among the great lawbreakers
c lo prevent the enforcement of the
laws and to evade the punishment provided
by law. The platform adopted b
)_ by I he Republican ^invention con- /.
5" tains no intimation of danger. If
" there are any conspiracies, (he eon?
vention did not see them; if there arc ^
" any combinations il had not heard of <
0 them; if there are any dangers, they h
are unconscious of them. Was the
*s president mistaken when he issued his S
r- edl'iance, or are the Republican man?
agers deceived when they think that v
i- an aroused public will calmly eontern- I
j?lale the encroachments of predatory I
alth .' This is rot real number six.
The convention hv vote of 8t>(i to
4?more tlmn seven to one?voted H
wn the plank in favor of the popur
election of United States senator,
is true thai the president and Sectary
Taft have never advocated the
ipular election of senators. They
em to take the llamiltonian rather d
an the .lelVersonian view, but the g
>st popular reform in United States ^
day is the reform that lias for its n
ijeet the election of I'nited States h
nators by direct vote. It has five e
mes been endorsed by the national f
>use of represeutatv.es?-throe time? c
hen the house of representatives d
as Republican. It has been eudors- ii
I by nearly two-thirds of the States e
' the Union and there is probably li
>t a Slate in the Union in which it <1
ouhl not be endorsed at a popular >
ection end yet in s])ite of the record c
ade in the houses and by the var- \
us States, tliis reform is rejected bv 1
7 to 1 vote in a Republican eonven- 'I
on. <
Seven Propositions Turned Down. ^
Here are seven propositons upon 0
liich the Republican party, in na- '
dual convention assembled, has re- M
cated from the pus". ion taken by '
ia' party in congress or from the 1
jii?m taken by 11. ? | iiv?ide?,|. What
;tve Roosevelt Republicans to say? 1
lie preside' f. has a'v:ik"nod a spirit I
P reform within hiv parly, he has at
ast revealed to the world that there '
re reformers in t lie Republican par- 1
;. Can that spirit now be quelled by f
slandpat convention? Millions of (
epublieans have enlisted at the* (
resident's call to arms and are ready '
> march forward: will they furl their t
miners and turn back merely because '
ie president acquiesces in the sound* v
ig of a rereat ? '
MR. LEVER MISQUOTED. J
lunks Bryan May Win if Given a f
Strong Running Mate.
Columbia, dune 21.?In an interiew
with Congressman Lever, priutrl
in the News and Courier of dune
0, a slight mistake was made by this
in-respondent due to the hasty interiew.
The mistake was corrected by
Ir. Lever in the following letter:
"The interview with me in yester- L
ay's News and Courier is not en-I
irely correct. I did not predict the |
efeal of Bryan by Tail. I don't
call discussing that particular phase
f the subject in the hurried converntion.
except by inference. I did ,
uv that I thought Johnson stood a
ine chance of beating any one nomi- (
ated by die Chicago conevntion if
irynn would give him his earnest suport,
which I have no doubt he would ]
ive. However, it now seems that
Irynn will be the party's choice on (
lie lirst ballot, and if he is given a
Iron/* running mate, and the great
.almr leader, John Mitchell, in mv
ulgment, is the proper person, T see ,
0 reason to feel discofny^l over
lie prospect for Democratic victory
1 November. 1 make tliis statement,
ot in criticism or .complaint of your l(
lost excellent and careful Columbia
orrespondent. who drew his internee
incorrectly from my statement,
ul to put himself in the correct alii
tide. 1 believe the ticket to be
ominated at Denver lias an even
hance of success, and all loyal parr
men should put aside the differ- j
nces of I lie past and work for I lie)
ictory.''
1
Advertised Letters.
Letters remaining in the post office '
I Newberry, S. ('., for week ending
une 20th. lf>08. i
Miss Lessie Caldwell.
Mrs. Addie Cromer.
Mi ss Minnie Klinore.
Mr. A. ("J. CMenn, Alfss Maggie C!i 1
am, Mrs. Sallie Herbert, Mrs. Eliabeth
Hair, C. E. Hires.
Miss Lizzie Johnson.
Mrs. Maggie Martin, Mrs. Mary n
loore. j(
Miss Maria Penn, Mr. Nelson Pori
IT.
Miss Minnie Skeens, Miss Ethel
lingley.
Persons calling for these letters (
ill please say that they were adverised.
Chas. J. Purcell, P. M.
JOHN SHARP V/ILLIAMS.
[is Leadership of Minority Has Been
Brilliant?It is Supposed that
Champ Clark Will Succeed
Him.
Washington, .luiii> L'O.?Simull an"Mislv
wit]i tli(> statement of Conressman
John Sluvi p Williams, of
lississippi, that, on December l(i
ext. h?? would rosijin as minority
ader in the national house of reprentalives
comes the announcement
rom all parts of tin* country?espeially
from the South?that a tremcuons
fijrht is to be seen in the choos11"_i'
of his successor. While it is ^enrally
thought that rhe Democratic
Leadership will fall on the shoulders
if Representative Champ Clark, of
Missouri, it is not as a matter of fact
crlaiu that Clark will become Mr.
Villi atns's successor. There is Jinlne
)e.\nnand, of Missouri: llenry, of
IVxas; llay. of Viririnia; Fitzirerahl.
if New York, and Ryan, of "New
i ork, all of whom are of leadership
alibre and any one of whom would
nake a capabh* and safe standard
>earer for the Democrats in the
louse. In addit ion to these there is
Yancis Burton Harrison, of New
^ ork, now lu'in?i menii(?ned in conjee!
ion with the Democratic vice
^residency.
John Sharp Williams has been Denocratic
leader of the house of representatives
since l!)nr>, be.n'innint; his
service with the ">8th congress, stic eedimr
Represent alive Richardson,
)f Tennessee. For more than a decade
le has been the foremost man from
he Mississippi section and even beoiv
beinu chosen minority leader
vas reckoned one of the leadim; dc>aters
in the house.
Mr. Williams will take his seal in
he senate as tin* successor to Senaor
Monev, on March 1. 1011. Mr.
Willi anis won the Democratic nominaion
last sumincr in one of the hard's!
lights that Mississippi has ever
?een. I lis opponent was fiovernor
\ ardatnan. and so close was the vote
ha| it took au ollieial count to delare
the result, lie was deeiared the
winner of thf seat in flic senate, and
the nomination was subsequent I y ratilied
by the legislature of Mb'Mf-sippi,
which declared Mr. Williams the vicI
or.
Mr. William s's leadership in the
liou-?e h;'s been variously eliaracteriz d.
It has been conserval ive, Inil at
limes ruoi'e ajryrossive than some of
I he Demoerats would have liked. This
ivas noticeably so duriuu1 the la>! session
of conjrress durinir the two or
lliree months of fillibuster in the effort
to remove I he tariff on wood
pulp. The loin; d/awn out fijjhl lie
made against the Republican leaders
? Payne, Dalzcll, and even Speaker
Cannon himself?in I lie elTort to jid
th?> laril'l" removed was hurtful to
many Democratic hopes and at times
it was painfully evident that Mr. Williams
was not receiving anything like
the support he was due. His leadership
has been dashing?indeed brilliant?
fearless, airuressive ml enerirclie
he has lime and atrain none riirht
into the Republican stronghold and
accused them openlv of their shorlcomin.irs,
which with anything like
support and a fainy divided house
would have scored a victory for him.
One of the principal rivals for the
minority leadership of the house for
many years has beeii Represent at i ve
DcAriiiand, and it was (lie hoslility
d lhe>c I wo Deniocrals that led to
I lie liv.hl on (he I'loor of the house
during I lie las! session of congress.
I'hey were not of the kind, however,
to let personal differences mar Democratic
harmony and they soon hecame
friends a train and patched up
I heir differences.
Although he lias been a resident of
Mississippi nearly all his life, Mr.
Williams is really a native of Tennessee,
where he was born in I8(il.
No man in congress perhaps can boast
1 >I a belter or more liberal college
education unless it is Representative
Burton, of Ohio. The Mississipplan
was educate dat the Kentucky Military
I list i I ii I e, the I'niversity of (lie
South, the I'niversity of Virginia and
I leidelberir.
The withdrawal m Mr. "Williams
from i he house when he <roes fo the
senate as the successor to Senator
MUST REGISTER
IN ORDER TO VOTE
IMPORTANT OPINION BY ATTORNEY
GENERAL ON ACT OF
1908.
Every Voter is Interested?Old Registration
Certificates Null and
Void?Books Kept Open
Longer.
Attorney General Lyon, at the reciuesl
of (low Ansel, lias rendered an
important opinion on the requirements
of (lie net of l!)08 on reenrollment
and resist rat ion of voters, says
the Slate. This act was passed by the
general assembly, in aeeordanec with
llie provision of the constitution, requiring
new registration every ten
years, ami special appropriations'
were made for the hoards of registrations
in order that the hooks might
he kept open a longer time than usual.
Mr. l.yon holds that each and evevy
voter who has heretofore registered
must reregister and have his name
entered on the hooks in the same
manner as if it were entirely new registration.
There is a proviso that
those registered before 1 !)0S shall be
entitled to another resist rat inn upon
presentation of their eertilieates from
the clerk of court or secretary ^f
Stall1 that their names a|>pear upon
I he records prior to ISMS. On (he new
hooks opened and kep( open during
(he months of .lnlv and August should
he entered all the names. Those enrolled
during the tirst Monday in
each month of the year 1M08.
The opinion is a strict construe!ion
of the law, hut Mr. Lyon feels that
the act of IM08 should he carried out
to the letter and the registration
boohs he purged of thousands of
names of I hose dead or removed from
(he Stale and that hereafter the
hoards of registration should he ret|uircd
lo keep the hook^ clean. 'Iliis
point was made in Barnwell county
I some months ago when mm etYort was
made to -je| up a petition to vole out
the dispensary. The names ?if hundreds
of voter- were counted in when
thev were not entitled 1" registration.
Since then (low Au^el has made il
plain (o all h-cid- that the law
should be strictlv enforced.
The rei|uc?( for (hi< opinion came
utc111 on a i|iiei"' from a citi/en of
Dillon interested iii the establishment
of a new count v ill the upper section
of Marion county. 11 is therefore of
considerable importance as it is probable
lli.at an election on (he petition
presented will be ordered within the
next few mouths.
COLOR EMBROIDERY IS POPULAR.
The Season's Styles Show a Wealth
of Designs in Attractive
Tones.
This is to he a se.tson of embroidery,
and when 1 say "embroidery" T
include everything which can come,
under that head, say.-. ;i writer in I he
New Idea Woman's Magazine for -Inly.
Itraiding done with soutache,
slar, rick-rack coronal ion braid?
darning ami couching with si)|<, floss,
cord or a kind of flat silk tape on llie
popular filet net; i-i Pad, any and
almost every kind of hand-work is
popular.
And variety is also obtained by the
i very extensive use of colored emj
broidery on both wnile and colored
materials. Last season it was an
fail lo wear a blouse showing just a
hunt of delicate color obtained for
the most part by means of shadow
embroidery, but this year the most
I popular designs for color embroidery
are carried out in satin-stitch, in Copenhagen
and Delfi nfues, resedagreen,
coral-pink, lilac or soft
browns. And every prel'y many of
these new waists are, though tho
most expensive models are, for the
most part, still worked in all white.
Money, will remove one or its most
interestint!' figures, and though, anoth"r
capable leader will undoubtedly
be found among the Democratic ranks
i; will ' '!' i! ! ?!itime to fill "Jollity
Sharp's" place. 1\ If. Mcf!.