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VOL. X IV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1904 NO.2. A STRUNi LETER Written by Judge Parker in tccept ing remocratic Nmination. THE CONSTIUTION AND LAW Will be His Guide and Compass It He I Electcd to ihe Presi der.cy by His Fellow,' - Cit'zens. The fillowiu. editorial review of Judge Parker's letter of acceptance by The News and Co.rier gives a pretty fair-ide: of tLe letter, which is strong and to the point: Judge Parker's letter of accrptlance is before his fellow citizens. It con tains a st raigh: forward and vigc rous et,umeration of the issues of the Pres idential campaign. In language, tone and temp r it is in -triking contrast to that bitterly partisan, pchtically vituperative, ctfensiv, ly self-ase tie hopelessly dis.ngenuous, cbaracteribt ically Rocseveitt an tirade recent Iy ut tered at Oyster Bay. At-empting r o rhetoricai effects, it appeals to intelli gence rather than io passion. It seeks no unfair a'antage througb the manipulation tf facts t r the mis represent ation of policies and purposes. There is neither atuse for nor ic tolerance of those of opposing convic tions. Tt.e principlei of the Demo cratic party are caimy, clearly and concisely dtfined. There is no attempt to evade issues or to shirk responsibi lity. W:xrever a gauntlet is thrown down by the (anemy it is picked up without h' sitatin and with consum mate courage. Judge Parker has neither trimmed ncr aodged nbr falsi fied nor d claim,d nor gone into an ecstacy of sel commendatioa nor fallen in a dt over the id.o:y or venal- 1 ity of others. C:nviaccd of the int l ligence and integ:ity of his feiow citi zens, he has coitented himself with directing their attention to the abuses that are being ccmmitted in their name, to the dangers that threaten their insitutions and themselves, con- i fident that they will have the wisdom 1 to decide wisely, and the disposition to act courageously, and the ability to Obtain whatever relief is necessary. The letter is indeed just s+ch a politi cal dccument as Judge Parker mighJ have been expected to write. It is conservative in word and judicious in spirit. To imperialism, the tariff, the t trusts, reciprocity, the Philippine, question, the Pannama problem, pen- i sions and to reform in our govern- t mental exteaditures, Judge Parker a devotes much of the space at his dis- 1 posal. Blieving that "the naional J Government has become central: zed! c beyond any point contemplated or j imagined by the foundErs of the Cor stitution," Judge Paiker declares in subtance that the pEople have to it decide whetber they will be governed s by law or ruled by the caprices of an executive tyrant. "Tariff reform is one of the cardi- I nal princip'es of Demccratic faith," - he says, "and the necessity for it was never greater than at the present c time." While considering the trust . questicn, he takes occasion to admin- e Ister a quiet but an effective rebuke c to his opponent. Judge Parker having a~ -suggested that there were remedies a for the trust abuses both in the statu tory and cemmon law, Mr. Rocsevelt c sought to ridicule the idea that thet common law was available for any c such purpose in the Federal Courts. Judge Parker calmly replies: "'The determinati. n of this ques tion was left by the people, in fram-. lng the Const'stlon, to the jur'iciri *and not to the X ecutive," and then he proceeds to cite the case of t ~e Western Union Telegr aph Cc.v theI|< Call Publishing Co., in wh cht thi United States Suprerme Court has al ready decided that comnron law prin diples could te applied by United. States Courts in cast s involvicg Inte r States commree, in the abser'ee of United States S:atut s sp cideally covering the ca, e." 1t is difficult to cin derstana how Mr. R- on and Mr. Knox allowed their nble chief to dig suen~ a pit for himself as this proved to be. but he did it and his ad versary has hurled him into it with a p:o~rpti tude and vigor which shouid jar every bone in his strenucus, poitical body. The fate that came upon him in another inst~rnce in whih he st ught to lay a trap ior his opponent is 1itr~ tie less lamentable. DefenditLg - notorious pension orde r Mr.- Rcose velt said: "It is easy to tcst our op ponents' sincerity in this nmatter. The order in question is r.. vocable at the pleasure t f the executive. If our opponents come into po 'er they can revoke this order and announce thati they will treat the ye: erars of sixty two ard seventy as presumab~ly in full bo,:ily vigc r and not entitled to p -n sion. Will they authoritatively state that they intend to do thi-? If so., we accept the iss.ueY" There is not the least doubt that Mr. Roosevelt thought lhe was playing excelki nt politics wt en he said that. lie cared nothing for the principle involved and he could not imagine anyone else doing so. Always on the outlook for an unfair advantage, 1 e thought he saw a way of gettnarg one, and he *pounced upon it with foll ardy glee. Once more his calm-mitcd d opponent lassoed, threw and cinched him in argument as easily and quickly as a cowboy might do an evil tempered and: cavorting calf. "This suggests Uiup cion, at least," says Judge Parker, "that the order was made to cr- ate an issue-that it was suppused to pre sent a strt n~t stratg c poition in the battle of the ballo:s. Ou i he as u'ap tion that the order, as state d by ti-e Administration, is r. vakable at the pleasure cf the EXEcutive. in har'iog been an attempted, though pernaps unwitting, encroachm~fent upon the Legislative power, anid therefore un warranted by the C~nstitutionl. I ac cept the ch-allge and decia~e that if elected I will reveke that orcer.~ And then he adds that be will favor anae pensionl without reference to disability,. in order that the old soldiers may accept si l --with dlumty bezause of the cor5~tsflusnes that it comes as a just due from the pzop' through their chosen represenltatives, and not as largess distributed by the Chief Executi'e." That Is as prettily ani neatly done as the most ardent pilitiCial c'iu'd v.isb; and withal it bespeaks an hon esty and courage which will not fail to win the contidence and support of fi t iigent persons. even though they si.(uld te in receipt of pensious. In conclusion Judge Parker declares tnat the is.u:s are clearly joined and the people must render a verdict. These are, be says: "Shall economy or administvation be demanded or shall extravagance be encouraged? Siall the wrocg-doer be brought to bay by the people, or must justice wait upon political oligarcb ' Shall our Government stand for equal op par; u'ity or for spccial privil g Shall it reman a G >vernment of law or become one of individual caprice? Shall we cling to the rule of tbe peo p'e, or shall we embrace benificent despotism." If elected President, he declare:, he shall consider himself "the Chief Magistrate of all the peo ple and not of any faction, and shall ever be mindful of the fact that on many questions of national policy there are honest differences of opin ion. I believe in the patriotism, giood s: nse and absolute sincerity of all the people." Contrast these utterances with the bitter pa! tisanism displayed in every sentence of President Roosevelt's let ter of acceptance and y u have estab lished a deadly parallel between the haracter, purposes and methods of the two candidates which should draw to Judge Parker's support all men who believe i freedom of thought, ho seek to see preserved individaal iberty, and who desire the perpetua rion o: our Republican instutions. A DEXOCRATIC LANDSLIDE? ion. J. B. Feldcr, of Atlanta, Says the West is Going for Parker. Ti e Atlanta Constitu'.ion publishes 1he following: "I know it will sur )rise a good many people to hear it, )ut I tell you that if the present rend in the doubtful States continues luring the next month, or, if the con itions remain practically as they are, here is going to be a Democra.ic andslide." The speaker was Hon. T. B. Felder, vho returned from a stay of several eeks in the Middle West. Mr. elder spent some time in Indiana olis, several days in Michigan and tout two weeks in Chicago. He has any acquaintances among the busi Less men of that section of the coun ry, and the impressions he gained of olitical conditions are based upon timate personal talks with men of his stamp. He found many of them, , great many, who hare always been tepublicans, but who will vote for udge Parker this year; and the con-I lusion he reaches is that unless there ; a radical change from present con itions, the Democratic ticket has an cellent charce in that section which he R-publicans are claiming to be afe and solid for Roosevelt. "I am willing, just to shcw my -ood faith, to bet that the Democrats vill carry Indiana," said C L Felder. I went West pretty firm in the con iction that we had no possible chance f carrying any of th(se States. I ad b'en studying the figures-of re ent electior s and these, I admit, hold ut very little Democratic hope. But fter 1 had spent some time there, fter I bad talked with men whom I now and in whose opinions I bave 'mfidence, I was led to the belief that houfands of men who are Republi ans will vote the Democratic ticket his year." "Now those men,"he went on in re ponse to a question, "are business nen who are against Roosevelt be a use they b 'lieve him to be un a'e .n plitical c'rcles there is the .usual urface talk contidence. The men who lo he talking for both pirties, espec aly the tren who do the talking for! he Republican party, are giving vent o the usual expressions of certainty r the result. But it is not the sur ace vote or surface ta'k that is going o decide this election. It is going to n dt cided one way or the other by ~he quiet business men who go to the ;>o11s, vote a secret ballot, and make 2 noise. In Indianapolis, for instance, [ found a large number of these men who told me. in niscussing the issues luietly, that they are going to vote for Parker, and these are men who dave always- voted the Republican ricket. The Colun~ia Club, at Indi mapolis, is a Republican organization, no man can bE c me a member of it an'ess he is a Republican, and yet I had a number of members of that lub. men whom I have known for rev eral years, contide in me their inten tion of voting against Roosevelt for the reason I have indicated. Of course these men are say ing nothing about this out in the open for their member ship in the club would be at stake if it were known they were going to vote the Demccratic ticket ; but they talk d it t i me and I am c. niident they not only speak for their own votes, but, what is more important, they re present a trend on the part of the t,usiness el' ment g enerally which is a serious menace to the Republican ticket. "I found the same talk among busi ness men of Detroit and other parts o' Michigan: and in Chicago where I was thrown with promint lawyers and business men, I found the same srt of trend against the Republican ticket. I came to the conclusion that unless there is a decided change bt fo-e November, the Democrats will carry Lot only Indiana, but they are ikely to carry Illi ois and to have a tgbticg chance in Michigan" * A Worthy Charity. T wenty thousand dollars to estab lish a home for drunkards' wives in the state of Iowa is one of the be 1:csts f the late Jame; Callanan, the eccentnec philanthropist millionaire. The bequest was made known. Mr. Cllanan was a strong advocate of tmnpe~auce daring the latter years of his life andi gave freely to the -ase Tried to Wreck Train. Th~e attempt to wreck a freight train on the Chesapeake and o iic near Lyncbburg, Va., Thursday night evidently was planned by four men whose purpose was robbery. Oni of the men was on the train when il struck the oi struction and when il toppcd began throwing merchandis' from a car. The attempt to loot the trin, however, wats unsuccesSful. OUTLOOK BRIGHT. The Democrats Are More Hopeful Than Ever Before. SOME ENCGUM&GING FACTORS. An Assurance that the Party Will Carry New York, an Inspira tion to the Party in the Doubtful States. A dispatch from Washington to the I Charlesten Post says hope is very high in the Democratic camp. If there has ever been a time when Dc m- b ocrats have been inclined to get to- t gether with a mighty pull to capture r both the Presidency and the House of Representatives it is the prisent. r There have been periods of deep de. d spondency on the part of many of the s leading Democrats, but now generally a they are looking for success and feel- I ieg that the hand of fate is with them. - The cause of all this feeling of con il ti 'ence is twofold. One relates to the p harmonious condition in which the :i Demo.ratic party finds itself in the t State of New York, and the other in e the general satisfaction of the party fl with the letter of acceptarcee of Judge d Parker. Hope tin New York means e hope over the entire country, and to n have the party everywhere looking to- d ward Judge Parker as a man worthy d t, be the leader is regarded by Demo crats as an indication of a campaign a of enthusiasm and success. v Very generally politicians have a been saying that Judge Parker was t| neve r so strong as at the time of his t nomination. Democrats in repeating se this statement have inferentially ad- t) mitted that their candidites lost w strength ever since the adjournment te of the convention. Until rccently i1 many of them believed it. They felt ti that their hopes of a candidate who w would call out strong support all over o: the country among Democrats and in- w d.pendents were fading away. When d( the Democracy of New York State a was embroiled in b'tter fac:ioaal v fights prior to and during the first b: days of the Saratoga convention they F were still more di.couraged, because N, if New York was to be lost through er party dissentions they could hope for is nothing from the country at large. They recognized the fact that with- fi >ut New York tl.ey could do nothing, re while the Republicans bad a fighting re hance, even though they should lose hat State. New York, the key to he situation, seemed to be fading rom the list of possible Democratic A tates. But with the healing of all the ;ores of discontent and with the spirit >f conciliation that inspired the Democratic bosses at Saratoga the De-oarats have gained new hope. T The E ff ct of this hope in respect to ti New York State is reflected all over H the country. While factional fights a were threatening to sap the vitality a: >f the Democracy in New York State in the Democrats in Indiana, West Vir- Si ?inia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode I-land and of other States of in the West felt that there wculd belittle V se for them to carry those States ex- ti ept for the State tickets. They feel y hat they coud not win without New m ork, and their hope for New York se nas very slight. But with the har- ti nonious conditions that have been ri rought about in New York has come T revival of interest in the campaign as n the part of Democratic leaders alU ver the country that has astonished c< he men who are managing the na- 01 ional campaign. r Many Democrats feel that success sc for the party is almost a sure thing. S They believe that the only require- a ment for carrying the election is to ai get out their vote and to bring out a< he independent vote that they regard I as quite surely to be for Parker. There have bcen many evidences in the last It< Lw days to the effect that in all the Ig :oubtful States Democrats have been sI so encouraged by the outlook in New York that they are putting forth un- E usual e fforts to carry their own States. is Another cause for Democratic ac- '3 tivity is the enc uragement many of v them have had in the fact that Judge Parker himself is regarded as entith d C to the credit for bringing about har b mony within the Democracy in New 3 York. Confidence in the p litical sagacity and the general ability as a , l ader of Judge Parker is greater to- a day among Democrats than evt r by- y o:e. Tney lcok upon him as capable 3 of leading the party to victory. They believe he will do it, and they are showing their own intere.>t in many ways. Judge Parker's letter of acceptance is also regarded as a strong document universally among Domocrats. Some of them at tir-,t feared txat he had made a pol-tical mistaze in bringirig frNard the pension issue in the was e did, but after conside:-ation they C have conclud d that he was entirely I right on that question, not only as a matter of law, but also as a matter of politica~l policy. They claim that the. members of t6se Grand Aarmy of the Republic would vastly prefer legisla tion to an executive order giving them an old age pension. They believe the Grand. Army will very largely support the position taken by Judge Parker on1 this imjportant matter. It is understood that the national committee in New York, which has largely been engaged in straightening out the factional contentions in that State, trow that they expect to cirry New York, will inaugurate a vigorous capaign in all the doubtful States Tne leading men on the national com mittee have ne ver favored a longr campaign. Tney have always declar ed r hat October 1 was ear'y enough to start out speakers, and in spite of criticism they have awaited their time. Democrats who know the pur poses of the national committee de care that within a short time the Democratic camjpaign will take on great activity and that within a couple of weeks Parker stock will be high in the market. IFoolish Man. Because a young woman with whom he was in love did not cectgoize him when they met in a fashionable cafe, Carlo Von Bauditz, a wealthly young Venezuelan, committed suicide with a pistol in his hotel in New York city on Tuesday night, saying he had "nothing more to live for." GREAT LOSS BY FLOOD. rhirty Business and Res i d e n c e I Blocks Under Mud and Water. A terrific flood hrs struck the city >f Trinidad, Col., and the whole ralley along the Las Animas rivcr levastating a wide section and caus- a og a loss which will reach $1,000.000. I1 ;o far as known there was no loss of l ife but several are repoited missing. F Every bridge in the city of Trinidad UJ s out, the Santa Fe station is dero!-| t, shed, all of the railr ads are tied up! cJ nd the telephone and tel( graph serv- I b ee completely suspended. More than|' 0 city blceks in the residt nee and I usifsS portibns were from two to hree feet under water along the L ivr. The flod was caus2d by a heavy tl ai which has been falling for two G ays. At 8 o'c'ock Friday night thei ol rorm assum-d cloudburst proportions i11 nd at 2 o'clock Saturday morni:'g the S; ,as Animas river went over its bankz. al At 3.30 it was impossible to get w;th- p1 i a block of the river ted at any p] oint and Commercial street was w )oded fur three blocks in the heart of | e ae business district. Meantime the I ti lectric light and gas plants had been i m >oded and the city was in complete!: A rkans-. Hundreds of citizens throng- :s I the streets on the eege of the sub- iso Lerged district carrying lanterns and 1tu :ing their best to provide for those;so riven from home with sheltr. i Warning of the flood was given cl hen the river left its banks by revol- q1 r shots and the ringing of the lire T arm followed by the blbwing of all ie locomotive and shop whistles in! )wn. Citizers up sn rafts made of C, etions of sidewalks paddled through 1 ie streets rescuing famiiies which K ere in danger. The new Bacca ho t 1, a two story structure ju-t.near- f ig completion at a cost cf $20,000 on ie river bank, wa:s destroyed. The F1 ater then ate its way tbroughU 50 feet Sa gro-.nd to the Santa Fe depot, R bich was carried away. Tne Car- Ist: nas hotel adjoining barely escapad similar fate, an acre of ground being so ashed away near it. The Rio Grande wl idge at El Mo. o is out and the Santa lei e right of away in many places has, en washed out. R ilroad traffic is ev tirely suspended and busincss here E paralyzed. t It was reported Friday that the -St od was due to a break in the city F6 servoir, but this is erroneous. The th servoir is safe. in A DARING ESCAPE. Ju leged Forger Jumped Headfirst E go Through Window of Moving Car. en While being carried from St. Louis Buffalo Alonzo J. Whiteman i ursday night escaped from Detec- Pa ve Sergeant Alber Solomon and Wm. ha . Field, assistant superintendent o* gl detctive agency there. Whiteman an c.mplished his escape in a mest dar. Pa g manner, jumping from the Lake of iore fast mail train near Dunkirk. fai Whiteman and the two oticers %ere fr a state room on a Pullman car. lax biteman was lying on a sofa. The th; ai was pulling out of the Dunkirk Pu rds and was running at about 30 ab iles an hour. Whiteman left his at and jumped bead first through Le car window. Soloman and Field shed to stop him, but were too late. ra ey saw Whiteman on the ground st the train whizzed by. The two ofiicers demanded that the nductor stop the train. He refused, n tthe ground that the train was car- 2 'ng United States mails c-n a fastdi bedule. TI-e train was stopped at ler Creek, however, ji.st for a mo.A ent to allow the detectives to al ght id they returncd to Dunkirk on an cmmoda; ion train where they com-.ii enced a search for Whiteman. u Whitemen was being brought back a >Buffalo eni a charge of forgery and rand larc. ny, the grand jury nuw tting having returned an indic ment t ainst him co itaining th~ose charges. .e is suspecrted of being impiicated in cr r gularities in which the Fidelity fe rust company of Buffao was the s ictim. n Witemnan was a graduate of the st olumbia law school and, after he had r sen graduated, went to Michigan and tl [innsta. lie was elected to the r [innesota st te senate as a Democrat a hen but 25 years old. He is the V utbor of the Whiteman election law hich is now in force in Mirnesota. d ince 1890 he has been arrested sev ral times in vario s parts of tihe ountry.__________ PL AIN BUSINESS. h low The Trus:s Strike Every Home P la T..e Country. i The tariff q'(stionlisa buinss prop a .ion that concerns every man, wo. t nan and child, for it taxes the aver 2 ge home $110 a year, or more thanih ne-tenth of the average family's total t neoe. There is an average of one it ,nd one-eigrhth-tenths earners mn thej n verage home. These contribute o ,irty days' labor each, or .tirty-four t lays' labor a year to the tariff-tax col- c ectors. If this $110 went as honest c axes to our government to meet t ecessary e xpenditures, no fault wouldo e found, though the tax gould be: r ~onidered extremely high. But only a:f ery small part or this $110i can be ~lased as legitimate taxes. By far toe ~reater part gots to million and biliion; olls tariff trusts and monoplies, ~hih thrive now as never before i his country. These greedy tr'.sts levy , tribute of 894 a year up'n the aver. tge home, while the governmenit coi ects an average of ab:ut $15 a yea rin ariff taxes; the colec:in last y ear mountd to $3 49 per capita, ort 16.52 per family of 4 7per ons. Dot ihe heads of these 17.000,000 fai-. ien, the voters. kaowingly anl will ingly donate su4 a year to the hun irsds of trusts? Do they love these trusts more than they love their wives and childr.:n? If not, why should they vote to give this $94 to trusts that do not need it rather than to keep the $94 for their own families, who do need it? An extra S94 a year wveuld mean much to the average family 1i ] the way of betraer food, clothing andi education. A vote for the Democrattc party means a vote to dispense with this additional tax. CAMPAIGN LIE NAITED. -tr.rts to Injure Parker in Ulster County Completely Destroyed. The campaign liar is abroad. He egan his work In Judge Parker's ome district by circu'ating a lie hrough Ulster County. It purport d to be a statement made by Judge 'arker as to the wage an unskilled tborer was entitled for a day's work. ut the falsehood was soon dissipated. 'be lie was ruined by elaborate de iils. Tne embroidery to make it rcumstantial proved too much. It rought out a sworn denial by those hose names bad been dragged in. 'be atlidavit reads as follows: Emery Freer, Samuel E. Mott and ouis Booth being severally duly vorn say, and each for himself says, iat he has read the article in "The 'obe and Commercial Advertiser," New York, of date of Sept. 9th, )04, wherein it is stated that on iturday morning in the year 1902, the store of Emery Freer, in Eso is. while several residents of that ace- were discussing the rate of ages that should be paid for unskill I labor, Judge Parker said: "I duk a dollar a day is enough for any an provided that his work is steady. ny man can live on that and that all unskilled labor is worth. I am rry that I have to pay more than at. and wouldn't if we had better pply f labor thereabouts." We note particularly that the arti a so published states "on the day in iestion a crowd of men was there. aere were Emery Freer, Samuel E ott, who runs the outcher shop and rery stable; Lew Booth; the barber; rl Wismer, who is now a baggage ndler in the West Shore station in iogston; and several farmers from e vicinity who were in the village r their Saturday's trading." We and each of us, the said Emery eer, being a Democrat. and the said muel E. Mott and Louis Bootb, publicans, depose and say as to the itements in said article: First: That we are idtntical per ns named in the article and in iose presence Judge Parker was al ed to have made said statement. Second: That to such conversation er cok place, either at the store of nery Frcer, or any other place, and at Judge Parker never made the tements attributed to him at eer's store or any other place, to e knowledge of either of us. Third: That the statement is false substance and In fact. Fourth: That to our knowledge, dge Parker, since he has resided in opus, has paid the unusual and ing rate of wages to all the men ployed by him on his place. In addition the said Emery Freer himself says, that he has frequent during the absence of Judge Par rker, paid the Judge's emp'oyees; s time and time again cashed checks en to said employces for wages; d to his knowledge says that Judge rker has always paid the going rate wages to all men employed as day m laborers on his farm, to-wit: m one dollar and a half to one dol and seventy-6ve cents a day, and t the statement to the contrary bshed as aforesaid Is untrue and solutely without foundation. A Horrible 'Crime. Liying in a briar patch beside the lroa~d track, gagged and with her os and limbs securely lashed with ~aps which all but cut through the ider skin, Clara Tippen, a little e-year-old negro girl, who lives at 1-2 Wallace street, was accidently scovered by an unknown person lking along the track in the rear of e girl's home Thursday morning. most lifeless from exhaustion and ght the girl could hardly speak en first released. Her story when ally told in broken senten ' s was speakably horrible. Overtairen by egro man she was beaten into sub sskn, outraged and then tied to e track by the fiend who evidently ought that the oncoming train uld hide the sings of his awful ime. After leaving his victim for a w minutes the demon returned for me unknown reason-perhaps his ~rve- failed him-and cutting the raps which held the child to the is he hurled her body in the nearby icket. The matter has just been. ported to the police and detectives e now at werk upon the case. The ctim lies at her home in a precari a condition and her recovery is yubtf ul.-Atlanta Journal. Killed Him ror Nothing. A special from Covington Ga., to ie A u.ussa Cbronicle says "because e refused to assist in turning the ress in packing a bale of cotton, rether Dempsey took the big wooden L hook with which he was operat g an old-fashioned band cotton-press ad struck Morvin Ellison two heavy lows on the shoulder and head which roduced death in less than an hour. 'he tragedy oocurred at Barnes gin ouse in the western part of the coun y near Sa'em Camp Ground in New :> county, at 11 o'clock Thursday iorning and was witnessed by the ther emnployes of the ginnery. After [e killing D.:mpsey made a strenu us effort to escapl, but was soon aught and lodged in jail. The par icipants in the unfortunate tragedy ere both respcctable young white en and come from two of the best imilies in Newtown county. Demp y is only 19 years of age and Ellison ."' Held the Train. Rev. A. Pullmann of Berea, 0., was ,delegate to a conference of his burea not long ago in Cleveland and tended to take the train at a neigh. oring town. He was delayed in some vay and therefore telegraphed to the tation master: "Hold Cleveland rain for me. Pullmann." The sta ion master did not notice the extra n' in the name signed to the dis ~ach, and, forgetting that George M. ~ullman died years ago, he held the rain as directed. On learning of the nisunderstanding he used some vigor us language after recovering his ~reath. Acquitted. E. C. Eastland was acquitted or 'riday cf taking part in a lynching ear Indianola, Miss , some time ago, nd Thos. M. Riggins was acquitted >f a similar charge at Huntsville, labIhnma, on the same day. AFTER ROOSEVELT. Martin Says Evidences Cffered 1 Anti-Trust League 7gnored. ATTACKS CORTELYOU'S CHANG Martin Charges that the Republica Chairman, With His Informa tion. Can Sandbag Contri butions From Trusts. H. B. Martin, National Secretary c the American Anti-Trust League, sen to President Roo;evelt at Oyster Ba; a lengthy letter arraigning the p03 tion of the Administration on th trust question, and saying that th experience of the Anti-Trust Leagui with the President and ex-Attorne: General Knox will throw some stronj light on their attitude. He says that at frequent interval; he and other officers of the leagu< furnished the President with "pos! tive, documentary, and convincin proofs" of the violations of law bi the trusts, and that promises made a' these times were broken. He sayi that the action of t*'e Administratioi against the Northern Securities Com pany was againit the newest of thi trusts, which hardly had time to d( much damage even if it was so dispcs ed. Mr. Martin asserts that the Prest dent's claim that he has "execut! the laws resolutely and fearlessly' cannot be made to apply to the en forcement of anti-trust laws, and tbal evidence in the Administration': possession was not only put aside, bul other evidence easily procurable wa. not sought. On this line Mr. Martli says: "The only two actions begun b3 your Administration for the enforce ment (,f the anti-trust laws were the aztion for an injunction against thi Norttern Securities Company anc against the Beef Trust. The first we have already referred to, and the in, junctiun against the Northern Securi ties in the district court has nevei been carried to the higher court, while the trust has been openly viulating both the law and the injunction tc your knowledge, and to mine, and tc that of every citizen of the United States. "Three years ago the offietra of the American Anti-Trust League placed in the possesion of your Administra tion positive proofs, incontestable documentary evidence of flagrant and enormously oppressive and injurious violations of the law. on the part of alt a dozen of the greatest trusts in the United States. Both you and your Attorney General repeatedly promised, sometimes orally and some times in writing, that these cases would be taken up and proceeded with. Every one of these promises you have broken." 'Mr. Martin takes issue with the statement in the President's letter that "the creation of a Bureau of orporations and Amendments to the inter-State commerce laws has for the first time given a chance to the National Government to deal intelli gently and adequately with the ques ions affecting society whether for good or evil, because or the accumula ion of capital in gr at corporations, mnd because of the new relations caus d thereby." "And what have you done, Mr. President, with the Bureau of Cor porations since it was organized?" Mr. Martin asks. "You appointed your private secretary, Mr. Cortelyou, as head of that department, and then, ater he had (o'lected all the data posible about violations of tbe law on the part of the trusts, did you trans mit this daia in proper report to Con gress or the people? Oh, no! The Bureau of Corpo ations, which was In tended as a bureau of publicity, you have made into a tureau of secrecy. "You transferred Mr. Cortelyor from the head of that department, with all this secret information aboul the trusts in his po:session, to the psition of Chairman of the Republ can National Committee, where he can use his information to sandbag campaign contributions out of the trusts for your campaign fund, Mr President. "Against all the hundreds, aye thousands of men who have beei practicing plunder and extortion upo the people in violation of the anti trust law, which provides for thei punishment, fine, a-.d imprisonment you and your Attorney General hay never caused a single warrant to issue nor a single arrest to be made, no the conviction of a single one to b secured. "Nay, even worse, fcr to the mel powerful and notorious of these offer ders against the anti-trust law, tbi proofs of whose ci-iminality had a ready been placed in your hands, yo extended the hospitalities i tb White House, and in return accepte their hospitality." 1Lld for Trial. A special to the Augusta Chronicl frem Talbotton, Ga , says: E I Shipp, Seaborn Hall and Thomi Butler, white men, were arraignedi Talbotton today on a charge of assau with intent to murder. The me are accused of being in the part which got in a hack in Talbotto county recently and shot several ni groes on sight, following the "EB foreday" clud excitement. Each we bound over under 8600 bond. The were severely arraigned by the solic tor who recounted the efforts made 1 citizens to put an end to mob vie ence and repeated the resolutior against the. outrage passed at ti largely attended mass meeting cit:zens, when the governor was pet tioned to offer rewards for arrest the perpetrators. Sailors Beaten. At New York four sailors and ti ship's ste ward of the French cruisi Troude, now lying at anchor in 11 North river were assaulted Thursdi on 34th street by a gang of seven i eight teamsters and truck men. O. of the sailors received a severe sca. wound and another had his rigl cheek laid open and his nose brokel The others' eyes were blackened at their faces were bruised. It is sa: that the facts will be laid before ti French consul at that port by Captai Aubey, of the Troude. NEW LEGISLATURE. I Many Old Mermbers Returned An04 New Ones Cope In. As a result of the primaries in all legislative delegations, thi re have been a great many changes, some of the former leg'slators declining t stand for re-election and about half of those who did go before the people were defeated. The following senators hold over: f J. R. Blake, Abbeville; J. K. Hood, t Andersen; Geo. F. Von Kolnitz, Jr., Charleston;. T. B. Butler, Cherokee; P. L. Hardin, Chester; Edward Mc Iver, Chesterfield; C. M. Davis, Clar endon; J. H. Peurifoy, Colleton; G. W. Brown, Darlington; E. F. Warren, Hampton; J. T. Hay, Keishaw; W. C. Hough, Lancaster; T. B. McLeod, Lee; C. S. McCall, Marlboro; C. H Carpenter, Pickens; J. Q. Marshall, Richland; R. I. Manning, Sumter; J. T. Douglass, Union; Dr. A. H. Wil liams, Williamsburg. The following were re-elected: W. E Johnson, Aiken; LeGrand Walker, Georgetown; J. G. Holliday, Horry; James Stackbouse, Marion; T. M. Raysor, Orangebwrg; D. E. Hydrick, Spartanburg; J. S. Brice, York. The followiog are the new senators: Dr. J. B. Black, Bamberg; Geo. H. I Bates; Barnwell: Nlls Christensen, Beaufort; E. J. Dennis, Jr., Berkeley; J. D. Bivens, Dorchester; W. J. John son, Fairfield; T. G. Taltert, Edge field; Walter H. Wells, Florence; Wm. L. Mauldin, Greenville; 3. Hampden Brooks, Greenwood; F. P. McGowan, Laurens; D. F. Edrd, Lexington; C. L. Blease, Newberry; 3. R. Earle, Oconee; E. S. Blease, Saluda. Senators Aldrich cf Barnwell, For rest of Saluda, Sharp of Lexington and Talbird of Beaufort were . defeat ed. Senator E. J. Denn!s died and is succeeded by his son. Senators Dean of Greenville, Ragsdale of Fairfield, Ragsdale of Florerce, Herndon of Oconee, Gaines of Greenwood, Gocd win of Laurens, Mower of Newberry, Sheppard of Edgefield and-Mayfield of Bamberg did not offer for re-election. Of those re-elected Senators Holliday, Hydrick and W. E. Johnsbn had op position. HOUsE OF REPEESENTATIVES. The members of the house of repre sentatives are: Abbeville-J. Fraser Lyon, J. N. Nance and J. C. Lomax. Aiken-Dr. L. B. Etheredge, G L Toole, Jao. R. Cloy and B. K. Kee nan. Anderson-J. W. Ashley, J. B. Wat son, Geo. E. Prince, K. P. Tribble and J. C. Milford. Bamberg-J. S. J. Fajst and B. T. Lafitte. Barnwell-Dr. Ryan Gyles, J. E Harley and Dr. J. Milton Turner. Beaufort-C. J. Cokock, Jos. Glover, and W. N. Heyward. Berkeley-B. B. Ballantine, W. L. Parker and Geo. B. Davis. Charleston-Huger Sinkler, R. S. Whaley, J. B. Herbert, R. M. Lofton. E. M. Seabrook, D. J. Baker, D. McK' Frost, 0. A. Hamlin. Cherokee-J. C. Otts, W'. D. Kirby. Chester-A. L. Gaston, Paul Hemp bill, T. C. Strong. Chesterfield-G. K. Laney, W. P. Pollock. Clarendon-D. J. Bradham, B. S. DesChamps, D. L. Green. Colleton-W. C. Brant, J. M. Wal ker and W. 3. Fishburn. Darlington-L. Mi. Lawson, J. P. Kiven, A, L. Gray. Dorchester-J. A. Wimberly. E-igefield-B~. E. Nicholson, 3. W. DeVore. Fairfield-J. G. Mc~ants, A. Homer Brice, C. S. Ford. Florence-W. B. Gause, F. T. Ker shaw and J. H. Poston. Georgetown-hi. W. Pyatt and J. W. Daar. Gi-eenville-B. A. Morgan, T. P. Cothran, Jno. R. Harrisoh, L. 0. -Patterson and Jno. J. Watson. (Greenwood-P. B. Callison, W. H. Yeldell and 3. F. Morrison. Hampton-G. hi. Rile), T. B. Whatley. Horry-D. D. Harrelson, D. A. Spivey. Kershaw-Mi. L. Smith, 3. G. Richards.. Lancaster-J. W. Hamel, W. H. r Fostcr. Laurens-W. C. Irby, Jr., B. D IBoyd, 3. H. Miller. Lee-Mi. H. Pittmnan, W. McD. .Green. rL'-xington-E. J. Etheredge, 3. hi. Epting and Paul B. Hutt3. t Marion-Jno. C. Sellers, Geo. B. -Reaves, L. Mi. Gasque. eMarlboro--D. D. MicColl, Jr., W. W. Bruce, J. P. Gibson. SNewberry-F. W. Higgins, J. W. eE arhardt, 3. W. Taylor. dOc.>nee-E. B. Verner, J. D. Shel Orangeburg-J. A. Banks, T. F. Brantley, R. F. Dukes, D. 0. Herbert, e E. L. Culler. .Pickens-Laban Mauldin, T. J. s Mauldin. n Rlchland-A.' D. McFaddin, J. D. t Rawlinson, P. A. Mc~faster and L. W. n Haskell. y Saluda-W. A. Webb, J. 0. Ed. n wards. :- Sumter-Altamont Moses, T. B. : Fraser, J. H. Clifton. .s Spartanburg-C. P. Sanders, J y Wright Nash, W. Mi. Walker, K. D. i- Edwards, H. H. Arnold, W. J. Gib y son. I- Union-H. C. Little, L. J. Brown 5s ing. be Williamsburg-W. L. Bass, Jnio. S. >f Graham, Philip Stoll. I- York-Dr. 3. E. Massey, 3. W. Ar >f drey, J. E. Beamguard and Dr. 3. H Saye. ________ Town Marshal Killed. te Sam. F. Hurst, town marshal of ir Mayesville, was killed at 11.20 o'clock te Wednesday night by 3. EI Anlderson, ,y railroad agent, of that place. Huirsl >r made threats against Anderson dur. e ing the evening and waited on the p platform until he started home. Hurst t is said to have provoked the diffculty 1. and advanced on Anderson with a '3 pistol. Anderson shot him six times d with a Cots automatic pistol, every e bullet passing through Hurst's body. n Hurst's pistol was found lying by hli body. "II'S ALL OVER." New York Will Go Demccratic by Fifty Thousand Xajority SAYS A RIPUBLICAN LADER. He Says His Party Has No Chance Whatever to Win the State in the Approching Election. Tue New York American of Tues day says the statement quoted was made Monday night by William Barnes, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Republican State Committee. The Americansays WIl. 1am- Barnes, chairman of the Execu tive Committee of the Republican State Committee, accompanied by Congressman George Southwick, of Albany, approached the front entrance of the Hoffman House In New York Monday night. Mr. Southwick en tered the hotel. Mr. Barnes stopped_ _ and greeted an "American" reporter.-' "What's the situation?" asked the reporter. 'It's all over," replied Mr. Barnes. "There's not a chance on earth inthis State." The reporter looked questioningly at Mr. Barnes. The latter repeated: "There's not a chance." "From what standpoint are you -- speaking?" asked the repoter. "From our standpoint;" answered Mr. Barnes. ''We can't carry the - State. It's all over now. Oh. we'll make a demonstration and do the - bestwe can, but it won't have any effect." "Will Parker carry the State?B "Yes, he'll pull through. B Herrick will carry it by 50,000," said Mr. Barnes. "How will Albany County go?" "It will go Democratic," repliad Mr. Barnes. "Of coarse, it's a Demo catic county." Mr. Barnes was plunged in gloomy thought for a moment and then said "And down here I suppoke they'll give the Democratic ticket a majority of 150,000 or thereabouts. I never saw anything like it. It's all over." . Mr. ha& "up street," proceeded to 1he~ Twenty fifth street entrance of the Hoffman House and met Congress man Southwick. All of Mr. Barne's predictions were heard by Michael Padden, of the Sixth Assemfbly District. THE SEVENTH DISTBICT. Lbe Republicans Pat Out a Caiidi date Against Congressman Lever. A special dispatch from Sumter. to The State says the seventh district was called to order Tuesday at 1 o'clock by T. H. Fordham of Orange burg, district chairman. After readin-g the call temporary urganization wes effected by the elec tion of E. H. ElchardsO f Wedge field chairman and Jacob Moorer of )rangeburg secretary. On motion the temporary organiza ion was made permanent. . H. Fordham moved that the con- . enton go into nomination for candi date for congress. H. B. Thomas of Orangeburg nom nated A. D. Dantzler. 3. H. Richardson nominated Rev . C. Jacobs of Sumter. Tile following were appointed tell as: A. D. Webster, W. T. Andrewa nd L. C.. Scott. Jacobs received 16 votes and D~antz ler 13. On motion of Webster the nomina ion waS made unanimous A resolution offered by Jacob Moor er of Orangebuirg and seconded by ~ev. 3. McKenzie Harrison of Sumter to make a vigorous and strenuous ight for Congresman Lever's seat was adopted amid a perfect roar of enthusiasm. H. B. Thomas of Orangeburg was elected district chairman, Fordhazn tendering his resignation. Webster made a speech In favor of Thomas. The following were elected district. committeemen: Richland, L. C. Scot; Sumter, E. H. Richardson; Lee, A. T. Butler; Ozangebarg, A. D. Web ster; Lexington, A. W. Johnso:a. Speeches were made by several d31 egates pledging their support to the nominee, saying they would work hard to seat hlim in congress. State Chairman E. H, Deas of Dar lington made a speech explaining the rules and work of the Espubiican party, and expressed the belief that Lever would be unseated. Tile conyention, contrary to the geeral rules, was harmonious and zree from wrangling. Jacobs, the nominee, made a speech of acceptance, in which he thanked the convention for their confidence in him, and said he would do all in hisi pwer to become the next congress man from thisfdistrict. Thle delegates sy that they have now nominated a man of education and character, and the Democrats canot go before congress and say that he is illiterate and his character questionable. All the delegates were present from every county. The convention adourned at 5 o'clock p. m.. Forced to Flee. A dispatch from Harodsburg, Ky., says eighty negroes, thirty of them women, have arrived there from South Fork, which place they were ordered by the whites to leave be cause one of the negroes stabbed a farmer's wife. It is reported that the white woman is dead. The negro' men were working on a railroad near South Fork. One of the women at. the railroad camp went to a farm house and, demanded a lunch. This was given her and while the hostess' back was turned the negro woman snatched some clothes and ran away. The farmer's wife pursued and caught her, but was stabbed by the negriess. Te news of the affair spread rapdly and in ashort time a posse of 200 white men had driven all the negroes from the vicinity. The blacks will not be permitted to remain In Har rowhnrg.