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?l al VOL. XXIII MNING, S. C. WED-NESDAY, SEPTEM1BER30198O. CALLS HIM DOWN Bryan Demands Proof of the Charges Against Haskell MADE BY ROOSEVELT. Chalenges the President to Produce Evidence Upon Which He Bases Is Endorsement of the Associa tion That the Governor Had Any Connection With Standard Oil. The most sensational development in the present campaign was the sending Tuesday from Detroit by William J. Bryan, Democratic candi date for president, of a telegram to President Roosevelt, demanding that he produce -proof that Gov. Charles X. Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer of the Democratic national committee, ever was connected with the Standard Oil Company. The telegram was sent in answer to the statement of President Roose velt, published Tuesday morning. in which the President endorsed the charges made against Gov. Haskel by William R. Hearst, that Gov. Haskell had been connected witn the Standard Oil Company and had attempted to bribe AttorneyGeneral Frank Monnett of Ohio. The tele gram is as, follows: Ron. Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United States. "Dear Sir: In a statement giveu out by you yesterday and published in this morning's papers you endorse a charge made. against Gov. Haskell of. Oklahoma to the effect that he 'was once in the employ -of the Stan dard- Oil Company and as such em ployee was connected with an at tempt to bribe or influence Attorney General Xbonnett of Ohio to dismiss suits pending against. the Standard Oil Company. In endorsing this charge you attack the Democratic party and its candidate, says. that 'Gov. 'Haskell stands high in the councils of Mr. Bryan and is the treasurer of his national campaign committee,' andf you add that 'the publication of this correspdudence not merely. justifies in 'striking fash ion the a'ction of the administra tion, but also casts a curious side light on the attacks made upon the administration both in the Denver convention, which nominated Mr. Biyan', and in the course of Mr. Bryan's campaign.' "Your charge is so serious that I can -not allow it to go unnoticed. Gov. Haskell has denied that he way ever employed by the Standard Oil Company in capacity o was ever connected in any way Niiatsoever with it or with the transaction upon which your charge is based. "Gov. 'Haskell demanded an in vestigation at the time of the charge was first made, offering to -appear and testify, and he demands an in vestigation now. I agree with you that if Gov. Haskell is guilty as charged he is unfit to be connectea with the Democratic national com mittee and I am sure you will agree with me that if he is innocent he deserves to be exhonerated from so damaging an accusation. . As the selection of Gov. Haskell as chair man of committee on resolutions at Denver and also _as treasurer' of the~ Democratic committee had my ap proval and endorsement. I feel it my duty to demand an immediati investigation of the charge against him endorsed by the president o: the United states. Your high po sitionl as well as your sense of jus tice, should prevent your givmng sanction and circulation to such charge without proof and I respec: fully request, therefore, that y~oui furnish any proof which you have ir. your possession, or if you have n proof, I request that .you indicate r' method by which the truth may- b' ascertained. Without consulting Mr. Haskell, I will agree that he will ap pear for investigation before and trib unal, public or private which you may indicate, and I will further agree that his connection with the 'nationr ommittee and this campaign shall cease in the event that the decision of such tribunal connects him in any way with this chrage, or in case' you, after an investigatienl of trla facts, say that you believe him guilty of the charges made. .As the candidate ,of the Demo cratic' party -I shall not permit any responsible member of the Republi can organization to misrepresent the acts of the Democratic party in the present campaign. I have assisted you tothe extent of my ability mn remedial measures which I deemed for the public good which you have undertaken: I have urged Demo crats to support such measures and I have advocated more radical mean. ures against private monopolies tha.1 either you or your party associates have been willing to undertake. The platform of the Democratie party is clear and specific on this subject, as on other subjects. while the platform of the Republican party is uncertain and evasive. The De'nocratic candidate for vice president, Mr. Kern. joined with mc in requesting the Democratic nat ional committee to fix a maximumn of $10,000 for individual contribu tions and to publish before the elec tion all contributions above $100 am the committee acted favorably upoi the request. The Republican can didate and the Republican national committee' proposed, not publication before the election, but publicatiori after the election. I sutamit tha our committee has given the bett1 eidence of its freedom from con nection or obligation to the preda tory intere~sts. Our committee ha not knowingly recreived a dollar fror an otheial of any corporation know as a trust. and it will not receiv any money from such. If any mone: is contrib' ed by such persons with 91ut the knowledge of the comimitte it wim be returned as soon as th HEARST LIE NAILED I DEMOCRATIC COMDIITTEI1 CHAIRMAN MACK. Who Says He Never Received One, Cent From the Former Chairamu Nor the Standard Oil. While in New York City Tuesday Mr. Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, contradicted another of the numer ous lies that Hearst has been putting in circulation about the Democratic campaign. Mr. Mack addressed a telegram to President Roosevelt in which he denied flatly the statements contained in the reported interview between Timothy L. Woodruff, chair man of the Republican State com mittee and President Roosevelt. which were printed in local papers Tuesday morning. Chairman Mack's telegram to the President follows: "I notice in The New York Tribune this morning ) on are quoted by Thomas L. Woodruff. chairman of the Republican State committee, in the following interview which Woodruff gave out from Os ter Bay: " 'Incidentally. the President re marked that he considered it signifi cant that $300,000 had been found in the treasury of the Democratic party after Judge Parker had de clared throughout the last national campaign that the party's treasury was receiving nothing from corpo rations: and, further, it was an nounced at the time of the election that the treasury was empty. The President said he thought it looked queer that such a large sum of mon ey should turn up after Haskell was appointed treasurer of the Demo cratic national committee.' "If you are quoted correctly no doubt you have in mind the publica tion in The New York American re eently that I. as chairman of the Democratic national committee. re :eived $300,000 from former Chair man Taggart. which was said to be left over from the 1904 campaign rhis, at that time, was emphatically lenied when brought to my atten ,io. I desire to say to you now, that there is not a word of truth n this statement. I have not re eived one cent from Chairman Tag ;art or any one else connected with he last campaign: neither has any 2ne connected with the Democratic ational committee. I am wiring rou this direct as I desire to correct what seems to'be an erroneous im ression in your mind. SHERIFF KILLS NEGRO. eorgia Officer Shot Five Times But Gets His Man. Sheriff W. W. Beard, of Clay ounty. Ga.. was shot five times here donday morning by George Thomas, he negro alleged to have murderel he Blue boys about ten days ago, nd Thomas in turn was shot and nstantly killed by the sheriff. Sher . Beard met Thomas on the street and ordered him to halt. Thomas pened fire and wounded Beard five times before he could draw his jistol. Beard finally got his pistol )ut and shot Thomas dead. Sheriff eard's condition is reported to be ritical. Three other negroes. Es sie Coleman. Alma Johnson and Sa annah Woods, the woman .whose iouse is near the scene of the ragedy. are confiend in the county ial as accessories. HYI)ROPHOB~IA la SiBERIA. Peasants Who Ate Infected Cattle Suffer From D~isease. Hydrophobia is5 raging in the vii !age of Pielskiy. in the Yenisei dis trict, Siberia. The viliage possesses i large number of dogs, which luring the hot summer were at tacked with rabies and bit many of he horned cattle. The owners of he cattle. noticing that some of~ them were ailing, killed them for rood. Many of the peasants after wards developed hydrophobia- The disease was communicated to the jomestic p)oultry. and ev-en some? horses showed signs of it. Tu the~ village twenty-seven familes are now infected. CULMINATION OF ROMANCE. Miss Louise D~avis Quietly W'eds It A. Stokes at Columibia.. A little romance was en'acted - oiunma ;wecrnes5day w~heni Mia ~ouise Davis became Mrs. H. A Stokes. Miss Davis came here te ittend college, but a note left 1.t he hotel tells briefly the story o! the surprise. Mr. Stokes is a na tive of Forsythe. Ga.. but is now in the civil service at Atlanta. Hei ne: Miss Davis here and the two pro ceded to the Methodist parsonl age where they became man an. wife. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes arriveei in Atlanta today. Mrs. Stokes is the daughter of Mr. T. E. Davis. a prom inent banker in Bishopville. Fire Persons Killed. A dispatch from Lisbon. Portugal. says twenty-two hulls escaped from' the arena at Moiat today and ra1 aiuck through a crowd that was assembled to witness a bull fight. rive persons were killed and som' twenty were inju tred. Troops wvere summoned and shot the animals te death. fact is discovered. "Th'e Democrati( party is makins 'an honest and ani honorable fight i: - defense of the principles and poli - ~ies enunciatee in the platform an' 3it expects and will demand fair an h 'norable treatmentl from those wb, i'n etar;:. of the Rc'puhiiran -ani --ihgreat respect. etc., - "Very truly yours. I William J. Brynn. -mI mietro Mich.. Sept. ~2-" IEDDY IN A HOLE Gov. C. N. Haskel Puts Roose velt in Ananias Cluc. SOME CENTER SHOTS. Says Prairie Oil Company Was Forced on Oklahoma When a Ter ritory by Roosevelt's Secretary of the Interior and He Had to Obey the Law. Thursday uight at Guthrie. Gov ernor Chas. N. Haskell issued a statement to the Associated Press, in reply to President Roosevelt's let. ter in reply to W. J. Bryan. dealing with four specific charges against Mr. Haskell, namely, that he is subservient to the Standard Oil; that he vetoed a child labor bill: 'that he dealt extensively in Creek Indian lands and that he allowed politics to dominate him in the removal of members of the faculty of the State unversity and the appointment of others to succeed them. Governor Haskell took up the four charges as dwelt upon by President Roosevelt in turn. dealing with each in a characteristic manner. The Prairie Oil and Gas Company charges Governor Haskell declared to be a -joke on Roosevelt's stupidity," as serting that he had done nothing which would conftr on the Standard Oil subsidary o.apany more author ity than .ady possessed under a franc. * granted by Secretary Hitchcock. An Untruth; Waived it Aside. "I assert that it is fair for me.to assume. if my case was to be digni fied by an all-day cabinet meeting. that beyond question Mr. Hearst and his campaign associate, President Roosevelt, left no stone unturned to blacken my character. "That being true, they certainly raked Ohio fore and aft concerning the Ohio Standard Oil case of 189" and. finding absolute'y nothing re flecting on me. the president trien o wave' his charge of last Monday side by saying 'he will make no al usion to that.' "He drops this subject because is original statement was untruth rul and he must know from what e knows and tried to find in Ohio. hat I spoke the truth when I said hat I never in all my life had any nterest in connection with, nor ervice for, that company. t ould Spell It With Three Letters. j "I say the president knows now .hat my statement is true and I re-|r ret that he tries to brush it aside 'ithout doing me candid justice. ere I to adopt the character of nguage so commonly used by the resident I would spell it in fewer: tters than 'falsehood.' 1 "Mr. Roosevelt. I hop.. to speak| 2n Ohio soon. May I? I hope to ivide the time with some par'tisan f yours, or Crown Prince William.| rho will defend your action in this istance.| "President Roosevelt comes to 1 kahomna and finds a substitute for his Ohio failure, does he, i the casa f the State against the Prairie Oil| nd Gas Company. which he comn ains I compelled to be dismissed? Knows He Acted Properly. "Yes. I did havye it dismissed. e all know that the Prairie Conm any is a Standard Oil offspring, and on't forget the president claims o have known this also, and .1 harge that his political allies, Hearst nd Roosevelt. bo0th know that I act d properly. First. the Prairie Oil Company got its franchise in our State. not from me. hut from Roosevelt's lec etary of the interior, long befor tatehood began and had its mar't ine built and operating. andl ongress in our statehood bill was areful to declare that our new State. when organized, must respect all such vested rights and existingf ranchises. That was all I did, and the federal courts stand ready to call ne down if I violated the Roosevelt. territorial franchise. Questions to Roosevelt. "Now, M1r. President, why di,1 your seceretary of the interior grant hat you knew to be a Standard O0l pipe line a franchise in our then helpless territory and fasten it in our new State by a permanenlt state hood hill? Will Mr. Hearst or the president pilease answer. "I will also remind the president that the company tried to enlarge its right so as to include a gas 'ut well as oil privilege. This I de feated. and even last April. SMr. President. vour secretary of the in teior tried to help the Standard Oil gas privileges agaist my protest by actually granting them a franchis~e to lay an interstate gas line also., notified the secretary that wit h statehood your day's of giving valu ble franchises in our State has passed and t would resist laying the pie line only after you yielded and cancelled your unlawful act. "I 'iagain assert that my act in hat crse was not only required by .'hat federal authority had heen unt able to do, but that the public inter nt of you'- own people. hased on con ditions growing out of your original secial factor to the Staindard Oil Copany in granting that franchise. required them to puruse that policy in the case you criticise. Child Labo' Bill. --ri- nr'esident come to the local affairs of ouir Staie and assails me for vetoing a child labor bill. I"Trn9. I did so. simply because the ill went too far and inludd~ thin Inot desirt'd by OUt'r pople. Union Ia thope the- president will survive- on .eto of a local bill and permit us t< -n out' local affairs. The College Professors. ---r president complains that wn FORAKER HITS BACH SAYS IT DID NOT SEEM TO T)' A CRDIE For Caididate Taft to Engage Him self With Trust Magiates and Ride in Their Private Cars. Senator Foraker issues a long let ter in defence of himself, in which he scores Roosevelt and Taft in pronouncing him guilty before they heard his side. He shows that he is not the only Republican of promi nence that has a soft place in his heart for trust magnets. In speak ing of Mr. Taft he says: Only one month ago, when Mr. Taft visited Middle B'ass and To ledo, he was the guest of Mr. C. T. Lewis. of the law firm of Doyle & Lewis. who have been the at torneys of the Standard Oil Company for many years. standing next in rank in that relation to Mr. Virgil P. Kiine, and when Mr. Taft had occasion to pass back and forth he tween Middle Bass and Toledo, where I had the pleasure oZ meeting him, be travelled on the yacht of Mr. Richardson. a '-ominent magnate of the Glass Trust. at least the papers so announced, when traveling from [ot Springs to Toledo on his way to Mfiddle Bass. yet nevertheless he rode in the private car of one of the >fficcrs of the road of which also dIessrs. Doyle & Lewis are attorneys. What a series of unpardonable rimes! "There did not seem to be any uch righteous dislike of these Stand ird Oil and other trust representa ives rankling in the bosom of Mr. raft on the occasion to which I re er. On the contrary, he acted like good. square, sensible, honest inded man, who really . enjoyed he company- he was keeping and the tertainment he was receiving and ho recognized. as the late Senator [anna was accustomed to say, that here were 'good trusts as well as ad.' and even decent people in the mployment of the Standard Oil ;ompany as well as objectionable eople. and all that is to his credit. "It is also highly to his credit hat when, three years ago, the Pres dent had occasion to appoint n nited States District Judge for the orthern district of Ohio, Mr. Taft. nowing the abilities and high char cter of John H. Doyle. of this tandard Oil firm of Doyle & Lewis, id not hesitate to recommend him o the President in strong language or appointment to that Judgeship. emoved certain professors from our tate university, our three State ormal schools and preparatory chool, in violation of civil service ules. That is. the president, in hi~s sual impetuosity and reckless dis egard of others, misstate the facts. ess than one-fifth of the faculties rc changed. All changes were for' ~ood causes .other than politics and one by boards of regent and not by he governor. The Creek Indians. "The presifent complains th..t here are several suits pending gainst me to reclaim Creek Indian nd. The president should have ~one further and said that I was ot a dealer in Indian land and only ~ame in as a subsequent -purchaser nd only incidenally a party without ~ersonal interest at all, and espec ally he should have said that it is uite apparent that those who aret >ing used in those land cases ap ear to be, and apparently are, the -ictims of poltical chicanery which he president can better explain than . -In short, the president and Mr. earst picked the wrong man and re now driven into ward politics ather than surrender like men. What President Thinks. "The president assumes that all klahomans are grafters just be ause his territorial associates justi ined that name: that all the railroad ontractors are bad. just because Paul Morton needed his protecting arm; that we aim in Oklahoma violate the civil service late, just because Mr. Roosevelt removed the bemr United State miarshal we ever had. the only reason being that he voted for a good Democrat instead of a bad Republican. aiid then the president appointed his crdusin to fill the va cancy. "As to the rights of labor in a child labor hill and nry work in the interest of labor, Mr. President. please remember, with me. it's do things. With you it's talk only. You are the same president who threatened to turn down our consti tution because it provided a jury trial inl ertain contempt cases Don't forgeet. Mr. President, I flatly dared you to make tnat objection. He Kniows His Positias 1s False. "But as the price of your ap proval you did compel us to cut on; the prohibition of remeral o: personal injury cases against foreign corporat ions from State to federal courts, and several other good pro visions that would benefit humanity and curb special interests. "Not contont with your owr threats against our constitution. yor sent Secretary Taft here to speals in our c'ampaian a year ago to in du1ce the people to vote to turn dow' the best constitution ever written We remember that we preserved Mr Taft's speech. It differs widely fron~ his speeches of this year. "Knowing all tnesc things, thb apresident must pardon us for thu: Baking issue with the occupant o the high oficee we all respect. Lo is hope that in the future he wiF appreciate and preserve its dignit and uot try to reflect upon the char acter' of a humble citizea. We fa. to concede his false position whe, ho knows it is false. "Cr N. HAKELL." WRECKER-CAUGHT I POVES TO BE A FIFTEEN YEA1 BOy Who Admits Having Thrown the Switci, Which Resulted in a Wreck and Death. A special to The News and Courier from Spartanburg says Clarence Agnew, colored, who - arrested Friday morning at We. ,-rd by Con stable T. W. Moore on suspicion of having thrown the switch of the Southern Road. near Wellford, wrecking Passenger Train No. 41. re sulting in the death of Engineer J. W. Fonville and Fireman Bowers, and seriously injuring Baggage Master McConley and Prue White, baggage agent at Spartanburg.' made a full confession in jail this after noon in the presence of Chief De tective Connelly, of the Southern Road: Special Agents L. A. Farr and Johnson, Constables Metcalf and Moore. Agnew is about fifteen years of age. He said that his home is in Toccoa, 3a. He had just finished serving sentence on the chaingang at Greer yesterday - at noon and started out walking down the rail road track towards Spartanburg. About 6 o'clock in the, afternoon he passed through Duncan. and when he came to the first switch he found the lock unlocked and threw the switch back and closed the lock. When he came to the switch at Groce's side track. near the mill, he* said he reached down and gave the chain a jerk and the lock sprung open. He threw back the lever of the switch and closed it down. He looked about the track and picked up a piece of iron and broke the lock on the rails. He said he threw one part of the lock away and put the other in his pocket and walked on down the track to Wellford. As he passed under an overhead bridge he threw the othes portion of the lock away. He told the officers he he could go back and find the pieces of the lock. Agnew said that when he reached Wellford he crawled in between a box car and cotton seed house, This morning when he awoke he started down the railroad track and asked some one if there had been a wreck. Upon being tcld. there had been he said to himself he hoped no one was killed. He continued on down the track to the scene of the wreck. where he was arrested by Constable Walker Moore. Agnew made a desperate attempt to get away and fought the officer furiously while the handcuffs were being placed on him. The motive that prompted the negro to open the switch resulting in the loss of the lives of two men and he injuring of several others can not be imagined, unless it was pure ussedness and a spirit of revenge to et even for having served on th.e haingang. That his motive was not obbery is certain for after opening he railroad switch he walked on own the track and did not go back for several hours afterwards. It is hought that officers will take Agnew o Wellford tomorrow morning to ook for the piece of broken switca ock he was said to nave thrown way. STOCK FOODS NO GOOD. How to Make a Good Cheap Oue at Home. Bulletin 10l5, of the South Da kota Experiment Station, gives ac sount of two experiments conducted in the summers of 1906 and 1907 to determine the amount of gain, if any, either in early maturity, mar ketable condition or cost of feeding, which might be expected from feed ing the commercial stock foods to hogs. Five of the best known brands were secured and submitted to chemical analysis and the results compared with bran. None of them were found to be equal .to bran in the proportion of crude _protein, the~ most expensive and indespensable mn gredient of the feeds. Two of the feeds had a slightly larger quantity of nitrogen free ex-~ tract and none of them excelled bran in the proportion of oils and fats. The stock foods averaged $220.00 per ton as against the pres ent high prie of bran- $20.00 giv ing bran 10 to .12 times the advan tage. 'These foods being often called medicines it was ifound necessary~ to ascertain their value os drugs. The rule in making themi seems to )e use small proportions of active drugs as gentian. fennigrek, sulphur. inger. pepper, salt, largely dilutedl with inert substances such as mill refuse, ground pine bark, linseedl meal. All of the drugs mentioned are not eombined in any one feed but the more important ones are used. the valuations 3eing in condiments and flavors. Of the drugs mentioned gentian is the best, and charcoal may be useful to correct acidity. The cquantity recommended is se small that the medicinal value la practically noihing. One set of pigs fed on grain aloull wer found to have made -10C pounds of gain, somewhat cheape han those fed grain with the addi tion of any of the stock foods.A hone made stock food suggested b eterinafrian~ E. L. Moore and J. H Shepard. chemist. was fed and comn prdwith the commercial article and grain feed alone arnd it wa found that though this stock foot is good and cheap, even in this cas :ains were made more cheaply Wi grain aione. The stock tood recor. mended was made as follows: G~ec tan. 2 pounds. cost 50) cents: ginger 1 pound, cost 40 cents: codium be carbonate. 1 pound, cost 10 cents fannigreek, 1-2 pouud, cost 10 cent *WAS IN THE RING Senator McLaurin on Good Terms With Standard Oil. COULD BEAT TILLMAN "If Properly and Generously Sup. ported, " Wrote He to John Arch bold, One of the Great Moguls of the Standard Oil Company, But He Failed to Do It. A special dispatch from New York to The State says Hearst set the State convention of his Independence party into a tumult tonight by un packing a few more interesting let ters having to do with United States senators and Standard Oil. A for mer United States senator was named in the letter which Mr. Hearst pulled out from his grip to night, ex-Senator J. L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, a Democrat. Mr. Hearst read letters from Senator McLaurin to John D. Archbold and from the latter to Senator Mc Laurin, while the crowd of delegates and spectators hooted and yelled and screamed, "Go for them, Bill." In one of the letters Senator Mc Laurin wrote to Mr. Archbold he spoke of being able to beat Senator Tillman, his 'colleague. "if properly and generously supported." In the same collection was a let ter of a later date from Mr. Archbold introducing the same senator to Frederick L. Eldridge, vice president of the Knickerbocker Trust Com pany, "to discuss question of mutual interest." Ex-Representative Jos. C. Sibley. of Pennsylvania, bobbed up again in tonight's sheaf with several interesting letters. In one he told r. Archbold of a "Rep." senator who wanted a loan of $1,000 and asked Mr. Archbold, "Do you want to make the investment?" Prior to the 1904 campaign Mr. Sibley wrote Mr.* Archbold anothe:' interesting letter in which he. said it wasn't at all sure who the Repub licans were going to nominate; that the situation was a very interestib'g one and that he was on the ir.side and that he thought be really bet ter come on to 'New York and talk t over. A letter, from Mr. Archbold to N. F. Clarke of Pittsburg, under date of ov. 30, 1898, showed that Mr. Arch bold was extremely anxious of hav ing a friend named as Democratic senator if a Democrat had a chance to succeed Senator Faulkner. John*P. Elkins, a lawyer of Lan caster, Pa., seems to have written Mr. Archbold to help his friends in the regular Republican organization of that district in the figlit with an independent organization, addnig that the regulars were Mr. A'rch bold's friends. Before reading these letter M. Hearst got after Governor Haskell again, while the audience roared i:s approval and set the air ringing wi'th owbells and all sorts of shouts. Mr. Hearst's contribution to the' -askell literature was an affidavia in a suit brought by one John P ailcJ in Putnam county. Ohih. against the Illinois Steel Company for $50.000, that being the amount of th'e fee Haskell should have re eived, it was alleged, for acting ae attorney for the steel company in the formation of the Federal Steel ompany. Haskell having assigned the claim to Bailey. This was the beginning of the United States Steel corporation. Mir. Hearst therefore added to the Has kell charges that of being an organ izer of the steel trust. and then took a par'iing shot at Haskell by reading a speech of his at a dinner at ua. Okla.. last February, in which e spoke up for the Standard Oi! Company and said some nice things about it. As an example of miethods "that were never dreamed of a few' years ago," said Hearst. "I am going to read you the following letter: '26 Broadway. New York. Dec. 12.1908S. "My Dear Senator: I have you" kind fav'or of yesterday. We have. of course, noted your recent disagree able experience with T. with the ut most interest. Think you have done just right in not being guided by him into doing a foolish thing. "I am greatly interested in the suggestion of. the law practice and will see to it that it is kept in minil with the hope that something .may dvelop in which I can be of service to you in connection therewith. With kindest regards. 'I am very .truly yours. "John D. Archbold. "To Hon. John L. McLaurin. Sena;: Chauber'. Washington, D. C. "United State Senate. Bennettsville . C.. May 29. 1902. Dear Mr. Archhold: I have pushed my fights vigorously th't they have called on Tillman. met him at Gaifney and b)eat him ni his own game. I called his blufm nd now the fight is for two seat. instead of one. I can beat Tillmarl i' properly and generously support cd. There is no time to lose. how eve. I enclose an account of boti meetings for your information. "With kindest regards.: "I am yours sincerely. "John J1. McLaurin." "26 Broadway. April 21. 190:: "Mr. Frederick L. Etheridge'. Firs 1Vice President Knickerhocket Trust Company. 66 Broadwadv City. "Dear' Mr. Eldridlge: It gives ni n pcasur" to introduce to you hereb: Senator J. L. McLaurin of South Car -olina, who desires to disc'uss wid on some business question of m1 .al ;,te,-t 1 can not sneak in to HASKELL NMUI~N DEAOCRATIC TREASURER GIVES UP HIS OFFICE. Admits that Hearst and - Roosevelt Charges are Responsible, but Not That They Are True Governor Haskell resigned Friday night as treasurer of the Democrat ic National Committee. His resigna tion was announced by himself three hours after his airival in Chicago from Guthrie, and after he had con ferred with officers of the Democratic national headquarters. In giving out his decision Governor Haskell, in re sponse to a question, declared he desired not to be responsible for any embarrassment which might result to the Democratic party -by retaining the office of treasurer. That his reignation is the direct result of the charges made against him by Wm-. R. Hearst and Presi dent Robsevelt Mr. Haskell also ad mitted. At the same time he did not by his resignation intend f-) admit that any of the charges were true. When Mr. Haskell arrived in Chicago at 9 o'colck last night he declared that he had not then re signed and that Mr. Bryan had not asked him to resign. Speaking to reporters he said: 'If you have any question to ask put them on paper," he said. He then went from the station to Dem ocratic headquarters at the Audi torium Annex. When a list of questions was handed 'in he retired to his room, saying he would give out answers later. He was- closeted for a long time with Nftional Committeeman Martin J. ;Wade, of Iowa, and Josephus Daniels, chairman of the Democratic press commAittee. It was midnight when Mr. Haskell reappeared from the room. He had in his hands a written resignation addressed to National Chairman Normal? E. Mack, and the answei to the questi'ons which had been given him. ' "I have my ans*ers," he said. -They will explain - themselves." After giving an affirmative reply to the question whether he had re signed, but denying that Mr. Bryan had asked for the resignation, -the question and answers read as fol lows: - "Do you know whether ',r. Bryan knew of 'the charges made against you by Mr. Ifearst, before you werr appointed treasurer?", "I do not see ho* he could have.' "Do you think -your further con nection with the campaign, regard less of the truth or faisity of th< charges, would tend to embarrass Mr. Bryan or injure his chances?" "It migh At any rate; I would not be a gnod-- citizen if I risked any embarrassment- in the fight o! the honest people against the special interests." "Do you intend to reply to Presi dent Roosevelt?'' "I have nota done so yet." "Do you in'tend to renew youi demand for an investigation of the charges?" - "How can I Roosevelt admits he did not tell the truth." In answer to a series of question: a's to his relation to the Citizens Alliance, said to have been organize( at Muskogee, .Okla.. to fight, the local labor union. Mr. Haskell denied tha the Alliance was ever organized in reply to questions concerning the Standard Oil. Compa'ny he repeated his former dejiials of ever having hac 'tnything to do with the company. COTTON MILLS. IDLE. One Hundred and Forty Thousan? Hands Qu'it Work. More than 400 cotton mills ir rancashire. England, ar-e idle toda: 'is a result of the dispute ove. wages between operatives and 'em ployers. This means that 40,000, 200 spindles are wholly or partialli -4topped. that more than $25.0.000 - 000 of capital is not bringing in any returns and that 140.000 operative: are without work and losing some thing over $700,000 in wages week. In view of the present glut ted condition of the market it. i not believed that this cessation o& v-ork will entail heavy damages tr ~he employers. It is not felt here 'hat the strike will last long, foi he card room workers are expected ;oon to take a second ballot and -igree to the 5 per cent reduction irn cages 'which already has been ac -epted by the spinners. DUPONT RESIGNS. Under Fire From the National Re publican Committee. At New York Chairman Hichcock. >2f the Reptiblican national commit tee. Friday announced that Gen'eral Coleman DuPont. of Delaware. head of the burdau of campaign speakers ofi the national committee, had re signe-- as head of that bureau and ilso as a member of the executive -omnittee. and that his resignation 'tnd been accepted. Mr. Hitchcock adid he had a conference with Mr. DuPont Friday morning and the lat *er inisisted upon the acceptance o1 lis resignation. feeling that th': - endency of the suit by the Govern' :'ient against the powder company with which DuPont is connected. bE employed by Repubmcan opponents tc he injury of the campaign. bigh term~sof Seator McLaulrin. fo whom I bespeak your most kindl~ considerations. - "Va~ry truly yours, T-Jhn J. Archbold." MUHL RASUALS Many Republican Leaders Now Supporting Taft in Same BOAT WITH FORAKER And the Republican Candidate for President Wil Be Lonely if He Elminates Al Who Have Been or Are Now Alligned With Standird Oil and Other Trusts. At Toledo, Ohio, - on Tuesday, former Republican Attorney General Monett, of Ohio, was asked, "What do you think the effect of Taft eliminating Foraker will have on the Republican party in Ohio this fall?" Here Is Mr. Monett's answer: "This is extremely. amusing in light of the nominees on the Repub lican ticket put there by Taft, Cox Brown and Guilbert. If Taft com mences the eliminating business he will have to resign from the -ticket or get new bed fellows. He cun ningly accepted the nominationfrom the gang, the Standard Oil lobby, being the same crowed he at once denounced as unwortl y of the sup port of the decent ci izens. If he rises to the high'moral plane of elim mating Foraker,' he wil surely have to eliminate Judge .A. SI auck- from the supreme bench, whoe record in the Standard Oil conte;npt pro ceedings is more vuinerable than anything Foraker has done. "Shauck voted to acqu! the Standard - Oil agents against -the combined votes of Judge Thaddeus J. B. Bradbury, Min.shall, and A. Mitchell and Williams. He voted to acquit Virgil Kline, for the Stand ard Oil Company, who openly defied the court when ordered to prdduce the books of the company. They charged* the attorney with contempt of "court and throwing away of the books during the very time the court ordered them produced. "They burned twenty-eight: boxes of day books and ledgers. in the furnaces. of the* Standard Oil re fineries before it was found they'had notified the court they had no such books and when this Infamous treat ment wasaid bare.-to the court and testimony and -depositions furnished by laborers that burned 'the books, this- same Judge Shauck, now run, ring a third term on the supreme .ourt bench, voted to clear-the crooks by dissolving proceedings againsi them on a motion of John M. Sheets, my successor -as attorney , general." "Was Foraker a friend of Burkett, the judge whom Archbold asked him to support?" was then asked. "Yes, Foraker was of the same political facteon as Judge Burkett. Fie was also the political friend of Judges Williams, Bradbury and Min shall. All of these last'three named judges vbted the Standard Oil guilty, of contempt, and every one of them was beaten for renomination over whelmingly.. They, were not sup ported by Foraker, his friends, or the Standard Oil clique, -butt that. Minshall on the day he voted- the Standard Oil guilty, while Shauck voted them innocent, was approached on High street, Columbus, and warned publically -that It would be his death knell. The Ohio Republi :an bosses kept their word and every judge that voted, against him and myself were all slaughtered while3 Judges Shauck, Speak and Burkett, - who voted for them were supported. by the Standard Oil lobbyists and Foraker and other Republicans and yet Taft doesn't propose to elimni nate them." NIGHT RIDERS IN GREENVILLE R. C. Willmon Warned Not to Gin .' Any More Cotton. A dispatch from' Greenville to The State says word reached that city Tuesday of the position of a threatening notice by supposed nigh; riders on the gin of R. C. Willmon, eight miles from Greenville., The notice reads: "Take warning and do not gin any more cotton. If you do, you will suffer the consequences. (Signed) "Night Riders." It is also reported several other gins were posted last night, though no damage is reported. Willmon's gin Is a new plant and, started up Tuesday morning, despite the threat. FATAL RESULT OF PRANK. Will Die From Burn Received in Camp Hazing. Fred Bertell, of Owosso, Mich., a member of the Third regiment, Michigan National Guard, now en camped - at Fort Benjamin Harrison, lies in the military hospital, per haps fatally burned as the result of being "hazed," or "initiated" by several of his fellow guardsmen. The prank known in camps at "initiation" includes painting the back and chest of the victims and indulging in a weird torch light pro. cession. While Bartell, whose "in: tiation" was one of several pulled off last night, was attempting to wash the paint by means of gaso line, a number of guardsmen entered his quarters, for the puropse of corm pleting "the initiation," when fI'ames from the torches which were carried accidentally ignited Bartell's painted body and saturated clothing, Bartell ,rushed from his tent t mass of flames and was taken in anx ambulance to the hospitsl. where Captain Folds, of the staff, gives little assurance of his recovery. Con flicting stories were told after the accident and Major Phillips, inspec tor on the staff of Brigadier General Bates. is making a thorough investI gation. ----