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VOL. XX NING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.1912 NO.9 THAT IS HAT THE SAYS WILSON. FARMRS ARE ROBBED Woodrow Wilson, the D'mocratl Presidential Candidate, Speaks i Pennsylvania on the Relation c Farmer to Tariff.-Time for Farm re to Be Considered in Tariff-Mak jag. Colonel Roosevelt's analogy tha benefits of the protective tariff sys tem constituted "prize money" o which too much was kept by the of fleers and too little distributed to th, crew was criticised by Governor Wil son in a speech at Williams Grove Qa., Friday. He wanted to know in,his speed before the State Grangers' pienic jus 'where the "prize money" came fr m He said the "plunder" came from th farmer, who was taxed too highly b, the tariff on agricultural implements The governor confined himself to the tariff and how It affected the farmer and drew attention to Presiden Taft's veto of the farmers' free lis bill. "I dare say he was right from hl point of view," said Governor Wil son, of President Taft, "for he repre seated the trustees and not the peo ple." The governor argued that the government had been in control o0 "self constituted trustees" in the Re publican party and that it was tim< for the people to obtain control. Governor Wilson said "It Is strang( that we should have put off so long looking into our government to see whether it is in fact run according tc the rules we originally laid down foi It, but It is certain that we are no' looking into it very sharply indeed and without the least danger that we - shall be deceived again as to its char ater. Our idea of it has been from the first that it was a genuine part nership and that all were upon one footing and were to share alike. "But i very interesting thing has came to light. That is not in fact the way the government has been ad ministered in our time. It has beet in the hands of self-constituted trus tees and the partners have seldom been allowed a real governing voice in its administration. "We had supposed that we were conducting the , national - business along the lines laid down by Jeffer son, but we have been conducting it along the lines laid down by Hamil ton. Hamilton believed that the .common run of men had litt.le quali fication for. such business, that it could be- really comprehended and wisely directed only by those who led in .commercial and industrial en terprlses and owned the chief bodies of property in the country. And In our time the leaders of the Republi can party have conscious'y or uncon sciously adopted his notion. "Those men financed party cam paigns and were always on the inside when ,party policy was to be deter * nined. Tariff schedules, the foreign policy of the country, the chief ex pepdltures of the government-ev erything. "ent as they suggested, whllethe-rank and file of us fared as wre might and were happy If we had any small share In the prosperity which they organized for themselves. They were the trustees, we -were their wards and took -part in the common life as, they ~planned and directed What-went on in the trustee meetings we wrere very seldom allowed to learn -learned indeed only by Impertinent inquiry, only by .congressional Inves tigations or trials In court which the trustees complained sadly Interfered with the regular course of business. "Mr. Roosevelt has proclaimed himself a convert to the protective policy-I say a convert because he at one time very frankly avowed a dif ferent opinion-and has said that while he admitted that, 11o doubt, some duties were too high and ought to be lowered, on the whole, the pol icy, pursued by Republican adminis trations had been the right one; and he thought the 'prize money' which bad been received under,~ that system by the manufacturers of the country -was legitimate booty. "The analogy is a very interesting one. Prize money Is generally ac quired by capture and not by any process of earnings, but G&r. Roose velt is always franks and says that his only objection to the system- is too much of the prize money remains In the hands of the officers and toc little of it Is distributed to the crew His own object he avows to be to see to It that more of the prize money gets into the pay envelopes of those whom the free-booters employ. The Interesting point I wish to raise nows Is, who supplied the plunder, from whom is the prize money taken? -"The present Democratic Congress had the old-fashlened idea of govern ment. They supposed that its .bene fits and .protections were to be dis tributed and equally shared. It in troduced and passed a bill which be eame kno-n as the farmers' free lisi bill, that bill put many indispensa -ble' things on the free list. Mos1 prominent among them were agricul tural Implements, becaiuse the Amer. Ican farmer pays more for his agri. cultural rplements than any othei farmer in the world. The Americaz manufacturers who mace agricultur al imp'lements sell them much cheap er on the other side of the water. I1 was a very natural act on the part o: the Demoicratic Congress, tberefore to put.agricultural implements on thi free list, to put fence wire also on thi free list, and the bagging 'and tie which the faruher needs and uses fo1 his cotton. It added lumber anm laths and shingles and leather anm shoes, and salt and meats, thinkini not of the farmer alone, but of all o us who are struggling to live an< pay our bills. But such changes dii not comport with the ideas and plant of the trustees, and the president ye toed the free list. I dare say he wa right from his point of view, for h< represented the trustees and not th< people. "The trustees represent all the bil bankers in whose hands our banklni system lies to be mnani-nulated, and na Republican administration, no Re publican Congress. has attempted t< be served in the matter of credit! It is practically Impossible for th farmer to borrow money on the kin of security ordinarily demanded a thebags.It does notse Mpu ALEiGED IN aKEN. Cherokee, . Hampton, Spartanburg, York, Union, and Other Counties Being Investigated. When the Democratic Executive c Committee for Aiken county was call ed to order in the court house at a noon Thursday by County Chairman B. H. vira to tabulate officially the t votes e - at the various boxes in that c' . .y and to declare the re sults, H. M. Cassels of Ellenton ap peared, to protest the election in that county and demanded a complete re count. He based his protest upon what he termed Indisputable and cer t tan evidence of numerous irregulari - ties at the various boxes over the f county and professes to be able to - prove eventually all his claims: Mr. Cassels had this to say in part: "Regardless of the fact that our State has just been advertised as raving gone through one of the most ridiculous and irregular elections since the days f radicalism, I can by living witnesses and substantial evidence show why Aiken county should have - a recount of the votes c cast last Tuesday. I demand this re count, and If you refuse it, I shall ap/eal to the State Executive Com mittee. ! am not now charging ac tual fraud, but numerous irregulari ties. An investigation may reveal fraud. though." Mr. Cassels did not then have his b evidence with him, nor did he prefer any specific charge against any par- T ticular box, so Solicitor Robert L. r Gunter, declaring that he appeared a as the attorney of Gov. Cole L. Blease in this protest, demanded that the committee proceed to the business of - of the day and that no general pro- C test be considered in the manner Mr. Cassels desired, but that the protests be made on individual boxes, as they e were encountered, and the protest or protests then considered. The committee decided to do this. c In the course of the tabulation Mr. c Cassels succeeded in having individ- t ual votes - thrown out on technical grounds of illegality and inelligibil ity. However, the committee stop- s ped his prime motive and he gave c notice of an appeal to the State Com mittee, before which body he will ap pear in Columbia. Mr. Cassels gath- g ered together his evidence of irregu- s larity and has added to these by oth er parties positive evidences of actual a fraud In several instances. P It is known positively and beyond e the slightest shadow of a doubt that he has good evidence to the effect t in some instances minors were allow ed to vote at the Langley box, that a individuals were allowed to vote c more than once at this box, and that p In at least two instances individuals voted in Langley and then came on a to Warrenville and voted. The affi- e davits in this last mentioned case c were seen by this writer and bear s the names of honest, honorable, re- e sponsible citizens of Horse Creek h Creek Valley, one of them a minister c of the gospel. The Cherokee' Democratic Execu-1 tive Committee met in the court1 house Thursday morning and made c the official examination or the vote. It had been expected that a 'recountC would be demanded and It had been reported that an investigation would be demanded, owing to the fact that several complaints had been heard of f men from other counties voting theret and numerous irregularities occur ring. All boxes and votes are being held by the county committee, pur suant to orders received Thursdays afternoon, from John Gary Evans, State chairman. - The following dispatch was sent to Hampton, Charleston and several 7 other counties on Thursday: "Pre- a serve all ballotts, tally sheets, poll lists, club rolls, manageri reports f v and all records until further notice from the State Executive Committee. S "(Signed) John Gary Evans, 0 "Chairman.'' c li In York county there was a protest jt of the vote, and the executive com- T mittee undertook to count it again. n The count did not begin until late In v the day and was not completed at ri nightfall. t In Union the committee did like- s wise, and it also found that the job v was a lengthy one, which was not ai finished late Thursday night. The jr rsults of the recount in these two counties Is not known. In Spartanburg county the com mittee held two sessions In a vain ef- ti fort to canvass the returns. Howev- O er, neither meeting was productive, o, as in both cases a quorum was lack- e ing. Several boxes also were still V missing, and nothing 'could be done. Another session was called. In the meantime, according to dis- e patches, reports of irregular voting t continue to pour into Spartanburg- t In Dorchester and in Lancaster minor Irregularities were reported, but there was no protest of the vote. A retabulation was made In Lancas ter, with tbe results remaIning sub stnilythe same.' t pose to borrow It for ine short per ods insisted upon .by most bank ers. He needs rather, long credits and be needs them on his own kind of security. "He can't be mortgaging his farm every time he needs a little money. a Other countries have discovered howa to assist him. An admirable system ~ of agricultural societies has been de veloped in Ireland, and an excellent one in Germany, and the present Democratic Congress has done noth fog better than to provide for a care ul investigation of this subject with a view to early action, so that the law may be fitted to the creation of these new instruments of business which the farmer so much needs and ought to have."~ Wolves Beseige Agent. The arrival of a freight train at Prospect, Ala., early Friday morning saved the Northern Alabama railroad station agent there from a horrible death by a pack of wolves. T'O t wolves surrounded the litde depot early In the night and drove the 1 agent inside, where he barricaded all doors. He shot two of the wolves wheo they tried to jump through the window.1 -Killed by His Own Explosive News reached New York Friday of the death in Italy of Roberta Imper : ali, Inventor of an explosive called iperialite. He was blown to pieces while experimenting at his factory1 L e rc~ INESTIGATED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Lt First Session State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee Lays Founda tion for an Investigation.-Plans to Safeguard the Primary, and Wont Declare Result Till Facts Are Known. Charges of illegal voting in the scuth Carolina primary last Tuesday vill be rigidly probed by the execu ive committee of the Democratic >arty. The committee, after two ses ions Friday, adjourned -until next Vednesday at noon, when the inves igation will begin. Several specific harges have been filed with John sary Evans, State chairman. The ollowing resolution by W. F. Steven on of Cheraw was adopted by the ommittee Friday: "Whereas, an unprecedented vote a reported and widespread charges f fraud and irregularities have been >rought as to the election on the tate ticket, and it is the duty of his committee to see that whatever nominations have been made have een honestly made, and if the charge 3 true it shall be corrected, and if ot true it shall be refuted and the rimary election system vindicated nd preserved; "Resolved, That the chairman hall call on each county chairman, there fraud or irregularities are harged, to take charge of the club oils and compare them with the poll sts and compare the poll lists with ach other, and take such evidence as hall be available and pertinent and end -up club rolls' and poll lists or ertified copies of the same to this ommittee and report all irregulari tes; "Resolved, further, That the chair ian of this committee do furnish ich assistance to the respective aunty chairmen as may be neces Dry to facilitate the completion of its work and that the candidates for overnor be each allowed a repre antative at such hearing if desired. "Resolved further, That this com Littee hereby declare it to' be its pur ose to see that the primary be hon tly conducted and detectandpunish -auds committed, vindicate the pri )ary system and rid it of all imputa ons of crookedness and to call on l citizens to co-operate with this )mmittee in such work and save the rimary system from destruction. "This committee calls on citizens, ad especially all members of the ecutive committee and all club offi rs, to swear eut warrants for per ns violating the primary laws in nnection with the said election and ave the offenders bomna over to >urt." The Only Work. The resolution, which was general discussed by the members, is the im and substance of the Work ac ymplisbed at the meeting of the exe rtive committee Friday. Several iembers objected to the introduction Sthe resolution on the-grounds that iere was no fraud reported in their yunties. The resolution was ably de ~nded by 'Mr. Stevenson. The posi on of Gov. Blease was f-ully explain : to the committee by E. S. Blease, rother of the governor, and his sub :itute on the committee from New erry county. State Chairman John Gary Evans riday night sent the following tele ram to -county chairmen in accord rice with the resolution adopted by te executive committee: "If any aud or Irregularities are charged In our county as to any part of the tate ticket, investigate same thor ughly. Take charge of club rolls, impare them with poll lists, poll sts with each other, taking such. ev lence as is available and pertinent. hen forward all records bearing on atter, including those above named ith evidence to Christie Benet, sec tary, Columbia. If you need assis tnce call on me. Act promptly. tate committee has adjourned until ednesday next. Have reports here ssoon as possible. Letter confirm ig above instructions follow. "John Gary Evans, "State- chairman." Members of the executive commit se Aade it very plain that the nom iation for governor and other Stata flices would not be declared until ue committee, after a thorough in estigation, was able to write the -ords "clean and fair" across that omination. Mr. Stevenson made it ear that it was not the Intention of rie Jones members on thre commit se to show favoritism but If illegal otes were found for Jones they -ould~ be thrown out. The members f the committee expressed them alves as being in favor of investigat ug the situation to save the South arolina primary law from destruc on. Every charge or intimation of raud in the State will be caref-uily ivestigated. Harry D. Calhoun, candidate for ongress in the Second district, Fr! ay night wired Chairman Evans call rig his attention to "use of whiskey nd illegal voting," in that district rid asked that a thorough investiga ion be made. To Report on Ticket. At the meeting Friday Christie enet, secretary of the committee, aid that the governor of the State ad criticised him and that he desir d in a public speech that he had not ointed to Investigate the 'etarges. Ie said that the governor had charg d I na public speech that he had not ent a sufficient number of tickets to >ickens and Lee counties. Mr. Benet howed that he had sent out 522,000 eckets to the various counties. After ome discussion W. T. Crews of Lau ens. R. I. Manning of Sumter, and J. L Willis of Barnwell were appointed ts members of a committee to inves igate the charges by the governor. he committee will make report at he next meeting of the committee on Vednesday. At the afternoon session of the omimittee B. R. Caldwell of Chester 'eorted that the special committes 1amed during the morning to assist a canvassing the returns was not dvad to report as all of the counties had not made reports. Chairman E'vans read several tele grams intimating fraud in connection with the election in several counties. TWn nf the talrramn chaned~ fraud in Anderson and Aiken counties. TI official protest for Anderson coun was lodged with the committee. Among the telegrams read was or from Senator Tillman in which x asked the committe to be very su: before acting but if there was frau to investigate it and save the primal law from destruction. Several members of the committe objected to the resolution-as first 11 tr6duced by Mr. Stevenson on tl ground that fraud had not bee charged in all of the counties. J. 'J Park of Greenwood took the pos!tic that it was the duty of the committe to eanvass all the returns. E thought that the committee shoul be in a position to say whether t election was clean or unclean, fair < unfair. Must Be Clean. "We must be able to say to tt world," said Mr. Park, " we has held a clean and fair election or w have held an unfair electon. If tt election has been fair we must b able to repudiate the charges. think that the resolution should ai ply to every county. We must invew tigate." The resolution was finally amend ed so as to apply only to countie where fraud has been alleged. J. A Greer of Union said that he was Blease supporter but he wanted square deal for both candidates. H was satisfied there was no fraud i Union county. In reply Mr. Stevenson stated hi position clearly. Mr. Stevenson sal that it was the duty of the commit tee to throw out all illegal votes, n matter who they were in favor o He said that the primary muqt b saved and cleansed at any cost. E. S. Blease of Newberry took th floor before the committee and out lined the position of the governo with reference to the investigatiot He said that his brother, the govern or, was a member of the committe from Newberry but did not thin:: I proper to appear in person. He sai that he had come as representing hi brother and that he desired to mak iseveral statements. He outlined hi position as a Democrat and said al that "Cole L. Blease wanted was fair and honest count". He doclare, that if his brother had not been fair ly elected he did not want the office "I have never heard yr an execu tive committee attempting to di something on base rumors or re ports," said Mr. Blease. Later it was called to the atten tion of Mr. Blease that official pro tests had already been filed with th committee. Mr. B.lease, in the course of his speech, charged that the ap parent majority of his brother wa hurting some people. He discusses the situation in Newberry and sail that he had tried to be fair to the candidacy of Judge Jones. He re ferred to a minor contest in tha county. Mr. Blease expressed faith in the members of the executive coni mittee and said that he thought hie brother would receive a square dea in the investigation even though ; majority were opposed to him polit ically. "All that we want is a fair, hones count." he said. Mr. Blease voted for the resolu tion finally passed. Will bA Fair. In reply to 'Mr. Blease Mr. Steven son said that it was the purpose tc give both candidates a- fair and hon est deal and that nothing of a par tisan nature would enter into the de liberation. "It is the duty of the committee te write the word clean across the nom ination for governor and we do no propose to do .otherwise," said Mr Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson said tha the situation should be given public ity so that the people of the Stat might know what was done and tha fair play was give~n overy candidate The following resolution whic1 was brought before the committe was referred back to the R.ichlani county executive committee for ac tion: "Whereas the club lists of certait voting precincts in Richland counts are so filled with names as to maki it practically impossible for thre< managers to conduct an eletion am allow all voters an equal chance ti ballet. "Be it revolved. That in each case where such cange is deemed advis able by the chairman and executivi committeemen of such clubs, addji tional boxes shall be provided an three additional managers shall b. appointed for said precinct, and the club rolls thereof shall be divedet from A to M, and from M to Z, u that all voters failing in the first di vision shall vote at the boxes man aged by one set of managers, anc those in the second division at thi boxes managed by the others. The committee met Friday at noor in the library at the State House foi the purpose of declaring the results of the primary election last Tuesday Several members were not preseni and it was found that the official re turns had been received from onl: thirty-two couanties out of forty-four Upon adoption of a resolution, Johi Gary Evans, the chairman, anpoint ed a committee to assist Christi Renet, the secretary, in tabulatin: the vote for the various offices. Th members of the committe eappoint ett were R. B. Caldwell, Chester; W F. Stevenson, Cheraw; James B Park, Greenwood; W. B. Wilson Jr. York. The following resolution by Dr. TI H. Dreher of St. Matthews was adopt ed -by the committee: TFo Safernaurd Primary. "'Resolved. That a committee o five, together with the chaIrman a e x offclo member, be appointed b . the chairma~n to revise and reconcil the constitution of the Democrati party and to devise some means c and report same to a meeting of th State executive comnmitte prior t In introducing the resolution D1 Dreher said that unless there wa some restriction, it was oniv a quel tion of time before the priuiary sy: temn would be abolished. He de clared that the politicians of th State had been afraid to tackle th question and that it was time for th exec'utive commIttee or some othe body to take action. He thougt that the system had been abused I many instances. Dr. Dreber aske fo xrsions on the question hi feitwsnut to a vote. The con mittee will be named later by Chai: man Evans. Discussing the quest~on. Mr. Ste enson said that be fsvored the rest ltion. He declared he~e s atkfi that the result in Chesterfield conni ass nracticaily enrrnet. hot son cuestions as to i!!egal voting ha been raimd. in various sections of ttl State. He thought It was the duty< t VOTED TO TICKETS SOME BLEASE VOTERS. DD THIS d IN SPARTANBURG, y There Seems to Have Been Great Ir regularities at Sevaral Boxes in - That County. n e The County of Spartanburg seems e to have been honey-combed with d fraud on the day of the primary. 'A e dispatch from that city says reports r of fraudulent voting are pouring in from all sides and in a number of cases are supported by afmdavits. o There is little doubt that hundreds e of illegal ballots were cast all over e the county. Men were allowed to e vote whose names did not appear on e the club rolls, and their names were added afterwards; minors were al lowed to vote, some men voting at a - number of precincts, and others slip ped more ballots into the boxes than -they were entitled to, it is alleged. s There was a disposition Thursday r. on the part of the executive commit a tee to recount every ballot in the a county and to compare the total of a each candidate with the result as giv a en on the returns of the precinct managers. The managers will also a be requested to deliver to the execu I tive committee the club rolls, in or - der that the number of votes cast > may be compared with the number enrolled. The committee is deter a mined to have fair and truthful re turns, regardless of who is benefited a or hurt by a recount. - -:Mr. Archer stated that the com r zittee would have to pass on pro tests from Cherokee, Arkwright, - Trough, and Inman. These protests a have been formally laid before the t committee. At Walnut Grove, it is I reported, several minors voted. In s Ward 4 in that city several cases 3 tvere discovered when a voter had 3 folded two ballots together and cast I them into the box. These votes, which were for Blease, were thrown I out. It is considered, however, that - in other boxes such repeaters were' successful in having their votes - counted. The executive committee. met in - the co-urt house at noon Friday with E. L. Archer presiding as chairman - and S. T. Lanham at his post as see - retary. The roll call showed only a twenty-five members present, less than a mapority. The point of no - quorum was raised and sustained by 3 the chairman and upon motion the I committee receeded from business I until three o'clock in the afternoon. When the committee met a second time there was only 20 members present. Adjournment was taken un til noon Friday. Determined to proceed regularly I regardless of delay, a number-of the 1 members of the committee will not s permit the important business before the committee to be attended to until there is a majority of the committee present as required by parliamentary practice. Even if there had been a quorum Rtesent Friday, howev'er, the committee could not have reported on the vote as the boxes of four pre cinets are still -mising. There being no quorum of the 'committee on Friday, the committee met again at noon Monday. Mr. Archer said he would insist on a quorum .being present. If there should be further delay, he added, the consequences might be serious. SThe tabulation of the vote and the deviding of contests will not be at tended to unless a majority of the members - of committee are on hand. I- takes forty-four members to make a quorum. At no time Thursday -were there more than forty members Ipresent. Mr. Archer repeated his order that the managers of all the boxes br~igi their club rolls to the executive com mittee, in order that the number of votes eat may be compared with the number of. voters on the rolls. He said that if the managers failed to appreciate the importance of send ing in the rolls the presidents of the clubs should attend to it and scnd in' the rolls to the -executive committee. COME TO TRAGIC DEATH. The Body of Solomon Luna Found in Vat of Sheep Dip. Solomon Luna, fifty-four years old, millionaire banker and sheep grower, for sixteen years, Republican nation al committeeman from New Mexico, and who refused to accept election to the United States Senate at the hands of the first State Legislature, met a tragic death at Horse Springs, So corro County, seventy-eight miles from Magdalena, at an early hour Friday. He fell into a vat containing thousands of. gallons of sheep dip af-' ter being attacked with heart fail ure. Becoming ill during the night, it was supposed 'Mr. Luna went from .his room to the dipping vat a few yards from the ranch house to get water and was stricken with sudden heart failure, falling into the mixture of lime, sulphur, tobacco and water. Camp employees found the body floating in the vat early Friday. Mr. Luna was the wealthiest man ina New Mexica. He is survived by a wife. The body will be brought to Albuquerque on a special train Sat urday. Snomination was clean before the re *sult was dec'ared. He said the coun Sty executive committees should be Srequired to lay all matters before the Scommittee. Every club list and poll ~ing list where there is any doubt should be thoroughly investigated, he said. The count,v executive commit tees should be given the proper in structions as to what is to be sent up for the consideration of the State executive committee, he thought. The official returns have not been received from the following counties: -A iken. Anderson, Beaufort, Charles ~ton, Oenrgetown, Dillon. Horry, Ker sh aaw. L~ee, Oconee, Spartanburg, R' umter and Union. The returns will be turned over to the members of t the sipecial committee, and a report ~will .be made next Tvesday. SoeMen Vote 'v n . T. J. Kirkland, chairman of th" -Kerhaw county committe, stated Friday that several irreauisrities in -- tM recent primary had hban report ed to him. He has not looked !nto all d I 1 cse thoroughly but will .do so. y, rn ore instance in which he Investi ei 'ated a .Biease snoffir .had his dneon the Pine Creek and West e yuvle club rolls and voted at each f' plrce. he said. Mtr. K(Irkianl stated al that this man would likely be indkct eji e for portury. ' LAUDbED 0DY CLAL' THE HOUSE DEMCCRATS DI GREAT THINGS SAYS THE SPEAKER OF THE 11O1 Says the Work of the Democrats i1 the House of Representatives Wil Give the Party the House, the Sen ate and the President In the Nea Election. Speaker Champ Clark Saturday delivering the valedictory of thi Democratic House of the sixty-seconi congress, asserted that historiane would declare with absolute trut) that the House Democrats of the six ty-frst and sixty-second congresse "did great things" and "have made f sweeping Democratic victory approxi mately certain, a victory that will give us the House, the Senate and the president." . Dramatically addressing his col leagues while the clock across the House chamber was slowly moving toward the final adjournment time, the speaker, in a tribute to leaders of both parties, declared that no major ity was ever more successfully led than by Representative Underwood, nor any minority ever led more ably than by Representative Mann. "Leader Mann," said he, "has con tested with Leader Underwood every step of the long and wearisome road we have traveled with the stubborn courage of :the English squares at Waterloo. I have not always agreed with Brother Mann-God forbid' but he lives up fully to his name. He is in very truth a man. Were it not for him I would feel decidedly lonesome in the speaker-s chair." As speaker-as "dean of the fac ulty, so to speak"-Mr. Clark said he felt very proud of the membership of the House, and he declared his~ be lief that Democrats should sit in the seats of the mighty, hold every coigne of vantage and every place of power. Speaker Clark said that for years the Democrats had been sneered at "as a party of negation, green hands in formulating and conducting pub lic business, ridiculed as a mob, a rabble, without coherence or discip line as militia fighting regulars, and even exact date on which we would dissolve into waring factions and go to pieces was set down in tpye". "But," he added, "the Democrats have fought and won like veterans and constitute thoroughly a discip lined force as ever appeared in the House or any other parliamentary body since parliamentary bodies were instituted among men, mustered our full strength on every mportant prop osition and passed two great, tariff bills over the president's veto, the first Instance of the kind in the his tory of the republic." They had fought a good fight and kept the faith, he said. 'Mr. Clark said that "so long as the earth spins upon its axis or slides down the ecliptic," public men whc would escape- the people's wrath would take to heart the sImple and instructive story of the astonnding change in the political situation, "since that melancholy day in Nov ember, 1908. when wo were so com pletely fiattcned out." The lesson, in brief, he said, was that the Repub icans. in ordsr to get in, promised tc revise the tariff down, but, being in, they proceeded to ievise it up. The speaker expressed thanks and the gratitude of the country to "the brave, wise and patriotic Republi ans who co-operated with us in pass. ing good bills. The secret of ourx marvelous success," he said, "is sim pe-unIty of thought, purpose and action, frequent counsel together, a spirit of mutual conciliation, strict adherence to principlc, with tmost latitude in non-essential, subordina tion of individual desire to the gen erl party good. sacrifice of personal ambitions !n the earnest, honeor, pa triotic endeavor to ser've the whole people with whatever of capacity~God has blessed us. "We have won many victories," he said, "but what is better, we have formed the habit of victory." He sug gested that Roscoe Conkling's decla' ration that General Grant's fame was earned not alone by thIngs written, but by the arduous greatness 01 things done, "fits our case like a glove". "What the Democratic House ac omplished, so far as it could for the melioration of conditions." said he, "thwarted, as it has been, by a Re. publican president, Is only an earnest of what we will do when we come in to full possession of the three branches of government. President Taft vetoed most of our bills of a remedical character, a prerogative unwisely exercised. He made his re ord; we made ours. On tbese rec ords we appeal to the country with absolute confidence that when the polls close In November we will have elected a Democratic House and Sen ate. Governor Woodrow Wilson tc the presidency and Governor Mdar shall to the vice-presidency--con summations devoutly to be wished, which we believe and hope will prove of inestimable and endutring benefit to the entire American people, of whatever persuaalon, religious or po litical." Saves H*er Life and Weds. His heroic rescue of a young w'o man who was about to drown in the Seine river in France two years age became known to his friends at Sax FrancIsco Thursday for the first time when Samuel J. Humne, dramatic stu dent, and graduate of the University of California, left for Boston, to mar ry the girl in the case. Miss Maud Crawford Dick of Edinburgh, Scot land. Miss Dick is now en routj from Liverpool to .Boston to meel Hume. Ferrit's Lmne Was Enduring. Adolph UnTiinhauser, a bachelo1 hrmit of Hammond, Ind,, foun' nearly dead from starvation, had jus written this note: "Strife and worra may fade th0 bloom of youth, bu love's first dream remains forever Ih the heart." Hufenhauser camne fror (ormsijy more than fifty year's argo boght a small farm, cleared it anc then wr'nio for his sv~eethAart ti come. Later he g~eived word the ~THEY Off TOO BOLD SEVEBAL RAILROAD MiENCHARG ED WITH FRAUD. A Big Bonnd-Up of Alleged 6 Bad lers by the Southern Railway om pany at Mobile. Completing -a trip through four states in a round-up of indicted for mer employees of the Southern rail I way, Detective Edward McQueen of the Railway Secret service, reached Mobile Friday. The search, which t i3 for the time being ended, began August 6 and was for the purpose of arresting eleven ticket sellers and ticket takers of the Southern, who, it is alleged in the indictments, swin e died the company out of more than $25,000. Of the eleven indicted employees, nine have been landed behind prison bars. One has pleaded guilty and six others have confessed. Two are at liberty, but their arrest is but a mat ter of time. All of the alleged depre dations were committed on the Mo bile-Selma branch of the Southern railway. The operations extended i back for ten years, but the indict ments allege only those acts perpe trated within the period of three years. All of those indicted had been in the employ of the company for many years. The scheme or conspiracy was worked by the ticket seller selling the paisenger a ticket which he would not stamp as required by the railroad. Boarding the train the tickets taken from these passergers by the ticket collector would not be returned to the collector in accord ance with regulation, but to the tick et seller in on the deal. He in turn would put the ticket back in the rack to be sold over again, splitting the money with the ticket taker. When ever the auditor put in an appear an-e to check up the ticket seller, the tickets would balance with the previous statement when compared with the finances on hand. In this way the scheme worked inte-ruptedly for a number of years and then there was a careless slip in the plot and the indictments followed. COUNTED TII ANYWAY. Protests In Do-chester County Were Overruled. When the Dorchester County Er ecutive Committee met at St.. George on Thursday to tabulate the votes cast in the late primary,, the Dor chester precinct at Sum'merville was found to be badly mixed Tuesday by reason of 125 votes being put in the wror g box. The votes for the coun ty offices were put in the Scate hex and vice versa. The managers. did not count these votes Tuesday but ca-efully put them togetner and Fri day the county executive committee decided to count them. St.. Clair Muckenfuss appeared as attorney for Ira B. Jones and filed a protes. against the counting of tne i otes at the Dorchester poll at Su-nnerville. W. S. Utsey appeared as attorney for 0. B. Dukes and filed a orokest for him against the counting of the votes at the same poll, and R. Lon Weeks filed a verbal protest for himself against the counting of the same votes. There was muon interest man ifested as to what shouid be done with thtse votes, but the majority thought .they should be counted and so they were. The tangled votes tal lied w~th the voting list and at sev era1 ci her polls in the county where a few, votes were tangled they were counted. EATEN BY A SHARK. This Is Supposed to be the Sad Fate of a Boy. While swimming at Tybee Island Friday, Edward Coffee, twelve-year old son of Edwrard 3. -Coffee, an ex Savannah patrolman, mysteriously dsappeared and up to FTday after noon his body had not been found. It is teared he was captured by a shark. Young Coffee and several other boys, about thirty in number, have been camping at Tybee. Coffee was an excellent swimmer. While in swimming he proposes that the en tire party go out into deeper water. W.hile leading the way he suddenly disappeared ,beneath the water. The other lads became frightened and hurried ashore. This Is the fourth death at '. /bee this season. The affair recalls the dis appearance of a lad three years ago; near the spot where Coffee went down. Later his dismembered body~ was found on the beach.' GRAPES ~CHOKE BABY GIRL. Little Sister's Effort, Only Hastens Tragedy. Death in distressing form came Friday night to the sih-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Dold, at their home near Barring ton, Camden county. The little one was with her three-year-old sister, Erma in the garden. Erma picked come grapes and gave the baby one. It stuck in her throat and she began to gasp. Erma thought to help her I wallowr thc grape by thrusting her I ay finger down the baby's throat, but the effort was futile. Alarmed by the children's cries. Mrs. Dold ran out and found the ba~by choking and unconscious. in frantic haste a phy scian was called, but before he reached the home the little one was dead. Negroes Burned to geath. A Spartanburg dispatch says the home of Henry Payton, a negro was burned down Thursday night and his nney-year-old father, Albert Pay ton, and hill three-year-old son were 1burned to death. His little daughter escaped by jumping out of a second sory window. She was not hurt. Albert and the two grandchildren were left at home while henry and his wife attended church. . * Fraud Charged in Union. The Union County Democratic Ex ecutive Committee met Thursday to tabulate the election returns and de tciare the election. L. G. Southard of' Jonesville filed notige, of a contest in the vot for governor.. He con e5ted sp.cineally the vese polled in tbn feoovng boxest W~ard 4, Bluf falo, !iongrgh, Iackhar;, gelton, and E.iba, all~ but the laat two being mill iAT TILLMAN SAYF BDELARES THAT FRAUD MUST BE MISHERi WHERE fQMB SENATOR IVES EVANS Chairman Evans Says If Primary ai Been Fraudulent- it Wil be he= - Last.--Senator Tilman Wired- Dr. Evans "We Must Save the Przmuay at All Cost." Senator Tillman has directed the attention of State - Chairman John Gary Evans to the reports that ap proximately 20,000 too 'manyvote were polled I nthe Democratier pri mary election in South Canolin_ Tuesday. In a conversation over the phone The Chronicle Thursa' morning at 1:30 State Cha rmano ans said the committee wouldante into an- investigation of -the reportaif his attention should be omcally ed to the matter. - Senator Tillman was asked ove the telephone by The Augusta Chron idle Thursday night if he would.maRe1 any comment on the report that"20 000 too many votes had.been polidig in Tuesday's primary in.South Cato--' lina. He replied: "I'll just repeat.tod you a telegram I~have sent to State Chairman Jonn Gary Evans," and be ditated -over the phone the fo11owr g'Hon. John Gary EvansZSpartd berg, S. C., The Chronicle repts 20,000 more votes than our popu. tion eniitles us to. This Is. a sermon accusation. Our State -committee: owes it to the people to sift this mat=" ter. If there Is fraud it must be'do tected and punished,. but we' mst be very sure there is fraud before-, taking any steps.. We must save the. primary at any cost, as fraud ill destroy It. B. R. Tillman." "That," said Senator T1ian covers all I care to say on the iab ect at this time." State Chairman John Gary Evans' arrived in Columbia at midnight: Thursday night and being asked for - a statem'ent regarding the telegramt v Senator, Tillman sent him, dictated the following: "The. primary election -In 8oth.'{ Carolina, while limited to- the nomi nation of candidates of the Democrat- - ic party, yet the person receiving; such nomination Is practically elect ed, there being but one party Ia the State.. "We have ~thrown every -safeguard - around our general election in No vember. The primary election :has been left' practically open to:ever:-; white man in the State who will join - a Democratic cl-ub, and swear to step port the nominees and policy of they party. "It Is left almost entirely to -the honor of our citizens, and, heretofore4 these elections have been--fairly'anda honestly conducted. If there"has been fraud In this election, itis the duty of the executive committee of the partir to see to it that itis thop oughly purged, otherwise it will be the last,'as South Carolinians never have and never will sub-mit to fraud ulent nominees. No honest csndidate would desire, or accept a nomination tainted In the slightest degree with2 fraud. "For the honor of the State and. the preservation of our free and sac red institutions, I feel satisfied that the committee will do its duty DEMA.ND A BECOUT Too Many Votes Claimed to be Poled In Newberry. When the Democ.tic Eeutive Committee of Newberry County met to canvass the vote of that county on. Thursday, a petition was presented, asking for a recount of the vote of the county, but without a dissenting vote the petition was laid on the ta ble. The recount was asked because of the large increase li the vote this year over that of two years ago. The1 petitioners then gave notice that they would appeal the case to the State Democratic Executive Committee. .'A~ dispatch from Newberry says the in-. crease of'the vote in that county ov er two years ago convinces many that a large number 'of fraudulent votes were cast. The vote for gov ernor there in the first primary of 1910 was 2.482 and In the second -rimary 2,555. This year the vote is 3,028. There Is no doubt In the minds of thinking, persons that the vote for governpr in the State is at least 20.000 more than It ought to be, and they are asking -what the State executive committee is going to do about it. Three Men Were ifled. Three men were killed, one fatally injured and a number slightly hurt when the Pe'~nsylvania ralr~oad train which left Pittsburg Friday morning for Clevcp~nd over the Cleveland and Pittsburg divisicn ran into a wveck - train aiding in clearing up a freight wreck that had occurred a short tIme before near Conway. Perish in the Flames. - At Rutherford, N. J., Mrs. Emillo Debar and six of her seven children, ranging in age from fite months to twelve years, perished early Friday in a fire which destroyed tnelr home. The husband and father and a son of seventeen escaped by- jumping from a secon'd story window. Woman Dies from Shock.- - At Elmira, N. Y., Mrs. Anna Palm er, of Oswego, died Friday from d.e shock of an artillery salute for Gov ernor Dir at the dedication of a mon ument erected in memory of General. Sullivan, her gr~axdfather. When the canon was fired she fainted, and was seized with an appoplectic fit. He is Some Enter. A New York man is proud of the fact that he consumer nine an4 a half pounds of steak, nineteen rolls and eleven cups of .cottee at a .breakfast eating contest. Such a fellow as that-. is a serious factor i the high cost Qt licing situation. Reczed. pre.rned ILater. cued from~ drowning FrIday, Edward A. Striley, aged eighteen, w-ent out -n thme river in a canot upaOa and we uma~e before belD Could roeh be~