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THE FORT MILL TIMES. k , 7TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C.,THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 10O8 NO 20 * * _ _ i i CALLS HIM DOWN Bryan Demands Proof of the Charges Against Haskell MADE BY ROOSEVELT. Ch&llouges the President to Produce Evidence Cpon Which He Bams j His Endorsement of the Association That the Governor Had Any Connection With Standard Oil. The most sensational development tn the present campaign was the wending Tuesday from Detroit by William J. Bryan, Democratic, candidate for president, of a telegram to President Roosevelt, demanding that he produce proof that Gov. Charles V tioown -? ... ....mon ui uKiunomn 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 Roosevelt, published Tuesday morning. In which the President endorsed the charges made against Gov. Haskell by William R. Hearst. that Gov. Haskell had been connected with the Standard Oil Company and had attempted to bribe Attorue.vGeneral Krank Monnett of Ohio. The telegram is as follows: "Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. "Dear Sir: In a statement given 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 Standard Oil Company and as such employee was connected with an attempt to bribe or influence Attorney General Monnett of Ohio to dismiss stilts 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 imttn.mi - - n?i.i|iaiKI" committee,' and you add that *t 1? publication of this correspondent* not merely justifies 111 striking fashion the action of the administration, but also casts a curious sidelight on the attacks made upon the administration both in the Denver convention, which nominated Mr. Bryan, and In the course of Mr. Bryan's campaign.' "Your charge is so serious that i can not aliow it to go unnoticed Gov. ilaskell has denied that he wa^ ever employed by the Standard Oli Company in capacity or was ever connected in any way whatsoever with it or with the transaction upon which your charge is based. "Gov. ilaskell demanded an investigation nt the time of the charge was first made, offering to appear and testify, and he demands an investigation now. 1 agree with you that if Gov. Haskell is guilty "a--1 charged he is unfit to be connecto?i with the Democratic national committee and I am sure you will agro.' with me that if he is innocent he deserves to be ex h on era ted from so damaging an accusation. As the selection of Gov. Haskell as chairman of committee 011 resolutions n' Denver and also as treasurer of tin Democratic committee had my ap proval and endorsement. I feel it my duty to demand an imniediat Investigation of the charge agalnM him endorsed by the president n, the United States. Your high po sitlou as well as your sense of ju-s tlce, should prevent your giving sanction and circulation to such ohflrco xf 1 * fully request, therefore, that yo;. furnish any proof which you have n your possession, or if you have n proof, I request, that you indicate : method by which the truth may ! ? ascertained. Without consulting Mi. Haskell, I will agree that Jie will appear for investigation before and tribunal, public or private which you may indicate, and I will further agrc< that his connection with the nation, committee and this campaign shall cease In the event that the decision of such tribunal connects him it any way with this chrage. or in cas? you, after an investigation of tie facts, say that you believe him guilty of the charges made. "As the candidate of the Democratic party | shall not permit any responsible member of the Republican organization to misrepresent the acts of the Democratic, party in tinpresent campaign. I have assisted you tot he extent of my ability in remedial measures which I deemed for the public good which you have undertaken; I have urged Democrat! to support such measures and I have advocated more radical measures against private monopolies tha 1 cither you or your party associate have been willing to undertake. The platform of the Democrat!' party is clear and specific on thi subject, as on other subjects, whi>> the platform of tho Republican part> is uncertain and evasive. The Democratic candidate for vie. president. Mr. Kern, joined with ruin requesting the Democratic nut ional committee to fix a maximnn of tlO.OOh for individual rontrtbu tions and to publish before the elec tion all 'contributions above am r HEARST LIE NAILED BY UHMOCItATIC COMMITTKI CHAIRMAN MACK. Who Suj'n lie Never Received Om Cent Froui the Former Chnii-Mmii Nor the Stiiudurd Oil. While in New York City Tuesdai Mr. Norman E. Mack, chairman oi 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 toleRram to President Roosevelt in which he denied flatly the statements contained in the reported interview between Timothy L. Woodrnff. chairman of the Republican State committee 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 you are quoted bv Thomas L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican State committee, in the following interview which Woodruff gave out from Oyster Bay: " 'Incidentally, the President remarked that he considered it signiti cant that $300,000 had been found in the treasury of the Democratic party after Judge Parker had declared throughout the last national campaign that the party's treasury was receiving nothing Iroin corporations; and. further, it was announced 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 money should turn up after Haskell was appointed treasurer of the Democratic national committee.' "if you are quoted correctly no doubt you have in mind the publication in The New York American recently that I. as chairman of the Democratic national committee, received $300,000 from former Chairman Taggart, which was said to be left over from the 1904 campaign This, at that time, was emphatically denied when brought to my attention. I desire to say to you now, that there is not a word of truth in tills statement. I have not re . uni> it'iu ironi vjnairman Taggart or any out- else connected with the last campaign; ueither has any one connected with the Democratic national committee. 1 am wiring yon this direct as I desire to correct what seems to he an erroneous impression in your mind. SIIF.HIFF KILLS XKdliU. Georgia Oilicer Shot Five Times, Hut Gets His Man. Sheriff W. \V. Heard, of Clay : county, (la., was shot five times here Monday morning by George Thomas, he negro alleged to have murdered "he nine hoys about ton days ago, j tnd Thomas in turn was shot and instantly killed by the sheriff. Sheriff Heard met Thomas on the street and ordered him to halt. Thomas opened fire and wounded Beard fiv times before he eonld draw his pistol. Heard finally got his pistol out and shot Thomas dead. Sherifl Heard's condition Is reported to he critical. Three other negroes. 10s ic Coleman. Alma Johnson and Sa vannah Woods, the woman whos? house is near the scene of tin ragedv, are con fiend in the count) iall as accessories. \C <'IDr.XT <>\ FHKXC1I (TllTSKK Kltie (>uii Kvpludes tinil Kilh" ( lew of Thirteen. At Touliui. France. during a gut Irlll Tuesday one of tho big tur ret guns on tin: French arnioro' ruiser LaTouche Tteville explode* with terrific violence, completel wrecking the after turret and kill iug outright the entire gun crev f I3. A number of men were se iouply Injured, some of them proh thly fatally. The accident was sim ilar to that aboard the gunnery d Uyeres August 12, last, when, b the bursting of the breech of the gu six men were killed and 1 s injured 'he committee acted favorably upo lie request. The Ilepublican car iidate and the Itcpuhlican nation-i ommitfee proposed, not publicatio before the election, tint publicatio after the election. I submit tha our committee has given the betto evidence of its freedom front con nection or obligation to the predr torv Interests. Our committee ha not knowingly received a dollar fror an official of anv corporation know as a trust, and it will not roceiv any money front such. If any mono is contributed by such persons wit I i out the knowledge of the conimitte it will he returned as soon as th fact is discovered. "The Democratic parfv is makin an honest and an honorable fight i N defense rf the principles and pol ' cies enunciated In the platform an it expects and w ill demand fair an " honorable treatment from those wl 1 are in charge of the Republican car - paign. t "With great respect, etc , "Very truly yours. "William .1. Rryan. 1 "Detroit. Mich., Sept. 22." 1EDDY IN A HOLE Gov. C. N. Haskel Puts Roosevelt in Ananias Clue. ' SOME CENTER SHOTS. Says Prairie Oil ('(inipany MaForced tin Okliilioinii When a Territory by H(H?spv?'lt's Secretary of the Interior and lie Had to Obey the Law. Thursday night at Guthrie. C.ov1 ornor Chas. N. Haskell issued a statement to the Associated Press in reply to President Roosevelt's let ter in reply to \V. J. Rryan, dealing with four specific charges against Mr. Haskell. namely, that he t subservient to the Standard Oil; tha' he vetoed a child labor bill: tlia' 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 Stati unverslty and the appointment of others to succeed them. Governor Haskell took up the foui charges as dwelt upon by President Roosevelt in turn, dealing with each in a characteristic manner. Th Prairie Oil and Gas Company chargeGovernor Haskell declared to be 1 "joke on Roosevelt's stupidity," as serting that he had done nothing which would confer on the Standard Oil subsidary company more authority than it already possessed ttitdet a franchise granted by Secretar> Hitchcock. An I'ntruth; Waived it Aside. "I assert that it is fair for me to assume, if my case was to be dignified 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 irite. they certainly raked Ohio fore and aft concerning ine unio standard Oil case of 1 s;t j and. finding absolnte'y nothing v fleeting on me. the president tried to wave his charge of last Mond:r aside by saying he will make no allusion to that.' "He drops this subject becaus< his original statement was untruthful and he must know from what he knows and tried to And in Ohio, that I spoke the truth when 1 said that I never in all my life had an\ interest in connection with, no,service for. that company. | Could S|H'I1 It With Three l?rttcr>. "I say the president knows now that my statement is true and I regret that he tries to brush it aside without doing me candid justice. Were I to adopt the character of language so commonly used by tiepresident I would spell it in fewer letters than "falsehood." "Mr. Roosevelt. 1 hope to spcaa in Ohio soon. May I? I hone to divide the time with some pat'iisan of yours, or Crown Prince William, who will defend your action in this instance. , "President Roosevelt eomes I, Oklahoma and finds a substitute fot j his Ohio failure, does ho, in the cas ] I of the State against the Prairie Oil ' and Gas Company, which he com! plains I compelled to he dismissed? Knows lie \cted Properly. "Yes. I did htfve it dismissed We all know that the Prairie Com > pany is a Standard Gil offspring, and don't forget the president claim to have known this also. and 1 charge that his political allies. Hearst . and Roosevelt, both know that I act ed properly. First, the Prairie Oil Company got Its franchise in our State, no; j from me. hut from Roosevelt's secretary of the interior, long before ' statehood hegnn and had its mam ' line built and operating. and ' 'digress in our statehood hill wa? -arefnl to declare that our now State, when organized, must respect * all such vested rights and existing ' franchises. That was all I did. and ' 'lie federal courts stand ready to ra'i me down if I violated the Roosevelt territorial franchise. (Questions to Roosevelt. "Now. Mr. President. why did 1 your seceretary of tli? interior gratil ' what you knew to he a Standard Oil a pipe line a franchise in our the.i - helpless territory and fasten it i.i il mir new State hy a permanent stalei hen I hill? Will Mr. Hearst or th^ i president idease answer ,t "I will also remind the president r that the company tried to enlarge i- its right so as to include a gas a < i- well as oil privilege. This 1 dej feated. and even last April. Mr. 11 President, your secretary of the in u terior trie,) to help the Standard Oil e gas privileges against my protest hr v actually granting them a franchise t- to lay an interstate gas line also. 1 e notified the secretary that with ie statehood your days of giving vainable franchises in our Stato has g passed and I would resist laying th? ii pipe line only after you yielded and i- cancelled your unlawful act. il "I again assert that my act in il that case was not only required h> to what federal authority had been tin n- able to do. hut that the public inter ? > t nf your ewrj people, based on conditions grrwing out of your original special factor to the Standard Oi Company in granting that franehiae required them to purnse that polici in the oast? you criticise. Child 1 alitor Itill. "The president come to the local affairs of our State and assails me for vetoing a child labor bill. "True. I did so, simply because the bill went too far and included thingnot desired by our people. Union labor representatics approved my veto. I hope the president will survive this veto of a local bill and permit us to run our local affairs. The College Professors. "The president complains that w removed certain professors from our State university, our three State normal schools and preparatory school, in violation of civil service rules. That Is, the president. In his usual impetuosity and reckless disregard of others, misstate the facts. I-ess than one-flfth of the faculties ire changed. All changes were for good causes other than politics and done by boards of regent and not b> t lie governor. Tin* Creek Indians. "The president complains that there are several suits pending against me to reclaim Creek Indian land. The president should have gone further and said that I was IW.I o ,l??l * - ..v* ? ucnicr in iiiuian land and onl;. came in as a subsequent "purchaser and only incidenully a party without uersonal interest at all, and especially he should have said that it is quite apparent that those who are being used in those land cases appear to be, and apparently are, the victims of poltlcal chicanery which the president can better explain tha.i I. In short, the president and Mr. Hearst picked the wrong man an 1 are now driven into ward politics rather than surrender like men. What President Thinks. "The president assumes that ail ? Oklahomans are grafiers just be a use his territorial associates justi t fined that name; that all the railroad "ontractors ate bad. just because Paul Morton needed his protecting j arm: that we alt in Oklahoma violate | the civil service law, just because ; Mr. Roosevelt removed the bo?-t j I'nited State marshal we ever had i the only reason being that he voted v for a good Democrat instead of a bail . Republican, and then the president j appointed his cousin to fill the va ; cancy. , "As to the rights of labor in a hild labor bill and mv work in the , interest of labor, Mr. President, please remember, with me. it's do s things. With you it's talk only, j You nre the same president who j threatened to turn down our const I- j tut ion because it provided a jurj t trial in certain contempt eases t Don't forget, Mr. President. 1 lint I \ ; lured you to make tnat objection. , lie knows Hi*, fnslil.." 1 - "But as flu* price of your approval you did compel us to cut out | t he prohibit ion of removal o. . personal injury eases against foreign j corporations from State to federal f courts, and several other good provisions that would benefit humanity j and curb special interests. "Not content with your own threats against our constitution, von ' sent Secretary Toft here to speak ( In our campaign a year ago to in duco the people to vote to turn down ' the best constitution ever written ( We remember that we preserved Mr Toft's speech. It differs widely from his speeches of this year. "Knowing all tnese things, the president must pardon us for thus taking is;ne with the occupant ot the high office we all respect. Let us hope that in the future he will appreciate and preserve its dignity and- nor try to reflect upon the character of a humble citizen. We fail to concede his false position when he knows it is false. "C. N. HASKKLL." I-'ATAL ISKSI'LT OF I'lCANK. Will I lie From Burn Iteceiveil in Camp lla/.ing. Fred Bertell, of Owosso, Mich., a member of the Third regimen'. Michigan National (luard. now encamped at Fort Benjamin Harrison, lies in the military hospital, nor haps fatally burned as the result of being; "hazed." or "initiated" bv -everal of his fellow guardsmen. The prank known in camps a' "initiation" includes painting the back and chest of the victims ami indulging in a weird torch light pro-] cession. While Kartell, whose "in:-' tiation" was one of several pulled off last night, was attempting t > wash the paint by means of gasoline, a number of guardsmen entered his quarters, for the puropse of com pleting "the initiation." when flame.from the torches which were carried accidentally ignited Kartell's painte] body and saturated clothing. Kartell rushed from his tent a mass of llr.mes and was taken in an ambulance to the hospitrfl. wher?? Captain Folds, of the staff, gives 'ittle assurance of his recovery. Conflicting stories worn told after th accident, and Major Phillips. inspertor on ?h<' staff of Prigadier General Hates, is making a thorough investigation. Five Persons Killed. A dirpatrh front Lisbon, Portugal, says twenty-two hulls escaped front "h* arena at Mriat today and ran amurk through a crowd that, was assembled ' > witness a hull fight I Five porscna were killed and snnt% I twenty t\ere injured. Troops wer" . Tummoued and shot the animals to r death. WAS IN THE RING I Senator McLaurin on Good Terms With Standard Oil. t COULD BEAT TILLMAN "If l*ro|torly nml (iriu'iiMiNly Suj?- n I |K?rt?*<l, " Wrote lit' to John Ami- j lioltl, One of the (treat Moguls ot j. the Standard Oil Company, llut f II He Kailed to 1V> It. j. A special dispatch from New York d to Hie. State says Hearst set the State eon\ention of his Independence t party into a tumult tonight by tin ' packing a few more interesting let. r ers having^to do with I'nited States ^ senators and Standard Oil. A for- (| iner United States senator was n named in the letter which Mr. 11 Hearst pulled out front his grip tonight, ex-Senator J. L. MeLaurin. of South Carolina, a Democrat. Mr. c Hearst read letters from Senator MeLaurin to John l). Arclibold and 's from the latter to Senator Me- ' Latiriti, while the crowd of delegates ittd spectators hooted and yelled and p tcrcanted. "Go for them. Dill." In one of the letters Seuator Me " ti La it tin wrote to Mr. Arclibold h" spoke of being able to beat Senator (l rillntan. bis colleague, "if properl> s ind generously supported." |. In the same collection was a Inter of a later date from Mr. Arclibold u ntroducing the same senator to ( Frederick L. Kldridge, vice president if the Knickerbocker Trust Coinlanv, "to discuss question of mutual iii. n-.-M. r,.\-iwprpsemauvo .los. (' Sibley, <>t Pennsylvania. bobbed tip (l' (gain in tonight's sheaf with several nteresting letters. In one he told. 'N VIr. Arehbold of a "llep." senato ivho wanted a loan of $1,000 and inked ,\lr Arehbold. "Ito yon want o make the investment?" Prior to tin* 1904 campaign Mr. Sibley wrote Mr. Arehbold anothe. ( nteresting letter in which he sain . t wasn't at all sure who the ltepub- " leans were going to nominate; thai he situation was a very inte.-esjii':; j' >ne and that he was on the li.sid uid that he thought lie really bet- t er come on to New York and talk t over. A letter from Mr. Arehbold to X. *' r\ Clarke of Pittsburg, under date of V'uv. :U). 1S0S. showed that Mr. Archmid was extremely anxious of hav ^ ng a friend named as Democratic icnutor if a Democrat had a chance ^ o succeed Senator Faulkner. John P. Elkitis. a lawyer of Dun aster. Pa., seems to have written 11 Mr. Arehbold to help his friends in ^ he regular Republican organization if that district In the tight with an 11 Independent organization. adduig ^ htit the regulars were Mr. Archiiold's friends. Before reading thee letter Mr. ^ Hearst got after Coventor Haskell igain, while the andienee roared i ipproval and set the air ringing with cowbells and all sorts of shouts. Mr. Hearst's contribution to tli Haskell literature was an nfhdavi *' in a suit brought by one John T> ' Baib f in Putnam county, Ohio, j' against the Illinois Steel Compan ' for $:?0,000. that being the amount . >f the fee Haskell should have rereived, it was alleged, for acting as ' attorney for the steel company in ' the formation of the Federal steel a Company, Haskell having assigned the claim to Hallev. This was the beginning of tic i'nited States Steel corporation. Mr. * Hearst therefore added to the Haskell charges that of being an organizer of the steel trust. and then took a parting shot at Haskell by ' reading a speech of his at a dinner at f Tulsa, Okla., Inst February, in which , he spoke up for the Standard Oil I Company and said some nice things ' about it. As an example of method.-, * "that were never dreamed of a few ' vears ago." said Hearst. "I am going ' to read yon the following letter: : '2t> It road way. New York, pee. 12, 190S. "My Dear Senator: I have your kind favor of yesterday. We have, of eourse. noted your recent disagreeable experience with T. with the utmost interest. Think you have done Inst right in not being guided by him into doing a foolish thing. " 1 ant greatly interested in the suggestion of the law praetiee and will se(. to it that it is kept in mind iwith the hope that something mni levolop in which I can he of service 'o you in connection therewith. With kindest regards, "I am very truly yours. "John 1) Archhold. "To lion. John h. McLaurin. Senate Chamber. Washington. P. C. "Cnited State Senate, Bonnettsvllle. S. May 20. lltoj. I>ear Mr. Archhold: I have pushed my fights vigorously that * hey have railed on Tillman. I: met him at Oaffney and heat him at his own game. I railed his bluff, and now the fight is for two seats instead of one. l ran brat Tillman f properly an l generously supportj ?d. There is no time to lose, howlever T enclose an" account of both 1 HASKELL RESIGNS HCMOCKATH' TKKASl'ltKll (UVKS I I* Ills OFF1CK. I iUnilts tlial Hearst and Uoom-vcIi Charges ait* l!fs|ion>iblc, hut . Xot That Tliej Aft' True ' Governor Haskell resigned Fridnj light as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Mis restgna- 1 ion was announced by himself three lours after his arrival in Chicago rom Guthrie, and after lie had con erred with officers of the Democratic intional headquarters. In giving out :is decision Governor Haskell, in reponse to a question, declared he lesired not to he responsible for an> niharrassment which might result ( o the Democratic party by retaining he office of treasurer. < That his reignation is the direct < esult of the charges made against I iiin by Win. It. Hearst and Presi I t?nt Kocsevolt Mr. Haskell also ad uitted. At the same time he did I lot bv liis resignation intend < I dmit that an\ of the charges were I rue. i W'lien Mr. Haskell arrived in > 'hicugo at k o'eolek last night lie c eel a red that lie had not then re t igned and that Mr. Mryan had no1 ' sked him to resign. Speaking t i I eporters lie sejtl: ?: "If you have any question to as>< I ut them on paper." lie said. He r lien went from the station to Hem i cratie headquarters at the Audi- < aritim Annex. t When a list of questions was i anded him he retired to his room. " aving he would give out answer i iter. He was eloseted for a long time > itli National Committeeman Martin Wade, of Iowa, and .losephiis I taniels. chairman of the Democratic ress committee. It was midnight when Mr. Haskell m ^appeared from the room. He had t 1 his hands a written resignation t ddressed to National Chairman c ormun K. Mack, and the answei u i the questions which had been I Iven him. o "1 have my answers." lie said The> will explain themselves." n After giving an atlirmative reply f ? the question whether he had re li igned. but denying that Mr. liryuii u ad asked for the resignation, th* Ji nest ion and answ ers read as fol- u >ws: "Do you know whether Mr. Mryan h new of the charges made against t on by Mr. Hearst, before you wer? u ppointed treasurer?" c "I do not see how he could have." | "Do you think your further con t ection with the campaign, regard- u ss of the truth or fuisity of tin barges, would tend to embarrass .Mr i try an or injure his chances?' i "It might. At any rate, I would ot be a good citizen if I riske?" , 11 \ embarrassment in tin* light o! | lie honest people against the special j iterests." ^ "l)t> yott intend to reply to I'rest j ent lloosevelt?" "I have not done so vet." "Do yon intend to renew voiji , emand for an investigation of th. harges?" "How can I Roosevelt admits li> \ id not tell the truth." In answer to a series of question ( s to his relation to the Citizens kllinnce, said to have been organize. I .Muskogee. Okla.. to tight the loos nhor union, Mr. Haskell denied tha he Alliance was ever organized j II reply to questions concerning th itandard Oil Company he repoatei lis former denials of ever having ha, in thing to do with the company. COTTON MILLS I l>LK. )ne Hundred and I'orty Tlioiisan Hands t.iuit Work. More than DM) cotton mills r. Lancashire. Kngland. are idle toda is a result of the dispute ovt cages between operatives and em iloyers. This means that 10,000. Iiiii spindles are wholly or partial! .topped, that more than $LT>0.000 >00 of capital is not bringing in an< returns and that l lO.OOn operntivt ire without work and losing some thing over $7't0,0qq in wages week. In view of Hie present glut ted condition of the market it I not believed that this cessation o work will entail heavy damaRPs (' the employers. If is not f?*lt hor? that iho strike will last long, fothe card room workers are ox pert 01 soon to take a second ballot anagree to the per cent reduction it wages which already has been a< copied by the spinners. meetings tor your information. "With kindest regards. "I am yours sinoerelv, "John J. Mel .a 11rin. " "2fi Mroadwav, April 21, 1 !? ?". "Mr Frederick I.. Ktheridge. Firs Y ice President Knickerbocke; Trust Company, tik Hroadway City. "Dear Mr. Kid ridge: it gives m> I ~ hnrnln .w Senator .?. I,. McLaurin of South Car oltna, who r1o<-iros to discuss witi vou soiyio business question of mu tunl interest. I can not speak in tor hish torm? of Senator Mclyatirin, fot w honi I hegpenk your most kindly oonHderat iont" "Very truly yours. "John J. Archbold." MORE RASCALS Many Republican Leaders Now Supporting Taftln Same BOAT WITH FORAKER \iul the Republican Caiulidutr for l*resident Will lie Ixinely If eliminates All Who Have Ileeu or A if Now .\llij>ue<| With Standard Oil and Other Trusts. At Toledo. Ohio, on Tuesday, oriner Republican Attorney General donett. of Ohio, was asked. "What lo you think the effect of Tafl diniinating Koraker will have on tho lepuhlieun party in Ohio this fall?" iere is Mr. Monett's answer: "This is extremely amusing ?n ight of the nominees on the Kepuhlean ticket put there by Tat't, Cox. Jrown and Cuiii.....# ' ? - u i art coniuences tlit- eliminating business ho vi 11 have to resign from the ticket ?r got now bed follows. Ho cuntingly accepted tho nominutioulroni ho gang, tho Standard Oil lobby. ioing tho samo crowod ho at ouco lenoum-cd as unworthy of tho snp>ort of tho doootit citizens. if ho isos to the high moral piano of elimtuiting l-'orakor, ho will surely have < eliminate Judge A. Shauck from he supremo boni'h. whose 'record 11 tho Standard Oil contempt proceedings is more vulnerable than inything Korakor has done. "Shattok voted to acquit tbo standard Oil agents against tho ombiiied votes of Judge Thaddeus I. H. Ltrudhury. .Minshuil. and A. klitchell ;i 11 <1 Williams. He voted o acquit Virgil Kline, for the Standird Oil Company, who openly defied he court when ordered to produce lie hooks of the company. They barged the attorney with contempt if court and throwing away of tho looks during the very time the court irderod them produced. "They burned tweutv-eight boxes if day imoks and ledgers in tho urnaces of the Standard Oil reinories Indole it was found they had lolitied tin- court they had no such looks and when t It is infamous treatnent was laid bare to the court and cstimony and depositions turuished >y laborers that burned the books, his same Judge Shauck, now runling a third term on the supremo ourt bench, voted to clear the crooks iy dissolving proceedings against hem on a motion of John M. Sheets, ny successor as attorney general." "Was Koraker a friend of Hurkett, lie judge wiiotn Archbolil asked htm o support?" was then asked. "Yes, Koraker was of the same lolilicul faction as Judge Hurkett. 1.. was also the political friend of udges Williums. Hradbury and Minimi! vii ?? u " . ..coi lUM uiree named udgcs vot?'<l the Standard Oil guilty f contempt, and every one of then) vas beaten for renomination overvheliningly. They were not supiorted by Foraker. his friends, or he Standard Oil clique, hut that dinshall on the day he voted the ttnndard Oil guilty, while Khattek oted them innocent, was approached ?n High street. Columbus. and varned publieally that it would l>? lis death knell. The Ohio Republican bosses kept their word and every iudge that voted against hiui and nysolf were all slaughtered whil t iudges Shauek. Speak and Rurkett, vho voted for them were supported i.v the Standard Oil lobbyists and 'oraker and other itepuhlicans and et Taft doesn't propose to eliruiutte them." \ It.Il l ItllHOHS IX GKKF.N VILLI) I. <Willllioil Warned Not to Gill Any Mttrr Cotton. \ dispatch from Greenville to rhe State says word reached that, ity Tuesday of the pos"'on of :* hreatening notice by supposed nlglu iders on the gin of K. C. Wlllmon. iglit miles from Greenville. Th * intice reads: "Take warning and do not sin inv more cotton. If you do, you vill suffer the con sequences. Signed! "Night Riders." It i.-, also reported several other 'ins were posted last night, though 10 damage is reported. Willmon's gin is a new plant an 1 started up Tuesday morning, desplto 'he threat. CI l.>llNATION" OF KOMANCK. Wi*s l^utise Davis Quietly Weds 11. A.' Stokes at Columbia. A little romance was enacted at fHUIlll'lil ,\ ''UlirMiii ? 11 I? Louise Davis became Mrs. II. A. Stokes. Miss Davis came hern to attend college, but a note left al the hotel tolls briefly the story of the surprise. Mr. Stokes is a na ivo of Forsythn, Da.. but is now In the civil service at Atlanta. He met Miss Davis here and the two proceeded to the Met ho list. parsouago, where they became man and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes arrived in Atlanta today. Mrs. Stokes Is the daughter of Mr. T. E. Davis, a prominent hanker iu Rishopvllle.