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THE FORT MILL TIMES. 1 7TI1 YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1JK)8 \Q 27 J A 1RUST BOSS Collecting Funds For the National Republican Committee. SHELDON'S RECORD * Trust Magnate, Assailed by Mack, the Chairman of the National Democratic Committee, Will Go After Cromwell and Other Active Republican Trust Magnates. Following an attack of National Chairman Mack Friday on the corporation affiliations of George R Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican national committee. It was learned Friday night that the Democratic national committee is preparing to assail the corporation connections cf William Nelson Cromwell, member of the advisory committee of the Hepublican national committee. Other members of the Republics i advisory committee, it is understood, are also to be investigated aud representatives of the Democratic committee are carefully Inquiring lutj the financial records of the Repub.S can committeemen. For several da>s the corporation records of Mr. Cromwell have been under quiet investigation, but whether the representatives of the Democaticr committee havo learned anything of Mr. Cromwell's financial operations other than tnc companies with which he is identified has not been made known Mr. Mack made tho following statement: "The trust and corporation affiliations of George R. Sheidon. treasurer of the Republican national committee .for the past 10 years make Interesting reading In view of the recent developments in the campaign "I wish to recall in this connection that, because of these very associations of his. Governor Odell in 1902 rofused to permit the party leaders to put Mr. Sheldon in nomination for lieutenant governor. Governor Odell at that time declare 1 that he could not accept, the renomlnatlou for head of the State ticket If Sherldon were named his running mate. Hut while the i.ll line ri?fllK?>ri tO ntlt rirpuuntnu pui k; u..u r up Mr. Sheldon's name fur u public office, it has for the identical reasons of this refusal selected him for its campaign fund collector. "This can not he denied. Most of the corporations with which M-. Sheldon is identified are capitalized for millions. ilow' much of their stock is of the liquid variety can be easily ascertained. Yet Mr. Roosevelt has defended him, and his resignation was uot demanded when Mr. DuPont wus invited to step down and out. Mr. DuPont was only identified with one trust, while Mr. Sheldon is at the present time iutimatele connected with no less than 17 prominent financial concerns. "Mr. Sheldon is a director of that i company. He is also treasurer and | director of the North American company, capitalized for $30,000,000. a concern known as the 'mystery or Wall Street.' It is but a few yeais back since he was prominently identified with the 'whiskey trust.' A glance at his connection with various companies for the past 10 years will explain tersely the reason of his present position. No further comment of mine Is necessary." The following are the corporation that Sheldon are more closely connected with at this time: American Locomotive C^mpanj. director. The Bethlehem Stoel Company, director. Cincinnati Northern Railway Company. director. Detroit Edison Company, director and treasurer. Electrical Security Company-, director. LaClede Gas Light Company, director. Monte Car Works, director. Locomotive Security Company, director. Metropolitan Trust Company, director. Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, director. Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction Company, director. National Copper Rank, director. North American Company, treasurer and director. New Jersey Terminal Dock and Improvement Company, director. Republic Iron and Steel Company, director. Rogers locomotive Works, director. St. Louis Transit Company, director. T-TFTY DRIVEN FROM HOME Sixteen Homes Are llurued t*j? in h Chicago Fire. At Chicago more than fifty per sons were driven from their homes, many of them In scant attire, eeve*i y persons were rescued, and jroperl valued at $75,000 was dostroyol early today, when a fire started ir the Columbia lumber: 1 Ivory stabW at 3 59 Rush street and destroyed that building and spread to severs others In the vicinity. Sixteen hors'i were l?urR**4 todeath GIRL WAS STOLEN A.\D HELD IX HEART OF NEW YORK. .Must Remarkable Case of Kiduapping Brought to Light Last Thursday bjr Detective. The most remarkable case of kidnapping that has stirred York for many years was brought to light early Thursday, when Lena Thorn, a pretty 16-year-old girl was rescuod from a one-story house at 475 Rock way avenue, East New 1 ork She had been stolen when within 200 feet of her home six weeks ago. and has been a prisone erver since. After she was attacked in the woods near her home at Rockaway avenue and Jamaica road, Jamaica, remaining in this house two days, she was taken to-the Rockaway avenue hut. Her own clothing had been taken away from her and she was forced to wear clothes that her captor porvided. Women living in the neighborhood saw that she was always watched by a man, and uotleing that her com , plexiou was so different from his. they suspected something wrong aud ( uotifled the police. i The raid was made early Thursdny aud it was only after a terrific battle , that Raphuel Susso, 26 years old. , who was found in the hut. was over- , powered aud taken prisoner. In his . rage at discovery he tried to kill the girl, but was prevented. i Captain Frank of the Brownsville ] station heard of the case Wednesday , and at once put Detective Caulfield and Rurton on it. They watched and saw the man ( go into the place and then, without knocking, burst open the flimsy door. ( Susso was standing near the girl and | when he saw the detectives he utter , ed n curse, grasping her by th? | throat, swinging her around and hit , her a blow in the face. "I had been to school on the day ( that I was kidnapped." said the girl, "and got out before 4 o'clock in th , afternoon. Some of the girls wee going to a wood near where we lived , to get flowers and I went also to get some flowers to put on the diuner , table. On my way back, when with ( in a few hundred feet of home, a , man sprang out of the woods, grab- , bed me by the throat, and dragged , mtr iniu iut' uuHiit'H. men ue an?i another man carried me further baca A luto the woods and stuHod my mouth with rags. "They kept me there until late at ' night and then one of them went after a wagon. I was tied in this auJ taken to Hast New Yojk, into a tenement Two women in this house . guarded me while the men were awuy. The women took my clothes from me and threatened me." , Susso. after having his injuries at- , tended lo was locked t\p in 4the . Brownsville station. The police atrested Annie Cairo, aged SO years. 1 She Is said by the police to be one of the women who held the girl . prisoner. . Both sne and Susso were arraigned before Magistrate Vorheos in the , New Jersey avenue court. I>ltl'G CLKllK'S EHKOit. Causes the Dentil of James Calvin in New York. Private Detective James Calvin, of 386 Manhattan avenue, is dead from what is probably a drug clerk error. He bought a box of epson salts at a well-known drug store a week ago, and early Tuesday too! somo of It. In u few moments lu fell in agony at his wife's feet, and was dead before sin ambulance a: rived from the J. Hood Wrlg'.r hospital. Dr. Hammond, in charge tiald the salts were really sulphat in zinc, ana gave inc nox ana its re ntaining contents over to the polic-SMOKING Ol T KHKLDON. Republican Treasurer Said to He u Trust Magnate. News comes from New York tha' an Investigation is being made b> the Democratic national committc into the "'rporation connections ot George H. Sheldon, treasurer of th? Republican national committee, and i-tfiresentatives of the Democratic national committee have been sent into the financial district to inquire into Sheldon's affiliations and h i s eariy financial career. It is said that he is connected officially with ^ dozen or more trusts, and that iwhy he was selected as treasurer by the Republican committee. TinDemocrats intend to smoke him out IIEARST'S MKNAGKHIE. Says It Will Perform In South Caiolinn, Too. The State executive committee of Hearst's Independen Party met in > Greenville Wednesday and eloctel 1 officers, with D. E. McCuen. oj Greenville, as chairman, and S. S. ' Price, of Columbia. aH secretary. A 1 full electoral ticket will be put in ' the field for the November election. ' The executive committee has under ' advisement the subject of a State 1 ticket with candidates for governor and all State officers. BLISTERS TEDDY Halo of Integrity That Surrounded Roosevelt "HAS FADED AWAY" Huys Haskell, Who tliarge* That the President Granted Franchises to Oil Compuny und Chit Urge Campaign Contributions in Return for the Grant.. Gov, Charles h\ Haskell, formerly treasurer of the Democratic national committee, tonight gave out a long letter to President Roosevelt repeating hts published defence to the charges made against hiin. The letter. in part, is as follows: "The serious character of your charge against me should have suggested to you that you. as Chief Executive, should proceed with deliberation and certainty before malt ing such hearsay statements yonown declarations. "Y??ur attacks on me finally rested on my conduct toward the Pralrl Oil and tins Company in this State I have said that you were responsible for granting a franchise before statehood, thereby creating vested rights. You seek to evade the issue uid create strong impressions. You said jtho Interior department had no power, except where crossing an Indian reservation. You would have rour renders believe that the Indian Territory was then conducting Sis lwn government and that only partsof the same were Indian reservations "Mr. Roosevelt, you know It is no; :rue; you know all the land was Indian land without county, township ir territorial government. What lalo of integrity surrounded you las; iveek. like the nilst has faded away md the interior department holdj lie record which convicts you. "Yon granted the franchise at the iclicitation of Senator Depew, and i few days thereafter received )00 in cash for your campaign fund "You charge me with having at enipted to bribe the Attorney Uei< rul of Ohio. That was presumably line years ago. You have abandoned hat position. Charles P. Tnft says hrough his paper that 110 evidence vas ever produced that would con ,dct me of the charge "In touching 011 the State Univeriity question, you pretended to quote rom the Outlook magazine, but how lishonestly you enlarged 011 the mag ?zint? article. That article charge 1 lie with substituting Democratic foi Republican professors for political turposes. I have shown that statement to be fulse, hut I churge you (vitli trying to enlarge ou that mag?zine article and give the world the nipresion that we were improperly 'lining the money appropriated to conduct that institution. "Your charge that 1 vetoed a child labor law. you have not analogized for. notwithstanding yon know thai I did it with the approval of unior. labor and that our State Constitu ion which you said was 'so had you ipinion o( it would not look well in print,' contains more details and "hlld labor legislation than all yon have recommended to the New York legislature as Governor, or to th* Oongress of the I'nlt^d State as President, and that I had approved further Acts of our Legislature massed at the solicitation of union 'abor. "You said in your first statemeu. hat I had suits brought against me 'o- recover title to Creek Indian land I overwhelmed you on that statement. Adopting your usual policy, v-ou flee from that statement without 'ust apology and adopt the statenent now that it was Government own site lots that you charged me vith being sued for. Yes. 1 believe ( am a defendant as to certain Gov rnment town site lots in one of tearly 11,000 suits that you have had brought against as many dif'erent honorabrle and highminded dtizens of this State during this Presidential campaign year, and yon will not undertake to deny that politics for the puropse of Republican izing about 20.000 Indian voters was vour sole motive for having those suits brought, and I charge you with knowing that there has been no delay In these cases, except that or asloned by the Court's deliberations cason ny niniseir as time no neemen necessary to consider whether or not there is any merit in the petition filed by your attorney. "You say that on that land ques tion you will see that ! get a hearing in Court. Yes, sir. I will come !c your hearing Call to your assis tanoe all the power that your high office commands, present cases in an', form you like. I nm ready to meet It and before Its conclusion the pea pie of America will he disgusted tha they ever elected you President o the Pnlted Stntes.' ' " Waylaid and Shot. A dispatch from El Paso, Texas says County Judge Brewster am Postmaster M. A. Ernst, of Bouqulll.t Texas, were waylaid and shot 01 Sunday while en route from th Cable house at Krust's mines to th postoffice. Ernst died on Tuesday His murderers have not been ai rested. THE SECRET OUT. WHY ROOSEVELT FIGHTS STAN HARD OIL COMPANY. It Refused to Give Him as MucI Money an He DeuiauUtHl for Hi* Campaign Four Years Ago. The New York World of Fridav published the following: Ear'y in the 1904 campaign th-1 Standard Oil Company, as well as other trusts, railroads, hanks nml large corporations, received a re quest to contribute to the Republican campaign fund. This request was ignored. Henry II. Rogers being responsible for its refusal. Later, when the second call for campaign funds was made, Mr. Cortelyou. chairman of the Republican national committee, sent word to Mr. Rogers asking for an appointment at which the existing conditions could be explained and the financial support of Standard Oil secured. This appointment was nuide bv Mi- Hmrerc tn lm t No. 26 Broadway, the Standard Oil | building, and Mr. Corteiyou was informed that both Mr. Rogers and John D. Arch bold would be please-J to see hlui. Mr. Cortelyou, Hading that Mr. Rogers was not to meet him alone but that Mr. Arehbold was alone to be present, concluded It would be safer and more discreet not to go himself. The appointmcm was kept by Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the national committee. At this interview Mr. Rogers accused Mr. Roosevelt of ingratitude and recalled many past favors from the Standard Oil Company to Republican candidates and campaign funds. Mr. Bliss admitted that President Roosevelt might have acted harshly toward the Standard Oil, but said that while Mr. Roosevelt's first term was "constructive" his second term would be "conservative." Replying on these assurances Mr. Rogers and Mr. Arehbold made i contribution of $100,000. This contribution coming to th"j knowledge of President Roosevelt, he wrote to Chairman Cortelyou a violent letter denouncing the Standard On Company and directing the re turn of the contribution. This letter is on Mr. Cortelyou's file, and n fcopy of it is kept by President Roosevelt for the puropse of making li public if ever the facts of tills Standard Oil contribution became known. The contribution was not returned. Not one cent was paid hack. The same was used, so far as Mr. Rogers and Mr. Arehbold know, in like manner with otiter contribution*. loafer in the campaign, when President Roosevelt bacame scared about the result and about the time thai lie summoned Edward H. Harriman to Washington and induced Mr. Har i niiuii m raise jjow.uuu ior ine campaign fund, a further request wasmade of the Standard Oil people. At the time of the $ 100,000 contribution Mr. Rliss expressed his dissatisfaction with its size and snld that the amount should he sever.il times as great. At the time of the third request the definite sum of $250,000 additional was nsked for. In the meantime Mr. Rogers had learned of Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Cortelyou and of the direction I to return the first $100,000. He declined to give any more money and recalled the fact that the President's Instructions to return the first contribution had not been complied with and that Mr. Roosevelt must have known all along that the $100000 which he repudiated had not only been accepted but used. In view of this fact he declined to accede to the request for a further $250,000, or for any further sum, and denounced Mr. Roosevelt for seemingly trying on the one hand to secure contributions from the Standard Oil Company and on the other hand to make political cnpital by denouncing the company. DRIVKX TO sriCIDK. Republican Official Could Xot Tel Ills Record. After telling some of his friend; that he would rather die than 11 v to hear the reports which some of hi political opponents were circulating about, him. W. Regan Rice, regis trar of deeds of Madison county. N C.. shot himself to death in a ban in the rear of his home near Marshal at 11 o'clock Wednesday morninp Death was instantaneous. The d? ceased was elected to office on th , Kepublican ticket two years ago. II | was 38 years old and leaves a wlf and one child, a daughter. MEETS TERRIBLE FATE. In the Fire That Humeri I)o\vn III t Residence. Will Mull was roasted to deat in the flames that burned his re idence Wednesday mornng. nes Morganton. N. C. Ed Mull, a cousl ' who was with him at the time, na ^ rowly escaped a like fate. The d ' ceased and his counsln went Irn n the house and after building a fi: r vent to sleep. Ed Mull was awake p ed by tho roof of the house fallir in and made his escape, but his cou '* In, who did not awake, was burn * to a crisp. , t - - A BULLY KILLED. The Traffic ? "' expected End of a Tempestuous Life. PROPHECY FULFILLED The Aiidcisoii Daily Mail Had Pits dieted Kditui-ially About Three Weeks Afto That This Would be the Knd. He Had Killed Three or Four Men in His Time. The State says news was received in Columbia Monday to^the fffect that John McGaha had been killed near Beltou, on the Greenville conn ty side. McGaha has been tried for hie tlf.. in K I-U ...? ...v ... mm- UVMIIUUa CUSBS HUH is said to have been suspected In another. The first report received by Th ? State came from a passenger on tietrain front Anderson. He had heard the news in that city and had late1 heard it talked of at Helton and Greenwood and the story in circulation there was to the etTect that MeGaha was on a spree and ha 1 disturbed a meeting at a negro church and had been "shot to pieces." "It is a sad thing," said this gentleman, "but I never heard one ev- , pression of regret. Indeed, all persons seemed to be relieved. it is j an awful thing when one's neighbors can find plensure in his passing away." From Anderson came another ar ^ count and from Abbeville by long distance 'phone it was stated that j MeGaha and one of the Ashleys had gone to arrest two negroes who ha.l been working on McGaha's place and ( hat in a melee which followed MeGaha was killed. ' The following from the Anderson ( Daily Mail of a date some three weeks ago. Indicates the esteem ir. \hioh the deceased was held: "Several months ago Jorn MeGaha, ' a bully, well known in this part of ( he State, shot und killed Georg" Jlinkscales, a negro. In Abbeville ^ county. Witnesses of the tragedy " testified at the coroner's inquest the next day that the killing was unprovoked, that It was deliberat murder. McGuha fled the State. "Negroes of the community told ( the white people, though not at th?inquest, that C'likscales had told i them that he was in mortal fear of MeGaha because he had refused to j testify as MeGaha wanted hint to ( in a certain lawsuit. "MeGaha remained In hiding for a { good long time, but was finally caplured in Georgia, through the vigilance of the sheriff of Abbeville county, and brought back to Abbeville an A l-wl.-.wl I.. < . II "And then powerful iitfUience.wero sot to work in his behalf. The witnesses who had testified at the Inquest, before they had been 'seen' . or 'fixed,' now told a different story. They made affidavits that the shoot- ( ing was accidental. There was submitted what purported to tie eth d> ing statement of Clnkscales, in which he said the shooting was an accident, and that he did not want his friend 'Johnnie' punished . A I'nited States senator was hired as McGaha's lawyer, a justice of tipState supreme court granted him bail, and a member of the State legislature went on his bond. "The case came up for trial at Abbeville last week, and McCJahu was acquitted. The jury is not to be censured. The Jury had to go b> 'he evidence, and although every member of the Jury may have been convinced in his heart?presuming. of course, that the Jury was composed of intelligent men- tltat the evidence was manufactured for the occasion, yet there was no evidence 1 of deliberate murder, and the jurv could do nothing but return a verdict of not guilty. Mltrder had no' boon i>rov?><1 in a manner that would warrant conviction. ' "The dead negro had no rich or influential friends or relatives t,? work for the conviction of his slavs er. There were no rich or in influ? ential nten or strong influence work ing tor justice. That mythical figure ; is l>lind, and it often happens that - she has no friends or advocates in our courts, i "McGaha had killed at least two 1 men before lie killed George C'link; scales. He is now a free man again, free to go where he pleases, and to 0 quarrel with whom he pleases, e lodging his future by his past record ?* it Is only a question of time until he kills somebody else, or until somebody is forced to kill him. "So far as McGaha himself is concerned, it made little differentis whether he was convicted or acqui' ted. He is as worthless to tlie Stomas a free man as he would be as ? 'i convict. Hut it makes a great deal 9* of difference to tho community in whicli McGaha lives. and to th? I*' public at large. It will make ;i r* great deal of difference in the f:j Hire conduct of men of the Me 1 Gaha class. Will they not feel, an r** with good reason, that they can kil 11 with impunity .and that they cai >8 command influence to assure ?hen a* their liberty, which with them mean 'd license? "It does not require a seer or SAIL OUT OF PORT. UNl'SUAL BIGHT IN THK 1IAH- ^ BOIt OF I'll Alt LKSTOX. Fifteen Hchoouers 1'usm Out to Ocrau With Favorable Brev/M After J Varying Stu.vs iu I'ort. The Churlestou Host soys a strik- | tngly handsome sight was afforded Monday morning in the departure of fifteen schooners out of the harbor after a detention by contrary winds to nearly a month. Since the last week In August, the wind has been holding to the east and northeast daily with the exception of September 1 and f>. when for a part of these days it veered to the soutn '< ana soutnwest. Last night tin* wind w the passing of tho rainstorm of yes- j tcrday and the coming of the high pressure front the west, and bright 11 and early this morning the sails 11 were raised nnd the long detainee It fleet raised anchors and started dowt the bay. it wus a beautiful sight. rare'> seen in Charleston or any South At lantic harbor, for this number ot vessels are not often cleared and al made ready to sail together. In |( some cases two or three abreas. tt and at times strung out in single ui column, it seemed us if some armada pi of centuries ago. before steam dis -t placed canvas to the methods ot m propulsion of sltlps of war. wa w proceeding to attack an enemy u Slowly at first, and then at a taste ,| gait, the tleet moved down the ha - In bor and the sight was viewed with i much interest and pleasure. In some j -ases until the vessels became as s<> w many little black specks against the p( tiorizon. at The vessels which sailed were ail Hti tound for New York with cargoes th af I tint Iter. Nine of the vessel ? th ivere cleared with cargoes here an is he remaining six were from tie m outhward. having put into Charles jp on for a harbor, made necessar> te >y the easterly winds. Tin* Lotti Hussells, one of the vessels whirl. :m tailed, essayed the task the first |j tart of tlte month and after having pi eniained at sea off Charleston m hirteen days, unable to make an. i. progress, and being as a painted .hip upon a painted ocean, returnei ,c o port. She will have better lucK .,] his time. Tile anxiety of the fleet to get t- |it leu was evidenced In the departure p >f so many vessels in the face o .tl he knowledge ol the existence of : ,s ropicnl storm off Cuba. The ad *0 rices that the storm was curving ts ind would probably not come in thb lirection was not received until tin leet had left (tort. The mastervere taking no more clutuces on be ,j ng shut up in port. ,1 The fleet which sailed today w:<nnde up of the following Schooners ,jJudge Peunewell. Kdgar C. Rus- fr .Massachusetts: Thomas Winsmore Harry Prescott, Victor C. Record- i [Jeorge May. Tltomas ! '. Pollard >i Warren Adams, John It. Manning h Jitel Cook. Lottie Russell and Pan; p II. Dudley. t SMOTIIPltKl) IN lOI.DINC. IIKDS j, , Due Tragedy Occurs in llronkiyit am | One in Chicago. .' ii Ignorant of the fact that her twi t month-old child. (Jeorge. was aslee; under the cover. Mrs. Mary Storti of Ilrooklyn, closed up a folding In 1 In ? fl'irliDtiPfl rnnin :iml flu* M V 11 one was smothered to death befoiliis mother realized what had hai ' peued. When she learned of her la ' tal error she heeatue frantic and ' now prostrated. At Chicago Kdward Kozlows': ' was accidentally smothered to deaf 1 in a folding bed. The child wr 1 piaced In the bed and covered wit' ' a blanket. A short time later tie mother entered the room and fouir ' that the lied had been closed. Sir opened it to find the child smotherei 1 to death. STAIlllKl) HY r\K\((\V.\ PFICSON I (ir'N ery Salesman < 'lined from lloiisi ami l-'atally Wounded. John \V. Mttllin, a grocery sales man, ."> ? years old. died Wednesdn from the effect of knife wounds it his titroat and head, inflicted !> unknown persons. Mttllin was found t near his home, in Phoenix City, Ala early Wednesday in an tineonseion. condition. After regaining eon jtciousness he stated, that he had been called front his home and at ' tacked by two men, one of whon. < held hint while the other cut hint. It is stated that .Mttllin received . I threatening letter several days ago. J prophet to predict that sooner oi later John MrUaha will kill som<iody else, or will force soniehod to kill htm. And either ocenrrenc* will be a calamity. It will be a ea lamity for McfJaha to kill a mawhose life is worth something, ami it will be a calamity for some good t man to be forced to kill him. No good citizen wants to stain his hand and his soul with human blood I even in self-defense. I "And when John MeOaha gets int l i his next trouble. and kills or kt killed, those who have freed him 3 front his latest encounter with the law- will be more to blame than anya body else. Pear that in mind." SEES NO HARM I ro Use Trust Money to Further fl Political Ends Is tfl SENATOR MCLAURIN'S ? toply to the Hearst Exposure l?y tlvo H Publication of tlic Standard Oil 1 Who Declares That South Carolina's Natural Progress is Throttled by an Oligarchy. Senator McLuurin gave out the fol- \ iwing statement In reference to the tters Hint pnsjod between him and ) . I). Archbohl, the Standard Oil tagnate .while lie was carrying on Is "Commercial Democracy" fight i this State some years ago: Mr. McLaurin, who lias just reirned t?> Now York, gave out a gued statement as follows: "An effort has been made to Crete a political sensation bv the pubcation of certain correspondence boveen Mr. John D. Archbold. vleo resident of tie* Standard Oil Com any, and myself. For that cor* 'spondencc I have no apologies to ako. At the time the letters were ritten f had the honor to enjoy, and 11 proud still to possess the frlendilp of Mr. Arclibold, for whom I we the highest regard. At the me the letters were written I was igaded in a bitter struggle. In hieh was involved not only my own ilitieal future, but the economic id political principles for which I Dod and which, stated briefly, meant e emancipation of the South from e ignorant prejudices of Bourhonm and the 'bloody shirt' into tho eedom of an enlightened seltterest and the progress of an iulligent industrialism. 'In the support of these principles, id the hope of this progress, I saw en no Impropriety in enlisting, if actlcable, (lie assistance of the ost intelligently officered corpora>11 that human intelligence has t produced Nor has tne enormous idy of statutory crime since creal1 or the hypociitlcal affection of orality assumed by some of ou.' gislators and Congress in any wise anged my point of view or quickied my conscience of expediency, seems to have been the case with me of my former colleagues and sociates. "The constituencies that they repsent do not hesitate to take Mr. lrnegie's trust-produced and tariffo tec ted money for their church-.^s id libraries, or accept Air. Rockeller's large sums for the education the negro, whom they have dlsanchised. ii jioimcui campaigns arc to bo in without money and political ogress is to lx* achieved without lancial expenditure it is high tlm?? lat both parties should be apprised the arrival of that Utopian era, it until that period has arrived 1 in see no reason while I, in bating for what I conceived to be the ght. should refuse to seek or deine to accept the support, whether aancial or personal, of which I ood in need. "Men may die. but right princlles persist and in the end they will iiunph. "I believe that the Soifth, and specially the State of South Carona. is today throttled in its naturil regress and its intelligent exerclso f the right of self-government by 11 oligarchy of a past generation ll rough the perpetration of ignoance and the fertilization of cornption, and I shall welcome the day >'hen the educational propaganda, hich can only be spread by the uso f money, whether It be Standard til money or railroad money, ony other money save that derived rom the government snle of whisey. will enable the people to see lore closely their own best intersts and east out those loaders whoie ivporritical morality and 111 disuised seltishness is responsible for he fact that in the South illiteracy s greater and the increase of popuation and wealth slower thnn in nnv it her great section of the I'nlon. "ft is the fashion of present day lypoerisy to decry the corporation, o abhor the trust and to pretend 1n mblic life to prescribe the influence ?f weath. but as in this country and n this age wealth is and must be, lie reward of intelligence I am not willing to be considered amongst hose cowardly enough to deny tho influence which intelligence has a'ways exercised under every form of government thus far devised. Of a government of ignorance I have had enough in my native State. I iope for. and shall continue to woe; or, a government of intelligence. (Signed) John Lowndes McLaurln" Senator McLaurln leaves tomorrow for South Carolina. Convicts Display Hravery. A dispatch from Manilla says a cloudburst struck the penal colonv at Iwahig September 2.1 and eight persons were drowned, including Harold Macknight. superintendent of the farm. The prisoners behaved heroically, many plunged into the water at personal risk to save comrades.