Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 23, 1911, Image 7
HITS THEM HARD
A Republican Senator Talks Out Plainly
on the Race Question
THE NORTH HYPOCRITE
Y
in Op|iosiii|; Amendment to Itexoliilion
for Direct Klectimi of t'nited
States Senators. Iloruli Maintains
Trout lut'iit Aoordi'il Negro in
North No I letter Than in South.
That prejudice against the negro
is just us intense in the North as in
the South and that the North plays
the hypocrite in its contentions to
tli" contrary, was bohliy and bluntly
assorted in the Senate Thursday by
a Republican Senator.
Senator Korah, of Idaho, was the
speaker, llis declarations regarding
the negro were made at the close of
a prolonged speech, in opposition to
the Sutherland amendment to the
Senate resolution providing for the
election of Senators by popular vote.
The amendment would have the effect
of giving Congress control of
Senatorial elections.
Mr. Corah's pronouncement on
the race question was made in response
to the recent assertion pf
Senator Root, that without the Sutherland
provision the resolution would
dcnrlvc the Southern pprrniia ,?f k'od.
oral protection in the exercise of the
franchise. Mr. Horah dissented
from the New Yorker's view, and In
doing so used language winch elicited
congratulations from many Senators.
Mr. Horah contended that as tlie
resolution stands, notwithstanding it
gives State legislatures control of
Senatorial elections, Congress would
still have the r'ght to interfere in
protecting any citizen whose right of
franelii e had been interferred with.
The Idaho Senator expressed deep re'
grot that the race question had been
brought into the controversy and asserted
that Its introduction was intended
only to imperil the resolution.
"I wonder how long the North is
going to play the hypocrite and the
moral coward on this question?"
k said Mr. Horah. and added that, that
B section always had assumed more
f wisdom and more tolerance in dealing
with this problem than had boon
displayed elsewhere. He insisted
that a call of the roll of the Northern
State in which there Js any
apreciabie number of negroes, would
demonstrate that the North had not
dealt more leniently with the negro
Ihun had other sections.
"The Northern States have exploited
the same race prejudice that
has been shown elsewhere, ' he asserted.
"In the North we burn the
negro at the stake and there, as in
other sections, we have our rate
wmin. v? e jmsn our negroes to Tlie
outer edce of the industrial world.
We exhibit the B'ime prejudices, the
same weaknesses, the same intolerance
that is apparent in the Southland."
Mr. Borah declared that if Congress
had power tinder the existing
provisions of the Constitution, giiing
Congressional control over Senatorial
elections, it should he exercised.
"If that right exists, the North nas
the greater obligation under it. because
it makes claim to it. We
assert the power, but we tdtnit that
we haven't had tlie moral courage to
exercise it."
For himself, he denied the existence
of any such power, and said
that he resented such a i osition oecause
of the position in which Congress
was placed by it. Concluding
he said:
"The negro has been used as a
political football about as long as
our own sense of decency and his
developing intelligence will permit.
We should no longer mistreat him,
but we should have the courage to
Inform him as to the real situation.
It does not benefit him to make him
the subject of our sophomoric rhetoric.
The negro has advanced to the
point where we well may dispense
with the perennial distribution of
soothing sirup and give him solid
food in the way of facts. We should
tell him the truth and conceal nothing.
"The negro is beginning to realize
that the white man of the North is
of the same race as the white man
of the South, and that in his blood
is the virus of dominion and power.
He should know, while his slave
chains have been broken, the chains
of industry are being forged around
nun nnn win conuntie to hold him
unless lie himself brenks them. This
badge was placed upon him by bis
maker, and it can be removed only
by the necro himself, with the aid (
of those who have the courage to tell
him the truth, which is that we
hnve the power to guarantee to him
the equal protection of the law and
^ to protect him against dis rlmlnation.
To attempt anything more
would bo ruinous to the colored man
and demoralizing to the whole political
body. He must work out the
problem under the Constitution.
"WhPn thA ovltrntwloo ^ f ,1/?Kn?/v
? ~ w?.Av.M (CO v/1 uruair
are over it v/ill be found that no
measures will be offered in this Senate
to protect nny supposed right of
the colored man anywhere. If those
who are interested will turn to the ,
Constitution, they will And there the '
KILLED BY FATHER
MURDERER UNMOVED BY THE
VICTIM'S PLEADING WIFE.
The Youiik Man Drives Wagon on
Yard Against Father's Orders and
is Shot i>o\vn.
With tlie wife of Ids victim dinging
to him and entreating hint not
to shoot, and her four children i
standing by, awe-stricken witnesses, ,
William Martin Lanfotd. a 64-yeniold
Confederate veteran, early Wednesday
morning put a bullet into the
heart of his son, William David
Uanford, years old, killing him
almost instantly.
The son and his family lived with
the old man on a plantation on the
Fnoree river, three miles from
Woodruff: Because of constant
bickerings the son had decided to '
mo\e. When he came with a wagon
to take away his household goods !
the father bade hint not drive upon
the yard under pain of death. The
young man ignored the command,
and was shot through the heart.
After the killing, the old man
mounted a mule and, with head
erect, glancing neither to the right
or left, paying no heed to the curi- '
ous persons who followed him,
rode to Woodruff, calmly announced
that he had killed his son and said
he was going to Spartanburg to surrender
to the sherifT.
The train had gone and T.anford
accordingly went to Foster & Bryson's
store and requested Bert
Weathers, a cl -rk, to telephone the
sheriff, W. .1. White,, to come for
him. This was done and Lanford
was committed to jail late in the
afternoon.
In jail he complained of begin 111
and Dr. William G. Sexton was
called and prosi rihed. It is reported
that Lanford is Buffering from peilaera
but the report lacks confirmation.
The old man said at the jail
that during the list six months lie
has had 1 "> physicians treat him for
intestinal trouble and none had been
able to do anything for him.
Dr. Fexton said that owing to the
darkness of Lanford's cell he had
not noticed any skin eruptions, if
there were any. but he would make
more careful examination next day.
Coroner J. II. Turner had the infinest
in the afternoon. There was
difficulty in obtaining a jury because
of the 50 or 60 persons called nearly
all were related to the Lanfords.
The jury finally chosen found that
W. I). Lanford had come to his death
by a gunshot wound at the hands of
VV. AT. Lanford.
The testimony given was in effect
the same as the story given above. ,
There was evidence that Lanford
had consented to his son moving and
did not object to his taking awav
the furniture but ordered him not
to drive the wagon on the yard.
MVSTKHV IS CKEAKFD.
Coal (ins Caused Sudden l>euth of
Young Couple.
A dispatch from Cumberland, Md.,
says that Ohas. K. Twig and Grace
Elosser, the young couple found
dead in the parlor of the Elosser
home ou December Illst, last, the
eve of th'dr wedding day, came to
their sad end from >rhon monoxide
foal g.i?>t poisoning was im "onclusion
01 the Wasnington and italtiniore
chemists who tested the
Idood of the two victims. State's
Attorney Robh announced the result
of the chemical analysis Monday.
Heretofore the authorities have
maintained that the pair met their
death by cyanide of potassium, the
coroner's jury returning a verdict, to
that effect.
Kills Wife and Self.
At Alexandria, L&., James Mobley,
aged no, Wednesday shot a.ul
killed his wife and then sent a bullet
through his temple, killing himself
instantly. Domestic Infelicity is
given as the cause. Mr. and Mrs.
Mobley were locked in a room whpn
the tragedy occurred.
Fatal Practical Joke.
At Decatur, Ala., as the result of
a practical joke, Woody Klrby, an
employee of the Louisville and Nashville
shops lost his life. Klrby and
a man named Pigg were engaged in
a friendly scuffle when the latter
turned an air-hose on Klrby, almost
blowing his vitals out.
Missing Art Student.
A Home dispatch says the Italian
government is now inclined to fear
that th<' disappearance of Henry
Lawrence Wolfe, of New York, w,is
the result nf a crime iin.l offer.-*,t o
reward for the discovery of the miss j
lug art student. :
Scalded to Death.
After striking a fellow work ur n
on the head with a shovel, John]
Ootch, of Sharon, Pa., leaped ln'o a
cinder pit filled with boiling water \
and was scalded to death. The man
he assaulted will recover.
one universal rule of equality, the
only rule to be applied to the negro,
and the only rule under which
we can legislate. If applied, it will
be proven to be the correction rule,
the rule for all of us."
MAY RUSH TO WAR
RELATIONS TO RUSSIA AM)
CHINA ARE STRAINED.
Russian Troops Are to l>o Dispatched
to the Chinese Frontier to Seare :
Them.
A dispatch from London says tho I
relations of Russia and China are
strained to the breaking point. Russia
Thursday notified the governments
of Great Britain, France and
Germany of her intention to make a
military demonstration 011 the ltussoChinese
frontier owing to China s
persistent violation of the St. Petersburg
treaty of 1 Ss 1.
Russian troops will he sent forthwith
to the district of Hi. The extent
of the demonstration, it is said,
added in the diplomatic note will depend
entirely upon the attitude assumed
by China.
The vital questions involved are
free trade in Mongolia, the extraterritorial
rights of Russians in China
and the establishment of a Russian
consultate at Koebdo, Mongolia.
There have been rumors recently
r>f an intention by Russia to tiring
pressure to hear upon China hepause
of alleged violations of ttie
Russo-Chlnese treaty. That the situation
was aeute, however, lias been
d< nied both by the Chinese foreign
hoard and the Russian legation at
Peking.
It lias been admitted that there
\v ej-e differences in the interpretations
of the international agreement
made at St. Petersburg and Peking.
The treaty adopted in 1SS1 expires
tills month and it has been reported
that China was unwilling to renew
it .'it liflQt tint tlttUI oneto'itx ttin.llll
rations have been made.
The changes have horn closely
guarded by both powers and what
;tnge the negotiations have reached
was not Indicated until yesterday,
when the St. Petersburg Gazette announced
that an important conference
had been held at the war ministry
to consider "China's persistent
flouting of treaty stipulations."
The province of 111, to which Russian
troops will be sent, lies In the
northern part of the Chinese empire,
i'.y a provision of the Russo-Chinese
treaty of 1SS1 the western portion
of Hi is incorporated with Russia In
nrder to serve as a place of establishment
for the Inhabitants of Russia.
who. having adopted Russian
dependence, had to abandon the
binds which they possessed there.
FOl'CJHT OVHIt A CORPSK.
Two Rival Colored I'lulertnkers Delay
a Funeral.
The spectacle of two colored undertakers
fighting like tigers for possession
of a corpse shipped for burial
confronted passengers alighting from
the afternoon Seaboard train at
Americas, (la., 011 Friday.
One undertaker. Joshua Simmons,
with caparisoned horses and hearse,
was removing the casket from the
train when Dennis Ha mum. his rival
undertaker, undertook to scoon the
remains instead.
In the battle resulting, Ttarnum
was knocked cold with a brickbat
and ere he recovered, Simmons had
captured the prize and departed in
trinmpli. The undertakers' battle
created intense excitement in colored
circles, and will he umpired in the
court. *
A Very Short I>ny.
The shortest hours of any union
workmen in the country are those
of the caisson workers in New York
City, who have just reached an
agreement with their employers for
the year 1911. Thr<>e hours a day.
with :iu minutes off for luncheon,
and daily wages of $."> is the stipulation
of the men who work under an
air pressure of "throe atmospheres."
Three Trains Crush.
Ten persons were killed in n
wreck caused by a double jollislon
near Paris, France, Wednesdi^ night
on the western section of the State
railroad when expresses for Paris
and Krost dashed simultaneously
into a freight train which was being
sidetracked. The wreckage itnnnd
iately caught fire. *
Made Thrni Pay Well.
Hecause Mis? Rose Chadinia, of
St. Paul, Minn., was compelled to
listen to abusive language from a
passenger In a street car, the railway
company will have to pay her
$1100 damages. The failure of the
conductor to eject the passenger furnished
grounds for the suit.
I'lii siciau Arrested,
Dr. PeFoix Wilson, a prominent
physician of Spartanburg, has been
arrested on the charge of failing to
report a contagious disease. The case
in question was one of smollpox, and
it is stated that two other cases have
resulted from coming in contact with
this disease.
The waste basket is a potent factor
in keeping up the standard of literature.
Money may not bring happiness,
but it will purchase a lot of substitutes.
WEEVIL SCARE
M?n Reported Seen Dist' ibuling Thtm
oq Plantations in Georgia.
WERE LOOKING FOR AID
Is What They Said When Caught
Pigging Small llnles?President j
Rarrctt CalN on Partners in Protect
Themselves?Says Every Precaution
Sliouhl be Taken by
Tliein.
Have the alleged boll weevil dis- ;
tributors been operating in Columbia
county? is the ouestion that is
agitating the farmers of some sections
of that county, according to
a telephone message received by the
Augusta Chronicle Thursday.
The message stated th it near
Evans. Oa., two men were last week
seen driving in their bug.-ies over
several of the plantations in the seclion
and digging small holes here
and there in the fields, and oecasionvllv
making smaller holes wh.i
spikes. To some who questioned
them later they stated that they
were looking for indieations of oil.
This incident occurred before the
publication of The Chronicle's story
of the rumor that one man had come
to Augusta for the purpose of sca?tering
th<> boll weevil in the cotton
fields of that section, and after reading
the story the farmers of that section
of Columbia county have become
alarmed over the happening,
and fear that it is probable that tin* j
weevils may have been placed in }
their fields.
No one took any special notice of i
the men. so no good description j
could he gotten of them. On.' v is
said to l>e in a buggy drawn hy a
very dark horse, and the other w. s
driving a horse of somewhat light* r
color.
Wlmt 1 turret t Siivs.
Following the publication of an
alleged amazing plot on the part o*
schemers to infest the Georgia and
South Carolina cotton fields with
the boll weevil, Charles S. Garrett,
president of the National Farmers'
union, in an open statement, declares
that the advancing sweep of the
plague of the cotton fields jeopardizes
the entire agricultural welfare
of the South.
President Garrett deplores the
fact that coMon growers of Georgia
and adjoining states are lethargic
over this grave menace and asserts
that "had this visitation, which in
its drastic destruction of values, is
entitled to rink with the plagues
of Egypt, first shown its head in
any of the 'rained and disciplined
nations of Europe, the concerted
wealth and sk'tl of the threatened
government would have been mustered
to stifle the danger."
He points out the fact that 'he
South holds practically a world monopoly
in cot'on, hut that the very
foundation of tiiis monopoly is menaced
by the onward sweep of the
pest, which all the science of the
in-M w(\iu niiM oeen nniiMie to eifectively
curb as yet. Hp sops hope,
however, in the tremendous possibilities
of diversification throughout
the cotton heit. where soil and climate
combine to make possible almost
any crop grown elsewhere in
the world.
.Inst at this time, when the weevil
seems destined through its natural
channe's to invade (leorein
within the next year or so. bis article
should be read with the closest
attention and interest. President
Barrett is a nlain spoken man. He
doesn't use round-about or evasive
methods or language. lie has the
hahit of driving direct at the point.
Therefore his utterances are not
those of an alarmist, but words of
wisdom from a careful and observant
man, whose life has been and is
being spent in helping the man who
tills the soil. Be says:
"The motive of this present appeal
is to stress tipon Southern
farmers everywhere the absolute
necessity of taking precautionary
measures at once. Had the farmers
of Texas and Louisiana adopted this
(dan they would have avoided millions
of dollars in losses due to the
boll weevil. The only sensible procedure
is to recognize that the entire
South sppms rlrxjHnrwT f/i Ha a f _
flictod by an unescapable pest and
to go about lessening or removing its
possibilities for evil before it shall
have reduced us to panic by its sudden
appearance.
"I have always held that the
Southern states are so fortunately
endowed by nature that they should
lie absolutely independent of othir
portions of Amer'ca. The boll weevil
is the bludgeon that is soing to
make us come into our heritage
sooner than we bad expected In
this respect it is a blessing in disguise.
but it is essential to act in
time if we are to reap the advantages
of the situation."
I.ost llis llnnil.
At Greenville J. F. I.owe. machinist
at the South Carolina Cotton Oil
Company's plant, lost hi.s right hand
Wednesday in the linter machine.
He was engaged in making some
minor repairs when his hand got
caught.
1 RUIN COTTON CROP
A CONSPIRACY SAID TO HE ON
FOOT TO DISTRIHI TE
Thousands of l,ivi> Cotton Roll Weevils
by Night in Ceorgiu ami This
Slate.
An alleged conspiracy by crooked
speculators to ruin the south's cotton
crop by secretly distributing thousands
of live boll weevils iti the fieldsunder
cover of night, was brought to!
light in Atlanta Saturday when (iov- |
ernor-elcct lloke Smith maile public
a letter of warning, sent him anotnyniously
by a New Orleans business
man. This man called at Mr Smith s
ollice Friday afternocn. made known
his identity and good faith, ami corroborated
all the statements in the
letter.
Two men approached him in New
Orleans a short time ago. he declares
and solicited his help in a diabolical
scheme to curtail this year's crop by
inundating (1 corgi a and South Carolina
with the weevils, bavin: great
quantities of October cotton now, and
selling when the crop shortage sent
prices higher, making a fortune for
themselves, at the awful expense or
devastating one of the richest agricultural
sections of the union not
only for one year but for years to
come.
The author of the letter says in
swore to the two men that he would
not disclose their names, and Insists
tint his own he withheld from publication.
lie came clear from ltirminghnm
Friday to assure (?overnoreleet
Smith of his good faith. H<
convinced Mr. Smith that he was
not a crank, and not a grafter, for Inwanted
nothing. He simply felt it
his duty to make the m tier public,
just as Mr. Smith now feels it hi:
duty to -ive the contents of the letter
to all the farmers of the south,
through the newspapers.
Ceorgla State Kntomologfst I.ee
Worsham says the scheme as so'
forth is entlr< ly feasible and possible,
and that any one of a mind t<>
commit such an appalling act, could
work so unobtrusively that it would
be practically impossible to detect
them. He does not know anything
more of the alleged plot than contained
in the story and letter given
out by 'Mr. Smith, of such a thing
being done, and asks that all farmers
and others lie on the watch for
any suspicious characters about the
State.
"It was pretty well established
some six years ago that the boll
weevil was surreptitiously introduced
on Audubon farm in Mississippi
by some unknown miscreant," said
Mr. Worsham. "The pest had appeared
nowhere in the state up to
that time, and was not within many
miles of the farm. Suddenly and
without varnini it appeared. Government
experts were summoned
and after a careful investigation declared
that the weevil could not
have appeared there without having
been brought in from a distance. No
trace of the perpetrator of the outrage
could be found.
"It would be possible for a man
to scatter the pest from the window
of a fast moving train. Enough
would find lodgment to get a start.
Once it begins its spread is rapid,
history showing that it travels from
7T> to ISO miles every year Into newterritory.
A scoundrel mean enough
to do such a thing would commit
the act with due care, and there
would be small chance of ever detecting
him.
i mat tno weevil will
' ross the line into Southwest floor
gia late next year, hut will not be
seriously felt until the year following.
All we can <lo is to get ready
to combat it by ev< ry known and
possible means at hand."
Mr. Worshatn was asked if 'he
quail would destroy the weevil, lie
stated that it would not eat them at
tirst, but bad finally come to like
and destroy large quantities of them.
This is one of the arguments some
lawmakers will put forward for
stringent laws to protect the quail
from further slaughter for a period
of years. Field larks and orioles
will also eat the weevil.
Moth he and Mr. Smith are inclined
to believe that the widespread
publication and exposure of the
scheme, putting the farmers on notice,
and arousing them to protect
their fields, with armed force if ne
cssary, will force the conspira'ors
to abandon their p'ans. Here is the
letter received by Hon. Hoke Smith:
-*nonynioits iicllor.
"New Orleans. .Ian. 31, 1 f> 1 1.
"Hon. Hoke Smith, Governor of
Georgia:
"Hear Sir: In writting this letter
1 do so berause 1 feel it Is my '
duty and I kr.ow you well enough by
reputation to know yon will appre-!
ciate it fully. ! will be as brief a pos-bile
and get ri lit to the point.
"There are two men, one from'
Texas, and I am not just sure whew
'lie other is from at this writing,
but I shoul 1 v Ch no from his
talk, are going to distribute boll'
weevil in everj eotton-raising cot n i
tv in Georgia and South Carolina in
the next f?o d ivs. They claim to
have over 10" "no live insects now
and they show* d me a box containing
I should say .1.000 of tlicm.
"Their object in discussing it with
me was to g- t rne to help distribute
the weetil and share In the p"of->
Its. That is, I was to buy 1,000
WANT SQUARE DEAL
THAT IS AIjIJ THK FAK.MKKK OF
TIIK (X)I NTI^Y ASK.
National Mnstt-r Maluim J. lla< licltlt'r,
of the National <I'ruiiKe, lie
plies to Secretary Wilson,
The proposed Canadian reciprocity
acreemeiit is at t in > iuitn?
sent on Monday to Secretary James
Wilson, by former (Jovernor Nahum
J. llachelder, of Concord. X. II., national
master of the National Cran .e,
ratrons of Husbandry, and chairman
of the executive committee of that
organization. The letter is a reply
to the communication favoring tho
agreement, sent by Secretary Wilson,
on February Mr. Machelder
1c lares that the agreement is unfair
;o the farmers of the Unite I States,
who "asked for nothing but a squaio
leal equal protection for al! classes
and interests, and they wMI take
nothing less." The letter says in
pa rt:
"In reply to oar statement that
the pending bill whs one-sided and
unfair to the farmers, in that it
makes no material reduction in duties
on manufactured articles, you
attempted to defend that con-einence
of a high tarilT for manufac urers
along with free trade for the
farmers, by claiming that it is the
nrotected workers who furnish the
farmers with their chief market. We
would respectfully submit that you
ire simply repeating the pet argument
of the domestic maufacttirers,
ind that in assorting that the prosperity
of the. farmer depends upon
ihe workers in protected industries,
vim are claiming what is exactly the
reverse of 'actual conditions. We
("imint understand how :it this late
lav you should be found repeating
lie stale and exploded theory that
the farmers exist by the grace of
protected manufacturers or any one
dse on earth.
"The solo question before the
*>eople is whether they shall hive
free trade in till farm products and
high protection for manufactured articles.
We understand that you iro
a Protectionist. What kind of pintection
is it that would compel the
farmer to pay from !!"> to ?'>b per
cent duties on everything he buys,
and subject him to free trade competition
in farm products in Canada
than in this country?
"You know that the price of farm
land is much lower in Canada. You
know that the wages of Canadian
farm laborers are .much lower than
we have to pay. You know that the
Canadian farmer buys bis manufactured
articles cheaper, because his
tariff duties on foreign goods are
lower. You know that the farm
lands of Canada are mostly virgin
-oil, requiring no fertilizer, while
our lands have been cropped so long
that we must use immense quantities
of fertilizers. And yet, knowiig
all this, you would strike down the
very moderate tariff, averaging about
Ha per cent, which they now receive,
without giving then; the is nefit of
any real reduction of duties on in inufnctured
articles.
"We ran only conclude that you
have been deceived hv the snei .il
Interests. which have been cunningly
plotting to allay the rount ry-wide
clamor for an honest revbion of the
tariff by making the farmer th?
scapegoat for tlie workings of high
tariff."
bales October cotton. I think from
the talk that one man has already
one to Augusta with several thousand
in small box.
"How I happen to be able to write
vou this information came about in
this way: 1 met one of the men,
whom 1 h ive known for ral years
and we had two or thro drink- together
and the cotiVTr I'itm drif'**d
t i cotton. I expressed a belief that
cotton would decline loo points or
more. Finally he said if I would
give him my word as a man he would
tell n e something out of which I
could make a fortune I promised
him and this was tin scheme lie disclosed
to nie. He gave me a mass of
detai's, etc., that for the present are
worthless. The second man seemed
afraid to trust me, or any one, in
this case the man whom 1 knew .assured
him I was all (). K. Hence
f 'in ,.n,.ri,lon..n 1 f..l? .
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to do something, yo ! thou lit I'd
write voti and l?*t you advise the oflic
is and farmers to lie on the lookout
for suspicious people. I am a business
man here and do :.ot want
any notoriety, so" must make this
an annonymous tter. Am leaving
for New York'tonight If you are
interested, insert* a 'personal' in the
New York Herald and sign it (jeorgia
in next Sunday's paper I am
Willili ' to come ai d see you and do
promised upon ,my honor I would
not disclose an>'. inttm s. hut I mi :ht
lu ll you and your ?>H'n ers intercept
the insect and arrest the men with
t ht m.
M '. Smith ree? iveil the letter on
\\'< lnesday. Kebru a >> I. lie ioiiitinin'uated
at once with Commissioner
of Agriculture Hudson and State
Entomologist Wot sham. As a result
of their confluence (Jo.ernorelect
Smith ptilill-hi <1 Hie personal"
in the New York Herald on Sunday,
the ."th. They also agreed that
the letter should be published to put
the public in posession of the facts.
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