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VOLUME XI CAMDEN. S. C.. KlilDAY. AUGUST 2 1 , 1U08 BRYAN IN SPEECH ACCEPTS NOMINATION More Than 20,000 People Hear Candidate at Lincoln, Neb. REFORMATION, NOT REVOLUTION Condemns Tuft For Stand on Cam paign Publicity ? Republican Party Impotent to Secure Hellef "?Will Convene Congress. Lincoln, Neb.rr-In the presence of over 2V,600 people, William J. Bryan was Informed that he 1b the Demo Si cratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States. ' Hon. Henry D. Clayton, of Ala %4f bama, chairman of the Notification Committee, said the Democratic con vention stood for the conservatism of government under a written Consti tution. Wherd the notification speech was not controversial Mr. Bryan confined himself to three positive declarations: The Immediate convening of Con gress in extraordinary session follow ing his tnaugurattpn, If elected, to pass a measure for the election of ^ * \Jnlted States ^Senators by popular vote. The radical amendment of rules of procedure In the House of Represen tatives to bring It "Into harmony with the Ideas of those who framed our Constitution and founded our Govern ment." A nromlso that if the reforms pro posed by the Democratic platform are not applied to .the Federal Govern ment now, other reforms will -have to be^ applied at Borne. ..time ..iEL.lkft Nominatlon Accepted. In reply to Mr. Clayton, Mr. Bryan said : Mr. Clayton and Gentlemen of the f Notification Committee ? I cannot ac cept Hhe nomination which you officially tender without first acknowl edging my deep indebtedness to the Democratic party for the extraor dinary honor which it has conferred1 upon me. Having twice before been a candidate for the Presidency, In ? / campaigns which ended In defeat, a & .third nomination, the result of the free and voluntary act of the voters of the party, can only be explained by a substantial and undisputed growth In the principles and policies V'? for which I; with a multitude of oth ers, have cp'ntended, A? these princi ple* and policies have given me what ever political strength I possess, the r-t *v.a convention not only re fo. in them, bpt strength t _ /acliment to them. (? .y' Platform is Rinding. In the near future, prepare ft mori! formal reply to your notifica tion, and, in that letter of acceptance, Will deal with the nlatform In d'elalTT v..:": '.'.jR Id sufficient, at this time, to assure, you that I am in hearty accord with both the letter and the spirit of the platform. I indorse it as a whole and In part, and shall, if elected, regard Its declarations as binding upon me. 'And, I may add, a platform is bind ing as to what it omits as well as to what it contains. According .to the Democratic idea, the people think for themselves and select officials to carry 'Olit their wishes. The voters are the) sovereigns, the officials, are the servants, employed for a fixed time and at a stated salary to do what the sovereigns want done, and to do It io ft way the sovereigns want it done. Platforms are entirely in har mony with this Democratic idea. A platform announces the party's posi tion on the questions which are at iBaueftaPd an official is not at liberty to use'the authority vested in him to urge personal views which have not - ? been submitted to tk0 "voters for their approval. If one is nominated upon ft platform which is not satisfactory to him, he must/'if candid, either de cline the nomination or. in accepting it, propose an amended platform in lieu of the one adopted by the conven tion. No such situation, however, confronts your candidate, for the plat . form upon which I was nominated not , only contains nothing from which I diBsent. but it specifically outlines all / thn t&taiillfti legislation which we can , hope to secure during, the next four Republican Challenge Accepted. The distinguished statesman who received the Republican nomination for President said in his notification a-i;:.- speech; "The strength of the Repub- 1 lican caitftf in the campaign at hand is the fadrthat we represent the poli cies essential to the reform of known abuses, to the continuance of liberty and true prosperity, and that we are determined, as our platform unequlv - ocally declares, to maintain them and carry them on." In the name of the Democratic par ty I accept the challenge, and chargd that the Republican party is respon sible for all the abuses which now ? exist in the Federal Government, and that it is impotent to accomplish the reforms which are imperatively need-, ed Further, I cannot concur in the , statement that the Republican plat form unequivocally declares fOT the reforms that are necessary; on the - contrary. J affirm that it openly *nd notoriously disappoints the hopes *nd expectations?! reformers, wheth er those reformers be Republicans or Democrats. So far did the Republi can convention fall short of its duty * Sat th e Republican candidate felt It try to add to his platform in important particulars, Chn? r the loaders of the party, rhose co-operation he must 1 rely for the enactment of remedial legislation. Ah 1 shall, in separate speeches, discuss the leading questions at issue, I shall at this time confine myself to the paramount questions, and to the far reaching purpose of our party, as that purpose Is set forth in the plat form. Shall the People Rule? Our platform declares that the overshadowing issue which manifests Itself In all the Questions uow under dlscussiou is "Shall the people rule*" No matter which way we turn; no matter to what subject we address ourselves, the same questions con fronts us: Shall the people control their own government, and use that government for the protection of their, rights and for the promotion of their welfare? or shall the represen tatives of predatory wealth prey upon a defenseless public, while the offen ders secure immunity from subserv ient officials whom they raise to pow er by unscrupulous methods? This Is the Issue raised by the "known abuses" to which Mr. Taft refers. ' Poplar Klectlon of Senators. Next to the corrupt use of money the present method of electing United States Senators is Most responsible for the obstruction of reforms. For 100 years after the adoption of the Constitution the demahd for the pop iflar election of Senators, while find ing increased expression, did not be come a dominant sentiment, A con stitutional amendment had from time to time been suggested, and the mat ter had been more or less dlscuBsed in few of the States, but the move ment bad not reached a point wjiere it manifested itself through Congres sional action. In the Fifty-second Congress, however, a resolution was reported from a House committee proposing the necessary constitution al amendment, and the resolution passed the House of Representatives by a vote which was practically unan imous. In the Fifty-third Congress a similar resolution was reported to ftUd. adopted- by- the House of .ftepre" sentatlves. Both the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses were Demo cratic. The Republicans gained con trol of the House as a result of the election of 189 4, and in the lfifty fourth Congress the proposition died In committee. As time went on, how ever, sentiment grew among the' peq ple until It forced a Republican Con gress to follow the example set by the Democrats, and then another and another Republican Congress acted favorably. State after State has in dorsed this reform, until nearly two thirds of the StateB have recorded themselves in Its favor. The United States Senate, however, impudently and arrogantly obstructs the passage of the resolution, notwithstanding the fact that the voters of the United States, by an oyer whelming majority, demand it. And this refusal Is the more significant when it Is remem bered that a number of Senators owe their election to great corporate in terests. Three Democratic national platforms ? the platforms of 1900, 1904 and 190S- ? soeclflcally call for a change in tho. Constitution which will put the election of Senators in the hands .of?the voters, and the proposition has been indorsed' by a number of the smaller parties, but the Republican National Convention has not been willing to champion the cause of the people on this subject. The subject was ignored by the Re publican National Convention in 1900; it wag ignored in 1904, and the proposition .was explicitly repu diated In 1908, for the recent Repub lican National Convention, by a vote of 866 to 114, rejected the plank in dorsing the nopular election of Sena tors ? and this ^as done in the con vention which hominated Mr. Taft, few delegates irom his own State voting for the plank. Personal Inclination Insufficient. In his notification speech the Re publican candidate, speaking of the election of SenatorB by the people, says: "Personally, I1 am inclined to favor It, but it is hardly a party question." What is necessary to make this a oarty question? When the Democratic convention Indorses a proposition by unanimous vote, and the Republican convention rejects the proposition by a vote of 7 to 1, does It not become an issue between the parties? Mr. Taft cannot re move. the question from the arena of politics by expressing a personal in clination toward the Democratic po sition. For several years he has been ,connecied with the administra tion. What has he ever said or done to bring this question before the public? What enthusiasm has ho shown In the reformation of the Sen ate? What influence could ho exert in behalf of a reform which his party has openly and notoriously con demned In Its convention, and to which he is attached ofcly by a be lated exprsssion of personal inclina tion? The Gateway to Other Reforms. "Shall the people rule?" Every remedial measure of a national Char-' acter must run the gauntlet of the Senate. The President may person? ally incline toward a reform; the House may consent to it; but as long as the Senate obstructs the reform, the people must watt. The President may heed a popular demand; the House may yield to public opinion; hut as long as the 8enate la .defiant the rule of the . people lb defeated. The Democratic platform very prop erly describes the popular election of Senators as "the gateway to other national reforms. " Shall we open the gate, or shall we allow the exploit Ing Interests to bar, the way by the control of this branch of the Federal Legislature? Through a Democratic victory, and through a Democratic victory only, can the people secure the popular, election of Senators. The smaller partiea^are unable to ftcuraj this reform; .the Republican party, under lta present laaJdorship, Jg i reeo lutely opposed to it: the JQftjgocratle I Shot Who Stole His 3Ylfe. I Abe W. Cohn was ahot and killed .by Charles W. Moore when about to (leave Trinidad, Col., In company with |Mr?. Kuore OB r WMtt. He was a ' son of a Jewish rabbi, formerly a ' ??si4ei*-of Chicago. Mrs. Moore said. Alleged Del William F. English, a private in Company 111, Coast Artillery, await party standi for it and has boldly de manded It. If I am elected to the Prealdency, those who are elected upon the ticket with ine will be, llku myself, pledged to this reform, and I Khali cojivene Congress in extraor dinary session immediately after In auguration, ai)d ask, anion* other things, -for the fulfillment of this plat form pledge. House Rule* Df*o?(lc, The third instrumentality employed to defeat the will of the people Is found in the rules of the House of Representatives. Our platform points out that "the House of Representa tives was designed by the fathers of the Constitution, to be the popular branch 6t our Government, responeivo to the public will," and adds: "The House of Representatives, as controlled In recent years by the Re publican party, hR? ceased to be a de liberative and leidalatlve body, re sponsive to the will of a majority of the members, hut has Come under tho absolute domination of the Speaker, who has entire control of its delibera tions and powers of legislation. "We have observed with amaze ment tbe popular branch of our Fed eral Government helpless to obtain either the consideration or enactment of measures desired by a majority of its members." This arraignment Is fully justified. The reform Republicans In the House of Representatives, when In tho minority in their own party *. gre au helpless to obtain a hearing or to secure a vote upon a measure as are the Damocrats. In the recent session of the present Congress there was a considerable element in tho Republi can party favorable to remedial legis lation; but;* few leaders. In control of the organization, despotically sup pressed these members, and thus forced a real majority in the Houso to submit to a well organized minor ity. The Republican National Con vention, instead of rebuking this at tack uoon popular government, eulo gised Congress and nominated as the J Republican candidate fnr VlA?.gnMl. < "dent one of the men who shared in tho responsibility for the coercion of the House. Our party demands that "the House of Representatives shall again become a deliberative body, controlled by a majority of the peo nle's representatives, and not by the Speaker," and Is pledged to adopt "such rules and regulations to govern the House of Representatives as will enable a majority of its members to direct its deliberations and control legislation." "Shall the people rule?" They can not do so unless they can control tbe House of Representatives, and through their representatives in the House give expression to their pur noses and their desires. The Repub lican party is committed to the meth ods now in vogue Jn the House of Representatives; the Democratic party is pledged to such a revision of tho rules as will bring the popular branch o? the Federal Government into harmony with the |deas of those who framed our Constitution and founded our Government. Other Issue* Discussed Tvater. "Shall the people rule?*' I repeat, is declared by our platform to be "the overshadowing Question, and as the campaign progresses I shall take oc casion to discuss this question as it manifests itself in other issues; for, whether we consider the tariff ques tion,, the trust question, the railroad question, the banking question, the labor question, the question of im perialism^ the development of our waterways, or any other of the nu merous problems which press for so lution, we shall find the real question involved in each Is whether the Gov ernment shall remain a mere business asset of favor-seeking corporations, or bo an instrument in the hands of the people for the advancement of the common weal. Party Has Earned Confidence. If the voters are satisfied with the record of the Republican party and with its management of publio af fairs we cannot reasonably ask for a change Ih administration; if, how ever, the voters feel that the people, as a whole, have too little influence in .shaping the policies of the Gov ernment; if they feel that great com binations of capital have encroached upon the rights of the masses, and employed the instrumentalities of Government to secure an unfair share of the total wealth produced, then wo have a right to etpect a verdict j against the Republican party and in favor o X the Democratic party; for our party has risked defeat ? aye, suffered defeat ? ?. in its effort to , arouse the conscience of the public/! and to bring about that very awak- j ening to which Mr. Taft has referred. Only those who are worthy to bo entrusted with leadership in a great cause, who are willing to die for it. and the Democratic party has proven its worthiness by its refusal to pur chase victory by delivering the peo ple into the hands of those who have despoiled them. In this contest be tween Democracy on the one side and plutocracy on the other, the Demo cratic party has taken its position on the side of equal 'rights, and invites the opposition ol those who use pol itics to secure special privileges and governmental favoritism. Gauging the progress of the nation, not by the happiness Or wealth or refine ment of a few, but "by the prosper ity and advancement of the average man," the Democratlo party charges the Republican party with being the promoter of present abuses, the op ponent of necessary remedies and the only bulwark of private monopoly.. The Democratic party affirms that 1A] thfk campaign it is the only party, having a prospect of success, which stands for Justice In government and , for equity In the division of the frults~j of industry. r ?? Defender of Honest Wealth* We may expect those who have committed larceny by law 4nd pur-: judgk kili,s wife, and SELF. Got liter Through Matrimonial Agency CWa UJ VuiTcipOlluCnCr. Cody, Wyo.? Domestic difficulties followln marriage ajftanged th roach A atr^nrv aca ??*-. signed as the cause of a double kill end then pat chased Immunity with their political Influence, to attempt to raise false la buob. and to employ "the livery of heaven" tq conceal their evil pur poses, but they can no longer de ceive. The Democratic party W uot the enemy of any legitimate Industry or of honest accumulation*. It la, on the contrary, a friend of industry and the steadfast protector of that wealth which represents a service to society. The Democratic party dpfti uot seek to annihilate all corporations; It sim ply averts that as the Qovernment creates corporation* It must retain the pjower to regulate and to control themi and that It should not permit any corporation to convert Itself Into a monopoly, 8ure1y we should have the co-operation of all legitl mate corporations in our effort to protect bueln??8S and Industry from the odium which lawless combina tions of capital will. If unchecked, cast upon them. Only by the^separa tlon of the good from the bad ran the good be made secure. - Not Revolution, Hut Reformation. The Democratic warty cocks not. revolution but reformation, and I need hardly remind the student of history that cures are mildest when applied at once; that remedies In crease In severity as their application Is postponed,,. Blood polsonlUK may be stopped by the loss of n finger to day; it may cost an arm to-morrow or a life the'next day. Ho polaon in tho body politic cannot bp removed too soon, for the evils produced by It In n-ease with the lapse of time. That there are . abuses which need to be remedied, even the Republican candi date admits; that his party is unable to remedy them, has been fully dem onstrated during the' lust ton years. I have such confidence In the Intelli gence as well ag the patriotism of tho peonle, that I can not doubt their readiness to accept* tho reasonable re forms which our party proposes, rather than permit tho continued growth of existing abuses to hurry the country on to remedies more _radl?&l jiiid morfr'TjraBtlc: Oifr Party's Ideal. The platform of our narty closes with a brief statement of tho party's Ideal. It favors "such an administra tion of the Government as will insure, as far as human wisdom can. that each citizen shall draw from society a reward commensurate with his con tribution to the welfare of Bociety." Governments are sood in propor tion as they assure to each member of society, as far as governments can, a return commensurate with indi vidual merit. The Divine Law, of Rewards. This is a divine law of rewards. When the Creator gave us the earth, with its fruitful soil, the sunshine with Its warmth, and the ?r.aias with their moisture. He proclaimed, as clearly as if His voico had thundered from the clouds, "Go work, and' ac cording to your industry and your in telligence, so shal,l bo your reward," Only where might has overthrown, cunning undermined or government suspended this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the Gov ernment to this law ought to be tho ambltlorr of statesmen; and no party can have a higher mission than to make it a reality wherever govern ments can legitimately operats. Justice to All. Recognizing that I am indebted for my nomination to the rank and file of our party, and that my election must come, If it comes at all, from the unpurchased and unpurchasable suffrages of the American people, I promise, it entrusted with the re sponsibilities of this high office, to consecrate whatever ability I have to the one purpose of making, this, In fact, a government in which the peo ple rule ? a government which will do Justice to all, and offer to every one* the highest possible stimulus to great and persistent effort, by assur ing to each the enjoyment of his Just share of the proceeds of his toil, no matter In what part' of the vlneyurd he labors, or to what occupation, pro fession or calling lie devotes himself. SIX DEAD ON SCIIOOLSHIP. Shell Bursta Among French Artillery Students^? Eighteen Hurt. Toulon, Francs. ? Six students of the French Artillery School wore killed and eighteen wore hurt by the explosion of a shell on the gunnery schoolship Couronne. They were gathered about a gun and were being shown how tp push the shell home when it flew to pieces. All the men In the turret were more or less injured. Some of them were blinded. -? Decomposition of powder is the crubo of the accident, as given by ex perts. but the men who were In the | turret say the gun was overheated. This is the third fatal accident dn the Couronne In eight months. All of the three occurred off hett Sallns d'Hyeres, the seat of the French ar tillery school. ?T. MONTGOMERY SEARS KILLED. Sends Auto nt 00 Miles an Hour From Road Into Meadow. Providence, R. I. ? J. Montgomery Sears, of Boston, received injuries from which be died later, and his companion, George Saunders, of this city, was seriously hurt when Mr. Sears' automobile, driven at sixty miles an hour along the Apponaug road at Norwood. Just outside this City, ?Ifttt the highway at a right angled' turn and somersaulting down a six foot declivity, landed bottom up in a meadow. Mr.' Sear* wat one of Bosto&'fe richest young men. Ains worth R. SpofTord Dead. 'Ainsworth1 Rand SpofTord,. Li brarian of Congress from 1864 to, 18*7, and since 1897 Chief Assistant Librarian, died at SBepard Hill* Holderness, N. H. He was eighty three years old. i.r, Reds to *Iay After the close qt the baseball sea son in -this country the Cincinnati Nations) League Club will play -*? Cuba, contracts having been 'signsd fora series of games during No-em-, her ne*J,_ ^ 1 Cape May Snrf Cl*0n? Two. At Cape May, N. J., Margaret Mat aad K?tle Charles, eaeh about old. waitresses at IfiOOPS BREAK UP mm mob ^ ' ? Fixed Bayonets Halt Riots and Clear Away Crowds. EVERY STREET IS PATROLLED 4200 Hold (era <?uard City and No KHN'm Are Invited lo Come Into the State Arsenal For Safety and tlOO Old lVrvouo A?e*|K. Spriogflold, III. ? With 4200 Na tional Guardsmen on duty hero the capital city of Illinois resembles an armed caiwp, As a result of the pres ence of thu troops there have been but n few sporadic outbreaks on the part of the mob and these luvvo boou quickly suppressed. The presence of (ho so'dierB occu pying; overy street and vantage ground overawed any turbulent spir its who might havo desired to renew the rioting. Only one ea?? of ukhauK. was reported to the police, ft negro being stabbed by a small gang of hoodlums at the St t? to 'Pair Ground. It wuh a day of exodus for the ne groes. Fully "000 o7 them have left the city, The only negrooH to bo seen on the streets were Hiobo on their way to the trains, and they wora always accompanied by soldier guards. Some have gene t? Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana', and a fuw to the South. Some are known to have gone as far nasi, the Mason and Dixon linu us Louisiana. Tho arsenal In crowded with negro refugee* from Sj>iing field and. sxuv ruuuQing towns' About 200 men, women and children sought shelter in tho building and slept on tha iioor or in chairs. Most of these peoplo were old and infti-m, but they endured tho hardships o? their quarters rather than face the prospect of pass ing tho night iti their homos, beset with momentary fear of attack. Thoro nrn atlll many negroes left in Springfield, but of these there are many who are planning to go at the first opportunity. In a week, it is predicted, the prosperous negro col onies will be like deserted villages. Forty or fifty negroes now in tho employ of the various city depart ments will" bo discharged. Many of them are faithful, honest men of long service. Several -complaints -wore received from naar-by villages and hamlets of the existence of threatening condi tions. The most insistent came from Cliatham. twelve miles south. The negroes there had become fright ened at the attitude of their whito neighbors und asked that troops bo sent. Their spokesman was told that the best plan would bo for them to ct me to Springfield ..and^aeek protee-. tion In the arsenal. Tho authorities are a bit worried by the condition in -th?* outside actions. Scores o( ne^oes have Spring field, either on foot or by trolley cars, the latter class tiding as far as their tneanB permitted and then striking across country. These tramping parties, aimless and penniless, are causing some complaint from the communities through . which they pass. The whites assert that the prosonce of these negro paupers im poses unnecessary burdens, also ar gue that only the shiftless and im moral portions of the Springfield ne groes are represented. Minor depredations, it Is said, have increased already in the -farming re gions J^ecauBe of this condition. Negro drencher Calls oft Men of Ills Rare to Ari*p, Chicago. ? Five hundred members of the congregation of Qulnn chapel, a leading negro church, were told by th.l pastor, the Ilev. D. P. Roberts, to arm themselves and be prepared to defend their homes In the event of an outbreak hero similar to that at Springfield. . j "Arm yourselves and bo men," .ho said. "If a raging mob surrounds your home, protect your household, and when the man who would ruin your family and destroy your prop erty steps across the threshold let him Ktep across the body of a dead man." - He declared that America was a Cowardly nation, which, with power to defy the world, refused to grant pr<ftection to an innocent and de fenseless people, forty years removed from slavery, because of their color. Talks with "members of the congre gation showed that the negroeB feared an outbreak in Chicago, and that many of them' wore making preparations for It. IRA D. SANKEY DEAD. Sflhgricr Died In Brooklyn, N. Y,, With a Hymn On His Lips. Brooklyn, N. Y.-? Ira D. Sankey, who achieved world-wide fame as evangelist, singer and author of hymns, who died at his home, 148 South Oxford street, Brooklyn, had been blind for the last five years of his Hfe, but up to within a short time ? of "his death he was engaged in writ ing Christian songs and editing the story of his hook of hymns. ' Mr. Sankey was born at Edenburg, Pa., August 28, 1840. Perhaps no other evangelist except Dwight L. Moody was so well known all over the, world as Mr. Sankey. His hymns are sung to-day in China, Egypt, India and almost every other land, they having been translated into verjM mayiylansueaafi. --^V- &;r;T/y 7i S EST . ifi i ni>iaS~~ . . ; , The Law Too Slow. ^ jjSf A committee of the American Bar Association which Is drafting an act ;~Co- amend judicial procedure 4n the United States courts declared in a repori.jthat the law is too alow and that a7panlshment is now as uncer tain as human laws can make it." jlT~ ' Pees Ci L New TorlL VmbhKT tns that more fees had beei ropL TRAGEDY IN BERKELEY. Mr. Harry Clark, A*od Si*ty-Five, Slain and Hi* Body OonceaJed in a Thicket. Klloree, Special.? A terrible tra gedy occurred at Kutaw Bpiingi on Thursday morning about 7 o 'flock, when Harry (Mark wa? horribly mur dered- 'by bin son while bo lay in M asleep, (be purpose, evidently, of the slayer being robbery, Harry (Mark, the dead man, is said to have lived alone near Eulaw Springs and to bave but! a good t?um of money in hii> house. UU son, who, it is alleged, is a young mulatto, appears to have been cognizant of thin fact, and while the old man jay in his bed qtdeep shot the top of bis head off and took the blood-stained garment* into a lot where he ignited them. 'llhe murderer then throw the body of the dead man in a one-horse wagon, covered it with straw and trash and hauled it to a douse thicket, where be dug a hole and buried it. He then returned to tjutawville, where ho wrote an order i| is said, to one of the. leading mer chants of that place forging the old roan's, name for a small amount. The merchant, being familiar with Mr. Clark's affivjrs, knew there was some thing wrong und suspicion was at onee aroused. A search was at onco made for Mt'. Clark. It appears that a younger brother of the slayer had watched his actions and knew where carried -the old mirrrr and took the searching party at once' to the spot where the dead bond was hidden. Terrible indignation was aroused, and Ult} slayer was brought hero and lodged in the guard houst? for safe keeping. He was carried hack to Kulawville. where the inquest was held. The deceased was sixty five years old and was unmarried. It is not known whether the slayer got any money or not. Mr. Clark i * said to have kept most of his money in the bank. Mileage* Eock Rules Will Stand. ; Columbia, Special. ? The railroad commission has decided not to at tempt to interfere with the new mileage book regulations, which will therefore continue indefinitely, unless the travelling men find come other means of blocking the^ roads, which is not Itkelyr It; is understood that Mr. Caughmanj who a few months ago, when the travelling men first had the commission to review the situation, sided against the roads, will sign . the majority report al though it is understood thnt he favors the Central Passenger Association's method of "handling tho situation, which is to soil mileage at the old rates am] give a rebate equivalent to the difference when the book has been Used up. Messrs. Enrlo and Sullivan constituting a majority of the com mission, it is understood ? are not in clined in tho first place to interfere with the present arrangement, which they consider necessary to protect tho revenues pf the road?", and in the second place they do not consider that tho commission has tho power to force a change back to tho old system. As pointed out previously in this correspondence it is felt thnt in ease the commission did Order a change the ifoads would be in posi tion tq either retaliate by withdraw ing the mileage rates from the State, which would be greatly against the interest of the traveling public generally, or they might contest th<y order in tho Courts with the almost\ certainty of securing a favorable out* come. But nil members of tho com mission are agreed that thb commis sion has the power to demand ade quate facilities for handling the bus iness under the new regulations, and the roads will be ordered to provide , theso facilities. The travelling men have been complaining that they were frequently delayed on this account. Travelling Men Protest. Charleston, Spfccial.? At a large and enthusiastic meeting of Charles ton Council, No. 400. United Com mercial Travelers, business of inter est was discussed. Mr. George H. Millipan made a short report about his trip to Columbia to the meeting of tho railroad officials and Commer cial Travelers before the railroad commission, looking for relief from the present burdensome and inexp^* ditious mode of mileage system. The Council by a unanimous vote disap proved the act ion of railroad commis sion in not granting the relief asked for and the following resolution was passed: Resolved, That a eommittsie be appointed to draft resolutions to be sent to our representatives at the next meeting of the general assembly and also to be sent to the sister, lodges and also the Sample Case, look ing. lS_*tli<f, f!roW the present bur densome xAileage system. J. P. Carroll Gives Himself Up. Abeville, Special. ? Mr. J. P. Csr-i tolL^ffharleston. who . was arrested in Jaekaonville some time ago in con - neetkm witfcthe contempt ?ro<ieed i?g?: Jgainst kirn in : the Supreme Coijrt* came to Abeville and surrend er*! to 8beriff C. 3. Lyen. At the bearing Carroll was admitted to bail in the sum M Deadly t xplc Work TWO OTHERS SEW Henry Gilbert and Tx?& Jacket Two Whitfa Men, Lose lUoir.Livef in Explosion of Boilsr at Ecid'a Sawmill in Caldwell County. Tayloiv.ville? N. C., Special. ?Two men lout (heir lives and two other* were HoriouHly, probably fatally, it? furad by the explosion <?f t ht* boiler it Mr. Wiliiaui Koid'jj sawmill, near Dr>W| in Culdwell county, ni x h en aiiles from Taylorsville, Monday norning at 11 o'clock. Tll<' arc: Henry Gilbert, ugod about 50. Fred .Jackson, ?Rcd 21, The injured arc Mr. Willirm licid, (he owner of the mill, nnd bin tjon, UuKli. - v A H ike parties arc white and were working at the vnwurill whiin th? ?xplosion occurred. Mr. Reid is- not expected to live and bin eon i? in a feriourt condition. ? The exact uuueo of the ex'plOHlOfi lias not been ascertained but it in I Mil i- In to have been tbe result of too high prcK-uie. Tlid safety valve was tie! down und the exact pressure at fh"F~Ttnu> olJ vhe explosion is not known. The boiler was thrown RO yards and deiholifehetb The engine was. also completely wrecked. Bryan Denies Oanard. ? ' . -r Lincoln, Nob., ftpecltil. ? The moat important happening: at Jffnirvie\v whs the emphatic denial . given by William J. Bryan to a story printed in Pittsburg Maying that he had "sold* ntai" to the Korr faction of the Pennsylvania Democratic party in or dor to accomplish the defeat of Col. James M. (inffey for national com mitteeman. Tho "pric-3 -alleged t<> <lpr ure in tho transaction was $200,0t)(> nn n; cam pal gn con tiibution. charge is >aid to have been inndo (lint Mr. Ht'y&n"_rfmn(le good" but that Mr. Kerr and his supporters had not eoiuo forward with the money. ? Mr. Bryan declared that In had never heard of the offer or agreement and he suggested that tho proper per sona to consult were the members of the? cimraittee on eredentiffls which decided the Pennsylvania contest. Mr. Bryan would not permit him self to be drawn into further dis cussion with James W. Van ( leave, president of the Manufacturers' As sociBtfan^SShO eamb out in the preSs with additional roasonS- why the bus iness men of the country should not support the Democratic ticket, The decision wa? bfised on the fact that. Mr. Van Cleave had failed to defend his former contentions but instead had shifted the discussion to other questions, Mr. Bryan said. , r ? . Pi-ltchard Out of Politics. Asheville, N. C., Special.? The ef fort of former United Statea Senator Marion Butler and ninny influential Republicans in North Carolina fo in- ? dure Judge J. C. Prit?'hard?,of A lu ville, to take tho Hepublipan noraina tion for Governor of this State, is without result.. Judge Pritehard will1 have none of it. He says ihut from a financial standpoint hC is unable to make tho sacrifice which Such can didacy wouhl involve; that his am bition is to administer the law faith fully, impartially ' and fearlessly ; that he believes he can better serve tho whole -people itr-th'e -position he now occupies than by again entering the arenA pf poliUcs and that he in entirely content ,*vith the plnce he now holds. News of the Day. V Mile. Fallieios, daughter of .tho President of France, was-. married to Jean Joseph Edward Lanes, her fa ther's secretary. The divorce of tho Countess of Yar mouth (Hiss Alice Thaw) wan made Anal. King Edward is on tho way to visit Emperors William of Germany and Francis Joseph of Austria. A big banquet to the visiting of flcer* and other overservances mark ed the second' day's stay of the ' *5spa American fleet at Auckland. Fotfr Qerman sailors .were drowued while maneuvering in Sondenburg harbor. Cardinal Gibbons was given a ban quet by the procurator-general of the ;'rY" Sulpioian Order. President Ben Davis of the West Virginia MnwrWorkers, i# at Grafton giving his attsntior to the strike of tho miners at Tnm&lton. Tho men [ have been out f6r some irne and "* ident -Davis expecta to bev* settle the trouble. and