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SWORN IN OFFICE » VESU AND lAISOALL ARE IN- AOGDRATED IN PIESENCE OF THRONGS The Democralfl Takes the Reins of Government Again After Twenty- Eight Years by the Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson and Thos. K. Marshall Into Office Tuesday. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, was inaugurated Tuesday as Presi dent of the United States; Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana, its Vice?l’resi- dent; Democracy, the vehicle of its destiny. Under the dome of the na tion's Capitol, in the presence of a countless concourse of his fellow-citi- zents, the new President raised a hand toward a prophetic sun that burst through dissolving clouds and pronounced the occasion a day of dedication; not of triumph. It was an intensely huma*, prece dent-breaking inauguration. With members of his chosen Cabinet sur rounding him, the Justices of the Su preme Court before him, his wife and daughters astually dancing for Joy on the platform below, and Wil liam Howard Taft, Kx-President of the nation, at his side, the new Pres ident shouted a summons to all "hon est, patriotic, forward-looking men" to aid him, extending the promise that he would not fall them ki the guidance of their Government. While the President's concluding inaugural words were tossing in tu multuous waves of applause, the re tiring President clasped his hand and enlisted as a patriotic servant in the ranks of private citizenship "Mr. President." said Mr. Taft, his face beaming with a smile, "I wish you a successful administration and the carrying out of your aims. We will all be behind you ” "Thank you," said President Wilson, and he turn ed to shake the hand of his Secre tary of State, William J. Bryan. There they stood—Taft, standard- bearer of a vanquished party after sixteen yeara of power; Bryan, per- alstent plodder ofvprogresslve Democ- gacy. thrice defeated, accepting a commission from a new chieftain, and. Wilson, the man of the hour, victorious, mustering, as he express ed It, "not the forces of the party, but the forces of humanity.'* It was a political picture far be yond imagination of a few years gone by, a setting that stirred the souls of the assembled hosts, whose cheering at the scene seemed actually to re verberate from the distant Virginia hills The military and civic pageant that followed this climax of the his toric day was more than five hours passing In review. leaving the Capi tol Hill at two o'clock In the after noon, the last of the marching thou sands had not saluted the President until, long after darkness had fall en. President Wilson stood for more than an hour under the glare of my riads of brilliant electric lights as he greeted thousands In the long line, among them the host of Princeton students, who, as they passed before him, shouted a hearty greeting that he never oan forget. The music of the bands, the glitter of the uniforms and all the enthusi asm that had gone before him hail stirred him again and again, hut the sight of this cheering student army was to President Wilson an inspira tlon that brought cherished memories and Joyous tears Not long after the boys from Old Nassau had passed he turned from the human panorama and entered the White House to grasp the wheel of the ship of state. Ceremonies in the Senate chamber which marked the dying of the fiL’nd and the vitalizing of the new 63rd Congress, embracing the inaugura tion of Vice-President Marshall and the swearing in of the Senators-elect, were never more impressive. Though delayed somewhat by the course of legislation necessitating turning back half an hour the hands of the clock, the interest was tense. The procession into the chamber of members of the House, ambassa- j dors and ministers of foreign coun tries in all their brilliant regalia, the Chief Justice and Justices of the Su preme Court, in their sombre robes, the Vice-President-elect, President Taft, and the President-elect, side by aide, escorted by the members of the congressional inaugural committee, was an inspiring spectacle. When all had taken their places and the members of the new cabi net had been seated in the rear of,the room, Mr. Marshall took the oath of office, administered by Senator Gal- linger, at exactly 12:34 o’clock. He then delivered his inaugural address, in which he referred to the Senate as the "blinders of the governmental harness”. Then began the procession from the Senate, winding to the grea^ am phitheatre at the east front of the capltol. After Chief Justice White, followed by the other Justices of the ■opreme court, had entered the inau gural stand, President Taft and Pres ident-elect Wileon appeared In the doorway of the capitol. Their prea- waa the signal for cheers from thled in the wide es planade and the huge grandstand, and parched on the roof of the cap ltol from one end to the other. Reaching the atand the president elect stood for several moments with head bared, acknowledging the plau dits of the crowd. Then with the president, the choeen members of his cabinet, the Vice-President-elect, the Justices and Speaker Clark, he seat ed himself to await the solemn cere mony. Promptlly at 1:35 o’clock, when Chief Justice White arose to admin ister the oath and Woodrow Wilson stood with right hand upraised to heaven, the most human touching picture of the day assorted itself. Mrs. Wilson could dot see well from her seat. As spryly as a little girl, she moved her chair to the side of the rostrum and climbed upon it with the assistance of Lieut. Rogers, (he president’s naval aide. Grasping the railing, she stood there gazing at the president as he kissed the Bible and i.o remained standing until his an dress was concluded. Then the Misses Wilson joined her. When the now president swore to uphold and defend the constitution he stooped and kiss ed the open Bible held in the hands of James D. ‘Maher, deputy clerk of the supreme court. His hand touch ed a page, turned at random, and fell upon the 119th Psalm. When congratulations were over, the Justices of the Supreme Court, members of the retiring and incom ing Cabinets and others shaking the hand of the new Chief Magistrate, he was ushered to the carriage in front of the stand. Mr. Taft followed him into the carriage. His smile had not worn off and it radiated over the crowd as the new President doffed his hat to the populace when the pro cession started. There was hardly a minute during the new President's ride from the Capitol to the White House that lie did not hear a constantly rising chorus of cheers. As his carriage passed up Pennsylvania avenue and those in each section of the densely crowded thoroughfare spied the vis age of the new President, the out bursts seemed to Increase In volume and enthusiasm. The mass of humanity that crowd ed Its way within seeing distance of the Presidential carriage could not be pictured by numerical estimates for there wa» hardly any space on the avenue or Ita tributary streets which waa not filled The buildings along the way eeemed fairy hidden by their human coveringa, and the especially built street stands were crowded to over flowing Amid it all was a pro- ed the open Bible, held In the hands fusion of decoration, a vari colored anil elaborate, so that the buildings along the way were fairly hidden be hind It all President Wtlson doffed Ills hat continually In recognition of pro longed ovations The rob' from the \\ hIte House to the Capitol was brief but spectacular The Kssex troop, of New Jersey, led the Presidential carriage, while the Cullver cadet troop , of Indiana, escorted Mr Mar shall Although the crowds were not aa demonstrative on this occa sion ss they were on the return Journey from the Capitol to the White House, there was a cheering tribute all along the line It was nearly 3'clock before Presi dent Wilson returned to the White House, where he partook of a buffet luncheon with 260 Invited guests, In cluding members of the new Cabinet and official folk generally. STREWN WITH FLOWERS. Grnvre of Wilson's NTotlier and Fath er Were Decorated. On the day that Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated president of the United Stall's, the graves of Ins father and mot her, Dr and Mrs Joseph Wil son, which are in the cemen-iv of tin First Presbyterian chimb in Colum bia. were covered With Mowers, pine cd there by members of the ladie> society of the ehuteh Dr Wilson lille.d the chair of pastoral theology and sacred rhetoric at the Columbia Theological Seminary from t*s7e-TI He died at Princeton, where he was living with his son, Woodrow, who was president of Princeton Univer sity, and his body was brought to Columbia for burial. Mr. Wilson ac compapied his father's body to Co lumbia. The president's mother died years before her husband. Killed by Passenger Train. Peter W. Boykin, a son of Mr. Hardy Boykin, a farmer living near Mayesvllle, was killed Sunday after noon when he was struck by a spe cial passenger train near Chandler’s siding, about five miles from Sumter. At the time he was struck, he waa sitting on the track and apparently made no effort to get out of the way of the oncprptng engine. The train was a special running from Augusta to Washington and carrying troops to the inauguration. Edison Refuses a Million. Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, was offered $1,000,000 for the rights of his new talking machinery inven tion, but Attorney Brady, who repre sented the capitalists, said Mr. Edison only laughed at the offer. for tlM> piirimse ]; nchm 'hem. Warren was round later by a '-ti.ritf and posse, shot through the head, body and leg. but still alive. He told the posse that the mob had told him to run and had shot him while running. He fell, pretending to he dead, and the mob then beat „him and left him for dead. His com panion. he says, was shot to death and thrown into the river. The ne groes were charged with being drunk and shooting Into the residence of John McCoy Saturday night. The wounded negro was taken to Quit- man. HIS LAST DAY A BUSY ONE TAFT WELCOMES WILSON THE WHITE HOUSE. TO The Outgoing President Received Many (Jailers, Among Them Heing Wflliam Jennings Kryan. President Taft’s last day in the White House was one of his busiest. As a working day it did not last more than ten hours, but it was crowded with unusual events, full of incidents that full to the man wli* sits in the White House and crown ed with pleasantries. The President shook hands with several hundred citizt i,s and oilic.ais of tlie government; received ^scores of telegrams from friends all-over the world; signed his name to pile after pile of pictures and letters and held three receptions. He quit the room he has occupied for four years in the executive office with a smile and without a backward glance. He met his old-time friends of the Washington diplomatic corps and the Justices of the Supreme Court in the White House, and last of all, he gave tiie first formal welcome in that mansion to the President-elect and Mrs. Wilson. Monday night the President and Mrs. Taft were guests at a private dinner given by Miss Mat>el Hoard- man. All together, as Mr. Taft told visitors Monday, it was one of Die happiest days of his life and the re gret he may have had over things he was unabls to accomplish was more than offset by the remembrance of the pleasant paths he has traversed. The President received the Presi- dent-elert and Mrs. Wilson at six o'clock Mondav night. Col. Spencer Cosby, chief aide ro the President had sent his own touring car to bring them through the crowded thorough fares. A few hundred persons gath ered In front of the mansion, cheered when they recognized the next Pres ident and his wife. On the bronze seal of the United States, imbedded deep in the marble floor of the main hallway, President Taft waa waiting to receive his guests. He offered his arm to Mrs Wilson and escorted the next "First Lady of the I>and" to the quiet of the Green room Mrs Taft and Miss Helen, the only members of the re tiring President's family in town, came down the stairway a few mo menta later and the I’r»*sldent-to-be, hts wife and the Presidents who quit Tuesday, and his wife and (laughter, talked gjone William Jennings Bryan was one of the last distinguished visitors who saw the President In his othee Col Bryan came unannounced late in the afternoon "Here's something I I ant to show you," said the President, as he grasp ed the visitor bv the arm and led him to th»* Cabinet room "This," continued the President, "is the Cabinet room " Mr Brrvau sat down In the chair o? the Secretary of State, but made no comment "I Just dropped in to say fare well," he told the newspaper men as lie departed "I have many Repub lican friends as well as those In the Democratic party " Before he left his office for the last time the President shook hands with the members of the executive office staff. MEAN HOW MOB INSULT VONENNARCNNGVOMEN " IN CAPITOL CITY INSULTED WOMEN WEEP Line of March Rlockrxl by Seething Multitude Who Offer Many Indig nities, Hostile Demonstrations bie- quently Bordering on Ri'd, Until United States Soldiers Forci tl Pat- sago for Paraders. marching NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH. DEATH TO BUND TIGERS THE WEBB HILL PUTS THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. Another Seriously Wounded by a Mob in G<N>rglH. \ report County, (; ;i , Warren anil grot s. from n: g h from Barney. Brooks says that a mob took George McDonald, vm the calaboose Sundity Baby Killed by Engine. William Percy Woedall, the nine- teen-months-old son oPMf. and Mrs. Paul Woodall, of Hapeville, Ga., was run over and killed by a Central pas senger train about eight o’clock Mon day morning, while the boy’s mother stood on the porch of the house 100 yards from the scene of the tragedy, powerless to prevent it. Declared Guilty of Murder. C. P. Rushing, a white man, was convicted of murder at Chesterfield on Wednesday and sentenced to be electrocuted April 18. Ruling mur dered his wife wkUe he was very drank. Medical Meet Is Held. The National Association of Ameri can Medical Colleges began its annual convention at Chicago Monday in the Congress Hotel. The sessions were addressed by medical experts and te'-mhors from various parts of the country, including several professors from the University of ChEcigo. The Bloody Work Goes On. A dispatch from Mexico City says seventeen Zapatistas who carried their vocation of looting and murder to the edge of the federal district, eight miles from the capital, were capture and executed. Five thousand women, in tl ,) woman suffrage uageaa Mon day, practically fought the!,- way loot by loot up Pennsylvania avenue, a surging mob that completely defied the Washington police, swaniped the marchers and broke their proces-uo:i into little companies. The women, trudging stoutly along under great difficulties, were able to complete their march only when troops of cavalry from Fort Meyer were rushed into Washingten to take charge of Pennsylvania avenue. No inauguration has produced such scenes, which, in many instances, amounted to nothing less than riots. Later, in Continental Hall, the wo men turned what was to have been a suffrage demonstration into an in dignation meeting, in whi<% the Washington police were roundly de nounced for their inactivity and res olutions were passed calling upon President-elect Wileofi and the in coming Congress to make an inves'i- gation and locate the responsibilify for the indignitWti the marchers suf fered. i be scenes which attended the en try of "Gen." Rosalie Jones and her "hik< rs" on Thursday, whmi tTie be draggled women had to tight their way up Pennsylvania avenue, swamp ed bv a mob, were repeated Muuduv, nut upon a vastlv !;>.-ger scale The marchers had to fight, their way from the start and took more than an hour in making the first ten blocks Many of the women were in tears under Hie Jeers and insults that lined the route Although stout w ire rop* s had been stretched up and down the length of Pennsylvania avenue from the Peace monument to the Mall, be hind the White House, the enormous crowds that gathered early to obtain points of vantage overstepped them or crawled beneath Apparently no effort was made to drive back the trespassers in the earl> hours wrh ’he result that when the parade s' irteil it f.o e | at almn«t evt -\ bun dp'd vards a solid wall of human tv < Ml the whole It was a hostile crowd through whuh the women marched Miss Inez Miiholl.tnd her aid of the procession, distinguished herself by aiding In riling down a mob that blocked the way and threat ened to disrupt the parade Another woman member of th** "petticoat cav- alr> atruck a hoodlum a stinging t low across the fate with her rid.ug crop In reply to a sc urrilous remark as she was passing The mounted police seemed powerless to stem the tide of humanity A group of hoodlums gathered In front of the reviewing stand in which sat Mrs Taft and Miss Helen Taft and a half dozen invited guests from the White Mouse They kept up a running tire of eausting comments Apparently no effort was made to re move them and, evidently iisgu-ted the White M ou 'e par'y b ft be'ciri the procession hail passed in its halt- ! ing and interrupted journey toward' Continental Hall The tableaux on the sfi ps of the ! ireasurv building, fratm d in the| great columns and broad s'airvv a> of' t he Government treasurv house, were Nogun w fu-n the parade -r< t«*4 from its rwtide/.vous at the barm .if the Cap itol. Beautiful in coloring and group ing. the dramat c symbolic ation of women's aspirations for roii’ic tl free dom was completed long before the head of the parade was in sight. In their thin dresses and bare arms the players stood rh'vering for more than an hour and finally they were forced to,- seek refuge within the building. Around 'he treasury department the crowds were massed so tightly that repeated charges by the police were seemingly ineffective. It was as though the blue coats charged a stone wall. Occasionally the mob gave way in one place only to break over and under\the wire hedge at some other. \ When the cavalry suddenly appear ed there was a wild outburst \f ap plause in f the reviewing stand. \The men in brown virtually brushed asrde the mounted and foot police and took charged. In two lines the troop charged the crowds. Evidently real izing they would bo ridden down the mob fought their way back. When they hesitated, the cavalrymen, un der the orders of their officers, did not hesitate. Their horses were driv en into the throngs and whirled and wheeled until hooting men and wo men were forced to retreat. A space was quickly cleared. The parade in itself, in spite of the delays, was a great success. Pass ing through two walls of antagonistic humanity the marchers for the most part kept their temper. They suf fered insult and closed their ears to Jibes and Jeers. Few faltered, al though several of the older women An Amendment to the Measure Pro hibits Liquor Shipped in This State Except to Dispensaries. The Greenville Piedmont says: “When the Webb liquor bill passed by the recent Congress goes into ef fect which will he July 1, not a drop of liquor can he shipped into Green ville. Neither can a drop he shipped into any other dry county in South Carolina. No intoxicating liquors can he shipped inside the State except when addressed to county dispensa ries established by the law. "That the new law contained an amendment affecting South Carolina and that the amendment was so dras tic did not become generally known in this State until recently. How the lert Washington correspondents hap pen to let the people of the State re main in ignorance of the sweeping provision is a mystery. "The general public is familiar with the main provisions of the Webb bill as it was passed but were un aware of the fact that an amendment had been tacked on to it affecting this State. The general hill merely provided that no shipments of whis key should be made into dry terri tory except for "personal use". The amendment which affects this State, provides that no whiskey shall he -hipped into this State to anybody for any use except the county dispen- -ayies establ . i.ed by the 1 . .. A pri vate <:;j/en of Greenville i an not. ’!. Dr the law, ord< r a gallon for his >vvn use. "There is a State law. whit h pro- # hilets the shipment of wliiM ' y from ..tie po.nt in the S' at e to another and is : It. F. del a 1 la w will prch;hit :he Upnient from a point outrode tie State, it would stem that there vv.ll tie no way in the world in whuh whiskey mu v he legally re, eivt-l m Greenville after July 1 "Th.t* discoverv by The Daily F ed ment of the exist* m e of tins drasto amendment to the Webb hill affecting South Carolina, taused math sur prise among those who were inform ed of it Several rlc/ens stated that they had followed the newspaper re ports of the debate on the bill In Con gress but nad seen nothing a‘«>ut such an amendment Two or three lawver' 1 who follow all matter* of legislation verv rloselv il.elared that Mo v ha I to it lo-.tr ! i f Mo a men 1 men’ atol w, re very mu-h surprised ti y 11 "The Ki m ral t Dt * Ml e 1 II w . out t tl e Mind Th> v w ’I n oa 1 kev ’o rem.t n {ire ! i tion is f■ w ! '| tie for- • (1 The olllv W .1* HOUSE GETS READY CHAMP CLARK AND UNDERVOOB STILL LEADERS. PARTY CAUCUS IS HELD N ♦' The Democrats Hold a 5lost Harmon» ious Meeting to Select the Men to Represent the I’ariy on the Mays- and Means t’onuiiiitee in the House at Tins Congress. Speaker Claim was renominated. Representative Underwood ot Alu- oama a^u.n chosen c.iunaiun of the wavs and means commillee, the en- ii,e Democratic personnel of the tar iff making body named, and all the , louse olneers renominated at a har monious six-hour caucus of the Dem ocrats ot the House oi me Sixty-third congress Wednesday. The caucua took place in the House chamber and ■_’7u of tlie 290 House Democrats w ere present. The toilow in|^jjW'ere nominated for ratification by the House when it meets in extra sesioa April 1 : Speaker —Champ Clark of Mis souri. Ways and Means Committee Rep resentative Underwood, Alabama. Chairman; Francis li. Harrison, New York; J. W. H. Shn'kitdoi i, Mis souri. V. Claude Kitchen, North Car olina, Henry T. Kurnev, Illinois; Lin coln Dixon, Indiana. Con.•■11 .lull, Ti-iimssee. \v s Hammond. Mir.ne- soia. And! .v .1 !'• • is. .vl.tssai nu- I S , A Mia In ,1 Ua!.. - i V a i a 1 . mot h> r A !. - 1 • I'l V . Ohio. . ■'*, :!t S < I .t : ! . * A * \ ' J " W ( ). n: i..' 1 e. liur- 1 -'. . .* . . * : > . ' ' 1 \ ; l’ - • i: K !. ... i ,. • • i a I ♦ | , . •( - : • ! . 1 * * ‘ ’ r* A K • 1» r k n I .! i. • r > ii. u So.illi '1 J' 1 •< * r k ♦ • , • r J .1 an : at a: n.a i. i I ( .■.bur. i'o- —i ~ t • : V i G> ot gla Ghnpia'ti K•■ v ift-tif > \ t'ouien. 'A wshitigt"n. D c 1 h** I »• m> era' - :: em -. r* of ' h>* w ■ a r, 1 no ,t u s • • in a. ■' i ■ • will mi - n > '. •• th< i . mi m 11 ■ !••• r*-> i»: m ,,f Mo ' , w or i r, g t 1 map - t** > • 1 r : U v ' , k t tie | I.-III.', r t' !» V of Mo- I di "f - I.gr g i, Mm '•tl- ' ll- I I 111 ' ■ ft* f- o :t • ■ • ■» 11 V 8 mo G,o 1 n 1. - * * - w , \ . < "• ' i.t' I v c ru*'! ■ s : n G r •!.*!;• ".abb- ' o p i f w ! i bus rets .1 r, d M, e re* ' v made that t he* (I git out - ' * M.e g .1 Ml ** hey rati get 1' will ht to smuggle it from seine st.’,; an 1 the* w ould he too rl»ky "The new amendment In effco provides that no intoxn at mg liquors hh.lll he received bv the express com panics or oM-.r in'.ers'ute (arriers for, or delivered a’ deal 1 na' ions :n the S'a'e of South Carol.nit. except when address,d to rounty dlspensa rl**s bv law If any nu< h prohibited shipment* should reach their desti nation in this State, ?hev must be re turn' d ' v the carrier to the consign or, who is subject to the charges both wavs' i ' • h - . A H N \ ( l !. g ft d o ; - II" ' t • e r i ( •• : para V r- G.-m fr..tm ! Rep-. . ,, ' V. St ; • V f K- . * ’ - ' f V ,tr 1 ' I I.t ' III. t e • " * ; 1 n * , t.jrt *• s o i. a! r" p r. 111" n « w a • I I' r* uinrr' ride-! to the • • a' dm of a s;,ertal ■ cm mr. uni rt ; - i • riles rt g a : a p' reprl g on ■!.' !• 1 in M. --•1 -!! Mi a 11 v , n e V I J|. m m . ’ ’ f i i1 1 It a h.mge- ! • g pre hills am of h.iv mi Il.e.l - ’ in to TIB >1 >s \M»s \sK I RE \ I Ml NT. Dr. Ft itsliiiiinti Will Give Uutdii (lime With 11 is s,,.| (lm The - 1 • - p •. id I ’ ’ l 1, t - ! I 1 - h. I r. c i a -v n • •, i Mi* ' i ben s, • , ni of Dr Fredeneti Fran” Fnedmann. the voim: Ge'mi.m Icen t loin, i-t will h. brought to a i Umax next .* • i k An noiuicement was made that on Mon- ay Dr. Friedmann would upon ofliees near his hotel on Fifth avenue in New York and for two weeks con- duet a public clinic, where the poor as well as the rich would he treated, the serum to he administered free to those who cannot afford to pay for it. it is declared that a number of Amer ican physicians will he invited to at tend the clinic to assist in diagnosing the cases and to watch them after ward and learn Dr. Friedmann’s method. He lias claimed that within a week the beneficial effects of the serum will be apparent. The doctor says that more than five thousand ap plications for treatment have been received. Cat Won Admission From Cold. Roused from his slumbers by the ringing of his door bell Lewis A. "raft, of Burlington, X. J., answered tf\e summons only to find no one on thevporch. He retired and a few min- utesx later heard the bell ringing again\ This time he peered from the windowx and saw his cat "Nig" press ing theVush button with his paw. The trick\ won "Nig" quick refuge from the cold and storm. >!• • i k r irks s|"-t • 1 • - . . k - v ! • 1 1 ^ : i, ,• nt ii f h • s !• I."!,. I, , '.•ii .hilt . -I t! • i' ’ - - :•:-■.■■ .i .i • ' t • . ) ! , !’■(.• 1 - i' r v - a < - ,,' ' ■ •' ; • r! y ... . • : - - i • 1 , , • . v 'A t.D . • :. !• V - W . . • ■ I * • r.it : n .i: 1 I-" ( i.i. ;- ' a -n ' • i• ' - w t hf !<♦ vf M .-!.- - m him a ! . lir. it.' \Ui\.\ * ♦ M ! "1 U<! 1 iitnti. t u,n t i * hi 1 p'i!>!:< % •If is a t h - tig iu rr- 1 l>' ■ •. !i* *! • ■ <1 a i ♦ < 1. ’ th at Httv itirtn in • u. r L i ; < » F) ■ ,v i»t; 111 b-’ lik'-s nr ii:s) k * S ii.'. were forced tdvdrop out from time to time. Miss Helen Keller, the not ed deaf and blind girl, was so ex hausted and unnerved by the exper ience in attempting fp reach a grand stand, where she waa lo have been a guest of honor, that‘aha was unable to apeak Jater at Continental Hall. t* r** vtnli his ni-1>pi-ra':ng w ith an o’ Imr Dt tipicr.it in utii'A in” tin- par’ in Bs liereulean und uiult ifnriou tasks to re dee in our pledgi s " TIL utterance was cheered. "The suggestion of any such stab of affairs conies from faint-heartei Democrats who are forever oeeinj ghosts,” the speaker declared, "o from malignant marplots, who, mas querading as Democrats, are no Democrats at at all, but wolves it sheeps’ clothing. Certain of the ven omous eleventh hour Democrats ar< loud mouthed in proclaiming Jroubh where none exists and in laying dowi a rule of conduct for real Democrats "Genuine Democrats who have tin good of the party and the country a heart would do well to give no hoot to these self-styled Democrats, whost chief business is to stir up strife by foully slandering any Democrat whe has earned their enmity by being i Democrat at all times, under all cir cumstances and at all places.” The speaker said the House Demo crats had been together since March 1910, "when for the first time in 17 years the Democrats in the Housf electrified the country by voting to gether, not a man missing in a greai struggle.” "I predict,” he conclud ed, “that they will in the present congress act in unison not only with themselves, but with President Wil son.” President Taft deserves the warn est praise fpr his wise and stateamai like handling of the Mexican situi tlon, so far as it relates to intervei tlon by the United States.