The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 23, 1914, Image 3
HIS RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED
BY MEXICAN SENATE.
CARBAJAL TAKES OFFICE
SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD
GIVE WOMEN VOTE.
Retired Dictator ia Expected to Leave
( His Native Land and Sail (or
Europe—Mexican Congress Cheers
President as They Acept His Res
ignation.
Gen. Victorians Huerta resigned
from the provisional presidency qL
the Mexican republic Wednesday
night and his resignation was ac
cepted by the Senate and Chamber o(
Deputies by a vote of 121 to 17
Francisco Carbajal then was appoint
ed President and took the oath of of
fice att he joint session of the Depu
ties and Senators.
Huerta’s resignation was submit
ted through the department of for
eign relations. It was read in the
House and was greeted with cries of
“Viva Huerta ” It then was referred
to the joint commltttes of Goberna
cion. After brief consideration the
committees reported accepting the
resignation in the following tertnsr
“Article I. We accept the resigna
tion presented by Gen. Victoriana
Huerta'ks President of the Mexican
United States.
"Article 2. We call Licentiate
Francisco Carbajal, minister of for
eign relations, to assume the presi
dency.”
A ballot was taken and the joint
session approved the report. Presi
dent Carbajal proceeded to the na
tional palace under an escort of pres
idential guards, and all along the
way was greeted with tumultuous
cheering.
The text of Gen. Huerta’s resigna
tion follows: “Deputies and Sena
tors: Public necessity, admitted by
the Chamber of Deputies, by the
Senate- and by the Supreme Court
called me to the supreme ministry of
the republic. Later when in this
same hall I had the honor of ad
dressing you in compliance with ttie
constitutional precept I promised at
all costs to bring about peace.
“Seventeen months have passed
and in that brief period of time
have formed an army with which to
carry out that<«olemn promise. You
all know the immense difficulties
which my government has encounter
ed owing to a scarcity of funds as
well as to the manifest and decided
protection which a great power of
this continent i'tas afforded the rebels
—so much so that when the revolu
tion had been broken up, seeing that
its chief leaders were, and continued
to be divided, the power in question
sought a pretext to intervene directly
in the .conflict, and the result of this
was an outrage committed at Vera
Cruz by the American fleet.
"Success was had, as you know, in
adjusting honorably, through our
delegates at Niagara Falls, the petty
Tampico Incident, but the revolution
continued with the support of whom
we all know,
“Yet aftei the highly patriotic
work achieved by our delegates at
Niagara Falls there still are some
who say I, come what may, seek my
personal interest and not that of the
republic. And as I need to rebut
this allegation with facts I tender my
formal resignation of the presidency
of the republic.
“The national Congress must vote
that the republic, through its govern
ment, has labored in entire good
faith and with the fullest energy,
having succeeded in doing away with
the party which in the united States
calls itself Democratic, and having
shown how the right should be de
fended.
“To be more explicit, I will say
that the action of the governirient of
the republic during its short life has
dealt death blows to an unjust power.
Later on, stronger workers will come,
using Implements that undoubtedly
will end that poWer which has done
so much harm and committed too
many outrages on this continent.
“In conclusion, I will say that I
abandon the presidency of the re-,
public, carrying with me the highest
sum of human we<h, for I declare
that I have arraigned at the bar of
universal conscience the honor of a
Puritan, whom I, as a gentleman,
challenge to wrest from me that pos
session.
“May God bless you and me.”
The galleries of the chamber were
packed before the beginning of the
session. Intense excitement ’ charac
terized the gathering and at the clo^
of the reading of .Huerta’s resigna
tion the Deputies and spectators
broke into loud and continued ap
plause. #
After the acceptance of Huerta’s
Comes Oat 1 Unequivocally for Gltfing
Franchise to Those Who protect
Their Children- ,
11 . fi '> ’
Secretary Bryan in a formal state
ment Thursday came out for woman
suffrage. He declared he would ask
no pollticarrtght tor himself he was
not willing to grant his wife, aqd
announced he would support the pro
posed State constitutional amendment
extending the franchise to women to
be voted on in Nebraska next Novem
ber.
Woman, Mr. Bryan said, had prov
ed herself equal to every responsi
bility imposed on her, and would not
fail society in this emergency. Above
all other engagements for giving her
the ballot he placed "the right of the
mother to a voice in the molding of
the environment of her children”.
“The mother,” the secretary said,
“can justly claim the right to employ
every effective weapon for the pro
tection of those whose interests she
guards, but the ballot will put within
her reach all the instrumentalities of
government, including the police
power."
“As man and woman are cotenants
of the earth," the statement says
“and must work out their destiny to
gether, the presumption is on the
side of equality* for treatment in all
that pertains to their Joint life and
its opportunities. The burden of
proof is on those who claim tor one
an advantage over the other in deter
mining conditions under which both
shall live. Objections raised to wo
man suffrage appear to me to be in
valid, while the arguments advanced
in support of the proposition in my
judgment are convincing.
“The first objection I remember to
have heard was that as woman can
not bear a r ms she should not have a
voice in deciding questions that might
lead to war or in enactment of laws
that might require an army officer to
enforce. This argument is seldom
offered now, for as civilization ad
vances laws are obeyed because they
are an expression of public opinion
As -we look back over the past, we
may well wonder whether the peace
movement would not have grown
more rapidly had women been con
sulted before hostilities began.
“Second, some urge that woman's
life already is full of care and that
the addition of suffrage rather would
overburden her or turn her attention
away from home duties. The answer
made is that the exercise of the fran
chise might result in a change of
thought and occupation that would
relieve the monotony of woman's
work. Surely the home will not suf
fer if the mother, the child's first
teacher, is able to Intelligently dls
cuss with her family the science of
government and the art of success
fully administering it.
“Third, many well meaning men
and women affirm that suffrage
would work a harm to woman by les
soning the respect in which she Is
held. This argument would have
more weight had it not been employ-
e dagalnst every proposition advanc
ed in favor of the enlargement of
woman’s sphere. This objection once
was raised to the higher education of
woman, 1 but It no longer is heard.
“These objections, however honest
ly advanced, have proven impotent
to retard woman’s progress."
PELLAGRA SURVEY.
Board of Health to Look Over South
Carolina Sltutation.
In view of the alarming increaseMn
pellagra in the last year In South
Carolina, the state board of health is
planning a complete survey of the
state, to take place in the first part
of August. Dr. James A. Hayne,
state health officer, is in receipt dally
of letters from all parts of the state
describing outbreaks of the disease in
new towns and communities, "where
it was hitherto unknown.
There are in South Carolina at the
present time 3,000 cases of pellagra.
Of these, almost 600 are in the coun
ty of Spartanburg. The death rate
from pellagra is unusually high,
eight dying out of every 100 attacked,
as compared with a death rate of six
out of every 100 of typhoid fever.
Dr. Hayne was notified Tuesday
morning of a family pf six in Chester
field, all of whom had pellagra. A
fact that has become more apparent
recently in respect to the disease is
that where one in a family has it the
rest of the family sooner or later get
It
POLLOCK SAYS GOVERNOR PLAYS
TURKEY AT MEETINGS.
ROUGES HIS OWN RECORD
Shot by Negro.
C. P. Carroll, car inspector of Jack
sonville, was shot by a negro Mon
day night and died in a hospital.
Carroll’s assailant escaped. The rail-
resignation a ^ommissiqo sM.jufc,
pointed by tie president of the cgam- to nr ®. °* * thnv v., Wn
er to escort Senor Carjabal to the
floor of the House. Senor Carbajal
soon appeared in -front of the cham
ber, passing through files of soldiers.
He entered, and as he walked to. the
platform the Deputies stood. Speaker
Manuel Mercado then administered
whom the negro had threatened.
Hags Chauffeur, Ante Wrecks.
Because Bessie Holmes embraced
and kissed J. J. Taylor of Seattle,
Wash., while be was driving a motor
car, the machine swerved Into the
ditfh, crushing Miss Holmes to death.'
Cheraw Man Says Blease Won't Stay
on SUnd and Hear What Others
Have to Say—Says His Conscience
Pricks Him for Hitting a Dead
Corpse so Hard.
The first half of the senatorial
campaign concluded Thursday with
tbe Walhalla meeting, Oconee being
the twenty-second county visited. Tue
meeting was marked by tbe charge
by W. P. Pollock that Gov. Bleaae
bad feathera on his legs. This speak
er said that he knew all along that
the chief executive's record was bad,
but that he did not know until the
campaign bad opened that the gov
ernor’s lower limbs were trimmed
vith feathers. This, he said, in expla
nation of the governor’s failure to
stay on the stand while the other
candidates are speaking.
Mr. Pollock further explained that
he didn’t attack any man behind his
back. He added, however, that
though the governor “played turkey”
and ran away, such action would not
deter him from holding up the gov
ernor’s record in all its nakedness.
Senator Smith added a feature
when he read an affidavit from C. P.
Moorer of Dorchester county, saying
that Senator Smith was in St. George
the night the Haskell convention was
held. Mr. Moorer also made oath
that he reminded Senator Smith the
next morning'that the newspaper re
ports were that the senator was
delegate to the convention and that
he then asked horn he could be in two
places at the same time
Gov. Blease declared that he would
not be a candidate for tbe United
States Senate in the general election
if he is defeated in the primary. He
stated that he had already pledged
himself to abide tbe result of the
primary.
L. D. Jennings, the first speaker,
explained the new primary rules, say
ing he had not heard them denounc
ed by anybody but certain candidates.
He asked why had the anti-Blease
people changed the rules if, as charg
ed, they benefited by the alleged
frauds committed in 1912? He said
that then both aides cried fraud; that
the anti-Blease crowd changed tbe
rules, and now the governor and his
friend* were denouncing them.
Tbe speaker sorely regretted that
there were two factions in the State,
he said. On one aide the race track
gamblers and blind tigers were try-
ng to line up with them enough good
people that the government might be
so conducted as to insure to these
lawbreakers’ benefit. He did not be
lieve that there were more tban 35,-
000 of these blind tiger»rgamblers
and all other classes who hold the
law in utter disregard in the State.
It was his purpose in this campaign,
he explained, to open the eyes of the
other 35,000 who had been hood
winked into believing that this ele
ment represented the cause of the
people.
He said he was satisfied that if Gov
Blease went to the Senate about the
first thing he would do would be to
introduce a bill to turn all “buck nig
gers” out of the federal penitentiary.
He predicted that the governor will
be beaten so badly on August 25 that
“he’ll wake up in China or some oth
er uncivilized country, where he
ought to be."
Mr. Pollock began bjf saying that
he was completely exhausted by cam
paigning in Anderson Wednesday,
where he played the “salamander” in
digging a hole in the sand, putting
“Cole” Into It, and thffn packing the
sand in on the governor. He said
that his conscience was beginning to
prick him, as he was now kicking a
corpse.
Mr. pollock said he was^ sorry the
governor^ould not sit in the stand
and hear his record discussed; that
not until the campaign opened did he
know the governor'was “feather leg
ged”, and that the governor knew his
record was so bad that he couldn’t
hear it liid keep his face, but “turns
turkey and runs away
The speaker excoriated the gover
nor’s pardon record, not numbering
the pardoned convicts, but measuring
them by the carload, of-which there
were 12 or 15, he said. He answer
ed the governor’s .charges of negro
Republicanism by pointing out that
there are two Republican tainted
members on the governor’s staff, and
one “Dago”, who he had understood
had only recently made application
for naturalization papers.
Senator Smith said ..that when he
attempted to organize the farmers In
1904 he was told that It couldn’t be.
done; that he couldn’t get them’ to
gether; that he couldn’t make them
see. His efforts had been so success-
Dr. James H. McIntosh Soya Neither
Dr. Knowlton or Himself Recom
mended the Release of Richey.
Dr. James H. McIntosh, e well
known physician of Columbia Thurs
day morning issued an emphatic de
nial of the statement made by Gov.
Cole L? Blease on Tuesday at Abbe
ville that he had made a report on
the condition of K. A. Richey, a con
vict In the penitentiary from Abbe
ville county, convicted of raping his
adopted daughter, to the effect that
Richey was a paralytic and that his
condition would improve if released
from confinement, which report the
governor used as the justification for
later pardoning Richey. Dr. McIn
tosh said that, on the ^Shtrary, he,
with the late Dr.. A. B. Knowlton, of
Columbia, had examined Richey and
had found that he was “feigning”
paralysis and had so informed the
governor.
Dr. McIntosh said that he, together
with Dr. Knowlton, had been notified
by the governor that they had been
appointed a committee of two to in
vestigate the condition of R. A.
Richey of Abbeville, then at the State
penitentiary. This he and Dr. Knowl-’
ton had done and bad found, after a
thorough examination of Richey, that
he was feigning paralysis and had so
informed the governor in a written
statement signed both by himself and
Dr. Knowlton.
Dr. Knowlton, a prominent physi
cian of the city and of the State,
died on last Sunday in Columbia after
a prolonged illness, three days before
the statement made in Abbeville by
Gov. BJease. The following is a re
print of tbe report of the section of
Gov. Blease’s speech made at Abbe
ville, in which he made reference to
the Richey rase, as it appeared in The
Columbia Record;
“The chief executive, saying that a
number of lies had been circulated
about the R. A. Richey case, stated
that he was not explaining or apolo
gizing for his record, but he desired
to 'show up’ the lies.
“The governor read a number of
reports from reputable physicians,
among whom are Dr. James McIn
tosh and others, that Richey is a par
alytic and his condition would im
prove if released from confinement.”
The following is the written state
ment of Dr. McIntosh, furnished s re
porter for The Record; - %
“It Is true that I was appointed on
a committee by the governor to ex
amine R. A. Richey. It is also true
that with the late Dr. A. B. Knowl-
->*> I did go to the penitentiary and
make such an examination. But it is
not true that the report of the said
committee signed by Dr. Knowlton
apd myself in any way recommended
a pardon or parole of the said R. A.
Richey. The fact being that both Drs.
Knowlton and I fully agreed that his
paralysis was feigned.”
WILSON FULLS BIN DOWN
Refusal of Americsp President to
Coontenaece the Dictator's As*
Vsei
•d Thursday by Gen.
rsnsa, first chief of the .
sumption ot the Murdered Madero't amy, go lnto effset
bajal for Huerta
a
Away Demand for
Fighting and hi
and in Mexico, If ths
day by G
WILL SEPERATE FIGURES
they had been organized, they were
so coming Into their own that now
they couldn’t be stopped. He illus
trated by telling the Joke of the back*
woodsman who didn't believe that
there was such a thing as a "self-
movto'* engine. However, whan'the
old man saw the trala
Long Staple to Have It's Own Govern
ment Cotton Report.
Chairman Lever of the house com
mittee on agriculture Tuesday held a
conference witji Secretary Houston
and Mr. Estabrook, chief of the bu
reau of statistics for that department
as a result of which the bureau of
statistics hereafter will In Its average
gnd condition reports and its estimate
of the final yield of cotton show the
acre age, condition and final yield of
upland long staple and ordinary cot
ton seperately.
The census bureau is already re
porting seperately oh upland long
staple cotton and has been doing so
for several years at the request* ef
Representative Lever. It Is thought
that the department of agriculture
likewise report seperately, and it has
been agreed that this shall be done.
At the conclusion of his speech,
Senator Smith was presented with a
miniature bale of cotton, which he
said was the emblem of the South’s
prosperity, and that it would become
his campaign emblem. It was said
that the little bale had been in
“storage” 15 years. —.......— ;
The governor was the last speaker.
He charged that two newspaper men,
under the pretext of soliciting sub
scriptions, were following the cam
paign party from county to county.
Those he designated as “campfol-
lowers”. one of «rhom he denounced
as cowardly liar, for saying that after
the governor’s defeat in the primary,
he v^puld go into the general election.
This, the governor said, was a lie, as
he had pledged to abide by the re-,
suit of the Democratic primary. _ _ i
Gov. Blegfee made his characteristic
plea for xaltal prejudices and put on
exhibit again the catalogue o£J3ene;
diet college, In. which Is a picture of
the faetulty with white ■ members.
Newspapers too came In tor some
lUW, -iffdTJfiffni ac
cused of betnf one of tbe HO' dele-
gates to the Haskell convention.
| • . L W. W.
minaat part la the labor trouble* ia
Massachuetta last year had arrived
In Greenville
Power Causes tbe Downfall of
Huerta After Loup Delay. .
Victoriano Huerta took oath as
provisional president of Mexico Feb
ruary 19, 1913, the day after Fran
cisco I. Madero had been arrested M
the national palace. Three days later
Madero and Jose Marla Pino Saurez,
vice-president, brere shot to death on
a midnight ride under guard from
the palace to the penitentiary. Ths
manner of their death never has been
satisfactorily explained.
One of Huerta’s first acta as pro
visional president was to telegraph
William H. Taft, then president of
the United States, the following mes
sage: “I have the honor to Inform
you that I have overthrown this gov
ernment. The forces are with me and
from now on peace and prosperity
will’reign.” *
The republic immediately was
plunged into civil war again notwith
standing Huerta’s Issuance of a proc
lamation of general amnesty. The
Sonora State congress officially repu
diated the provisional government be
fore Huerta had settled himself com
fortably in the presidential chair.
Zapata,, revolutionary leader to the
south of the capital, after negotiating
a few days with the now regime,
went back to his guerilla campaign.
Salazar, one of the highest gen
erals in the army, denounced Huerta.
CnrrnrTa, *Ccnct?*^t!cnsU:t leader In
Chihuahua, assailed him in a bitter
oatement made public at San An
tonio. Francisco Villa announce!
himself an adherent of Madero and
Joined the ranks of the Northern
army. Of the clan ofnorthem revo
lutionaries Pascual Orozco was the
tone notable figure among the disaf
fected who declared for the new gov
ernment.
President Taft, nearing the end of
his term, left to his successor the
‘Mem of adjusting diplomatic rela
tions with Mexico. To Woodrow Wil
son, Huerta sent felicitations on the
day ot tbe American president’s inau
guration.
Hampered at the outset of his ad
ministration by the refusal of the
United States to recognize him,
Huerta soon faced growing difficulties
in raising funds to run his govern
ment. His uneasy hold upon affairs
was weakened by minor Constitu
tionalist victories in the north and by
recurring rumors of a break with
Felix Dias, nephew of Porflrio Diaz
and Huerta’s ally In the overthrow
of Madero.
On May 1 Huerta announced he
would urge congress to call elections
in October to choose his successor.
The congress selected October 2C as
the date of ths election and a decree
to that effect was Issued by Huerta
on June 3. Felix Diaz, who had an
nounced himself as a candidate tor
the presidency, was sent to Japan on
July 17.
Henry Lane Wilson, the American
ambassador, was recalled to Wash
ington and Nelson O’Shaughnesay,
charge d’affaires, was left In charge
of American interests In Mexico.
Early in August it became known
that President Wilson intended to
send John Lind, former governor of
Minnesota, to Mexico as his personal
representative in an endeavor to ar
range a basis for the republic’s peace.
Nevertheless Mr. Lind delivered
his note from President Wilson.
Huerta refused all proposals made by
the American, chief of which were
the suggestions that he resign and
that he not me a candidate on elec
tion day. Relations between Mexico
and the United States became acute.
President Wilson proclaimed his pol
icy in an address before congress.
Huerta was attacked In the Mexi
can Senate on October 5 by Senator
Dominguez who spoke what was in
the minds of himself and some of his
colleagues. Dominguez disappeared.
To this Huerta’s reply was dramatic
and swift. He marched a column of
troops to the chamber and threw 110
deputies into prison. Next he dis
solved congress and took unto him
self the legislative authority, calling
for an election of new members on
October 5. Through Mr. O’Shaugh-
nessy, the United States made repre
sentations against violence to the im
prisoned deputies.
When it became certain the elec-,
lions had resulted la mo constitu
tional choice because of the failure of
voters to go to the polls, the Ameri
can government peremptorily called
on Huerta to resign. In a statement
her 9 he announced thathe^vould de
clare the result of the election null
and order another election. On
November 13 Huerta refused to ac
cede to the American demand fer Ms
resignation and John Und left Maxi-
City fer Vera Cru.
rMaa declared his main
would be to conduct
the Geestltutlonalists to
City and establish their
wlhout further diaord
blood or damage to prop
How these negotiations I
arranged Carranza declar
not yet determined. He
to say at this time’ whs
would be conducted throu^hl
lators or direct with the
Unconditional surrender,
will be the only condition
the negotiations will be s«
Carranza declared that the
forms for which the Consttt
lets fought must be obtained i
ever cost". “Tbe reslgnat
Huerta and the subeUtutlon
bajal In Itself will not cause
stitutionallsts to cornffromii
single point, the prinetpl
which the movement was foiuO
said Gen. Carranza.
“If the government maek
which through those end*-,
obtained Is not surrendered
tartly by the party of Huerta,
will be obtained by force.’*
Because of the effort to make
Installation of tbe Conatltuti
a aeaceful one, Gen. Caransa
would probably be a month
entered Mexico City. He
he did not believe that Carbajal
strong enough- to handle
tbe reins of power pasted over
by Huerta.
Gen. Carranta reiterated*
that tbe Constitutionalist* would 3
espt nothing'Short of comptot*
render. In a statement the first i
declared:
Undoubtedly the first mov* ef 1
successor of the usurper H«
be to open negotiations with tl
stitutionallsts for a complete
der.' This is the logical deductloe
the action be will tak*. Nothing :
than a complete surrender will
Isfy tbe Constitutionalists. He
if Carbajal falls to take this
to bring about peace ia Max too,
shall con tin us to fight our way
victory, which already la assured,
are fighting for justice for the
can people and are certain oar <
will be crowned with
quick victory by tbe advance of
troops Is a certainty If It doea
come through unconditional s«
der."
ATTRAOnVKNEM .PAYS.
By Co-operation
be Obtained la Any Town.
< If a single merchant la thin
were to adopt the permanent
of making bis store attractive hi
possible ways he undoubtedly
holer the beet trade of bis tews
the face of competition of every <
kind. t .
What is true of the Indlvldi
merchants Is true of the entire
lage. All it needs to hold Its
and Its population Is to be att
Attractiveness is of many
and Is composed of many el
Good roads, clean streets, low _
and high quality will attract to
generally hold trade for n village.
But shaded streets well sprtpk’ed,
green lawns closely cropped, Lie Gy,
painted and well-kept *'
out-bulldinga reflect a
proaperity that are alx
suaalve as some of, the
hie and material appeals
quality.
One may Imagine, for
what a transformation could
fected in this, town If evenr
on its business streets were
by a flower box filled with
flowering plants. Yet the
need not remain wholly it
tor at a comparatively
each individual merchant
transformation could be
Many of the largest stores and hotels
of the great dttes have decorated
their windows In this way.
An example thus set by the mer
chants doubtless would be followed
by many citizena in the decorating
of their residences, and in a few
yean our village wonld become
known far and wide for the beauty
of Its homes and places of hnslnrus.
Campaign Opens.
The opening gnns In the Fifth dis
trict congressional race were fired at
Chesterfield Tuesday when D. E..FIn-
ley, the Incumbent, and his opponent,-
W. F. Stevenson, spoke to a small but
Interested audience.
Although sorely
man A. L. Powell ot
day shot and killed
negro, who attacked