The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, November 18, 1904, Image 1
"DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE."
VOL.^IX.
BENNETTSVILLE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1904.
NO. 47 .
EO?oEYELT WINS.
Cnl-y the f olid South Stand? by the
Pt moer at ic Ticket.
PARKER TUNS BEHIND BRYAN.
New York,, West Virginia aaa Mnry.
land Go Republican. Victory
Bo Great Republicans
Were Surprised.
Thc Republican national ticket has
been ejected by a vole in the Elec
toral College that will exceed that of
292, given Mr. McKinley in 1900.
The result of Tuesday's balloting was
astounding o vt u to the most sanguine
of thc Republican managers. Confi
dent as they were of success, they
were not prepared for the astonishing
figures which followed the closing of
tba polls, bringing Into the Republi
can column not only all of those
States they bad claimed as safo for
their candidates, but with the possi
ble exe.-pilonof Maryland, every State
chased as doubtful.
Democratic successes are confined
to the solid South, in which Kentucky
1B included, and Mr. Parker has not
carrhd a single State which did not
give its vote to Mr. Iiryan four years
ago. Official returns indicate that he
lo ?t some or those which the Nebraska
candidate held for his party. Otu ital
figures from the Northwest cities may
slightly change the totals, but base
on thc returns av?llale at a late hour
Tuesday night the electoral vote
st nds as follows:
For Roosevelt: Callforn'a 10, Con
necticut 7, Delaware 3, Illinois 27,
lu hana 15, Iona 13, Kansas 10, Maine
6, Massachusetts 16, Michigan 14,
Minnesota ll, Nebraska 8, New
Hampshire 4, New York 39, New
dtrsey 12. North Dakota 4. Ohio 23.
Oregin 4, Pennsylvania 34, Rhode]
Is'and 4, South Dakota 4, Vermont 4,
Washington 5, Wisconsin 13, Wyom
ing 3, Total 293.
For Parker: Alabama ll, Arkansas!
9, F;orida 5, Georgia 13, Kentucky 13,
Louisiana 9, Mississippi 10, Missouri
18. North Carolina 12, South Carolina
9, Tennessee 12, Texas 18, Virginia
12. Total 151.
Doubtful or not heard from: Colo
. rado 5, Idaho 3, Maryland 8, Montana
0, Nevada 3, Utah 3, West Virginia
7. Total 32.
As a dramatlo climax to the sensa
th nal majorities given him, came
President Roosevelt's . formal an- j
nouncement that he would not- bc a
candidate for re-election, lending the]
only exciting aspect to an election
night otherwise so one-sided" jhat it
was impossible fur even the victors to
attain that degree of enthusiasm that |
?v?,,.,u--cai,ka fejj .occasion. T.iate in
the night came an announcement
from Melvin G. Palllser. manager of
the campaign fur Thomas E. Watson,
the candidate of the People's pa-ty,
that as a result of the overwhelming |
Democratic defeat steps would be
taken to form a new party. To this I
end, according to the announcement |
given out, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Watson
and Wm. Randolph Hearst would hold
a conference lu New York In about a
week's time.
The pericd of suspense that follow
ed the closing of the polls was not pro
longed. In nu election in recent yt ars
has the result betn definitely known
so soon. Hardly bad the sun gone j
down when the results In New York
began to appear. By 7 o'clock lt was
evident that the great Empire State
had given the R ?publican candidates
a majority beyond the predictions of
the jiarty managers. So convincing
was the story of the bulletins that at
7.3D August Belmont at Democratic
headquarters conceded Roosevelt's
election by an over-whelming maj ?ri
ty, au half hour later the Democratic |
leadeis wi.o had managed the cam
paign freely admitted that the Bep jb
lkans bad catried every doubtful
State. There was no distortion to]
hope against hope. As State after
State s.ut In Its Republican majority
and the wires told the tale of tho bal
lots, bringing even from the common
wealths upon which they had based
their ligures of Democratic success re
ports, of unpfecedehti d republican ma
orilles, tl.ey frankly conceded their de
feat and e Ifered no explanation. SOL>II
after Mr. Belmont's admission Judge
Parker acknowlec ged the situation by
telegraphing President Roosevelt his
cor gratulations.
Toe perfect weather conditions
which prevailed ever practically the
entire country, brought out a vote
which experienced politicians pro Met
will be a record breaker and in this
increase of ballots the R-publlcans
gained more than their share.
TUB LATKST KlOUHKS.
Tiie following table thows the ap
proximate pluralities in the various
staus.
States- Talker. Roose
velt.
Alabama. 75,000 .
Arkansas. 30,009 .
California. lOOj.OO
Colorado . 15.000
Connecticut. 38,000
Delaware. 4,000
Flor.da. 20,000 .
Georgia.05,000 .
idaho. L'5 oro
Illinois. rn;;, ooo
indiana. 75,000
Iowa. 130,000
Kansas. 100 .ooo
Kentucky. 11,000 .
Louisiana. :$f>,000 .
Mame. 35,0"0
Maryland.
Massachusetts . 8(1,000
Michigan. 150,000
Minnesota. 125,000
Mississippi. 00,000 .
Missouri. lo 000
Montana. lo.ooo
Nebraska. 75.000
Nevada. 2,000
New Hampshire. 2O,OC0
New Jersey. 70,000
New York. 174,oin
North Carolina. 50,000 .
North Dakota. 20,000
Ohio. 200,000
Oregon. 40,000
PennyslVania. 4tc> ooo
Rhode island. 10,000
South Carolina. 50,000 .
South Dakota. 40,000
Tennessee. 20,000 .
Texas.100,000 .
Utah. 12.0?C
Vermont. 30,oot
'Vi -ginla. 25,000 .
Washington. . 30,00t
West Virginia. 20.000
Wisconsin. co.ooo
Wyoming.V.. 5,000
Total........534,000 2,428,000
The following table shows the elec
toral vote:
KOO?EVKLT AND FA1UUANK8.
State Electoral
Vote.
Colorado. 5
Calhorn la. 10
Connecticut. 1
Delaware...'.. 3
IdaTfb.:. 3
Illinois. 27
Indiana. 15
Iowa. 13
Kansas. 10
Maine. 10
Maryland. 8
Massachusetts. 10
Michigan. 14
Minnesota. ll
Missouri. 18
Montana. 3
New Jersey. 12
Nebraska.'. 8
New Hampshire. 4
Nevada. 3
New York. 39
North Dakota.; 4
Ohio. 23
Oregon. 4
Pennsylvania.34
Rhode Island. 4
South Dakota. 4
Utah. 3
Vermont. 4
West, Virginia. 1
Washington. 5
Wisconsin.'..13
Wyoming. 3
Total.!.343
l'A UK EH AND DAVIS.
Alabama. ll
Arkansas. 9
? lorida. 5
Georgia. 13
Kentucky. 13
Louisiana. 9
Mississippi. 10
North Carolina. 12
South Carolina. 9
Tennessee. 12
Texas...:. 18
Virginia. 12
Total.133
A FAMILY MURDERED.
Tho Awful Crime bl Uuknown AaaaB
stn in ( ul i tum ia Town.
A dispatch from Auburn, Cal., says
lt ls now known that Julius Weber,
his wife, their 19-year-old daughter
Bertha, and their s in Paul, aged 14
years, were murdered Friday bight by
an unknown assassin, who set lire to
the home In an effort to cover his
crime. Before the tire had made any
J great headway, the bodies of the mur
dered woman and her two children
were rescued from tho burning house.
An examination of the bodies show
ed that Mrs. Weber and the children
had been murdered. b?fore the lire had
beca ?tateed. Mrs. Weber and ber
ji...hhti? IJOU vjov-ij Miieu . uy pibLOi
wounds. On the boy's head wore sev
eral deep cuts. Ile had als i heen {.hot.
All efforts to reach Julius Weber, the
father who was nut thought to be lu
the burning house, were abandoned
until when a search was made in
the burning timbers ?aid his bjdy was
found In the bathroom of the dwell
ing. He, too, had been shot down be
fore beii g left to 1 e consumed by the
Hames. This makes the death list as
follow :
Julius Weber, aged 48.
Mrs .Julius Weber, aeed 41.
Bertha Weber, aged 19; their
daughter.
Paul Weber, agel 14, their sen.
The he dy cf Mr. Web ir was so bid
ly burned that it has bien impossible
to a certain how often he was shot. It
has .been ascertained beyond a doubt
that the women were killed In ono
room und their clothing set em lire,
and that they were thru dragged Into
the apartment where lin ir bodies were
discovered.
One very peculiar circumstance of
the tragedy is that while the bodies
of the motlier and hir daughter were
burned to seme extei.d, the apartment
in which* th-y were lying was not on
tire when the th omen broke in, which
.il o ved that they ??ad I? en killed in
some other portion of'thc house part
lally burned and ihcn dragged into
the io m where they were found.
The robbery ilnory ls about ex
ploded. Adolph Weber, the son,
aged 20, who is the only rn-, rober e?f
the family alive, talks but little, but
io the coioner and sherill he says he
did not think the motive was either
robbery or revenge. When asked if
he had a theory he bald lie had, but
w uld not give lt. He did ^ay, re;
luctautly, that Ins father bari a vio
lent temper. The boy sn id he had
left, h me ah( ut ti ;iu, cune down
luwii and bought a p.iir e?f trousers
When he went 11 the lire ho dropped
his old trousers which were in a burn
ing building. Young Web r has a
good reputation. Two 22 calibro re
vol Vers were found but the hu I lets ex
traded I rom the hunns were 32 cali
bre.
Julius Weber was a re'ired brewer
and was a mau of considerable wealth
rhe family lived in a handsome hi me
here and Mr. Wet.ur pos eased valuable
roperty lu Oakland Cal.
They Ito? h Drown.
At Lee, Mc, Thursday morling
Mrs. Clarence C. Burke, aged about
forty-live years, un i her daughter
June, aged 18, lost their lives by
dr.,w iling. Both werf pul e 1 fri un the
water before Hie was ext net, but vig
orous work on the part tif rescuers
failed to resuscitate them, lt is sup
posed that the daughter last lier life
in trying to prevent her mother from
tarrying out lier plan to commit sui
cide. It ls believed that Mrs. Burke,
brooding over domestic troubles, bo
came deraug d and ai ose early in the I
morning without arousing her fami'y.
She wt nt to the mill pond not, lar
from her home and tlrew herself Into
the waler' The daughter must have
discovered her mother's absence soon
after she had left tho house and been
able to follow her the tracks of the
footsteps in the ll^ht snow, lt ls
supposed that either in attempting lo
prt?vcnt lior mother from coinmitthlg
suicide or endeavoring to pull lier body
from the water she had lost lier life.
Kui io u io Death.
Two negro children v ero burned to
Ilea th Thursday attencon in a tire
which destroyed a houge and colton
gin near Tarboro, N. C.
KILLED EACH OTHJSE.
Two Dispensary Constables Fave a
Fatal Fight at Bastover.
FOUGHT ABOUT AN OVERCOAT.
Both Men Said to Hare Boca Drink
inn. Before tho Shooting Tfaey
' Wore on the Best
of Terms.
The State -says one of the most
shocking tragedies tbat bas ever
been known In Richland occurred late
Wednesday afternoon In peaceful
Eistover, when two dispensary con
stables shot and killed each other. As
ls usual lu the reign of crime and car
nival of carnage that now holds sway
over South Carolina, the affair was
precipitated by a quarrel over a trivial
thing-an overcoat. Whiskey also
evidently played its part. The dend
men are J. L. Irby and S. A. Phillips.
The two men bad been sent to East
over and had left this city about 2
o'olock In the afternoon in a buggy
drawn by two horses. They reached
(he pretty village late in thc after
noon and evidently spent some little
timo there.
lt was soon after dark when they
stopped at Karsee's stoie, and Irby
got out of the buggy and went Into
bbc store to search it. He left his
overcoat In the buggy with Phillips,
who drove off down the street. As be
was driving the coat dropped out of
the buggy to the ground. Irby soon
came out of the store, having found
no whiskey and was standing in the
door when Puilllps drove bnck on the
other bide or the htreet. Irby called
to him to come over, and when he did
Irby told him that there was nothing
(no whiskey) there. "Let's go back
to Columbia," said Irby.
Irby got into thc buggy, and the
two drove (ff in the direction of Co
lumbia. In the meantime a neg io
came back to Karsee's store with an
overcoat which he had picked up In
the road. Mr. Karsee t-ald that be
knew whose the coat was and took it
Into the store. After about 15 min
u es the buggy, with the two con
stables, drove back through the street
and to Karsee's store. Mr. Karsee
asked the men if a coat bad been lost
and Irby answered, "Yes, that's my
overcoat."
Phillips jumped from the buggy ahd
said to I by, "Now you've- got your
coat. That will prove I did not steal
your coat. You have got to give mc
satisfaction for saying that I did steal
your overccat."
"I did not say you stole my coat. I
left lt In your keeping. You ought ti
have known something about it.
Come on, let's go b<rck to Columbia.
"No I'm not going before L?et sat
isfaction. You siid I stole your over
coat and Pm not going until I get
satisfaction," retorted Phillips.
TIIE SUKNK Clii.?tOK.0.
Mr. Karsee, seeing that lhere was
tobe trouble, took bold of Phillips
and told him to get In the buggy. He
did so, and Irby started to drive oil,
but his companion snatched the rein,
and said "Let me drive." Phillips
drove the buggy over to McKenzie's
store.
From here the account of the
tragedy is given by auothcr witness.
Puilllps came Into the store of Mr.
Ed McKenzie, and taking him back
Into the rear of the establishment
said: "Mr. Irby has insulted me and
I'm not going back In the buggy with
bim." Phillips then went out to the
buggy with Mr. McKenzie and told
Irby he would not go with him. Irby
Insisted on his going but he stol re
fused. Irby pulled elf bis over
coat and laid lt in the buggy,
bakleg from lt bis revolver, which be
s uck in his hip pocket. Ile caught
Phillips by the collar and told bim he
had to go, at the hame time slapping
his faci.
McKenzie got between the men
and tried to part them, proposing
that Ii by should go In thc buggy and
Plilllips on the train, or vice ver.sa.
Irby caught Phillip) by the collar
again, saying he must go in tho bug
gy. Then it was that Phillips drew
his pistol and shot Irby, at the same
time running away, liby drew his
own revolver and began to shoot at
Phillips, tiring several shots, so it is
understood. McKenzie, to get out of
the gunfire, ran Into his store.
Plilllips fell dead, shot through the
back just where the suspenders crots
lib/ walked about a few moments
and then went Into the store and was
told to hit down. He lived possibly
15 or 30 minutes but died In the chair
where bo was hitting. Dr. L N.
ll^ok, the nearest physician, was soot,
for tua as he was some distance in the
country at the time of the homicide
he did not reach Irby until be was
almost dead. Dr. Hook said that the
wounded man breathed twice after bis
arrival and then expired. As far as
tu.certalned Wednesday night be made
no statement after the shooting, ex
cept that 'ie said "He's got me" Just
after Phillips tired at him. Ho was
shot about midway \ etween the breast
and abdomen and practically In the |
median line. He probably had an in
teroal he morrhage.
Holli WERK DRINKING.
It ls said that Phillips had been
drinking heavily and was In fact In
toxicated, while Irby, who had also
been drinking, was still able to know
what he was doing.
The news of tue deplorable affair
soon reached Columbia and Chief Con
stable U. B. D?mmet immediately
communicated with Kastover by tele
phone and obtained the particulars.
Ho notlliod Coroner Gn en, who to d
him to communicate with Magistrate
JohuS. Scott at Eastover. Mr. Ham
met did so and asked that the Inquest
be hold as si on Thursday morning as
possible so that the bodies might be
brought to Columbia on tho morning
train. He also communicated with
friends in Eistover and asked that
caskots be provided and that the
bodies of the unfurlonato men be
cared for.
R. Lisle Irby was from Laurens
comity and was a nephew of the late.
Senator John L. M, Irby, li? was
one of the best known constables on
tue force and was one ef the oldtst lu
\
servier, having been appointed seven
years ago and having been stationed
in Columbia several years. He was
regarded as brave and fearl<s3 and
when instructed (o do a thing he al
ways obeyed orders. He leaves a wife
In Colombia, living at 1228 Lady
street. His brother, James H. Irby.,
corporal of the guard at the peniten
tiary, loft Wednesday night driving
through the country. He will return
with the body Thursday morning,
taking "it to Laurens. Irby was In
sured for 9500 in the Knights of
Pythias bciug a member of Capital
lodge.
Sam'l ?. Phillips was appointed
from Eastovcr 18 months ago, by Gov.
Hey ward, on the recommendation nf
several prominent olt Izeos of Rich
land. Ho had always given splendid
satisfaction in his position. He leaves
a wife aud several children, who re
side at 1104 Pine street.
CHIEF nAMMET'8 STATEMENT.
Chief Constable Hammet when
asked for a statement Wednesday
night said that while he deplored the
shocking occurrence it seemed to
have been purely a personal matter
between the two men. If, as reported,
they bad been drinking it was in
violation of one of the strictest rules
governlug constabulary. R. L. Irby,
said Mr. Hammet, was thc best man
in this division and had no superior in
the State as a constable. Ho was
fearless and reliable.
GOT HIS COriOW PICKED.
An Oklahoma Farmer Introducen a
Novel Method to Gather it.
At Mangum I. T., while the cotton
crop of his neighbors was unpicked
and uncared for, the tleecy staple on
thc farm of E C. Stockton was being
piled high in Ids warehouse and held
by him for a 12 cent market.
Stockton owus a plantation in Greer
county. There ls always a scarcity of
labor at cotton picking time, because
the residents will not permit a negro
to remain over night within the coun
ty borders. Until 1895 this county waa
a part of Texas, but In thatyear the
United States supreme court held that
Greer county was a part of the former
Comancbe-Kiowa Indian re ervation.
as outlined In their treaty with the
government, and therefore a part of
Oklahoma.
Stockton was in Erick looking for
hands while a dozen other planters
were there on a simular mission.
Stockton is a deacon in the Baptist'
church and happened to meet the su
perintendent or the Sunday school.
The latter remarked that he was try
ing to raiso money for a church li
brary. B?fore Stockton and the super
intendent had parted company ar
rangements had been made for the en-,
tire Sunday school to give a benefit
cotton plotting on the Stockton farm
??-c r.o?it two di?y&. Before be had left
town Stockton bad given a two days'
boneilt picking to the'Methodists, who
wanted money for new carpets; two
days to the Presbyteri&or.,-v:ho need
ed new church,/brniture for the r??.r
-SQtUgc; uWo-uays to the Catholics to
replenish a mission fund, and closed
a deal with the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union aud Loyal Tem
perance legion for three days' picking
to aid the temperonce campaign held
in that county.
Tho next morning fifty-six members
of the Biptist Sunday school, big and
little, old and young, donned pink
sacks and sailed forth to tho Stock
ton farm. ' They were paid the pre
vallh g price (75 cents fur a hundred
pound."), and by night had picked 3,
044 pounds. The proceeds of the day's
work went a long way towaid buying
the needed library. Several other
members o' the school joined the army
of pickers the next day and 6,000
pounds were picked.
All denominations kept their dates
with Stockton, who provided liberal
meals and sleeping accommodations
for the party. He states that the pick
ing, taking into consideration the feed
lng and housing o.f the church delega
tions, tost him less than experienced
negro pickers. Ile was able to get a
few Mexicans to work in a sup?rate
part of the titi I from the church pick
irs, aud by the time the contracts
with the church and temperance peo
ple expired he had his entire crop
housed.
SENTENCED IO HANG.
A Young White Man in Ooonee
County to ho lCxecutctl.
At Walhalla on Thursday JuJge
McCullough sentenced Earl Rochester
lo be banged January 0th next. A
motion for a new trial was over
ruled.
Tuc ECcne lu the c mrt room was a
most solemn one, when a young man
of tine family noel ved his death sen
tenced for murdering his neighbor,
whoso family is equally as prominent.
Before sentei.eo was pronounced
Rochester made a long statement,
narrating the circumstances that led
up to the killing of Mills. He said he
was goarded Into tho killing by threats
and insults.
Evidence showed that Mills was not
armed wheo bc was killed, only a
a small knife, a pipe and a piece ot
tobacco being found on his person.
Beneatii nis right arm he held a
hunch of cabbage plants wrapped in a
piece of paper. The killing took
plade near the home of Rochester as
Mills passed going along tho road from
a neighbor's. Both men have wives
and small children.
On May 12 las.t R >chcster shot and
killed Walter Mills. Tiley came of
prominent families and were both very
popular. Mills was unarmed when he
was shot. He was killed on his way
homo as he was passing by Rochester's
house.
Tlie trial orcated intensa interest
and it was an awe-stricken audience
that lll'ed toe courtroom when Judge
McCullough told Rochester to stand
up and uHertel the solemn wolds con
demning him to death.
Five Burnett to l>onth.
In a fire at 40 East 07th street,
New York, Erlday morning, whloh
lt ls said was Incendiary, three people
Were burned to death, and many
. libers narrowly escaped. The dead
arci End W?ber, 09; Blanche and
Lillie Euplena, 15 and 18; The bodies
will be taken to the police station.
SIR. BRYAN'S VIEWS
Thinks Parker's Defeat Is Duo to Con
ditions and Mistaken Policy.
RADICAL REMSDIES DEMANDED.
Democrats West aud South "Musi
. * Make tho Party a Positive,
AfCRrsstvo and Deform
yiv-fi... .
Organization.
Wm, J. Bryan Wednesday night
gave out an extended statement con
cerning the election, which is intend
ed to serve as his comment on the re
sult, and as an answer to reports con
necting him with a movement look
ing JLo the formation of a new party.
Mr. Bryan said he would not utter, t
tc-'deny all reports chculated as to his
ru turo political action, but would let
nib statement serve to explain his po
sition. He says:.
"The defeat of Judge Parker should
not be considered a personal one. Ile
did as well as he could under the cir
cumstances; he was the victim of un
favorable conditions and of a mist ak
er?party policy. He grew in popu
larity as the campaign progressed and
expressed himself more and more
strongly upon the trust question, but
could .--not overcome tue heavy odds
against him. Try} so called conserva
tive Democrats charged the defeat of
181)0 and 1900 to the party's position
on til? money question and instated
tb^it a victory could be won by drop
ping the coinage question entirely.
''The reorganizers are in complete
control of .the party, they planned the
campaign and carried lt on according
tojtheirown views, and the verdict
against their plan is a unanimous one.
Surely silver cannot be blamed for
tills defeat, for the campaign was run
on ia gold basis. N>.ir.r-.?r ran the de
feat be charged to emphatic condem
nation of the trusts, for thc trusts
were not assailed as vigorously this
year as they were four years ago. It
is evident that the campaign did not
turn upon the question of Imperial
ism, and lt ls not fair to consider the
re.-: dt as a personal victory for the
president, although his administra
tion was ?lie subject of criticism.
J'.ADIGM. CU ANGE NECESSARY.
The result was due to the fact that
thi Democratic party attempted to be
conservative In the presence, of condi
tions which demand radical remedies.
It Lund?d a partial retreat when it
shojld have ordered a charge all along
thdllue. The democratic party has
not:dug to gain by cateriug to organ
izer) and predatory wealth, lt must
nut only do without such support, but
it an strengthen Itself by inviting
y -oc n and emphatic- -'opposition of
thesa elements. The campaign Just
cloted shows that it is as inexpedient
froto the standpoint of policy as it is
wring from the standpoint of prin
clple to attempt any conciliation, of
i'i?) industrial and financial'despots
wheiare gradually getting control of
all the avenues of wealth. Tho Demo
cratic patty, If lt hopes to win suc
cess, must take thc side of the plain
common people." j
Mr. Bryan says for two years he has
pointed out the futility of any at
tempt to compromise with wrong
or to patch up a peace with the great
corporations which are now exploiting
the public, but the Southern Demo
crats were so alarmed by the race
issue that they listened, rather reluc
tantly, be it said tu their credit, to
the promises of success held out by
these who had contributed to the de
feat of the party in the two preced
ing campaigns Ile continu' s:
"The experiment lias bien a costly
one and lt ls not likely to bc repeated
during the present generation. The
Eastern Democrats were also deceived.
They were led to believe that the
magnates and monopolists who co
erced the voters lu 1890 aud supplied
an enormous campaign fund in both
1890 and 191)0 would help the Demo
cratic party if our party would only
be less radical. Tue election lias
opened the eyes of the hundred of
thousand of honest and well mean
ing Democrats, who a io*, .inonths
ago favored the reorganization o? the
party. These men now "sea that they
must either go into the Republican
party or join with the Democrats of
the West ai.ti Soutn in ?making the
Democratic patty a positive, aggres
sive aud pn.gnsslve reform organiza*
Hon. There is no middle gruuud."
READY. TO ASSIST.
Mr. Br}an says no* that the cam
paign ls over lie will assist those who
desire to put tho Diinocratio army
once more upon a fighting basis; he
will assist In organizing fur the cam
paign of 19U8. ile continues.
"The party must continue to pro
test against a large army, against the
large navy aud to stand Tor tho Inde
pendence of tho filipinos, for impe
rialism adds the menace of militarism
to the corrupting milln ncc of com
mercialism, and yet experience has
shown? that, however righteous thc
party's position on this subject, the is
sue dues not arouse tho people, ii? they
can be warned only by a question
which touches them immediately and
individually. Too party must also
maintain its position on thc tariff
question. The party must renew its
demand for an income tax, to lie se
cured through a c instil utional amend
ment in orc.or that wealth may be
made to pay its share of the expenses
of the government.
"The party must maintain its posi
tion in favor of blmetalism. It can
not surrender its demand for usa of
both gold and silver as the standard
money of the country, but the ques
tion must remain in abeyance until
conditions so cnange as to bring the
uublic again face to fae with falling
prices and a rising dollar. This, there
fore, can not bo made tlie controlling
Ibsue of the question upon which we
are entering,
"Tho trust question presents the
most acute phase of the contest be
tween Democracy and plutocracy, sc
far as economic issues are concerned.
Tho President virtually admita thal
thc trusts contributed to ins cam
paign fund, but he denies that they
received any promises of aid or im
munity. No we 1 inf, rmed persoc
1 (iouot-., that tue large corporation!
have furnished the Republican cam
palgn fund during the campaigns of
1890 and 1900 and 1904, and no one
can answer the loglo of Judge Jarker's
arraignment of the trusts contribu
tion. The trusts are run on a business
principle. They do not subscribe mil
lions of dollars to a campaign unless
they are paying for favors already
grauted or purchasing f? VOM for fu
ture delivery. The weakness of Judge
Parker's position vas that ?he charge
was made at the close of the cam
paign, when lb was neutralized by a
counter charge. Tbe trusts cannot
be fought successfully by any party
that depends upon trust funds to win
the eleotlon.
NO mr ST MONEY.
"The Democratic party must make
its attack upon the trusts so vehement
tbat no une will suspect lt of getting
sectet aid from them. It will b - to
its advantage if lt will b' gin the next
campaign with an annouueement that
no trust contribution will bo ace pt
ed, and then prove Its slhC?rity *jy
giving tbe public access to its contri
button list.
"President Roosevelt has four years
in which to make good h's d-claratlon
that no obligations were ir o .rred by
the acceptance of trust funds, lie wil
disappoint either the contributors or
the voters. If he disappoints tbe con
trlbutors; tbe trust question may be
put in the process nf settlement. If
be disappoints tbe people they will
have a cbauce to settle with his party
four years hence.
"Tbe party must continue its de
fence of the interests nf the wage
earners; it must protect them from
tbe encroachments of capital; it must
insist upon remedial leg station lu re
gard to hours and arbitration and
must so limit the authority of the
ci urta in contempt cases as to < v T
throw wbat ls known as gov ?mm ni
by injunction.
"Tue party must continu* its oppo
sition to national banks of ia ue and
muir. Insist upon divorc!: g the treas
ury depart meat frc m Wah street. The
party mu-t ointir.ua its tig tt for the
popular election of senators ai d for
direct legislation wherever tho pnn
c'ple can be applied. It must hot only
muntain its position on old ls- u s;
but it must advatca to the c insiders
lion ot new questions as thfty arise."
Among the?e Mr. Bryan mentions
thc postal telegraph system, stat>
ovneishipof railways, federal ju g s
elected for lixed terms and the el- c
tion t>f post m isters by tbe peuple of
their respective c mmmlths.
SCHOONER BUN il?WN.
Capt. It int. Walton, Ula Wife and
Two Seamen Drowned.
Capt. Robert Walton, his wife and
two seamen lost their lives Wednes
day night off Barnegat light, when
the'United States supply ship'Oiilgoa"
cut down the Norfolk lumber schooner
Wilson and Hunting. Fotir mrmbers
of thc crew', the mate, whose name Ts''
Peterson, the steward and two sea
mau, were rescued by the Culgoa and
were brought there Friday.
The accident occurred according to
the survivors about 7 o'clock in tbe
evening. Tne schooner waa 10 miles
west of Barnegat tacking off shore
when she was struck by the Culgoa,
which was making for New York.
The steel bow ot the supply ship struck
the sch oner neatly amidships and cut
half way, throwing the smaller vessel
'in her beamseud. The Culgoa kept
on at full speed with the .intention of
keeping the schooner fastened to Its
bow until the crew could be rescued.
The gaping hole in the side of the
sailing vessel was so large, however,
that it slid off to one side. A boat
-from the Culgoa rescued four men.
No others were seen, and it is thought
Capt. Walton went b2k>w after his
wife when the collision occurred and
that they were both drowned, with
two seamen, who were In their bunks.
Tho Culgoa stayed ny the capdzed
scooner all night and daylight Thurs
day morning luwered two more buats,
but the sailors were unable to discover
signs of life on the wreck. Tbe
schooner ls now believed to be drift
ing about near Barnegat. The supply
ship anchored otr Tompklnsville Fri
day night and landed the survivors.
Her bows are badly damaged.
The Wilson and Hunting left Nor
folk, Nov. 3d, for New Yurk with a
full cargo uf piling. She was built in
I8?:i In Alexandria, Ya. She is of
418 gros* and '?44 net tens register,
152 feet long, :i5 feet beam and 11.6
feet draught. Her regular crew is six
men.
Kleotton Murdura.
The Republicans were desperate In
Colorado on the day of election. At
Cripple Creek two Democratic elec
tion Judges were killed, a Peabody
deputy sher.II was mortally wounded
aud a number of Democratic judwes
were beaten and thrown Into jail. Ike
Idelblot and Chris Miller, judges at
Goldfield, were shot down by on j of
Sherill Bell's deputies. They had or
dered the deputy away from the poll
ing place. James Wollord, the deputy
who killed thc two ekolloii ofdc:rs to I
Goldfield, was a secret service man
during tho military rule In thc dis
trict. Miller and Idleholt were union
men. At Midway, Ed Doyle, a deputy
sherill, assaulted Mrs. Kennedy, a
a Democratic judge, and in a struggle
that ensued tore her dress and slapped
her. Ed O'Leary, a Democratic
watcher, Interfered and shot -DOjle,
fatally wounding him.
Japan Waiiiu 1'caou.
A dispatch from London says Japan
unofficially has made representations
to Russia looking to peace. This
action resulted In failure, and such
representations, even privately, are
not likely to be repeated-by Japan
lt is uot known what actuated Japau
tn this step and Russia's refusal to
consider tho proposition ls taken us to
indicate that the czar is conlldent of
Ibo ultimate outcome of tho war. Al
though the suggestion of a paclllc sjt
? tleraent was made unofllcialiy it ac
tually had behind it all tue wo.ghi
< of au offer by the Japanese govern
- ment. lt was made direct to Russia
1 and no power acted as au intermc
. diary. Too failure of these direct
1 negotiations, however, resulted in
i bringing Intervention within a meas
- urable distance.
C?lME FOLLOWO CBlME.
Tho Sheriff ?nd One Cltlzon'Killed
nmi Town Terrorized.
A dispatch from Huntington, W.
Va., says Fayet' e County Is excited
aa never before over a d mole murder
which occurred Thursday, following
the murder of Constable W. A.
Jackson, by Policeman Will Elliott,
of Montgomery, Wednesday night.
Wednesday night In a quarrel between
tbe two officers, JaokBon was shot and
killed. Harvey Jaoksjn, a brother of
W. A. Jackson, and two other broth
ers, armed tbemselvesand started oui
to clean up tbe entire police force of
the town," which ls a.small hamlet
near Fayette.
A telephone message was sent to
Sheriff Daniels, of Fayette County, to
come to Montgomery at once as blood
shed was certain. Daniels reached
Montgomery at 10 o'clook Thursday
m moog. Just as he stepped from
the train he saw Harvey. Jackson and,
P adi g his hand on Jackson's shoul
der, told bim. to leave tbe town under
penalty of being arrested. Jackson,
without a word, finad twice point
blank at tbe Kheri ll, each bullet tak
ing effect. The Kheri ir dropped to
the ground, dying Instantly. John
Rolf, a prominent cl ti z m of tbe town,
was standing nearby and had witness
ed the talk between Danielsand Jack
sn. Thro ving up his hands he ad
vanced t m arti Jackson to remonstrate
with bim and to help Daniels. Jack
son turned and shot Hoir dead. Then
reloidt'nir his revolver and pulling an
other from his hip pucket ho brand
ished them in the air and dt fled any
one in the town to take him.
The otter Jackson boys came Into
the town and met their brother tm
mediately after the shooting. For
half au hour the three men p traded
the streets firing revolvers and defying
the town, The people were in a panic
and crawled into cellars. The streets
were ueawrled and not en ouicUtl dared
bo make his appearance. ' In the
meantime Detective Harrison Asb,
woo lives near Montgomery and is re
puted to be thc gamest man in West
Virginia, was telephoned fer. When
ue was s on coming down the road
way from Montgomery by the Jackson
boys they started on a run for the
mountain base nearby and escaped in
the woods. After Ash had driven
thc murderers to the mountains tbe
citizens plucked up courage and
swarmed into the streets heavily
armed. A po;se of 200 men were
quickly organized anti under the
leadership of Ash and other police
they started beating the woods for
the Jacksons.
SW?PT BY F?B.?.
The Town of Job aston Has A Destruc
tivo Oonllar?ratlon.
A dispatch to the Augusta Chroni
cle says but for a fortuuate change in
the wind at a critical time Thursday
inZ business section of Johnston would
nave been a smouldering heap of
ashes. As lt' waa. a disastrous fire
s vept a portion of the' tjc&taflss dis
trict and threatened several yet);
handsome residences that are In the
neighborhood.
The tire originated in the old How
ard building, which was tenanted by
r. J. Duncan and family, and swept
that portion of Malu street between
Minis avenue and Jackson street. The
Ure started from a defective stove
U je, and was burning its way into a
nest of splendid buildings when the
winn shifted and turned the huge
toiwue of Aime diagonally across
Malu street, which is very wide, so
wide in fact, that they could not
reacii acrcss the street and Ignite the
buildings on the other side, and at
the same time saved the buildings
that were in tbe track of the Ore.
The losses with thc insurance as
near as they cjuld be gotten are as
foll'jwt>:
Old Howard building, owned by J.
W. Moblty, 81,000.
Huusehold furniture of T. J. Dun
can, 8500.
J. M. Still, merchant,suffered slight
damage.
C. A. Austin, on building, 8000.
J. T. Durst, on stock, 8500.
V. E Edwards, on stick, $500, in
surance 81,000. The bail i in,; was
owned by the National Dank of Au
gusta, and the Insurance could not be
learned. Its value was about 81,000.
W. W. Woodward, a butcher, lost
about 840, and the building in which
be operated was ov\ued by D. T.
Outz, which was damaged to the ex
tent of about 3300.
"W. L. Coleman suffered a loss of
abeu: 81,000 on building with 8200
Insutance.
Another small bu'.olier shop was de
stroyed.
lu some of the buildings destroyed
the sticks of goodg were saved.
Weevil Moving (South.
In an exhaustive report on the boll
weevil made by Assistant State Ento
mologist R. 1. Smith to Commissioner
of Agriculture O. li. Slovens, an im
portant and dangerous feature re
garding this pest, according to Mr.
t?uiith, ls the rapidity with which the
weevil ls moving eastward. Mr.
Smith asserts in his report that, if
measures to tight the weevil aro long
delayed in the eastern portion of the
cotton bolt, lt will meun inestimable
loss to the cotton p'auters. Mr.
Smith has been in Texas in an otllcial
capacity for homo time, making a
tu rough study of the Mexican boll
weevil._v
Alleged Criminal Anault,
Late Friday afternoon John Jack
son, an old colored man from near
Langley, came to Aiken und charged
John Watson, another negro, with
having committed a criminal assault
upon his daughter, Laura Jackson, on
last Satudrday. John Jackson further
states that Watson has never left the
neghboruood of his alleged crime and
that the otllcers of the law have made
no attempt to arrest Watson. Jack
son has succeeded in ruislug 825, which
he has deposited with Clerk of Courl
John W. Dunbar and will Offer lt as ?
reward for the arrest of his daughter,:
assailant.
? RAiLuoAo maudger hw>s thchugi
death HM. lu railway ulroles is due t<
the- "crazo for rapid transit." Hi
would have been much nearer to tin
truth bad he admitted that it ls du
to tho "craze of huge dividends."
ME. PARKER SPEAK
To the Democracy cf the Nation
About the lileotlon.
HE DOES NOT LAMEST DEFEAT.
Thanks tho Managers and liai.-k and
Pile fbr Brilliant Party ' Ber
vico. HiB Futuro Plans
Not Yet Decided.
Judge Parker Wednesday "night
gave the press an open lotter address
ed "To the Democracy of the Nation,"
In which he thanked those in charge
of his campaign work and declared
that the people will soon realize that
'"the tariff fed trusts are absorbing
the wealth ot the nation." Ile said
that when that time comes tho
people will turn to the Democratic!
party for relief. In this letter Judge
Parker says he Bhali never seek a
nomination f>r public office. The
letter fo lows:
To the Democracy of the Nation: -
Our thanks are due to the members
of the national committee and to the
executive copamittee In charge of the
campaiun for most unselfish, capable,
and brilliant party service. All that .r-^
lt was possible for.mento.do they dldf
hut our difficulty was beyond the reach
of party managers. \
I am most grateful to them/and
wish in this geueral way to exterjfl uy
thanks to the workers, as well/as the
rack and file, all over the country. I
know how hard they strugg$?d against
overwhelming odds, aud ^Fdnly wish I
could take each one by the nand and
thank him.
Deeply ?s I regretted leaving the
bench at the ti me of it, in the pres
enOi of overwhelming defeat, I do not
lament it. I thought it was my duty.
In the light of my present informa
tion I am now even more confident
that I did right. I.shall never seek a
nomination for public office, but 1
shall to the best of my ability serve
the parcy that bas honored me, and
through the party serve my country.
THE PARTY'S MISSION.
The party has in tho near future a
great mission. liefere long the people
will realize -that the tariff fed trusts
and Illegal combinations are absorb
ing the wealth of thr> nation.
Then they will wisb to throw off
these leeches, but the republican
party will not aid them to do lt, for
its leaders appreciate too. well the
uses to which the moneys of the
trusts can be put In political cam
paigns.
"When that time comes, and come it
will, thf>-p?ople will-turn io the Dorr.-,
ocratic party for relief, and the party
should bo ready-ready with an or
ganization of patriotic citizens cover- -
ing every election -district, who are
willing to work for the love of .the
cause-an organization supported by ,
as many town, cay, county and State
officers as we ere able to elect in the
mean?Vaie. "We entered .tJals..canv.a??L
with every northern, western and
eastern State, save one, in Republican
control.
Tula gave to that party a large
army of officeholders, reaching into
every hamlet, many of whom gladly
followed the examples set for them
by the members of the president's
cabinet in devoting their time and
services to the party.
To accomplish much in this direc
tion, however, we must forget the
difficulties of the past. If any one sus
pects his neighbor of treachery, let
him not hint of his suspicn n. If .he
knows he his deserted us, let bim not
tell lt. Our forces are weakened by
divisions. We have quarreled at tl nes
over non-essentials. If we would help
the people, If we wou.d furnish an or
ganization through which they may
oe relieved of a party that Iras grown
bO corrupt that it will gladly enter
into partnership with trusts to secure
moneys for election purposes, we must
rb: get the differences of toe pt st and
begin this day to build up wherever
lt may be needed a broad and < tractive
organization. And we must by con
stant teaching, through the press and
from the platform, apprise the people
jf the way the vicious tanti circle
works.
DISHONEST MONEY.
We must bring home to them at
other than eleni ion times, the fact
that moneys contributed to the Re
publican party by lue tru>ts ls -not '
only dishonest money but, it is given
that the trust may, wi bout hin
derar cen, take a much laiger.sum from
the people.
Io the presence of a defeat that
would taite away all personal ambi
tion, were ls true that otborwise it
posstS^ed me, I do uot hesitate to say
that in my opinion the greatest moral
question which now coufroute us is:
Shall the trusts and c irporations bo
prevented from contributing mo.iey to
control or to aid in controlling elec
tions?
Such service ns I can render In that,
or any otner direction will be gladly
rendered.
.And I beg the cooperation as a fel
low worker of every Democrat in the
country.
(Signed) Alton B. Parker.
.The tolograph oilloe at Rosemount
hodge was dismantled Wednesday
night after business. Judge Parkersaid
Wednesday night bis plans for the
future were not definitely made hut
that soon be would be in harness
again. . It is generally believed here
that be will engage In the practice of
law in New York, forming a partner
'shlp with some Well established firm.
Who Knows tine-Man?,
The Columbia Record says a tele
phone mts-age from Savannah Friday
afternoon stated that the body of a
i man had beon found iu the Ogecobee
I river, and in one of the p.;ckeis was a
card bearing the name ''L.C. Lev gne,
100 Wash ngton street, Columbia, S.
|0." Such a name jdoja not appear In
the directory, and so far as could bo
a certaluod with a brier Investigation,
no one knew of such a man. The dead
man was about 30 years old, five feet
high, wore b?tton sin es, and lt li said
that} his clotbiug Indicated that be
wa? a railroad man. He had some
tloota in his pockets showing that
I he had played the raves;