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YOL XXXII {_BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908
SHOT BY HIS SON
Judge Hargls, Famous Figure in
Kentucky Political Annals.
DIES WITH BOOTS ON.
Bondi Hargls, Young Son of tho
C Judge, While Drinking Shoots IDs,
Father Five linio? in His Own
Store.-The Dead Man Was Mixed
Up in Many Scrapes and Had Deon
Tried for Murder.
At Jackson, Ky., former County
Judge James Hargls, for many years
mem lier of tho Stale Democratic exe
cutive committee, accussod of com
plicity in many killings, and a prom
inent figure in tho feuds which have
disrupted Broathltl County for sever
al years, was shot and killed In his
store about 3:30 I'. M. Thursday by
kia son, Beach Hargls. The son fired
five shots In rapid succession at his
I ? father, who fell dead While his
clerks were walling on customers.
The exaet cause, of tho murder has
not been learned, but lt ls supposed
to have hcea the result of
differences which have existed be
tween father and son for some time.
The two men aro reported to ha YO
had a severe quarrel several nights
ago, when tho father, it ls alleged,
was compelled to resort to violence
to restrain his son.
Young II tigris, it ls said, had been
drinking heavily of late. JIC came
into tho Store Thursday afternoon
and was apparently under the influ
ence of liquor. Judge Hargis, it is
said, spoke to lils son about drink
ing and a quarrel resulted. Father
and son stepped behind a counter
when the son, after a minute's con
versation, drew a revolver and fired
five shots.. Ft'e.iv took eftect, Judge
Hargis falling dead. The yoting lady
stenographer and tho customers in
tile store (led. Young Hargis was ar
rested and placed in jail. He was
raving Uko a maniac and the officers
wore compelled to drag him to jail.
? N Judge Hargis had been for years a
prominent figure in Kentucky in po
litical and criminal circles. Ho has
figured in tho Courts In tho moun
tains for years on account, of the
murders ol' Dr. Cox, Attorney Mar
cum and "Jim" Cock lill. Judge Har
gis was present leader of the Dem
ocrats of the 1 ot li district and was
regarded as tho "boss" of Breathitt
County.
For years his sway was not oppos
ed, bul some years ago James B.
Marcum had the temerity to oppose
Hargis in a law case. From that
day he was a marked noni.
Judge Hargis had boen on trial nt
Various times for complicity in tho
murder of Marcum, "Jim" Cock rill
and Dr. Cox, but had been acquitted
on all of tho charges. He was re
cently forced lo pay a judgment ol'
$8,000 to Mrs. Marcum in connec
tion wit li the death of lier husband.
.Indee Hargls had just disposed of
this, the last Of tllCSO cases In Which
he had been involved when he paid
the judgment Ol the Court. Mrs. I
^Marcum had sued Judge Harris ami
( hers for $100,000, alleging that
they caused the death of her hus
band.
The llargls-Cockrlll flied had Its
inception ia a political contest. Tho
Jlargises had long been dominant 111
H real hill County, Whore they con
ducted a general Blore, were engaged
(il thc Illili ber business and were gen
erally active. The brothers, James,
Alexander and 131 bert, were good
business men and accumulated a for
The trouble with tho Cock lil ls
arose when the latter Jpposed tho
the Hargisos at tho' polls. Feeling
was biller, when one day, Benjamin
Hargis, a younger brother of Janies
Hargis, met one of the Coi krill boys
in ti "blind liger." near Jackson, and,
was hilled by his enemy.
In tho fall of i ?02? Dr. Cox, the
gita rd inn ol' tho Cock rill boys, who
lived <>n the outskirts ol' Jackson,
was shot as be entered Ills home one
night by assassins concealed across
the way. John Smith, John Abner
and others of tho ali g. 1 iini'gis
hand WOtO accused Of the crime, and
in n confession made by one ol' thom
judge Hargis was charged with hav
ing hired them lo kill Dr. Cox.
From this lime on the story of tho
Hai g.!. Cock i ill feud was w ritten in
blood. The nevi lo fall was "Jim"
C?Clllill, (ho town marshall. Short)>
( .after thc murder of Cock rill, Janies
ii] Marcum, the attorney fo . the
Cocktill boys. ere.lied a sensation by
publicly declaring in Lexington that
liO was II marked niau, and that he
bad been doomed to death by the
Hargis clan.
Olio morning In May, five years
ago, Marcum was shot down While
standing at the door of tho Court
MORSE RAN AWAY.
Big Trust Magnate Now a Fugi
tive From Justice.
Wrecked a Big Nm York Hank ol
Which fl? WM? President, und Soil
ed For Liverpool.
A dispatch from New York any?
that Charles W. Morse, lesa than
five months ago worth $20,000,000,
head of tho Coastwise ship, and tho
ice trusts, capitalized at $127,000,
000, and in control of a chain of
hanks, eapitollzod at $1 0,000,000,
is a fugitivo from justice, having
sailod from New York for Liverpool.
When this came to light Receiver
Hanna the official of the federal
government, who has chargo of In
vestigation that the grand jury is
making into the hank juggling which
led to tho failure of the Hank of
North America, has attached hi?
Fifth avenue mansion for $243,321.?
25 duo by Morse to tho bank on
promisor? notes long over duo.
Twice Morse has buen before tho
grand jury whero he was subjected to
grilling examinations. lt. is known
that indictment has been determined
upon by tho jurors, but il ls stated
hy District Attorney Jerome that ho
knows of no reason why Morse
should flee, fearing criminal prose
cution.
Mrs. Morso, who was dragged
through the scandals attendant upon
the Dodge-Morse divorce ease that
landed Abe Hummel on Blackwell's
island, ls living alone in the mansion
it No. 728 Fifth Avenue. This stands
In tho name of Morse, and ls said to
1)0 worth $750,000. It is already
mortgaged for a large amount and
luis been attached In a suit by lt. A.
C. Smith for $150,753.36 in a claim
for a conditional sale of five hun
dred shares of National Hank of
North America stock and also libell
ai by the federal government for
p243.321.25. (
In tho wreck that followed, the
:n iving out ot' Morse from his pres
idencies and directorales in banks he
controlled, his repudiation by the
management of tho re-organized
Ship trust, the dropping out of sight
)f values of the leo trust, stock and
he wreck of banks (hat has follow
ed tho revelation of banking mot?l
ala that have been criticised, Morse's
fortune is believed to have been
swept away In three months.
Reports of Morse's loses followed
?neb other In rapid succession. One
>f these w:is that tho creditor banks
night, unite 111 making him an In
voluntary bankrupt, thus asorblng
he remnants of his fortune. Deputy
dior Iff S were kept busy serving cop
ies of tho attachment in tho suit
brought by Charles A. Hanna, re
.elver for the National Hank of North
America, 111 New York, against Morse
to recover $2 43,321.
Copies of the attachment have been
served tm ollie.MS of tho 14 banks in
which Morse; was supposed ?O have
accounts. A deputy sheriff has
seized 6,409 shares ol' slock of the
Furnace Valley Copper, saiil tb llb
awned by Morse. Another levied on
dock III the Kingsland Copper Com
pany, said to have been owned b>
Morse. A deputy sheriff also has
served a Copy Of tho attachment of
K. A. Wilson, In (barge Of tho Mor."
residen! in 5th avenue.
EIGHT WEBE KILLED.
Moors Leap From Hills Upon the
French Troops.
Eight Frenchmen were killed and
fifty wounded in a desperate conflict
with natives Just south Of Kasbah
Berrohid, Morocco, Tuesday. Infor
mation of the conflict was received
it Paris from General Dnmadek, tho
?Oin maud lng general lil Morocco, who
reports that a French column, com
manded by Colonel Bo ul ego a rd, war.
it tacked by a vast herd ol' Arabs
while marChlng to the south for the
?mi-poso of punishing Chaola tribes
men.
The Moors seemed to spring from
the hills and (lied lo surround the
Kreuch Col il 111 tl, bul aller a fierce
light lasting two hons, the enemy
linn)ly retired with heavy loss. The
French forces were reinforced and
?liter Ibo Arabs had been driven off
tho combined forces relit mod to Ka
bash Bor roh ld i
House at Jack son talking to Capt.
Kw lng. the assassin being Curtis J ntl,
"the wild dog." who had .'Ince con
fessed his. pari In this tragedy and
who was accused to the other crimes.
le and "Tom" While are now serv
ing life son lenco in the penitentiary,
Judge Hargis will be burled In a
casket costing $100, which he had
purchased a month ago. About 4.30
Thursday afternoon /Hie following
message was sent:
"Kxpross to-day casket selected by
James Hargls as he. ls dead."
. "Mrs. Judge Jaine? Hargls."
GOT VERY HOT.
Members of the Senate Gets Ex
cited Over an Editorial
IN MANNING TIMES.
It Was ClnilltCtl That Senator Appelt's
Pap??r Had Made Grave Charges
Against Sollie Senators.-Senator
Appolt Was Humidly Abused, hut
Ile Hil Huck ami Sahl He Wo.lld
Criticise Th?lll When Ile Saw Fit.
There was a red hot time In the
State Senate on Friday. Senator
I Hlease of Newberry read the follow
ing editorial from the Manning
j Times, Which had been copied in tho
Nowbebrry Observer. The Manning
?Times is owned and edited by Sena
tor Appelt. Before reading tho arti
cle Senator lllease said he did not
?represent any whiskey house, and
|thoreforo the article did not touch
him, but ho thought tho Senate
ought to take notice of the article,
which rends as follows:
The Casus Helli.
"The liquor scandals continue to
hold Interest, and the graft gang aro
?trying to work up a sentiment against
j Attorney General Lyon because of his
having employed Col. T. B. Folder,
of Atlanta, Ha., to assist him. They
say, 'Lyon had to go to Georgia to
get help, as though South Carolina
did not have good lawyers,' but such
rot will fool nobody when lt is known
that the liquor crew have in their
relations with tho winding-up com
mission of the state dispensary Te
? tallied a large number Of lawyers In
Columbia and other cities, and somo
of these are also members of (he leg
islature, who will probably tight tho
proposition of making an appropria*
tion to defray the attorney general's
expenses in bringing to justice men
who have robbed the state. To aou
s" le men ?(, matter'.; iud. W-USKfiStti^
assistance comes from, whether lt
conies from Georgia or South Caro
lina, but. it happens that Col, Fol
der ls a South Carolinian, and is re
lated to the Folders of Clarendon. I
happen lo know tho man, although l
'have hoi seen him .-ince coming here.
Ile is an able, fearless lawyer and
'will expose the names of members
I of the general assembly who attempt
to uso their relations as attorneys for
those liquor concerns to thwart the
legislation necessary to uphold At
torney General Lyon's hands. In
for mat (tin bas already been obtained
sn (licito t to plac? Some men in a
very umb i nable altitude before the
people, and if there is any further
attempt made it) 'tamper with the
jury' ti, defeat an appropriation to
continue investigation and bring to
j justice the thieves' tho newspaper
reading will become hliglll.Y) inlorest
Ing. and the hypocrisy of some of our
'patriots' will have Its mask torn
away, and they will be held up for
Indignant dorlsslon and scorn of a
trusting and outraged people."
Several Statements,
Senator Harle denounced the pub
lication I" no uncertain terms. Ho
said he had never represented a
whiskey house, nor had ho been Ooh*
iie.ied in any way willi tho Slate
dispensary commission, Ile rabi that
Mich statements as those contained
in the article fruin tho Manning]
'lillies were "infamous falsehoods"
and h.- demanded that the nuthor of
the article specify what senators were
referred to. "And any member of
the senate," said Senator Karlo, "who
Will publish such Btatoihonts BhOuld
lie expelled from the senate."
Senator Appelt's Statement.
Senator Appell ho had sat with
?i?ctico under tho stream of denun
ciation heaped upon him. but whose
lac,, bad grown red and then white,
..mic to his feet quick ly W'.i< ll Senator
Cole had concluded his remarks..
Ile demanded to know if the tanatot
from ?coneo meant to say thal he
(Appelt) Imd Stated what was a.
fall (dmod.
Senator Karie sahl that tho infor
mation contained in that (lid?elo was
fabe ami Instilling.
Senator Appell declared that a
"tempest til a teapot" had been stir
red up. Ile said that he wrote the
(ll'llele referred lo and was alone re
sponsible for its publication. He
said tiltil he based that article upon
Inform..Ihm Which he regarded as
authentic. No names were given to
him by his informants, but he de
clared that he was satisfied that the
Statements contained in (he artille
in so far as (hey related ' > lil "Mi? bora
of ihe general assembly being attor
ney? for whiskey homes wo re abso
lutely correct. He said that while ht;
was a member of the sehn to he was
also an editor of a newspaper anti
:?.!( piivllodged lo criticise persons
whenever he had Information upon
Which to baso such crtIhisi.ri.
Ho rabi that If anybody was to bo
ox pel led from the senate lt should
!>. thooo senators who roproaont
whiskey' houses and who would uso
their .'Qfllclal position to defeat the
eiidB.of loglslatlou seeking to giro to
tho attorney general funds with
whi?V-jto prosecute the grafters.
Hi! 'said to Senator Eurlo ho had
no right to know from whom ho got
his information, or what that Infor
luatlou waa in detail.
Represents Two Houses.
Sonator Weston said that it is a
penalty that mon in puhllo life pay
to bo misunderstood hy somo good
men and to ho misrepresented hy
some bad mon. He had no apoligies
to make to any member of the senato
or to any nwspapor man or anybody
oise for his professional conduct. He
h;ul boen honored hy tho people of
Riuhlnnd county for many yours and
lt is for them to say whether his con
duct riioots with their approbation.
Ho stated that tho law linn' with
which ho' ia connected, Weston & Ay
cock, ^represents two of tho liquor
hons', i which have claims pending
heford tho dispensary commission,
hut. no man could say, he declared,
that, his roto or his actions in the
senate woro influenced hy such rela
tion^. Ho said that one of tho houses
ho reprosonts placed their claims in
his luifads bforo the commission was
established, the Now York and Ken
tucky pistilllng company.
Sonp'tor Christensen's Criticism.
ltlr'uig to a question of personal
prlvIUr?o, Mr. Christenson said:
"I top, am an editor and during
the sessions of tho legislature have
occasion to comment on events In
the legislature. I have com mon I ed
In ft general way on tho situation
discussed hy the senator from Claren
don inc his paper and tho senator
fro in Richland, who has just taken
his oeat.
"It i'?'my belief that the senator
from Hlchland has not acted In any
way inconsistent with his ideas of
what is, right and proper. Hut I
disagree-, with him and have said so
and propose to condemn his course
again'.if,* I think proper. Ho repre
sents s?me of those liquor houses
whose claims aro being investigated
and sumo of tho ox-State dispensary
olllcltils who aro under indictment
and thinks lt proper and right as
State senator to'opposo in tho senate
thc bill to pr?vido the attorney gen
oral with funds to prosecute lils
client:'. I disagree with him and
Unbe ! BtatpfJ elsewhere and wish
lo pm. myself on record here."
Sunter Haysor's Statement.
Senator Itaysor said that he re
gretted that it was necessary for him
to raise a question of personal privi
lege, hut ho felt compelled, under
tho circumstances, to outer his pro
test against tho charges contained in
tho newspaper clipping which had
hoon read.
Ho sahl ho voted against the Otts
resolution been uso ho considered it
unwise, but he had publicly proclaim
ed from tho floor of the senate that
ho would vote to give to tho attorney
general any amount of money lu
needed in tho prosecution of case*
arising from tho investigation of tin
affairs of the State dispensary.
Ho thought that tho attorney gen
oral should bo given all the assisi
ance necessary lu these matters li
justice to th<> State and lo the mei
under Indictment tho charges iirlslni
from that investigation should b<
aired; the authorities ought to gi
to Hie bottom Of them.
HO said that he had never repro
seined a whiskey ho USO 111 any (dahl
before ibo dispensary commissloi
and he does liol represent any bf tin
parties who have b?eii Ind let od ns i
result of the Investigation bf tito af
fairs of the dispensary. Ho said li
had been approached by one mai
who was formerly connected willi th
State dispensary and although till
man was a lifelong personal frloil
and he has cb ll fl dc n co jil Iiis Integ
lily he refused lo consult with hit
until alter tho adjournment of til
legisla! uro.
Senator Hinkle!1 Warms l p.
Senator Sinkler also rose to
question of personal prlvUodgO an
made sollie very caustic reference
to tho publication III question. H
said that he voled against tho Ott
resolution because he considered
Improper for tho ptumlo to pass sue
a resolution whet. Ibo act bf tho gol
oral Assembly of South Carolina 1
before a court for interpretation.
"Mut," ho declared, "if any ma
imputos io me wrong motives for vo
lng ns I did on thai measure, <
charged me willi being recreant t
my duty to the Stale, thal man h.-tl
not a (ig leaf to cover Ills naked ii
decency and il would bo base Ila
tory to ?'?i!! hiiii ri doc."
A Kurt her Mxplnnalion,
Senator Appel! thought he coil!
clarify the atmosphere lo some extol
by explaining that this article appen
od long before the Oils resolnth
was Introduced und so far ns 1
know before timi resolution was e
or contemplated. Ko rolled loo w
intended upon any member for ha
lng voted against that resolution
lt would have been quito Impossil
to casi such relied lons in advance
tho Introduction of tho resol ut li
and before! tho volo was taken. I
had simply hemi given Informait
c?nlninod In (hal p.rllcle and g<d t
Information from a source Will
could he nd led upon.
Resolution Offered.
Immediately upon the sonate
DIflATH OP A MEMBER.
HOB. J. M. Major, of Greenwood,
Succumbed to Pneumonia.
On Thursday the House of Repre
sentatives adjourned immediately af
tor prayor out of rspect to the mem
ory of Representativo J. M. Major,
of Greenwood, who died Wednesday
night of pneumonia. Resolutions were
adopted and u committee of four
were appointed to attend tho funeral.
This was Mr. Major's flrBt session,
as he had heon elected to take tho
place of a member from Greenwood
County, who died last year.
STEAMER I.OST.
Nothing Beard of Steamer Hlucflclds
Hound For Philadelphia.
All hope for the steamship Blue
fields, which sailed from Jackson
ville, on January 24, for Philadelphia
has practically been abandoned, and
the host thing that is hoped for now
is that Capt. Higgins and his crow
may have been picked up hy some
foreign hound vessel. It is feared
that tho vessel foundered on tho
hight of January 23, in tho storm
that swept tho North Atlantic const.
The Blue?elds carried a crow of
eighteen.
BOLL WEEVIL SPREADING.
Tho Pest Now Extends Over the
Whole of Louisiana.
The State crop pest commission of
Louisiana Tuesday withdrew tho
quarantine on cotton shipments from
boll weevil territory. The quaran
tine lins been in effect since the wee
vil was first discovered lu Loulsluna.
Tho commission finds that the post
ls now practically over tho cntiro
Slate and a quarantine against tho
ritory ls without effort.
convening at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, Senator Smith of Hampton of
fered tho following resolution:
"Whereas, certain allegations have
hoon made impeaching the honor
and actions of members of the senate
and bouse of representatives in re
gard to lgislntion upon the whiskey
yjj h it HU; bcforo the courts, the
general assembly and tho people of
South Carolina.
"Be it resolved by the senate, That
a committee consisting of two sena
tors, to bo nppointcd by the president
of tho senate, wait upon tho author
ot said charges the senator from
Clarendon-and ask that ho appear
before tho bar of the senate at 8
o'clock, p. m., February I Otb instant,
and produce tho mimos and evidence
in suporl of said charges."
Stands by Ills Guns,
With reference to this resolution,
Senator Appell said that he consid
ered it untimely, uncalled for and un
nesessary; that If he were ret) ni rod
to appear before the bar of the Sen
at?? he could do so, but that ho would
only reit? ratt> what he had said at
tho morning session and no other
statement would be made.
He del a red that be would not ma
liciously Injure any man, rind while
he wrote tho article la question and
published it In his newspaper, he felt
thal 110 senator not guilty of what
was charged In that article had a
right to assume that it contained n
charge against him. He said that he
felt that it was not only his prtvllodgO
but hts duty to give to the public
through his newspaper such infor
mai ion as is contained itt thal article
and that he would continue lo ?lo so
regardless of what action might bo
taken by the senate.
Ile said thai h?- had not been giv
en the names of any senator with ro
gart! to this matter, therefore If
brought before tho bar of tim sen
ate he could nhl give any names. He
'ead the hrtlcle, as il was taken from
the Newberry Observer, and stated
that ii contained errors In tho way
of the oninilsidoti of quotation marks.
lb? sahl that the om mission of the
quotation marks might have been
the fault Of hs own OfllCO, that he dbl
not get an Opportunity to road proof
on the arthle and il was possible
that certain of the quotation marks
were Omitted, bili anvway, they did
not appear in tho clipping from tho
Newberry paper as ho had writ ton
(hum. With the quotation marks In
serted as h<> wrote them, tho state
ments to which such serious excep
tions were made appear as coming
from a (hird parly, just as they were
given to ih?< senator from Clarendon.
Resolut ion W it hdrau n,
Upon bearing tho statement of the
senator from Clarendon, Senator
Smith asked leave to withdraw the
resol tl I lon and Ibis was done without
object ion.
Tim question now appears to bo a
i losod issue. However, Senator Sink
ler found il nOCOi sary to rise agata
to a question of personal privilege
on account of whal lie characterized
as a grossly Inaccurate report Of what
he had sahl at the morning session
In an afternoon paper, lt was slated
In thal pa poi' thal bo had referred lo
senator Appen as being lower than
a dog. which was. Incorrect. Ho sahl
thal he used no such language and
his language had either been misln
terpreted Ot misunderstood. *
Florida Republicans Hold Two
Two Strong Conventions.
REMARKABLE SCENES
Knocking Down and Dragging Out
of Delegates Not I/cawt Exciting
Feature of Meeting. Two Factloun
in Session at Samo Time, Ono En
dorsos Taft. Other Does Not In
struct Delegates.
Tho fight for delegates to the Na
tional Republican Convention from
tho South has commenced between
the Roosevelt and the Foraker forces.
Florida Republicans stand eonspic
iously in tho lime light as hoing the
first to hold their Convention to se
lect delegates to the National Con
vention, and it is said that the stren
nous and exciting scones enacted at
St. Augustine Thursday are merely
a forecast of similar scenes In other
Southern States, caused by the des
perate effort being made by the Anti
Roosevolt Republicans for control in.
tho National Convontiou.
Tho Convention held will go down
in history as one of tho most re
markable ever hold by any political
party, lt was really two conventions
held at the samo time in tho samo
hall, tho progress of business being
frequently interrupted by sensational
knock-down and drag-out lights.
The ofllce-holders faction was call
ed to order by thc chairman of tho
State committee and they proclaimed
themselves as the regulars, but they
did not succeed in carrying out their
prearranged programme. The Taft
sentiment was too strong for the
loaders to hold in check and strong
resolutions wort; adopted emphati
cally endorsing William H. Taft tor
tho Presidency.
On tho other side tho hall the eon
testing convention took the conser
vative action and coose delegates ab
solutely untrammelled hy any In
structions, they being given positivo
assurance by Joseph N. Stripling,
who led the movement, that despite
tho fact thal (hey wore branded aa
bolters by tho Convention, tho dole
gates they named would certainly bo
seated lu tho National Convention.
The office-holders' Convention adopt
ed resolutions approving thc policies
of tho Roosevelt administration and
the conservative manner in which ho
has carried them out, and instructed
tho delegates to tho National Conven
tion to support tho President's pol
icies and the candidate who ls in
sympathy with and who will carry
out these policies, and then proceed
ed to name William H. Taft as such
candidate.
The Antl-Taft Convention adopted
resolutions condemning in strong
tories the attempts to Influence and
control by uso of Federal patronage,
.brough governmental office holders,
tho selection of delegates to tho Na
tional Convention in tho interest of
any Presidential candidate.
The ellice holders' Con vent ion elect
ed as delegates to tilt? National Con
vention .). N. Coombs, mom' or of
tho national committee from 1- -rida;
Joseph 13. Lee, colored, collector of
internal revenue; Henry S. Chubb,
received Of tho United Slates land
olflco at Gainsville, and M. B. Mac
FarlnnO, collector of customs at Tam
pa. Four alternates were also elect
ed.
Tho Antl-Taft Convention elected
us delegates to tho National Conven
tion Joseph N. Stripling, former
fnlieo States attorney; J. Ed V. ll.-ia
zard, J. ll. Dibit orson ?|I1(l 't. R. Rob
inson, thc two later hoing colored.
They also elected four alternates.
Tho Congressional district con
ventions of tho 1st and Gth districts
Of Florida were held by oach fac
tion Immediately after tho adjourn
ment of tho State Convention, and
euch of these conventions elected del
egate:; to tho National Convention
ind adopted tho same resolutions as
Ibo State conventions of their re
spectivo factions had already adopt
ed.
Never has such a sight boon wit
nessed as was presented In the Con
vention hall. Tho city marshall mid a
dozen policemen were on duty and
were frequently called upon to eject
unruly delegates.
Tho Taft d?l?gation had a completo
delegation from each county aggre
gating 177.
in tho opposite Convention there
wore two or three counties not rep
resented, but they had In all about
ono hundred and fifty delegates who
participated. Tho Taft Convention
nominated five Presidential electors,
but the opposition Convention dele
gated the choice of electors to a
State committee named by their Con
vention. *