The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 01, 1902, Image 1
VOL. XVI.
A LIVELY MEETING. ?
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Senator Tillman Answered the Charges J'
cf Editor Appelt
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AND IS VOTED NOT GUILTY.
I-Ulitnr A|i|? 11 In I i is Iteply Says lie p
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Is a llrinoci'iil ami Will (irai is q
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Cully Submit to tin*
Majni ity.
According to promise Senator Till- J
man spoke at Manning 011 last Friday.
The meeting was the result of an in- ^
vital ion to TillimiM r ...?? ........1.. -?<?
I i v ' I I I IH(U i) .MMF
citizensof ( larendou county to speak
in refutation of the charges made l>y
Senator Appcll, editor of the Manning
Times. Serator Tillman was
well received. I le was entertained at a i
banquet, at the Manning hotel, tendered
by a committee of business men '
and county oilleers. At 11 o'clock 11
Friday moining a committee of 50 ?
citizens escorted the Senator to the 11
stand, which had been built, as was (
the case wlien he spoke at Manning p
eight years ago, on whiskey barrels. ?
Senator Tillman and Fditor Appelt. h
were seated immediately on the left >'
and the right of Chairman Davis, ''
wit hin two feet of each other. After N
prayer by the Itev. 1\ It. Wells, the "
chairman introduced
8KNATOU Tl I.I.MAN C
who was received wit!) considerable :i
applause, lie said he. had come to
defend his private character and Ids |,
olllcia! actions. No prominent man
escaped abuse and vituperation, lie y
had liad his full share. Notwlt.li- t
standing abuse and dirty insinuation
tlie people by unparalleled majority a
had again and again signilied their a
eontidence in him. Not only was his (.'
character attacked, but t here were in- 1
sidious-cnemics attacking the Demo- ,l
cratic party of South Carolina and J.
Iiim as the sentinel on guard. p
i >l:t i- %... **
ixc.ui/.mg no nan neon assaulted be- i
cause lie had been protecting the V
party lie was here to face 11is accuser j1
and to answer once for all these sian- 1
dors. It is customary among Anglo- n
Saxon people, and we inherit it from \
our English ancestors, though we arc n
not all English (laughter), that the 11
accused be confronted with the ae- cuscr
and the witnesses and that a copy 11
of the indictment lie given him before 1
lie goes to trial. ^
WHITES TO A PI'151/1'. y
(>n April 10 be had written Appelt ;d
that lie would be in Manning today to "
answer his charges, by invitation of ^
citizens. In that letter lie said:
"i have seen copies of the Manning .
Times of Jan. 15 and 22, and I pre- j
sume these issues of your paper con- ,,
tain the charges referred to. If I am ,
in error, and there arc others, I desire <1
to have them in writing. You are n
the aggressor in this matter, and 1
prosecuting attorney in fact, either in '
your own or McEaurin's interest and
under the rules of law and decency, i
am entitled to know of just what I am
accused. If the two issues of the j.
Manning Times do not contain all of t
your charges, then I demand that you l
give me any others, so that when 1 y
speak 1 may lie through with the matter.
A prompt response is request- .
cd." ruder the circumstances lie f
would disregard the usual courtesy .,
that obtains among gentlemen and |
read the "private" letter that Appelt v
wrote him in reply, because lie had 110 v
right to answer an otlicial "declaration s
of war" with a private eommunlca- f
t I f/xt.A Ir. Ua ?
UlUlli licii: IS l.IIU ICII.IT;
SEN A TO It A I'PELT'S LETT KU.
Manning, S. April 17, 1002. I
1 Ion. n. II. Tillman, Washington. 1 >. C. c
Dear Sir: Yours of yesterday to hand. I
Will say that I have no desire what- 1
ever to appear in the role of "prosecuting
attornery" in t his or any other ;i
matter. I have sent you regularly s
every week The Manning Times, and in \
t lie issue of January 8 I published your '*j
harsh letter to me, and replied to it in t
same Issue. ;i
I regreal very much t hat 1 have only js
one copy of January 8, which is my tile
copy, and I cannot send it. 1 will, leaves
er, t ry t o secure one for you. The
charges made by me and so stated,!
were based upon newspaper reports, I'
certificates and your let ter. I made I j
none against you from any personal , jknowledge,
because I know nothing,,
personally.
Your selecting the day (2">) before i
t lie clubs are to elect delegates to t he j1
county convent ion I have no doubt is!
very gratifying to my opponents, and
1 may say yours also, because some who '
will make very demonstrative proles
sions were among the set here who denounced
you t wo years ago and even
scratched your name at the election. 1
was largely instrument ill in defeating;
them and because of t hat it isanylhing
to get even. (c
If you had modified your letter as I I
requested I am sure your feelings to- l
wards me would not be as t hey are now. f
My purpose in writing you to modify ^
I It'll l.,? 1 no 1.. ........1 -- 11-1. 1
. ?v i u i ?ki.-> n> ii)uiu a eg*** <111*1 <1 i
wrangle in our own ranks.
iMy sole object in t he beginning was 1
to work against any attempt being 1
made to exclude a white man from t he g
primary who took t he oat h to abide t he e
result and support t he nominees of the i
primary, and when I started on lhatja
line 1 did not dream of any personal {
estrangement from you.
So far as McLaurin is concerned, I 1
have never said I would vote for him. s
Nor would 1 if it is shown convincingly *
to me that he is not a Democrat. but o
t he place to show t his is at t he regular t
campaign meetings.. If he is not a k
Democrat, notwithstanding my per- ,
sonal feelings for him, I could not support
him, even if he were my brother.
You may regard it grat u it ions on my .
part, but 1 will risk the liberty of say- 1
I ing to you that some of t hose who will (l
play a prominent part in caring for you 1
are not your friends and are hoping to t
profit by your coming. e
If I can I will secure a copy of the u
aper of January 8, but should 1 fall
ml on your arrival you will send some
no to my ollico for it I will loan you
ly Hie copy to read. I do not want to
e uuiairor discourteous. In fact, 1
ave no malice in my heart for you.
nd .should you, as I hope you will,
rove t hat tho cert ideates in my posL'ssion
are false yon will til id me doiiitf
he manly t hiiitf hy you.
Very respectfully,
Louis Appelt.
< >n April 22 Tillman wrote to Aped
(i?*i11 11k 1 ii>vr that lie furnish him
n ids ariival in Manning with copies
I tlie atliilavitsof which he spoke in
is paper on .lanuary 22 or that lie
lave them read on the stand, lie
urt her stated: "1 propose to answer
on fully and every one of your lies aleady
puhlished shall have my attenion,
hut I must know what t lie others
re before I can answer them. Senaor
Tillman then read the following
jttcr from Kditor A ppelt, which was
iiarked personal:
Klll'l'lll! VI'IM.TT'v; Uh'/'nvii I I.
M ANN I NO. S. Dl'C. I)!), 11)01.
Ion. i>. It. Tillman,Trenton,K C.
Dear Sir: Your letter reaelieil me
his evening too.late togive it space in
ly columns, this week, but. it' you inist
upon it of (Course I shall puhlish it
i) my next issue.
So tar as my meeting you before a
'larcndon audience, or any other
jr that matter, I woukl not be j
i) foolish, for the reason that I i
iHvcn'l t tie ability to cope with'
on. The matters which have ofuncled
you, and to which you refer, as i
on know, are altogether from stale-:
lents Which have appeared in the
ewspapers and with no pretense of
nv personal knowledge. I regret excediug
that you tliink 1 never was
friend of yours. I was, and a most
lithful one, and my unyielding suport
to your cause and to you personalv
caused ;t rupture in my own family
t'hich time has not healed. I was
our friend regardless of what you may ;
hink now.
The tight I am making is for a free
nd open primary, one t hat w ill permit
ny man to go into the primary audi
iscussaii} issue he desires, and I take
I from what I can understand of your
cts that you will use your inllenee to
irevent tlioscwho diiler with you on
ertain nat iouaI quest ions from gelt ing i
n t lie primary. I have commented on
he charges that liavo been brought
ut against you wit lioulover once sayng
they were true and would not say
hey are true unless I had the. proof.
ITobahly in my zeal to keep t he priaary
free for all white men 1 may
itive allowed myself to take for some
f my ammunition the charges of
icwspapcrs and went beyond bounds,
sot will island ing this I think your
iinguage towards me is not merited,!
nil as 1 liavc punched you 1 suppose
ou feel rigid to punch and banter me.
I would much prefer not publishing
our characterizations of me, but will
lo so it you insist, not because you denand
it, but because 1 propose t o pertiit
any man to use my columns that
have writ ten about.
Now, senator, you are provoked.
i'ou have a way of saying hard things,
know you and I do not believe you
nean to be as otTcnsive as your letter
ppears. Your rough letter will not
Irive me into the Republican party,
lor will any action you and those who
hink like you take. I was born a
>emocrat, raised one, and expect to
lie one, and what ever action the State
onvention takes I will submit to.
"his I have said in my own paper and
lsewhere and neither will your harsh
anguage to a man who at Sumter
hrew himself between you and a man
ty the name of Yillaucan and saved
ou from being disembowelled, cause a
hange.
1 am a personal friend of Senator
IcLaurin, and you goading him has
lad soi net lung to do with lighting t he
ttitudc you liave assumed toward
dm. I make no charge but refer to
rliat is said by others, and if you
rant to come to Manning to make a
peec.h come ahead. I am certainly not
oing to invito you to come hero t<i
'cuss" me out, nor would 1. if you
vere t'peome. at tempt tofpiest ion you,
>ut it'you want an invitation to come
icre I have no doubt that there are
diiers who would fnvite you, espccialy
if you would make known your purtose.
And, then, 1 would not invite you to
buse me, because I would not care to
land by and hear language such as
ou use in your letter, and would not.
I Iicrelore if you come you will have
odo so on llie invitation of another,
nd I certainly would not obligate my*
elf to lie liferent
? ~ J' - * "v"
ii was no longer than this day 11 i;it.
said toa friend: "I do not like the
net-lit developments at Washington,
md ii' McLatirin really means to go
iver to the Republicans I am done. I :
lave stood to him and possibly gone!
urther than I would for any other
nan, lad I cannot go with him into
he Itepuhlicaii camp. I am going to
Iui 1 popping at old man Hen and let
lim and .Man do their own scrapping."
1 regard your letter a remarkable
t range coincidence. I shall await
our reply with the liope you will
vii hdraw it. Yours, eic.,
Louis A ppelt.
SKN ATOK TILLMAN OOKH UN.
Tillman said that The Times of I>enmbt
r 7 contained slanders against.
Din to the effect thai he. was a thief.
Ic had ignored similar accusations
rom others. If he look time to an* |
wer the thousands of lies against him |
ic might grow to the age of Met huse-1
all without getting to the top of the i
>ilc. At (iallney lie told McLaurin to
;o before the people because he want*
<1 to stamp out. treachery, and he knew
f he killed the head of the snake the
t her part would rot and die. Since
hen the little whipper-snapper newstapers
that McLaurin had l>ought,
uch as the tircenvillc News and the
lolumhia Record -one with the postnice
at Greenville and the other with
he collectorship at (Columbia had
:ept their columns tilled wit h abusive
barges against him.
It was only when my friend here,
> ho got your voles Ik-cause he was the
ilggest Tillmanite in Clarendon, unertook
to fat tier these accusations that
deemed It worth my while to answer
hem. 1 demanded that Ids slanders
ease, but he replied with four colmns
of slush and with the cunning of
1 ?
he p
CONWAY, S.
the devil reiterated them. So 1 am
liere. hut 1 want to say that I am
here more particularly because as we
are about to organize the party it is well
that one of your leaders come and tell
| you some tilings to assist you in maintaining
its purity and integrity. If
the prosecuting attorney is ready to
proceed with the case I will yield him
the lloor for the present. The senator
then took his seat amid cries of "Hurrah
for Tillman," "Trot out Appelt,"
'"(live Ap a cup of tea and let the
j measels break out," "Hit him Appelt."
Kt)lTOIt AI'I'KI.T TAKKS TIIK STAND.
Kditor Appelt at lirst seemed a little
undecided, hut finally he arose and
began to speak. I will ask. said lie,
that you take into consideration the
position 1 occupy, that you consider
the powerful adversary that 1 unfortunately
have to contend against.
While I am. at home still 1 realize
what eloquence can do from a man
with Tillman's powers. I am unaccustomed
to this sort of thing.
At this point he was interrupted by
the crowd and Tillman came forward
and said that he was not here as a
bulldozer, hut as a prisoner at the bar
on trial for thievery, and 1 h{it lie
wanted Appelt to have fair play.
Senator Appelt then went on with
his presentation, lie said he had sup- I
pot ted Tillman as fait hfully and as
loyally as any man in South Carolina,
and with feeling said: "So help me
(iod, I've been his friend and have
passed through a great deal for him i
right here in t his county." lie insisted
that lie had not gone hack mi tliei
Reform Movement. < 'ircumstances
brought al?>ut the present conditions
and he and Senator Tillman's differ* j
eneeetime about because of the prlmay
system and the restrictions that Till- 1
man favored, which lie did not think i
necessary.
from the outset he stated that he
know nothing, of his personal knowledge,
against Tillman and that what
he charged wits on written evidence or
circumstantial evidence, lie thought
it proper to explain why he marked his
letters as private, and that he did so j
because he did not believe them to be
public matters and he did not look upon
them as being "two-faced." lie i
insisted that he was a Democrat and
that if it was shown that McLaurin
was not a Democrat he certainly would
not support him. I le intended to remain
a Democrat as long as he lived. i
No one had a right to charge that he !
was an insidious enemy to the Democratic
party.
McLaurin had nothing to do with
his editorials, lie was a friend of McLaurin
long before he knew Tillman
and as much as he was a friend of Mc- 1
Laurin he has already told him that
if he went into the Republican party
he certainly would not support him,
and McLaurin has told him he has no
idea of going into the Republican
party, and he believed him. lie has
always advocated the party pledge re- ]'
maining as it now reads, and he saw i
no reason at this time why there
should he a change, and there was
especially no reason why Tillman
should favor change, as if was upon
this very primary pledge that Tillman
was selected asLovernor and Uunited
States Senator, lie saw no reason
why a small body of politicans should
prescribe a man's loyalty to the party, I
and what, he stood for was that the
people should have the chance of
judging a candidate's Democracy,
otherwise the primary was a failure,
Let the people judge of a man's fitness.
AITKLT (JUKSTION8 TILLMA N..
i'.diior j\ppcu men read the following
(iiicstions, which he suggested
might he considered as the charges
that lie preferred, and that, he really
had nothing further to add this time.
The list of questions follow:
1. Was not t he primary .system inaugurated
to give every white umn a
voice in the selection of candidates for
oil ice?
2. Does not our party pledge allow
every white man to he a candidate who
pledges himself t hat he is a Democrat
and will abide the result and support
t lie nominees of the primary? I'lien
why change it now?
3. Was not one of the main tenets of
the Reform movement to hring the
candidates face to face with I he people
and t hat t here should lie free t bought.
free speech, and free aetiirti?
I. Are you and some of your pretending
friends not in favor of fixing
t he party pledge so t hat a man who
does not. agrw with you on certain
quest Ions, not wit hstaiullng lie. claims
folic a Democrat, endeavoring now to
prevent him from giving the people an
opportunity to decide whet her or not
he is a Democrat?
When t he dispensary system was I
inaugurated, did you not make large1
purchases oi't lie stock?
t>. Did there not exist at that time a
"whiskey trust," and did you not make
large purchases from a member of that
t rust ?
7. Did not the trust, have an agreement
to pay its purchasers a certain
rebate?
8. During several mont hs of your administ
rat ion large quant it ies of liquor
was purchased, was there any rebates
recorded on the Ixxiks of the instltu-'
t ion?
U. Why do not t he rebates appear on
t he Ixxiks?
10. Did you ever get cottonseed meal
and have It charged to the penitentiary,
and insist upon that, institution
paying for it, and only paid after two
years and t hen by compromise?
11. What authority 'old you have to
buy for your private use and have it
charged to the State?
12. Did you not get brick for your I
private use t hat belonged to t he people
of t lie State. Would you have oilered
to pay for these brick had it not
been exposed through the Neal invest igat
Ion?
13. How many bushels of oats did you
get from the State farm and have shipped
to you at your home in Trenton?
14. Did you have the right to run a
[continued on l'aok 4.)
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own
C., THURSDAY, M,
A BRUTAL MURDER
Of ft Young Married Lady Near the
City of Charleston.
PEOPLE VERY MUCH EXCITED
Tin* Victim Celled Willi ('1111> ami
lloi* Throat tot. Ilohltcr.s
Wah t lit* Object. i>im'
>lan Arrested.
News comes from Charleston of a
brutal murder that was committed
near New Roads on the Charleston
and Savannah Railway a few miles
from Charleston in ('olleton County.
The murder, which was one of most
extraordinary brutality, was commit* 1
tctl on Monday morning, the victim
being a young married lady. Mr. \V. j
XV. .1 ones, a section master on the '
railroad on ret urning to his home in '
the forenoon found the ttody of his 1
wife in a doghouse near his home.
The throat of the young wife was cut '
from ear to ear, and the head was almost
severed from the body. A bloodstained
sickle, which lay near lhe|
corpse, showed how the crime had '
been commit,tod. As several art icles '
were missing from the house, rubbers
is supposscd to have been the main I
object. Whether, Ms has been k united,
tiiere has been a more fiendish
crime will depend upon the reports
of physicians.
New itoads, where the shocking
crime was committed, Is a llag slut ion ;s
between Kavenels and Adams Kim. on
(lie road running from Charleston to '
Savannah, and is about twelve miles
from the lirst named eit.y. Mrs. .1, 10. N
Chinls, a neighbor, and a colored girl s
went, to call on Mrs. .lones. Valking s
about the yard they saw Mrs. .lones 1
in a dog house with her throat cut
from car to ear. It seems that the x
murderer used a club about three and
hud-half feet long in knocking Mrs. 1
.lones down, and seeing a seythe. lying N
nearby, used it, and almost severed the '
head from the body,
Cain ford, a negro, was arrested
Monday night on suspicion of complicity
in the murder of Mrs, Jones and |
was Tuesday brought before Magistrate
Itehling. Never liave the pen- j
pie in tills sect ion been more aroused
than they were Tuesday. About l.'a)
persons were present at the coroner's t
inquest over the remains of t lie dead s
woman and several times it seemed
that the. negro would be taken from |
the officers and lynched, but cooler t
heads prevented this, and Deputy
Sheriff A met t was allowed to carry
the prisoner to jail at Walterboro. It
the testimony against ford bad been
at all positive lie would have been
swung to a limb in a very few minutes.
The object of the murder was clearly
robbery. Mr. Jones, the section
master, had been paid olf only a few
days. After the crime the trunks in
the house were found broken open
and the robbers left with a nistol. 1
razor and a gold watch and chain. Dr. \
J. T. Taylor, in Ids testimony, dcelar- jr,
cd that Mrs. .lonos was not assaulted. I
It is thought that J iin Mack, a uotori-1 ji
ous negro in this community, is the (
murderer and that ford knows some- j
thing of the crime. One witness testi- t
tied that lie saw Jim Mack near the i
scene of the murder, hurrying through ^
the woods with a pistol. Deputy 1
Sheriff Arnctt and t he cit izens of t he ;
community will leave nothing undone \
to capture the j?ui,lty parties. Mr. and <
Mrs. Jones were'married one year ago i
Monday, and before the former started <
to his work in the morning, he gave i
his wife t he gold watch and chain. (
TIIK MUKDKKKK AIMCKSTKJ).
I \
Mr. Jones is distracted with grief |
and shock at the terrible end of his
wife, lie had left, her Monday morn- i
ing at their house to go about some <
duty at a distance. Kckurning du- ;
ring the day he went, into the house 1 i
and found no trace of his wife, ('all- ',
ing for her and getting no reply, he
searched about the premises and was
horrified to find the mangled body in
a box which had been used as a dog
house. The bloody corpse had been
thrown into this receptacle by the
murderer. Mr. Jones at once gave
the. alarm and the trail of the brutes
were st ruck. Suspicion fastened upon !'
Mack and Ford and they were follow- 1
< (1 across the count ry. Tuesday morn- j
ing Ford was caught at Adam's linn 1
and confessed his participation in the '
/ 1*1 tYlO M'lio ch/n l fV /d' / '/.U/.t i .?. '
.....liv NVOIIbllil Ul \ < >1 |t-| < II I l/< 111 I I I, V
is handling 1 he case and the prisoner 1
will be taken to Walterboro. Excite- '
ment runs high throughout ihecoun-j
try and it is possil)le some difficulty
will be met in holding the men and in (
bringing the other to jail safely. (
Mrs. Jones was an estimable young
woman and had many friends in the >
country about Ibm-nel's and in Char- '
leston. Her husband has been in the
employ of tile riant system for several
years and is highly thought of.
Their dwelling was near the railroad. 11
and there were few houses nearby and
the surrounding country is but sparsely
settled with white people.
NKGKOKS HUNTING TWH Itl.K.
Sheriff J. Elmore Martin of Charleston
County sent a posse of deputies
to I iu low's phosphate mines for the
protection of the white people and
property, on account of reports re-1
cclved that the notorious negro j
criminals of that sect ion had de- :
termined to clean out the place. The i
negroes were worked up over the re-;
ports of the white posses hunting for!
the negro murderers of the wife of
Section Master W. W. Jones of the
Plant System, at Kavcncl. The 111ing
of Mrs. Jones was a particularly
brutal tragedy and the white people
11 LOVED THE MOSSES.
\ ^ | I i< I I ll I Ml I ' I < > I III' I .11 I C <ilM
I unpeniitLf Ills very **1jiJ???r.it * ad
dress at I hi* memorial meeting I
John I'. Altyclil at tin* auditorium
( 'Inca^o, iai Sun<l.i\ last, clart'inT s
I >arrow saiil:
"When tlit* Irish patriot Itoher
Emmet was condemned to death, h
j bc^r^ed his aecusots and t raduccrs no
to w rite his epitaph, hut to leave it h
a general ion which ?*<uiId undei>tam
liis mot ives and du just ice t<i his cause
So, too, mi^lii John I'. A!tp<dd havi
asked t he powei In I and meat of tlx
generation in which he lived, th
who hated, despised and re\ded him
t,o he content wiI h dest mv iiiv hi > repu
! t at ion and his life and leave unoihe
generation to do justice to liis name
Not iintii the present commercial aci
shall have passed away, not until tlx
world knows and rcconni/.es and wor
ships some ot her ^odlhan preed, cat
tl
ay 1, 1 })o2.
uio naturally very much worked up
over it and purpose to follow the murderers
to their last stand.
A telegram was received in Charleston
stating that a negro named Cam
I'ord had beeneapt ured. I le admit ted
complicity, hut said that his only connect
Ion was to watch while another
negro butchered Mrs. .lones and
.searched the house for 11?e valuable.;,
w hich were carried oil'. Cord is sale
in the toils hut the feeling is said to
tie running high and a lynching bee
may lake place. The poshes arc close
on to the other suspected negroes and
if is not improbable that the whole
hunch will stretch hemp, if they are
caught. The Charleston authorities
are maintain^ a st rict vigilance in t lie
suburbs for ( lie suspects, and if caught,
they will |>o turned over to the Colleton
county authorit ies.
I he negroes in t lie hot to in lands in
I lie suburbs of the cit y do not take
kindly to the seared for the suspected
negroes of the Kavencl tragedy and
I hey arc behaving ugly. Capl! MarI'll
Is, however, the wrong man for
'o to run against. as t hoy li i\e
lound out in the prompt dispateh of
tie posse to the phosphat eset t lenient.
II is i ust met ions were positive and the
leout ies have gone prepared to pre?er\e
the pe.aee and do their full Out v.
a si's era t k 11,1.1:0.
A dispatch from Charleston to The
state says information was received
/here Thursday that Hen Smith, a
iegro supposed to have had part in (lie
tilling ol Mrs. \Y. W. .lottos, near
loiveifcd, was killed while at tempt ing
o escape from tlie niagistrate's conttables.
The negro was liandculled
s hen he made the break for liherty.
le refused to iiall when ordered to do
.0, and he was swifter of foot than
lie constables, they opened lire upon
dm and brought him to the ground,
t was was said here that the negro
vould have been a very important
vi' 1 less. Ho had prcscrvcd an air of
tolidity from the lime he was eapured
until Thursday morning when a
ady trum the country passing l?y
vhcre he was detained, exclaimed
hat Hen Smith hail been on her farm
Ik* day before and had had a watch
vhich corresponded with the deseripion
< d t he sect ion mast or.
CAUSE OFDELAY?
t he State Hoard of IViihIoiim AlaUra
an oilielal Statement.
riie State pension hoard rei|iiest.s
lie newspapers to give the following
lulcmcnt puhlieat ion:
While tin; law provides that the
tension putney shall he disbursed on ;
lie Tirst Monday of April of each
ear, owing lt> the delay on the pari
if certain county pension hoards and
heir failure to make reports to I he '
date board on the lirst Monday in
darch, as required by t lie rules of the
Jtate hoard, I lie Male hoard has hrcn
mable to examine now applications
md dispose Of them until now their
econd meeting. The reports from
time comities have heen received since,
he 1st of April, and stra^lin^ appli at
ions from count ies have heen coning
in np to the present, some in fact
vere received hy the hoard today,
llir memhers composing the. State
suird are anxious to dishurse this fund
it the. earliest date possible, and any
lelay in disbursing the same cannot
noperly he cliar^ed to them. It, is a
'act t,hat if the hoard had held their
neetlng the 5th day of April, for initanee,
v.hich was beyond t lie date t luast
regular list, was received and disipproved,
all those applications that
vere not in due form several hundred
ieserviiitf people, who as it is, will
cceive pensions, would have been left
>1T the list entirely; lint, t he board bavin;
returned thein for correction, the
lelay caused has resulted in their lie/
, .. f|11 . .* il , 4. I ' ? 111
lie ,
es sent to all points on short notice
k
i Dusenbur
3I1.
' TODDVILLE
'tab and covered inc.-.
.men with revolvets. 1 h(> V?
1 . inoic'.KP soeed. H
t he cntfinuri ...? ... i
Stop when they stave the s ?im1. \
mlllcH beyond Herman hey m?)
him to stop. Seven or (.;
i (sired at \ lie spot designated at
l. t rain approached. Meanwhl l? thnij
Si jrinccr had pulled the thioU.Itjjjjl
in open and when ord^ut (,riv(> -ri,7.
roK ,l,an nil in the foreliead
anTr-? scarcer was endid.
Mrs. MctniKin is a rather trail
lady, hut she has exploded the old
t heory that a woman cannot throw a
rock with true aim.
To Ho Treated Alike.
I.Vpresental ives Meyer and Kansdell
af Louisiana saw the president Thursday
in behalf of some Confederate
veterans employed in I lie census otlleo.
i nese men have passed tin- age limit
beyond which employes will not he retained,
in the permanent census
bureau, all hough an except inn has been
made In the ease of Union veterans.
The president indicated to them that
lie had no discrimination to make as
between the two. and that he would
take the mat ter up with Direct lot
Marriam.
Ail iaiitor'N Schedule.
An Oklahoma editor announces the
following cash-ln-advance scliedule:
For telling that a man is a successful
citizen when everybody knows he is
lazier than a government inule,
referring to the deceased as one sincerely
mourned by the entire community
when lie will l>e missed only at
the poker circle, $1.0#; referrl ng to a
lady as one whom it is a pleasure to
meet, when every business man hides
if he sees her coining, $3.10; sending
an -tough to heaven, with poetry
thrown in, $5.
John I'. \ I' ut ! -1 and nil n like him tak<
I ho place they cam in the hearts o
the unwilling world the wrvo,
"U In 11 teyson and Justice and 1 it>
m l v .hall once more emit ml t he mind?
of men a rejuvenated world will louli
hack upon .lolin I'. Allvjeld and and It
his luiinhlc hiith, his patient work
his heroic life, and his dramat ic doat I
ope ol the greatest and highest r-xum
pies of devotion and righteousness
I hat has ever heen ulven to t lie world.
No man in this general ion has hccii
more misunderstood and mali|/neii
than he in whose honor we have as
seinhled here. The measureless abuse
that was heaped upon him while he
i lived was due almost wholly to the
fact that he was a lover of Ids fellow
man. This has ever heen t he one unpardonable
sin that the rulers of the
world cannot forgive. John I'. AllKcld
was not the Hist mat t\ rand will
not Ire the last to Ire crucllled for
righteousness' sake, Through all the
a^es t lie form of mart vnloin has Ireen
practically the same, hut the cause
has shifted according' to the prevailing
sentiment of this day. In onetime
the martyr was Hi Irrave soul who
could cry out against religious intolerance;
in another the man who fearlessly
challenged polit leal t vrannv: and
in the present aye the man who dared
to quest ion t he absolute riyhi (rf tfold
toconl rol the eonseienee and the Judgment
of the world. This was John 1*.
Altyeld's eriine. I le dared to place t he
rights and liberties of man above the
power of yreed and wealth."
I<'uiiHtnii In M ii/./.Ie<I.
Jty direction of President lloosevclt,
Acting Secretary of War Sanger has
addressed the following letter to (Jell.
Krederlck Kutiston:
War Department,
Washington, April 22, lt?02.
Sir: I am directed 1 ?y the president
to instruct you that lie wishes you
to cease further public discussion ot
the situation in the Philippines; and
also to express his regret that you
should make a senator of the United
Stales the. object of public criticism 01
I discussion. Very respectfully,
Wm. ('ary Sanger,
Acting Secretary of War.
Itrltf. (Jen. Uunslon, commanding do
partineiit, of the Colorado, Denver
Colo.
At a banquet last Sat urday ni^ht o!
i the Colorado Sons of t he devolution
(Jen. I'unst hi is reported to have sub
of Senator lloar:
"I have only sympathy for t.hcsenioi
senator from Massachusetts, who i:
sulFerhiK from an overlieated con
j science."
Probably what caused the issue o
t his particular letter was an applica
tion from (Jen. Kunston for leave o
absence in order that he mi^ht atteiu
t lie banquet to be kIvcii in Itoston b;
' ' Middlesex club. The request wa
: 'ised and t he president tele^raphet
. Kunston not to speak at the Mid
, w j ex. A copy of Mr. Sanger's lette
V forwarded to Senator Hoar.
?./
,\ "Dastard Vililan."
uator Uiiwlins got hot wivler tin
'' *" ' ollar while discussing t he Philip
question in the United State
ito on Thursday. lie quoted tin
is issued by general otlieers in tin
%lrll|)|)ines. lie was interrupted h]
. < /'a r mack of Tennessee, who direct
particular uttention to this phras
in <>ne of (Jen. <'bailee's orders:
^ il do not urge inhuman conduct."
It st rikes me." sw^u'ested Mr. Car
mack, "that Uen. ChalTee should hav
I said: 'I forbid inhuman conduct.'"
"The purpose was." said Mr. Itaw
litis, "that the soldiers were left t
practice with Inpunity and withou
disapproval inhuman conduct. Tha
is the only intelligent and reasonabli
interpretation thai can he put iq>oi
It.
"That was tlic meaning ascribed t<
! it t?y the subordinate commander
who pract iced the most inhuman con
duct that the mind of man can con
cievc.
Mr. Itawlins sharply criticised (Jen
Chalice and derinunccd him as a "das
lard villian who had brought dishono
upon the American name and Lh
i American people."
Should I'unm.
Senator MeLaurin of this State
introduced in tlie United States o
Thursday a hill providing that afte
the passage of the act, "there shouli
not he collected any duty upon pork
veal, mutton or t>eef imported Int
the United States from foreign conn
tries." The bill was referred to th
11 committee on finance.
CnHualilcM (o Veterans.
A. V. Winters, a veteran froi
Macon, (la., died from heart disease a
i ] tlie depot at Terrell, Texas while o
11 his way to the Dallas reunion. An
j other- veteran, whose name is ur
known, fell from the train at Elm
i Texas, ifnd will die.
I
N(). 4().
A NOTE OF WARNING.
. I
" Senator Rawlins Vigorously Attacks
Government's Philippine Policy.
I- j
THE COMMISSION'S POWERS.
\ If Can Make IVan* or Dorian' War
, Without \skiiiK
* I
(it'll. I'llllstOII <fiVOtt
1
a Itoast lni{.
P
Formal discussion of the l?lll tetn'
pornrily lo provide a government for
' the Philippine Islands was hetfun In
, III" t 'lilted States Senate on Tuesday
, of last week. Mr. Itawllnsof I'tall, the
leading minority memlier of the i'hll
ippine eoinmlt tee, opening the debate
- with a speech in opposition to the
mniMiif. lie uenouneeo t h?'hill as an
1 unwarranted impivsith o upon the Filii
pinos, declaring 1h 1t it would establish
*iiic ol the toiilest oligarchies in the
history ol the world. He maintained
> that tiie l'liilippine eoininissiun was
; vrivon too great power by tho bill and
i asserted that under its provisions, the
. islands would he exploited for private
i gain.
While lie was speaking two elTorts
? were made to maintain a quorum, tho
second resulting in a lively lilt among
i several senators. Mr. Seott of West
I Virginia intimating tttat no argument
I hat eould he made upon the subject
' would Influence any senator.
"We seem to have arrived at that
1 point in our history," said M r. Kawlins,
"where there are those who alTeet to
believe I hat it is sedit ion to think and
t reason to talk. ' For < ?< d's sake, let us
keep silent until the war is over!' ex
claims a peripatetic hero and gradual
if mm 1 lie Philippines who wants to
make free speech treason and to curt
us away to the gallows, although he
might give 1 he senator from Massachusetts
the lament of clergy on account n
of his sympathy for a 'superheated
conscience.' All, if we are to believe
him. with t lie approval of the president
of the IJnited States.
"Congress no longer has to declare
war. An Otis or a OhalTeo are prepared
to attend to this any day In the
week. A few; days ago a message came
to us that Maivar, the last of the insurrectos,
had surrendered. The next
day it was announced that (Jen. Chaffee
had declared a new war and had
dispatched an army to wage it against
two millions of people in the island of
Mindanao. Put mum is to lie the word
' so long as there is any disturbance
anywhere within our borders or in any
one of tiie more than thousand Islands
beyond t he seas.
"This hill sticks its roots into and
derives its support from that excres!
ence upon the army appropriation bill
of 11)01, known as the Spooner amendment.
Tiie qualification of the absoI
lute power therein conferred, adopted
at tho instance of the senator from
Massachusetts, hy this bill is eliminated.
All property rights in the islands
and the fate of their inhabitants are
turned over to the control and disposition
of the commission, without any
' qualification of importance.
, " The commission may declare war
and make peace; raise armies and proj
vide navies; regulate commerce with
all sorts of discriminations lietween
I isianus ;uin ports; levy taxes without
1 limit and without uniformity. It may
1 coin money and regulate the value
thereof; and may establish religion and
punish those who do not conform to
Its tenets. It may destroy frecspeech,
' and punish as an act of sedition the
publication of truth in regard to their
administration. 11 can establish an In'
(pilsition; devise and apply methods of
1 excruciating torture, compelling persons
to be witnesses against themselves
and disclose Information which
1 the commission may desire to extort,
it may practice any or all of the acts
of tyranny which history lias disclosed
b or genius may devise.
"It is useless to say that this power
s will not he abused. Attention will lie
e Invited to some Instancces in the hisb
tory of our relations with the islands
V showing the extent to which our rep
resentatives have gone in acts of perc
tidy, injustice, oppression and cruelty."
Still Fighting.
A dispatch from Manila says two
15 engagements have been fought between
the American troops and the
Moros of the Island of Mindanao dur"
Ing the past twenty-four hours.
Moore of the Twenty-seventh in1
fantry, while out with a small party
bunting for water, was tired upon at
1 long range. Lieut, rvn
with a battalion of troops and a
1 mountain gun, went to the assistance
s of Moore's party and drove off the
:* Moras, who lost seven men. The tir*
ing was at 1,100 yards' range. The
Moro villages are Hying red Hags,
' meaning that they intend to tight to
'* the utmost. Later the Sultan of
1 l'ualo and a force of natives attempt*
t; cd to re-occupy the ground gained by
the Americans but the Moros were
forcibly dispersed.
n HtealiiiK Children.
j A dispatch from the city of Mexico
says continued revelations in the mat*
' ter of child stealing for Yucatan have
" greatly excited the common peoplp,
from among whom a larg& nunrt>6r of*
( children have been lured aVay by a
band of professional kidnapped The
children which were stolen have been'
n sent to Yucatan, some to work as
X slaves on the Honcquin plantations,
n others to be servants. Enrique Igleslas,
i- one of the alleged leaders of the kidi
nappers, has delivered himself up tc
o the police and Is in Kelem prison in
communicado.