The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 21, 1904, Image 1
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VOL. XIII.
BRYAN DECLARED
That the People Must Now Combine
to Crush Militarism.
?
HE WA^l^S THE DEMOCBATS
That, tfit* Speech nl Kx>Oov. llluclt
Nominating BtyiRTcIt Wan a
Monaco to Christian
K
Civlli/.at Ion.
The following speeeli was made on
the floor of the Democratic Con volition
by the Hon. W. J. BryauWL four
| o'clock Saturday morning, .July B, after
an*all night session. Mr. Bryan
|| spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: Two
nights without sleep, and a old,
(makes it dltllcult for me to make myself
heard. 1 trust that It will be
easier In a moment, but as 1 desire to
speak to the delegates rather than to
the visitors, I hope that they at least
can hear.
Eight years ago a Democratic convention
placed in my hands the standard
of the party and gave mo the commission
as lis candidate. Four years
later that commission wus renewed. 1
H come tonight to this Democratic con
vention to return the commhslon and
to say that you may dispute whether
I fought a good fight, vou may dispute
whether l linlshed my course, but you
cannot deny that I have kept the faith.
As your candidate I did all I could
to bring succtssto the party. Asa
private citizen today J am more interested
in Democratic success than I
ever was when I was a candidate.
The reasons that made the election of
| a Democrat desirable were stronger in
1900 than in 1890; and the reasons
enat mase the election or the Democratic
candidate desirable are stronger
' in 15)04 than they were In 1000.
]* ui.ACK'S Sl'KKCIl on kooskvklt.
toL The gentleman who presented New
York's candidate at the Obicago o >n
vcntlon dwelt upon the danger of
militarism, and did not overstate the
dangers. Let me quote the most remarkable
passage that ever occurred
or that was ever found in the speech
of nomination of any candidate for
aident. Kx-Oov. Black of New
York, In "" presenting the name of
W Theodore Roosevelt to the Republican
W convention, used these words:
"The fate of nations is still decided
by their wars. You may talk of orderly
tribunals and learned referees.
You may sing in your schools the gentle
praiscsof the quiet life. You may
strike from your books the last note
of every martial anthem, and yet out
in the smoke and thunder will always
be the tramp of horses and the silent,
rigid, upturned faces. Men may prophesy
and women pray, but peace will
eoro? hero to abide forever In this
? earth ordy when the dreams of ehild r
hood are the accepted charts to guide
the destinies of men. 10vents are numberless
and mighty, and no man can
tell which wire runs around the world.
The nation basking today in the quiet
of contentment and repose may still
be on a deadly circuit and tomorrow
writhing in the tolls of war. This is
the time when great llgures must be
kept in front. If the pressure Is great
the material to resist It must be granite
and Iron."
r.M ILITA HISM A M KNACK.
This is an eulogy of war. Th's Is a
declaration that o ho time hoped for,
prayed for, of perpetual peace will
never come, thus eulogizing the doctrine
of brute force and giving denial
to the hopes of the race. And this
president, a candidate for reelection,
is presented as the embodiment of that
ideal, the granite and the Iron, to represent
the new idea of militarism.
Do you say you want to defeaWthe
. military idea? Friends of the fyuth
are you trying to defeat the military
idea? Let me tell vou that not one
of you, north, east or south, more
fears the triumph of that idea than 1
do. If this is the doctrine that our
nation is to stand for, it is retrogres
sion, not progression, it is the lowering
of the ideals of the nation, it Is
the turning backward to the age of
force. More than that, it is a challenge
to the Christian civilization of
the world and nothing less.
CHRISTIAN DOCTU1NK OF I'KACK.
^ Twenty-seven hundred years ago a
prophet foretold the coming of one
who was to be called the Prince of
Peace. Two thousand years &go He
- c%me upon the earth and tut song
that was sung at His birth was:
"Peace on earth, good will toward
men." For 2,000 years this doctrine
of peace has been growing. It has
been taking hold upon the hearts of
men. For this eloctrlne of peace
millions have given their lives. For
this doctrine of peace thousands have
crossed oceans and given their lives
;among the savage tribes and among
foreign nations. This doctrine of
jpeace, the foundation of Christian
civilization, has been the growing
ihope of the world. And now the exgovernor
of the greatest State of the
nation presents for the office of president
of the greatest republic of all
B history a man who is 'granite * and
fc^^iron." 4;
But, my friends, If 1 failed with six
million and a half to defeat the Republican
party can those who defeated
me sucoeed in defeating tluc Republican
party? If under the, leadership
of those who were loyal in 189<<
we failed, shall we succeed under the
leadership of those who were not
loyal iu 1890?
GOD OK WAK OR A GOD OK GOLD.
If we are going to have some other
god beside this war god that is pre
aented to us by Qov. Black, vthat kind
of a god is it to be? Must we choosr
between a god of war and a god ol
#old? Is there no choice betweer
them? If there is anything that com
pares in hatefulness with mlllitarlstx
Is it plutocracy, and 1 Insist that th<
Democracy, and I insist that tin
Democratic party ought not to Its
compelled to choose betwetn mill
tarism on one side and plutocracy or
the other.
STANDS ON TIIK PLATKOHM.
We came here and agreed upon 1
platform. Wo were in session l<
hours last night, if you can put 1(
hours into a night. We entered th<
committee room at 8 last evening aiu
left it at 12 today. But, my friends
lllllj^UieTer spent Hi hours to better pur
pose Id my life. because 1 helped to
bring the party together so we could
have a unanimous platform to go before
the country on In this campaign.
How did we get It? It was not all
that I would have desired. It was
not all that your eastern Democrats
desired. We had t-o surrender some
things that wo wanted in the p'atform.
They had to surrender some
things tiiey wanted in the platform.
Hut by mutal cone ssion and mutual
surrender wo agreed upon a platform
and we stand on that platform.
Hut, my friends, we need more than
a platform. We have to nominate a
ticket, and that is the work of this
convention. Had you come to this
convention instructed for any man to
the extent of a majority, 1 not oidy
would not have asked you to disr- gard
your instructions. 1 would not if 1
could have prevented it permitted you
to disregard your instructions. 1
believe in the right of the people to
rule. 1 b lieve in the right of the
po >plo to iu>tiuct their delegates,
when a delegate is Instructed it Is
binding upon him. Hut, my friends,
not a majority came instructed for
anv candidate. That, mcjuw that.
you were left upon your responsibility
to se'ect a candidate, and a grave
resonslbility it Is. Grave is the responsibility
resting u^on these delegates
in tliis convention.
Din NOT ATT KM I'T TO 1MCTATK.
1 have not come to ask anything of
this convention. Nebraska asks nothing
but to be permitted to light the
battles of Democracy. Some of you
have called me a dictator. It is false.
You know it was false. How have 1
tried to dictate? I have suggested
that 1 thought certain tilings ought
to be done. Have not you exercised
the same privilege? Why have 1 not
a right to suggest? (A voice: "You
I have.") because I was your candidate
am 1 now stopped from ever
making suggestions? (Cries of "No!
No!")
Why, sir, if that condition went
with a nomination for the presidency,
no man worthy to ho president would
ever accept a nomination, for the right
of a man to have an opinion and to
express it Is more important and sa
crcd than the holding of any ottiee,
however high. 1 have my opinion
aiKHit tiie platform. 1 make my suggestions.
Not all of tiiem were rereceived.
1 would liko to have seen
the Kansas City platform realiirmed.
1 am not ashamed of that platform.
I believe in it now, as 1 believed in it
when I was running upon it. Tnen i
was your candidate, but the people In
the Democratic pirty did not agree
with me, aud their will was supreme.
When they veto my suggestions 1
have to accept. There is no other
court which 1 can appeal to. I have
not attempted to dictate about candidates.
PLEADS KOK A GOOD TICKKT.
I have not asked the Democrats of
tliis nation to nominate any particular
man. 1 have said that there were
many in every State willing to be
president, and 1 iiave said that out of
6,600,000 who voted for me in both
campaigns we ought to lie ab e to tind
at least one go id man for president.
1 have made these suggestions only in
a general way. 1 am here tonight as
a delegate from Nebraska. I have not
confidence enough In my own opinion
to tell you that 1 can pick out the man
and say thai this man must be nominated
or we shall lose. I have. 1
think, a reasonable faith in my own
opinion; at least 1 have tills faith:
that 1 would rather accept- my own
and stand by them, If 1 believed them
right, than to ae.ept anybody else's if
1 believed them wrong. Nebraska Is
not here asking for the nomination of
any man. We now have a platform
on which wc all cin stand. Now give
us a ticket behind which all of us can
stand. (Prolonged cheers.)
llOKSN T IIELIEVK IN STATE l'KI DK.
You can go into any State you please
and get him. 1 have not as much
faith as some have In the value of a
louawty. i nave never neon a great
stickler for the nomination of candidates
from a doubtful State on the
theory that personal popularity would
elect them. I have had so much faith
In the virtue of Democratic principles
that I thought a Democrat ought to
vote for a good man from any other
Siate before lie would vote for a bad
man from ills own State.
1 do not believe much In this doctrine
of State pride, aud I found that
when people come with a candidate
and tell us first that we must carry a
certain State, and that that man Is the
only one who could carry tire State,
they do not put up a bond to deliver
the goods If they are accepted. And.
anyhow, a State that is so uncertain
that only one Democrat can carry It
cannot be relied upon in a great crisis.
Now, we have our platform. Select
your candidate. If it Is the wish of
turn convention that the standard
should be placed In the hands of the
gentlemen presented by California
(Hearst), the man who, though be has
money, pleads the cause of the people,
the man who Is the beloved, 1 think 1
can safely say, among laboring men
of all the candidates proposed, the one
who more than any otb^r, represents
opposition to the trust Question, web
and good.
WOULD TAKK A GOLD MAN.
*. If you eastern Democrats who hav<
" insisted th it your objection to me w&j
my belief in free silver, If you Demo
' crats are willing to take a gold man 1
5 am willing to let you have your waj
' on that question In this man, for ]
will trust his honesty in all questions
But, my friends, 1 do not, Nebiaski
' does not, demand that. I only men
. tion this cand.d itc as an Illustration
I SKCONDS COCKKKLL.
3 I come here to second the nomlna
' tlon of a man and I come to seconc
1 his nomination not because 1 can as
' sort, to you that he is more ava'labli
1 than any other person who might b
3 named but because I love the man an*
3 because on the pi at form -we hav<
3 adopted I don't think there is an;
" good reason why every Democrat h
1 the east might not vote for this man
I come to second the nominati jn o
Senator Cockrell of Missouri,
i He is the nestor of the senate. He 1
i experienced in public affair*. He i
) known; lie has a record. He can b
5 measured by it, and, my friends,
] would be willing to write my endorse
, ment on his back and send him out t
. the world willing to guarantee every
(The
thing he did. They say that he comes
from the south. What If he does? 1
do not share that feeling that some
people have, that the Democratic party
cannot take a candidate from the
south.
They say he was In the Confederate
army. What if he was? 1 d n't share
the belief of those who say we cannot
nominate an ex Confederate. My
frleds, that war?that cruel war was
40 years ago. Its Issues are settled; Its
wounds are healed. The participants
are friends. We have got another war
on, and those who know what the war
between plutocracy and Demceracy
means will not ask where a mau st >od
40 years ago; they will ask where djes
lie stand today in th's war?
PLUTOCRACY Til K 188UK.
My friends, I believe that the great
issue in this country today is plutocracy
versus Democracy. You have
said that 1 have only one idea, the silver
Idea. Well, a while bick they said 1
I had only on?, but then it was the
tarilT idea. There is an Issue greater
than the silver issue, it is the issue
between plutocracy and Democracy,
whether this is to be a government of
the people, by the people and for the
people, administered in behalf of the
pooplo. It is either this or it is to be a
rule of the moneyed element of the
country for their own interest alone. :
The issue has been growing.
WHAT ROOSKVK.LT STANDS FOR.
I want you Democrats here assembled
to help us meet this question.
You tell me the Republican candidate
AT I.* ?
aiiuiun iui iiiiuiim ir?iu. i t\->, uui lit: aisu
stands for plutocracy. You tell me he
delights in war. Hut there is another
objection to him, and that is that he
does not enforce the law against a big
criminal as lie does against a little
criminal. The laws are being violated
today, and those laws must be enforced.
The people must understand that
we are to have equal rights to all and
special privileges to nom.
NO NKKI) TO 11UV VOTKS.
Wo have had the debauchment of
elections. It was stated the other day
that in the little State of Delaware
$2.jt),000 was suit into the State in one
day just before the election of 189i>
Some say that we must have a great
campaign fund and go out ami bid
against the Republicans. My friends,
1 want to warn you that if the Democratic
party is to save tills nation it
must not save it by purchase, but by
principle. Every time we resort to purchase
we cultivate the spirit of barter,
and the price wi I constantly~lncrea>e
and elections will go to the highest
bidder.
MUST Al'I'KAL TO CONSCIKNCK.
If the Democratic party is to save
tills country it must app ;al to the conscience
of the country. It must point
out the dangers of the republic, and if
the party will nominate a man?I care
not from what part lie come?who is
llMt tlm m.nHlrlt.)., o ??
ik/u viiu wwuiviatv ui a iav immi, wnu ift
not the candidate of an element, but
the candidate of a party, the parcy
will stand by him and will drive the
Republican party from power and save
this country.
My friends, 1 believe that you could
take a man from any southern State
who would go out and make a light
that would appeal to Democrats, all
the Democrats who love Democratic
principles and Republicans who begin
to fear for their nation's welfare?take
such a man and 1 believe that he would
poll a million more votes than the candidate
of any other faction whose selection
would be regarded as a triumph
of a part of the party over the rest of
the party.
I am here to discharge a duty that
1 owed to the party; 1 knew before 1
came to this convention that a majority
of the delegates would not agree
with me in my tinanclal views. I knew
that there would be among the d legates
many who did not vote f >r me
when 1 rorely needed their help. I was
not objecting to the majority against
me, not to the presence of those who
went away and came back.
Rut, by friends, I came, notbrcauie
1 thought 1 would be delighted to be
in the minority in opinion, hut because
1 owed a duty to the H,000,000 brave,
loyal men who sacrillced for me. 1
came to get them as good a platform
its 1 could. I have helped them to get
a good platform. 1 came to help them
to get as good a candidate as I can,
and I hope that he will be one who can
draw the factions together, who can
give to us who believe in aggressive,
positive, Democratic reform, something
to hope for, and to those who
have dilTered from us on the main
question, that he can give them something
to hope for, to >.
1 clo;e with an appeal that 1 make
from my heart to the hearts of those
who hear me. Give us a pilot who will
guide the Democratic ship from militarism,
the Soylla of militarism, without
wrecking her udou the diiarvhrtis
of commercialism.
Woman Shot to Death.
Information readied Dublin, Oa.,
' of the killing Wednesday of Mrs.
itobert Floyd In Lowry district, that
county, by Malcom Currie, the 13i
year-old son of Mrs. Elmira Currie.
s Currie shot Mrs. Floyd six or seven
i times and then shot Mrs. Thomas
I Floyd, his sister in law, indicting a
serious but not dangerous wound.
The row started by Mrs. Currie en,
deavorlng to get her child, which for
I flhmA una ra hao hnon i r? f Ka a#
J ?v/u?v J\>WkO I1UO LA^UII 111 UIIU LI1AI Lit
her son, who married a daughter of
Mra. Floyd. It is said that Mrs.
Floyd starded toward Mrs. Currle
with a knlje, when the boy began
shooting, killing her Instantly. No
arrests have yet been made. It Is
said however, that Mrs. Currle and
her son Malcolm will bi arrested.
CliAraw To (let New Depot.
* As a result of a prearranged confer'
ence Tuesday on tne part of the rail'
road comm sslon, a committee from
3 the town of Cheraw on the Seaboard
3 road and officials of that road, the reI
presentatlves of the railroad agreed tc
u let a contract for a new depot at dies'
raw within 00 days. The new depot
II will cost about $9,000.
f Mystery (Solved.
The police report the And log Weds
nesday in the Ilarlem river N. J., ol
s a body believed to be that of Henrj
e Baxter Klngs'ey, the wealthy young
1 Vermont man who has been missing
> since last November from the home ol
o his cousin, Hugh H. Baxter, In Flftt
. avenue, that city.
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CONWAY, S. C.. T
THE FARMERS BOY
Who Bote to be the Leader of a
Great Party.
HOW THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
?????
Htutllod at NlK'itH, Taught School,
Took up Law and Pushed
IIIh Wav U> the Front
Hank.
Horn on a farm, living on a farm,
the son of a farmer, married to the
daughter of a farmer; plodding school
teacher, shrewd country lawyer,
st adily su xjcssful politician, chief
judicial ofllcer of the greatest State in
the Union These, in two sore words,
are the two sides to the life and character
of Alton Hrooks Parker, the
has: and elevation of the man chosen
by the Democrats as nominee for
President of the United States.
It is the typical American story
that has been broadened into a hundred
biographical libraries and whose
features arc so similar that they might
be stereotyped.
Judge Parker comes from close to
the American soil and he comes, too,
from old American stock-for there
was a Private Parker In one of Washington's
New York regiments, and
that private was the great-grandfather
of the present Chief Judge of the New
York Court of Appeals.
IIK IIEI.IKVKS IN ANCESTRY.
It is to be noted here that while
Judge Parker might uot hand down a
dissent,im/ onlninn If Mm mimii-nKnoori
term "self-made man" were applied to
him, he puts a good deal of trust in
ancestry as a man-maker, and In the
library of his house at Etopus hangs
a framed emblazonment of the Parker
coat of arms. It Is not on record that
the warrior spirit of the Parkers disturbed
any of the Judge's forebears
after the days of the Colonial private.
At any rate Alton 13.'s father, John
Brooks Parker, was a farmer who lived
a little way out of Cortland, N.
V. There Alton B. was born May 14,
I8f?2, which would make him just past
the lifiy two year mark.
The elder Parker had married llar1
rlett Stratton, and the old mother, she
Is past eighty, by her vigorous frame
and strong mentality shows that her
j son came of good stock on both side*
of the family. She is now enjoying
the mother's supreme triumph of seeing
her boy a famous man. The suddenness
of his later rise has somewhat
overpowered her, but in the estimates
that she has been induced to give of
her son's early years there is no inclination
to make him a prodigy.
A PASSION KOll BOOKS.
"Alton was a strong boy and a good
boy," the mother says, "but he was
not so go ;d a boy that 1 did not think
1 could make a better one of him.
So when he needed it 1 switched him
and switched him soundly, lie help!
prl hivi fiit.lipr ahAnf thn fn.nr.
...? uuuuu VI1U mi ill (II LCI
hours when he came home from the
district school which he attended.
He had Ills chores to do In the morning
and In the evening. During the
Summer time he worked in the ticlds
according to his years and In his youth
he did a big day's wark without a
murmur. Yes, he was a cheerful and
dutiful son."
It was his father's wish that his son
should be a farmer and grow up to
work the homestead, but while Alton
liked a farmer's life lie could not limit
liis ambition to the iield fences, lie
always wanted to learn things. His
chores over lie sought his books, poring
over them so long and late that
Ids parents were obliged to drive him
away from them and to bed, and when
lie outgrew the books of the district
school lie took up those of the Academy
in Cortland.
Tlwn he thought lie would like to
open books to others, and so attended
the State Normal School, where he
studied to be a teacher.
TnUASllKD SCHOOL HULLY.
His years of hard work in tlie open
fields and the good stock before referred
to made young Alton a strapping
youth and when he was sixteen
lie was almost as big as he is now, and
he stands over six feet high, and has
shoulders like a Columbia oarsman.
The school ommlttee of Ulster, N.
Y., had a district school at Naoanoch,
where the older boys were in the habit
of making It so extremely interesting
for the teacher that he usually found
one term suillciently exciting to last a
lifetime. The committeemen looked
at young Parker's Inches and solidity
and gave him the distinct ion of being
schoolmaster for the troublesome district
and three dollars a week to boot.
The troublesome pupils also looked
over their young teacher and, though
one or two of the bolder tried to keep
up the reputation of the district, it
was a failure. The bully of theRchool
was smashed and the school teacher
was a success.
He tried teaching for two years and
at the end of that time, though the
committee raised his salary to the
princely sum of $20 a month, young
Parker concluded that he had had
enough of school boys and school books
and would t.alro nr? 1
.. VM.v. VM?V U|/ VI Ui ULIC ItlW.
There was a tender side to this determination,
It must be confessed. The
, last school In which he taught was at
"Accord, and In Accord lived Moses I.
Shoonmaker, and Shoonmaker had a
daughter, Mary.
COURTS AND COURTSHIP.
The Schooomakers are of the early
Du'ch settler period and trace back
their ancestry as far as the Uocsevelts
or Stuyvesants or DcPeysters, and
those of Moses I. Schoonmaker branch
have been yeomen gentry for generations.
School teaching may bean eminently
respectable occupation, but it
is not surpassingly remunerative in the
i country district grades. There is
I more money in law, and one of Mary
. Schoonmaker's relatives, Augustus by
i name, had a law oftlce in Kingston,
and oddly enough, a vacancy was
found there for young Parker, and
when young Parker began to do well
at law, after his admission to the bar,
in 1872, Moses I. Schoonmaker, as
well as Mary, smiled on him. And so
' the young folks were married.
' Parker took another partner?a law
' partner and the firm of Parker it
I Kenyon opened for business in Kingf
ston. Put the Parker member of the
> tirm had aspirations beyond practice.
Ills tastes were judicial, what might
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IIURSDAY. JULY !
be called the politically judicial, and
his tlrst opportunity came In 1877,
when he defeated a popular Republican
candidate for the otllce of Surrogate
of Ulster Couuty, and when his
term expired he was re-elected, 1879.
1IK TAKES UT POLITICS.
By this time the young lawyer was
recognized as a factor in the politics
of ^Ulster County, acd in 1893 the
nomination for Secretary of State was
offered him by the Democratic leaders.
In 1884 he was a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
which nominated Cleveland for President,
and when elected Mr. Cleveland
offered Parker the appointment of
First Assistant l\>stmaster-General.
In 1885 he was made Chairman of the
Democratic State Kxecutive Committee,
which had charge of David B.
Hill's campaign tor the Governorship,
and Mr. Hill wanted him to run for
Lieutenant-Governor.
But Parker stuck firmly to his Idci
of the bench as the proper step to
preferment. So when there came a
vacancy in the Supreme Court Judges,
by the death of Judge Westbrook,
Governor Hill nominated Parker to
the ollloc and ho was nominated for
the full term of fourteen years in the
electiou of 1880.
A curious thing happened at the
election, and one which illustrated the
quiet but powerful popularity of the
man. Judge Parker was only thirtythree
years old, yet he was unanimously
nominated for the Supreme Court
bench by the Democrats, and the Republicans
felt so certain of his election
that they refused to nominate an
antagonist or to oppose him. So it
happened that not a vote was cast
against him, yet he was not elected
by any plurality.
He served in the Supreme Court
until his election as Chief Judge of
the Court of Appleals, in 189>, by a .
plurality of about <>0,000. That election
practically assured a judicial
position for %twenty-two years, or
until the end of his life, for, recent
precedents prevailing, in the final year
of his fourteen-year-term of ortlce In
1911, ho would almost surely be renlminrl
f/?t* u fl no 1 ?v? ??'L L.l. ....... 1 -1
Uivvvuu mi ? uum ICI 111, WHICH WUUH1
carry him over the retiring age of
seventy years, In 1U2I.
WHAT ms DKCISIONS SAY.
This brief record covers the political
history of Judge Parker. It shows
him to he a man of fixed Ideas, of undoubted
popularity and as a political
manager of much executive ability.
So far as his political opinions are concerned
lie has always made his judical
position the excuse for not discussing
them. Put in the decisions of Judge
Parker there is much that is political
and it is by the persual of these that
one may find how the nomluee stands
on many of the great questions of the
day. On tire vital issues of the relations
of labor and capital he holds
that "if an organization strikes to
help its members the strike is lawful.
If its purpose be to injure non-members
it is uulawlul."
lie recognizes the right of one man
to refuse to work for another on any
ground that lie may regard as sullicient,
and declares the employer lias no
right to demand a reason for it.
lie has ruled against contracts
which threaten a monopoly whereby
trade in a useful article may be restrained
and its price unreasonably
euhanced, even if the price be so
moderately advanced that the sum
exacted is not burdensome.
All fan/'lticno lio ??An
*?.?* Awtjv* liV/ U'QV/Uil U?lj Vyi J III t*
from the State; the right to make
contracts is restircted by legislation,
public opinion and public policy; and
above all does he insist that the three
great departments of government?
the executive, legislative and the
judical?should be confined each to its
own constitutional functions.
ON KHANCHI8EH AND LAllOK.
With judicial ease and growing
means for comfort, Judge Parker's
first love reasserted itself, and one
of the greatest moments of his
life was when he bought the old
Gill farm, a mile or so out of the little
town of lOsopus-on the-Hudson. lie
has named it Rosemount, and there,
when his judicial duties do not require
his presence in Albany, he
spends his days of pleasant labor and
his nights of quiet comfort. The estate
is of ninety acres, anl in the
working of it J udge Parker actively
assists. The house, a pleasant and
and commodious old farm house,
overlooking the river, is hospitably
open U* fiier.ds and acquaintances
from far an near.
Judge and Mrs. Parker had two
children, a son who died when seven
yearsold, and a daughter, Rertha, who
is the wife of the Rev. Charles Mercer
Hall, rector of the Church of the Holy
Cross at Kingston, to which church
the folks at Rosemount drive in Win*
ter and sail in their launch during the
Summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Hall
have two children and these two!
grandchildren are as much at Rosemount
as at the rectory. Romping
with these little ones, galloping over
the country-side on ono of his big
horses, sitting at the head of his long
dining room table, around which is
dally gathered a welcome and Jolly
company, helped by his devoted wife
and counseled by bis wise mother; loving
Nature and the hard work that Is
needed to subdue her; a sun-browned,
wind-tanned man nf hnae Hnild Hrm
chin, high check bone and bright
brown eye?amid these surroundings
and In these <iueit, almost patriachlal
pursuits judge Alton B. Parker waits
the will of the people.
Woman In I'oiHOned.
Minnie Ilardorf, 27 years of age, a
hair dresser, of N. Y.,ls dying from
the effects of poison alleged to have
been administered by an unknown
woman. Miss Bardorf was brought
home by the mysterious woman who
left her on the steps of the house In a
state of collapse. The woman called
some children who were playing nearby
and leaving her victim with them
hurried away.
Thlel Oonfe?netl.
Robert R. Taylor, of New York,
who confessed to stealing unsigned
bank notes to the amount of 96,720
from the Citizens' National Rank, of
New York, Wednesday made restitution.
This, however, will make no
difference In the prosectlon of the
i case as the United States district
attorney says Taylor will be tried in
, November.
n*<t id*
21, 1904
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Meet at White 8tone Springs in
Large Body.
ATLANTA EDITOR SPEAKS.
Many KxprpHttiuns of Affection for
l<ato Col. Hoyt anil Mr. Drew,
A IMcaHant Trip to Union.
The llan<|uet.
The Columbia Suite's correspondent
writing from White Stone Springs
Wednesday, where the State Press
Association is now in annual session,
says: The newspaper men of South
Carolina?a goodly number of these
faithful workers, at least?have laid
cumbering cares aside and mce more
assembled In fraternal communion.
These are good citizens, they are in a
most, charming retreat, they have a
line programme and the proprietors
are leaving nothing undone that will
contribute to their pleasure.
Only one business meeting has been
held so far and this was a particularly
interesting occas'on. On motion the
followlug resolution was unanimously
adopted:
''That this association, through its
president, convey to Judge A. B. Parker
its hearty congratulations and express
our faith in the ticket and the
party in November."
Though only a brief session has been
held, alTectlonate reference has many
times been made to the memory of
the late lamented J. A. lloyi, one of
the ex-presidents of this association, a
prominent and honored member, a
useful and patriotic citizen. ^
President Aull road a letter to the
association from which tills extract is
Is made:
"Mrs. Jas. A. Hoyt and children
wish to extend to you, and through
you to the South Carolina State Press
Association, their sincere thanks and
appreciation for the honor and attention
shown to their beloved dead.
i lie i*r? ss Association was very dear
to him and will ever be to us and their
last loving attention to him will never
be forgotten. The lovel> ilowers have
faded * * * t,iit the warm hearts and
loving hands that placed them on his
bier are still beating true to his memory."
This breathes the spirit of him
whom the members have lost and their
words will be heard with grateful apprcciatson
by all.
TI1K W KI.COM K.
The formal proceedings began this
morning with a full attendance. That
staunch and veteran newspaper man,
Mr. Charles Petty, who has wielded a
Spartan pen of Inlluenoe for many honored
years, welcomed the members in
behalf of the proprietors of White
Stone. He also extended a broader
welcome for Spartanburg county and
was most happy in extending welcoming
words that left no doubt of their
genuine sincerity.
President Aull spoke in titting response
for his brethren and the .'10th
annual meeting of the South Carolina
State Press association proceeded to
business.
The annual report of President Aull
lirst engaged the attention of the
brethren. This included mention of
the annual trip, paid feeling tribute
to the late Col. J. H. Hoyt and Mr. T.
J. Drew, expressed gratilication at the
continued interest manifested by the
members and expressed appreciation
of the continued honors bestowed upon
him.
The new members received were as
follows: I lev. II. it. Murchlson. Southern
Home; Ceo. M. Kohn, The State;
A. W. Kn'ght, ilamberg Ilerald, Rev.
C. A. Freed, Lutheran Visitor,
Messrs. .1. C. Peurifoy, W. W. Colton,
and P. 11. Fike.
The courtesies of the association I
were unanimously extended to Mrs. J.
11. White of the Augusta Chronicle.
The president announced the following
committees: A. i\ Ford, E. J.
Lide, J. M. Knight, C. A. Freed and
It. L. Freeman on programme.
To report suitable resolutions on the
death of Col. J. A. Hoyt: It. It.
Hemphill, J. B. Towill, A. Kohn, J.
M. Knight and W. K. Stringer.
On death of T.J. Drew: C. W.
Briehmore, J. C. Mace, N. G. Osteen,
J. L. Sims and J. E. Norment.
On otllcers'reports. Ed II. DeCamp,
A. W. Knight, J. L. Stppleblcn, L.
W. Cheatham and J. II. Buchanan, j
At the afternoon session, Seoretary
Langston read nls annual report. Tills
was full and interesting and also contained
heartfelt reference to the loss
sustained by the association in the
death of the lamented Col. Hoyt, and
I litting reference to the recent death
of Editor T. J. Drew.
TilK AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session papers on
business subjects were read by Editor
A. W. Kuightof the Bamberg Herald
and Editor It. L. Freeman of The Advocate.
Brother Knight's subject
was: "The Job Oftlce in Conjunction
With a County Newspaper," and
Brother Freeman rbad a paper on
"The Necessity of Having Fixed Advertising
Itates and Standing by
Them." These subjects were well
handled, familiarity with the subjects
being clearly shown in the strong,
terse speeches. Interesting discussion
followed the reading of these instrucI
iun ni rvnro M aauA 117 t/..i
vnv pifbio, UIO.WIA. /V. YY . IMIIKIIl.
N. G. Osteen, J. L. Sims and Kd. II.
DeCamp participating.
At ? o'clock Wednesday night,
Hon. John Temple Graves, the distinguished
Georgian, delivered the
annual address before the members
and every guest of the hotel. Mr.
Graves has all the gifts of the born
orator and to these he adds a strong
personality. Illssubjeot, "The Press
of America," was most appropriate
and was handled even as befitted the
reputation and fame of the gifted
speaker. From the discussion of
journalism in its multiform and varied
aspects; from the changes wrought by
the telegraph and cable; from the
power of news agencies and associated
press, the speaker came back to the
man behlndQ the pen?the editor.
"Hut torhorrow brings back the man,"
he said. "Tne great editor looms
once more upon the horizon. The
ruling force, the guiding intelligence,
the imperial mind that sways shall
once again be throned In the sanctum
rather than wrapped In the statemah's
toga or magnified In the politician's
wiles."
The editor grows with a growing
world and the press leads the world's
advance, the press heralds the world's
thought and the cumulative influence
Is hard to overestimate. The great
rd.tor is the great man of the world's
future. If he but knew his tools, if
he but comprehended his power, If he
but magnify his calling, If he shall
always tell the truth and if, while he
looks with shining eyes upon magnificent
opportunity he be sobered always
with a solemn sense of his splendid,
vast responsiblity.
Thus reasoning the distinguished
editor and speaker argued tliatbehlnd
all theory, back of all Ideals and be
yond all editorial pages stands the
man.
The great editor will reach his full
statue and Influence when he lays
down forever the habit and the hope
of h ldlng ottlce. The press shall be
faithful without b.ing fierce, loyal
without lying, true to its friends, just
to its enemies and as splendidly fair
as it shall be splendidly free.
The brief synopsis but Imperfectly
and fragmentarlly outlines one of the
best and most eloquent addrtsscs ever
made before tills association and Is a
rare and splendid tribute to ideals
that have been lived up to by some
Sjuth Carolina journals. The address
was listened to most attentively and
was most enthusiastically received.
The gathering now looks like a large
family aiTalr and all seem to be enjoying
themselves.
amonu tih 18k f'kksknt.
Among these now present are: J. C.
Mace and wife, Miss Theolosla Jones,
Miss Lizz'e Ragsdale, a. w. Knight,
wife and children, J. L. Sims, J. lzlar
Sims, II. K. Sims, 11. S. Sims, N. G.
Osteen, Miss Monet a Osteen, Miss
Louise Murray, Mrs. it. (). Hrlstow,
Miss Mristow. Miss McCullongh, John
M. Knight, Mrs. John M. Knight, Ar
thur Knight, John It ill Towlll, Miss
Towlll, C. W. blrchmore, wife and
children, .James T. Bacon, L. W.
Cheatham, E. II. A nil, Mrs. E. II.
Aull, Jas. L. Aull, Miss Al ee Anil,
Master Humbert Aull, Miss Sarah
Howseal R. L. Freeman, Miss Oorrio
Freeman, Rice 11. Harmon, Koel F.
Oswald, ltobt. It. Hemphill, Miss
Grace Hemphill Chas. C. Langston,
Miss Norma Clinkscales, A. B. Cargile
wife and child, E. .1. Lide, Charles
Petty, \V. K. Stringer, Ed II. DoCamp,
.Jos. L. Stoppelbein, August
Kohn, Mrs. August Kohn, J. E. Norment,
Hugh It. Murchlson, John H.
Buchanan, Mrs. VV. A. Corkell, Mrs
James Hamilton, W. K. Stringer, F.
II. McMaster of The State, L. G.
Young, Union Times; Mr. and Mrs.
Chas H. Henry, Spartanburg Journal,
and G. E. Moore of the lionea Path
Chronicle.
THE UNION TK11*.
-t required two trolly cars to carry
the party to Union, in response to an
Invitation from the Union Business
league. This invitation and the manner
In which it was cirrted out was
a genuine exponent of the life and
progress of one of the 11 nest of the
thriving young South Carolina cities.
The lion. It. L. McNally, mayor,
and Messrs. L. G. Young, B. F. Arthur,
It. P Harry and It. E. Browne
came over to White Stone on a special
car to escort the party over. Nearly
every member wont on the trip, which
was decidedly one of the most pleas
ant features of this annual meeting.
TIIK SOUVKNIKS.
Souvenir Invitations, gilt edged and
unique, carried the party to the handsome
store of the Union Drug Co.,
where Ices, cream and delicious soft
drinks were numerously served to all.
Union has done many things well as
her record Droves, but this triD of the
South Carolina State Press association
will Ion# be remembered by every
participant as a crowning evidence of
the grace and tinish of Union's hospitality
and courtesy.
TUB KLBGAMT BANQUKT.
The banquet was indeed the tln'shing
touch to a most enjoyable meeting.
Tlie iiandsome dining room was beautifully
decorated and brilliant witli
light and beauty. Not by any means
the least consideration, was the feast,
its preparation, decoration and service.
Everything sped merrily and well,
all enjoyed the fraternal communion
and ''blest be the tie that binds" was
the music In the air. The following
toasts and responses brought forth applause
and added materially to the
spirit of the evening.
"The State of South Carolina"?
Lieut. Gov. J. T. Sloan.
"Our Association"?President E.
H. Aull.
"Our Hosts"?Mr. A. Kohn.
"The Press"?Mr. J. M. Knight.
"Woman"?Mr. J. E. Norment.
The pleasures lasted until a late
hour. The guests, friends and fellow
citizens all enjoyed the moments so
swiftly speeding. Then came the deserted
festal board, pleasant dreams
and the anticipation of another pleasant
morrow.
Stuck Gun in His Face.
At Greenville Mr. P. S. liutler, who
has charge of the routes and carriers
of the Dally News, was held up by
three negroes about 2.30 o'clock Sunday
morning on the upper end of Pendleton
street and relieved of his watch
and his purse which contained a small
amount of cash. Sunday afternoon
one of the thieves was caught. He
gave his name as Dan Wright, and
huiu i/iic oiner two negroes wno took
part In the hold-up were Bruce Williams
and Joe Bagby. They were employed
as brakemen by the Southern
railway and lived in Gainesville, Ga.
Five Bather* Drowned.
A Warsaw, Va., special says Miss
Helen, aged 20 years; Miss Ada aged
19, and Harriet, aged 25 years, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kemmon
of Washington, together with Mrs.
James Hubbard and child, of Meter,
Va., were drowned at Edgewater, near
Meter, Westmoreland county, Thursday
afternoon while bathing. Their
bodies were recovered.
Itooked tho Train.
At Sumter, thirteen crowded
coaches of colored excursionists arrived
in the city Tuesday morning from
Columbia. As the first section of the
excursion train was leaving the tank
beyond the southern depot at 9.16
Tuesday night seven or eight negro
boys rocked the train and broke
several windows. *
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DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL
Parker Will Gain Strength. as Campaign
Progresses.
TILLMAN TO TAKE THE STUMP.
WANhiiiKton Dcmuoratw Holler? That
a Strong Ticket lias Iloon Named,
Which Will Appeal to Sober
Interests of tlio Country. %
A Kp clal from Washington sayssovcral
distinguished Democratic members
of Congress have been In Washington
this week en route from the
great Democratic gathering at St.
Louis. Without exception all who
have been seen speak In the highest
terms of the candidates, and of the ?
platf rm adopted by the party, and (
they declare that the outlo >k for party
success in November next Is brighter
than it lias been at any time since the
memorable campaign of 1892, when
Cleveland was triumphant* cv?r President
Harrison. Without exception
they express the belief that New York
will swing in line forjudge l'arker on
November 8th, and that Connecticut
and New Jersey and Indiana will follow
the example of the Empire State,
and that the result of the election will
not be in doubt. Parker, they tay, v.lll
grain strength rather than lose support
as the campaign progresses. He
L)OSNBSSPHIlimUt,lAH Mlflv rWlnro
will commend him to the sober judgment
of the people.
The nomination of S.nator Davis
for the Vice-Presidency Is very satisfactory
to this section of the country,
and will beyond doubt result In the
placing of both Maryland, his native
state, and West Virginia, his adopted
state, lb the Democratic column in
November.
T1 I.UMAN TO TAKK STUMP.
Among Democrats In Washington
back from the St. Louis convention Is
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina.
The Senator took a leading part In the
convention and Is enthusiastically in
favor of the ticket and platform nominated
by the convention. He says that
In his Judgment Parker and Davis will
be elected.
"It had been my Intention to take
no part In the canvass, for my throat
is In bad condition," said Senator
Tillman, "but now, unless the doctor
forbids It, and If the party wants mo,
1 will work as hard as 1 did In 18!M?
and IbOO. Theu I was a silver man;
now I'll work for?well, work to beat
Roosevelt. 1A nti- Roosevelt' Is my
platform. I am for a return to constitutional
government and law. I'm
tired of Imperialism at home, as well
as abroad."
SENATOR CULHEU90N CONFIDENT.
Another prominent southern senator,
who was one of the southern leaders
at St. Louis, Is Senator Culberson
of Texas. Senator Culberson has Just
been re-nominated for another term
In the United States Senate, which Is
very pleasant news to his many
friends In this section of the country.
The senator Is one of those who have
full confidence In the party's chances
for victory In November. 4
A Dying Stable Hoy. I
King Edward Thursday added one 1
more to the / .any informally democratic
bidder s that have marked his
relations wtf his poorer subjects since
he came to ?e throne. Slipping away 1
from the crowded Newmarket race ^
track London where he had l>een
watching his own horses run, the king
drove to a neighboring poorhouse. In
the poorhouse hospital his majesty noticed
a mandolin on a bed where a
stable boy lay dying of cancer. In
answer to the king's question If he
could play It, the boy said ho would
like to try the national anthem. "Let
us hear you," said the King Edward, J
and summoning all his remaining i
strength the boy sat up in bed and
played "God Save the King," His majesty
stood by the bedside until the
familiar air was finished. What the flW
king said to the dying boy is not Mv'
chronicled, but newspapers say that
when the king strode out and the hos- ? pit.;il
ward relapsed to its usual silence, 9 ^
the stable boy lay back on his bed and
said: "I can die happy now."
Claims Junk Dealers lOatatc.
Mrs. Geo. F. Abbott, widow of the?J|||j|
aged Junk dealer whose body wasfound^^^^p
by . tlremen called to put out a fire
Chapel alley, Brooklyn, Tuesday,
Ashevllle Thursday to lay claim to
fortune of $100,000, alleged to have ^R|jg
been left by the aged junk dealer. In
that city Mrs. Abbott was known as
"Madame Monk, clairvoyant," and she ' ?
was supported last winter by charity.
The body of the dead man's son George
is buried here there He came to Asheville
with his mother some years ago
and died there two month* ' Mrs.
Abbott always claimedv v utterly
penniless, but it Is generally believed
that she possesses much money.
Now Steamer Burned.
The new steamship San Jancinto,
which was recently built for the Ocean
Steamship Company, destined for service
between New York and Galveston,
was almost destroyed by tire
shortly after 2 o'clock Tuesday morning
while in the dry dock in Koaohe's
Ship Yard.
American Poaches lor Kngland.
England is in the American market
for peaches, and arrangements are
under way for the exportation of part
^ # at 1 ? - a ? ?
t?i wie mrgc crop mat lias ween produced
here. The peaches frofn the
Ozark mountains seen to tie most a
favored for export. A
Oldest Georgian Dead.
A special from Annlston, Ala., says
Wiley Davis, of Bremen, Haralson q|
county, Georgia, Is dead here, at th?
age of 115 years. He lived In Haralson
county nearly all of his life and
had been a very active man until a
few yeara ago. He was considered
the oldeebwan In Georgia.
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Plokonrf**Jfew Graded School.
The board of trustees for Pickens
dlBtrictNo. 31 Wednesday let the contract
for building a modern graced
sohool building. The town will invest
about $10,000 in the new building.
A feature of the building will be
a large auditorium with elevated
seats, arranged in amphitheatre style. A
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