The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 17, 1908, Image 5
BRYAN THE MAN
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Senator Tillman Thinks the Democrats
will Win This Tall.
GIVES HIS REASONS
Wliirh Was I'uhllshed in the Paris ,
h.dition of the New York Herald, j <
The Senator May Take a Hand in '
h
the <a^u>aign on His Iteturu. j,
I >r. J.^Y. Ma brock brought backj ;
with him from his lOuropeun tn;> ajj
number of newspapers and news-'<
paper clippings, one of which is of I
considerable interest. It is an in- i *
terview in which Senator Tillman'
: i
on the '.'2nd of August expressed his ,
belief that Mr. Bryan will be elected
president. I
Or. Babcock sa\s that S< ra'.or
Tillman is deeply interested in the
campaign and wishes to come hack
and ge" luAo it. The Senator's plavs'
at presenf are to sail for America i
on the 17th of October.
The interview referred to was sent
I
by Mr. Crockett, London correspondent
of the Paris edition of the New i
York Herald. and is as follows:
Among all the prophets <>/ Ih'in
ocratie success at the coming ??!? ? -!
lions. none is more confident that
Tinted State Senator Honjamino It. j
Tillman of South Carolina, who.
sifter an extensive continental to'ir,
is ? njoying his first visit to I ondon.
"It may he that the wish is father
to the thought," ssiid Senator Ti 11 man.
when 1 encountered him sit
the office of the America i Kxpvcss
Copmnny. * 1 >ut it looks to me as if
Mr Hryan has a powerful good
chance of cleaning up tin* other
crowd this time. In the t'nst place
he hsis been nominated in s;iito of
11n best organized newspsiper light,
sigsiiiist him ever known, thus demonstrating
his innate strength with the
rank and file of the Democratic
party.
M Tnl't Ilin nonlfilM. U.?_.
be? 11 nominated solely at the dictation
?d' Mr. Roosevelt nnd agam-d
t h? wishes of the masses in the It",
pntiienn party. While .Mr. Ta'.'t is
a lovable character in every way,
and I don't wish to be construed as
saying anything against hint ?as a
^L man. his selt'-olditerat ion and what
I ^^Teuld call the element of sub-'
sorvieney shown in bis visit to OvsI m'
I lay to have his speech revised, ate
not in his favor. |
"There are . 'her facts that inns' j
appeal to the people. If, for Mistance,
we are going to Mevicani/o
our country by having a president
appoint his successor, througgh the
machinery of the Republican party
and the use of officeholders to stock
a nominating convention it is simply
going to make a great slump downward
in the history of the American
republic. A gain, if the count rs
is really in love with, and anvious
to have carried out the reforms
which Mr. Roosevelt stole from the
Democrats and proclaimed as 'my
policies, t no people win 1 < < umn/.ithat
Mr. Hrvan more fully repiesents
those ideas than does Mr. T;ii'.
"Then, again, 11 m vice presidential
nomination of the Republican convention
is an insult to the name of
reform. Kevrybody in Washington
is familiar with Mr. Sherman's alignment
with the plutoeratie influence
of the country, and unless I mistake
the character of the people
generally they will consider that his
nomination surrender to plutocracy,
while Mr. Tail's friends
are denying everything that is calculated
to lose him any votes.
"There is still another important
consideration which will influence
?hf election of Mr. Hrvan. The
panic of last winter has lefi only
unpleasant. recollections and an
amount of damage to business which
is now relatively small. Things
seem to be almost normal at present.
Hut whatever it was, the harm resulted
with Republicans in possession
of the branches of the government
in *?? of a/ protective tarin, in
spite of a gofM standard.
The money question is no issue
now, and can not be made one. Mr.
Bryan's attitude in 1806 and 1000
wouldn't influence even a nervous
batty much less a sensible voter, and
unless the American masses are absolutely
besotted, of which, in my
opinion, there is not the slightest
indication, they will realize that t >
allow one party to remain in power
indefinitely is not healthy or for
^tho good of the country. C?n?id"i\
besides, the disaffection in the West
over the tariff, the clamor for Mr.
Roosevelt's programme, which Mr.
Bryan represents, and you will see
that Mr. Bryan can't keep from win1.1
eg
"I don't think that much one be
done with the tariff next session."
said Mr. TlllmMi in answer to a
(pi stion. "Two-thirds of the .-.entile
is against any reduction, and
SUB!
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GIGANTIC SCHEME I;
LAN* HH2GKST WAHKHOl'SK IN
THK WOItI.1).
I he I'rinu' ()b|H( of the Movement
Is lo Control the Cotton Crop auil
Its l'rice.
A dispatch from New Orleans says
he New Orleans Cotton Exchange
ind the cotton merchants and planers
of that section of the country
vi 11 ask the state of Louisiana to
construct a gigantic cotton warelovise
on the river front in the city of
Slew Orleans. The plans an anlounced
t?v \V. M. Thompson, presilent
of the Cotton Exchange. The
>roposed warehouse will be the lurg?st
in the world, and will he lug
niough to store the entire rot ton
. top of the South. It will cost several
million dollars.
The prime object of the movement
is to control the cotton crop
and the prices of the staple. In
addition to the support of the New
Orleans Cotton Kxchange, it has the
hacking of the Southern Cotton Association.
Discussing the matter. President
Thompson of the Cotton Kxchange.
said that the plan meant millions of
dollars saved for the people of the
Sout h.
"Wo are convinced that the warehouse
should be a quasi-public institution,
in which the city and the
state will bo interested," he said.
"A coord lug to our plans a commission
would bo appointed and will direct
the affairs of the warehouse as
other public commissions carry on
the work alloted to them.
"In the lirst place, we will have
to convince the outside world that
the warehouse which we have planned
and which will make New Orleans
by far the greatest cotton
center in the world, is not a moneymaking
enterprise. If a company
were organized to build the structure
it would necessarily have to pay a
dividend. No one would subscribe
on a philanthropic basis. and it
would have to he shown that a profit
would accrue.
"Therefore we would hsvo to
make :i profit-111 itUing charge for
handling the cotton. As a public,
utility the charges would be minimized.
We would only want to
charge enough to pay the interest,
on the bonds, the cost of maintenance
and certain reserve fund to pay
for wear and tear.
The ramifications of the warehouse
project which wo have planned
are more potential, considerable and
numerous than thyt of any economical
movement which hits come to
my attention within the last decade.
It would bring many millions of
foreign capital here.
"Now when the securities of lo cal
companies, no matter how soli
vent they may be. are ottered to
foreign capitalists, they do not know
anything about the standing of local
I companies. Nor do they know anvj
tiling about the value of a cotton
receipt from any warehouse company.
Of course the people of New
1 Orleans and the state know the
standing of local companies, but
this knowledge does not extend to
all of the money centers.
"lint when the public warehouse
is built, the receipts will he as good
as gold and will be accepted as such
by foreign financiers, as they will
have th<> guarantee of flic state on
it. This will bring millions of eapi
it a 1 here." *
Forij mi:\ lost.
Deserted From 'I'heir Ship and Was
I jOSt .
The harkentiuo Fremont, which
arrived from the Arctic at San Francisco
Friday, brought news of the
probable death of four members of
the crew, who deserted on May 1 *'?.
and started to reach Unnlnska. They
were Manuel Loreus, Leon Walzer,
Jonn Jorgenson and .James McDonald.
They started on the perilous
trip late one night during the height
of a storm. A search was made for
them but without success, and several
days later the Dory they had
occupied was picked tip at Dublin
Bay. It is believed that all of the
men perished. They had been dissatisfied
for some time over the
amount of their spring allowance.*
(im-k St h (irt'pk.
At HirmlnKham, Ala.. Sunday,
Peter Ponoteor, a Greek. wa?
slabbed to death by George Colofas,
another Greek, at the former's lunch
stand on Nineteenth street. How
the difficulty started is not known.
A small butcher's knife was used
and Ponateor's body was literally
slashed to pieces. Colefas escaped.'*
'f there is to be a change this n?g
majority would at he; favor n*> *ncreuse.
Kvery if a Democratic president
and house were elected,
wouldn't Mr AJdrich iust sit there
in the senate and laugh at any tariff
bill sent from across the way?"*
SCRIBE fi
LOCUST PLAGUE."
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Wide Areas in South America
Made Desolate by It.
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NO REMEDY IS FOUND
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Five (Governments Fighting the IVst,
Which Is Yearly (ictthiK Worse. ti
Swmnis of l.ocusts Sixty Miles *
l-oiip Mild Ten Miles Wide.
A ctil>!o dispatch a while aj;o described
how in the province of
Catnmarra. Argentina. many women '
had fallen to the ground in convulsions
of weepi 11 n and for a time were <
almost bereft of their senses, repeat- ;
inn over and over only the words: t
"The locusts, the locusts!" It xv as <.
t !?., il.i ..,1 i ; ? ...
.... I.I.I w .Mnuwnc M'hSlOll 111 WHICH I
they had seen thi' skies darkened |
with clouds of locusts that settled |
down upon their Holds and plains,
destroying the crops and every ves- (
tigc of the vegetation on which their ,
cattle and sheep subsist. ,
No other part of the world has in |
recent years suffered from such a
plague of locusts as the agricultural ,
State of sub-tropical and temperate (
South America Argentina, Bolivia, ,
Southern Brazil. Paraguay and (
I'rttgnay share the atlliction.
In these regions the swarms have
been steadily Increasing for a nuntj
her of years. They are supposed to
originate in the southerly part of
the Amazon basin and in the Chaco,
of Bolivia, and of Northern Argentina.
They come from tin1 north in
clouds that sometimes darken the
sttn and some of the swarms have
been estimated to he sixty miles
long and front twelve to fifteen mile*
wide. But these billions of Hying
insects sire only the forerunners of
the greater mischief to come.
They make desolate the area in
which they settle, hut often jump
wide areas in their flight. Before
they take to the wing they lay I.illions
ot eggs in the warm earth which
in a few weeks become hoppers.
It is this young, voracious brood, before
it can fly. that utterly strips
t It.* land of everyhing green as
though it had heen hunted over.
All the (Jovernnients are lighting
the evil. Two years ago the Argentine
(lovernuient organized a bureau
under the name of defensa general
n gr icol a para tor tin- destruction of
t ho I or u st. Last year tho A rgent ino
Congress placed $ t..*00,0(10 ;it tho
disposal of this commission.
Su b-commiltees represent tlio ^onoral
commission in ovorv department
exposed to these invasions and they
extend from the northern limit ot
ngrictilt nto in tho republic to the
Noukueii Kiver, almost to Patagonia.
Kvervyt hing possible is done to minimize
the damage
A fine of I Oh pesos is imposed upon
any settler failing to report to
the sub-committee in his district
the presence of locust swarms or hopper
eggs on his land. An organized
service embracing thousands ot men
i. in readiness at any moment to
send a force to any place where
danger is reported. The most effective
war is waged^ against the
young hoppers.
The official report is that as many I
as .VJ.OOti hopper eggs have been
counted in a space less than three
and a half feet square. A prodigious
number of the young insects are
destroyed soon after hatching by
means of sprinkling carts tilled with
liquids. Still many of them escape
; i iiii I 111' to u 111 i y ci)\fi is ion
vast to 1m* ?inIii*??!y treated with the
sprinkling process. Fortunately the
voiiiik hoppers have a hahit that facilitates
tin- destruction of millions
of them.
By the time they are two weeks
old they have developed an enormous
appetite. But they do not set out
to eat up the world in thin array or
sea t lie red detachments.
They collect here and there in
compact masses to move forward on
the food, and when an army of hoppers
advances front one space to
another there is nothing left to
oat on the ground they have deserted
They cannot tlv. they move forward
only from 100 to 600 feet a
day. Now is the time to trap them.
In front of them a trench Is dug
about six feet deep and wide and
100 to 200 feet long. From each
end of the trench peace's of sheet
tin about seventy-live feet long and
a foot and a half high are stuek
Into the ground, forming two lines
r\f fution o/lino f'ktiHl/ik friint t ho
ends of t ho trench. These fences
are etended till their outer ends are
hundreds of feet apart, wide enough
to enclose the flanks of the Invading
army. Then all is ready for the
drive.
It is hot work, beginning at sunrise.
and all the settlers and the
Government men sent to their aid
take part in it with weapons that
I
I0W TO
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SOME HOT TALK
IASKKLL (ALLS 1IKAHST A
LI AII AM) |
IIVin to Pixivo It II" the \? \v York
Fditor Will (iive Him n Chance
llefore an Impartial Jury.
Coventor Haskell. of Oklahoma,
rho is treasurer of the National
>emocratic Committee, Sunday night
ave out at Chicago the following
I'legrant, which he said he had rent
a W. K. Hearst:
William It. Hearst, rare New York
American, New York. N. Y.
"Sir: You are stating in speech
mispress in suhstunc** that during |
he year 1S99, when Attorney Cental
Frank S. Monnett. of Ohio, had
everal rases pending in the supreme '
:ourt of that State against the 1
standard Oil Company, that I sought
o influence him to dismiss those
;uits. I have said, and now repeat I
that your statement is absolutely
'nl.se, and that 1 never had any relations
of any kind or character
IV It U It... .1 I ' > "
' ii' >ii .1 laiiii u \Ml * Olllpunv.
> u r conflict ing statements prove
nothing. You. us newspaper man,
may and should desire a imputation
for truthfulness: I. as a public official.
demand that those who ;icmiso
mo stand forth and make known
their proof. You know that a suit
against, you for civil damages. or a
luiniinal procecution tor libol. moans
long delay and affords your charactor
of journalism a chance to cover
your expenses before being called
upon to settle. do not want your
money; simply desire to expose you
to the public as a false accuser who
has distorted public records and
manufactured statements for base
political purposes. For the purpose
of forever settling this infamous
slander which you are circulating
in your newspapers and on nie
stump. I now propose that a committee
of five or any three of them,
composed of the editors of the
Springfield. Mass, Republican, the
Chicago Journal. the New York
World, the Indianapolis News and
the St. Louis Republic, be selected
to bear you and mo under oath and
all other evidences they may desire
as to the truth or falsity of
you' charge, at the earliest possible
moment, ami render their decision
to the, public in writing. Should]
this committee ti ltd your charge sustained
I shall withdraw from all
connection with the present presidential
campaign. Should the verdict
lie against you. as I know it will,
there need lie no other penalty than
the public contempt due every assassion
of character.
('. H. H ASK KLL," *
ri.yi\<; m \< him: wki:cki:i>.
One of (lie ()i'i'ii|i;ints Killed and
One Hurt.
Alter having drawn the attention
of the world to his aeroplane (lights
at I'ort .Myers, near Washington,,
and having established new world
records for benvier-t han-air flying
machines, Orville Wright Thursday
met with a tragical mishap while
making a two-man Might. The aeroplauist
was accompanid by Lieut.
Thos. K. Selfridge of the signal
corps of the army.
Lieut. Selfridge was fatally injured
and died at s;lu o'clock
Thursday night. Mr. Wright was
seriously injured, but is expected to
recover.
VV'liito tho 111 :< <-li i n i iU!i? orw-i ret i tl '
I In; drill grounds :i propeller bladde
snapped olY and hitting some other
part of the intricate mechanism,
caused it to overturn in the air and
tall to I ho ground, enevloping tintwo
occupants in the dehris.
hot h in on received deep ruts ahout
tin- ln-ad. Mr. Wright regained consciousness
at tin- hospital and dictated
a cablegram to his brother
at Letnans, France, and requested
that the same message he sent to
his sister and father at Dayton. Ohio,
assuring them that he was all right.*
are effective, though they are only
pieces of cloth, with which they flap
the ground and urge the hoppers
forward. Very often darkness falls
and the rear guard of the hoppers
has not yet reached the brink over
which they tumble to their fate. The
hoppers w'U not stir till sunrise,
and then the (lapping of the cloth is
resumed till ths particular army is
engulfed. The crops and grass just
ahead are safe for a while.
Hut such work as this spread over
several counties is enormously expensive
and is only a palliative of
tho terrible evil, not a remdey for
it. A remedy has not yet been
found. Can the plague of locusts
be quenched if attacked at its head
sources? Is there any parasite or
natural enemy of the insect that
can be introduced to quench the
plague or mitigate it? Such questions
as these are now being anxiously
discussed in South America.
THE ft
IMMENSE CROWD
i
Hears Bryan in H > / York Cil
Friday Night.
i
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
t
shown on All Sides us (lie Demo* (
erutic < 'nmliilii to Opened the < i
paij;n in Oreater Now York at '
('m ur^le Hall.
Ifemocratlc presidential campaign <
in greater Now York had its nd\out 1
Kriday ni^ht w lion W illiam .1 llryan '
at a mass mooting under tho auspices
of Tannnan\ Mali spoko before
out h nsiiist ie thonsiinds who filled
Cain'Kie 11:i 11 and overflowed
into the streets. The ovation accorded
to the presidential candidate
was a brilliant climax to a day in
which a united party paid .Mr. Ilrynn
a conspicuous reception.
Mr. Hryan spoke lor over an hour
on " Itepn Id ien n Tendencies" at Carnegie
Hall, and tor over 10 minutes
liis audience applauded his appear
a lire on t lie plat form.
Refore the meeting the candidate
spoke I'rom a rait tail to an over(lowing
Kat hol ing ol Now York's
thousands who stormed the lino ol
police to gain admission to tin* hall.
On his arrival in Now York Friday,
Mr. Itrynn spoke at a uoouday ineeting
and (luring tin* afternoon hold
constant levees at his hotel where
I lemoerat ie lenders in the rity and
State railed upon him.
I'revious to the Carnegie Hall
meeting .Mr. Ilryaii was entertained
at dinner at the home of Milhert K.
Cary. On approaching Carnegie Hall
a little later Mr. Mryan was given an
ovation by a crowd of 10.000 or
more persons who could not get in
the hall.
The candidate was taken to a Hag
draped cart and from it he made
a brief speech. lb- was cheered repeatedly,
especially when a man in
the crowd tried to nritnc with him
and Itrynn made a squelching reply.
"I can speak to you only briefly,
as I have a long speech to make
inside," said Mr. Ilryan. "Let ino
call your attention to the marked
difference between tin* Republican
platform and oars. The Republican
platform is different especially in not
outlining necessary legislation. Onr
platform tells tlm puhlie what we
think of what ought to be done. We
take the people into our confidence
and tints we show not only onr faith
in I he merits of our policies hut also
in the intelligence of the voters.
"Now there are four propositions
as to labor fos which wo stand,
first, v\ e believe that there should
he a department of labor with a cabof
the trust law.
"Second, we believe that labor
should be taken out of the operaion
of he rus law.
"Third, we believe that an industrial
dispute should not he suflieient
cause for the issuance of an injunction.
"fourth, we believe in trials by
jury in case of indirect contempt."
A man who claimed to he a union
iron worker here attracted the attention
of Mr. Hrytin and asked him if
it were true that he had used the
expression that workmen were a lot
of beggars when he was in congress:
"I speak as a representative of organized
labor." the man added.
"No, you do not." shouted Mr.
I try an. ".My record is well enough
known, so that no representative of
organized labor would have to ask
me such a question."
"hid or did you not use thai expression'.'"
insisted the man.
Itryan iinswcr^d: "I shall iu?f undertake
now or at any other time to
answer any and every statement that
may !> made hv those who tiro tryitiK
to help the Republican parly
until they get an endorsement. from
the Republican party or its represent
at i Vt'K. "
.Mr. Hryan then left the cart and
wont into Carnegie Hall.
When Secretary Smith of Tammany
Hall called the mass meeting
to order every seat was taken and
every inch of space was tilled. It
was an enthusiastic audience and
when Chairman Herman Kidder was
introduced the crowd applauded for
several minutes. Mr. Kidder dwelt
on tariff reform.
While Congressman Sulzer was
speaking Mr. hryan and his party
ol t'r/>?n o n litit r'ine<> tiiwvti t )tn
I'v-ll iiwiu 111! ? IM i inn I a JMFII VII*
stage. It was the Bryan demonstration
of eight and twelve years ago
that followed. Men leaped to their
chairs and yelled and shouted whiK
the hand played lively tunes. Chairman
Kidder's voice was lost as he
briefly introduced the Democratic
candidate.
When quiet was restored, after r
10-minute outburst of enthusiasm
Mr. Bryan began his speech. *
ORRY HE
SENATOR TILLMAN
HAS NKAItlA (OMIM.KTKI.V HKi
<>\ ?*:11?:i> HIS HKAI/HI.
Impirssioii Thut He Would I'mrll*
tally llfliir Prom Public AfVnirs
Is Krroneouv, Says Dr. Ilatx'ock.
The impression has prevailed over
he State for some time that senator
1MIIman, at the end of his Kuropcan
our, would have to retire from arive
political life. It has not been
thought that he would give up the
Aenatorslilp, but, in view of his udvunccing
years he and Dr. Babrock
celebrated their sixty-first biifhday
jointly in Paris a few weeks
HKo the opinion has prevailed, even
among those most Intimately acquainted
with tin* Senator's condition.
that he would hereafter be
compelled to pursue practically a
passive course.
"Nothing could be further from
the truth." said Dr. J. \V. Babcock.
Jnst returned to Columbia. lrom
four months spent in touring Kurope
with Senator Tillmnu and Mrs. Tillman,
and who left the Senator and
Mrs. Tillman to spend n month in
Scotland la-fore returning to America.
"The Senator has recovered
his health and strength wonderfully.
He has been the livliest member of
the party, and It was all we could
do to prevent his returning 1o
America to take an active part in
the Presidential campaign for Brynn.
He takes the keenest sort of
interest in the light and he ?:? enthusiast
it-ally conlldenf of Ueinocratie
success.
"Now, of course Senator Tillman
has reached that point in ids life
where he will have to recognise his
limitations, a thing In fact he should
have done several years ago. He can
not go like a steam engine any more,
and he recognizes the fact. He will
get rlgnt back into active political
life when lie returns, and there is
every reason to believe there are
many more years of good fighting
for him. He was looking splendid
physically when 1 left him. He has
steadily improved all the time, and
he has been in excellent spirits.
The only symptoms left of his old
troubles are a slight occasional ache
in tIn- hack of his head, and a mild
I drawing sensation at the corner
of his mouth."
Dr. Babcock himself spent mo.t
of his time abroad gathering information
and studying all sides of
Ii(.||mc,M i.ixl in tl.tu lw.
.."n* ?? * .-? ii' 11 (i 11 v?iiu?tiMt;
help from Senator Tillman himself.
In addition to gathering information
from till' libraries everywhere
ho wont. Dr. Ihibcock was given
i iiu li assistance from loading mem*
bors of bis profession throughout
10urope. "After la') years of wrestling
with this fearful dlsense," said
Dr. Ihibcock, "the medical profession.
only within the last year, aj?penrs
to have nrrlved at a sortition
of the problem. A medical
treatment has heen discovered that
at last promises a prompt and permanent
cure. We will start tomorrow
here in the Sontli Carolina
Hospital for the Insane, where we
have a number of cases, testing
this cure." *
SPLIT IX IILAKST I'AKTV.
I
Independence Candidate for Governor
of (tuoi'gia Is for lli-yuti.
An Atlanta dispatch says a serious
split developed in the Independence
party of Georgia today, when Chairman
Sutler, of the State executive
committee, announced that no electoral
ticket would he put in the field.
At the same time National Chairman
Clapp, of the party, tiled with
the Secretary of State a complete list
of State electors.
Following a meeting of the State
executive committee an official statement
was given out by Chairman
Bernard Sutler, declaring that it was
more imoprtant to wa^t' a tttate campaign
for Governor than to put an
electoral ticket in the field. Comment
ing on Tuesday's action, he
said: "The action of our executive
committee means that our candidate
Mr. Carter, will support Bryan and
Kern in the national election. It
means further that Mr. Carter is
an independent Democratic candidate
for Governor."
XCCKO CONSlMltACY A FAKK?
I'eo pie at Ninety-Six so Ilcjjiu'd Affair
of the Negroes.
There have been no further deve,
lopments In the matter ot' the negro
conspiracy, so-called, at Ninety-Six.
'.The prevailing opinion at Greenwood
:land also at Ninety-Six, as ascertained
I by interviews, is that the thing is a
i j "fake." a scheme hatched up by oho
. negro to get revenge on other nogro*
t ps for wrongs of his ow n.
iRALD