The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 06, 1909, Image 6
MANY WILL HANG
New Turkish Government Executing
Conspirators
NADIR PASHA SWUNG
lie Was One of Haloid's Chief ,\?I visors?National
Assembly Appoints
Commission to Tr> Instigators
of Armenian Massacres, ami t<
Art W illi the I (most Severity.
Advices from Constantinople sa\
that the Constitutionalists have lost
110 time iti bringing the conspirator*
in the recent rising to trial. Tin
military court, sitting in the wni
oilier, Thursday condemned aboul
2.r>o persons to doath, and they wort
executed. Many will hang before
things are adjusted.
Nadir Pasha, the second eunticl
of the palace, under the regime ol
Abdul Humid, was hanged at dawn
Thursday on the (lalata bridge. Tin
body was allowed to swing until S
o'clock in the morning, and thousands
of people stopped to look al
the great Nubian, whose name was a
terror under Ahdui Humid.
The dead man's face showed an
undershot jaw and thick, heavy lips
In life he had been fully six feet, si>
inches tall. Nadir was executed sifter
:t trial by court-martial 011 tin
charge that he instigated the mutiin
of the troops 011 April 1.1. Nsidii
Pasha came to the imperial pstlact
as a slave and grew tip in that hoi
house of intrigue.
The government lists decided tr
send a commission to Adsinst to tr>
by court-martial the instigators o
the massacres, and the contmissioi
is authorized to stct with the utinos
severity.
It is alleged that the chief author!
of the recent mutiny wore Abdu
Hamid's favorite son. Prince Mehniet
Purhain Eddino, Roar Admiral Sstit
Pasha, son of Kiamil Pasha, win
were engaged for si long time prio
to the rising in corrupting the troops
The two former have fled.
DlSFltANTIIISFMKNT
Art FhvoihhI by tbo Florida Seimh
by a Vote of 2() to 10.
Hy a vote of 20 to 10 the Florid;
senate, in session in Tallahassee
Friday adopted the Heard joint reso
lntion, which submits to the voter
of Florida a constitutional amend
ment, providing that the voters o
the State shall ho "white male per
sons." This resolution, which i
similar to one which passed tie
Senate two years ago, hut was hill
ed in the house of representatives
now goes to the house for consider
at ion.
Senator Hoard, of Pensacola, an
thor of the resolution, read a lettei
from Senator Money, of M ississippi
commending the attempt to regulate
the negro vote. 1
ATTACKF.l> I?Y HATS.
Fierce Onsalught I'pem IMrn Fight
ing Flames.
Firemen who were called to flirh
a baize in a junk shop in Ens
Eleventh street, Now York, Monda;
night, wore attacked by hundreds o
large rats. So vicious was the on
slaught of the rodents as they climb
ed the logs of the firemen and hi
their hands and ran over their shoul
ders and helmets that the firemei
turned the streams of water from 111
fire on to the rats. After the rat
had been washed away by the tor
rific force of the water, the fire wa
extinguished.
KILLED II101C ItETILA VEIL
Young Woman Shoots Down
Young Mail.
Tsaac Morse, a well known youn
business man of Nashville, Tenn
was shot and almost, instantly kill*
today by Gertrude Douglas in tl
oiuce 01 i no aim i icnii Dry caea
ing Company. In Die oxoitoinei
that followed the shooting, the youi
woman escaped, but. was arrcstc
later in tlio ofliee c>f a doctor, i
jxdic' hendeuartors, Miss Dough
said: "Ike Morse has betrayed in
He has been going with me for tl
last nine years. Ho couldn't thrc
me over and live."
Killed on Wedding live.
Instead of being a bride, M
L. 10. Stone, who was to marry All
II. Little Thursday afternoon,
mourning his death. Little was k
led Wednesday night by a street c
while he was on his way to the hoi
of Mrs. Stone at St. Louis, for 1
Inst, nnto-nnptial call. Mrs. Sto
collapsed when she heard of li
fiance's death.
Drop* Dead in Meeting.
At Itristol, Tenn., Col. .1. H. Pete
general manager of the Itrlstol Poa
of Trade, fell over dead while la
lng the minutes of a me ting
the executive committee of t
hodv Wednesday. Heart failure
^Ivon as the cause of his death.
WMp :
8T11VCK 11Y liUJUTNING.
Hut TIioiik1>( His llud Kicked
llim Senseless.
The story of a peculiar lightning
j adventure tomes from tho upper
South Kdisto river section. Several
days ago, a negro was ploughing in
a field of Mr. H. F. Peoples, when i
, thunder storm tamo up suddenly.
| Hel'ore the ploughman realized it,
I the storm was upon him. A holt of
lightning suddenly struck the mule,
and severely shocked the negro. 'I'll*'
holt, after passing through the mule.
. followed the plough stock, reitderj
ing him unconscious for more than
" three hours. When he was found,
lie was in a comatose condition, and
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all hope for his recovery had heen
j given up, when he hegan to show
I signs that he was still in the land
' of the living. lie initiated his re*
I covery by pouring fourth a lurid
> stream of epithets at his mule, who,
' he said, had kicked him, without
even "backing his ears" by way of
' warning. The holt had struck him
' on the head, crossed around his
' body, traveled down his right log
coining out of the big toe of the right
1 foot. The negro has about recov1
: ered front his injuries.
I I'l.li I'llOM 'I II Id TOP
Of lligli Skyscraper and Was Instantly
Killed.
i Falling 12feet from tiie thirtyfourth
story of the Metropolitan
' Life Insurance Company's skyscrap,
i er. on Madison Square, XV \v York,
. Monday, Thos. Mortimer, 4 2 years
, of age, was instantly killecl. Mor,
timer, who was foreman of the rigi
j gers at work on the building, was
superintending the erection of a
scaffold four floors above the big
, clock, on the 2 1th street side of the
f tower. Hundreds of people in Madison
Square were watching him at
( work and saw him fall to the balustrade
of the balcony above the clock.
. Here the body poised for a moment
j j and dropped to the street.
I I
, : Ml'KDKltHI) TK.AVFjLICKS
> ,
r Who Stopped at Their Inn and Kobhed
Them.
A band of female cutthroats, who,
i for many months past, have ben com
; milling wiiii 1111 in it ii it > ?t m'i n.a in
o brutal murders, was discovered and
arrested Monday in tho Russian village
of Kurchine. thirty miles from
, St. Petersburg. Tho principal culpritos
are a woman and her two
' | daughters, who kept a tavern. As"
sisted by other women in tho vi 1 s
lage they murdered travelers who
- stopped at the inn for the night,
f Disfigured bodies beyond recognition
- 1 and threw them into the rapidly
s (lowing stream that passed near the
- I inn.
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. ! PMl.ADMI) (il l LTV.
George Ihirton, the Yeggban, Confesses
Crime.
? ! George Parton, the escaped yegg"
man, was arraigned in the federal
J court at Greenville Tuesday morning
on the charge of robbing the postoffice
at Pel/.er in December last,
I
I pleaded guilty and was sentenod to
I serve five years in a federal prison,
and pay a fine of $1,0(lb. lie will
j be taken to the prison near Atlanta,
Itill Kill IHTIiin'd I 11; I I I1IJS flMillM- I I (Ml
the C, roenvillo county jail was of^
footed by blowing a bole through tlu
** two-foot stone floor of his cell witli
collodion.
WOMAN ClUriFIFI).
11
o Many Corpses Scon Floating l)o\vi
the Kiver.
M rsina. in Asiatic. Turkey, is un
; dor martail law and the Turkish au
j thorities are maintaing order. Tin
sanitary conditions in the city,* how
over, are very bad. There is a lacl
a j of fresh water and dead animals am
j garbage that fill the streets pollnb
[the atmosphere. The river tha
i empties into the sea here stil car
: ries down the bodies c?f dead Chris
tians from the scenes of the mas,(1
' sacres. Among the ghastly burden
I of the stream was the mutilated bod
n" j of a woman nailed to a cross.
II t i
city ci.kkk kills xkouoks.
Ml .
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Wore Trying to llrcak I p Meet in
of City Council.
lie
iw Two negroes were killed and 01
I injured l?y City Clerk J. M. Jon<
of Kast Lake, Ala., in front of tl
city hall, while the council was 1
rs. | session. The negroes were tryir
ii 11 to break up the meeting as a resu
is of some of their friends havir
il- been arrested and convicted of rui
nr ning a blind tiger. .Tones tried 1
no quiet the crowd, when two of the
lis fired upon him. llhe returned tl
no Are, killing two and injuring
ier third.
Slept Long Time.
At Kenton, Ohio, Miss I.aura Oa
rs, p<>r, 2 0 years old, who had liec
rd asleep for one hundred hours, at tl
k- home of her sister, Mrs. Knap
at awoke Thursday apparently In gor
lie health, although weak. Pliysiclai
is <"m- hoy condition Is due to a nervi
hysterical collapse.
GOES TO PRISON
I
i THE DHFOSHD SFLTAN WILL mo
(UAKDFD.
Abdul llaiuid, With Four Wives,
mid u Iicliniic of Servants, (iocs
to His Orison Mouse.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says the former ruler of Turkey,
lAhdul Humid, is to lie kept a prisoner
in a large house with walled
grounds, on a height overlooking
i Saloniki, which has lately been occupied
by the Italian commander of
tli International (lendarmerie. He
, is not to he put on trial, as has been
! wideiy reported in Constantinople,
1 r..i. M... ..i ... t.? #i...
i *' i in* -> tuunnj'i ru iw ut' auu> v iii?*
; law.
It was thought wise to keep the
1 (h posed Sultan in Kurnpean Turkey,
; remote from the Capital. Mis housei
hold will he administered for him
j upon a generous scale, and h:s life i
! will he safeguarded, as he earnestly
I besought when notified of his det
h ronement.
Abdul Humid, with four wives,
five daughters and two of his younger
sons, two eunuchs and a comparatively
large number of female servants.
were taken from 1he Yildir,
Palace a few nights ago and started
under an escort to Saloniki. The
party proceeded by steam launches
to the landing, near the railway, and
a special train, on which they were
1 to he placed, left at 3 o'clock in the
morn i ng.
The Constitutionalists would like
to get back part of the great sums
i of money that the former Sultan
is supposed to have abroad, not only
i beeause the Covernment is in need
| of the money, hilt because it. is desirable
that he should be deprived of
I the resources flpr another coup
! d'etat. Speculation places Abdul
, Ham id's wealth a t anything between
$12r>,000,000 and $200,000,000.
Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, commanding
the forces, in an interview
jiftimated his intention to purify
the Capital of all subversive elements
and to establish a salutary example
to the army. He said that
. I he would thoroughly clear up the
' situation. For this purpose the State
j of siege would be prolonged probably
. for a month, although it would be
j relieved somewhat in the European
. I quarter very soon,
i Referring to the deportation of
Abdul Humid, (Jen. Schefket expressed
the opinion that this measure was
i absolutely necessary in the interest
of the future peace of the Empire.
I Alluding to the report that the Al!
banians might attempt to rescue the
ij former Sultan, the General said he
j was convinced that the Albanians
I would remain quiet. On tbe com|
plot ion of his mission he concluded,
I ho would return to Saloniki.
Carassa Effendi. a member of the
I deputation from the National Assembly
which a few days ago conj
veyed th :> fetwa to the Yildiz Palace,
tells a graphic story of the dramatic
scene. While waiting to be intro;
I dnced to the Sultanv the members of
the deputation carefully examined
, their holsters and pistols and. ac
i cording to carassa, nan .\mnii m.iiiimi
, I shown an nrmod hand ho would have
I boon shot on tho spot.
After much delay the nnwolooino
i visitors, surround *d bv twenty black
eunuchs. wore ushered into the Sul;
tan's department where stood the son.
i Prince Abdul-Rahim. Presently the
Sultan entered in a bewildered manner.
lie was dressed somewhat negligently,
as though his clothes had
been hastily donned, in civilian attire.
llis arms hung at his sides
! and his arms lremblod.
After a silent salute TCssed Pasha
( pronounced in slow tones the decree
of deposition, at which the Sultan
" shuddered. There was a painful silence,
followed by an equally paln!
ful colloquy, lasting a quarter of an
v hour. Abdul Humid appealed for his
I life and for the lives of his family.
R I lie protested his devotion to the peo*
pie and his innocence in recent
events.
Tim youthful Prince burst into
tears and, after vain efforts to restrain
his feelings, retired behind
v !
j a screen, where he broke into bitter
! sobs. For a moment tears trembled
in the Sultan's eyes. Then he supplicated
the soldiers in attendance
to swear that they would not take
g his life. The deputation brought tlu
interview to a close and Abdul 1 Iainid
humbly saluted them as they do
10 parted.
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K11,Lid) l\ A FKJIIT.
ie |
In '
iK (Mliccr and Ilobber Shoot Knell Olhri
to Deatli.
,l~ j At Logansport, Tnd., in a revolve
? . battle with two thugs who after j
tu ;
circus performance Thursday nigh
a stood on a nearby bridge and hob
* up passengers at the point of pis
tols, Jos. Kroager. a patrolman, am
one of the unidentified robbers wen
s- killed. The wounded robber (lier
n later in a hospital. As he was dyint
ie a priest begg< d him to tell his naint
p, and the man shouted, "You go tc
>d hell!" Chas. Pierce, of Scranton
is Pa., was captured later several miles
e- north of the city, and is held ii
connection with Kroager's murder.
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RALLY, FARMERS
AND I'llOTKCT YOU It 1XTEKE8TS
BY UNITED ACTION.
1'ersoii.s Who Arc Not Members of
the I'nioii Are I'rjjed to (jive Their
Suppore to tiie Farmer.
The Farmers' Union does not conline
its membership nor its activities
and interests to the farmers of the
South, nor to the raising and marketI
lug of cotton. Orgiuating in a little
| sandhill town in eastern Texas a
i'ew \ ais ago the movement grew
ill that State ami finally began to
I travel east and north. Today in its
membership ere included a large pori
lion of the Mllers of the soil in practically
all of the States of the Union.
In the South the problem that con;
fronts the farmer is how to market
his cotton to best advantage, in the
.sort I) it is the cereal crops that abi
vltr It till* U!t mo 1/ lll/l /if itiioi'oel
attention. In the South a detlnit
plan has boon formula tod for handling
the cotton crop, and t lie plan is
being presented to the farm rs in
! ill the States in which cotton grows.
Little or no publicity has been given
<o far to the plan or its details until
this time. The plan was laid b fore
the presidents of the unions of
South Carolina in Columbia last
week.
The Stale says the increase In production
of grain, the staple crop of
the .North and West, has not kept
pace with the increase of population.
Population has increased in recent
years with about double the rapidity
with which ( real production has
increased. None need be told that
grain products are costing consumers
more than they used to cost.
; Today the price of wheat is such that
it is seriously aHVoting great interests
and the public is paying a third
| more for the bread that, is eaten,
j And cotton Itself is a grain crop, for
I the seed will produce many edibles.
The decreasing amount of grain
product per capita is, however, not
the only factor involved in the present
reign of high prices. Speculators
have manipulated t lie markets in
such a way that, an abnormal profit
is taken from this staple?grain.
Like the cotton farmer, the grain
fanner is failing to be the beneficiary
of the prevailing high prices.
The producers of wereai find themselves
in the same predicament the
cotton farmers are in.
And now the Northern agriculturalists
are planning a coup along linos
somewhat similar to those that will
probably be adopted by the raisers
of the Soutebrn staple. To this end
the farmers in the grain growing
States will meet in conclave at
Springfield, Mo., on the 1 21li of next
mont h.
President f\ S. Parrot t, of tin1
1 national organization of the Farmers'
Union, has issued the following adI
dress:
! "To the Officers and Members of
tlio Farmers' Union, and to drain
and Cattle Growers Generally in
the Following States, and in All
States Interested in the Cultivation
of drain. This Call and Invitation
i
are Issued: Tennessee, Kentucky,
Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma,
Kansas. Illinois, Washington, Oregon,
California, Texas, and Idaho:
"Members of the Farmers' Union
engaged in the cultivation of grain
and raising of cattle are earnestly
I urged to attend a meeting, to be held
in Springfield, Mo., on May 1 2, to
consider the grain situation in this
country, and to adopt policies and
strengthen plans to the end that the
supremacy of the grower in the
protitabl market ins: of grain may be
'advanced and maintained.
"Wo shall also he glad of the
co-operation of non-members, who
may he in sympathy with our pnr|
poses. The interests of all grain
growers in the maintenance of good
' prices, and in the holding of the
product to that end, are identical,
j whether or not thoy are organized.]
'So that we cordially invite at.ten-j
! dance from growers who are willing
to sincerely co-operate with us.
"The present sensational condition
in the wheat situation may look
good to the grain grower, but he
| should analyze them with a view to
' I their ultimate effect upon himself.
"Present uncertain conditions do
not make for permanent high prices
' for grain. The purpose of this meet'
j ing is to throw the whole power of
; the Farmers' Union hack of a movement
for which there has never been
" a more timely opportunity to place
I prie s on a permanently high basis.
"Heretofore we have had to focus
our strength on cotton, until organization
in the cotton-producing
r States was well effected. Now we
j are going into the wheat field to build
up our force for the handling of
,. i grain and cattle, equal in power to
the forces how handling eotron.
1 1
"The national board of directors,
the president and the most influ ntial
1 otlieors of the union will bo in Spring
flold on tlio 12tl?.
1 "Wo urgo all monibors interested
' in those industries to bo prosont.
Wo also urgo non-inonibors whose
; Interests harmonize with ours, to aid
* us in a work that touches their wel>
faro. This organization, with its
. millions of members, and its es*
tablished oflloos in all directions ,of1
fors all producers interested In these
t industries the best opportunities to
THKY WKKK KATHKlt GAY. |j
Kx?Goverin?r of Okluliomu and \Voman
Ari-ostcd in St. Isolds.
Frank Frantz, former governor of U
Oklahoma, was arrested in St. Louis
a few days ago in company with a
young woman after an automobile
ride to a road house in the suburbs,
which began Saturday night. The
couple was charged with disturbing
the peace. They were detained at
tlie police station until 9 o'clock I
the morning they were arrested,
when they w^re released on bonds.
At S o'clock at night an additional
entry was made on the police blotter.
It read:
"Charges dismissed by order of
the chief."
The woman gave her name as
Kdna Wilson, and said she lived at
the Jefferson hotel.
Chief Creecy, explained that the j
charges were dismissed after a per- r
fionnl appeal by Frantz. ti
"The facts were that be and the
young woman were just a tritle hilarious."
said the officials. "They had H
not done any part icnlar harm, and I t'
could not resist tin? appeal." ji
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\v!tm:ssi:d ax kxfci tiow .
h
o
ail American and Mis Wife Present
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by Accident.
t
Mrs. N. W. Stowell, of San Fran- ^
er Prinz Friedricli Wilhelm, of the d
North Merman Lloyd, told how sin? ^
had been compellf'd to be present '
a
at Canton. China, when a man's head
was cut. off. t,
"Mr. Stowell and f wore taken to p
the execution grounds in Canton p
among other sights," said Mrs. Sto- li
well, "and when we were within the t
enclosure tin4 gates wore suddenly
closed. To our horror they let out. v
a poor wretch and our guides told us t
they were going to cut. his head oft. I
We wanted to get out, but they would ?
not open the gates until the execu- t
Lion was over. t.
"Of course I turned my head away v
and suffered intense emotions, but t
there were no unusual sounds or v
outcry. Afterwards we were told 1
! ney had given the victim opium, t
When 'he gates were op> d we hut- \
ried away as quickly as we could.' '1
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FATAL POLITICAL FKAY. t
One Dead and Three Wounded in j.
Shooting Scrape. 51
r
Cornelius Pritchard is dead and
throe other persons are wounded as <1
a result of a six-handed shooting f
f
affray at Moadville, Miss., Tuesday,
the outgrowth of a politieal feud. s
At a r cent election Dr. A. M. New- 1
man, formerly sheriff of the county.
defeated the father of the young man N
killed for the otlice of chancery clerk. ,)
Keeling between the two factions he- (.
came intense, and when Pritchard i
met Newman today weapons were ]
quickly drawn and fireing began. In- n
graham Pritchard came to the aid V
of his brother and three sons of Dr.
Newman came to his assistance, r
When the tiring ended Cornelius r
Pritchard was dead, his brother had 1
sustained a bullet wound in his leg l
and two bystanders. Herbert Apple- |
whit.n and Sidney llorton, were less v
seriously hurt. 1
MISTIII \ I. I OK JOSH ASM l,MV. t
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Tin* Aiiry 1 liable to Agree in the
t
Peonage Case. a
1
The jury in the case of John W. ,
Ashley, tried last week in the Fed- r:
oral court at Anderson on the nhnnn
of peonage reported Monday morn- r
ing to Judge Prawley that it was r
nnahio to agreo and was discharged. f
Tho case will not come up again till
the fall term at Charleston. Colum- \
hia or Creenville. The trial attract- <ed
wide attention on account of the t
prominence of the defendant, who f
is a member of the Legislative del- ]
egation from Anderson county. The <
jury stood seven to five for acquit- (
tal, it is currently reported. ,
get just prices for themselves and |
to avert conditions which may injure
them in ways now impossible i
to forecast. i
"A few years ago, when cotton
went to sl<y-scraping prices through
market manipulation, precious few
farmers in the South profited, for
they had sold their staple already.
Precisely these conditions apply to
grain growers. Few of them are
gaining any advantage from present
high pric s. Put both cotton growers
and grain growers and the producers
of every other commodity
are likely to come in for adverse
criticism, probably adverse action,
from the consumers the world over
when the growers are not responsible
become of effect.
"It is to make such situations as
this impossible, and to protect the
cfrnwAPfl from t h Ir ItHiirfoiia
that thl? mooting is called. Both
members rind non members can readily
see it Js to their mutual interest
to co-oporute.
"The Southern farmer is hand-tohand
with the Western farmer in
the fight.for permanent high prices.
That is why I ask universal co-operation
for the meeting next month.
"C. S. BARRETT."
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40RTH MUST GO 1
__ 1
i to be Ousted For Alleged
Scandalous
CONDUCT IN OFFICE
?
le Wrote the Iniquitous Wool
Schedule in the Present Din^ley
Tarill" Law, Put That Is Not thv
Tiling for Which lie is to be Fired
by Tuft.
Zacli McCiee, tho Washington corespondent
of The State, says the
oal reason Mr. S. X. 1). North, diet
lor of the census, is about to be
r d from his job is scandalous and
ufruitable. Hut the reason why he
hould never have been appointed
o Ibis job, and why since recent exlosurcs
it is a public disgrace to
ave him holding any position of
onor or responsibility in the govrnment
should be known to men and
Cornell.
Mr. North is the man who wrote
he present wool schedule In the Dinley
tariff law. This be did at tho
ireetion and as the agent of the
Vool Manna fet lifers' association,
rom whom he claimed bis reward
ml got it in cold cash, lie was apointed
by Senator Aldrich as clerk
o tho finance committee. in that
apacity be wrote the iniquitous and
dllaging wool schedule. For this
io was paid by the Wool Manufacurors*
Association.
Whether Mr. Roosevelt knew Ibis
rhen he appointed Mr. North direcor
of the census I do not know,
tut. Mr. Roosevelt did know it last
sovember when it came out in cerain
letters Champ Clark submitted
o the ways and means committee,
vliich letters Mr. North came before
he committee and admitted v.o/1
vritton. Mr. North admitted that
10 had written the wool schedule and
hat he had been paid for it by the
Yool Manufacturers' Association.
Phe letters were there, it was no use
0 deny them, so Mr. North admited
it.
What happened? Did he lose his
oh? Did Mr. Roosevelt spurn him
rom his "righteous" administration
md denounce him as a traitor and
1 hired thief? Not at all. Mr.
Cort.li holds his position until this
lay. Mr. Taft was apparently going y
o keep him, but that a lesser ofense
is charged against him. Mind
ou, the offense now charged is more
candalous; but that is because pubic
thievery is so common that it
Iocs not excite scandal.
Thb other charge against Mr.
Corth is. in brief, and without the
letails. that whenever a member of
ongrrss or another high official of
he government has a pretty young
adv friend to supply with a remulerative
job in Washington all ho ^
las to do is to go to Mr. North and
pprise him of the fact and the died
or will provide for her. When- 4.
ver later the congressman finding
ilmself under further obligations to
lis young lady friend wishes her
iromoted to a better paying position,
vhy he goes to Mr. North and tells
dm. and Mr. North promotes her.
The. young lady may be the daugh<>r
of the congressman or his nieco
) r his brother-in-law's stepmother,
t is all the same to Mr. North;
he congressman wants her promoted
nd it is done, regardless of the pubic
service, regardless of the Individ- 4
lal merits of the other young ladies '
>r young men in the office, who have
o stand on their own merits and
coords without any influential senders
(>) "congressmen" to intercede
or them.
T say this, as had as it is, is not
vorso than Mr. North's thievery in
onnection with the wool schedule in
lie tariff hill, because some members
>f congress are now at bottom equaly
with North the real offenders,
lome time ago a high official in the
longress, who is also a member,
vent to Mr. North. "Mr. North,"
tie said, "1 want this young lady
iromoted to a $1,300 Job."
"Why, just at present, Mr.
replied the director, "I have 110 such
[lositions vacant."
"Well, replied the high and influential
congressman, "you heard
what f said. I want her promoted
to a $1,800 job at. once."
The young lady got her promotion.
And, you may recall, that the
census bill was passed by both houses
of congress with a provision that <
annolnfments In that branch of the
service snoum no mane wirnout tno
assistance of the olvi! service commission
i>ut practically by the director,
upon the recommpndntion of
members of congress. There is n
reason why. as the old song used to
he. President Ttoosev It vetoed this
hill, and congress is now wrestling
with the problem of another which
will save their faces -and their favorites'
jobs.
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Negro Lynched in Texas.
A mob took from the jail in Tyler,
Texas, a few days aeo, a negro and ^ j
hanged him to scaffolding at the
court house now building. Ilodgca
was charged with assaulting and
seriously injuring Miss Winnie liarman,
near there, the night before.
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