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DODGED TARIFF l / " That is What Mr. uryan Says ol President Taft in special article In (he Atlanta Journal the Great Commoner Discusses th? Difference Dctwccn tlie Words Revised Anil hcdurcd and Puts Tariff Outrage t:p to the Republican Party. In a letter to the Atlanta Journal discussing the tariff, Mr. liryan says the Republican platform was ambiguous, ami tho Democratic party platform specific. Tho Republicans in their tariff plank used the word "revised." The' Democrats in their par ty platform demanded a reduction of the rates; The word revision is subject to a double interpretation, while only one construction can bo placed upon the word "reduction." The Democratic senators and representatives who had voted for the imposition of duties had made a mistake, and whether elected upon or before the adoption of the platform of the party, ought to ?eei bound by its declarations. I most heartily approve the resolution offered by Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, proposing an investigation as to tho responsibility for the tngh cost of living. Senator Gore is entirely right.. The high tariff Republicans have tried to shift the responsibility from the manufacturers to tho merchants. This is important, and it fa only right that tho public should know the truth. It has been found by experience that unless a party formulates a platform, its representatives in office cannot agree upon a definite policy, awing to tho influence brought to bear by favor-seeking corporations. raven *non mere are piairorms they are misconstrued unless (hey are positive and specific. Sometimes positive and spocific platforms are Violated, but a positive and speciilo platform is not apt to bo violated, nnd when they are violated the guilt can bo fixed and the guilty punished. The trouble with the Republican ptptfor in of last fall was that it was not specific and definite. The tariff plank used the word "revised" instead of the word "reduced," and now Senator Aldrich and his crowd coastrue it to moan an increase while #omc of the western Republicans insist it coniemplated a decrease in tho rates. Mr. Taft dodged the question. So far as I could loam from his speeches the nearest ho over came to a construction of tho platform was to declare, when in the west, that it meant an "honest revision," at one time declaring that while some schedules ought to he raised and some lowered, the revision would probably be downward. ,The. Fepublican national convention was at fault in accepting so indefinite, so . evasive and so deceptive a word as "revision" as a sufficient promise. The voters ought to have known' that "tho friends of the tariff" will never give us any material roducClon." As to the Democrats who voted for the imposition of duties, they have as a rule defended their conduct on the ground that the duties voted for wore revenue duties, and they have not been high duties. Measured on an ad valorem basis, the duty on lumber and on iron ore are bnt a small portion of the price. I think that the Democrats who voted for the duty made a mistake. The Democratic platform demanded free lumbor, ahd I believe a platform is binding upon all who run upon it, and it ought to have weight with the members of the party who were elected before tho platform was adopted. Those who voted for a duty on lumber did so, I presume, because of lumber interests in their districts and States, hut in doing so I think they gave the preference to a few owners of timber lands over those who buy lumber. There Is no State In the Union whore the consumers of lumber do not outnumber tho persons who profit by tho tariff on lumber, and the man who votos for a tariff on lumbor votes to tax a ma Jority oT the' people of his district and fttate for the benefit of a minority of his constituents. But the men who get the bentflt of the t?u are more active in presenting theli demands than the consumers arc 1n presenting their protests, and ai long as this is tree, the tax caters will have the advantage over the tax payers. If the taxpayers would take a little moro Interest in the tarlfl question and chastise the representatives who, ignoring the interests ol the fconsumers, follow the advice of the protected Interests, reliol won id come sooner. As fo the duty on Iron ore, the chief objection to It la not that It Js a h:;h rate of duty, but that it helps people who do not need help, ari4 gives an excuse for higher duties on manufactured Iron. The man WILL OPEN UN ilMt (X>IAJMR1A FKMALK COLLKGB OARK8 b\>H PUl'lLH. People of All l>enonriimtions Aid Institution in KflTort to l>r. WuUion's Statement. Undaunted by the terrible disaster of the splendid college plant in ashes, with insurance for scarcely ono-half the value of the plant and that hypothecated by obligations, the board of trustees of Columbia collogo met at noon Friday and perfected plans for opening the college promptly on time September 23. Mr. F. 11. Hyatt, in behalf of tho Colonia hotel, proposed to lease that upto-dato buildine with nil i?^ inont to the college for the ensuing year. liis proposition was accepted at onco. The college will open on time and in quarters unequaled in comfort and convenience. The Colonia hotel Is one of the most beautiful and comfortable resort hotels in the South. It is the original Columbia college property, located in the heart of the residental section of Columbia, and has been enlarged and remodeled at great expense as a tourist hoted. Almost every room is connected with a private bath and has long distance telephone through the central ollice. It is elegantly furnished throughout and is luxurious in all its appointments. Its arrangement for a hotel is unique with tin exceptionally large "exchange" running straight through from the front entrance to the din-1 ing hall; writing rooms, sun-parlor, recreation rooms, etc., all of which readily lend themselves to tho pur-1 pose of a college. The trustees are fortunate in he- I ing able to secure such quarters. I Instead of tho discomfort and incon- I venience usually attendant upon such disasters as that the college has suffered, the work of the college will be on under circumstances of comfort and elegance that leave nothing to bo desired by the most fastidious. The only fear of tho col college management now is that they may not bo able to accommodate all tho pupils who have applied, but additional rooms will bo secured as becomes necessary. Tho trustees are determined to rebuild upon the site of the burned building and have already called an architect into consultation for that ' purpose. It Is a difficult task before i them as they Intend in rebuilding I to onlnriro ond *' Dv uuu ucttuu ly me picllit.* j They have faith, though, in the expressions of loyalty, aympathy and j help they have received from citizena of Columbia and from all over the State. All along Columbia has Bhown her interest in the college, and the board expresses appreciation of this. Expressions of sympathy and tenders of assistance were received from the Carlisle Fitting school at Ramberg, from Dr. S. C. Mitchel, president of the University of South Carolina, from Lander college and from Park Viow hotel at Williamston. The board passed resolutions of appreciation and thanks for all 1 these expressions of sympathy and instructed the secretary, Rev. A. N. Hrunson to make suitable response. The management of the college fool that iu spite of the terrible disaster, really the brightest day in all the history of the college la dawning. They feel the inspiration of the thousands of Methodists and their friends throughotu the State rallying Xo .the support of the institution j as neAoor before. They believe in the greatness of this mission of Columbia college to the young women of the South, and they call unon tho I citizens of Columbia, the Methodist people of the State and the friends of education to come to their assisI tance that out of the present ruin there may rise a new and better equipped college to carry on its great i mission untrammeled by debt. The following were the trustees presont at the mooting: Dr. E. O. Watson, president; Rev. A. N. Brunson, secretary; Rev. Messrs. J. E. Rushton, II. II. Browne and W. B. Wharton, and Messrs. F. H. Hyatt, L. 8. Welling, Geo. H. Bates, Edward Hhrlich, I)r. W. J. Murray and ' 1*. A. Hodges. * > When told to "stand from under!" ; It is well to understand. > who owns a bed of iron has such an , enormous advantage ovor the man 4 who owns farming land that it is 5 hardly fair to make the farmer pay tribute to the oro owner. L Every duty placed upon raw maf terlal is a burden upon the manufac . mror unless he la permitted to transf for It to the consumer. A tariff > on Iron ore, therofore, Is likely to I be tranferred to consumor. A duty put upon raw material increases as > it proceeds, Interest being added ; each step?it grows like a snow ball in the spring and is more objectionable than the ad valorem rate levied . upon the finished product. l Wool Jennings Bryan. SAYS COOK LltU Whan Ha Ctaimej tJ H jv<j been to tn? N >? ih fote Pfc*kVS v.-IM bOAST i'll at llo Alone lleached tho Goal is Not Strange, Hut it is Not Accepted as True by Many Hcientillc Men, Who Award the Honor to Cook Alone. The lie was hurled Wednesday oncering the discovery of tho North Pole, and tho foundation laid for i controversy unparalleled in history. Commander Robert IS. Peary I is making uncertain progress south vard off the coast of Labrador in his ship, tho Roosevelt, but there came from him Wednesday a message as direct as his homeward journey lias been slow. It challenges i lie veracity of l)r. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, and further complicates a situation which the whole world is discussing. In effect Peary discredits Cook's claims with tho intimation that he (Peary) and ho alone, planted the American Hag at the North Pole on April G, 1 909, and that Dr. Cook who {inserts that ho unfurled the (lag at the polo on April 2 1, 1908, must substantiate his claims. Peary's statement rellecting 011 I)r. Cook's achievement came lirst to the Associated Press early Wednesday morning, dated Indian Harbo \ Laborador, the point through which ho lirst reported his success by wireless. It had probably been delayed in transmission and read as follows: "I have nailed the Stars and Stripes to the North Pole. This is authoritative and correct. Cook's story should not be taken to seriously. The two Eskimos who accompanied him say that he went no distance north, and not out of sight of land. Other members of the tribe corroborate their story." To the Associated Press Peary had sent the dispatch, replying to an urgent request for an authoritative statement and some comment concerning Dr. Cook. While Peary's assertion is of a nature that makes Dr. Cook's position one of defence, the Brooklyn explorer yet has supporters both at home and abroad. Many of the Continental sriontiHtH are marking time, pending developments, while those who have formed no decided opinions in this country have assumed a similar stand. PHYSICIANS FIGIIT PELLAGRA. Campaign Against Supposed Germ of the Disease. Alarmed by the number of cases of pellagra that have occurred at Durham, N. C., the physicians of that ' city hegan Wednesday experiments to locate the origin of the disease. Six deaths from pellagra have occurred In that section. A dlsnatch from Durham says: "An examination of tho blood of a powerful negro who has tho disease in most aggravated form revealed a distinct organism and specimens were sent to Richmond and to Johns Hopkins for more careful analysis. "If a germ Is found, as physicians are inclined to believe, some animal will be inoculated and a campaign against pellagra on the germ theory will bo waged. Tho theory that the disease has its origin in corn has been abandoned by tho physicians at Durham, but a fierce war against the importation of Western corn is being conducted. "Dr. McCampbell of the State hospital has written a paper treating with 12 cases of pellagrous insanity and death. Three-fourths of tho cases were among women, which is unusual, it is said, as the disease oc curs more frequently among mon. None of the cases which have developed In that section has boen traceable to cornbread. One victim was a boarding housekeeper, but none of the boarders contracted the disease." DRAGGED HY TRAIN. The Narrow Escape of Conductor Davis From Death. A special to the Augusta Chronicle from Columbus, Ga., says John II. Davis, a Central of Georgia railroad conductor, residing in Columbus, while walking along the top of hjs freight train in Dee county, Ala., Wednesday, lost his balance and fell between, two coal cars. Just as ho struck the track ho grasped the grab iron of one of the cars and was pulled along in this manner for throe miles, his feet dragging the ground. When the train approached a trestle he managed by superhuman effort to pull himself up and threw himself out between the two cars, fortunately clearing the track as he fell. His left ankle was dislocated and he was severely bruised, bat he will recover. STAlfc POLK ICS PROBABLE CANDIDATES NAMED FOIt 8(>MK OFFICES. The IHspoiwary Being on the Wane, Few IjocuI Option CandiduU's Art' to lie Found. Mr. W. P. Calhoun, writing to the Augusta Chronicle from Columbia, says wlille he was in that city a day or so recently, ho heard the click of tho political wireless telegraphy and the messages Indicated coming events in the State campaign of next year. The forces are being arranged und allotment made for ofllce, or persons are putting themselves in line. From tho messages received, it seems to be a certainty that Mr. C. C. Featherstone, a good man and a consistent prohibitionist, will be the candidate of tho Anti-Saloon for governor next year, lie lit the logical candidate for that position, and it will he a very hard mattter for any of the others to side-track him. But, there are Messrs. J. G. Richards and Mendel L. Smith, both of Cane den, S. C., who have been siding on tlie Anti-Saloon League water wagon, and who expect remuneration of some kind for their valu-| able services in the cause, no doubt. 1 It was gathered from tlie aforesaid wireless messages that Mr. MeuI del L. Smith w ill be a candidate for Attorney General, opposing Mr. J. Frasor Lyon, the present encumbent, provided he offers for re-election, and it is presumed that he will. Mr. Smith is a very brainy man and a good lawyer. He has been speaking for prohibition for the Anti-Saloon League during this summer, it was thought as a training for the gov ernorship race next year. Mr. Lyon, the present attorney general, has quite a strong following and the race between the two men will be quite 1 interesting. The messages failed to state what the Anti-Saloon League would do with Mr. John (1. Richards, who has been quite prominent in the prohibition field for some years past. Possibly he is slated for congress, as it would, it seems, be useless for him to oppose Mr. Featherstone for the support of the league for governor. Roth Mr. Smith and Mr. Richards were formally dispensary advocates, but they have seen the error of their was on the decline in popularity while the Anti-Saloon League seems to be popular. That has caused, it seems, many to change front. So far there seems to be only one name mentioned in connection 1 with the race for governor as a local option or Democratic platform, J the Anti-Saloon League really ! amounting In this State to a sepa< rate and distinct party which places prohibition over and above all prlnways. It looks as if the dispensary ciples of Democracy. The man mentioned as the real Democratic can- J didate is Mr. Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, S. C. But, it*is argued that j ho has recently accepted a life trusteeship of Clemson College under the 1 will of Mr. Clemson and that ho can- j not become a candidate for gover- ' nor. Regardless of that claim, if he enters the race, many think that he will be easily elected governor j on a local option platform. He Is a good man, true and upright. DEATH OF A HERMIT. I,',if It'AKitr.clv *? --? *r-i. t ... - ? ? v;?iTIA I < <?1 1 I1IIU ill)l lit'II His Premises. Basil Ilayden, who died recently ! at Greenbrier, Ky.f had not stepped outside the pickot fence that bounded his yard since President Lin- ' coin freed the slaves. It is said > that ho shut himself in a little room j that day in 1863, after his sweet-i heart died, and looked no more upon men. An overseer of Hayden's estate named Borders was the only human being whom tho anchorite saw. and he took care of Hayden s property until a mistake in accounting made by a bank clerk exasperated tho hermit. Thereafter the re cluso hid an estate which wi'l amount to nearly $100,000 in chinks and pillow slips and cast off clothing. , ______ Tho loafer who is constitutionally opposed to work of all kind, is of no service whatever except to ait around in public places and explain State and national problems to those who have never had time to learn them. Thore is nothing more useless than tho loafor. It was in this very cotta from Birmingham, Ala.. died of Fever. They had son's Tonic cured them i The two physicians here had 8 very obstl wore Italian* and lived on a crook 00 ya month* standing, their tomporaturo rangin tiling in vain. I porsnadod thom to let mc o<l matter and lot the medicine go out In a ] feet in all throe coses was immediate and jx was no rocurrenee of the Fever. 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