The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 22, 1910, Image 3
FARMERS' UNION
?
?' |k Reccat lectiag ia CtaioMe Was
Big Sacccw All Rout
FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT
l^o* F?rmera, Am Kducation Along
All Linen In Making Wonderful
Frogrem, and the Union Gather#
strength,, Wi#dom and Experience
A# It Grow# CMik'r.
PrfltiMflnt Harnett, of the National
Farmers' Union, says the meeting
Just concluded at Charlotte was the
inost successful In the history of the
order. Among other things he said:
"Largest In point of attendance,
most representative from geographical
standpoint and most significant
tor the serious and determihed air
of business methods under which it
was conducted, the national convention
of the Farmers' union just closed
In Charlotte, N. C., is unquestionably
the most successful of the national
gatherings in the history of
our order.
"From year to year I have watched
the organisation develop into
greater proportions as reflected in
these national conventions. It has
remained for tho one Just held \ to
record new progress in those directions
meaning most of permanent
good both to the actual membership
and to the farmers generally of
America.
"All organized state were represented
and the personal of the representation
was of the highest possible
order. We have had sore heads and
trouble makers in previous conventions.
There were few or none in the
convention that has'Just reached its
conclusion. A spirit of brotherhood
and of unity which prophesies splendid
things for the future governed
the deliberations of the organized farmers
of America.
"One of the most significant features
of thb convention was the ab?nnw
of "fool" resolutions that used
to cau6e mo misgivings in previous
conventions. Sometimes members,
with the best of intentions but
wrongheadedly, would introduce resolutions
looking to extravagant expenditures,
or chimerical scheme or
altruistic and impossible ventures.
The fact that these phases were conspicuously
missing from the recent
convention, is conclusive evidence
that the membership is purging itself
or of unprofitable dreaming and directing
Its driving force instead at
practical endq of practical means.
"The legislative program framed
by the convention largely parallels
the issues and measures heretofore
advanced by myself and by your
board of directors and legislative
committees, though amendments and
additions will cause a slight revision
of policies. It is our Intention to
prosecute this winter at Washington
the most aggressive fight in our history
for legislative measures and reforms
of interest to the membership
and of the American farmer without
regard to locater.
I promise you that my utmost influence
and energies will be employed
in giving execution to the mandate
handed down by the convention,
( to the end that the national government
shall take more actual cognizance
of the needs and tlie rights of
the American farmers and it is fighting
the dovil with fire. Only to the
-extent we make politicians appreciate
the power of our ballots, irrespective
of partisan alignment, will we
succeed in securing legislative repress
along the lines most helpful to
<our cause.
"A notable feature of the convention
la the fact that your ofUciul
family there selected comes from
" every part of the country. He did not
?et out by design to have geographical
representation as to a basis for
the national oflicialfc, but it happened
that the choice of the convention fell
on men drawn from every portion of
the country, bordering on the two
oflftflnH and- from the great inland. I
It would have been impossible for
the convention to choose a finer body
of officials and the particular personnel
this year indicate the organization
has become national in fact as
in name. This departure was given
special emphasis by the fact that
never in the historry of the order
tiae the representation of the delegates
also been more of a national
character. ;
"Throughout the deliberations, the
fflpirit of mutual understanding and
of mutual tolerance was strong and
dominating. The farmers of this 1
oountry are learning each other bet- i
ter, learning better how to truHt each
other, how to waive small personal <
rights and pool them for the general 1
good. That to an Important lesson
of the oonvontlon.
"Business methods and sentiment <
- * -A ?^ nrtu 11 4 4 i ?
m ma HiroiiKi). mere wa? unit?
shouting:, little purposeless enthus- i
Ism, but calm, logical discusion of
business plans, and of approved and 1
tried means to forward the welfare <
of the organization.
''In this connection, It will be of 1
Interest to the membership to learn <
that we took a thorough censes at
the convention of congressional candidates
defeated by the efforts of i
the Farmer's Union?I refer to the
COTTON BOOL WEEVIL
WHICH HAS CAUSED SO MUCH
WORRY AND ANXIETY.
Ih Now Claimed to Be Under Control
by the National Agrtrtilt*r?l ; Department.
?
TQe Augusxa unronicip hk/b ucwa
that should gladden the hearts of
Southern farmers comes out of Washington
to the effect that the boll weevil
Is on the road to the past. This
pernicious insect, small, mysterious
and insidious, has threatened the
cotton growing industry of the South
for a decade.
During a short period of time,
when it was new and unknown, ,it
caused a fear that spread and had its
effect in the marts of cotton trade
far from the glistening fields of
white. It bid fair at one time to levy
tribute upon whole sections, and
none knew but what it would some
day change the destines of an agricultural
empire.
It has been quite evident for many
years that many, if not most, of the
fears with reference to the invasion
of the weevil were groundless. Communities
in Texas and Louisiana,
which, were laid hare, so far as the
production of cotton was concerned,
recovered quickly from Its effects,
when heroic steps were tak*?u to obliterate
it.
Kstimates based on the rule of progression
by which the weevil has
seemingly been governed have Indldicated
that It might bo expected in
CJoorgin about the year 1914. However
now that means of complete
control and even obliteration have
been discovered?and are being
scientifically applied?the farmers
of that state may feel secure, so far,
at least, as any general or material
danger is concerned.
Credit is due to the agricultural
department of the federal government
for the greater part of the beneficial
wortup^done in removing the
greatest apparent enemy King Cotton
has ever faced. Kxperts have
been given almost unlimited means to
make experiments and apply curatives.
All the producers have been asked
to do was to follow the instructions
of these agents. Demonstrations
have taught the farmers in threatened
areas to take advantake of the
discoveries and apply them without
expert aid.
The method pursued is in the
main, a simple one. Farmers are
taught to gather from the ground
the cotton bolls which have been attacked
and have withered and fallen
to the ground. These are burn
ed.
Added to this deep plowing and
other precautions In cultivation are
urged, and have been applied, with
the result that the agricultural department
announces that the pest Is
now under control.
The federal agricultural department
has received material aid from
state entomological departments and
the farmers' schools and colleges of
the South. *
KXTIRKLY TOO SENSITIVE.
Killed Himself Heraiise lie Was
Short Small Sum.
At Flora, Indiana, when Mrs. J no.
E. Lodd, wife of the superintendent
and treasurer of the schools of the
city, read to her husband from a
news-paper Thursday night the report
of the examiners of tin* State
U/vA..d ~ o, .. 4 4 i. C J- : -
uuiiiii 01 luuuuuih iiiai \ nt* i uuuts in
his onro had been discovered to be
short $20., he made no comment,
hut Friday she found liis dead bo !>
in 1iIs bedroom and a bottle that had
contained carbolic acid in his hand.
The schools and most of the business
houses were Closed out of respect of
him during the funeral. *
congressmen who were indifferent to
our request for aid until they came
up for re-election and who then went
down pn their knees to us. We have
observed the policy of helping those
who help us and I assure you the
list of aspiring politicians whom we
were instrumental in defeating lor
their Indifference or treachery was
truly formidable. Our work along
this line has, moreover merely be- '
gun. I have always and will always
decry and denounce partisan politics
within the order. Hut this is not '
partisan polities: it is self preaorva- .
tion of the highest order.
Reports brought in by delegates
the tuition over, .indicates that the
past year has been phenomenal from
a standpoint of educational progress.
The membership is learning the real
rims of the organization .with a splendid
unanimity and thev are following *
roil* n O rlr?ll 11 11 l*f? 1 ni^niiniwln no u-.ill n..
^ ?. . ?.n. .X ??? |>1 tin *?CII an
our fraternal principles. ''
"Co-operation also is beginning to *
have a n??w significance and is bo- '
joming trnnsruted from a mere meaningless
word to intensive, persistent <
application.
"As indicating the hirh wafer mark 1
of achievement in the history of the i
organized farmer and as holding definite
promise of more progress in i
the future, the convention just clos- t
ed is a magniflcant earnest of ad- t
vancement of our people, of that uni- j
versa 1 betterment in behalf of our- \
selves and the nation's prosperity and |
welfare to come." \
HOLD THE CROP
This b the Ufice of Seoator South to
the Soothero Farner.
COTTON CROP IS SHORT
South Carolina Senator Says Re
ports Indicate IVewnt Crop Will
not Greatly Kxceed that of Last
Year and That Staple 1m Worth
Twenty Cents the Pound.
Senator K. D. Smith, in an interview,
Saturday gave out the following
statement, with reference to
the South'H cotton crop, as compared
with a like period a year ago:
"Reports from every cotton Slate
of importance indicate that the present
crop will not very greatly exceed
last year's crop.
"In view of, the fact that last year
was an unprecedented short crop, the
demand for the staple increases year
by year, the outlook for an adequate
supply to meet the demands of the
world is poor, indeed.
"The farmers of the South and
the business men whose property depends
upon the farmers, have the
situation fully in hand. Everything
depends upon whether they will market
the crop judiciously. The South
is not a section in which the doctrine
of protection finds many honest i
adherents.
We do not ask laws enacted to
protect us from competition; we simply
ask an open field and a free
fight?that there shall not be* national
legislation which will discriminate
againstus. We are content to let
the law of supply and demand?honestly
enforced?determine the price
of our commodity.
"I wish the cotton growers of the
South to remember that last year
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enacted to give a profit to the man- |
ufacturer. This year, during the
latter halt of the session, the Attorney
General of the United State,
through information given him by
certain parties who seem to have
been short on cotton, indicated certain
ones who were attempting to
get an approximately legitimate price
for cotton.
"Now to state the case clearly:
The whole machinery of the Government
was set in motion to pass such
law as would guarantee the manufacturer
a profit, and then to invoke
the law to prohibit the producer
of the raw material from getting
the price that the simple law of
nature?the law of supply and de
mand?entitled him to.
"The so-called bull clique were to
be haled into Court to answer to
the charge of an illegal combination
in the restraint of trade, while the
same body that passed the Sherman
Act wore busy passing the Pay lie-A1drich
bill to legalize an artificial profit
t t \ V\ t\ to 'i mi i'n/.f m eni<L< # % t* \ I
iii i \/ mi; iiHiiiuiniivii 11 o wi . A ; 11 n n . i,
"1 asknd the (|ti est ion of a leading
Republican Protectionist if ho would
not vote to exempt labor and industrial
organizations from the operations
of the Sherman Act. His reply
was that, ho believed that all should
stand on the same, footing before the
law. Ho knew then that the discrimination,
under the law. was oppressing
those who labor for wages,
and who produce the raw material,
in favor of those who clip coupons
and own the manufacturing interests
of America.
I shall not attempt to dictate to
the farmers of the South what they
shall do. Hut under the circumstances.
I would be delighted to see them
combine and hold their cotton from I
the market, wherever it is possible'
for them to do so, until it shall
bring such price as shall measure the
artificial price placed upon manufactured
articles by virtue of the
ta riff.
"My honest conviction is that 20
cents a pound for the present crop is
none too high, in view of the supply,
the cost of production, the comparative
value of cotton with other textiles
and the artificial price that now
obtains on manufactured goods.
"Last year, when the Attorney- ,
General of the United States was
setting the machinery of the law in 1
motion to investigate the hulls, 1
introduced a resolution in the Sen- 1
ite, which was unanimously passed, ;
that he should, in common decency, ]
investigate the bears also. ,
"1 shall do all in my power, whilst .
i member of the United States Sen- j
ite. to see to it that those who pio-|(
luce the raw material shall get. a ;
a I an re deal. ! j
"It seems that the tide is turning h
iur way; and if the people will only j
>e faithful to their own interests
ihd demand what is legitimately i
heirs, there Is no power under heav- |(
mi to keep us from getting it. j
"1 shall from now on, as occasion 1
lemands, and the press will permit,
?ive such advice and such information
as seem to me the circumstances
Ionia ml.
"The decline in price at present, n
my opinion, is but an attempt to
uke advantage of the necessity of IJ
he case and get as much cotton as <
>ossiblo during the time, when the 1
unfortunate ones have got to meet i
heir guano bills, supply bills and <
notes in the bank. <
SHOWS OP TEDDY
v ' ;fT' - r
HIS HYPROCRICY EXPOSED BY
NEW YORK WORLD.
%
Wants Campaign Funds Made Pub*
lie But Hides His Own.?On Most
Friendly Terms With Hearst.
Under the caption of "Still a Practical
Man," the Augusta Chronicle
says Col. Theodore Roosevelt pleads
In the West for political honesty and
threatens all public evil doers; yet
he declines to publish the details of
his 1904 campaign fund. He nailed
the accusations of Judge Parker with
the "short and ugly word" only to
be nailed himself later by the stolen
Harriman letters.
When in need of funds, he dealt
with Harriman as a "practical man,'
and some $200,000 vested interest
money was contributed to the cotters
of his party managers.
Now the colonel is treating with
William Randolph Hearst, whom he
held up to the public gaze on several
occasions as the chief instigator
of McKinley's murder.
We are indebted to the New York
World for the following specimens of
stremg language:
From Mr. Roosevelt's ftrst message
to Congress, Dec. 3, 1901:
"This criminal (President McRinlev's
murderer) was a professed
Anarchist, inflamed by the teachings
of professed anarchists, and probably
also by the reckless utterances of
those who, on the stump, and in the
public press, appeal to the dark and
evil spirits of justice and greed, envy
and hatred. The wind is sowed by
the men who preach such doctrines,
and they cannot escape their share
of responsibility for the whirlwind
that is reaped. Thin applies alike to
deliberate demagogue, to the exploitel
of sensationalism and to the crude
and foolish visionary who, for whatever
reason, apologizes for crime or
< xcites aimless discontent."
From KSllhu Root's speech at Uti
( a, November. 1, 1906:
"I say by the President's authority.
that in penning these words, with
the horror of President McKinley's
murder fresh before him, he had Mr.
Hearst specifically in his mind.
'And i say, by his authority, that
what he thought of '.Mr. Hearst then
ho thinks of Mr. Hearst now."
From Washington dispatches of
November 1 6, 1908:
"\V. it. Hearst, of New York, made
a call of courtesy at the White House
this evening.
"He said that no significance was
to be attached to his visit; that he
merely took the earliest opportunity
upon his arrival here to pay his
respects to the President."
From an appeal to Mr. Itoosevelt
issued by Mr. Hearst, Sept. 7, 1910:
"Come home to New York, Mr.
Roosevelt, and honesty take the warpath
against the bosses. We independants
are whetting our tomaliaws
for the fray. There is no jealousy
in our ranks. We do not care
who leads if he only leads aright.
"We do not care who gains the
glory as long as the people gain the
victory.
"Drive the Republican bosses out
of the Republican party, Mr. Roosevelt,
and if one of them deserts to
the Democratic party 50,000 Independents
will take his nlare "
From Mr. Roosevelt's reply to Mr.
Hearst, Sept. X, 1910:
"I am going back to New York
state, as mentioned by Mr. Ilearst, to
light the bosses. I will welcome the
support of any man who wishes to
aid in that fight."
Quite aptly, The World uses the
above q totatlons under the head line
"The History of a Great Moral Alliance."
*
CI ST URN .MlltDKK MYSTKHY.
Two liodirs Wore Found Heneath a ^
Rooming House.
Acting on a new clew Riven by an
anonymous letter to Mayor Crowder, ,
a cistern beneath a rooming house at
Jackson, Miss., has been drained and t
two human bodies found. One of (
the bodies is that of a child, only a ,
few days old, and the other that of f
\ man. The rooming house, it is al- 1
logod, has been frequented by wo- 1
men, mostly strangers in Jackson, 1
ind the police believe they will, upon *
Investigation, reveai a series of H
rimes in connection with the place.
So arrests have as yet been made,
Hit several are expected later in the
tveek. 4 c
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Augusta Chinaman Murdered. 1
Sam Kee. a Chinaman,, who con- '
1 acted a small grocery store on the ^
trincipal business street in Augusta, 11
? ..a mmuloKn.l On t, ?wl .. *f ????.? ? 1 ?? tr 1
Vft.v "(in iimhu\:ii;\i Uflttli 11(1^ iiiv/i 11 i 11
ibout 0 o'clock in his store while ^
uniting on a nem'o customer. The
tegro, whom the police believe did
he killing, escaped. *
p
"I plead with every Southerner, re- ti
sard less of his profession, vocation 1
>r avocation to stand by and lend all 1
l)ossil>le aid to that long-suffering, ^
much abused, but glorious produc- i
em* of all tho South s currency?the i
cotton farmer! c
WHY THEY VON
CoifresMua Webb Civet Hts Views
Deaecratic Victories.
BELIEVES THE REVOLT
Against Republican Party Result of
"IJroken Tariff Promises, HoMiiam,
CannonisiH and Stamlpatisra" and
Predicts Democratic Victory In
November and Two Years Hence.
The Wellington correspondent of
The News and Courier says when
Congressman Edward Y. Webb, of
the 9th North 'Carolina district, was
in Washington a day or two ago, he
said: "Broken promises with rei'erence
to revising the tariff, bossism,
Cannonism and staiidpatism are the
chief causes of the nation-wide revolt
against the Republican party at
the present time. Champ Clark will
be the next Speaker."
Analyzed closely the statement of
Mr. Webb will be found to be the
keynote of the causes that are fas*
leading to a Democratic victory *n
the next Congress and to a national
victory in 1912.
Continuing, Mr. Webb said: 'Think
of it, the last Democratic Senator in
Maine was elected in 184 7, Just six'y
three years ago. He was James W
Bradbury. Maine has not elected a
Democratic Representative since 18f*5
more that half a century ago. She
hasn't elected a Democratic Governor
in thirty years, but now she is to
have a Democratic Governor, a Democratic
United States Senator and two
of her Representatives will be Dem
ori ai if.
Maine has 16 counties and the
Democrats carried thirteen of these
erstwhile Republican stronghold and
won a Democratic Legislature by a
big majority. This news pressages
a tremendous Democratic victorry in
the next House and the election of a
Democratic President in 1912. The
Republican party in the nation is
worn out, scattered, routed and
beaten. The bottom has dropped out.
'The same influences that are causing
voters in other States to turn towards
Democracy are at work in
North Carolina. The State Democracy
is in tine shape and we will poll
a much bigger vote in November than
we did two years ago. The Republicans
are on the defensive and are
spending most of their time apolo
gising for having made boodle, booze
and bonds the party enemies. We
will redeem the three districts that
went Republican three years ago and
North Carolina again will have a
solid Democratic delegation in Congress."
Viewed from a Washington standpoint.
and there is none better anywhere
from which to fix the political
level, the G. O. J', is rotten to the
core, as Mr. Webb says. The sacred
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phantly to the White House for many
years is grievously sick and even Dr.
Roosevelt and other well-known pa**ty
specialists are unable to effect a
cure. None of them are willing to
diagnose the case, though most strenuous
efforts are being uade to remedy
the situation.
The truth of the matter is the Republican
party, with a record of
years of greed and selfishness is
choking itself to death. It has become
so fat with the eflect of spoils
gotten at the peoples' expense that it
is about to pay the penalty and forfeit
its life. The result of such a
condition is that everywhere throughout
the country the Democrats are
preparing for a triumphant entry into
the 62d Congress with the possibility
also of capturing the White
House two years later.
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HOY GKOCNI) TO rri.IV
Ratal Accident on G. F. ami A. Road
in Georgia. . .
The two young sons of Taifayette
Varborouglt, of Kdlson, near Albany, ,
la. were tossed from a high trestle
Saturday by a passenger train of the
loorgia, Florida and Alabama Uaiiond.
One of the boys was ground I
ilniost to a pulp before his body was I
iiirlod from the trestle, and his bro- I
her, though still alive, is so fright- (
ully injured that his recovery is '
jopeless. A third boy leaped to 1
nfety.
?
Died of Pellagra.
Sricken two weeks ago with a.mre 1
use of pellagra, John M. Julian, vi- I
Inr nl' I lin Sinliuluirv V C .tin I
"' %,,v %T , ^ .? "'"h
>ost for the past six years, and a .
eader in Stale politics, 'lied at his t
lonie in that city Friday, lie was a
aemher of the North Carolina I egixat
lire, llo was representative of ? he
Associated Press. ,
i
(Jeorgia Mayor Killed. .
The Oeorgia and Florida passen- !
:er from Valdosta collided with the
automobile of T. S. Price, in I>ougass,,
Qa.? Friday, killing Mayor F. I
i. Sweat, of Douglass, wounding i
dr. Price and completely demolish- I
ng the automobile. The machine i
vas canght on the cowcatcher and
carried 100 yards.
AGAIN Ul GOOD SHAPE
PIiRSn>KXT KINLTY OF SOUTHKHN
HAILWAV TALKS.
i' *V ^ J T; / i > ^ > ft\ /
About the Condition of the South*
eastern States, Which He Flmle i?
Fine Condition.
W. W. Finley, president Of the
Southern Railway company, who ha*
been looking Into business conditions
in the Southern State, the other
day said:
"On the whole, the conditions are
encouraging. Jn agriculture the
present outlook in particularly good.
The cotton crop is later than usual,
and is. therefore, more subject to
future weather conditions than in
usual at this time of the year. However.
the condition report of the
United State* Agricultural department,
Issued on the 2nd instant,
showed a better average condition
of tho growing cotton crop in the
States south of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi
than on the corresponding date
last year, and the area planted was
reported In June as 140,000 acres
greater than last year.
"With ordinary favorable weather
conditions' until the crop is harvested.
the Southeastern States will
have the largest com crop on record
for that section. Tho area planted
is more than a million and a half
acres greater than last year, and the.
condition report on September 8
showed a better condition in Mississippi
than in any other State in the
United States, with Alabama a close
second and with good condition reported
from each of the other Southeastern
States. The increased corn
crop of the South will have an Important
bearing on general trade conditions,
for localities which have
formerly bought considerable corn
from other parts of tho country are
growing in some cases all, and In
other cases the greater part of what
they will require this year, and will
he in ft position to buy other commodities
on a larger scale.
' 1 lc n.n..(n? 1 ~ t ?
VIHII ir> LiKff ||(^ III Id I ^151 VUlllIIIH
than last year, and lumber is in more
active demand.
"Tho cotton mill Industry of the
world has been passing through a
prolonged period of depression due
to the Inability of manufacturers
to market their products at prices
commensurate with the price of their
raw material. This has resulted In
a material curtailment ot production
in the South as well as in other cotton
mill centres. In the meantime,
tho consumption; 'of' cotton goods
throughout the world Is continuing.
Stocks in the bauds of merchants
are being reduced, and there is every
reason to believe that, as soon as
the size of this year's crop can be
more accurately estimated, there
will be an active demand for cotton
goods of all kinds at prices bearing
such a relation to the price of thfc
raw material as to stimulate the mill
lnd ustry.
"Taking all factors of the situation
into consideration, I am encouraged
to believe that, with average
weather conditions and in the
absence of an unusually early killing
frost, we may look forward to
an active fall and winter business in
the Southeastern States."
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STEADY INtTRKAKK tN CHOLERA.
/
.Many New Oa?*cs and 1 Vat lis Report*
cd in Russia. *3|
The cholera epidemic, which originating
In southern Russia has claimed
upwards of 100,000 victims,
stretching its way across Asiatic R issia
and Friday was oflicially declared
to be in the province of Amur In
Southeast Siberia and separated by
the Amur river from Manchuria. Th*
reports now in the posession of tho
sanitary bureftu^show a total for the
season o* 182,327 cases with 83,631
deaths. These Include the early returns
for the week ending September
10 and the revised figures for th?
preceding week. The statistics show
a steady decrease in the number of
pases and fatalities.
Schooners Wrecked.
Rigolets, La., on the gulf of Mexico,
reports that the tramp schooners
Farewell and Henry M. were wreckin
a severe storm .>f about an hour's.
Juration there Friday afternoon.
Vhe crews were rescued by a tishlug
vessel.
Will Stretch Hemp.
For the murder of Officer W aid nop
it Piedmont about two months ago*
Hunk Shernrd, a young negro, was
Friday sentenced at Greenville by
fudge Onry to hang on the tlrst Frtiay
in October.
Four Men Drown in Wreck.
Four men were drowned and two
others barely escaped death when
he power lK>at Comfort was disabled
uid foundered off Pfnm Island, near
S'ewburyport, Mass.. Saturday. *
As ft scape tfoat Nacle Joe Cannon
has not proven a success. After the
safe man took him to tho wilderness
he refused fo stay put. The old mau
says he is still a candidate for speaker.
After all it looks like Ualling^r
will be the only victim.