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WORLD SAYS WILSON ? . DECRLAES THAT HE IS THE HAN ' WHO CAN BE ELECTED ? IS STRONGEST CANDIDATE ? New York World, Greatest Democratic Paper in the Country, Comes Out | Strongly for Wilson as Only Democratic Presidential Possibility Who ] Can Make Good at the Polls. 1 A dispatch from the WoordowW 11- j son Headquarters in New York to Capt. Gonzales, Editor of The State, , * says: i "The New York World this mornine comes o^it emDhatically in the strongest editorial of the year for iWoodrow Wilson. It reviews the lack of strength of Messrs. Harmon, Clark and Underwood; calls attention to the fact that only Gov. Wilson assures victory In the sections where victory is essential to Democratic success. The World says Wilson is , the Democratic candidate who can carry the great debatable States of , New York, New Jersey and Connecticut." Comment In Washington. The Washington correspondent of The State says not one incident In the entire preconvention campaign has attracted more attention than did the powerful editorial declaration of the New York World In favor of the nomination of Governor Woodrow Wilson at the Baltimore convention. The , editorial was discussed to the exclusion of almost every other subject by the Democrats at the capitol, who recognized in it the most powerful appeal that has been made in favor of the nomination of any of the Democratic candidates for the presidency. Party leaders have come to a realization of the fact that Governor Wilson is the candidate whose nomination at Baltimore will mean certain success. , The vote in Ohio, where Governor Wilson was given an almost even ' break with Governor Harmon in the election of districts delegates started the tide in the direction of Governor . Wilson. Then came victories in Tex- j ( as, the biggest Democratic State in ' the nation, in New Jersey, the most nromislncr Democratic State in the East, and in Minnesota, a State which Republicans admit would give Gov- , ernor Wilson its electorial vote over any other man that can be nominated ' at Chicago. Governor Wilson's I strength in every section of the coun?* try has been well demonstrated, but as The World clearly points out he is the one Democrat who can appeal to the independent voters in Eastern 4 States like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maine whose support Ls essential to Democratic success. It is the opinion of Representative < A. Mitchell Palmer and other wise j Democrats in Pensylvania that \ Woodrow Wilson would stand a good j >/ chance of carrying that State if nom- j <dl7r inated. I Poth United States Senator Gard- , ner and Representative McGillicuddy ] of Maine give it as their deliberative \ opinion that Governor Wilson can < tarry Maine against Roosevelt or any j Republican. Governor Wilson's j Rtreneth ls confined to no section; i it is nation-wide. 1 Mr. ^eGillicuddy, who is a dele- \ gate to the Baltimore convention, ( said of The World editorial: j "The World editorial is unanswor- ' able, and will have great influence f ' with the delegates to the Baltimore ( convention. Not only would Governor t Wilson carry New Jersey and New ; 'York, but he would win in Ma:ne t against any man the Republican con- ( ention at Chicago can nominate." Representative Henry, of Texas, who is a delegate at large to the Baltimore convention, eaid: "The \ World editorial urging the nomination of Woodrow Wilson is the greatest that has been written in years, and will have much influence with d every Democrat who has the success of the party at heart. The World has ( pointed the way to success and I b> Uvo when the delegates assemble at ( Baltimore they will seize the opportunity to nominate the New Jersey T executive, who can defeat any man j the Republicans nominate. Representative Goodwin of Arkan- ' cap said: "Tho World has done this 'Democracy a distinct service In so ably directing attent ion to oppor- ( tunity for victory in November. Gov. Wilson Is tho strongest man the par- 8 ... -?. ? Tin nrnn IS r?r\f r>n1? 1/ Citll UUlIIIIIUtV, nuuiu uwv poll the normal Democratic vote, but he can command the groat Independent vote of the nation, without which 8 tho Democracy cannot hope to win in r this contest." * Senator Chamberlain of Oregon v said: "The World splendidly stated c tho case In behalf of Gov. Wil3on, and everything that Is said is true. The forco of that editorial expression will have great weight with evory Democrat. Gov. Wilson is tho candidate c whoso nomination will mean almost s cortaln success at the polls. Ho Is e not so progressive that he can not c command the support of conservative s thinking people, and advocates of progressive legislation would surely c give him their support. I believe c Gov. Wilson will be nominated be- i VAUGHN IS WANTED BE IS CHARGED WITH A MOST HEINOUS OFFENCE. told to Hove Outraged o IJttle Girl of the Odd Follows Orphanage ot Greenville. A dispatch from Greonvillo to The News and Courier says In consequence of a meeting of the board of trustees of the South C*r.r.?.\a Odd Fellows' Orphanage, held in that city Wednesday night, a warrant was neat morning issued for the arrest of T. U. Vaughn, erstwhile supanntendent of to*; orphan home, charging him with rape the alleged victim being one of the little orphan girls under his charge. The warrant has bssn placed !n the hands of Sheriff J. Perry Poole for service, but as yet he has been unable to apprehend the accused. The affair has created a sensation In church circles, for Vaughn was prominent in church work, often prayed in public and was looked upon as a devout Christian gentleman, the few who have learned of accusations against the young man express themB^lves as "thunderstruck" and in the next breath express the bitterest inJlgnatitn. Concerning the matter, a member of the board of trustees, who took the lead in the investigation, leading up to the swearing out of the warrant against Vaughn, dictated the following statement to The News and Courier correspondent: "About two weeks ago the board of trusses learned that former Superindent T. U. Vaughn was implicated In some very serious conduct. A full investigation was made and Mr. Vaughn was summoned before the hoard. He came and denied the charges and wo dispersed. "A subsequent meeting of the board was called and Mr. Vaughn was Eought to be served with a notice Lo attend the meeting, by mall and otherwise, but could not be reached. His family have not been at home In the city for two weeks. His brother, is said to occupy the house at night, and told the messenger of the board of trustees that T. U. Vaughn had Kono North. A meeting of the board of trustees having been set for May 2 9th, and having been unable to reach Mr. Vaughn, a warrant was sworn out for his arrest, charging an unmentionable offence with one of the Inmates of the Orphan Home. This warant was placed In the hands of 3herll J. Perry Poole, but up to the present he has not apprehended Vaughn. ? KILLED ON COLUMBIA STREET. One White Man Shoots Another to Death in Row. The Columbia correspondent of rho News and Courier says R. L. 3'Pry was shot and Instantly killed in front of the Southern Express office there Wednesday night by Curtis Spence, both parties being white. Five shots were fired, one through Lhe breast, producing death, and othparts of the body getting the lead. It is stated that after O'Pry dropped to tho ground, mortally wounded, 3pence fired two more shots Into tho prostrate body. Spence was at once irrested by the police and locked up, tvhile the coroner took charge or tne aody of the dead man. The shooting :ook place Just a little before nine >'clock, when the streets were full of people, and attracted a largo crowd. The express offie is located on Lady ?treet, just off WaJn street, and it was flirectly in front of this that the shooting took place. Spence is about 15 years of age and his victim was ibout the same age. The trouble was >ver family matters. ? ? ? MINNESOTA IS FOR WILSON. Every District Votes for the Governor Except One. A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn., lays returns show that Woodrow Wilion was indorsed at the Democratic caucuses held Monday in a majority >f the counties in Minnesota. Champ 31ark failed to carry a district In the tate with the exception of the fourth, f the unit rule prevails at Duuth, however, as now seeima probible, all of Minnesota's 24 delegates o Baltimore will go to aid the New tKfl rofurna Wll. U1 8WJ 5UVU1 UVi vyj! vuv WUAUW vt on has 662 Instructed delegates; ?lark, 193; Bryan, 37, and 66 uninitructed. ? ? Thirty Brides from Abroad. Thirty brldea-to-be from Scotland nd Ireland reached New York Wedtesday on the steamer Caledonia r.1 t\r?a ~ m %> rom IrlHHgUW. I.MUBI %J JL UUtJ jruuiJfS vomen wero bound for points west >f the Mississippi and in southwestern Canada. \ Wilson Gets More Delegates, Democrats of the Fifth North Car>lina Congressional District in sesion at Greensboro Tuesday night lected two delegates to the Demoratic National Convention and lntructed them for Woodrow Wilson. auso ho eah defeat either Ronsevoit ?r Taft, and for that matter any man yhom the Republicans nominate." SWEPT JIS_ STATE WILSON'S SPLENDID VICTORY WILL ' HELP HIS CHANCES # r NEW JERSEY IS FOR HIM The Handsome Endorsement of His Own State Proves tlmt He Has ' I Made a Good Governor, and Makes < Hira *he Most Prominent Cnndi- ! date Among Democrats. i The Washington correspondent of the State says as the result of his ' splendid victory in the New Jersey primaries and his equally gratifying triumphs in Minesota and Texas, Gov. , Wood row Wilson yesterday annexed \ 88 delegates to the Baltimore conven- , tion, and is now claimed to be in the , lead in actual voting strength for the Democratic presidental nomination. , Following so closely updn his splen- , did race in Ohio, where he made an ] almost equal division with Gov. Har mon in the election of the district , delegates, the three big results in , New Jersey, Minnesota and Texas have put Gov. Wilson well to the j front. The overwhelming primary i victory in New Jersey in the face of desperate opposition, bached by a bountiful supply of money, was an ac complishment that gave renewed < strength and vigor to the Wilson can- i didacy, but coming as it did with an < overwhelming victory in Minnesota, , where there was the most aggress- ] ive sort of opposition, set politics to i talking, and most of this talk was to the effect that it would be impossible j to prevent the nomination of the New Jersey governor at Baltimore. j It is certain that Gov Wilson will have the bulk of the North Carolina ? delegates as the result of the action of the county conventions already held. Of course that primary victory ; scored by Gov. Wilson in his own State was most pleasing to his . friends. It was essentially a triumph for progressive Democracy. The fight ' against him was in the name of no ] candidate and was conducted and fi- ' nanced by a "boss" who was flayed by formenPresident Cleveland* and < whose opposition is regarded by right thinking Democrats everywhere as a badge of honor. < The following statement was is- j sued by chairman E. E. Grosscup of the New Jersey State committee today: "The result of the primaries must ] be taken as a most emphatic indorsement of Gov. Wilson and the progressive policies which he represents and at the same time as a severe rebuke to those who have attempted to divide the Democratic i party in the State. Every effort that ] could be made by the disgruntled office seekers, who informed the back- ' bone of the opposition to the govern- ; or was used to bring out the vote against him, so that the result might ( be accepted as showing the full ] strength of the opposition. This vote except in the two districts of Essex, c was absurdly small, in some places not a ballot being cast against Gov. Wilson. There can no longer bo doubt that Woodrow Wilson is the real leader of the Democratic party in 1 New Jersey." "Gov. Wilson's success in the New Jersey primaries Wednesday was of sweeping character, and was an in- c dorsement of his clean and progres- ( sive administration." was the com- ? ment of Representative William l Hughes of New Jersey, who returned g to Washington today. "Our people c will regret to lose him as governor 1 and as a citizen, but they believe he c can serve the nation in a higher ca- s pacity, and that he will be nominated and elected president of the United t States. Woodrow Wilson can defeat j any man the Republicans nominate y it matters not whom. That he would t carry both New Jersey and New York ? in the event of his nomination is as y certain as anything can be. In the g New Jersey governor the Democrats a have the opportunity to nominate a c winning candidate, who can meet all t comers on the hustings of elsewhere." v The primary election in New Jersey e was conducted under a law that was y passed at the instance of Gov. Wil- y son in deflnance of the bosses of both parties. The New York World today rvoM o tr? thla Wilsnn lACtflln. jmiv* 1% V A i U M VV WW VM?W ? ? tion with the assertion that: "In no other Stato has money or political or- j ganization played so small a part in ' the campaign." By way of explana- . ion The World added: "Withi a strict registration law and a drastic corrupt practices law the opportunities for corruption were reduced to a minimum." Judged from every angle Woodrow Wilson has made good as governor of New Jersey and has set a now pace for American executives. fc ?? t Divorco Every Five Minntes. n A dispatch from Atlanta says a e divorce every five minutes is the rcc- v ord that has been hung up by Fulton superior court. Judge Pendleton on Wednesday gave freedom in the form d of decrees to 64 mismated persons, t The judge was on the bench two and 1 a half hours and granted 23 first ver- t diets and nine second verdicts. 11 / WILL HAVE WARM TIME | EtEPUBLICAN COMMITTEE PACES MANY HOT FIGHTS. * ? rtio Seats of Two Hundred and Four Delegates to the National Conven- j tion Contested. When the Republican national { committee meets in Chicago June 6th ;t will be called on to decide 204 contents. Four years ago 219 contests were submitted to the committee. Of [ho 204 contests filed with Secretary Hey ward, 177 were presented by the itooBevelt faction and 2 7 by the Taft adherents. The principal contests filed by the Taft managers are from Missouri and c Texas. t In Louisiana three sets of delegat- f 38 wore elected at large and in the first, second, fourth and fifth dis- c tricts, two sets were named by Taft 1 supporters and one by Roosevelt I 3upporters. i More delegates than the number 3pecified in the call for the convention chosen at large in Missouri; at i large in Alabama; in the Fifth dis- e trict of Kentucky; In the Fourth Dlsr* i driat of Minnesota; in the Seventh l district of Texas, and in the First, t Tenth and Eleventh districts of Geor- 'a 5ia. Secretary Heyward has classed c these as contests and the committee e will bo required to determine what I will be done with them. 1 There are contests from eighteen f States and tho District of Columbia, j Ghalrman New of the subcommittee s pn arrangements said that no other r contests had been received but it was f possible that a few others might bo t In the mails. Following is a list of contests filed: Alabama?At largo, Second, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth?14. Arkansas?At large, First, Second, Third, Fourtn, Fifth and Seventh? L(\ Total delegates contested, 204. District of Columbia?At largo? i) Florida?At large, Second, Third ind Fourth?12. Georgia?At large, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Righth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth?2 8. Indiana?At large, First, Second xnd Thirteenth?10. Kentucky?Fifth and Eleventh?4. Louisiana?At large, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sxith and Seventh?20. Michigan?At large and Sixth?6. 1 Minnesota?Fourth?2. ( Missouri?At large, First, Third, 1 Fifth, Seventh, Fourteenth?14. North Carolina?Fourth?2. 1 Oklahoma?Third and Fourt?4. J South Carolina?First?2. f Tennessee?Tenth?2. m^vaa TTMraf fippnnd Third. Four- ^ th, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh and c Fifteenth?1C. 8 Virginia?At large, First, Second, g Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth? v 18. 1 Woshington?At largo, First, Sec- i! )nd, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, 1 Eighth?18. 1 (Mississippi?At large, First, Sec>nc!, Third?14. i ? + c PRESIDENT TAFT ATTACKED. J ? v \n Italian Struck Him In the Face 0 With a Paper Ball. a a At Rutherford, N. J., Chief Wilkie o )f the secret service has been con- v lucting a quiet investigation into an s ittempted attack on President Taft p >y an Italian while the president was [\ ipeaking in the public square Satur- k lay night. A statement given out by e ?rank M. Buckles, leader of the Taft n >rganization, regarding tho Italian's a ittack, says: *] The 12,000 persons assembled in b he public square were disappointed t n not hearing the president speak T jecause of tho act of a vandal. As n he package struck tho president's c ace or came down scraping his face F io was about to speak, but tho secret service men pushed him back in his eat and took chargo of affairs. They g irdored tho car ahead at full speed p hrough the crowd, not knowing what f vas in the paper and got away. Lat- tl ir they informed me that the paper r, tad been soaked in water to make it n teavy." p ? ? ? t] Wants to liaise Titanic. ci Ono of the inmates of the Matte- o fan State asylum, at Fisksville, N. e ., has prepared an elaborate set of i< dans for raising the steamship Titan- li c by means of magnets . Blue prints n >f the devices will bo sent to the En- y ;lish and American investigating h ommittees. si ? ? ? n Industrial Institute.. h John H. Cleveland and the Saxon n Jills Company of Spartanburg have P ;iven eleven acres of land near tho 11 laxon mills as a site for the indus- c rial instituto established thero about t< , year ago by the Methodist confer- o nco Twenty-five thousand dollars c< rill b? expended upon buildings. 1< ? ? ? ti Both Congressman Clark and Un- h lerwood aro candidates for re-elec- h ion from their respectlvo districts. K rhis shows that neither of theso o jentlemen have any serious notion of a jeing nominated for President. P LOOK THEM OVER CHARACTER SKETCHES OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IS SEEN BY A MAGAZINE Iryan is Introduced?Clark the Most Incapable of Combating Ilepublicans?Wilson Armed at Every Point and Splendidly Equipped for Success. The World's Work for June diseases the Presldental candidates of >oth the Democratic and Republican >arties. It does not seem to consid>r Underwood in the running at all as t does not mention his name even. Jere is what it says of the Democratc possibilities: William Jennings Bryan. Mr. Dryan, whoso career is without jarallol in our history (certainly dnce Henry Clay ceased to be a prosdental candidate); a man who has lved to see his sucossful competitors ako many of his political doctrines ind plans and relabel them and get :redit for them;^et observing this leries of events and his series of deeats with philosophy and even with lumor; an enduring campaigner, a riendly and kindly nature with a )hilosophy of life that gives him a lincero sympathy with the masses of lien; a man who missed being the oremost Democrat of his time by lis intellectual limitations, but a man vhose instinctive precepnon 01 uiu Democratic philosophy has made him i great leader of the masses; sobered y time and become more tolerant and iroader he is the loudest voice yet in expressing his crude cry for justice to he unprivileged and forgotten; a (hrewd politician and thrifty, with lis belief yet unshaken that he was jorn to be president?why not at the eoming election? A party dictator vith an air of humility; if his mind vere as good an instrument for clear hinking as his voice is for clear ipeaking, he would, long ago have ieen invincible; and he may be invincible yet; for he can yet convince limself of any popular plausibility, ind the Republicans may accept a candidate of desperation. Governor Judson Harmon. Gov. Harmon, a man of comnonplace mind whose thinking was lone a generation ago; old fashion>d because inert and temperamonally "stand-pat;" a lawyer of good iractice chiefly corporations; a man xf for a president if he liven in a ashioned gentleman furnished to >rder for the present occasion, who vould not would have been thought ?f for a president if he lived in a mall State; acceptable to those who ;od is named Status Guo and who vish a president who will not disurb things; a sort of intellectual .nd political brother to Alton 13. 'arker, who once ran for the presidency. Speaker Champ Clark Ohamp Clark, a good natured nnniao(o nni< nil i( I nllor nf A/llllll J (in vi bviivt vi. nicolic yarns, well-liked by his felows of the same calibre in congress, yho call him by his first name; with nit dignity of mind or of manner; , man to who the routine of party nd of political procedure is the aim f things and party loyalty is law; without any vision of statesmanhip; a common politfcian of the icrsonally respectable sort, lacking a prudence because lacking in :nowledge; with a genius for blundring speech; without hardness of riind or of convictions; in the race s a stalking horse or dummy, as evryone knows but himself, yet a possile nominee by a slip in the game of he managers of the convention; lerhaps the only Democrat whose omination would mako licpublian success certain whoever bo tho lepublican nominee. Governor Woodrow Wilson. Gov. Woodrow Wilson, a scholar in overnment, with an historical and oliticril perspective; a man of proound convictions, holding that liero should bo no class that shall pceive privileges from tho governlent; regarding boss rule and tho rivate conduct of public business as se worst crimes against political solety; trustful of the people, a Demcrat in fact; with brief but emlntly successful executive expermco (the New Jersey of today be mg a wholly different political community from the New Jersey of two oars ago); courageous because he as fundamental convictions and a turdy seriousness of character; a man of high ideals to whom politics as a profound moral significance; a inn with a definite, well-reasoned orgramme, to whom our national fe are living organisms; his politial creed, therefore a working creed 3 fit present problems and not a set f fixed formulas; courageous for onscience's sake and not from sheer 3vo of fight; modest to the verge of Imidity as regards his personal regions and fortunes and, therefore, andicapped in a rough race by a entlo hesitancy, having the modesty f a well bred mind and tho humor of , phllosphor; tho most convincing lublic speaker In political life, mas WILSON IS STRONG * WHAT AN INDEPENDENT NEWS* PAPER THINKS OF HIM. Springfield Republican Indicates Various Points at Which He Would Meet and Defeat Roosevelt. The Springfield Republican, an 'ndependent newspaper, says: Assuming that The Republican had especially in mind lMr. Bryan, when it * said that the Democrats "must have a candidate radical enough to hold the radical wing of the Democratic party to the last man," in case Mr. Roosevelt should capture the Repuolican nomination, the Hartford Times protests against another Bryan campaign. It holde the view that Roosevelt should be opposed by a Democratic conservative. Wo adhere to the view already expressed, although it would not be necessary to nominate Mr. Bryan In order to hold In line the radical wing of the Democratic party. Gov. Wiison is qualified to meet such an emergency. If Gov. Wilson were nominated at Baltimore, he would be sure of Mr. B<ryan's Bincere and whole-hearted support. He would be able to hold the radical wing of the Democratic party to the support of the Democratic ticket. There would he no repetition of the Parker campaign of 1904, when a million Bryan Democrats, it was estimated, voted for Roosevelt or stayed away from the polls. It is not necessary to "outpoint" Roosevelt in an appeal to the discontented voters of the country. But it is necessary for the Democratic party, If it is to win against him, to keep its own radicals in the fold. Gov. Wilson coma ao it. lie is ownea Dy no boss. Ho stands for the "people's rule." He is controlled by no "interest." He is at swords' points with "Wiall street." He is sufficiently progressive to make ridiculous a charge that tho "reactionaries" could enfeeble his good intentions. Even La Folette, estranged from Roosevelt, could support him. But, at the same time, Gov. Wilson could be presented as a foil to Mr. Roosevelt's most blatant excesses. Ho has always opposed the recall of judges and the recall of decisions; he could make mince-meat of the colonel's "new nationalism;" he could stand for a certain "wise custom," whilc the colonel was standing for three presidential terms, with a fourth and a fifth in prospect. On the tariff issue, he could eat tho colonel alive. As a campaigner, no other Democrat could surpass him in tho intellectual clarity, precision and effectiveness of his spoken appeal. As a forensic antagonist, ho is a kind such as the colonel has never encountered. Gov. Wilson presents an extraordinary opportunity for the two wings of tho Democratic party to unite on a basis that shall make the party an efficient instrument for social and political progress on truly Democratic lines and an incomparable defense of tho republic against a Roosoveltian dynasty. The Democratic attacks on him because of his attitudo toward the initiative and referendum in tho several States seem petty in the extreme. We regard him, on tho whole, as a fresh, invigorating and entirely pane influence in tho Democratic party, and tho political situation is apparently shaping itself in a way to make his merits as a candidate bo conspicuous that one must marvel at the witless prejudice against him which Democrats hero and there havo allowed themselves to entertain. Havo conservative Domocrata thought of this?that If they don't take Wilson, Bryan may he forced upon them? If they destroy Wilson, what shall it profit them? 4 Meet for First Time Since War. Gus Allman, a Confederate veteran, of Ocalla, Fla., after the Confedorato reunion at Macon, Ga., visited his old home at Perry, Ga., last week, and thore met his sister, Mrs. Nicholas Marshburne, whom ho had not seen since ho marched away to the Civil war, in 1861. ^ a A Wilson Wins Decisive Victory. In the New Jersey primary on Tuosday Wilson won a decisive victory, winning all the delegates but two. Governor Wilfeon's opponents had to bo satisfied with the showing they made In Essex County, the stronghold of formor Senator James Smith, Jr., the ex-Democratic boss. ter of exact language without pedantry; not favored by tho9e who for apy reason wish the government to be a dispenser or ravors or wisn it to do v>., conducted by professional cliques or bosses; a man of stern stuff, resolute, gently bred and, becauso of his combination of force, dignity and grace, in a class by himself among tho can dldates for tno presidency; so cieariy right-minded and right-tempored that If there wero a clear-cut presidential* primary in all the States, ho would probably win tho nomination with no second in the race. As Mr. Roosevolt gives tho Republican party a chance to show its desperation, so Gov. Wilson give tho Democratic party a chance to show its wisdom. It would bs an interesting summer if these two?this modest man and this other ?should be nominated.