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I CLASH OF CLANS THE GOVERNOR REFUSES TO SPEAK AT MANNING JONES HAD A HARD TIME Crowd Refused to Allow Hither Candidate for Governor to Speak? Judge Jones Gamely Continues? Governor IUcase Makes Several Attempts, then Leaves the Stand. Honors were even on the howling game at the State campaign meeting at LYlanning Wednesday. Partisans of Jones and partisans of Blease were bo vociferous and persistent in their attempts to cheer on their respective favorites and to howl down the cheers of the opposition that it was Impossible for either Judge Jones or Gov. Blease to make himself heard connectedly ana uovernur uioano oridently deemed it preferable from ' reasons of policy as well as of pru' dence, not to attempt a speech. Judge Jones, however did not flinch from the ordeal presented. He laid before the people all of his argument that the people would hear. Neither candidate was able to control his supporters in the crowd though Gov. Blease implored his friends not to give occasion for the accusation which had been made against Blease men elsewhere, of howling down his opponent and Judge Jones, after complimenting the citizens of Clarendon upon their love of free speech and fair play, said ho would guarantee Gov. Blease a repsectful hearing. The cheering and counter-cheering did hot cease with the meeting, but continued for some time afterward wherever small crowds gathered about the street corners. Judge Jones spoke vigorously in the intervals when he could make himself understood, assailing the governor's claim to have made a record of economy, reading the telegram received at Georgetown Saturday from Judge Memminger which contradicts part of the governor's explanation regarding the Horry Court, and charging that Governor Blease had bwjn long associated with railroad interests. There was a rough and tumble indirect interchange between Gov. Bloase and Judge Jones over the behavior of their followers. Judge Jt'nes was greeted with a demonstration which evoked a counter-demonstration from the Blease contingent and led to a pitched battle of cheering, each crowd doing its utmost to howl the other down. While Judgo Jones having appealed in vain to the spirit of fair play in his audience, stood quietly waiting until the tumult should subside. Gov. Tllease advanced to his side and held up his hand for silence. "Fellow citizens," he said. "You *havo seen Jones men drunk at meetings and nothing was said about it, but when Blease men holler, the Jones men join in and then say there was a Howl down, 1 ueg you, iui Clod's sake, for my sake, and for South Carolina's sake, to give him a fair hearing." Hut the shouting broke out afresh Judge Jones, when there was a lull of a moment, remarked, '"Hie difference is that you don't have to ask the Jones men to hear, governor." "I suppose," retorted Blease, "that's why the Jones men hiss me, they are snakes." At another time Judge Jones said, "Those who favor Jones believe in the right of free speech and a fair hearing," and again, "I know there is a crowd organized to howl me down a^d it doesn't repress/it one-third of this audience. You are doing yourselves and your county no good and me no harm." A group of young men to the right of the stand, evidently college students who were cheering in unison for Judge Jones, moved over Into tho centre of the crowd, in rear of a compact body of Blease cheerers and Judge Jones evidently misunderstood their purpose, for he remarked: "Don't you see, gentlemen, this crowd of Blease liollerers right down in front and the boys behind, who can't even vote?" Judge Jones said the Rlease rooters reminded him of the old fox in the church yard, who hearing the church bell, derisively exclaimed: "Great big mouth and great big tongue, a hell of a noise and nothing done." The duel of cheers was practically tffhtlnuous during the Judge Jones period, the sound varying only in volume. When.Gov. Blease was introduced the rival groups of noise producers redoubled their efforts. Gov. Iileaso, after asking the newspaper men at work near him to take note of the share which the knot of college men bore in the uproar, stood leaning on the rail at the front of the stand for some minctes, said: "I just wanted to show Mr. Jones. Do you seo that crowd of college boys yonder that's hollering me down? .I'll Just say that I want every man In this crowd who is a Blease man to hold up his right hand." A majority of the crowds held up their hands .."Now ask the Jonefl men to hold w. *heir hands," said Judge Jones, but the governor howf ii'g bis thanks, returned to his seat. Judge Jones, In the ensuing hubbub, called out, "Now the Jones men," and there was a considerable show- j Ing of hands, though numbers of persons refrained from participating, in the hand primary. Most of the crowd then departed tn search of dinner, a few remaining to hear the last speaker of the day. John T. Duncan. Later Gov. Blease returned, a crowd of about 500 people having gathered about the stand in consequence of a rumor that he was to speak. He announced, however, that he would not accept the invitation of hie friends to address them at that time. He said that Judge Jones' son and Earl Page of the State had, he .was informed organized a crowd to howl him down. This with the sanction of the mayor and the chief of police, and he, as chief executive of the State, would not, by attempting t ? speak, do anything to creat disorder. The crowd then dispersed. Mr. Page is traveling solicitor fori The State. He said after the meeting that he came to Manning shortly before noon to call on patrons and make collections, and had engaged in nc political activity whatever. He is regularly assigned to travel this territory from his headquarters at Florence. In reference to the scheme to hrkwl down Governor Blease. The News an' Courier representative interviewed Judge Jone's son this afternoon. He declared that he knew ing of the plan, and as, for working with 'Mr. Page to organize the boys, he said he had never met Mr. Page. From a remark made by Judge Jones on the stand it appeared that he was not aware of any plan to howl down the governor. For, at one time when the disturbance was great, he said: "I see you Please men here in front and you school boys In the rear and you do not represent the sentiment of Clarendon County." The matter as first suggested appeared to bo a gamo of tit for tat and both sides won. Whether or not it was the resplt of a deeplaid plot is not known; nor are the prime movers known. It has been stated that the college boys who "had it in for IMease" are of the very best famiHes in Clarendon. ? Praises Ilryan Very Highly. Tn*a ringing editorial in its issue of last Monday the New York World, speaking of the Democratic National Convention, said it was too late to talk of compromise. "Compromise," went on the World, "was possible until the Ryan-Murphy conspiracy was fully revealed and the Tammany boss carried out the terms of his bargain with the Clark managers by throwing New York's ninety votes to Champ Clark. Compromise was possible until Mr. Bryan compelled by the inexorable logic of events to repudiate Champ Clark's candidacy and vote for Woodrow Wilson. Compromise was possible until it became apparent t"> every intellingent man that the Ryan-M urphy-Belmont-Hearst coalition had set out to strangle progressive Democracy, destroy 'Mr. Bryan politically and prevent the nomination of Woodrow Wi'lv/on at any cost. Compromise is no longer possible. There can be no Democratic harmony, there can be no Democratic unity, there can be no Democratic integrity, until the convention overwhelms this shameful alliance between corrupt finance and corrupt politics. It is the duty of Mr. Bryan to stand fast in his support of Governor Wilson, and it is the duty of true Democrats to stand fast in their support of Mr. Bryan. Whatever their differences with him in the past, he is fighting to-day the battle of honest Democracy, he is fighting the battle of the American people, and he is fighting it manfully and magnificently." This Is a deserved tribute to Mr. Bryan, who refused oil compromise and in the end won a grand and glorious victory for the people over the bosses. Where It Hurts the Party. The election of Judge Parker as temporary chairman of the Democratic National Convention puts the party in a false position before the country as will be seen by the following from Grit, an independent newspaper of considerable circulation: "The Democratic party machinery is almost as completely under the control of "big business" as is I that of the Republican party. Evidence of this fact is found in the selection of Alton B. Parker as temporary chairman of the convention, a man who in the presidential campaign of 1 904 represented "special interests" in opposition of Theodore Roosevelt, the candidate of progressive Republicans. If the National committee were not controlled by special interests it certainly would not havo selected Mr. Parker, who politically and professionally has served and is still serving "big business." It was to prevent the party from being misrepresented before the country that caused Mr. Bryan to oppose the election of Judge Parker as temporary chairman of the coni vention. Had Judge Parker's nomination been accepted unanimously the party would have .been badly . handicapped in the election, matters not what kind of platform may hav< , been adopted or candidate nominat i ed. Bryan knew this. ? ? > Married people would be happier il i they economised more. The spend1 lag of 101 cents to the dollar li ? bound to end disastrously. # BEFORE THE BATTLE WHICH ENDED IN VICTORY FOR WOODROW WILSON. JUST BEFORE THE BREAK What the Friends of the Different Candidates Thought of the Situation Tuesday Morning Before the Convention Assembled to Resume the Balloting. Unless the Democratic notianal convention made a nomination for President Tuesday it was asserted by leaders of all factions that a majority of the delegates would regard the situation as practically homeless. Some of them went so far as to admit privately that they feared the convention would have to adopt some other 'means of selecting a candidate, either through a fortnight's recess of the present convention or through a mass meeting to be held later. Little consideration has been given to William Jennings Bryan's proposal that a general presidential preference primary be held. Many convention leaders, however, held tenaciously to the opinion that a nomination would bo made Tuesday. They pointed to the fact that Illinois with 58 votes would be swung to Wilson; the delegation voted 40 to 18 to switch from Clark. The Clark forces declared that the switch was with their consent and would be made to demonstrate the impossibility of Wilson gaining the nomination. This view was not shared generally however, and many professed to believe that the Illinois vote would start a rush to the New Jersey man because of the temper of the delegates and their desire to get away. Wilson leaders were puzzled at the attitude of the New York delegation, but the 9 0 votes of the State were generally believed to be held in reserve for Underwood and appeals from Wilson men to swing with the Illinois delegation encountered deaf ears. At the same time it was thought that should the time come when New York's 9 0 votes would determine the nomination they would be cast for that candidate. Skeptical about Illinois. Some of the delegates would not credit the authenticated report that Illinois had switched. "We've heard that before," said one, "but the next ballot always went 58 for Clark." Two caucuses were held by the Illinois delegation. At the first, which was called at 1 0 o'clock'.Monday night, it was decided to continue for a few more ballots with Cark, but after tho midnight adjournment of the convention the delegates again took up the DiiKilint A Inner (llcnnctiinn roaultf>rl n U UJUlytl XI IWlIf, V*IWV. v. . wwv. in a decision that the time had arrived when a change should be made. Roger Sullivan, chairman of the delegation, declared it was absolutely certain that Clark could not regain bis lost strength and that the delega-r tion should go for Wilson in time to make the change effective. Douglass Patterson, a staunch supporter of Mr. Clark vigorously opposed the proposition and even after the vote had been taken declared that another caucus would be held and the break t > Mr. Wilson prevented. Former National chairman Taggart c' Indianna, said Tuesday morning that a nomination would probably be made during the day. "There comes a time in every deadlocked convention," said Mr. Taggart, "when delegates set aside personal preference and join with the majority rather than hold out any longer. I think that time is here, it may be that onethird of this convention will keen it i deadlocked, but. I doubt it." A similar view was entertained by j Senator Stone, of Missouri, one of the , Missouri candidate's managers. "We . must conclude today," said he, "for . the delegates will not stay much longer." Former Governor iMcCorkle of West Virginia, was one of the few prominent members of the Clark camp who appeared sanguine that the Speaker would pick up the votes he had lost and enough more to secure the nomination. He thought there would be a flocking to Clark if Wilson's chances wore found to be impossible, and that the nomination would be given to the man voted for by a majority of the delegates. Wilson Forces* Problem. The Wilson forces asserted that the momentum of their attacks and the steady increase in their ranks hap made their campaign one of offense and not defence and that if Illinois i carried out their intention of breaki ir.g from the Clark forces and joini ing those of the New Jersey governor it will point the way for other delega tions to do likewise. Leaders of the Wilson campaign * ^ A A 1 11 1. - J admitted Tuesday mat tne lime u?u r arrived when one or two thlngg i would have to ,be shown within a doz en or so calls of the roll, either that Wilson was to be carried to final victory or that he had about reached the high tide of his strength. If vlctorj I was to come the Wilson men conced. ed, it would be during the day. i If the day's roll calls showed thai Wilson's vote was not increasing and his forces were only marking time before a retrograde movement, then the leaders at the national committee headquarters thought that a dark hqrse might loom up suddenly and be carried to victory. Both Wilson and Clark forces were making every effort Tuesday to induce Underwood to withdraw on the ground that "only a progressive candidate could be named" and that the 100 or more votes for the leader of the House represented no likely nomination and only blocked the way of breaking the deadlock. This the Underwood leaders denied. That the Underwood forces would be withdrawn was not indicated by Senator Bank head, director of the campaign for the Alabama candidate. He was positive that Mr. Underwood would remain a candidate to the end. Meanwhile the leaders directing the campaign for Speaker Clark were trying to strengthen their lines and prevent any other nomination. "We 1 shall stand pat," said Senator Bankhead when asked what effect the improvement in Wilson's fortunes would have upon the Underwood delegates. "We will not change. Indeed, we can not change; we are instructed. There is a great difference between a majority and a two-thirds majority and even if the New Jersey man should get the entire Illinois vote he would have but little more than a majority. The other candidates have had their day and wo will have ours." Wilsonians Wear Smiles. The Wilson men wore smiles as they gathered for Tuesday's session, hut they were not boastful. They were not able to figure out the 72G votes necessury to nominate, but most of them believed that the accession of Illinois would produce the enthusiasm necessary to carry their man over. They counted upon the return of the Michigan delegation to the fold. The vote of that State added to their strength would give almost six hundred votes. 'They can not resist us when we get GOO votes," said Senator Lea, of Tennessee. There were confident assertions in fhe Wilson camp that once the Illinois delegation had joined with the forces for Wilson, the 10 votes of Rhode Island would also go over to the Xew Jersey governor. When the convention met Tuesday, exactly one week after it was first assembeld the identity of the Presidential nominee was as much in doubt as it was at the initial session. Woodrow Wilson, the leading candidate lacked 231 votes-on the 42nd ballot, the last taken before adjournment last night. Champ Clark, who dropped from first to second during the day's voting still appeared to control considerably more than enough delegates to block the nomination o?' Mr. Wilson without depending on the scattering votes. Those closest in fouch with the situation Tuesday seemed (o think it as complicated as ever. Friends of both Wilson and Clark began to entertain seiious doubts as to whether either could be nominated in face of the stubborn opposition of the other and tlieye were furtively casting their ? ? tbn fn e o a it i f n hi o CVIJB ill'UllL IUQ m;iu hji ?-* vuivwivav "dark horse." Clark Adherents Downcast. The Clark forces fought desperately all day Monday to stem the tide of desertions from their wavering ranks. They saw their strength wane from 4 69 votes on the 2 7th ballot to 422 on the 3 9th, while Wilson was crawling up from 406 to 501. Then when all seemed lost, the tide turned and the Speaker made slight gains, wliile . the New Jersey Governor was slipping back on the last three ballots of Monday. On the final poll Wilson had 4 94 votes against 430 for Clark. Several times Monday Clark seem( ed on the verge of losing the 58*votes , which the Illinois delegation had given him from the outset. The Wilson adherents were confident that the ex-< pected switch would come on the first ballot taken Tuesday. With Illinois , taken they felt that the Clark rout , would be complete and that only a , few more ballots would be necessary . to win over the remaining votes necessary to their success. On the other hand, Clark followers appeared confident that the Wilson assault had spent itself and that the ; deserters would soon return to the . fold, bringing many others with i them. They so assured the Speaker > himself, who was in Baltimore Moni day night for a conference in regard . to the situation. This assurance is . said to have served to dissuade Mr. Clark from his purpose of appearing] t personally before the convention to answer the statements of Mr. Bryan. Oscar W. Underwood has continued to rank third in the voting, and neither of the two leading candidates have ! been able to make serious inroads on 1 his strength. Friends of the Alabam1 ian insist that ho is the only man 1 whoso nomination would bring all faction together. Indianna has dropped Mr. (Marshall and has gono over to Wilson, but Massachusetts is faithful to its "fav" Hnvornnr Pnna and {ft lire VI k W VI w V v. I4VA A VMwy mm* ... 0 1 iiig him as the best vote getter among I all the dark horses in the Democratic 1 stables. Ohio has not yet given up ' hope for Governor Harmon, although his supporters admit that there is a ' slim chance that he will be nominat* ?d. ' Antl-Bryanites Oppose Kern. The names of Senator John W. Kern, of Indianna, and Mayor W. J. t Gaynor, of New York, were discussed I more frequently than ever Tuesday. GIVES HIM CREDIT SENATOR TILLMAN LAUDS BRY* AN TO THE HIGHEST. t ? * Says II? is tho Greatest Living American and Deserves l'raise for the Great Victory. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina upon his return from Baltimore to Washington gave the correspondent o;1 the Baltimore American an interview characteristically epitomizing his views 011 the result at Baltimore in its relation to Bryan, Wilson and Clark. In all recent conventions Senator Tillman has been a prominetn figure, but his health forbade his taking an active part at Baltimore. He was there only as a spectator. As he look up the cudgels for Governor Wilson against Henry Watterson when the Harvey incident was uppermost, Senator Tillman was naturally overjoyed at the result at Baltimore. "I think Mr. Bryan lias been very much misunderstood and made men very augry bccauso they did not comprehend his actions and utterances. I myself, have felt that he was unnecessarily bitter and unwilling to harmonize the contending elements in the Convention. Even when the combat was at the hottest and he had surprised me most by one of his unexpected bombs, as soon as ,1 could analyze and unravel what he was doing and realized the great stake for which he was playing, I became to feel more and more admiration for him. lie certainly is a great leader and an unequalled lighter, and the promising condition in which the party now linds itself, after the second fiercest battle in its history, must bo attributed to his wisdom, foresight and magnificent courage. "He comes out cf this battle the greatest American living and will go down in history as a far greater man than if he had been elected President. He did things which must have been very painful to him, but, controlled alone for patriotism and love of principle, he' never faltered for an instant. He sternly brushed aside both friend and foe in the pursuit of right and justice for the people, lie deserves all the credit that any one man can get out of this great victory." "Governor Wilson has impressed me as the most intellectual of our younger stateman and will undoubtedly make a great President. The Augean stable of public life in Washington and in the country generally will require a second Hercules to cleanse it. I have a strong belief, judging by what ho has done in New Jersey, that Wilson will do this to the entire satisfaction of lite people of the United States, and knowing by observation ana experience me powe and influence which a president wields I have faith that he will exert that power and influence to a thorough regeneration of our politics and return to the old-time purity that once characterized Democracy. "It is a pity that so good and true a man as Champ Clark should have been betrayed and butchered by his so-called friends. llis lieutenants and managers have certainly bungled things very badly. They belittled a great national contest over great and vital principles to the level of peanut politics, and, when Missouri's vote for the temporary chairmanship went largely to Parker, the conclusion was inevitable that Clark sanctioned it and the result is what might have been expected. "Aesop's fable of the dog caught in bad company illustrates the point. Speaker Clark may well pray in future to be saved from such friends." i no more radical aini-nryan delegates expressed themselves as strongly opposed to Kern because they regard him as Bryan's candidate, but others, supporters of both Wilson and Clark, appeared to regard him with more favor. As to Mayor Gaynor, a New Yorker, it is significant that Mr. Bryan Monday added him to his list of "available candidates." Not since 1860 has a Democratic convention balloted as many as 4 2 times without nominating its candidate for President. In that year, at Charleston, S. C., John C. Breckenbridge was chosen on the 43rd ballot to make the race against Abraham Lincoln. That record was expected to be surpassed at this convention when it reassembled at noon Tuesday. ? ? Died Prom Lightning Shock. Mr. Marion Livingston, a young successful farmer of the North section died from lightning shock on last Monday at his home. Mr. Livingston had just put up his horse for the night, when the lightning rod on th3 stable became cliarged and on reaching the ground tho current was attracted by his body, causing instant death. Mr. Livingston was a brother of Messrs. T. D. A. and Olin Livingston. He was 27 years of age, and leaves a wife and several children. Jilted lloy Kills Self. At New Orleans, clasping a lovo note from his fourteen-year-old sweotheart, Lawrence Rlanchard, seventeen, committed suicide by firing a bullot. through the paper into his heart whon he learned that the jglrl had jilted him and married Charles Antonio, his rival. WHAT BRYAN SAYS NOMINATION OF WILSON MEANS A GREAT VICTORY ^ % TALKS OF THE NOMINEE Woodrow Wilson Fits Into All the Conditions, Declares the Great Commoner, Who Prophesies an Overwhelming Victory for the Democrats in November. William Jennings Bryan in a statement said that the nomination of Woodrow Wilson on a progressive platform meant an overwhelming victory for the Democratic ticket next fall. Mr. Bryan said: "I feel that the action of the convention thus far will appeal to tho country. I had no choice among progressive candidates, but from the first included Governor Wilson in every list I had occasion to make, llis action in coming out strongly against 'Mr. Parker for temporary chairman was tho turning point in his campaign. Tho country is progressive. Nearly all of tne juomocrauc pariy and moro than half of the Republican party are progressives. "The paramount question before* this convention was whether we would tako sides with the reactionaries and thus encourage the organization of a third party and giving to the third party the hope of defeating the reactionaries divided into two parties, this on one side and on tho other tho nomination of a ticket that would so appeal to tlio progressive element of the natioi\ as to make a third party improbable. "I am satisfied that with Mr. Wilson running for president on tho platform which hay been prepared there will be comparatively few progicssive Republicans who will not feci justified in supporting the Democratic ticket. If I were to make an estimate I would say that wo ought to have not less than two million majority vote and enough of the electoral vote to give us an overwhelming majority in tho electoral congress. "Tho action of tho convention in adopting the anti-Morgan-Ryan-I3elmont resolution lias demonstrated that the Democratic party is not only progressive, but hold enough to throw down the gauntlet to the predatory interests. It Is fortunate that Mr. Wilson's nomination was mado without the aid of Mr. Murphy. It is no reflection on tho many good men in tho New York delegation to say una. "From every standpoint, tho outlook is hopeful. The only unpleasant tiling about a political fight is? that success to one aspirant brings disappointment to others. Those who fail ought to find some consolation in the fact that failure is not always a redaction upon the individual, because circumstances exert a larger influence than is sometimes choice. Men are available only when they lit into conditions. I decided some two years ago that I did not fit into the conditions as we then saw them, and I was not willing to assume the responsibility of advocating any particular progressive party, because I preferred to try the wisdom of tho multitude and partly because I felt that a great deal wmild depend upon the action of the Reiuiblican convention. "When the Republican convention adjourned it was even more apparent than ever that circumstances required some emphatic action on the part of our convention to insure a consolidation of the progressive vote under our banner. ,<rPlio i f a n f t h a aau ttao f i an A IIVJ IIIVlVIVlllO U I iuv VUI1 T VlUlV/ll have in a strange way emprasizcd the progressiveness or our party far more than I had expected that progressiveness could be exercised, and the convention has decided with rare unamity that Governor Wilson fits into the conditions that the Republican convention and our convention have joined in creating. "Knowing what the platform is, I feel that it will help him in his fight, and I have no doubt that our convention will proceed to choose a vicepresidential candidate who will strengthen the ticket. It is needless to say that I am gratified to see our party raising the banner of progressive democracy aloft and calling to the progressive forces of the nation to join in restoring the government to the hands of the people, that it may be in truth a government of, by and for the people. "It has been a long convention, but the results are worth the time. Tho dawn is here, and progressive democracy will be the people's pillar of could by day." > ? - v x Cow Dragged Child to Death. While Dolly Domlnlck Boji, eleven years old, of Watorvllle, N. Y. waa leading a cow home, the animal became frightened by the headlight of a street cat\ and ran directly In front of the car, dragging the child to death beneath its wheels. ? It is said that laziness grows upon people, but evidently there are people who hare been lasy from bftrtfc.