The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 11, 1912, Image 5
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WILSON IS FEARED
HIS NOMINATION CAUSES DEPRESSION
OF TAFT
LESSENS HIS CHANGES
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The President 1m Not Baying Anything,
but It to Known Ho Was
Hoping for u Weaker Opponent,
Hut Will ?o Ifto Beat to Win the
Hiectfton.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York World Bays there is
littlo cheering and few smiles about
the White House. The chief causo of
the depressed political atmosphere
was the nomination of Wooarow Wilson
by the Democracy for President.
President Tuft, while he said nothing
for publication, had hoped from the
beginning that the Democrats would
nominate Champ Clark, Underwood
or Harmon.
In fact, ho had some of his politif?fj
1 f\/l ul uora /liu/inuOA/1 t\1 ati a
T lovi H UIDUUOQVU |MUUD U1 V^UUl"
palgii figuring on somoono elso than
Wilsop or liryan au tho candidato.
President Taft dhd his moat enthusiastic
supporters fear Woodrow Wilson
as a candidate.
This statement Was madb to tho
correspondent of tho World by a close
political friend and adviser of tho
'President. This friend admitted that
with the selection of Gov. Wilson tho
President's chances are not near so
good as they would have been had the ;
Democrats nominated some other
man.
The hupportcrs of tho President figuro
that notwithstanding Col. Roosevelt's
statement that lie will continue
a'J the candidate of tho progressive
Republicans he will not bo In, tho
raco on November 5, that many of tho
men he has seen and is counting on,
will support Gov. Wilson and efface
themselvos individually as Republicans.
These views were strengthened
BODiewhut by the receipt of information
at tho White House that Gov. Osborn
of Michigan had announced ho
would support Gov. Wilson. Tho
White Houso heard also that the progressive
Republican League of Minnesota
would support Gov. Wilson.
These same supporters of tho Prosw
v Ident who are worried now over tho
, J outlook are of tho opinion that oven
if Col. Roosevelt docs go aheq,d witli
his third party movement tho only i
votes lie will get will bo from tho Republican
party and a few personal
followers who will not be of any material
help to him, while on tho oilier
hand there will bo thousands of
Independent and progressive Republican.1
who will support Gov. Wilson.
It is fgurGd that as individuals they
can do this without impairing their
Republicanism and that In the event ,
of difc itisfaction with the Democratic
par*;' they can come back into the
fold w ithout causing any loud protest.
Anoiher indication that the Presi- ,
dent's friends are much concerned 1
was indicated when it became known
that some of the Taft managers al- ,
ready have begun gathering para- ,
phrases from Gov .Wilson's writings ,
which they will uso in the carppaign ,
and which they hope will alienate
many o ' the foreign votes in the large
cities from Gov. Wilson. ,
The Taft managers are going to (
dig out of Gov. Wilson's writings, ,
too, everything they can find regard- ]
ing religion and make an effort to
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holding office or taking part in Clov- ,
ernment affalra.
^ While this undercurrent of fear 13 ]
manifesting itself such old party ,
workers as Representative Redonberg
or Illinois, Senator Burnham of Now
Hampshire, Representatives Anthony ,
of Kansas, Bartholdt of Missouri,
and ox-Representative Bonnet of
New Vork are talking Taft. They (
say there is nothing to It hut Taff ,
and t at many conservative D^niocrat.s
will support the President.
The full situation will bo convassed
next Monday when the Pr33ident.
will confer with tlio sub-committee
of nine of the National Committee.
Those committeemen will bo house '
guests of the President and will tomain
hero until something definite in
the nature of a plan of campaign is
mapped out. ]
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Saved by TIerdic Efforts. ,
Only by heroic effort wa* the life ;
/ of Miss Minnie Surasky, daughter of <
H. Surasky, an Aiken mercnanr., sav- .
ed after the young woman, mistaking j
it for something else took a big dose <
of carbollie acid. The error was dis- 1
covered after a dose had almost to- 1
suited fatally. Physicians fortunate- ;
ly conteracted the effects of the puis- j
on. The young woman is now out of j
danger. j
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Bank Robber is Shot.
After shooting F. W. Hileman of
the Rome Savings Bank in both arms
Friday afternoon and escaping with <
several hundred dollars In cash, ;
Charles Clark of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, was shot and killed in a run- '
ning fight with a posse which had 1
pursued him for several hours In outomobiles.
The stolen money wos t
recovered. <
QUIT ROOSEVELT CAMP
PRAISES WILSON ANI) SAYS HE
WILL SUPPORT HIM.
Michigan Executive, One of the uSe\en
Little Governors," Refuses to
Bolt the Republican Party.
A special dlBpatch from Lansing,
Mich., says Governor Chas. Osborn, In
a statement announces that he Is
against a bolt from the Republican
party, praises Woodrow Wilson and
advises Col. Roosevelt to abandon
the third party movement. Osborn
was one of the "Seven Little Governors"
who urged Roosevelt to run
again for President.
"With this the Governor announces
a determination to oppose those who
controlled the Republican National
Convention at Chicago and conveys
the Idea that he believes Michigan
progressives should set about securing
control of the party In this Stato
and nominate a progressive Stato
ticket. The Governor says:
"I am of the opinion that there Is
no necessity for a new party. The
isBiio Is clearly joined for tho peoplo.
It 1b Wall Street vs. Wilson. It is
even more than that. All of tho evil j
forces of America will finally line up
with Wall street and Mr. Toft.
"Woodrow Wilson, in character,
temperament, preparation and fitness,
13 above the high avorage Of American
Presidents. He is a Christian, a
scholar and a fearless citizen. T hope
Col. Hoosevelt will not no a candidate.
Republicans can vote for Wilson
without leaving their party or
bolting.
"The real Republican party has no
candidate for President thin year.
There has been no nomination. The
action of the political freebooters at
Chicago is not binding upon the Republican
party, even if for a moment
they are bearing aloft its stolen
name.
"Col, Roosevelt cannot bo eliminated
as a great political force by temporary
trickery. Bryan was not eliminated
by three honest defeats.
Roosevelt Is a stronger factor than
Bryan. His candidacy and the work
of the progressive Republicans had
more to do with compelling the nomination
of Wilson than any one thing
tho Democrats did.
"Wall Street thought it owned
both parties. Harvey thought for a
moment that Belmont and Wall
street through him, owned Wilaon.
Wholesome discoveries have been
made. Wilson is not owned by anybody.
Ho will lead the people against
overlords in orderly but earnest
fashion.
"Fn Michigan progressive Republicans
should organize. Michigan Republicans
in great majority are progressives.
The Democratic machine
S ? Vl r. TXTr.11 rtrrtnt
i i m nil i^tiu id jwi iiii~ vvu.it ai i cuv
pang, as proven by the HarmonChamp
Clark vote. Tho final vote
of the Democratic delegates from
Michigan for Wilson was compulsory.
"Michigan progressive Republicans
are in good form and position to win.
They should, in my opinion, have
strong candidates for office all along
the lino from Covornor down on the
Republican ticket. A drowning man
nan bo easily saved If ho has only
sunk on?o; ho can bo saved if he
sinks twice or thrico and ho may bo
saved if ho has been at tho bottom
for several hours.
"The Republican party has only
sunk onco and is worth saving. Tho
desperadoes at Chicago throw it into
[ho pond of public approval with a
hag of stones tied to its neck. It is
worth while to drag it out, take off
its dead weight and pnnish tho assassins.
"Trust tho people to trust In a
right cause and trust to their love for
and loyalty to tho sturdy Republican
party as long as there is a vestige of
decent breath In its glorious old
body. Around it still shines a halo
>f patriotic sorvice, showing most
plainly tho wounds of such repudiated
leaders as Penrose, Crane and
raft, which must ho nursed and eilr3d.
I am a progressive Republican
and I expect to remain one."
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DESERTS TEDDY FOR WILSON.
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Minnesota Progressives Will Work
for If is Election.
The Minnesota Progressive Republican
league will back Woodrow Wil3on,
Democrat, in his coming campaign
for the presidential eloction,
\ccording to Georgo S. Loftus, presilent
of the league, in a statement
Friday. According to Mr. Loftus,
practically all of the members of the
executive committo of tho league
liave agreed to this plan. "Woodrow
Wilson represents our idea of prosressivelsm,"
said Mr. Loftus. "There
s no reason for us to join tho third
party movement and neither can wo
support President Taft. We will
work for Mr. Wilson in tho State."
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Three People Were Killed.
Life was crushed from the bodies
pf Mrs. William White, Miss Gladys
Richardson, and Langford Maddlgan,
tho latter a chauffer, early
Thursday on a country pike near Duluth,
Mich., when a touring car in
which they were riding skidded from
the road, overturned, and pinned its
occupants beneath.
THREAT OF BLEASE
V. ?
TO GIVE CHARLESTON METROPOLITAN
POLICE
IF SHE VOTES FOR JONES
Appointed 8tofchart Constable Becaa.se
He Had Worked For HJm in
His Elections and Would not Remove
HAin^?Judge Jones is Warm- '
ly Received and Seemed to Have
Crowd.
"I want to put a, proposition to you,
and you answer it at the August primaries.
Whatever yon do, I will be
governor anyway for September, October,
November, and December, and
twenty-one days in January. If you
want government by injunction and
a metropolitan police force, you voto
for Ira 13. Jones, and I'll give it to
you."
With this audacious threat Gov.
Please closed his long awaited address
at tlio State campaign meeting
held in Charleston Friday night, an
address in which he intimated that
tiie recent break between him and
Jno. P. Grace, mayor ef Charleston,
began when he refused to commission
as notary public a negro, S. W. Dennett,
whom the mayor had recommended.
He said further, with reference to
charges voiced by the mayor, that
graft collected In Charleston had
been traced to tlio office of the governor.
"No gentleman would Insinuate
that I had ever received any
graft and any man who says I did
is a malicious character thief and a
cowardly liar." The governor also
declared his intention of standing by
Benjamin H. Stothart, chief of tho
constabulary in Charleston, against
whom graft charges were recently
brought "before a legislative investigation
committee.
More than 1,200 persons, rto women
being concluded, were assembled
ii I-Ilberniam Hall when tho candidates
for governor wore introduced.
I These spoke as usual. Tho mooting
I opened at G o'clock In tho afternoon
and continued until all of tho candidates
in the party had been heard.
It was an attentative audience, but
one quick to express approval or disapproval.
Quick also t,o laugh as
some of the speakers learned to their
discomfiture, when a point put forward
in all seriousness tickled, for
some reason, the risibilities of tho
crowd.
TwjiiendouH Demonstration.
Tremendous demonstrations were
given In honor of both the leading
candidates for governor, but ft appeared
that applause for Judge Jones .
came more generally from over tho
house and men long acquainted with
Charleston audiences said tho majority
opinion among those present '
was in favor of Tories as against
Blease. Undeniably, however, tho
volume of sound was greater in the
pro-Blease outbreaks, as it usually is.
Hissing was more freely resorted
tc hero than elsewhere 011 t.ho campaign,
as an expression of disapproval (
and Gov. IMeaso was the target of a
good deal of it. Excellent order pre- '
vailed. An extraordinary number of j
policemen in uniform was distributed
about the hall and these were prompt
in suppressing demonstrations which ^
they deemed improper. An admonitory
wave of the hand proved all \
that was necessary In every case.
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Judge Jones devoted some portion ,
r\t liic timr> tr> n rnnlv til rtfitnlT In
the speech delivered at Bishopville
by Gov. Blease. The governor made 1
his usual declaration regarding negroes,
lynching and other matters,
but gave his attention principally to
points of local interest irv iTliai'leston.
Some of his most interesting state- <
n.ents were made in response to ques- i
tiens from the floor. I
"What about beer?" asked a voice 1
in the audience. '<
"You bring me a glass of it up here i
and T can talk about it better," said 1
the governor. t
"What about racing?" was another >
question. i
"Do as you did this year," retorted t
Gov. Blease. "Act like men and do c
as you please." This question and its (
answer related to the passage by the i
last legislature of an act outlawing
metropolitan racing in South Oaro- j
Una from July 1, 1012. Gov. Blease i
spoke after the meeting to an audi- c
ence, including a number of women, *
in the Irish Volunteers' hall. \
Evokes Further Cheers. <
Judge Jones, when tho prolonged i
demonstrations which greeted him 1
had subsided, evoked further choers 1
by remarking that courtesy was a ?
cardinal characteristic of Charles- I
tonians and Charleston gentlemen
might be relied on to givo every man
their treatment. Ho spoke for some
minutes of his purposo in entering
the race this year for governor. No
man, ho said, had a higher ideal of
that office. His own estimation of it
hv had illustrated by his action in resigning,
that ho might seek the governorship,
an office regarded by many
persons as equal if not superior in
dignity in real power and in permanence
as well as in emoluments.
He saw his State facing a great
ovists and his friends thought he 1
should lead the fight for the restoration
of good government. He was
actuated by no malice and by no mer*
cenary motive but was controlled by
a burning desire of rendering hla
State good service. Answering the
accusation that he was "old", he said
li's experience and knowledge were
therefore so much the greater. He
rapidly outlined his work as a legislator,
speaker of the house and member
of the supreme court to Indicate
what had been his opportunities of
acquiring knowledge that would
make him a good governor.
Doubtless he has made some mistakes,
being human, In his 22 years of
public service, but the criticism of his
record which Gov. Bloase ha*l been
able to make were plcayunlsh. Ho
was proud to know that nothing more
serious could be alleged against him
than what had been brought out In
this campaign.
Gov. Dleaso, ho said, had made
much of the effect which his Blshopvllle
speech would have q(n the chance
c Jones for election, but wnat was
referred to that speech?
Judge Jones referred to his voto
for Irby when Irby and Hampton
were candidates tor tho United States
senate and said that though ho voted
for Irby becauso Irby was his life
long personal and political Trlend as
well as the candidate of his party, ho
honored Gen. Hampton highly and
said as much In his speech seconding
Irhy's nomination. Ho had followed
Gen. Hampton in tho reconstruction
campaign, had repeatedly introduced
him at meetings in I^incastor and
held him in the hiirhost veneration.
Gov. Blease again had tried to
mako it appear that Jones in voting
for Y. J. Pope for the supremo bench
had insulted Judgo Wallace. This
vras absurd, nioro especially as Jixlgo
Popo was Jones' lifelong friend, an
able jurist and a Confederate veteran,
and as Gov. Please himself voted
for Popo as against Wallace.
As to Divorce.
Judgo Jones said of the charge by
Cov. Please that ho onco favored divorce
for adultery that this was true.
Divorce fpr that cause was granted
by all civilized countries and by nearly
every State in the union except
South Carolina. However, the people
were so disposed to maintain the peculiar
status of South Carolina in this
matter that he finally bowed to their
will and in the constitutional convention
of 1895 he helped to write into
the organic law of the State bo it
could not readily he changed a provision
that divorce should never ho
granted in South Carolina for any
cause.
Judge Jones ridiculed Gov. Plotfso's
criticism of him for his vote In the
early nineties on a hill to reduce the
legal rate of interest. "Gov. Please
voted just as T did," ho declared. Put
it, was important to Please to put
.Tones on the defensive. They must
tell lies about him. They knew he
Could answer them, but while bo is
doing that he will ho consuming his
time and so lessening his opportunity
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,J1 ictrvin^ mi: i;ii CIJDI > u ajsamm uiuaou.
Taking np his votes in the nineties
ov. tho "Jim Crow" ear bills, Judge
Tones said that If he was such a great
rascal in that matter he at least had 1
excellent company. ITo road a list of ]
Charleston legislators of that period who
voted as ho did on thoso bills.
Among the names read were those of
C. S. Bissell, R. C. Barclay, J. F.
ricken, TO. W. TTughes ,and James ,
Simons. Gov. Blease, said the speak- (
^r, can make much capital in some ;
places with a furious tirade about ,
'niggers" but ho can not do that
with a Charleston audience. ,
The governor makes much of tho |
fact that once or twice Jones voted <
)n the same idea of a question with
'Big nigger Wigg from Beaufort," <
who was a member of the legislature, <
'But," said Judge Jones, "I could go j
Jirough tho records and point out. ]
nany occasions on which Gov. Bloaso i
roted with this 'nigger Wigg' hut
a hat's tho use?" I
The TJqiior Question.
Judge Jones said the governor had
iriticiged him for opposhlng an <
imendment exempting Marlboro ]
from a liquor law and had tried to s
make it appear that tiiis voto was ,
i gain at local self-government. That (
imendment required a two-thirds
rote, which is exactly contrary j
:o tlio true theory of local self- .
government. Judge Jones said he (
tvould not undertake a defense In do- ,
ail of his judicial record. TTe was j
ontent that this be judged by what- <
wor the lawyers of Charleston or (
iny other county would say about it. <
I lis assertion that ho was freo, un- <
dedged, unbought, and unhuyable i
jrouglit forth hearty and genoral
hoers. }To had understood, ho said, <
hat W. H. Andrews, tho "big boas" /
ind tho "logroller" of the Atlantic 1
'oast Lumber Corporation, had prom- l
sod Gov. JJlease to deliver to him the i
,'oto of Gebv*, town county, but L. S. i
' Jhrlch, called by enemies "tho un- (
icrupulous Jew," was teaching Mr. ;
Andrews a lesson and he would find it t
iOt so easy to deliver Georgetown's
fote to anybody. (
Gov. TUease had excused his pos- 1
icssion of a free railroad pass while 1
serving in the State senate by saying <
10 paid for it by services as a rail-oad
attorney, but tho point was that 1
could not carry such a pass in 1
hose circumstances without violating t
:he law. <
"In the last State convention," said
rudgo Jones, "when the Democrats of j
South Carolina wanted that splendid
man, Gov. Wilson of New Jersey, to <
tx? nominated as a man not subser1
vient to the money power, and while
the friends of Jones were doing all
they could to bring about this result*
Gov. Bleaso and bis friends to a man
voted against Wilson, who was the
standard boarer of the Democrats of
the State."
The speaher was discussing the
governor s revocation of all commissions
of notaries public when a voice
la the floor interjected the remark:
"Well, he got rid of niggers."
"Yes," said Judge Jonej, "there Is
a nigger In the woodpile tn nearly
everything that Gov. Blease does.
Why could he not have dismissed the
negroes, and let the white notaries
alone?"
Judgo Jones ridiculed the constant
reference by the governor to "newspaper
lies." "Oh," ho said, "how
these crooks ahfl criminals do hate
newspapers. What honest man fears
the press?"
Judgo Jones concluded by saying
he wanted tho support of tho people
of Charleston. Ho believed he would
have their help, their good wtll and
their friendship. TIo held out his hand
to every man who loved his State,
whether he wero high or low, and
who was willing to join him In his
fight for good government. He
stood, he said, for county local option
or tho liquor question with due enforcement
of tho law.
"Help me," ho said, "to a decent
administration of tho law which ij
will have sworn to enforce, and you
will got from mo the highest measure
of local self-government."
Paid for Favor.
Gov. Please started out by making
a statement regarding the graft
charges against hts chief constable
in Charleston, Ben TT. Stothart. Tho
governor said ho had sought, tho votes
of Chnrlestonians for a Sfato offico
in tho campaign, of 1 000, 1 002, 1 000,
10OS, and 1010, and in all thoso ho
owed much of what support, ho got
\~\ Charleston to the Influence and
labors of ono man?Stothart.
So in 1010 when he was elected
governor ho bestowed on Stothart tho
host position It was In bis power to
glvo him. lie had stood by Stothart
because Stothart had stood by him.
Ho was standing by him yet and proposed
to continue In that course.
Those "Who did not like It couldn't
help It. He was governor of South
Carolina and Intended to be govornor
the rest of this yoar, and the next
two years. Gov. HJease said that as
a legislator he had opposed an effort
In which Judge .Tones joined to put
Charleston Into "a black holt."
Ho had made a speech for tho Citadel
at tho age of 22, when it was
feared Hen Tillman would ruin tho
"dudo factory". This speech, he
said, saved tho Institution at Its most
perilous moment, according to members
of tho board of visitors. He had
also allowed an appropriation to enlargo
the Citadel, though he had vetoed
appropriations for other State
colleges. lie credited Representative
F M. Bryan aild A. W. Todd of Charleston
with doing good work for tho
Citadel in tills matter.
Judge Jones, tho governor declared,
had forgotten to toll ef some
votes by him?which were impoitant
lo Charleston, lie said ho believed In
local self-government, yet ho had voted
to impose 011 Charleston the met
ropolitau polico system; ho had opposed
an amendment offered by Mr.
Fatten of Richland 'when they wanted
to search private homes, "strike
out the injunction feature and guarantee
trial by jury in the criminal
courts.
"Since ho had been on the supremo
court," said the governor, "Injunction
after injunction had been put on
you. Is that local self-government?
Rut 1 have given Charleston liberty
Df thought and freedom of action.
Mnco I have been governor bow many
injunctions have been issued, how
many women's trunks have been
broken open?"
"What about high license?" somebody
shouted.
Favors High License.
"That's what you ought to have,"
said Cov. Dleaso. lie explained that
he had told the legislature in a message
that tho dlsponsary law ought
not to ho forced on Charleston fo.
conditions hero were peculiar. Judge
loncs, ho said, had been reading a
telegram from Judge Memminger
which ho had hoped would he read at
this meeting. It said Judge Memminger
was sick at the time of tho
[lorry Court incident. "I hope," said
ho governor, "that Judge Memraingread
that telegram before ho sign?
? it. IIo signed one. paper that ho
lid not read and it kept him off the
supreme court bench."
The governor said that $t tho time
^f tho Horry court incident Judge
Memminger in person talked with
h!m over the telenhono and said ho
tad 110 court, to hold that week or the
text, hut said not a word about bong
sick. It was, however, mighty
)asy for him to get a sick certificate
li d fall back on the pet excuse of
:ho trickster lawyer.
"Judge Jones," exclaimed the governor,
"says ho never represented a
railroad. What then was ho doing
with a freo pass when he was speaker
of tho house?"
The familiar chargo by Gov. Hloaso
was made that Judge Jones by his
rotes on the Jim Crow car bills had
shown himself to bo in favor of social
equality between whites and blacks.
"What about tho races?" inquired
\ volco.
"Why I used to rido in horse races
when I was a boy and if I hadn't been
governor I would have come down
FATAL TRAIN CRASH f
ENGINEER IS KILIiED AND MANY
FEOPJLE ARE HURT.
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1'HMmgcr Train Collides Head on
With Freight Train in Railrb*d
Tartl at Greensboro.
At Greensboro, N. 0., Engineer
Thomas C. Beach, of Alexandria, Va.,
was fatally injured, dying later In a
hospital, and more than 60 pasengere
moro or less seriously hurt when the
Southern railway limited train No.
36, Atlanta to Washington, collided
head-on with a freight engine in the
yards of Greensboro, at 3:40 o'cloek
Saturday afternoon.
Tbo wrecked train carried between
350 and 400 passengers and is said
to have been going at a great speed
when Engineer Beach applied the
emergency brakes, 150 yards before
tho crash.
Beach and his fireman both jumped
from tho engine. The fireman was
not seriously injured. Among the injured
were J. Ik Long of Atlanta and
JO. D. Brooks of Greenville, S. C. E. T.
Llpplncott, the Philadelphia publisher,
was a pasenger.
The wreck was caused by tho engine
of train No. 3G taking an open,
switch, throwing it from the north
bound track onto tlio southbound.
The freight e'ngino was leas than 200
yards from the open switch, and the
impact was terrific.
The operator declares tHat Engineer
Beach disregarded a danger signal.
Officials state that the accident
was due to an open switch, the responsibility
for which has not been
determined.
Engineer Beach had been in the
sorvice 32 years, and this was his
first wreck. Ho was the oldest engineer
of this division in point of service
and among tho veterans of the
system.
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hero and helped you run Some. I did
come down and look at your race
track and I found it thp best managed
track I ever saw."
"But how about tho races next
year?"
"Why, do liko you did last year.
Bo men enough to do as you please."
The draco Matter.
Gov. Bleaso took up then tho Grace
matter. When elected governor, ho
said, ho came to Charleston and of
ierea a position ou ins sum to nis
friend, Ij. C. A. Rossler of that city.
Mr. Roessler said: "No, I don't want
tho position." But the governor insisted
ho must tnke it. Mr. Roessler
urged him to give tho place to John
P. Grace. The governor said: "I
can't do it, because Brace has never
been my friend." Mr. Roessler said
Mr. Grace hail supported tho governor
in his second raco.
Mr. Roessler said he Himself had a
particular reason for asking that Mr.
Grace he appointed. Later IMr. Grace
and Mr. Roessler had a conversation
with tho governor at the St. John
hotel, tho upshot of which was that
Mr. Grace was made a lieutenant colonel
on the governor's staff. Afterwards,
Mr. Grace showed tho govern0!
several social attentions, Introducing
him at banquets and other affairs,
and this, tho governor said, ho appreciated.
In February, 1911, however,
tho governor received a letter from
Mr. Grace urging him to make an exception
on his request and commission
a negro, S. W. Bennett, as notary
public.
This was after tho general dismissal
of notaries public. The governor
replied that it was his policy not to
appoint negroes, fljful ho expected to
stand by his poll !y. He said that
perhaps tho break between Mr. Grace
and himself began with this exchange
of letters.
Gov. rUease said "this guttersnipo
commission that havo been crawling
on their bellies in tho filth," were going
over to Graco "to take the testimony
of a man who has attempted
t.? buy South Carolina oilicials, for
whom a reward of $300 is outstanding
and who is afraid to come into
this State. If T. 13. Folder is brought
before an honest Jury in any county
in Souih Carolina and T dont furnish
the evidence to convict him of comspiring
to bribe State ofhcials, I will
resign as governor."
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NOKT11 WEST WIT,SON.
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Senator TjjiFollotte's brother Says He
Will Carry It.
"Tho World is to be highly commended
for its winning tight for
Woodrow Wilson," said William T.
LaFollette, brother of Senator T,aFolU
tte and a leading Wilson supporter
o' Wisconsin. "There is no doubt
that tho aggressive and Intelligent
work of The World was a large factor
in tho termination of the contest
in favor of Wilson. I firmly believe
that tho nomination of Wilton will
ploaso practically all of tho Democrats
in this part of tho country and
that ho will carry Wisconsin, Minno
8ota, tho Dakotas and othor States la
the Northwest and bo elected."
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Iloo Swarm Kills Man. 1
Prury Bi Badgeley, a wealthy farmor
of Pleasant Hill, W. Va., was attacked
by a swarm of bees, which fettled
in his hair and beard, and stung
him to death before medical aid
could reach him. ?
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