University of South Carolina Libraries
vVTL 9 &ILSON A WINNER NEW YORK HERALD THINKS HE ; HAS A FINE CHANCE. ;i ; ? ' AS THAT PAPER SEES IT Four Years Ago Tuft Needed Only Thirty-Six to Vote, But Thin Year He Will Have to Win Over One Hundred and Twelve Votes or dive f' Up Job. |. According to the view of The New |M| York Herald, after a careful sumI 'fining up of political conditions genI 4?rally' prospect^ for a Deinocrat1; ic victory in November are strong now, but the party must fight hard to 1/ win. I That paper, which has won a repI, utation as a sane political prophet, F says that whilo the states carried by I: President Taft cannot easily be taken I* 2 from hhn, he can only safely count U on 155 of the votes in the electoral ' colloeo. and must canture 112 of tho i doubtful votes, while tlio Democrats must secure only ninety-seven of the ? doubtful electors in order to win, 207 , being necessary to a choice. I Tho situation is vastly different i from what it was four years ago at about this stage of the campaign. A Then tho Republicans, at tho outset, were reasonably sure of 200 electors I. % and needed only thirty-six more to I win, while Mr. Bryan needed elglityI, \ [ ; one. To-day many more of the states are doubtful. Of those in doubt now, J Taft in 1 908 carried Connecticut, IdF aho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, two in i Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, 'Nevada, New Jersey, New York, A North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, West f Virginia, and Wisconsin. Rliminatk ing entirely here are fifteen States with a total of 181 electors. Tho States reasonably suro to go i Repifbllcan are California, Delaware, f Illinois, Iowa, (Michigan, Minnesota, 1 New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South I Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, I and Wyoming. Total vote: 15fi. [I Tho states which will cast Demo [/ cratic votes aro: Alabama, Arizona, Ii Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Misl souri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, I South Carolina, Tennesson, Texas, Virginia. Total vote, 170. I ? The Herald admits the so-called progressives and the threatened third (party present a riddle that did not muddy the waters four years ago, but believes that its forecast would not I he affected even if a third ticket were r placed in the field except perhaps as i to the result in one State?Califorf iiia. The Democrats, the Herald says, * have a good start, being reasonably sure of 170 electoral votes in most of the doubtful states, and with wise and popular hominations they will stand a better chance than the Re, publicans because they have the advantage of notable and telling victo| ries in congressional elections. Coni necticut, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Mas1 sachusetts, New York, North Dakota, ( Ohio, Oregon, and Wyoming, have all / elected governor since they voted for Taft in 1 008. The Republicans, says the Herald, "start out in the campaign very 4 greatly disorganized. One might sup pose that after the terrific factional struggle in the party it could not win ' a victory anywhere. And yet it must not Perorgotten tnat me DUBinesu m| toroHtR of the country who are oppos, ed to tariff for revenuo only and beI licve in the protective system as well a' the financial interests that were > practically drummed out of the Bal[ tiraore convention hy Mr. Bryan will bo united for Mr. Taft. "These Interests have actually controlled every election since 1 884. Tr.ey thr-v than influence for Hen eral Harrison in 1888, for >Mr. Cleveland in 1 892, Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 and Mr. Taft in 1908. "In one respect the campaign of 1912 begins much as that of 1892. In 1 890 the Democrats swept the country and elected a Democratic congress. Two years later the Democrats carried the country again because of dissatisfaction with the tar1fT, which had really impressed the, business interests of the country favorably to Mr. Cleveland. I "Kven split into factions as it Is, With the Democrat* Of the west and southwest arrayed against the Democrats of the east, the advantage un. /loUjbledly at tho beginning of the fchtripaign is heavily witn me Democracy. The Republicans are in much worse plight in every way. They too. have factions of the west arrayed against the factions of the east. The effect of the disturbances will bo felt for a decade." ? ? Army Appropriation Pass. The House Tuesday at Washington again passed the army appropriation bill in the same form as last February before the senate amendments brought it under the veto of President Taft. The amendments affecting the general staff of the army, one of which would have legislated its chief, Major General Leonard Wood, out of the office and the provision for a commission to decide upon the number and location of army posts were left o*t. < CAMPAIGN MEETING TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PEOPLK AT RI DOE LAND. Dot!) Aspirants for Gubernatorial Nomination Devote Much of Their Timo to Talk About Negroes. Patience worthy of better reward than it received was exhibited by the persons?250 of them?who gave respectful hearing Wednesday afternoon to almost a dozen political harangues. Itain fell without ceasing and before long the coats and trousers of men and the white dresses of women were all sodden through. The crowd stood in wet grass among dripping trees in an old field at the edge of the town. The attention given the speeches by the people in such circumstances was apparently due not so much to Interest in the arguments or to partisanship as to a sense of the occasion's importance, for this was the first Stato campaign meeting to be held in the new county of which Ridgeland, fliniurh ofill u/11 >1 r?nt a entirf linnuo In the county seat. Barnard B. Evans, as it happened, was the first speaker. The majority opinion upon tho race for attorneygeneral, so far as it was indicated by applause, favored tho incumbent, J. Fraser Lyon. No thrills were provided Wednesday by Messrs. Lyon and Evans. Honors in applause* in the governorship race went to Gov. Blease, with Judge Jones a close second. Debates between candidates for other offices wero featureless. This meeting stands oLt sharply from tho 16 previously held because of the relatively extraordinary time which Messrs. Jonea and Blease gave to the alleged records and leanings of themselves and each other with respect to tho negro question. It was not that any new matter was introduced by either, but that each repeated practically all that ho had said 011 tho subject elsewhere. Judge Jones said among other things that he has yet to hear of a subject into which Governor Blease could not lug the "nigger". It was a poor compliment tho governor paid his hearers when he charged Jones at this lato day with being a "nigger lover" in face of the fact that Jones, after he had cast the votes which Blease now Hays showed him to favor social equality between negroes and whites, was voted for by Blease for speaker of the house, for associate justico and for United States senator. Gov. Blease himself, said Judge Jones, was ex-oflicio trustee of the State college for negroes at Orangeburg and that position he could not help holding, for it was part of the governorship, but he was a trustee of this college by election, before he became governor, and as such he reported enthusiastically on the education being provided, even voted to spend several thousand dollars on a heating plant, and his county (Newberry) had more of these "baboons" as Blease now calls them, attending the college than any other county except Orangeburg. Furthermore Blease, as a legislator, though he voted against pensioning Confederate widows at the age of 5f>, did vote to pension a negro. Gov. Blease varied his routine speech but slightly Wednesday. Such new matter as he introduced was put forward in brief asides. ITe said the people were to be complimented on their patience. He said also, "Tjist night at the Columbia club, a man who hnldo a nrnmlnont. nubile oflice said the only way to elect Jones now was to count Bleaso out." Again: "Wash Clark In Columbia has bet $.100 with a friend of mlno that Jones will bo elected." Tho governor urged the people to smash a court house ring as soon as they saw one developing. He said that. "Jones corporation convention" did not elect him a delegate to the Baltimore convention and he was glad of it, because during the time he might have spent In Baltimore he did good political work for himself In tho Piedmont. + ? +?? CARRIED CORPSE ON MARCH. + Strikers Use Body of a Comrade for Queer Purpose, An Unusual way to win additions to their ranks was adopted by striking steamship firemen at New York Wednesday when they virtually made a dead man a leader in their cause. The body of Andreas Rodriguez, a striker, who was shot to death in a riot Monday night, was taken from the hearst just after hundreds of strikers had attended his funeral at strike headquarters at it was borne on the shoulders of men for more than two miles through the waterfront section. The empty hearse led the procession and following the bearers of the casket there were eightv empty carriages, the mourners having refused to ride. A throng of thousands joined in the procession, men and women struggling along without formation behind the leaders. ? Three deaths and twenty-five prostrations from heat occurred In Boston Monday. A place where you burn up in summer and freeze in winter lfc to t>e pitied. CASH SET HIM FREE PAID10NE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR HIS SON'S PARDON IT TOOK CASH TO GET IT Eugene Hogan Told Jurymen Thai lie Paid One Hundred Dollars to 1 I a Colonel on Governor's Staff to i Get Pardon That Could be Had No J Other Way. 1 ( Tills story, which we clip from the t Sumter Item, will be read with inter- i est: 1 While the Grand Jury was In ses- ( sion last week, Mr. Eugene I-Iogan j told several fellow members of that body in a casual conversation that he j hud paid Col. Walter G. Stubbs, a j member of Governor Blease's staff, t one hundred dollars to procure a par- J ole for his son, Eugene Hogan Jr. . !n his statement he particularized the following details: That ho first consuited Colonel Stubbs in reference to obtaining a pardon for his son; that , Col. Stubbs informed him that he j would obtain a pardon, or parole, if he was paid $100; that he (Hogan) , thereupon offered to give Col. Stubbs j his check for $100, but Col. Stubbs f declined to accept a check, saying ( that the cash money must be placed in his hands; that he (Hogan) then : 1 decided not to pay over the money In ( advance of the granting of tho parole and Anally agreed with Col. , Stubbs to deposit the money in the bands of Mr. 11. IM. Handle, with inat ructions to pay over to Colonel Stubbs the said $100 immediately up- , on proof that Eugene Hogan Jr. had been pardoned or paroled by Governor Biease; that in tho pursuance of ( this agreement he deposited in Mr. j Randal's hands $100 in currency? ( threo twenty dollar bills and four , tens?and that when Governor j Biease shortly thereafter paroled Eugene Hogan Jr., tho said sum of mon- j ey was duly paid over to Col. W. G. , Stubbs. j Those who are interested In tho details of the Ilogan parole and the t reasons assigned by Governor Biease for the exercise of executive clem- j ency will find the desired information set out in Blease's Book of Pardons, now being distributed for campaign j purposes. , The fact that Mr. Hogan had stat- ( ed to quite a number of people that he had paid Col. Stubbs $100 to ob- ? tain a pardon for his son was a mat- | tor of common knowledge about the i streets for some time, and the fact f was communicated directly to the , writer twico within the past two ( weeks. The first time it was assorted that Mr. Hogan had made the i statement to an individual, but not , in the presence of a witness. The f second time the information came , from a. member of the grand jury, i who heard the statement made in the N presence of practically every member j of that body. Mr. Tlogan making the j statement voluntarily in a general r conversation, and under no pledge of j ^ecrecy expressed or implied. x But the fact becoming known to f Mr. Hogan that the substance of his f statements had been communicated r to the writer, he sent two representa- f tives to this office on Monday, July 8 1 to threaten the editor of this paper with serious trouble in the event of the publication that ho, Mr. Eugene ? Hogan, had made the statements > above set forth in reference to the c ayment of $100 to Col. W. G. Stubbs | in consideration of a pardon or pa**- e ole, being granted to Eugeno Hogan f Jr. by Governor Blease through the t influence or uoi. w. u. suiddh. i n?i i writer was at dinner when thoy call- f od at this office and therefore did not t receive the threats personally, Nit r the threats were made to a member t of the office force with tho request 1 that the writer bo Informed. The ] message was duly delivered. The f above is tho answer. In conclusion tho writer would p suggest to Mr. Hogan that ho must * be fully awaro that tho facts of this c transaction with Col. Stubbs aro gen- f erally known in this community, as t tho result of statements made by himself to various parties, and that f he was really desirous of keeping secret his financial transactions with j Col. Stubbs, of the governor's staff, ho should not have made public the details of the transaction with so rrr^nt nnrtimi 1 ar 11v to so many people. ?1 -- - - - \ RIG OITIKS WITiTi END. * c New York nn<1 Others to Fall, Ac- j cording to Rowieite. c Wilbur Glonn Vollva overseer at ( /ion City, has predicted the desfruc- t Hon of Chicago^ New York and other t large cities, and now ho calls on his 1 followers to hurry to Zion City, s which he says will be the only place r spared when the devastation conies, f "God's judgment Is going to fall on the cities of the nations," he said, j "You must come out of Ilabylon. f There is no choice in the matter. I t command you to come to Zion. Chic- i ago will answer for rejecting Dr. 1 Alexander Dowle and you must be in t Zion City to escape." i 0 WERE THEY POISONED ATTEMPT TO Ml'RDEK ENTIRE GEORGIA FAMILY. I doctors Now Trying to Discover What the Poison Was ami Where it Came Frotil. Whether there is real foundation for it or not, there is a wide divergence of opinion as to whether the poisoning of lifty-four members of the Canady family connections was malicious. Eleven doctors, all of Lhem men of excellent professional reputation, arc working on the numerous cases, practically every one of hem have gone beyond their professional calling in making an investigation, one way and another?but they lon't all agree that tho calamity, which is looked upon throughout Emanuel County as the worst in that jounty's history, is the result of eatng barbecue hash, in fact it has at ast been definitely proven the hash masoning was not mixed in a zinc a.b, as thought, but in a porcelainined pan. That theory was advanced by some '? the doctors shortly after the death jf Mr. Tillman Canady, and rather lurriedly accepted by others, perhaps a the absence of anything, then appearing more a reasonable nature was accepted, and not because of the "act that it could not be a mistaken heory. Investigations have brought. .0 light at least one incident in conlection with the Fourth of July famly dinner which would seem to enirely eliminate the theory of poisonMi barbecue, even if the zinc tub and icid poisoning theory hadn't been ex)loded?some of the desperately ill X'ople did not eat the hash at all, yet t least one of those who (lid not is imong the almost helpless patients. The question of tainted ice cream entered the consideration and for a 'me was accepted almost as hurriedv as the theory of the zinc tub, but bat, too, has been exploded as a tenible theory, for the same reason that he hash theory fails to stand?everybody did not eat ice cream. The emonade then came in for considerition, and it was found that it had jc:en made in metal tubs or buckets ?very probably both?and a very strong idea prevailed that the lemmade was poisoned, but investigation :ias proven that all the diners did not Irink lemonade. In a word, there appears to have been no one article of food which :hero is any degree of certainty that 3\ery member of the reunion party ite, therefore, the apparent well-reasoning on the part o-f some of the diysicians that barbecue meat with vinegar, black pepper and other ingredients poured over it was not what has almost wiped out one of lie largest families in Emanuel. One thins, it seems, only one, can )e definitely found whjlch everybody ;sed at dinner?water. Hence the growing belief now <hat the water mod at dinner, and after dinner, was n some way?it is not yet even a cry strong intimation that the effect s the result of a deliberately planled poisoning?sufficiently contamilated to produce death. And, even n this; there is a trace of the unustal, in that some members of the tiricken party showed immediate ef'ects while others went for medical atention for those only slightly afected and have themselves since falcn critically ill. Hard to Ciet the Details. Several things made it hard to gather details of the incident, and to verify them. Foremost, the entire immunity is "torn up" and wildest lossible stories are to he heard everywhere. Then, the suffering ones ire scattered over a pretty wide porion of the North-Central part of Emanuel County, covering a straight stretch of more than twenty miles of errltory. To further add to the cha )t!c condition, a storm passed over ho upper portion of the county latey, disabling wires, and rural telephone communication between the icveral points is still crippled. However, except that tho reports icnt out had one too many among he dead, the most conservative idea >f the situation is to have been had rom what the public has so far gotcn of the tragedy. ? ? ? LEAGUE STANDS FOR WILSON. Republicans Declare Tliat All Can Support Hini. Without mentioning tho name of Voodrow Wilson, tho governing )oard of the 'Minnesota Progressive tepublican league gave him its enlorsement in a resolution adopted )ractically unanimously. It follows: Resolved, by the governing board >f the Progressive Republican leaguo >? Minnesota, that we are unalter ibly opposed to the organization of a bird party at this time, and wo beievo that all progressives in Minneiota can find in a present candidate low nominated a man who will faithnlly carry out progressive policies." According to George S. Loftus, ^resident of the League, Mr. Wilicn's name was not inserted, as all he members of the Republican comnittoo bad not been heard from. Mr. Loftus also said the league would jend out speakers in the State in the nterest of Mr. Wilson's candidacy. BANK OF (Joriwai Has largest capital and surplus of at than the combined capital and surpl CAPITAL STOCK.. . ? ., SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK! SECURITY OF DEP08ITC DIREC .>bart B. Scarborough, . L. Back, jrtOTg* J. Holniny, We'ouer our customers every acco will justify, and we s< ROBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, D. PRE^ID?*T. \ We continue to pay 5 per BRITAIN EXCITED " DOES NOT WANT AMERICAN SHIPS FAVORED BY THE U. S. Ai I Hi: PANAMA IANAL * In a Note Presented to the State I>ei partinent Asks That Senate Delay Passing Hill Until Britain Presents Protest, in Which Other Nations May Join. Great Britain's request that the enactment of the Panama canal administration bill be held in abeyance until Mr. Innes, the British charge, can present a note in behalf of his government, confronts Congress and tlie State Department at Washington with an extraordinary situation. [ The request for delay has been communicated to the Senate interoceanic canals committee. It came from the summer embassy at Kineo, Me., late Wednesday and was sent by Mitchell Innes, the charge, acting for Ambassador Bryce, who is in New Zealand. While the reasons for the request are not stated in the charge's note, there is no doubt that the British government is concerned In the clause to grant a free passage through the canal to American vessels in coastwise trade; and in the article relating to the passage of railroad-owned ships. The Canadian ail ways are deeply concerned in both and it is thought that some of the representations will be made in their behalf. The canal bill Is now in the Senate committee with prospect of being reached very soon and will then go to conference with the House. Lawmakers at both ends of tlie Capitol feel that if any Panama legislation is to be had it must bo at this session o' Congress. Senator Brandeges has replied to the State Department that the legislation proposed Is regarded as extremely urgent, and that the Senate committee had planned to report the canal bill to the full Senate some time next week. One of the provisions in the bill ' made it impossible for Canadian ships to pass through the canal ifjl they engaged in coastwise trade. J. Then the question of free tolls of certain classes of American ships involves the old question of the Ilay- , Pauncefote treaty. It is believed that the British government will hold that ships of all _ nations must be on an equal basis. The opinion among many American statesmen is that to grant free tolls to American ships is not a violation j of the Ilay-Pauncefoto treaty terms. c That not only Great Britain, but. * all the maritime Powers might be ex- ( pected to protest against any discrimination in afvor of American vessels has been fully anticipated, yet notwithstanding that fact, President c Taft and Secretary Stimson, the member of the cabinet directly charg- . ed with the construction and operation of the Panama canal, have after ,, (i careful investigation, committed r themselves to the assertion of the , right of the United States to regu- t late trafllc in the manner provided in t the pending bill. I The strongest statement of the administration's positic.n was made by 1 Secretary Stimson in his Kansas City P speech on November 11 last, dealing 1 with the Panama canal as a work about to be completed. lie declared c that he had not the least doubt of the ^ right of the United States to pay tolls o.t American vessels using the canal 1 which would he equivalent to grant- s ing them free passage. TTe pointed out that substantially every Euro- r pean government using the Suez can- 1 al pai(1 such subsides, and the TTay- ' Pauncefoto treaty provided that the * rules of the Suez canal were to govern the operation of the Panama canal. Mr. Taft has let it be known that ( he proposed to be guided in the mat- 1 ter entirely by tho will of Congress. ] So if the legislation is perfected on t the present lines the legislative i branch of th government will be 1 HORRY, y. S, C. ly bank in Horry county. Morp us of all other banks in the county. > ' #.? *.*r>0,000 12,600 IOI,DEitS .... 5 01,000 >RS . .11^,600 TORS ARD60N, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Fredman. mmodation which their accounts elicit your business. V. Richardson, will a/freemaji 10 L PRESIDENT. ,C ASH IBB cent, on yearly deposits. PMOFKRSlONAJLi CAKDK H. H. WOOD ;VAUD attorney and Councelor At Law. CONWAY, M. C. .ttmrx , . : * i ]?. B. SCAJlBJROrOX CONWAY, b. C. Attorney at Lw. Sj&i-k'. ......... ^sSL 11. DUliHOtX5Hjft Physician and 8nrtffv>*CONWAY, 8. C. 0. WOFFORD WAIT. AKornej at L?wv . { > ISank oi Horry Ruilding. OOXTVAY, S. C. KKNK KAYENEL Laml Survey ing and Druiiift^e S^*ry ILiildin# Conway, fi. C. E WORLDS 6BEATRT SEWW6 IttCVK IhMVunt either a Vthrrttlng Shuttle. Ro ftftnllli or a M1 ngle Thread (Chain Sewing Machine writo to f| m mm home sewino machine oomfmm Orange, Maaa* 0Mmr?e?|Bff machines are made ta ?eflaeaaadkaa^^ fiMtfcbuttla Mew JUtouae b made laama ? > Ow rmawtraemftnooi * ' flMtf Of MlborbH lulm W^j VCimoU^db ? cuiiLIN ti ooM Oonwny, ft. O. 1011 nd to lend unqualified support to lie State Department ip what is aluost certain to be n period of exreinely activo and pregnant e.xhange of notes with the great mariime Powers. While it is true that Ireat ttritaln occupies a position of exceptional interest and power in re;ard to any isthmian canal by reason if her ancient undertaking of joint ontrol with the United Stales It reins certain that any representaions the Uritish government mar nake will bo supported by Germany ind France and perhaps other Kuopean Powers. Tho matter of monent Is how far those Powers may go v.* sustal na protest against the proo sustain protest against the proly the United States. Great Britain's request is likely to lave little effect in delaying the pasage of the canal bill, according to eading members of the Senate, denvbers of the Senate inter-oceanic anals committee who discussed tho it nation declared that there would >e no "hacking down" by the Senate roni its position in favor of freo pasage of American ships. The committee has never been ipreod upon that point, however, and hero is a wide divergence of opinion n the Senate as to the rights of tho Jnited States under existing treaties. ? Dies From Deadly Drug. At Macon, Oa., after vainly endeavoring to persuade his bride of five weeks to drink a deadly poison, R. F. Howard, a mill operative, swallowed [he drug early Wednesday and died 1 few minutes later. No cause for [he act Is known.