The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 10, 1912, Image 3
FAULT WITH OTHERS
?
SENATOR TILLMAN SAYS HE IS
NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR DISPENSARY GRAFT
' V
r
VIo MaintaiiiH That Tinkering With
the Old State Dispensary I>aw by
the Legislature Has Been the Cause
of the OHicial Corruption that Finally
Destroyed the System.
The following letter by Senator
Tillman 10 VV. 11. l?. 'McLaurin of
Latta, ia given to the press as Senator
Tillman's defense and explanation
of the oft-repeated charge that he is I
responsible lor the corruption which
Ik believed to have been bred by the
dispensary system: '
Trenton, 8. C., Sept. 2 8, 1912.
Air. W. II. L. McLaurin, Datta, S. C.
Mr. Dear Sir:?Your letter of September
1 1 came in due course of mail
and I have read it several times very
carefully. You say, "We cohcede
you every honesty of purpose, but the
facts stand out against you, too plain
tc deny, tha< you are the paternal
ancestor of both the dispensary and
Dleaseism. Hoth of these 'isms' will
be handed down in history when you
and 1 have both been gone to the
Judgment, as the greatest curses in
the history of our great common*
.wealth. And I am sincere in saying,
senator, that you will have no greater
sin to answer for in that great
day than the two mentioned above."
As there are two counts in your
indicment against mo, 1 will dispose
of the "dispensary indictment first. I
may discuss the one about Bleaseism
later, although I have alread pointed
out the difference between Bleaseism
and Tillmanism.
A great many people in South Carolina
have been taught and believe
religiously that i am responsible for
the dispensary law, and hold it
against uie as a crime against the
people of the State. I did originate
the law and to that extent am responsible.'
But many people still believe
it the best whiskey law ever
conceived. The law as it was written
by me and enactbd by the legislature
provided that the governor, the attorney
general and the comptroller general
siiouid o.\-oilicio constitute the
St.ite oa.nl oi control, and perforin
all the duLies of the board, to wit:
buy ilie suppiy of liquors for the dispensary,
appoint the dispensers, and
in every v.ay superintend the busine.-H.
1 made a thorough study of the
whiskey business from start to finish
an^l found out about its manufacture,
n/aiiipulation and adulteration. 1
read every; hlng 1 could get on the
subject, made fnquiiies of distillers,
wholesalers air' retailers, investigated
bottling works, anu .vr"1 out all
about the manufacture of beer, how
it is browed, and how whiskeys are
blended or mixed, i learned that cologne
spirits c.r deerdorized alcohol
is the basi3 of nearly all liquors sold
in this country; and 1 was perhaps
the host posted man on the subject
in the State.
1)1(1 Work Well.
" ? ~ - * V. ( ?
The law worneu wen uuuu tu>0
system, and there was 110 just or
even reasonable complaint of corruption
while I was in the governor's
ojlice. There vsere, of course, charges
of rebates; and there will always
00 charges against an unpopular law,
and those who administer it. Men
will always find something to complain
of. The barroom element and
their friends fought the law bitterly,
and they received aid and comfort in
a very marked degree from the "antiTillinanites,"
solely because of their
political animosity. So bitter was the
tnctioualisiu in 1802 and 1894 that 1
eouhl do nothing right, 110 matter
how ban! 1 tried. My enemies were
, always lying in wait to pick flaws
- -....tin,,
I.1K1 .NUi1 it ouiiuiuu w?
evidence was ever produced to show
k that. 1 ever got rebates; and only the
I meanness and venom of my political
enemies led to the accusations being
* made. I retorted on my accusers that <
i they thought 1 stole because iif they i
I ha(i had the chance I did they would i
have done so, and they could not
I possibly conceive how a man could
bo honest under such tempation and
& opportunities. I epxlained that the <
I reason I did not collect for the State
the rebates allowed by the Mill Creek
M Distilling Company, from whom I
li bought many thousands of dollars
1 worth of whiskey and othor liquors, (
I that I did not want to have anything
V to do with rebates. The Mill Creek <
I Distilling company had credited the
I State, and sold it over $75,000 worth i
of lienors, largely on its confidence in i
M my personal integrity. I agreed with
Mr. Hubbel of the Mill Creek Distill* I
iiig Company that the company should I
get all the rebates allowed by the 1
H trust, as a bonus for its liberality In
B dealltig with the State. Without this <
B credit the dispensary never could i
hnvfl started. as onlv ff>0.000 had
If been Appropriated by the legislature,
I and nearly all of this was spent in .
[ fixing up 'he agricultural hall to run .
vthe business.
I Tbe law was being fought very bit- l
terly in the courts and otherwise, i
^CThe bitterness was produced and kept i
^ ailvc h> the bowling of The News and 1
^ Courier and The State newspapers, 1
mainly, and the others yelping in <
^ chorus. So bitter was the feeling in ,
^Hthe State, and to such a high degree <
^|of passion had the newspapers fan- 1
!ed the flame of opposition to the disensary,
that it led to the Darlington [
lot. Factionalism was so bitter at <
he time of this riot, that civil war
ctween tlio townspeople and the f
ountry people seemed imminent. (
Changed the Law. 1
When I left the governor's office f
>ie machinery of the dispensary had 1
ot been fully completed or tried,
he experiment was a new one In this
county and every one predicted failure.
When 1 prophesied that the
whiskey business rightly managed
would bring a million of dollars as
revenue to the State, 1 was laughed
at as a lunatic. As soon as 1 went
out of office the new legislature
which came in with Gov. John Gary
Evans began to tinker with the law.
It changed the ex-offlcio board of control
to one to be elected by the general
assembly itself. The State board
of control elected by the legislature
soon began to be talked about by this
same bunch of newspapers. It was
notoriously known all over the State
that when Hub Evans, who was a
candidate for a position as a member
of the board, was asked if he would
steal, he boldly proclaimed, so the
rumor went, he would steal the doors
f the State house if he got a chance,
or something like that. Yet the legislature
elected him to the board of
control with this declaration proclaimed
openly and brazenly from
the housetops. While the legislature
dirt elect some clean and honest men,
things with the dispensary went from
!?ad to worse until the stench became
so gre^t that the people rose in their
wrath and destroyed it as a State institution.
But the idea had taken such deep
root that seven of the counties of the
State still cling to it as a county institution,
and others are agitating for
its restoration in preference to blind
tigers, 'the aggregate sales In these
seven counties per annujn has reached
the enormous sum of $2,500,000
in round numbers. The prohibition
wave which swept over the State has
so far subsided that blind tigers are
to be found everywhere, even in these
dispensary counties. They have always
existed in Charleston, though I
had won the fight against them after
the Darlington riot, and only the declaration
by the supreme court that
the law was unconstitutional kept
them alive.
1 will recapitulate for your benefit.
and quote from my last message to
the general assembly:
The Law Unconstitutional.
Two weeks after the Darlington
riot the supreme court, to the surpiise
and disgust of a large majority
of the people, declared the act of
1892 unconstitutional. The effort to
enforce the law of 1 893 had brought
on riot?riot had resulted in bloodshed
and insurrection; but the law
had triumphed and order been
promptly restored, so that we had
every reason to feel, and, in fact,
there was every evidence to show,
that the fight was won, and men were
ready to yield obedience and cease to
obstruct the law?not willingly, but
from necessity and fear. I had by
proclamation taken control of the
municipal police throughout the
State, under section 519, G. S., and
ordered constables to confine themselves
to seizures of liquor in transit,
<nd to watching the authorities of
the towns and cities. Conferences
..ere held with the mayors of those
municipalities whore the illicit sale of
liquor had been most flagrant, and
*veiy thing pointed to a satisfactory
solution of the vexed question, and a
quiet and e.fcient co-operation between
the constables and the police
for the enforcement of the law. But,
alas! All my work of nine months
was undone In an instant. The whiskey
dealers, who had closed their
doors or were preparing to quit or
ieave the State, opened up their bars
in grand style. Bonfires were kindled
in Charleston and a triumphal
procession, headed by a wagon confining
a whiskey barrel, garlanded
with flowers, paraded the principal
it roots of the city. The opinion by
the court, was illogical and strained,
and so muddy that no one knew or
could say just what was the status
established by it. In a supplemental
case brought before tliem, the two
judges who had united in the decis,
n declared that the act of 1892 was
all a dead letier, except the provision
?\ 1 V\ \ f 1 m iw 4- V* r% luoii I ? rr a t I I o An OOO
J JI UlllUlllll^ I.1IC lonuujft Wi ,
that we had In effect prohibition,
rick-ribbed and steel-hopped.
While the decision was on the act
of 189 2, I knew the same general
principles underlay both acts, and
that if one was unconstitutional the
other must be also. I therefore ordered
all the dispensaries to be closed,
stock to be taken and-all accounts
to be adjusted as soon as possible.
As two dispensaries were broken
Into and robix>d the night after, I ordered
the dispensers to sleep in them
niid guard the State's property, and
offered them one-half pay for this
work and for the responsibility under
their bonds till the matter was finally
disposed of. I fully anticipated a
rase being brought under the act of
1898 and a decision of like nature to
tho first, and as I had put forth all
my energies to make men obey the
law, I felt compelled to obey It myself?although
I felt, as did most of
tho people, that the decision was an
outrage and the result of partisan
bias. It would take too much time
and space to give my reasons for this
>pfnion, but I will mention that the
udge of the United States court and
five of our eight circuit Judges had
sustained the constitutionality of the
law, and tho supreme court itself in
ho Chester c?.se had declared It was
* police regulation and not a revenue
measure.
T<? Thwart the Court.
Put whilo 1 obeyed what I thought
was the law under the docision ef the
murt, I resolved to thwart tho court
f I could, and, every effort was put
forth to prevent the act of 189.1 from
jomlng before the court as it was
.hen constituted. In the meantime
ne had a whiskey deluge. During the
r?ericd from July 1, 1893, when tho
Uspensary Jaw went into effect, to
\pril 21, 1894, when it was suspended,
277 United States retail licenses
ivore issued. In the time the diaensaries
wore closed, April 21 to August
1, 1,174 wore issued. All tho !
ild dealers, those who had left the
tate and those who remained, laid in
itooks. Men who had never sold li- j;
juor went into tho business and at;.
wery town, hamlet and crossroads, J
ilmosf, whiskey could bo bought with !
io effort at concealment.
I?eft Too Soon. Ii
I foft the office of governor too
NEED MORE MONEY
TO ELECT WOODROW WILSON TO
! THE PRESIDENCY
EXPENSES ARE HEAVY|
^ v
Though the M Hungers of the Campaign
Priutico All 1'ossihle Keenon?}',
it ('uk(m a Large Sum of Mon- '
ey to Kun a National Campaign on
Legitimate Lines.
The Democratic national committee,
through Heniy Morgenthau,'
chairman of the finance committee, ;
as issued an appeal to the supporters
of the party to aid in raising an ad liiional
fund of flora $750,000 to
(i900,000, to be used in the campaign
for the national ticket t'rom now until
election day. Accompanying tills
appeal was a list of many of the re-j
cent contributors and statistics showing
how much each of the States had
contributed. Approximately $300,000
has been contributed up to date,
and of this amount $200,086 has j
been disbursed for the legitimate exenses
of the campaign, leaving about
$84,000 now in the treasury.
New York state heads the list of
contributors with a totui of $105,
.85; Pennsylvania is second wiui:
$19,51G, and Illinois third, with $ I 5 ,4
53.
In speaking of I he nerd of more
money to carry on the campaign, .dr.
Alorgenthau dictate 1 this statetro-"?t;
"It is absolutely - s .en; i..11
ihe states complete tne organization
oi their finance committee?our
needs are imperative?as we require
ior necessary legitimate expenses an
ifJd'itional $750,000, and it must
omc from the people, so as to continue
to the end the popular subscription
plan which we have adopted."
To this statement, Mr. Morgonthau
Htnl atihmi'vh Im AAnfiidAPoH
. H U V> \ 1 I 11(11, til < iiv/ Wf)H ii vy vvi
lie sums already voluntarily suberibed
as most encouraging, (he committee
believes that an erroneous impression
has gone out that, as the
election of Gov. Wilson seemed to be
insured, money was not urgently
needed. No matter how sure we are
1 Winning, Mr. Morgenthau pointed
it ?be expenses are necessarily
scavy, and will bo much greater
( (. in now on. lor it is the intention of
he national committee to keep up a
most determined campaign and take
milling lor granted. To all of the
.States had been allotted tho task of
: lixed sum. None of them
has yet reached the mark set. Over-confidence
on the part of tho Democrats
was possibly hurting the committee
In a financial way, it was said,
jut, nevertheless a pretty steady flow
if ttintmv a-'.u y?Yiw?nt?rl fvnni nnw nn
fid the committee believed that the
people would meet the requirements.
The $105,000 from New York state
was practically unsolicited, said Mr.
Morgenthau, and was an excellent
example of what could be accomplished.
The total of subscriptions as entered
on the books at national headquarters
was $298,750, and this came
soon, if I had continued in control,
there is no doubt I would have had
the law amended to prevent the possibility
of fraud in the purchase of
whiskey and the odium therefrom.
The peculiar thing about the members
of the State board elected by the
legislature Is this: The general assembly
never went outside of its own
membership except in one or two Instances.
it is a grave reflection on
(he people of the State that so many
legislators who were alleged to be
corrupt have been chosen to conduct
the affairs of the dispensary. It Is
notorious that after vainly "trying to
destroy the dispensary by popular
vote, its enemies only succeeded in
killing it when they put dishonest
men In control. When It was too late
to change the law, as my observation
had taught me it ought to be changed,
I never could get a law enacted to
prevent the purchase of whiskey from
breeding corruption. 1 drafted two
hills, but could not get them passed.
I found that as senator 1 did not
weild as much influence with the ]
.Slate legislature as I had as governor.
Besides, the Prohibitionists were
in arms against amending the law to
perfect it, feeling convinced If the
corruption continued, as they had
leason to believe It already existed.
the law would be destroyed In the
end. as It was. I nm firmly convinced,
even now, that a law can be framed
which will absolutely prevent the
possibility of any rebate of fraud on
the State. Had the dispensary heen
left In control of an ex-ofllcio board,
such as it started out with, it is not 1
believable that the people of South
Carolina would have ever elected an '
attorney-general, a comptroller-general
and a governor who would have
committed fraud on the people, and
jobbed them as the legislative board
's said to have done. It iR a pitiful
reflection on the integrity and charrotor
of the people of South Carolina '
that legislature after legislature from
among its own membership elected 1
men so corrupt as to make the dispensary
a bv-word and a hissing.
They and not I are responsible for
the disgrace brought on South Car- ,
olfna by the dispensary scandals.
Those who changed the law as It
was originally passed are to blame
for all the corruption that has marked
the dispensary experiment in the I
?ln1e control of whiskey. ]
Pleass let me know when you have <
rend thin whether you still consider j
ire responsible for the disgrace 1
brought on South Carolina by the dis- 1
pensary. If you will got my l ist mes- ;
"ago to the general assembly you will i
find the full story of the Darlington j i
riot. Very respectfully yours,
B. R. Tfllraan. i'
from 17,116 men and women. The
largest single contribution since the
recent list was published was by Supreme
Court Justice James YV. Gerard,
who gave $13,000. Samuel Un-'
termyer, the attorney, gave $10,000,
and there are several $5,000 subscriptions.
lU'.e is a list of some of the larger,
( ncribuiors given out at the national'
lit ;.;!<? uai ters: |
$13,000?Justice James W. Gerard
New York. I
$10,000?Samuel Untermyer, New
York. i
$5,000?David N. Hyman, Abram I
I. Ellces, New York; J. C. Mayo, na-1
tlonal committeeman, Kentucky;
Walter S. Rogers, Chicago; Charles
It. Smith, Menash, Wisconsin.
$2,500?A. N. Jarvis, New York; C.
Y* /"* #? ?v* /I /%r? I/" g-% n tmlr \f
>? V./(!lliUUU( i\ u it i iiV/ivj t .
$2,000?Ralph Pulitzer, New York
$1,000?George IS. Guthrie and
Vance McCormick, Pennsylvania;
John T. Murphy, Montana; Thomas
1). Lockwnod, Buffalo; John Bordman,
Chicago; Ju.'ge Edward Man-'
delhouse, Texas; H. St. George i
'thicker, Virginia; Congressman Cor-,
noli us A. Pugsley, Peeksville; Robrt
B. Van Cortland, Amos Eno, Chas.
Straus, New York.
$500?Samuel A. Lewiston, Justice
Morgan J. O'Brien, William H. Hornblower,
Samuel A. Beardsley, New
York; John Cadwalader, Pennsylvania.
Thomas M. Mulry, president of the
Emigrants' Savings Bank, and County
Clerk William F. Schneider, each
gave $25^; Patrick K. McGowan, foruior
president of the board of aitlerlen,
and Joseph Fox, president of the;
Columbia bank, $200, and Borough
President George A. McAnney, $50.
( ov. I)ix, Dock Commissioner Calvin
Tompkins, Eugene A. Philbin and;
Paul J. Sachs were contributors of
$!00. |
An alphabetical list of contribu- j
tioriH by State, including money sent;
in by individuals, follows:
Alabama, $5,03 6; Arizona, $598;
Arkansas, $2,809; California, $2,74
1; Colorado, $1,090; Connecticut,
$1,160; Delaware, $56; Florida, $ 1,825;
Georgia, $1,808; Idaho, $3 9; Illinois,
$1 5,453; Indiana, $1,145; Iowa.
$1,832; Kansas, $S24; Kentucky,
$2,523; Louisiana, $5,4 65j Maine,;
$469; Maryland, $2,502; Massachu-i
setts, $3,039; Michigan, $1,433; Minnesota,
$1,130; Mississippi, $1,286; J
Missouri, $9,470; Montana, $1,919; !
N'ebraska, 3,324; Nevada, $2; New (
Hampshire, $78; Now Jersey, $7,012;
New Mexico, $5 03; New York, $105,385;
North Carolina, $4,766; North
Dakota, $761; Ohio, $1,901; Oklaho- |
ma, $2,224; Oregon, 1,551; Pennsyl-.
vania, $19,516; Rhode Island, $123;)
Souih Carolina, $3,779; South Dakota,
$213; Tennessee, $1,981; Texas,
$4,592; Utah, $59; Vermont, $51;
Virginia, $5,402; Washington, $5,824;
West Virginia, $1,74 1; Wisconsin,
$6,125; Wyoming, $624.
The District of Columbia has sent
$3,156, the Phillipine Islands, $10;
Panama, $25; Canada, $105.
Anonymous subscriptions amounted
to $4,7371, and there was $28,825
turned over to the committee by former
National Chairman Herman Ridder
as the surplus from the fund of
$100,000 for the national convention
at Baltimore.
The total is $280,069. It does not
Include about $20,000 since received
y the national committee, including
me check of $1,000 from Nevada.
Mr. dlorthenthau explained that
here would be a heavy additional ex ense
from now on because of the
'arge number of speakers to be sent
out to the close of the campaign. The
disbursements made so far do not include
heavy bills for literature which
has been distributed all over the
country. The expenses of Gov. Wilson
on his tours have been paid by
the national headquarters.
Mr. Morgenthau did not know just
what they amounted to, but said that
ihey were being kept down as low as
possible. lie understood the private
car the governor was using cost only
on extra $45 a day, hardly more than
the cost of an automobile. The expenses
of the headquarters in New
York and Chicago combined amount
to approximately $7,000 a week.
Mr. Morgenthau said that he did
not doubt that the people of the counLt."
mul/a nnlnlr voatinncA n nrl
ri j *1 \i u hi niniw \| i \ .wj?viinv|
\\hile it needed the funds badly, the
finance committee was not worrying.
Rolla Wells, national treasurer had
this to say: "It is true that we need
money. I never saw a campaign committee
that didn.t but, it is not true
that we are stopped because of the
lack of it. We haven't discounted
any bills as yet, and wo haven't borrowed
any money."
tirTLKlt'S SENTENCE COMMUTED.
Life Imprisonment Instead of Electrocution
to be Fate of Negro,
The Governor Tuesday commuted
to life imprisonment the sentence of
death imposed on Isiah Ilutler, the
Charleston negro, recently convicted
in Charleston on a charge of attempted
criminal assault. Ilutler was under
sentence to die in the electric
chair Wednesday. The sanity com*
nii.'.slon appointed to examine Ilutler
reported to tne Governor that he was
in imbecile and irresponsible at the
tine he committed the crime for
wMch ho was sentenced to death,
ir.' acting on this report, the GovRrror
commuted the sentence to lire
'mnrisonment in the State Penitentiary.
CHARLESTON FLEET ARRIVES.
Torpedo Flotilla (Jets to Norfolk ,
Ahead of Storm.
The naval torpedo flotilla bound
from Charleston, S. C., to join the
lovul rendezvous at New York, arrived
Tuesday at the Norfolk navy yard,
Inn mhead of the severe storm sweepug
the coast. The little vessels, there
poi a "brushing up" prior to sailing
or Now York, are the Stockton, Tin?<\v.
Thorntou, Shnbrick, Delong,
Gnhlgrcn, Craven, and McDonough. <
VI are torpedo boats except the Maolorough,
a destroyer.
BLEASE IS NOMINEE I
? ? I
LYON AND PEOPLES WILL RUN IN
SECOND RAGE
TILLMAN RENOMINATED
?
Calls on the Solicitors to I*rosecute
All Frauds and the Question of
Safeguarding the Primary System
W as Generally Discussed by the.
.state Kxecutive toiniiniiec. I
Cole L. Illease was declared the
nominee for Governor by tho State
Democratic executive committee!
Tuesday afternoon, in a meeting at
Columbia characterized by harmony
and good feeling.
13. K. Tillman was declared the
nominee for United tSates Senator.
The nomination for the other olhces,
excepting Attorney-General, were announced,
and a second primary to decide
between J. Fraser Dyon and
Thomas H. Peeples, for AttorneyGeneral,
was ordered to be held on
the 15th of October.
It was declared the sense of the
committee that all races yet to be
held in any counties ought to take
place at the same time the primary
for Attorney-General is held.
'Much discussion was had over a
proposition to call a State Convention
next year to revise the regulations
and rules of the party, but after full
discussion this matter was not acted
on further than leaving it to the committee,
to be appointed by the chairman,
to draft the suggested changes
and report back to the full committee
before January 1, 10 12.
After the report of the sub-committee
investigating the election and
the committee on tabulation, Mr. R.
\Y. Shand, representing Judge Ira H.
Jones, withdrew the hitter's protest
and announced that they had 110 exceptions
to file and no further argument
to make.
The contest by Messrs. Dial and'
Talbert, in the matter of United I
States Senatorships, was dismissed on '
motion of Mr. Greer. Neither of
hese gentlemen was present.
Stress was laid by member after
member on the necessity of throwing
some adequate safeguards around the'
primary and of the widespread dis-l
content with the present lax method
, f conducting the elections. 'I he suggestion
to call a State Convention
next year to act on this matter was
favored by several, among them Mr.
hi. S. Mease, but was passed over and
no action taken.
A resolution that the solicitors of
the various circuits be requested to
prosecute cases of violation of the
primary laws was adopted.
The State Democratic executive
committee was called to order at
noon, in the library of the State
louse, with a full attendance, several
of the members being represented by
proxies. A large number of spectators
were present and occupied seats
in tne norary. i niieu mares senator
II. It. Tillman, national committeeman
and ex-offlcio member of the
State committee, was present and sat
with the committee.
Mr. J. E. McDonald, of Winnsboro,
resigned as Presidential elector at
large, because he is a member of the
public works commission of Winnsboro,
Mr. J. J. McMahon was elected
as elector at large by acclamation.
Then came the report of the committee
on tabulating the returns, as
follows:
OFFICIAI TABULATION.
For Governor.
FMoaRO 72.043
Duncan 2,1 6 6
Jones 66,548
Total 110,757
Lieutenant-Governor.
Charles A. Smith 139,940
Secretary of State.
R. M. McCowan 14 0,685
Comptroller-General.
A W. Jones 139,472
State Treasurer.
S.T.Carter 89,702
D. W. McLaurln 4 9,805
Total 139,507
Ad Jutant-Gcueral.
W. W. Moore 140,421
State Superintendent of Education.
J. E. Swearlngen 139,828
Attorney-General.
J. R. Earle 16,4 64
R. B. Evaos 12,191
J. F. Lyon 64,511
T. 11. Peoples 46,545
Total 139,613
Railroad Commissioner.
James Cansler 4 2,859
John G. Richards Jr 70,896
J H. Wharton 26,2 41
Total 139,996
Commissioner of Agriculture.
E. J. Watson 138,60 1
SOLlOITORSHirS.
First Circuit.
11 T UII/I.O..nn^ C Cf\f!
I . X? V, o J7 U
Second Circuit.
R. L. Gunter 9,931
Third Circuit.
P. H. Stoll 4,146
T. H. Tatum 3,873
Total 8,019
Fourth Circuit,
J. M. Spears 6,412
r I. Ropers 1,598
G. K. Laney 2,812
Total 10,822
Fifth Circuit.
W.H.Cobb 8,541
Sixth Circuit.
J K. Henry 6,240
J.H.Foster 4,756
Total 10,m
AIRMEN WERE KILLED'
TWO UNITED STATK8 AR*Y MEM
WEIIE THE V1CTIM&.
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The College Park Military Hying
Field is Again the Scene of a Fatal
Accident.
Two more lives were sacrificed to
aviation at the United States army
aviation field, College Park, Md.,
near Washington, late Saturday,
when an army aeroplane suddenly
fell 3 5 feet to the ground, instantly
killing Corporal Krank scott ana ratally
injuring Second Lieut. Lewis C.
Rockwell, who died a few hours later.
Hundreds of people, including fellow
aimy odicers attached to tlie aviation
school, breathlessly witnessed tho accident.
When they reached the scene
Corporal Scott was found dead several
feet from the wrecked machine,
while Lieut. Rockwell was nearby,
fatally injured and unconscious. He
was rushed to the Walter Reedy army
hospital, where he died without
regaining consciousness. Lieut. Rockwell
had started up with Corporal
Scott as a passenger to make a test
flight in his trial for a military aviator's
license. They had beep in .the
air about eight minutes, ascending to
a height of GOO feet and then gliding
down.
They were about 3 5 feet above the
ground. At this point the aviator
turned the machine upward again
and something went wrong, instantly
the aeroplane buckled and crash
ed to the ground, being reduced to a
heap of wreckage. Scott was hurled
several feet from the machine, while
Rockwell lay a few feet a^ay from
him. Brother ofllcers, who witnessed
the accident, were at a loss fo account
for it. Many varying opinions
were given. Capt. Chas. DeForest
Chandler, commanding officer of the
aviation school, immediately ordered
a board of inquiry to make an investigation.
I When Rockwell was about to start
aloft Capt. Hennessy approached him
and requested that he be taken along
as passenger.
| "No, you are too heavy," was the*
reply. So Corporal Scott went. Lieut.
Rockwell was considered a careful
aviator. Threo weeks ago he reoeiv|
ed his certificate as civilian pilot, and
since then had been experimenting
I with tho various machines at the aerodrome.
Lieut. Rockwell was the fourth
commissioned officer of the United
States army to meet death in an aviation
accident. The first was Lieut.
Thomas F. Selfridge, killed at Fort
Meyer, Va., several years ago svliile
flying with Orville Wright, who had
his leg broken In tho fall. The soo
ond was Lieut. Ceo. U. Muelly, hilled
at San Antonio, Tex., May, 1911.
Tho third was Lieut. Leighton W.
Hazlehurst, who, with his civilian In
structor, A. L. Welch, was dashed to
the ground and hilled on the samo
field at College Park, Md.
The death toll levied through accidents
in aeroplanes of the army now
total six.
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WIPJSvS OUT ENTIRE FAMIIiYV
Five Persons Are llrosvns fn the
Pigeon River.
Near Toronto, Ontario, five members
of one family were drowned lo>
the Pigeon river Monday, the victims.
being William 'McCaffery? ol Toronto,,
sales manager of the Canadian General
Electric company, his mother,,'
his wife, and two children,
A 14 pound muscalonge- which Lad
been hooked by Mr. McCaffery was
responsible for the deaths of tho family.
Tlio McCaffery party started out
in a canoe down the Pigeon river in
quest of muscalonge. When they did
not return toward evening, Chas. McCaffery,
father of the drowned man,
became alarmed and organised a
searching party. Seven miles down
the river the canoe, floating bottom
up, was found. Dragging operations
wero commenced and all the bodies
were recovered.
Clutched in the hands of Mr. McCaffery
was a line and on the hook
was a t'4 pmind muscalonge. The
big fish was still alive and thrashed
the water violently as he was drawn
in. The coroner said there was no
doubt that in the efforts of Mr. McCaffery
to get the fish in toe boat thecanoe
was overturned anl die ana hi*
family perished.
Seventh Circuit?Second Primary.
J. C. Ottfl 6.847
A. E. Hill 7.566
Total . 14,413
Kight Cirralt.
R. A. Cooper 3,643
Ninth Circuit.
j. Hi. rueriroy 0,5 4 3
Tenth Circuit.
P. A. Ronham 17,4 4"?
J. M. Daniels 6.511
Total 23.968
Kleventh Circuit.
G. R. Tinimerman. 5,100
Twelfth Circuit.
W. H. Wells 7.547
L. M. Gasque 3,959
Total . 11.5CS
I n 1 tod States Senator.
N. R. Dial . , 28.839
J W. Talbort 3Z.639
R. JL Tillman 73,6.10
t _ <c
Total. . . . . . . . . . . .140.208
Congress.
First District?Legare, 9,111; Larisoy,
4,054. ...
Second. District?Ryrnea, 10,647;
Calhoun, 4,320.
Third District??Aifccn, 16,650; Rrans,
6,305; Long, 1,402.
Fourth District?Johnson, 15.619.
Fifth Dtutrlct?Finlejr, 71.944;
Ragedala, 8.038; Pollock, 4,816. .
Sixth DictrtO-r-BUarb*, lt.N?.
Rmcadato, tl,Si?.
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