The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 29, 1904, Image 7
JUDGE PARK
* lis Writes the Commit!
The Democrat
TSRIIES BOLDLY L'PON THE ISSLES
-A Vigorous Outline of the Democratic
Faith Given by the Democratic?
Faith Given by the Democratic Candidate?The
Policies That Should
Gcvern the Executive Outlined at
Length.
Judge Parker gave to the presss
his letter of acceptance, printed in full
below. it is shorter than that of President.
Roosevelt, and deals with the
questions at issue in the frankest and
most strightforward way: There can
bo no doubt where the Democratic
candidate stands on the issues of imp
rialisui.thetarift'.the trusts, the Philippines,
or any other of the campaign
qie sr.ious. President Roosevelt's defence
of his administrative usurpation
is riddled by the great jurist.
To the Honorable Champ Clark and
others. Committee, etc.
Gentlemen: In my response to your
vonimmee, at me imuiui uuuuianuu
proceedings. 1 referred to some matters
not mentioned in this letter. I desire
that these be considered as incorporated
herein, and regret that lack of
space prevents specific reference to
them all I wish here, however, again
to refer to tny views there expressed
as to the gold standard, to declare
again my unqualified belief in said
standard, and to express my appreciation
of the action of the Convention
in reply to my communication upon
that subject.
Grave public questions are pressiug
for decision. The Democratic party appeals
to the people with confidence that
:ls poeition on these questions will be
accepted and endorsed at the polls.
While the issues involved are numerous.
some stand forth pre-eminent In
the public mind. Among these are,?
Tariff Reform. Imperialism. Economical
Administration and Honesty in the
Public Service. I shall briefly consider
these and some others within the necessarily
prescribed limits of this
letter.
IMPERIALISM.
While I presented my views at the
notification preceedings concerning this
vita', issue, the overshadowing importance
of this question impels me to refer
to ft again. The issue is oftentimes referred
to as Constitutionalism vs. ImI*
rialism.
If we would retain our liberties and
icnctitutional rights unimpaired, we
cannot permit or tolerate, at any time
*>f 4 nw onv niirnnsp thp arrnMtion Of
unconstitutional powers by the executive
branch ol our government. We
should be ever mindful of the words
cf Webster. "Liberty is only to be preserved
by maintaining Constitutional
lestnaints and a just division of politi<al
powers."
Already the national government has
become centralized beyond any point
contemplated or imagined by the
founders of the Constitution. How
tremendously all this has added to the
power of the President! It has developed
frqm year to year until it almost
equals that of many monarchs. While
the growth of our country and the magnitude
of interstate interests may seem
to famish a plausible reason for this
centralization of power, yet these same
!a< ts afford the most potent reason why
the executive should not be permitted
tc encroach upon the other depart|
ments of the government, and assume
legislative, or other powers, not ex1
r?Bly conferred by the Constitution.
The magnitude of the country and its
diversity of interests and population
would enable a determined, ambitious
anci able executive, unmindful of constitutional
limitations and fired with
the Just of power, to go far to usurpation
of authority and the aggrandizement
of personal power before the situation
could be fully appreciated or the
people be aroused.
The issue of Imperialism which has
been thrust upon the country involves
a decision whether the law of the land
or the rule of individual caprice shall
govern. The principle of imperialism
u.a/ give rise to brilliant, startling,
dashing results, but th# priciple of Democracy
holds in check the brilliant
Executive and subjects him to the
sober, conservative control of the
per pie.
The people of the United States
.-land at the parting of the ways. Shall
we follow the footsteps of our fathers
a'ong the paths of peace, prosperity and
contentment, guided by the ever-living
spirit of the Constitution which
th<y framed for us, or shall we go
along other and untried paths, hitherto
shunned by all, following blindly
rov ideals, which, though appealing
with brilliancy to the imagination and
ambition, may prove a will o' the wisp,
leading us into difficulties from which
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selves without lasting injury to our national
character and institutions'
THE TARIFF AND TRUSTS.
Tariff reform is one of the cardinal
principles of the Democratic faith, an?
the necessity for it was never greater
tht.n at the present time. It should be
undertaken at once in the interest of
aM our people.
The Dinglev Tariff is excessive in
n.<ny of its rates, and. as to them at
least, unjustly and oppressively burdens
the people. It secures to domes1?
manufacturers, singly or in combination.
the privilege of exacting excessive
prices at -home and prices far
r Telegraphic Briefs.
Thomas H. Tibbies. Vice-Presidential
candidate of the People's party, has issued
his letter of acceptance.
A man who says he is J. E. Reeves,
of Baltimore, was arrested at Oyster
Biiy. N. Y., while trying to see President
Roosevelt, for whom he said he
had a message from Heaven.
The New York Democratic State
Cr nveniion met at Saratoga, effected a
temporary organization and then adjc
ned until today.
ER'S LETTER]
ee At Length Accepting
ic Nomination
i
i above the level of sales made regularly ;
by them abroad with profit, thus giving :
.1 bounty to foreigners at the expense J
o- our own people. !t Lvies oppressive
, and unjust taxes upon many articles
forming, in whole or part, the so-called
raw material of many of our manufae- 1
lured products, not only burdening the [
consumer, but also closing to the manufacturer
the markets he needs and
| seeks abroad. Its unjust taxation bur- j
: dens the people generally, forcing them ;
i ir> pay excessive pric es for food. fuel.
I clothing and other necessaries of life. !
It levies duties on many articles not i
| normally imported in any considerable i
j amount, which are made extensively at j
home, for which the most extreme pro- i
teetion would hardly justify protective I
taxes, and which in large amounts are |
; exported. Such duties have been and
will continue to be a direct incentive to
the formation of huge industrial combinations,
which, secure from foreign
, competetions, are enabled to stifle do- ;
mcstic competition and practically to j
monopolize the home market.
The people aemana reionu ui
ing conditions. Since the last Demo
cratic administration the cost of living ;
1 ' rss grievously increased. Those having j
fixed incomes have suffered keenly; ;
those living on wages, if there has i
been any increase, know that such in- j
c rease has not kept pace with the ad- ;
vance in the cost of living, including !
rent and the necessaries of life. Many
today are out of work, unable to seI
cure any wages at all. To alleviate
j these conditions, in so far as is in our
power, should be our earnest endeavor.
Judge Parker defines the difference
between the two parties on the tariff
question. The Republican party has
I favored the protection idea, while the
. Democratic party has always claimed
that taxation of all kinds should be
purely with a view of raising necessary
revenue.
TRUST REMEDIES.
I pointed out In my earlier response
the remedy, which in my judgment, can
effectually be applied against monopolies,
and the assurance was then given
that if existing laws, including both
statute and common law, proved inadequate.
contrary to my expectations. I
favor such further legislation, within
constitutional limitations, as will best
promote and safeguard the interests
of all the people.
Whether there is any common law
which can be applied and enforced by
the Federal courts .cannot be determined
by the President, or by a candidate
for the Presidency.
The determination of this question
' was left by the people in framing the
| Constitution, to the Judiciary and not
I to the Executive. The Supreme Court of
1 the United States has recently considj
ered this question, and. in the case of
j the Western Union Telegraph Co. vs.
i The Call Publishing Co.. to be found
i in the one hundred and eighty-first
! *ha TTnited States Snnreme
Court reports, at page 92. it decided j
that common law principles could be
applied by United States courts in
cases involving Interstate Commerce,
j in the absence of United States statutes,
' specifically covering the case. Such is
' the law of the land.
RECIPROCITY.
In my address to the Notification
Committee 1 said that tariff reform "is
demanded by the best interests of both
manufacturer and consumer." With
eaual truth it can be said that the benefits
of reciprocal trade treaties would
ensure to both. That the consumer j
would be helped is unquestionable, j
j That the manufacturer would receive j
great benefit by extending his markets
abroad hardly needs demonstration.
His productive capacity has outgrown
the home market. The very term
"Home Market," has changed in its
significance. Once, from the manufacturers'
point of view, it meant expansion;
today the marvellous growth of
our manufacturing Industries has far
exceeded the consumptive capacity of
our domestic markets, and the term
"Home Market" implies> contraction,
rather than expansion. If we would run
our mills to their full capacity, thus
giving steady employment to our workmen
and securing to them and to the
manufacturer the profits accruing from
increased production, other markets
must be found. Furthermore, when our
Manufacturers are dependent on raw
materials in whole or part imported,
it is vital to the extension of their
markets abroad that they secure their i
; materials on the most favorable terms, j
Our martyred President, William Mc- !
Kinley, appreciated this situation. He '
pointed out in his last address to the ;
) people that we must make sensible !
j trade arrangements if "we shall extend
i the outlets for our increasing surplus."
He said, "a system which provides a
mutual exchange of commodities is
| manifestly essential to the continued
I and healthful growth of our export
trade. * * * The period of exclutiveuess
is past. The expansion of our
trade and commerce is the pressing
problem. Commercial wars are unprofitable.
A policy of good will and
I -aiodnno will nrpvpnf rpnrisals.
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Reciprocity treaties are in harmony
with the spirit of the times; measures
of retaliation are not."
This argument was made in the interest
of our manufacturers, whose
products, he urged, "have so multiplied,
j that the problem of more markets re- !
j quires our urgent and immediate atten- |
I tion." He had come to realize that the i
' so-called "stand pat" policy must give |
; way?that there must be a reduction j
I ol duties to enable our manufacturers |
Sharps and Flats.
Mormon missionaries are to be excluded
from Hungary.
King Oscar of Sweden receives Aolf
Beck, who served five years in an English
jail for another man's crime.
An attempt wa3 made at Odessa to
assassinate Chief of Police Neidgardt.
President Roosevelt's special train
was delayed 36 minutes in Baltimore
by the breaking of a tire on the locomotive,
which crippled the machine.
to cultivate foreign markets. The last
words of this President?who had won
the affection of his countrymen?ought
to be studied by every man who has
any doubt of the necessity 01' a reduction
in tariff rates in the interest of the
manufacturer. They present with clearness
a situation and a proposed remedy
that prompted the provision is our
platform which declares that. "We
iavor liberal trade arrangements with
Canada and with peoples of other countries
where they can be entered into
with benefit to American agriculture,
manufactures, min'ng or commerce."
The persistent refusal of the Republican
majority in the Federal Senate to
latify the reciprocity treaties negotiated
in pursuance of the policy advocated
alike by Mr. Blaine and Mr. McKinley,
and expressly santioned in the
Dingley act itself, is a discouraging exhibition
of bad faith. As already mentioned
by me. the exorbitant duty imposed
on many an imported a?*ticle by
the Dingley Tariff was avowedly intended
bv its author not to be per- I
manent, but to serve temporarily as a
maximum, from which the Federal
Government was empowered to offer
a reduction, in return for an equivalent |
concession on the part of a foreign
country. President McKinley undertook
honestly to carry out the purpose of the
act. A number of reciprocity agreements
was negotiated, which, if ratified,
would have had the two-fold result
of cheapening many imported products
for American consumers, and of J
~ nnioroinv frtroiPTi mnrkpts I
uptruuifi auu cum.6iu6
to American producers. Not one of j
those agreements has met with, the ap- 1
proval of the Republican masters of i
the Senate. Indeed they did not even j
permit their consideration. In view of j
the attitude of the present Eexcutive,
no new agreement need be expected i
from him. Nor does the Republican j
platform contain a favorable reference !
to one of the suspended treaties. The ;
reciprocity clauses of the Dingley act i
seem destined to remain a monument ;
of legislative cozenage and political bad j
faith, unless the people take the matter ;
in their own hands at the ballot box |
and command a reduction of duties in i
leturn for reciprocal concessions.
INDEPENDENCE FOR THE FILIPI- j
NOS.
In some quarters it has been assum- I
ed that in the discussion of the Philip- 1
pine question in my response, the
phrase "self-government." was intended
to mean something less than independence.
It was not intended that it
should be understood to mean, nor do
I think as used it does mean less than
independence. However, to eliminate
all possibility for conjecture, I now
state that I am in hearty accord with
that plank in our platform that favors
doing for the Filipinos what we have
already done for the Cubans; and 1 fa1
vor making the promise to them now
that we shall take such action as soon
ps they are reasonably prepared for it.
If independence, such as the Cubans
* ??' cryr\ n fo^ tr\
enjoy, cannui ut* iji uucuuj gmmcu l
the Filipinos at this time, the promise
that it shall come the moment they are I
capable of receiving it will tend to |
stimulate rather than hinder their de- |
velopment. And this should be done not j
only in justice to the Filipinos, but to
preserve our own rights: for a free
people cannot withhold freedom from
another pc-ople and themselves remain
free. The toleration of tyranny over
ethers will soon breed contempt for I
freedom and self-government, and ;
weaken our power of resistance to in- j
sidious usurpation of our constitutional ;
rights.
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
The pledge of the platform to secure
to our citizens, without distinction of
race or creed, whether native born or
naturalized, at home and abroad, the
equal protection of the laws and the |
enjoyment of all the rights and privi- j
leges open to them under the covenants
of our treaties, as their just due. should '
be made good to them. In the accomp- |
iishment of that result it is essential |
that a passport issued by the government
of thp United States to an American
citizen shall be accepted the world
over as proof of citizenship.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The statute relating to Civil Service
is the outcome of the efforts of
thoughtful, unselfish and public spirited
citizens. Operation tinder it has
frequently been of such a character as
to offend against the spirit of the statute,
but the result achieved, even under
a partial enforcement .of the law, has
been such as to both deserve and command
the utterance of the Democratic
party that it stands committed to the
principal of Civil Service reform and
demands its just and impartial enforcement.
PANAMA CANAL.
As Isthmian canal has long been the
hope of our statesmen, and the avowed
aim of the two great parties, as their
platforms in the past show. The Panama
route having been selected, the
building of the canal should be pressed
to completion with all reasonable expedition.
The methods by which the Executive
acquired the Panama Canal route
and rights are a source of regret to
many. To them, the statement that
thereby a great public work was assured
to the profit of our people is not a
sufficient answer to the charge of violation
of National good faith. They appreciate
that the principles and healthy
convictions which in their working out
have made us free and great, stand
firmly against the argument or suggestion
that we shall be blind to the nature
of the means employed to promote
our welfare. They hold that adherence
to principle, whether it works for our
good or ill, will have a more beneficent
influence on our future destiny than
all our material upbuilding, and that
we should ever remember that the idea
cf doing a wrong to a smaller, weaker
nation that we, or even all mankind,
may have a resultant good is repugnant
to the principles upon which our
government was founded.
Under the laws of the United States J
the duty is imposed on the Executive
By Wire and Cable.
Judge D. Cady Herrick, who will resign
shortly, opened his campaign at
Albany.
The Democratic campaign textbook
was completed and is to be issued
shortly.
Colorado Democrats completed their
State ticket, renominating ex-Congressman
J. F. Shafroth among others.
Many learned papers were read before
the International Congress of Arts
and Sciences in St. Louis.
I to proceed with due diligence in the
| work of constructing the Canal. That
[ duty should be promptly performed.
AMERICAN SHIPPING,
j Our commerce in American bottoms
[amounts to but eight per cent, of our
1 total exports and imports. For seventy
years prior to ISfiQ. when the Republican
party came into power, our merchant
marine carried an average of
1 seventy-five per cent, of our foreign
[ commerce. By 1S77 it had dwindled to
twenty-seven per cent. Now we carry
but a contemptibly small fraction of
;cur exports and imports.
American shipping in the foreign
trade was greater by over one hundred
thousand tons in 1810?nearly a honored
years ago?than it was last year.
In the face of the continuous decline in
the record of American shipping during
the last forty-three years, the
promise of the Republican party to restore
it is without encouragement. The
record of the Democratic party gives
assurance that the task can be more
wisely entrusted to it.
It is an arduous task to undo the effect
of forty years of decadence, and
requires the study and investigation of
those best fitted by experience to find
the remedy,?which surely does not lie
in the granting of subsidies, wrung
from the pocket of all the taxpayers.
INVESTIGATION OF GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS.
Recent disclosures, coupled with the
'I nf CAVPrnmcnt #>Y
I irtpiti au5iiicuiuuvu vi av,
penditures, show a need of an investigation
of every department of the government.
The Democrats in Congress
demanded it. The Republican majority
refused the demand. The people can
determine by their vote in November
whether they wish an honest and thorough
investigation. A Democratic Congress
and Executive will assure it.
ARMY AND NAVY.
We are justly proud of the officers
and men of our Army and Navy. Both,
however, have suffered from the persistent
injection of personal and political
influence. Promotions and appointments
have been frequently based
on favoriasm instead of merit Trials
and court-martials have been set aside
under circumstances indicating political
interference. These and other abuses
should be corrected.
On the subject of pensions the letter
is plain. Mr. Parker is favorable to a
liberal allowance for disabled veterans,
but opposes extravagance in the granting
of pensions.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The foreign relations of the government
have in late years assumed special
importance. Prior to the acquisition
*)f the Philippines, we were practically
invulnerable against attacks by
foreign States. Those tropical possessions,
however, seven thousand miles
from our shores, liave changed all this
and have in effect put us under bonds
to keep the peace. The new conditions
call for a management of foreign affairs
the more circumspect in that the
recent American invasion of foreign
markets in all parts of the world has
excited the serious apprehension of all
the great industrial peoples. It is essential,
therefore, more than ever, to
adhere strictly to the traditional policy
of the country as formulated by its
first president and never, in my judg
ment. wisely ciepanea irum?iu iuvhc
friendly relations with all nations
while avoiding entangling alliances
with any. Such a policy means the cultivation
of peace instead of the glorification
of war. and the minding of our
cwn business in lieu of spectacular intermeddling
with the affairs of other
hations. It means strict observance of
the principles of international law and
condemns the doctrine that a great
state, by reason of its strength, may
rightfully appreciate the sovereignty or
territory of a small state on account
of its weakness. It means for other
American states that we claim no
rights and will assume no functions
save those of a friend and of an ally
and defender as against European aggressions.
It means that we repudiate
the role of the American continental
policeman; that we refuse to act as
debt collector for foreign states or
their citizens; that we respect the independent
sovereignty of each American
state and its right to preserve
order and otherwise regulate its own
internal affairs in its own way; and
that any investigation in its affairs by
us is limited to the single office of enabling
its people to work out their own
political and national destiny for themselves
free from the coercion of any
European state.
REFORM IN GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES.
Twenty-eight years have passed since
the Democratic .party of the State of
New York, in convention assembled,
recommended to the National Democracy
the nomination of Samuel J. Tllden
as its candidate for the Pensidency,
| and declared it to he "their settled conviction
that a return to the constitutional
principles, frugal expenses ana
administrative purity of the founders
j of the Republic is the first and most
imnerious dutv of the times,?the com
manding issue now before the people
! of the Union." This strong expression
was called forth by the national expenditures
for the year 1875, which
amounted to $274,000,000,?a situation
which, in the opinion of a majority of
cur people, justified an imperative deJ
mand for reform in the administration
of public affairs. As the expenditures
of the last fiscal year amounted to the
enormous total of $582,000,000, it is evident
that a thorough investigation of
[ the public service and the immediate
abandonment of useless and extravagant
expenditures are more necessary
now than they were then. This astounding
increase is out of all proportion to
[ the increase of our population, and
finds no excuse from whatever aspect
we view the situation. The National
[Democratic Platform declares that
I "large reductions can easily be made
in the annual expenditures of the government
without impairing the efficiency
of any branch of the public service."
Can there be any doubt of the
The News in Paragraphs.
The "determined" men who usually
resort to mob law to avenge an offense
against the State, know that they are
taking the law into their own hands
and are doing what they know to be
wrong. In so doing they dishonor God.
destroy their own idea of self respect
and set at naught the dignity of the
State.
A negro assaulted and probably fatally
injured Mrs. Emma Rozzen, near
Patton, Pennsylvania.
i
accuracy of this statement? Between
the expenditures of the year 1886,
amounting to $242,000,000, and those of
the last fiscal year?the seventh after
Grover Cleveland ceased to be President?aggregating
$582,000,000, there is
a difference so great as to excite alarm
in the breasts of all thoughtful men.
Even excluding the sum of $50,000,000
paid for the Panama Canal rights and
to the State of Panama, the expenditures
of the last fiscal year exoeeded
the sum of $532,000,000, being more
than double the expenditures of the
government for all purposes during the
first year of Mr. Cleveland's administration.
The expenses of the first four years
succeeding the last Democratic administration
amounted to the enormous average
of $11,000,000 per year. This large
expenditure was due to a considerable
extent to the cost of the SpanishAmerican
War, which occurred during
that period; but the termination of
that war brought no relief to the
Treasury, for the average annual ex;
penses of the government during the
| three subsequent years ending June 30,
1904, were about $519,000,000, which is
the largest sum hitherto reached, during
a like period, since the close of
the Civil War.
This draft upon the revenue of the
i country has had the effect which might
i have been anticipated, and now we
| have presented the reverse of the situi
4/vVi lorl f/\ tho fomAiic nhaftf
1 ^ i
vation, "It is a condition, and not a
I theory, which confronts us;" for, although
the present incumbent found at
the close of the first fiscal year, during
which he assumed control of the ad.ruinistration,
a surplus of receipts over
expenditures of more than $91,000,000,
there was an excess of expenditures
over receipts at the close of the last
fiscal year of $42,000,000, and the official
monthly reports made by the
Treasury Department show that the expenditures
are continuously and rapidly
increasing, while the receipts are diminishing.
In this connection it is interesting to
note the recent administrative order*
forbidding government officers from
making public any statement of esti-,
mates on which future appropriations
are to be based.
If a man of ordinary intelligence and
prudence should find in the operating
expenses of his business such a tremendous
percentage of increase, would
he not promptly set on foot an Inquiry
for the cause of the waste, and take
immediate measures to stop it, especially
when trusted employees have
been found dishonest and convicted,
and a widespread impression exists
that a thorough investigation may discover
other cases of malfeasance?
When the Chief Executive reported to
Congress that, "through frauds, forgeries
and perjuries, and by shameless
briberies the laws relating to the
proper conduct of the public service in
general, and to the due administration
of the Postoffice Department have been
notoriously violated " there
was a general popular demand for a
rigid, sweeping investigation by Codgress,
in addition to that undertaken
by the Executive himself. Such an investigation
the Republican majority in
Congress would not permit, although
the minority insisted that the interests
of good government demanded it. And
the minority was right. The liberality,
patriotism and national pride of the
people should not be made an excuse
for waste of the public funds. Official
extravagance is official crime.
There is not a sentence in the Republican
platform recommending a reduction
in the expenditures of the government;
not a line suggesting that the
i inr rease in the cost of the War De
portment from $34,000,000 In 1886 to
? 115,000,000 in 1904, should be Inquired
into; and not a paragraph calling for a
thorough investigation of those departments
of the government in which dishonesty
has been recently disclosed,
j Reform in expenditures must be had
! in both the Civil, Military and Naval
i establishments in order that the national
expenditures may be brought to
a basis of peace and the government
maintained without Recourse to the
taxes of war.
CONCLUSION.
I have put aside a congenial work,
to which I had expected to devote my
life, in order to assume, as beet I can,
t oe responsibilities your convention put
upon me.
I solicit the cordial co-operation and
generous assistance of every man who
believes that a chance of measures and
of men at this time would be wise, and
urge harmony of endeavor as well as
vigorous action on the part of all so
minded.
The issues are joined and the people
must render the verdict.
Shall economy of administration be
demanded or shall extravagance be enranenoa/l
1
| v.uui agcu
Shall the wrongdoer be brought to
bay by the people, or must justice wait
upon political oligarchy?
Shall our government stand for equal
opportunity or for speeial privilege?
Shall it remain a government of law 1
or become one of individual caprice?
Shall we cling to the rule of the people.
or shall we embrace beneficent
despotism ?
With calmness and confidence, we
await the people's verdict
If called to the office of President. I
shail consider myself the chief magistrate
of all the people and not of any
taction, and shall .ever be mindful of
the fact that on many questions of national
policy there are honest differences
of opinion. I believe in the patriotism,
good sense and absolute sincerity
of all the people. I shall strive to
remember that he may serve his Party
| best who serves his Country best.
If it be the wish of the people that
j 1 undertake the duties of the Presi[
dency, I pledge myself, with God'3 help,
to devote all my powers ana eueis.v
rbe duties of this exalted office.
Very truly yours.
ALTON B. PARKER.
=? ? ? ,
Minor Events of the Week.
The directors on the part of the
State for the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad are announced. The
only change is that. L. Harvey is made
State's proxy instead of J. W. Granger.
who succeeds Harvey as director,
j Oiner directors aae C. M. Busbee,
Raleigh: W. H. Smith, Goldsboro;
Jas. A. Bryan, New Beine; \V. H.
Bagley. Raleigh; L. G. Daniels, Bayboro;
R. W. Taj lor, Mooiehcad City;
J. C. Parker.
HERRFCK THE MAN
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Nominated For Governor By the New
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ALL NOMINATIONS UNANIMOUS
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State Democratic Leaders Find a W.*
ts Harmonious Action?Murphy's
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Opposition Fatal to Gout and MoCai*
ren's to Shepard.
Saratoga, S. Y., Special.?Out of *
situation which at times seemed almost
impossible of an amicable solution,
the leaders of the Democrat!?
party found a way to unanimous action,
and at 3:23 o'clock the State convention
adjourned without day, after ^
having nominated unanimously the fol- ?>
lowing ticket:
For Governor?D. Cady Herriek, of j
Albany, at present justice 01 me ouu?
Supreme Court.
For Leiutenant Governor?Francis
Burton Harrison, of New York, now s
Representative In Congress from the
thirteenth district.
Secretary of State?John Wallace^
Jr., of Monroe, now a member of the \
Assembly.
For Attorney General?John Cuneen,
of Era, the present incumbent.
For Comptroller?George Hall, of *
St. Lawrence, now mayor of the eltj; V
01 Ogdensburg.
For State Engineer and Surveyor? f
Thomas H. Stryker, of Rome, 0neld4
oounty.
For Chief Judge of the Court of Ap- r-?
peals?Edgar M. Cullen, of Kings : |
(Democrat), now an Associate Justice
of that bench and the Republican nominee.
For Associate Judge of the Court of
Appeals?Wm. E. Werner, of Monroe
(Republcan), now of the beach bg
designation of Governor Odell, and the^-^
Republican nominee.
Dynamite on Track Kills t. v' jg
Melrose, Mass., Special.?A* out- ;"J
ward bound electric car containing 32 ^
persons was blown to pieces in thin
city Wednesday night by striking a *
50-pound box of dynamite that had
fallen ofT an express wagon. Sir ?er- ^
sons were killed outright, three mora ' *
died of their injuries within an hoar,
and 19 others on the car were taken
to the two hospitals suffering from so- '.3
vere injuries. At least a score of pepsons
in the immediate vicinity of tho
explosion were hurt by flying glass
and splinters. u?4
The following dead have been Wen- ^
tilled:
Malcom E. McLennan, Melrose |
Highlands.
E. B. .Haynes, Melrose.
Win field Rowe, Saugsa, Mass., metorman.
E. A. Stowe, South Boston.
Fred D. Marshall, Boston.
The unidentified dead were three
women and a three-year-old girl. *1
Edward A. Waterhouse, of Melrose,
had a foot amputated, and was other* '
wise badly injured.
Dr. Perry, of Wakefield, had both
legs broken.
Mrs. John Conway, of Melrose, haa
both legs broken. -Jg
George H Andrews, of Melrose, received
a compound fracture of the left ,1
leg and his foot was also amputated.
All of these are likely to die. ' /J
So great was the force of the explosion
that all but 10 feet of the rear
portion of the car was blown into <
small pieces, while windows within ri
a radius of a quarter of a mile wem ri
shattered.
The immediate vicinity of the accident
presented a fearful spectacle when
those in the neighborhood
reached the scene. The ground was . w
strew with legs, arms, and other portions
of the bodies of those who had . ;
been killed, while shrieks and groaaa
came from the writhing forms of tne .?
Injured. The car contained mostly M
men on their way to their homes in
this city, the accident taking place
snly a mile from Melrose's centre.
King Peter Crowned.
Belgrade, Serria, By Cable.?Peter
Karagorgevltch was crowned King of
Servia Wednesday. There were no hoS- ;
t-'le demonstrations and no attempt to
carry out the numerous threats against
the new king's life. In these solemn :
ritual of the Greek church and In the
elaborate state procession which pre- . 3
ceded and followed the coronation the '|
tragedy of Servia's previous ruler , %
found no echo. Amid the thunder ef*
the saluting guns from the royal palace
ahd the garrison King Alexander's
murder was at least outwardly forgotten.
Sign of a Settlement.
Fall River, Mass., Special.?'The first
intimation of a settlement of the strike 3
In the cotton mills in this city, whiek 1
began in July 25, came when it becameknown
that one of the manufacture
had bought a large quantity of rant *3
cotton to be delivered the latter part . ^
of October and that other manufactur- V|
ers were trying to place similar orders.
It. is the general belief that any settle- j
ment of the strike within the next two
)r three weeks will be in favor of the
ipcrntives. 3
Russians Close to Japanese.
Tokio, By Cable.?A telegram revived
from military headquarters in : >J
fanchuria. says thai portions of the a
iussians troops engaged in reconnlsPing
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U'JC, niliiv iviwi ***?*& .. ?? _
nir?e. continued in touch with the ?
;iaccse lines along Mukden and ,?
3hu ron's cn September IS. There - 3
28 no flshting. . ,|S