The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 28, 1900, Image 7
MAYOR VAN WYCK
j WILL NOT BE MOVED.
Roosevelt Indicates Whs
Such Action Would be
Improper.
Albany. N. T., Nov 23.-Gov
tr Roosevelt tonight gave ont bis decision
;s the application for the removal from
office of Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck.
of New York cit*. He declines to
remove thc mayor on the grounds that,
white he was cc doubted ?y a stockholder
v in the American Ice company, there
has been no proof that he wi i fal I y
violated the law forbidding a public
officer to be a stockholder io a corpora?
tion baring dealings with his muni?
cipality.
The governor's memorandum says :
"I concur in the attorney generai's
opinion My judgment is that the s-?
called ?C3 trust is not a corporation :n
which the Gaa7?>r of New York shoulu
have stock. But no proof has been of?
fered of any willoi violation of law on
the part of the mayer such as would
justify the drastic measure of removing
him from office. The power of remov?
al from office of elective officers
should be treated much as we treat the
power of impeachment. It is ao
extraordinary and net an ordinary
remedy
f* "The normal remedy for bad gov?
ernment most be an appeal to the peo
pie. and only in wholly exceptional
v eases is it desirable to substitute for
this appeal to the power of removal
or the power of impeachment. The
case is, therefore dismissed."
Ia giving out bis decision the gover?
nor said :
''Although tho matter of the trusts
ie Bot directly io rolved io this decision,
I wish to poiot oat ebat the existing law
of the Si ate, even provided that under
it the attorney general's action against
the iee corporation should be success
fal. is not adequate. In my last annual
aaeseage to the legislature I recom?
mended the adoption of a system whiob
would secare reasonable publicity of
such faets concerning corporations as
the pnblie bas toe right to koow, and
reasonable restriction of the powers.
Acd it has been shown, especially io
view of what has occurred in connec?
tion with the ice trust, that stronger
aetion than what I recommend should
IO taken Not only should such provi
S'IOOS concerning corporations as above
mentioned be erjaetsd into law. but
ther ? shou:d be lodged somewhere thc
power to prescribe the conditions under
wbieb foreigo domestic corporations
can do business io this State and to
deprive them of their charters if they
sbeald attempt to violate this law."
SENATOR JONES ON
"REORGANIZATION."
Says Proposition of Gol?
Democrats is Nonsense.
Little Rock, Ark, Nov 22 - Hotted
State3 senator ?aoes K Jones, chair
mao of the Democratic national com?
mittee, 9peot tbe day io Little Rook
and left tonight for Washington B3
fore leaving be said io an interview :
*4The election result was a great j
surprise to all Democrats. All were j
so coogBent of success that the sweeping j
Republican victory came as a 6evere j
?bock. Eveo on tba evening of the I
day before election reassuring telegrams !
came from leaders that New York was j
?afe for Bryan, and tbe leaders io ?
yih?r pivotal Stales tbat the democrats
were 9ore to win It was these fore?
casts that buoyed U9 cp at the last
moment and made (be actual re&ult <
more 6tart!io2
"But Mr Bryan is a grear, man, one j
of the greatest in America today, and j
his influence will be felt for many years
to come in American politics. He is a j
gi&ot io intellect and simply iudefati i
gable io the prosecution of a campaign.
Whether be will be a candidate for the |
presidency ia the near future remaios
to be 8^90. bat it is not probable that
be will, it is more reasonable to pre?
sume that he would decline the nomi?
nation even sh>uld it be offered to him.
"Reorganisation ? Oh. that's al'
nonsense ! There's oothing io it. and
it will blow over in 30 days It is ;
proposed by those wbo deserted the [
party and gave aid and comfort to the
enemy and dees not represent the
strength or the spirit of the genuine
Democracy. What tbey would do is to
adopt ail tbe policies of the Republican
party and be Democrats only io name
But granting that there is a cause for
or strength io so-called reorganization,
who ba? tbe power within tbe party to
do it now ? Not the disgruntled disor?
ganizes who have raised the issue. If
there is to be a reorganization of nation?
al committee or platform it cannot be
done for four years, or until the next
national convention
4,As to the issues, they must depend
largely opon tbe national and inter?
national developments of the nest four
years. Ic may b^ laid down p-imariiy. }
however, that the Democratic parry j
will never vary from its established j
fundamentals, a strict cinstructi'.io of
i
tb? constitution an unswerving adber- j
ecce to its nrinciples and an economical j
!y administered government for the ben* !
efr of 'bc governed Tb* silver q-j-n j
tioo may solve itself Shoo?d thc
moititaio a sufficient volume of metal- j
amount cf gMd produced bo ample to J
lie money and insure the stability cf j
' prices the silver question will be sub
I ordinated, bat should the supply fall
? short of demands of trade the silver
J question will be made prominent. The
! question of'imperialism may also Bod a
solution outside the ballot box. I be?
lieve the supreme ocurt will decide
against the Puerto Rican isw and shoo d
this be done there will be revulsion on
I the part of the Republicans themselves
; against the retention of toe Philippines.
But just what the sara's of 1904 will
be no one can predici with any degree
of certainty
The Use of Traitors.
Maoila, Nov 20 -Geo MacAboles,
the former Filipino chief, i? prepared
to start in pursuit cf Aguinaldo with
100 picked natives, supported by Amer?
ican troops. O-her ex-rebel Filipinos
will be used in campaigning in the
country Their offers have sot been
formally made yet, but they are ready
if the authorities will accepi their
services.
Aguinaldo, it is supposed, is in
Northern Luzon, according to state?
ments made by es-rcbel leaders now in
Manila, confirmed from other sources.
Aglipay, a reoegade native pr?p?t,
lons an insurgent leader in Northern
Luzon, bas written to friends in
Manila, asking for election news, and
requesting to be ioforroed whether a
decision has been reaobed concerning
th8 relatioos bet ?feen churob and state,
and the disposition cf church proper?
ties The replies sent him contaio the
information that church and state will
be separate and that entire religious
freedom will be allowed.
Paper From Cotton Seed
Atlanta, Ga, Nov 22 -The Journal
ibis afternoon says that plans have
been consummated here for the erection
of teo plants for the manufacture of
cottonseed hulls into paper of different
grades.
Robert Thomas of New York,at pres?
ent in this city, gays that tbe scheme
is beiog baoked by the National Saw
oompany, with $5 000,000 capital and
that work will be begun in putting up
the plaots io about thirty days. He
says he is also backed by the Standard
Oil compaoy.
It is the intention to have thc facto?
ries scattered well throughout the cot?
ton belt, and they will ex'end from
Texas to North Carolina The plan's
willijruo with a capacity of 125 to 200
toas each
fy* ash i o et on, Nov 21 -In the j
(jfiminal court today a verdict of one j
cent damages was rendered in the \
-\ i
case brought by W T Ferguson, a ?
colored man, against P B Chase,
proprietor of a local theatre, for $10,
00U damages for ejection from tbe j
theatre last November. ;
Disagreement in Pekin.
IF MINISTERS CANNOT
AGREE, WHAT WILL
BE DONE ?
-
Washington, Nov 22 -The state
department so far has beard nothing
(tom Mr Conger respecting tbs "im?
passe" reported to have been reach?
ed by the foreigo ministers yesterday
at Pekin In fact, save a brief
expression respecting the insufficien
cy of the punishments proposed by
the Chinese government to be inflict?
ed upon the responsible leaders of
the Boxer movement, Mr Cooger has
not communicated with the depart
ment for more than a week.
Without taking issue with Mr Con
ger tespecting this matter of punish
ments, the state department has ear
nestly advised bim not to insist upon
impossible conditions in the negotia
tious
An interesting problem is suggest
ed by the possibility, which today is
almost a probability, that tho minis
ter? representing the powers at
Pekin cannot reach au agreement
If Russia. France and the United
State should refuse io accept the
German idea, as seconded by the
British representative very much
would depend upon Japan, and even
some of the lesser powers represent
ed at Pekin by ministers might have
great power in swaying the proceed?
ings of the council. The impression
seems to be that if a mojority of the
ministers, or perhaps even one of
the representatives of a great power,
withholds assent to the agreement,
then the whole undertaking falls, and
there must be eil her fresh negotia
tions directly between the govern
ments in the effort to agree upon a
new basis of action, or the powers
must proceed to deal with the Chi?
nese situation singly, or in groups, 1
the latter contingency having been
provided for in the German British
agreement
Birmingham, Ala . Nov 21 -A I
string of empty train cars broke loose !
and ran away in the Slow ore mines 1
of the Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron
company, near Bessemer, this morn
mg Nape Thompson, the superin?
tendent, was run over and instantly
killed. Chas Kelley and Andrew li
Hart, who were wo king noar by,
weie struck by two cars which jump- s
pd the track and crushed to death 1
against tile wall of the mine 1
Gen Baller s\y* ih*r. when ?he his ? '
ory of (bf B.)er war is writ ?en it will 1
50 found that the B H?*?h army covored 1
rse?f with glory. And how about the 1
Bjera? . U
Population by Counties
of the Palmetto State.
Increase of 16.4 Per Cent in
IO Fears.
Washington, NOT 23 -The p?pala-1
tion of South Carolina, as officially an
o Gun oed roday, ia 1,340.316, against!
1.151,149 in 1890. This is a? increase !
since 1890 of 189,167, or 16.4 per j
ceiu. . j
Tbe population in 1880 was 995,577.
showing ao increase of 155,572, or 15 6
per cent from 1880 to 1890.
Th" population by towns will not be
ready for some days.
.Tho population by counties follows :
Abbcvi ir,
Aiken,
Anderson,
B tmberg.
Bim well,
Beaufort,
Berkeley,
Charlestoo,
Cherokee,
Ghi ster,
Chesterfield,
Clarenden,
Colleton,
Darling'on,
Dorohe?ter,
E ige field,
Fail field,
Florence,
Gc >rgetowo,
Greenville.
Greenwood,
Hampton, -
Horry,
K-shaw,
Laocaster,
Lmreos,
L xiogtoo,
Marion,
Marlboro,
Newberry,
Osonee,
Oraogeborg,
Pickens,
Richland,
Saluda,
3partaoburg,
Samter,
LT o ion.
Williamsburg,
Wt,
33,400
39 032
55,728
17.296
35,504
35.495
30 454
88.006
21 359
28 616
20,401
28,184
33 452
32 388
16.294
25.478
29 425
28.474
22,846
53,490
28 343
23,738
23.364
24.696
24,311
37,382
27 264 I
35,181 !
27,639 I
30,182
23,634
59,663
19,375
45 589 i
18 966 j
65.5?0 !
51,2371
25,501 !
31.685:
41,684 j
A peculiar incideot was witnessed to
:bc Bethany Presbyterian churoh. of j a
Frent?n, N Y. The sermoo bad ;? j c
loporiSc effect upon Harry Tidd. a !
young druggist, and he fell asleep j
ifVhilo ?till in slumber he arose, rcmov ;
ed bit? coat, vest and oollar and ws-s j
?bent to farther disrobo when tho wo i
nen in bis vicinity screamed. A' |
taber aroused him aod led birt) out ai i
he Church !
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
* OPFICB OF
COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER-COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C., Sept. 22, 1900.
"VTOTICE is hereby given that I will be in
my office io the Coonty Conrt House
?it Sumter from October 15rb to december
31st, 1900 ioelusive, for the co.'lectioo of
taxes fer the fiscai year 1900. Tee ?e7y is as
follows ;
For Stare purposes, 5 mills
For Couoty purposes, 3i miiis.
, For Scbooi parp?se?, 3~ mills.
Total levy, ll* mills.
Aleo the toUcwifg special schcol ?ev?es :
School District vc 1, 2 coills.
School District No 16, 2 milis.
Behool District No i8, 2 -rills.
School D .strict No. 2), 3 mills.
Mt Clio, 2 mills.
Concore, 2 ailis.
Privateer, 2 mills.
No 5, 1 aili.
-No 17, 1 mill.
Cumirutaiioo tt?h? 7?x for 1501 $1 0C,
pavshie from Cei 15th :'900 to Feb Isr ?SOI.
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