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BILLY BRYAN COMES HOME.
- Many Large Welcoming Parties Met
the Steamer and Gave the Distin?
guished Democrat a Hearty Ova?
tion.
"New York, Aug. 29.--Under gray
skies, but In exuberant spirits, and
bronzed by the suns of many climes
during a year of travel completely
around the world, Wm. Jtnnings Bry?
an, of Nebraska, twice the nominee
of the Democratic party for President
of the United States, and already en?
dorsed as the candidate for 1908,
steamed up New York bay this after?
noon oin the steamer Prinzess Irene,
and received an ovation from large
welcoming parties, which went down
to quarantine to meet and cheer the
incoming vessel and its distinguished
passenger.
Mr. Bryan did not enjoy his usual
health during the voyage, bat he was
much better today, and sai^ that he
felt sure he would be able to carry?
out the plans which have been made
for him during the next few days.
He was very much fatigued when
he boarded the steamer, and during
the entire voyage suffered from in?
digestion and severe headache. His
illness v, as not serious enough to in- j
terfere with his. work, however, and
he devoted a large part of the nine j
days at sea in preparing his speeches
and in keeping up his correspon?
dence.
Mr, Bryan will not land in New
York city proper until tomorrow
afternoon, when he will be received
cut the Battery by delegations of
prominent Democrats from all parts
of the country, and escorted to the
hotel where he will make his head?
quarters while here. He was taken
off the Prinzess Irene by special per?
mission of President Roosevelt short?
ly after the vessel had 'anchored in
quarantine. First he went aboard
two tugs, which had been chartered
by "Bryan's Nebraska home folks,"
where he was exultantly greeted and
hailed as the next President. He then
went aboard the trjm little yacht
Illini, owned by his long time friend
and schoolmate, Edward F. Goltra,
of St. Louis, and where such well
known Democrats as Norman E.
Mack, national committeeman for
New York, and Daniel J. Campau,
national committeeman for Michigan,
were awaiting him. In the Illini Mr.*
Bryan was taken to the landing of the
* Ocean Yacht Club, at Stapleton, Stat?
en Island, where he landed and was
whirled away in an automobile to the
home of Lewis Nixon, "Ben Braw,"
on the heights of Tompkinsville, and
overlooking the harbor.
Here Mr. Bryan spent the night,
the evening being devoted to a serious
conference with intimate personal
friends and men of prominence in
his party. No special political sig?
nificance was attached to the confer?
ence by those who attended it, and
who declared its purport was merely
to learn Mr. Bryan's wishes regard?
ing the plans which have been made
for him during the next few weeks
and to acquaint him with the drift of
affairs at home.
Mr Bryan was accompanied by his
wife and daughter, Miss Grace Bry?
an. Mrs. Bryan went with him on the
Illini to Mr. Nixon's home. Miss
Bryan continued on the steamer and
spent the night with friends in the
city. Co!. Moses C. Wetmore, of St.
Louis. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Dunlop
and Miss Dunlop, of Chicago, who
had been travelling companions of
the Bryans during the latter part of
their tour of Europe, also arrived on
the Prinzess Irene.
Mr. Bryan could not be drawn into
a discussion of political questions to?
day.
"What I have to say of politics at
this time, and with my incomplete
knowledge of affairs at home, will be
said tomorrow night at the 'Madison
Square Garden reception, under the
auspices of the Commercial Travel?
lers' Anti-Trust League. Probably
then you will find that I sha:! discuss
subjects I have spoken of bei'ore,"
Mr. Bryan added with twinkling eyes.
MR. BRYAN WELCOMED HOME.
Tremendous Ovation Given the Ne?
braskan In New York.
New York, Aug. 30.-Wiliam Jen?
nings Bryan, of Nebraska, who ar?
rived in New York Haber yesterday
afternoon and spent the night with
frineds on a steam yacht down the
j bay, landed in New York city this
afternoon at 4 o'clock and was th?
recipient of a continuing ovation from
j that hour until tonight, when he had
j finished a notable eighty minute ad?
dress before 20,00 persons gathered
in Madison Square Garden. Mr. Bry?
an outlined clearly and vigorously
the principles he thought should
guide the Democrats iii their next
campaign.
Greeted by nearly every prominent
Democrat in the country, and accom?
panied oy ih.im >r Bryan was
driven from the yacht landing at the
Battery to the Victoria Hotel. He
was oonstanly cheered by those on
the crowded sidewalks. Once at the
i hotel he was fairly mobed by thous- '
ands of his admirers, was called upon
fer an impromptu speech and then
shoks hands for more than an hour
with an* apparently neverending line
of citizens. He dined with his fam?
ily and friends and then was driven
in an automobile to Madson Square
Garden, where his welcome home was
made complete in a series of some of
the most remarkable demonstrations
New York has ever known. The
Garden meting was presided over by
Mayor Tom L .Johnson, of Cleveland
There were brief addresses by Gov?
ernor Jos. W. Folk, of Missouri;
Augustus Thomas, the playwright;
Biarry W. Walker, of the Commercial
Travellers^ Anti-Trust League, under
whose auspices the reception was
given and Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Bryan's speech was a clear-cut
outline of his ideas as to what the
Democratic policy should be. The
election of United States Senators by
the people; regulatan of trusts by
the Government, a universal eight
hour day; a settlement of all inter?
national disputes by arbitration rath?
er than resort to force, and revision
of the tariff-were some^of his points.
Mr. Bryan declared, however, that
he was merely expressing his own
opinion and not atempting to fore?
cast the policy of his party.
Mr. Bryan declared that the trusts
were the great issue of the day. He
called for the enforcement of the
criminal clause of the Sherman anti?
trust law and the placing of trust
controlled articles on the free list.
He went into the question of the
Government ownership of the rail?
roads at great length and declared
that what he had seen in other coun?
tries had served to strengthen his
convictions on the subject. He saw
no danger in centralization, however,
and for this reason advocated the
Federal ownership of the trunk lines,
and the State ownership of the local
lines.
The speaker gave the President
some praise for what he termed his
adoption of Democratic ideas.
Mr. Bryan also addressed an over?
flow meeting outside the Garden. He
was driven to his hotel, where he was
personally greeted by Wm. Randolph
Hearst, who had been loudly cheered
as he sat in a box at the Garden
meeting.
Mr. Bryan goes to New. Haven to
deliver an afternoon address and to
Bridgeport in the evening.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
San Francisco, Sept. 1.-In all, 452
people perished as a result of the
disaster of April ISth. The local
health department so states. An in?
formal report of the State Board of
Health states that of the victims .266
were killed by falling walls, ITT per?
ished by fire. 7 shot and two died as
a result of ptomaine poisoning in eat?
ing "emergency canned goods of poor
quality."
It is not likely that a president of
Erskine College will be elected until
December, the trustees having fail?
ed to meet at the time appointed on
account of irregular railroad sched?
ules. Dr. J. S. Moffett. of Chester,
seems to be the favorite.
"Aguardiente." a kind of rum made
of sugar cane, is coming into such
gr^.a* .demand in Mexico that much
cane formerly used for sugar is now
converted ??To alco?mi entirely.
The attempts to cool the air in the
Xew York subway still meet with
scant success. Tn spite of the fact
that an air-cooling plant, installed in
the Brookljm bridge station of the
subway at a cost of ?150,000, was in
operation all day Friday, the tem?
perature in the subway was ten de?
grees higher than the outside air.
THE OFFCIAL COUNT.
MEETING OF THE STATE DEMO?
CRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMTTEE.
Capt. J. D. Bell, Secretary-The
Committee Is on Record as Saying
That Ballots In Wrong Box Are No
Good.
Columbia, Aug. 30.-The State
Democratic Executive Committee met
last night in the office of the secre?
tary of state to tabulate the vote for
State offices and members of congress
It had been rumored that there
might be some political wire pulling
ar?d wool pulling, but such was not
the case.
The members present were Wilie
Jones, chairman; A. W. Jones, Abbe?
ville; J. B. Black, Bamberg; W. D.
Black, Barnwell; J. C. Colcock, Beau?
fort; W. F. Stevenson, Chesterfield;
R. W. Haynes, Berkeley; W. Turner
Logan, Charleston; C. M. Davis, Clar?
endon; J. R. Coggeshall, Darlington;
J D. Bivens, Ravenel; J. W. Thur?
mond, Edgefield;T. H. Ketchin, Winns
boro; R. M. McCowan. proxy for
D. H. Traxler, Florence; J. W. Doar,
Georgetown; J. T. Bramlett, Green?
ville; D. H. Magill, Greenwood; J. A.
McDermott, Conway; T. Y. Williams,
Lancaster; T. B. Crews, Lavrens; W.
A Jamesy Bishopville; D. J. Griffith,
Lexington; J. Stackhouse, Marion;
J. N. Drake, Marlboro; C. L. Blease,
Newberry; James Thompson, Wal?
halla; Robert Lide, Orangeburg; Dr.
R F. Smith, Pickens; W. K. Shealy,
Saluda; N. L. Bennett, Spartanburg;
L. I. Parrott, Sumter; C. W. Wolfe,
Kingstree; F. H. Barber, York.
On account of the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. J. T. Parks,
Capt John D. Bell of Columbia was
elected secretary. Itfr. Bell is one of
the officials of the Carolina National
bank and is well qualified for the re?
sponsible duties of secretary. Reso?
lutions of respect to the memory of
Mr. Parks, offered by Mr. Lide, were
adopted.
?^Chairman Jones appointed a com?
mittee consisting of Messrs. W. F.
Stevenson, D. H. Magill and J. Wai?
ted Doar to tabulate the vote. The
vote had alrady been tabulated by
Secretary Bell at a great deal of
trouble and everything was there for
verification. This required but a few
minutes and the committee found
that the returns published were sub?
stantially correct. The results are as
follows:
For Governor:
Ansel.39,156
Manning.23,159
Blease.16,959
Branson.10,IIS
Sloan.3,368
McMahan.2,243
Jones.j. 870
Edwards. 576
For Senator:
Tillman.83,074
Comptroller General:
Jones.51,132
Wrlker.45,559
Attorney General:
Lyon.45,272
Youmans.22,975
Ragsdale.. ...28,210
Railroad Commissioner:
Sumimersett. ..15,848
Wharton.24,636
Sellers.8,622
Cansler. 22,661
Sullivan.24,550
Adjutant General:
Boyd.64,591
Haskell.31,062
Secretary of State:
McCwan.5.1,867
Morrison.20,3y7
Ragin.13,500
Tribble. 7422
Lieutenant Governor:
McLeod. 95.320
State Treasurer:
Jennings.96,343
Superintendent of Education:
Martin.<..92,564
The candidates for congress re?
ceived the following vote:
First District:
Legare.9,01S
Second District:
Patterson.6,370
Toole.2,845
Hare.2.S21
Third District:
Aiken.9f293
Beggs.0.S02
Fourth District:
Johnson.12,732
Irby.2.13S
Mahon.2,805
Fifth District:
Finlay. 9 703
Strait.'"159
Seventh District:
Lever.13,164
When the sub committee made its
report, the committee adopted the
tabulation and declared all who had
received majorities to be the nomi?
nees of the Democratic party. There
THE DISCORDANT NOTE.
BRYAN'S ADVOCACY OF GOV?
ERNMENT OWNERSHIP OP
RAILROADS CON?
DEMNED.
Senator Bailey of Texas and Repre
sentaive Livingston o? Georgia Crit?
icise the Proposition In Strong
Terms-Probably Create Dissen?
sion In the Party.
Washington, Sept. 1.-William Jen?
nings Bryan's advocay of government
ownership of railroads has brought
forth bitter criticism from two prom
ient Southern Congressmen, Senator
Bailey of Texas and Representative
Livingston of Georgia.
With much feelirug, Senator Bailey
declared last nis'nt that the Demo?
crats will not permit Eryan to be
both nominee and platform.
"While Bryan may be the nominee
in 1908, he cannot also make the
platform," declared the Texan. "The
proposition for government ownership
of the railroads will not take with the
thinking men of the SoutI?."
j Representative Livingston was even
i more emphatic ^han Bailey. "If Bry
I an insists upon Government owner
I ship of railroads," he declared, "I
I would not venture to predict his
nomination two years hence." Liv?
ingston condemned the proposition
as harmful only. He says that it
would bring about a conflict between
Federal and State authorities and if
put into operation would build up a
gigantic political machine.
Bryan's reference to Government
ownership he styled as, "the only dis?
cordant note in an otherwise magnifi?
cent speech."
Prof. Hand's Lecture.
Mr. W. H. Hand is a Professor in
the South Carolina University and a
member of the Executive Committee
of the Southern Educational Associa?
tion. His special work in both these
connections is the upbuild.:ig of
rural schools and the establishing of
County High Schools. He is to make
an address of one hours length at
the opening exercises of the General
Sumter's Memorial Academy on the
morning of the ??th of Sept. com?
mencing his address at ll o'clock and
closing at 12 o'clock. There will be
other addresses by leading men of
Sumter County in relation to educa?
tional matters and the exercises of
the school commencing at 10 o'clock
a. m. will be very interesting. All
are cordially invited to attend, teach?
ers sepecially and members of'School
Boards. J. J. D.
Stateburg, S. C., Sept. 3, 1906.
will be a second race for governor be?
tween M. F. Ansel of Greenville and
R. I. Manning of Sumter; for at?
torney general between J. Fraser
Lyon of Abbeville and J. W. Rags
dale of Florence; for railroad com- '
missioner between J. T. Wharton of
Laurens and J. M. Sullivan of An?
derson. This second primary will take
place September ll.
After this was disposed of Mr. D.
H. Magill of Greenwood offered res?
olutions commending Chairman Wilie
Jones and expressing the belief of the
committee in the honesty and in?
tegrity of the chairman. This was j
adopted and Gen. Jones expressed his I
thanks. He believes that the vote in !
Richland county has vindicated him.
Mr. R. W. Haynes, senator elect
from Berkely county, called atten?
tion to the fact that in his county
there is confusion because the can?
didate for supervisor who had re?
ceived the second highest vote had
not filed his affidavit in regard to his
campaign expenses. The county com?
mittee has not yet acted on the mat?
ter.
It was stated by one of the mem?
bers of the committee that in his
! cunty thc same thing had happened
! and thc committee had thrown out
ail of the votes for the officers af?
fected and had ordered a new pri?
mary, not a second primary, but a
new one. den. Jones declared that
this was the proper thing to do.
lt was brought out that in the re?
cent primary some tickets for county
officers had been deposited in the
box t<> receive tickets for State of?
ficers, and vice versa. In some coun?
ties such ballots were thrown out. In
other counties they were counted. Mr.
Stevenson and Mr. Ketchin thought
the rules clear enough. The use of
two boxes is to prevent "plumping"
and all votes deposited in the
wrong boxes were so placed at their
own risk. The county committees
were advised by the State commit?
tee to throw out all ballots in the
second primary which had been
placed improperly.
The committee "hen adjourned. A
subcommittee will meet here on the
18th of September to canvass the
vote in the second primaryJbb>.
A DISPENSARY LEGISLATURE.
THE NEXT SENATE WILL BE BE?
YOND ANY DOUBT.
I _
House Practically Certain-Some
Late Figures From the Primary
Election-Manning Pulls Up Near?
er Ansel's Lead.
Manning has a good chance of be?
ing the next governor. The State has
gone dispensary- - This is shown in
the returns as to the election of the
legislature. It is further shown in the
returns for governor. Later returns
increase the vote in opposition to both
Ansel and Lyon.' When the state com?
mittee makes the final tabulation to?
morrow night, it will cut down An?
sel's lead very much and also largely
increase the vote shown in opposition
to Lyon. It is believed tha^ Ansel has
polled nearly his full strength and
that 'in the second race Manning will
beat him. The votes for Manning,
Blease, McMahan and Sloan largely
exceed the vote for Ansel, and, as
they all favored the dipsensary it is
natural to suppose that those who
voted for them will combine in sup?
port of Manning in tile second race.
Manning will also draw the majority
of the Branson support, because they
are from the same county and be?
cause tht prohibitionists generally be?
lieve a purified State dispensary, such
as Manning stands forv will better
serve the cause of temperance than
Ansel's county scheme.
For attorney gtneral there will be
a second race between Lyon and
Ragsdale, as the delayed returns are
steadily decreasing Lyon's lead over
s
Ragsdale.
Col. Boyd is an easy winner for ad?
jutant general, doubling the vote of
his opponent.
For secretary of State, McCown has
defeated his three opponents in the
first race.
For comptroller general, Jones has
a safe lead over Walker, which later
returns appea.r to be increasing.
For railroad commission there will
be a second race betwetn Sullivan
and Wharton.
The entire congressional delegation
is re-elected.
Senate is Dispensary.
The new state senate will be pro
dispensary unless several of the dis?
pensary hold-overs change their sen?
timents, which is not likely . In the
last senate there was a majority of
three for the dispensary, which pre?
vented the Morgan local option bill
going through. This time the major?
ity will likely be four or five in favor
of the dispensary.
Of the nineteen hold-over senators
seven are anti-dispensary and twelve
dispensary. The dispensary therefore
needs only nine new senators to give
a majority. It has ten certain new
ones and will probobly win in a ma?
jority of the four, contests yet in
doubt.
The new disptnsary senators have
been elected: Mr. Graydon in Abbe?
ville, Laney in Chesterfield, Griffin in
Co?leton, Wells re-elected in Florence,
all candidates are pro-dispensary in
Hampton, Kershaw and Lee, Weston
in Richland, Clifton in Sumter, Town?
send in Union.
These eight anti-dispensary -sena?
tors have been elected: Sullivan in
Anderson, Sinkler in Charleston, Otts
in Cherokee, Hardin in Chester, anti
dispensary man in Darlington, Wil?
liams in Lancaster, Bass in Williams?
burg, Dennis's successor in Berkeley.
The contests in doubt are those in
Clarenden, Marlboro, Pickins and Sa?
luda.
The hold-over dispensary senators
are: Johnson, from Aiken;
Black from Bamberg; Bates, from
Barnwell; Bivens, from Rochester;
Johnson, from Fairfield; Walker
from Georgetown; McGowan, from
Laurens; Efird, from Lexington;
Stackhouse, from Marion; Blease,
from Newberry; Earle, from Oconee;
Raysor, from Orangoburg.
Tho hold-over anti-dispensary sen?
ators are: Tolbert from Edgefield;
Mauldin. from Greenville; Brooks,
from Greenwood; Holiday, from
Horry; Brice, from York; Carlisle,
from Spartanburg; Christensen, from j
Beaufort.
House of Representatives.
Although the county executive
committees all are appointed to meet
at noon today, The Record failed to
get figures showing the status of the
house. Many of these committees did
not meet at the regular hour and as
the tickets contained so many names
in ever:' county the count was long
and tedious. Hence, it is impossible
to get the results this afternoon.
But enough is known to say that
the house will be pro-dispensary as
the senate is. Wherever the dispen
try, heretofore, and a majority that
as been maintained and it has made
nroads in those counties which had
BRYAN AND WILLIAMS. GXOL.
Two Great Statesmen Differ aa. Sfeb*.
ject of Government Ownersnij*) ?dT
Railroads.
Washington, D. C., Sept. I.-Tho
understanding here is that Johxtr
Sharpe Williams and William Zens*.
nings Bryan are no longer pohtkafc
allies. The subject dates back to
their meeting in London, where both,
were in attendance upon the Inter*
parliamentary Union. Wilhams, so
the story goes, discussed the po?t?jcaJt
situation with Bryan. They were* zhlit
to agree on practically all qusesiiGSS.
save that of government ownership,
of railroads.' The Mississippi states-^
man warned the Nebraskan ag?a?asfc
pushing that subject so far to the*:
fore-ground as to make it an issae~.
.Bryan is said to have turned h?r&c
down with such emphasis as to mai?
it a strious offense to the sensitive
Southerner. That is sa?d to be, -why
Williams, instead of waiting ene day
in New York to help welcome Bryan^
has himself arrived only one day be-.,
fore on the Majestic and hurried^
away from Tazoo City, Miss., passings
through Washington yesterday. This,
is why it is said in all interviews.-,
already granted by him that he care-,,_
fully avoids reference ?o the subject:/
of government ownership of railroads*
HEPPLE COMMITTED ftUICHRSc
President of Wrecked Pbilade?pl?ft
Trust Company Blew Out His
Brains.
Special 'to The Daily Item.
Philadelphia, Aug. 30.-The coro*
ner who held the inquest on the body
of President Hippie of the wrecked.
Real Estate Trust Company an->
i
nounced this morning that Hippie*,
committed suicide. Hippie blew oni
his brains.
POLICE CHIEF MURDERED:
Negro Kills Head of Police Force o?"
Suffolk, Va.
Suffolk, Va., Aug. 30.-A murder^
was done at Bedford City Ya. this;
morning but the details have not beeiL
heard here. Hurricane Branch has.
gone with blood hounds, but cannot;
give names. All he knows is that a.
white man was murdered by a negro*
The populace is excited and a later
report says the victim was police
chief. ^fcy>
SIX JAPANESE COX\XCTEUL\
Others Plead Guilty to Killing Fur-?
seals On St. Paul Island.
Washington, D. C., Sept. I.-The
Department of Justice today received
a telegram from Valdaz, Alaska, to
the effect that six Japanese were con?
victed on the 29th of attempting to
kill fur seals on St. Paul Island. Five
others plead guilty of killing Seals at
thc same place. The remaining pris?
oner was tried and the case is now
before the jury. The Japanese were
members of the poaching party re?
cently driven off the Island by agents
of the Department of Comtmerce and
Labor, five of their party were killed
at the time and twelve captured.
Hanging In Aiken.
Aiken, Aug. 31.-Luke Gray was
hanged here today at 16 minutes
past ll o'clock. To the last he held
to the story that he has always told
of the killing. /
delegations opposed, dividing witia
some and makng the full delegation
for the dispensary. Just as an in?
stance, there is Fairfield. True, that
gain is only one, as it is recalled, but
instead cf teing a divided delegation
it is solid now for the dispensary. So
two from Lancaster must be counted
and Union sends a solid delegation.
York has elected only one sc far anet
he is anti-dispensary, but conditions*
there indicate that the much-herald?
ed revolt against the dispensary is
a myth. In Newberry there is one
dispensary member elected, that
Richland, which has had no election^
will have a majority dispensary dele?
gation. Sumter is dispensary. One
? gain is made in Beawiort. Dingle, the
only man elected in Clarendon, is for
the dispensary.
Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson,.
Oconee, Cherokee, Charleston, appear^
now to be the only counties which
will send solid anti-dispensary dele-,
g?tions to the house. There may be>
some little doubt as to Greenville,
a second primary is to be held, but
if it is not doubtful it takes nothing;
away from. :he seeming fact that the
house will be safe for the dispensary;
As that body was the one as. to
which the real fight was made> t?ie>
result indicates a clear dispensary
victory.-Columbia Record.