The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 21, 1911, Image 1

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fHtw SI'MTKH WATCHMAN, Esttafel Consolidated Aug. 2,1 BRYAN TILKSJOLIIICS. OP|N>!,t;i> To IIXKMON IU I M>\ COMMIT AI. As TO OHll K PHKSIIH N I I VI. IMM>SI BiLirm He l>l??*UMrt?'? Popular Election of Senator*. Redproctif antl Oilier Mallere-?Hi' 1? Opposed lo llristmv AniriHtmeat But lU'gard* F??-.?? Hill I.?-Ki-l.il i..11 am Kciuotc?Sonic ??odtlicru ** nators Sh rcll> Fight Isgt IHrevt I lection of Senators. mbla State. June 19. William Jennings Bryan arrived In I uinhla fTOin l.aurona at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. und spent the night In the city, as thv- guest of Mr. and Mr*. WUliaggS K. Gonzales and A. ML Qonaal He left at 6 o'clock this mom ins; for Dillon, where he will de? liver an address at 10 o'clock, snd from there wtll to?ow his announced Itinerary. Sooa after his arrival here, Col. Rtran eras visited by a representative ef The State, to whom he granted an Interview, ?xyrjsitng h'.mself freely snd unhesitatingly upon questions of pnrtkrular Interest at pi ?nent. When asked hi.* opinion ou the. next presl deo^jSj#J?g*>mlnatien. he said he did not jfr the af.uation sufficiently Ue to Indicate who would receive nomination, as he thought It de a great deal upon what con freas does. In answer to reference to the probability >f the nomination go? me; to Qov. Harmon of Ohio, Col. Bryan ?*a*^ did not regard him as a possibility far the nomination, and that it was inconceivable that the Democratic party would make such a mistake. He did not Indicate who would be Isla ehoice, but in discussing the va? rious) public men who have been spoken of most promlnentlv in con? nection with the nomination, he re? ferred to Oov. Woodrow Wilson as having been well received In his tour throughout the country. He outlined his objections to the JsTlstow amendment now before con ti I the ?>e< pie of the n would understand that much of the opposition to It was pure bun? combe, and that some of the Southern ssnasurs did not want popular election of senators up >n any terms or in any form, and that some of them are as anvlousi to keep the senate under the control of the predatory Interests ns the Kastern He. jbllcans are. CoL Brysn said he hoped the sen? ate would pu*<* the rt-clproclty meas? ure without the Root amendment and thought the agreement would bring less direct advantage to this country than imagine,, but thai Its bear! on the tariff question would bring in? direct hero-fit-* llhelj to be very Im? portant. When sought for sn Interview "tie was enjoying the refreshing breeze* efter his hot and dusty trip. lie readily consented to the request and after settling himself comfortably In a big wicker chair he was asked: "What do you think of the Brls tow amendment?" f tl.nk It objeetbmable; not be? cause there Is any resl danger of the force bill?I regard that danger as largely Imaginary, but the Brlstow amendment Is objectionable because It seek.? to secure what may be re? garded as s party advantage In the making of the change !n the method of electing senators. Tho house reso? lution is open to the same objection, although as a Democrat. 1 prefer t.Vlt the advantage shall be Secured by the Democrats If it Is to be seeured by any one. I believe that the fairest thing would be to ho am> rid the reso? lution as to permit a State to re? turn to the present method of elect? ing* senators for s'm.,-si\,. periods of, say. ten year*. If a majority of its \..t..r* desire to do so. This would give us the .popular oh - -lion of sena? tors In all the <t <t> < and, at the same time, it Would enable the Southern state* to retain such advantage ns th? y now haw by return to lbs else* tlon by the ha; dature in SSjas. Off the passage ..f tb" f.-na ?.|ll. a danger Which T regard ic txesodlagly re mr.t<\ "Ry limiting these returns to t? n \ e. r peri -K rid m il inn it ? -?.' :n gent upon a majority vote of the pee pie. rb> pobltc would be Insu rod against rot tarn to the pr I method, sjto pf where Ihe i.pie re il I deeped It Tti.i. is really no ob? jection to leaving the method of elec? tion optional with tb ? Mate, As Ihe ?en itor* r pr- ?r.: f .- Sr .rthe ?t?te rou'd safely be trusted to decide the m? thod of eb ctlon. "I hop*. hdWr'.'l, ?ll.lt ihS people of the South will und r-far.d thai ?> considerable part of the opposl ion f.? the Brlstow amendment I* pur? bun combs, and that some of the St uthern iHlml Vprtl, 1850. 'Be Just a 881. SSnatorS do not wunt the popular election <?f senators upon any terms or in any form. The Atlanta Journal i has published a Washington letter which contains this statement it laya "While n. of them will admit the fact, it is unquestionably true I that many, probably a. majority, of the Southern senator! ami representative! it heart oppose the direct election of s.n itors.' 1 would not put the num? ber as hlKh as a majority, but there no doubt that some of the Southern senators ate just as anxious to keep Bate under the control of the predatory interests as the Kastern Ho puhlieans are. These men and the stnnd-pnt kepuldicans all trying to get up a sham-battle over the question of control In the hope that the battle will result In keeping the control where it has been for 2"> years, name? ly, in the hands of Wall street.' "I>o you believe the reciprocity measure will pass the >enatS without th" Root amendment?" "I hope It will. I do not see why tlie relief which it gives our people on this question should he made con? tingent upon the relief which Can da BtVt I her people on the same subject. However, I know nothing about the prospect, except what I see In the papers, and I don't like to guess what a Republican body will do on such a question." ' Weil, Mr. Bryan, do you taluk the reciprocity agreement will bung any advantage?" "I think the direct advantage \& probablv less than the friends of the bill 'maglne, but the indirect benetlts are likely to be very important. It has already given us the farmers' free list, which is a much greater advantage than the reciprocity bill, itself, and has divided the Republi? can party on the tariff question which is. in itself, no mean advantage. The ultra-protectionists In the Republi? can party say that the advocatlon of the bill will be the death knell of protection. If so, it will be hard to estimate its benefits. Democrats think that It will prove to the farmers the fallacy of fhe argument made by Republican protectionists for a Ken*Hrat*r?u. This wtlt he a great help to us in the West. There Is every reason why a Democrat should favor a ratification of the reciprocity agree? ment, and the situation Is such that a Republican can not safely oppo9e It." "Do you think the situation is suffi < i? ? ?111y developed to indicate tin- Dem? ocratic nominee for president?" A gn ;tt deal depends upon IT hat BOn^rasj dOOa There are sev? eral men who are bolni dlSOUSSed. Wilson has m ob a tour of the e,?un try, and Baa been v ry favorably re? ceived. Clark Is profiting by the good basjlBBrai the Democratic congress hiis made. Gov. Marshall has many friends, and Gov. Folk has also, Oovernors Hurke of North Dakota, Tons of Massachusetts and Dlx of New York have also been mentioned In connection with the nomination, and it B1 entirely possible that the tight in the senate will develop other can? didates. Our party is well supplied with material, but It Is too early to speak with any certainty as to relative availability." "You do not mention Harmon." "I do not mention him, because 1 do not regard him as a possibility. This Is a progressive Sge, and Gov. Harmon*! nomination WOUld be a step backward, it is Inconceivable that our party would make RUCh a mis? take ?? "What do yon t link of the bill in? troduced by Representative Barnhart of Indiana, requiring newspapers to publish sack day the names of the publishers and owners end that of the managing editor?" "1 have not seen th" bill, and do not know anything about Its terms, I hut I have for some time, advocated I publicity as to Bcwspaper ownership Strang thai ? newspaper, which l'r ? by publicity, mould keep the pul He dark as to Its ownership. Isn't it? I am in f ui.r of legislation w hich I will compel newspapers, having any I considerable circulation, outside of I their own States, to file with some I department ;>t Washington the llsi of itockholders with tin gen ns they I may occur, end the i t of creditor* i where any personal corporation holds 1 controlling claim**' Saturday w . docket day, sft< r that time no ?., i helm ?llowed to be placed on the roster of ? isca to he nied at the term of court which con? \ . tu s next Monde /, The Brat annual convention of the Mouth fand - t Water Works associa? tion will Iii' st in t to- Council ? 'him - ??er of the <'itv Mill in Columbia on June 2H-29. An Inter/ itlng program has been arranged for the meeting.. nd Feevr not-?Let all the ends Thon Ali SUMTER, 8. 0., WEDN SCHOOL BOOK ADOPTION. stau : BOARD OF EDUCATION ix FOR many SESSIONS. Thirty six Publishers submit Bids? There Is Prospect Of Fight 0\cr Histor)?Gov. Blease Opposed to Particular Books. Columbia, June 19.?The State Board ?>f Education before adopting the books to luj used in the public SChOOli will probably hold many ses? sions. Superintendent of Edulatlon B^wearlngen submitted s list of bid! from thirty-six concerns. The ques? tion ol the selection of the history to be used will provoke a light, as Gov? ernor Blease has announced his de termlnatlon to hold out to reject a certain hook that he claims mlsrep r< ? ntl th facts concerning the burn? ing of Columbia. The Secretary of State has been notified by the Dupont Powder Com? pany of the increase in its capital stock from 155,000,000 to $r,:,,000,000. The concern has a branch fac tory in South Carolina where at Georgetown alcohol is made from sawdust at the Atlf? tic t'oast Lumber Company? MULE CAUSED KILLING. Tragedy Near Lancaster Saturday Has Aftermath in Coroner's Inquest Yesterday. Lancaster, June 18.?Joseph Snipes, a white farmer of this county, is dead, and Albert Cunningham and Manley Cook, young white men, are charged by Coroner King's jury of in? quest, which was held today, with killing him, the homicide occurring yester jay afternoon about 1G miles east of Lancaster. According to the testimony taken at the inquest, Snipes lived on Cun? ningham's farm and was working a crop on shares. The men had some trouble Friday, when Cunningham told Snipes not to work his mule any more. Yesterday Cunningham went to Kershaw and on returning in the af tei noon, accompanied by his friend, young Cook, was informed that Snipes bad been working the mule. Cun | ningham and Cook then went to Snipe's home on the place-, Unding I him out In the yard. After some 1 words one of the men, it is said, shot I at Snipes, who ran into the house, ; followed by both men, where a num , her of shot were tired. Snipes being ' strtu k by four of the bullets in the body, neck and both arms, j Cunningham and Cook w e re also shot, the former in the arm and the latter through the hand. although Snipe--, it |s said, did not do any of the thOOtlng. It Is thought that Cun ' ningham nnd Cook acc identally shot ! each other. No CHANGE IN EDUCATION BOARD. Blouse's Positive Assertion at Colum? bia Meeting. j Columbia, June 17.?Governor Blease In positive language before I the State hoard of education today, I declared that there will be no change I in the personnel of the hoard. The statement was made at the lessl >n of I the board this morning, and this i evening the press was furnished with . a stenographic report of what Gov? ernor Blease had said to the board St its session today. Governor Blease, In addition to making the final assertion that the members of the Slate hoard of edu? cation would not be removed, out? lined his position with regard to the I adoption of school hooks, in this re? spect his statement was practically the same as that printed In the News and Courier a few days ago. I Governor Blease also reviewed the I YYaehiy Thompson Incident, referring I to the .adoption of history books. Among oth?r Interesting statements Governor Blease made reference to the reported presence of detectives 1 in Columbia nl this time who, he as I sorted, ivere "hero to watch us." ac? cording to the Information Governor , Itlease ha.i In the matter. I Following an all-morning session of the State hoard of education today, Superintendent of Education Swear Ingen was Instructed by tin board to list all Ihe bid* from the hook com? panion that were opened today, The listing will be submitted :'t r meeting of |he bo fi<l to be he Id at 10 o*< lock Mondaj morning. Ml the members of the board were here today and the work wni commenced at 10 n'e lot i. In the morning, the hoard be ? ing In session until nearly o'clock this aft en.n, In the Governor's of? fice. Governor Blease stated plainly his position with regard to the book ontr ict te, the board. ns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an ESDAY, JUNE 21, 1911. SOME POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS. Correspondent Discusses Abolition of County to County Campaign, Prosposed Senatorial Primary and Bryan. Ilo the Lditor of The Item: Tiie suggest on made at the recent meeting of the State Press associa? tion by Presidi nt Kohn that the. news? papers work in favor Of abolishing the present eounty-to-county cam? paign of candidates for State ofiii.es is a timely one. The newspapers of the stair can exert their Influence to j bring about this change and if the j old form of campaign la abolished! j they will have done a good service to the State. Every two years, the people of South Carolina arc BUbjeCt od to the lengthy campaign of nu? merous candidate* who travel over every county in the State and hold tiresome meetings at every county seat. Occasionally, the meetings are made Interesting by the injection of hot language and sometimes even tlsticuffs occur, but these exceptions are to the discredit of the State and : >1 to be condoned by the citizenry, or should not be. In nearly every case, the candidates have set speech? es which they deliver from day to day. These speeches could be great? ly reduced in length and the plat? forms published in the leading daily papers of the State, or if a candidate desires in each leading county pa? per. In this way the voters would be reached and the views of the can-' didates received and considered in a much more satisfactory and beneficial manner. Some years ago, the lead? ing dailies undertook to publish de? tailed accounts of each campaign meeting, but today only brief mention is made of these meetings after the views of the candidates are given for the first day or so of the meetings. The attendance at these meetings has decreased each year and today we find only a mere handful of people at the majority of the places, and many of these are not voters often. It is very evident that interest is declin? ing In this i aunty-to-county campaign system* The campaign as it Is now conducted is expensive and wearying to the candidates, for it is naturally a most arduous campaign coming as it does in mid-summer. There can be no doubt but that a majority of the candidates would be glad to escape the long campaign. Few, 1 believe, will undertake it if it was understood that their opponents were not to ap? pear at every meeting, it might be suggested for the benefit of those who do attend these campaign meetings tii it a few of the most central points of each section of the State could be ?e eeted for campaign meetings. Then tlie voters who are anxious to see and hear the candidates might go to these places and have their wishes fulfilled. 1 would suggest the following points for campaign meetings that would be centrally located in the different sec? tions of the State: Anderson, Spar tanburg, Columbia, Florence, Orange burg, Charleston, and Alken. These lil ices may not be well selected, but it serves to show how the different parts of the State could be given campaign meetings. These eight meetings would be much better than forty-three a id could be over within almost one week. The daily papers would probably publish full accounts of these few meetings and the voters generally would u"t the views of the respective candidates, while the can? didates might be satisfied with these accounts and not go to the expense of publishing so many platforms, Many objectl >ns would no doubt be brought forward as to changing the present campaign system, but it should be readily seen that a change would be greatly beneficial to nil con? cerned. The Columbia Daily Record bus stirred up the pre-- t|ui<..nslder ably by its suggestion of a primary for the selection of candidates for president arid vice-president. The Idea is a go< d one in many ways, it is certainly lemoeratic in giving the p - pie t \ oj o in t he natter, The trouble, as The state puts forth, Is in the faci tiiat before the national con? vention no one knows '*v ho the pos? sible candidates in the convention in i> be. The pi op! ? of a State inlghl casl ? majority v >te f< r Champ Clark, for Instance, and the delegates -u" that state go to the con-j venl Ion bound to vote f< r 1 'I irk. Tina? Ihe nan.t' the speaker mli lit me i . pi ic< d Im fore the body and the nanos of Harmon and Wilson brought forward. Where would ihe ?Mark delegation be In such case'; h the < ai dtdnte* for the offices of president and vice-president should announce their candidacies and the list of entries be i losed by a certain date, as in < ur state primaries, then j the plan of selecting these candidates GREAT BO? OFFER r THIS IS THE BIC CONr Fifty Thousand E Given for Every scriptions Turned For every $:',0 worth of subscrip? tions turned in before Wednesday. June 2sth, we Will give 50,oo*' extra votes. Candidates are not restrict- i cd to one bonus ballot. This in- ' eludes money paid in on both old and new subscriptions to the Item or Watchman and Southron. The regu lar votes will be issued on each sub? scription as it Is turned in and when I $30 has been turned In the 50,000 | votes will be allowed. Now is the time for every reader of the Item or Watchman and Southron to pay their subscriptions up and vote for some friend or acquaintance in the contest, lit is also time for each and every candidate to get busy and secure one of the 50,000 bonus ballots. Those COUNTY SUMMER SCHOOL. The Sumter County Summer School for Teachers Will Open July 14 and Continue in Session Four Weeks. The annual Summer School for Teachers of Sumter County will open a four weeks' session Monday, July 24th, by order of the County Board of Education. The faculty of the school will be: S. H. Edmunds, Misses R W, McLean and Agnes D. Richard? son. The s;ibjec$S to he -au-ht are I English, Mathematics, History, Geo? graphy, Primary Methods and Manual Training. The most successful Sum? mer school ever held in this county was that of last year, under the di? rection of the same instructors en? gaged for this year, and it Is hoped that the attendance will be large thlsi $*ear. It is important that all puh llc school teachers who can possibly arrange to do sc w attend the school for the full four weeks, as they will have the opportunity Of familiarizing themselves with the new text bookt t*? be adopted within the next few days by the State Board of Education, and their school work not fall and winter will be made easier n nd they will be able to accomplish more and better work with the new hooks than if they do not attend the summer schoo... FIGHTING BOOT AMENDMENT. Reciprocity Discussion Will Outre This Week Around Proposed Rider. Washington, June IS.?Canadian reciprocity discussion in the senate this week will centre on the Hoot amendment to the wood pulp and paper schedule with Mr. Hoot un? dertaking to show why his provision by the people could be carried out, the men elected to the highest office In the gift of the people do not an? nounce their candidacies unfortunate? ly for the scheme suggested. The rather small vole polled at the time ? f the >ear when these primaries would probably be held could hardly be remedied unless the time of the primaries be changed to tin fall and the dates of the national and state conventions changed, also, it will probably be a long time yet before we have primaries for the selection >f candidates for presld -nt and vice president, I believe \*. would t ?? well however, to abolish the electoral otlege and let the ppular vote de? termine the successful candidates. This could be done without any in I convenience, as l see it. William Jennings Bryan will sp ?;? n number of placet in this state j during the nexi week or two und V will be greeted by large and en? thusiastic and'.enc.s wherever he speaks, or l am badly off, Th< great democratic statesman deserve? the cordial reception and plaudits of 11>.? people. If it were :i certnintj that tin- democratic candidate would he elected In the m \t presidential cam? paign, l would like to see Bryan nominated, but at the Mine time, would hate to see him defeated again Many would say "We told you so." "Observer," Mayesvtlle, June 16. K SOUTHRON, Established Juiic. lMt Vol. XXXII, No. 36. WS rms WEEK. r OFFER OF THE TEST. ?onus Votes 4 Be $30 Worth jub in by Jur /'8th. _ v* who are a litt' ind in the race can easily ac q first place if a lit? tle extra et' ^ put forth. Read the cond' ^o?of the inducement in the adv ^nent on another page and try . get every available sub? scription you can. You will actually be surprised to see how your vote totals will shoot skyward if you only get busy. Tt is useless to mention the fait that unless uandidates turn the fact that unless candidates turn in their subscriptions during thi.3 of votes. All subscriptions should be turned in as quickly as convenient to the candidates who secure them. Those who are holding back waiting for developments, should now surely pitch into the fray and accomplish re? sults. should be in the bill and President Taft and the house Democratic lead? ers trying to prevent its inclusion. Pending the outcome of Senator Root's speech, which is scheduled for early this week, it is claimed the president will have a following of about 20 Republican and ?0 to 35 Democratic senators against the Root amendment, which so far has develop? ed more fire than any other feature, and whose opponents say it would be fatal to the measure in conference between tne two houses of congress. The? ho?'? 'ende-' 'lfve mr. :ur ;<td they wrill refuse to1 accept the rider, and the president Is urging the sena? torial supporters of the Canadian agreement to stand solidly against the amendment. In the house the Democratic lead? ers ha\e taken heart over the reci i procity situation. They declare to? day developments in the senate the past week have !ed them to believe the Canadian reciprocity bill as passed by the house will he passed in the senate. Tomorrow threatens to be a day of wrangling over the committee dis? charge calendar. The Democratic leaders who have successfully avoided discussion of bills not in the caucus legislative Programm?1 were unable Saturday for the first time this sea? son to muster enough votes to ad? journ over the "discharge calendar Monday." They expressed confidence however, that the caucus pledge would keep the party members united in spite of the pension bugaboo, which lurks In tr discharge calendar, and that all motions to discharge will be voted down. The house will send to conference the Rristow amendment to the resolution, providing for popu? lar election of senators, according to the house leaders who say the house already has voted down a similar proposition. The resolution will be taken up in the house Wednesday.. MR. < \M STTBRS IXJURKO. Three Ribs Broken when Automobile Run* Over Him. Mr. c. 1.. Stul l s was run over and painfully injured Sunday while crank? ing his .automobile. The accident happened Ju3t on this sid" of Pocal la.. The automobile was stopped for - ?me reason and whm Mr. Stubbs starte,i to crank It, he forgot to take It off tin* low r. the consequence .being that it started off as BOOO as it was cranked, ki i ? king him down and two wheels passing over his body. l?.;s face a. badly bruised end three ribs were broken, h was learned today that the acci 1 >nt. hll ? \ i ry painful. illl m:\M.Y AIRSHIP. Triple1 Tragetil Attend- I'uropean * Ircnlfl Race. Paris, June 18,? Fifty aeroplanlsts took wing early today from the avia? tion field at Vlncennes on tin first si .. of the European clrculi race which calls for a tiufi* to London and return with stops al various places, going and returning* Three of the aviators soon after the start were killed and at b ast on > was gravely hurt.