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bmm fob mam, Usf'N Foioint t ahinf or MM hfvdn nf.w v 4tK TICKET. "Sa*p?'nder Jack" Mgssgg Creates Climax With Hi- Unexpected Nom? ination of Former Minister. Syracuse. N. Y. Sept. 6.?Oscar S. Straus, former secretary of commerce and labor In the cabinet of President Tart, was unanimously acclaimed the m-mlnee for governor by the Progres? siv? party in a stampeded convention this afternoon under the circum? stances not only unexpected, but dra? matic. The former cabinet member, act? ing as the convention's permanent chairman, was about to entertain a motion from Former Lieut. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff to expedite to roll call on the namea of State Chair? man William H. Holehklas and Comp? troller William a. Pendergrast of New York when a delegate from New York county leaped to hit chair and demanded to be heard. "It's 'Susi ender Jack' McGee," cried a voice from the gallery. Chair? man Straus 1->oked puttied. McGee. who got hLs nime in the Indian coun? try by riding a bronco into camp with suspenders used as reins, moved resolutely toward the platform. "They say I'm crasy, but I know what i am doing." he cried as he swung up the platform steps. McGee. a flumlng bandanna around his neck and his coat blazing with badges, tossed his Rough Rider hat on the floor and demanded the right to make a ncmlnatlon. Whom do you wish to nominate?" asked Chairman Straus, but McGee gave only a meaningless shake of his head. Delegaten cried. "Put him out." Hut McGee stuck to his pur? pose. Delegates and spectators booed and Jeered an he began to speak. There was a general laugh when he cried: I'll name a man the mention of wnose name will bring tears of sym? pathy to the eyes of almost every man and woman In the civilised land." Suspender Jack only waived his arm in d? fiance of the Jeers. He paused a moment and then cried: "I noml i.aie the UluHtrious and honorable Os? car s. Straus." The delegates seemed stunned. Ther a few of them cheered. Mc? Gee kept on with his speech and the first few cheers at first from a half d< sen delegates gradually grew Into a pandemonium that swept the con? vention hall. Standards were wrench? ed from their supports, and delegates, v? ding and cheering f<?r Chairman Lwas? paraded the aisies, turn rg the convention into a belam. Mr. Straus at first shook his head deprecatlngly. He turned to friends and remarked: "This must not be. I can not accept." Mr. Hotchklss rushed to the platform. Placing his hands on Mr. Straus* shoulders, he said. "You laggl accept; you must accept: all the delegates are for you." georee of delegates pressed forward to urge Mr. Straus to make, the de? cision. Then Mr. Hotchklss burst from the group that surrounded Mr. Straus and pets' up before the crush of excited delegates a sheet of yellow paper on which was written: "He ac? cepts." Quickly th? word passed back through the had and another demon? stration followed. The nomination of Mr. Fatchklas for governor was with? drawn by John A. Kingsbury and Timothy Woodruff withdrew the name of Mr. Prendergast. Then came a flood of speeches *??< "tiding the nomi? nation of the former minister to Tur? key. ispt n b i Ju< k" McGee was not b.?*t sight of. l.>e|cg,(v.<H pressed about him and proclaimed bim "the man of the hour." Later the < 'inven? tion passed a vote of thanks to Dele? gate McGee of the loth assembly district for nominating Mr. Straus. When the convention bad rOOOVOf e. J and Mr >traus had been cfcoagg he was called on for a Sgoeefc and terdered an ovation as hi- formally epted the nomination. Th?? > ' -? if.- 111 I - i <? i a ?.f Inspiration." be ?ald. in bis speeeh. "1 must accept." Tonight few contests developed and the ticket as finally selected v. cs Governor, Oscar S. Straus. New York; I.luct Gov. Former State Sen? ator Fredas kit m. Davenport, Onslda; iSso<-i.it,. )udg. s of court of apt-pals. Charles C. Alden. Ituffato and Qeo. W. Klrchway, Columbia university; Secretary of State, Homer S fall, Syracuse; State comptroller. Horatio f. King. Hrooklyn; attSfgaf general, John Palmlerl. Hrooklyn; Statu treasurer, Rrncsi faweroft, .James? town. Rural Poll? eman Sam New in an brought Into town Sunday afternoon I BjSSJFS w hom he ?r i. |gg for bglttg ic??d in ? row at BfOggOg Bgt? urd?\ nh'ht TWO others who WSfS engage,! ig IIm fraoai skipped out snd escaped. Mr. Newman also se ? un d SVt4aS)Se on S blind tiger ggf? urday whoa?' c ise will come up In tb.? n*xt few days. DIAL REPLUBS TO TILLMAX. RgSSStts Attach of Senator ? 1)4 nies lie Sitppoitrd Haskell. To the Kditor of News and Cou? rier! Please allow me ipioi to reply to the interview of Senator Tillman. published in fttll in The News and Courier and in part in the State, and perhaps other papers. There is a eontest pending before the Stute Dem? ocratic executive committee touch? ing the subject matter, and, there? fore, it would be improper for me to comment upon the merits of the case, hence 1 will only state facts. In Senator Tillman's interview he tries t.? prejudice my political prospects by stating that I am a Haskellite. I wish to say that my relations with Judge Haskell were always of the friend? liest character, and I am glad to claim that he was my personal friend as long as he lived; however, I differ? ed with him In his political course and urged him not to make the race and did not support him. Senator TUlman has seen proper to resort to the lowest kind of political trlakery in mentioning my son's name in connection with this race.. Hence I give the facts. My son desired to en? ter the navy, and upon Senator Till man offering a competitive examina? tion to the State at large the boy suc? ceeded in winning the appointment. He remained at Annapolis something like three years, and If he ever had any trouble there I was never ap? prised of it. The last year he told no he failed to pass one examination only, and that the authorities offered to allow him to make this up the next, year by taking the course over. He had attained his majority at that time and he resigned without consult? ing me. He was desirous of going Into the pay corps of the navy. He went to Washington and stood a com? petitive examination from the United States at large, and received the ap? pointment. From what he told me I know he considered Senator Tillman his friend. The authorities assigned him to a fishing vessel and sent them out in the Pacific Ocean. I knew ab? solutely nothing of the rules and regulations of the navy, but presum? ed a man would have to lead a cor? rect life and observe good habits; otherwise he would not retain his po? sition. Some two years afterwards a friend of mine wrote me to come to Washington, and upon arriving there suggested that I call on the assistant paymaster of the navy. Upon my do? ing so I was shown a statement sent in by the boy where he had overdrawn his account a few thousand dollars. This was a groat shock and surprise to me, as I had had no Intimation of it whatever. He was at that time in the Philippines. I asked what infor? mation they had on the subject, and it seemed they had none, or but lit? tle, and upon inquiry ascertained that, the accounts had never been checked up since he left?about two years pre? viously. I presumed that they had regular intervals to inspect books, etc. However, I apprehended no trouble. So far as I knew the boy's habits were good. I was informed that thll Is the only ship in the navy where th<. accounts were not checked fre? quently. I Wafl outraged at the Whole matter and expressed my views pretty plainly to the otficials a' out the carelessness of allowing an Insx perle need youth to oheck upon the United States treasury without any restraint whatever. The boy was un? der bond in some bonding company? l was not on it. However i thereupon \>i -rowed some money from the banks and the next day deposited an amount covering the entire balance, and toid them to have him eorne home SO that tin- matter could be looked into and adjusted. I'pon his return he was suffering with tuberculosis, 1 ad vised him that the best thinn he COUM do would be to tender his resignation and ko Imme. In the meantime 1 took the matter up with Senator Till? man and toid him, in confidence, of tho situation, and asked him not to mention it. He promised! me to do SO. Tin- Senator stated that he was not on speaking terms with Meyer, Secretary Of the Navy, and that he had little Influence there, i oalled to ne.? Mr. Meyer, but he was abs.-nt. So 1 took the matter up with Mr. Win? throp, Assistant Secretary of the NaVj and he told me that Til I ma n's in Huenee was "nil" in that department; that In- was not on speaking terms with the Secretary, and that great animosity existed between them, He advised me to see some one ? I. . enator smith being absent i i <11 ? ed upon nu old personal friend In the Senate. Me went over to the n lV> department and bad the resignation necopted, The young man had a- ' clnted with older men who, no doubt, had plenty of money of their own, md probably he thought it w.is hi. duty to try to enteraln upon ss lavish a pcale. lie had handled thousand; and thousands of dollars of the gov? ernment's money and it took con >d erablc lime to figure up an account, ? ?wing to tho large amounts handled ami the different rates of exchan?p with the different foreign eountrle; and to his Inexperience, some doubt remained si lo whether he iwed any I thing, l made thing! warm around the department, and a ?h?rt time af? ter that 1 noticed some rather proml ? m nt officials wer?' dropped from the ? roll. 1 do not know that this was the j direct result. After remaining in the i State a short time the hoy's health : became so bad that I sent him to a hotpltal, where he has remained ever ', since, his lite being despaired ol at different times, l would like to ask Senator Tillman, or the public, if any? one COUld have dorn more than I did. Would a gentleman have done less? Senator Tillman seems to think be? cause he gave the hoy this appoint? ment to Annapolis that I am under obligations not to oppose him for of? fice. When did the Senatorshlp come to bslong exclusively to him? Neither I did l know before that he is confer? ring appointments to official positions to keep from being opposed. I wu* of the opinion that the position - c lor.gcd to the United States, and that tl cy were distributed through ou: Senators and Congressmen. I Senator Tillman states th*?* he ask- J ed the clerk of the Senate to notify me about my expense account. Th s is the tirst I have ever heard of that. I received a letter from the clerk dated August 21, in which ho did not men? tion the Senator's name. Besides this, in an interview from Senator Tillman j dated Washington. August 22, he I stated that I had "No status" in the race. This was published in the South Carolina newspapers and 1 received J inquiries from the various sections of the State and it was reported general- j ly that 1 was disqualified. Certainly Senator Tillman's interview was the cause of thig report being circulated, if be had wished to correct it, he had ample opportunity to do so. It seems to outrage the Senator's] feelings very much for me to even aspire to office at all. I was notified J during the campaign that Senator Tillriian would attack my sons con? duct, either before the first primary Or in the second one, in case I was in the race. His lackies and hench? men were spreading this report in different sections of the State. Of course, you know what my reply was. I Senator Tillman is following his old tricks by trying to attract attention from his own record to that of a help- J less, tubercular patient on his back, 3,000 miles from home. What an? swer has he to make to the questions Governor Iiloase asked him the other day? What response does ne make to the charges Col Talbert made against aim from one end of South Carolina to the other? Why did he vote for Lorimer? What explanation has he to make of the charges of his neigh? bors in having Government employ SSI supervise and work on his own Plantation? Probably the people would like to hear the reasons he had for investing his money out of his bo- j lo\jed State?in Georgia. North Caro? lina, Oregon and perhaps other States. If Tillman, or anyone else, knows anything dishonorable, in my life or character, they are at liberty to pub? lish it in every newspuper in the j state, every day in the year. j At the beginning of the campaign. i stated that l would have nothing whatever to do with the, Guberna? torial race, and I steadfastly maintain? ed this position, ;?nd what I am go? ing to say now is without reference whatever to either one of said can* I didates. but mention the matter in so far as it relates to the Senatorial race. Owing to the very great excite tnent in our State just before the pri? mary, Senator Tillman, feeling that his own election was in gteat danger, authorised the publication of the I /Yrguson letter. Hence, a large num- | her of his heretofore opponents vot? ed for him. The Senator knew just .?s much about the Gubernatorial can? didates fcix months, one month, or two weeks before the election us he did when he wtide the Ferguson let ter, all the time pioclalmtns that he was "hands off" in the race. Not only that, any one reading the Ferguson letter can readily see that it Was written for publication. Moreover, the next week, after he had written it. in an Interview from Washington he stated that he was still "hands off" and had nothing further to say. Co? on reflection I am satisfied that the people Of khS State see where they fell Into his trap, and the votes cast for him were not the deliberate ex? pression of the will of the people, i am not a man to whine or complain. and I take my dr ubbing for my share, when it is fairly administered, i have continually been offered proof of charges against the Senator. one being as late as yesterday, hul I have steadfastly refused to stoop to any such politics, Now, the Senator Si ? it.v to m t in a great rage about the point I 'ol T.iUn i t made in his petl ten. and luv reply to the sann- where? in the law of the State of South Cat.. Una states thai a candidate must file b. expense account alter the close of tiie campaign and before the pri? mary, and states that this is too tech ideal for any sensible man t>> enter? tain. I did md make the law : it Is found in the statute books, and it Is presumed in the absence of further proof t.i the contrars thai the l*egls I lature w as composed of sensible nu n. Tlii.. can be found in Arts of 1905, relating to primary election, Satutes at Large, Volume 24, page *j4 7. it would be improper for me to discuss this, since as abov* stated, the mat? ter will !>?? heard and decided by the State executive committee, i desire t<> state that l conducted my campaign upon the highest possible plane, and refrained from discussing Senator TUlman's record, since he was absent and 111, I have pity upon his Infirmity And am constrained to believe that his attack upon me now is that more of a raving madman than a sane per? son. Anyway, he has violated the most sacred confidence that a man could Impose In another. (What would you think of a min? ister if he violated your sacred con? fidence? What opinion would you have of the doctor who speaks in public of your ailments? What con? tempt would you have for your law? yer who would tell the secrets of your case?) It occurs to me that anyone of Senator TUlman's age and experience would be the last man to violate fami? ly secrets and wound the feelings of a father, when no good could result. He may think it brave to try to dam? age my good name by parading before the public the acts of a careless and frivolous youth. 1 consider the lives of a man's family sacred ground) up? on Which no true man will trespass, even to save his political neck. But I leave this to the consideration of all fair-minded people. N. P.. Dial. La wrens, September 5. WILL BE MODERATELY WARM. This Week in Southern States Prob .ably Will be Marked by Rather High Temperature, Washington, Sept. 8.?Normal tem? peratures for the season are predict? ed by the weather bureau for the coming Week in the middle Atlantic ynd New England States, the lake re? gion, the great central valleys, the plains States and the Rocky moun? tain and plateau regions. In the Southern States moderately warm weather will prevail. Though the weather will be gener? ally fair, well distributed showers are probable in the Northern and Eastern States. There are no present indications Of a disturbance in the West Indies. ?JOSH" M. ASHLEY SICK. Buffers Slight Stroke of Fadul Paralysis. Anderson, Sept. 8.?A report was current over the county yesterday to the effect that "Ctttsen Josh" Ash? ley had suffered a stroke of paraly? sis, and that his condition was thought to be dangerous. A telegram was re ceived from Honea Path yesterday af? ternoon which read: "Report exag? gerated. Slight attack facial paraly? sis, mouth and eye being slightly drawn and speech va ry Slightly affect? ed. No serious results anticipated." Mr. Ashley was re-elected to the gen? eral assembly last week. A MOTORCYCLE MASSACRE. Six Persons Killed at Newark Motor drome. Newark, N. J., Sept. S.?hddie Hasha. of Waco, Texas, holder of several world's records for motorcy? cle racing, plunged over the rail of the course at the new Newark motor drome into a crowd late this after? noon causing the death of six per? sons, including himself, while si> are dying and 13 are badly injured. The only two of the dead positively Identified up to a late hour tonight were Eiasha and Johnny Albright, a Denver motorcyclist, who was r ding third in the race. The other men dead were hoys ami young men among the spectators. Elve thousand spectators were wit? nessing tin- finish of a four-mile, free for-all race when the daring Texan rider, doing 92 miles an hour, took his fatal plunge. lie was riding high on the bank of the track when the wheel of his heavy machine swerved and struck the upper rail. He was pitched headfirst 50 feet into the air. He Is believed to have been Instantly killed in the collslon. His body was shape less from broken hones when it was pit ked up almost at the ft-et of his wife, seated among men and boys in the bleachers, Albright was thrown headfirst in the other direction into the enclosure of tie- track when tin- champion's wheel came sliding down tin- steep bank, and utruck him. lie was picked up for dead, hut he lived in an unconscious State for more than two boms after removal to a hospital, lb- Anally succumbed to hemorrhage of the lungs, The spectators Injured were malnl> the men and boys who were leaning over tin- rail yelling encouragement to the riders when Hashn came tear? ing Into their midst. Borne of the spectators wot. hurled high Into the ait and landed in the laps of those seated behind. A scet.f panic among the spectators generally fol lowed tin* tracedv PROBING THE PRIMARY. W. P. STEVENSON WILL SERVE As CTIAIHMAN. Wants Poll Li>ts Printed?tails on Publishers to Help save Primary? Subcommittee Meets at Columbia A ext Wed neada y. Columbia, Sept. 7.?The probe int.? the alleged fraud in connection with the recent primary election will be? gin Wednesday at noon in the library at the .State house when the subcom? mittee of the State Democratic ex? ecutive committee is called to order by W. P. Stevenson, the chairman. Preliminary plans for the investi? gation were announced yesterday in a letter from Mr. Stevenson addressed to the editors and county executive rommitteen.en of the State. The members of the subcommittee are: W. P. Stevenson. Cherrw, chair? man; J. B. Park, Greenwood; W. B. Wilson, Jr., York; T. U. Butler, Cherokee; R. M. Jeffries, Jasper; J. M. Green. Union, and J. D. Bivens, Dorchester. Gen. Wilie Jones, treasurer of the party, announced yesterday that ap? proximately $500 had been received from Democrats throughout the State to assist the subcommittee in ma-cing .1 thorough investigation of the charges. The contributions are being sent in response to a request from John Gary E?ins, the State chair? man. The following is the letter from Mr. St.venson: To the Editor of The State: I have, after conference with South Carolina friends, decided to serve as chairman of the subcommittee, as to the primary election, and ask you to publish the enclosed statement. W. F. Stevenosn Asheville, Sept. 7. Asheville, X. C, Sept. 7, 1912. To the Editors and County Executive Committeemen of the State: I am entering upon the disagreeable duty of collecting the evidence as to the late primary for governor and I want all pertinent evidence, whether it shows regularity or irregularity. My desire shall be to do right, and not to do anything for a partisan ad? vantage In order to show the cleanness, or the crookedness of the primary, it will he necessary to have copies of the poll lists ami club rolls for the pri? mary of Aug. 27. The poll lists should be on die with the clerk of court. The club rolls should be in the hands of the managers at the various precincts at the primary next Tuesday. To aid us in saving the primary system, I call on the newspapers of the coun? ties respectively to?at least one of them?publish the poll lists of the respective clubs of their counties in the issue of next week, and send at least two copies of the paper to me at Cheraw, and one to Hon. John Gary Evans at Columbia. I call upon the managers to send up the club rolls of each club with their returns next Thursday to the county chairman, and leave them in his custody for the inspection of the committee. If it is necessary to have any ex? pense by the newspapers in copying the poll lists for their use, I will en? deavor to have the same defrayed on tiling the bill and the copy of the list with me. W. P. Stevenson, Chairman of Subcommittee. Democratic Executive Committee. TO DISCUSS CORN EXPOSITION. Conference to be Held i" Columbia Tomorrow. Columbia, Sept. 9.?A conference of importance to the National Corn exposition will be held here tomor? row, according to an announcement yesterday by George lb Stevenson, the general manager and secretary of the show. Among those t<> attend the conference will be O. B. Martin, who has charge of the Boys' Corn club work in the south; w. I.. English, head of tin- Clemson college exten? sion work ami head of the Boys' Corn club work in South Carolina, and J. i'.. Hobdy. who was recently selected as superintendent of the corn expo? sition school for boys. Tlie corn exposition will be held here during January and February of next year and several thousand visitors from ail sections of the United states are expected t<? attend. Marriage License. Two cdoied couples applied for and received licenses to marry Saturday, one of the grooms being the same man w in. had formerly applied ;>t the omcc for a revorce. The names of the contracting parties were: Frederick Singleton and Uorella Williams of Stateburg and David Brown and Mattle Rndd) of Mayes Vtlle. Cotton sohl at 11.28 onis on the local market Saturday. The price of cotton Is gradually gaining n little. Monday cotton gold "it the local market at 11 I t to 11 5-16, MAYOR <.\Y\oR> VICE POLICY SCORED BY COUNSEL. CcunnUsatoner*? Attitude Toward Raiding of Disorderly Reuses tbe Issue in Trial of Police lns|iector Charged with Making False Stale e nients Regarding His Duties. New York, Sept. o.?Whether Po? lice Commissioner Waldo gave ' gen? eral instructions" to suppress disor? derly houses and private verbal or? ders to allow them to run as long as conditions of ? outward decency" pre? vailed, became the question at issue today, when C. G. Hayes, suspended police inspector, *vas placed on trial before Deputy Police Commissioner Douglas [. Mackay on the charge of making a false statement in regard to his police duties. While Hayes was ostensibly the de? fendant, Thomas D. Thacher, Hayes' counsel, virtually transformed the trial into a probe of the police der partmcnt and an arraignment of the policy of Mayor Gay nor toward the regulation of vice. The attorney grilled Commissioner Waldo in an effort to show that "out? ward decency" was the criterion by ^ which the mayor wished the question of vice suppression to be determined and then put Hayes on the stand to prove that the commissioner had giv? en the inspector verbal orders in pur? suance of this policy and had not countermanded them until they had become public. Hayes emphatically denied that he had made a false statement when he toid the commissioner the latter had ordered him not to make raids on disorderly houses, except :from the commissioner's instructions. In ac cordance with these instructions he had made no raids, he said, since February, although previous.y he had made many and had "cleaned out" one inspection district. It was on August 8, or about the time when the scandals growing out of the Herman Rosentha; murder ( were being aired that Commissioner Waldo, according to the witness, threatened to "lire ' him, for stating, that he had received such orders. This hi' threatened to do on two sub seojuent occasions, Hayes testified, but it was not until August 16, the day ^ after the public;-tion of an interview from "an inspector" who was quoted as saying he had received such or? ders from the cc mmissioner, that Waldo made good his alleged threats by suspending him i nd reducing him to a captain's rank. | Hayes mentioned two or three con? versations he had with Mr. Waldo in regard to suppressing the disorderly houses. "Do you remember a conversation you had with Waldo on September 5," asked Mr. Thacher. j "I do. 1 met him at the West 4 7th Street police station, the appointment having been made over the telephone. 9 I made a tour of my district with him As we passed a dance hall the com? missioner said to me, "there is a dance hall downstairs and a house "f prostitution upstairs. If there 1s A no soutside disorder it is well to have them in such a place rather than on the outside." COTTON PICKING AT EGYPT. Community Saddened by Death of ' lira. C. L. Drittoii?Ifles Smith Kn terrains. Egypt, Sep. ?Cotton picking seems now to be the order of the day. The farmers have about all finished their fodder pulling and are now in a condition to go forward with the rest ^ of their gathering. Miss Pearl Smith, of Smithville, en? tertained in honor of her cousin, Miss Bthel Smith. of Camden. Among those who attended from this commu? nity were Misses Leota McLeod, Mac Weldon and Sadie White. Messrs. Olin. Thomas and Leroy White. Charles Peebles, W. L. Merritt. RSTS Ged? dings. Mr. Virgil Corbett. of Hagood, spent Saturday night With relatives at thin plaee. A singing school which has been conducted at lllspah church by Prof. W. T. Merritt for the last ten days, very successfully, closed Saturday with a little picnic Which all who attended seemed to enjoy very much. Messrs. Wylle Hogue and Alfred McLeod, of Camden, visited friends lo re Sunday afternoon. Mr. Herbert Carson, of Columbia, is visiting relatives here. Miss Irene Weldon, of Blshopvtlle, spont the week-end with her father, Mr. .i. w Weldon, recently. Our community was very much sad dened on last Friday by the death of Mis ?'. I. Itfltton, who was formerly from our community, but who for the past two years has been a resident of Sumtcr and Marion, she was brought from M irlon t" Spring Hill where the funeral look place. Mrs. Ilritton was a lady of :i sunny disposition and it could he truly said .a her " to know her was to love her." She leaves a husband and live small children, with a number of other I relatives, to mourn her death.