VOL. XXV ______ MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MNAY 10,11 O3

THE ONLY WAYCals Upan Diaz to Resign and Restore

Peace to Warring Ne'co.

MADERO ALSO TO QUITHe Urges De La Barra for President

Until an Election Can Re Held,

and the People In a Free, Fair

Election Choose a President of

Their Liking.The peace commissioners of the

Mexican revolutionists forn:ally pre-sented Thursday to Judge Carabajal,the federal envoy, a statement sign-ed by Francisco I. Madero. Jr., ap-pealing to President Diaz to makepublic the assurances given private-ly that he intended to resign.

After offering his own resignationas president of the provisional gov-ernment of the republic, FranciscoI. Madero. Jr., suggested that bothPresident Diaz and Vice PresidentCorral resign and that Senor de laBarra. minister of foreign relations,become president until a general elec-tion could be held.

The statement informs PresidentDiaz that there is no other way outof the present difficulty and that ,aword from him will bring peace In.,a few days.

Senor Madero in his statementcalls on President Diaz particularlyto make known to the people ofMexico his "irrevocable determina-!tion to resign from power as soon as

peace is established in the country."Madero declares this statement

was made by Diaz to "go betweens'interested in restoring peace.The Madero statements were pre-

sented by the rebel commissioners atthe negotiations which began earlyThursday only after a heated dis-cuss iimong the revoludionistsI-6aders.

Some of them bad declared that itwas absolutely essential that Presi-dent Diaz make public announcementof his intention to resign in orderto bring about complete tranquility.

Peace, they said, would not fol-low an agreement, backed only byprivate assurances, which hardlycould be transmitted to militantleaders in the south and central partsof the republic.Some of the rebel chiefs went so

far as to send a letter to Gen. Med-era stating that unless he asked for,the immediate resignation of Presi- Ident Diaz, or at least a public an-

nouncement of future intentions,they would not support the peacelnegotiations. I

Gen. Madero, somewhat alarmedby the extent of the insurrectionwhich he has created and now desir-ous of making every- effort to savethe journey from a state of anarchy,finally wrote instructions to his jpeace commissioners, Dr. Vasqu.ezGomez, Francisco Madero,. Sr., andPino Saurez.

In his instructions. Gen. Madero,after stating that he had acceded totreat relative to peace because some Igentlemen who acted as go-betweenshad in a confidential way indicated to 1him that Gen. Diaz had made knownto tbem his irrevocatble resolution toretire as soon as peace is estabLish-ed; adds that Dliaz's retirement inthe present moment is the only thingIwhich will satisfy public opinion andthat he is satisfied that if Diaz makespublic his intention to retire it willpermit of the pacification of thecountry in a few days. It would bedifficult to obtain it in any otherway, he adds.

"For these reasons." says Madero,"and not doubting the patriotism of'Gen. Diaz, I wish to psesent to theenvoy of the government the fol-lowing proposition."i]

Then, after refering to his pro-|posal for Gen. Diaz and himself and|the rice president, Ramon Carral,.to resign and that V'e la Barra sue-:ceed to the presidency, calling a ,1general election, he continues:

"As far as I am concerned I am

offering my resignation with greatsatisfaction as I wish only to serve

my country as circumstances de-mand. If Gen. Diaz is inspired bythe same patriotic sentiment. I have;no doubt he will make public whathe has manifested in private. I begof you to make this propositien in1the most favorable terms in ordernot to offend in the slightest degreeand that it may not insist that he1retire immediately.

"I believe that the country will be-come quiet alone through the an

nouncement of his intention to re-

tire from power and as soon as all;the arrangements you are effectingwith the representative of PresidentDiaz are put into operation.

The conference between JudgeCarabajal. the federal envoy, and therebel commissioners adjourned lateThursday. Later the Madero state-ment was made public. Tt was evi-dent that the procedure with respectto the resignation of President Diazhad been the most exacting problembefore the commissioners. Rebelleaders declared peace impossible ex-

cept as was indicated by Gen. Mad-ero in his statement. What Gen.Diaz would do. it was admitted byboth sides. rested the solution of thedifficulty.

Rebel activity in the southern andcentral parts of Mexico and other de-mands for political reform, it isknown, caused Gen. Madero to takethe stand he did.

Gen. Madero Thursday night re-ceived the following from MtexicoCity from Francis Figueroa, chief ofthe insurgent forces in Guerrero:

"In personal conference todaywith Minister-Limantoulr and Minis-ter Gonzales Cosio. With the 8.000men who compose my army I will un-conditionally support the conditionofa being arranged by you.':

MUST TOE THE MARKOHIO LEGISLATORS CAN'T ES

. CAPE BY PEACHING.

Four Bills Returned Against On(

Representative and Three Againsta Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate,

A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio,says three State Senators and twc

Representatives were included inbribery indictments returned Wed-

needay evening by the FranklIDCounty grand jury, which has been

engaged in investigating corruptionin the Assembly. The Senators are:

Isaac E. Hoffman, of Butler county,l. R. Andrews, of Lawrence County,and George K. S. Cetone, of Mont-gomery County.The. Representatives are: Dr

George B. Nye, of Pike County, andA. C. Lowry, of Lawrence County.)ne Indictment was returned againstach, save in the case of Nye, charg-ng the solicitation of bribes. Fourndictments were returned againstye.In addition, Rowney J. Diegle. ofrie County, sergeant-at-arms in theenate, and alleged go-between inegotiations with Senators, was in-licted with the Senators for aidingind abetting in the bribe solicitation.Diegle was indicted three times, as

ie is Included in each of the billsLgainst Senators.Legislators who hoped by testify-

ng before the grand-jury now inves-gating bribery in the assembly toescape conviction by means of an im-nunity -bath were disappointed Tues-lay, when Prosecuting Attorneyrurner and Attorney General Hog-n refused to accept their testimony.ruesday other immunity baths were

eaded off when an. investigation bylegislative committee was deferredintil after the grand jury finishes Itswork.Throughout the day the grand Jury

ras in session, and among its wit-iesses besides detectives, who dis-losed- the alleged corruption, were

lov. Harmon and Judge Blair ofortmouth, who conducted the re-

eut probe which resilted In the dis-rancisement of 1,800 voters inidams county for election frauds.

SHOOTS HIMSELF.

LProminent Greenville Citizen Ends

His Own Life.

A ilispatch to the State fromreenville says that city was shock-dand saddened Wednesday over

he tragic death of Col. S. S. Critten-en. who was found dead In the bath-oom of his residence with a pistolvound in his forehead. Col. Crit-enden was 82 years old, and one ofhecity's oldest and most respected:itizens.He had been much depressed ov-

erthedeath of his wife severalveeksago, and this, coupled withthertroubles, had much to do withissudden death. He was one of

hebest loved men in Greenville. aonfederate veteran, and only Tues-layhe took an active part in Mem-rialday exercises.

Col. Crittenden was the author of'TheGreenville Century Book," aolume dealing with the early his-oryof the community in which heradspent all his life. He Is suir-rivedby the following children:drs.W. L. Bond of Fredericksburg,7a.;Stanley S. Crittenden, of Mont-;omery, Ala., Mrs. E. C. Bedelle anddrs.W. H. Goodle'tt of Greenville.

NEGROES ARE M1OVING.

)verFifteen Hundred Left Beaufort

in One Year.

The Columbia State says in tenears1,597 negroes. one-half the ne-

ro population, left the town ofeaufort. Where are they? Theopulation of the coast counties ofsouthCarolina has not increased.

hle Charleston city has gained.00 people, the county's popula-

ion has remained practically sta-.ionry and it is said that the color-edpopulation of the city has not in-reased. Certainly there are no evi-

enesthat the negroes have in-~reased in the interior of the State.igns pointing directly contrary. Inword, examination of the census

'iguresso far published tend to the~onclusion that the publication ofhe census race figu.res will reveal.batSouth Carolina is losing a con-'iderable part of its negro poula-:ionand that the ratio of negroes torhites in the State has grown per-'eptibly smaller. That the negroes

re"thinning out"' in what has beenegarded the "black dIstrict" is ofarticular interest and significance.

Seeing Snakes.Former Congressman Thomas E.WatsonWednesday issued a state-:nentin which he declared that three;ticksof dynamite had been foundSondayon his farm near Thomas-rille,Ga. The statement adds thatSIr.Watson's belief is that the dyna-:nitewasto be used by agents of hisolitcialenemies in furtherance ofnalleged plot against his life.

Lorimer Bribery.C. F. Taylor. of Harrisburg. Ill.,whencalled before the Senate brib-cryinvestigation committee Wednes-layafternoon, testified that formerRepresentative L. E. York had toldbimthathe had been promised aFederalposition in return for hisroteforWin. Lorimer.

*Both %re Dead.George Hinkle, chief of police of

Pennington Gap. Pa.. and Williamshort,a patrolman, on the St. Charls,Va.,police force are dead as aresultof a pistol fight Thursday.inkleattempted to arrest Short,whowasalleged to have ~oeen disar..r.dung a circu performance.

THEY ARE SOREThe Repalicaus Lose No Opporlunity to

Hit the Democrats

GET GOOD AS THEY SENDDemocratic Plans for Investigations

of Departments of the Government

and Trusts Continue to Attract At-

tentioi.-Heated Attack by Mr.

Hill, a Republican Representativc.Speechmaking dragged along in the

House of Representatives Thursdaywith no incident of great interest, ex-

cept. perhaps, the attack of Mr. Hill,of Connecticut, on the "free list"bill.

Attention continues to be attractedby the development of the DemocraL-ic plans for investigations of depart-ments of the Government, trusts,etc.The Hardwick Sugar Trust resolu-

tion has been returned to a sub-com-mittee for redrafting, so as to in-clude all the sugar companies In thecountry.The civil service investigation con-

tinues to grow in possibilities. Inthe Steel Trust investigation it isbelieved that special inquiry will bemade into the absorption of the Ten-nessee Coal and Iron Company in1907.Not since the Republican guns

were unlimbered against the Demo-cratic "free Ust" bill by MinorityLeader Mann, over a week ago, hasthe debate in the House developedsuch an attack on the measure as

was made by Representative Hill, a

Republican of the ways and means

committee, and one of the leadingRepublican advocates of the recipro-city bill.

Mr. Hill declared that the bill de-vised by the Democratic leaders, re-

moving the tariff duties from manyfood products and manufactured ar-

ticles, was so crudely drawn andso indefinite in its terms that in-stead of $10,000,000 reduction inrevenue as the Democrats expecteditmight make an increase of $10,-

000,000.Mr. Hill explained that the Inter-

national Harvester Machinery Cgm-pany, large sewing machine compan-ies and other great manufacturerswould be able, under the Democraticbill, to manufacture parts of ma-

chines chiefly abroad and bring theminto this country, to be assembled bycheap labor here.

Mr. Hill said that in attempting tomake free of duty the bagging usedto wrap cotton bales, the Democraticbill would let in free the baggingused by the Fertilizer Trust and byother monopolies without giving re-

duction in prices to consumers.Chairman Underwood, of the waysand means committee, interjected

that the bill's purpose was to reduceprices and cost of living for theAmerican people. Mr. Hill declaredthe reductions would in almost everycase be taken up by the big corpora-tions that control the mnaraeub.Mr. Focht, of Pennslyvania, said*

that the tariff debate in the extra!session was costing the country $1 0.-000 a minute. Mr. Sims, of Tennes-see. retorted that the expense to thecoutry would be the same whetherthe House were in session of not."We did not call the extra ses-!

sion," retorted Mr. Focht, "you hadto make your agreement with theWhite House that you would pass taereciprocity bill.""Whose White House is it?" ask-

ed Mr. Sims."You claim that and everything

else in sight," said Mr. Focht.-"Who owns the White House?"said Mr. Sims."You act as if you did.", rejoined

Gir. Focht, "and you act as thoughyou really had the President now. Ibelieve you have discounted Demo-cratic success for sixte'en years, hutyou are entirely mistaken. Tile op-timism of these Democrats remindsme of the man who jumped off the3d story of the Singer building inNew York. When he got down aboutthe fifte'enth floor he hollered. 'I'mall right so far,' but when he landed;on the sidewalk, there wasn't enpoughleft of him to hold a post mortemupon; and so it will be with youwhen you hit the sidewalk in 1912."

Greatest Political Machine."The postoffice department is the

Igreatest political machine ever con-

Istructed in this or any other countryIand.it is openly administered as a

political organization." This was thecharge mad4 on the floor of the houseof representatives by air. Callop, ofIndiana, who referred to PostmasterGeneral Hitchcock as being the crea-

tor and presiding genius of this or-

ganization.

Negro in Danger.An attempt to assault three white

women at New Albany, Ind., Sundayby a negro caused great excitementand threats were made against Rob-

ert Hines, a negro from Mount City,Ill., who was arrested. The negroattacked two women, and on beingdriven off, attacked a neighbor.

CeofEight Lost.All hope of finding member of

the crew of the schooner Emma Haw-kins, eight negroes, alive has beenaba;ndoned after 12 hours searchin the vicinity of the wreck In LakePonchartrain. The Hawkins was:found bottom side up four milesfrom Poss Manchanc, La.

Meets in Columbia.Following a conference between

Gen. B. H. Teague and 'Mayor Gibbs,it was announced that the reunionof the Conf.ederate veterans of thestate will be held in Columbia on

August 9 and 10. The Red Shirts..tin Columbi on August 11 and

DON WANT IT FME

MILLS DEMAND PROTECTION ON C

THEIR PRODUCTS.

They Fear that Putting Bagging on I

the Free List Will Injure Their

Business.

Opposition to the free entry ofburlap has been voiced the past few e-days by southern mill Interests which hfear that such action will harmfullyaffect the market for the lowergrade of cotton goods, such as oszia- G

burgs.These protest have come particu-

larly from the Carolinas and Georgia,and from New York brokers. Thereis little doubt now, however, thatburlap will be Included In the bill bas It passes the house. IWhat the senate will do to the t

free list bill cannot be prophesied, q

though a southern member of the a

finance committee stated that bur- 0

la-p would not be in the bill as re- t

ported to the senate from the financecommittee.Leader Underwood, of the house, t

in discussing the matter said the e

house ways and means committee Iiconsidered the interests of the far- s

mers of all sections of the country a

in framing the farmers' free list bill. P

"Free bagging and ties were given1the southern cotton farmers," he c

said, "and burlap was proposed forfree admission as a concession to the r

Tgrain farmers, who use this productfor sacking their grain." i

He was asked if It was not true c

that free burlap would come intocompetition with the coarser grades gof cotton goods, and possibly de- 0

crease the consumption of cotton for )

making cotton bags by from 600,000 t

to 1,000,000 bales annually. 0

"That Is like the argument of the t

ron men," he said. "They imme-diately talk of pig iron furnaces be-hIng stopped in my district when itis proposed to take the duty otfftron bands and certain steel products. t(

They immediately talk of pig Iron s(

furnaces being started up In Japan 'w

and China to compete with the Amer- S(ican-made steel works in those I

countries and no probability of any tz

being established, so that has littleweight with me."

CARD FROM ML SPARES. L

Replies to a Statement Made byGovernor Blease.

tiThe Anderson Mail publishes the is

following card, which explains itself: fr"I have no wish to trespass on J.

your columns to reply to the inter- glview with the governor of South Car- piina printed under a Newberry date tlline, abusive of me, except to that fpart of it in which he claims t6- have ticharged me to my face with lying.In that the governor does himself biinjustice. He did not use insulting itlanguage to me in my presence and ithereby violate his oath of office by Icrovoking a breach of the peace. fAs a newspaper reporter, the most timportant part of my equipment is a vieputation for telling the truth ac- cc3urtely. That the governor assails tin general without specifying time, paplace or subjec't matter. Whil I 1 w

m not widely known ,in the state.,fortunately afor me, the governor is, p:or that reason I believe that I may s<wait the judgment in respect to a nisharp issue of veracity between him- eiself and me of that part of the peo- hi;lewhose good opinion I would earn.without anxiety. Joe Sparks.

Three Girls Dead.Thomas Haggerty, of Roxbury,!

meeting an acquaintance on thestrp't, told him he turned on theas in the room occupied by histree daughters, aged ten, seven andaour years, Wednesday night, andhat they were dead. The police in-restigated, found the story true aneplaced Hanggerty under arrest. It t

Is believed that the recent loss ofhis wife had unbalanced Haggerty'sbind.0

Holland Is Acquitted.H

In general sessions court at Green-arylle Judge Sense directed a verdict[f not guilty In the case of Lee Hol-and, intendant of the town of Maud-jGn, charged with killing Robert Mc-Abee of Enoree in a street duel lastFebruary. The shooting of Robert.McAbee occurred after McAbee hadtried to "shoot-up" the town of Maul-iin,and in the skirmish in which he!was shot Holland was also wounded.

The Worm Turns.Alleging that his wife has treated tim with continuous cruelty for manyyears, even to the extent of makinghim cook his own meals and thenwash the dishes he used, John Sance, of Atlanta, on Friday applieda

for a divorce. Nance is a railroadngineer, and has been married 34ears. He also charges that his wiferove him from home at the point

of a pistol. *F

Shot Wife and Self.Fleeing down the street to escape c

her husband, who with a revolver,twas pursuing her, Mrs. John Bar-towskl. aged 37 years, was shot andmortally wounded at Chicago Thur's-day. Her slayer was pursued by al

neighbors and sought refuge in a Iichouse where he shot himself. la

Build Her Own Home.After five years work, Mrs Johan- tI

na Lieber has nearly completed acomfortable seven-room home forherself and family at MIassillon, O.Mrs. Lieber has done every bit of n:

the work on the house unaided ex- dceptig the plastering, a

Dynamite Kmls Two.At Gary, Ind.,two men were killed

and a leg blown off of another whendynamite exploded In two cars of 4a works~ train in the Kirk switch'V

yd. Th men were sleeping in the b:

THE STATE RUID OUT

OWNOR BLEASE WILL GIVE

IT NO MORE NEWS.

epresentative Notiied That on Ac-

count of Attitude of Paper a Boy-cott is Ordered.

The Columbia State says a report-r for that newspaper, while makingis usual rounds on Thursday was

anded the following letter fromovernor Blease:

Columbia, S. C., May 4, 1911.'Mr. Bell: The unfairness with

hich the Columbia State treated meuring the campaign was overlookedy me when -I came into office, andgave to their correspondent all ofie information in the office, and re-

ested my secretary and his assist-at to be courteous and polite td allthe reporters and give them all of

.e public news.Those in charge of The State sawnot to appreciate It but continuedmisrepresent me and to abuse me

litorially and even now they pub-sh falsehoods about me under as-imed names, and when correctionsce sent in by my friends, refuse toblish them for the people.Mr. Traywick has just sent in a

mmunication In reply to an edi->rial from the State which the Statesfused flatly to publish, and Mr.raywick is now getting it publishedsuch County papers as will ac-

pt It.In view of these facts, I cannotve to The State any news fion thislice, and have so instructed. both ofe young men in the office. I regretLis, as I feel' that my, acts in thece belong to the public, yet I feelLat there are other sources throughhich they can be received, andDnceforth there is nothing dninaare for the Columbia State. Suchformation as it publishes will haveibe received from aome oLher>urce. If it is false, it can be no

orse than the malicious misrepre-ntatlons which they have been pub-ahing against me since the TillmanIal. Cole L. Blease.

WANTED TO SWALLOW.

[quid Found on Him to Prove It

Was Not Explosive.In order to prove to the satisfac-on of the jury that nitro-glycerinenot contained in two bottles takenom his person at the time of arrest,E.-Brady, the alleged leader of a

ind of suspected safebIowers and)stoffice burglars, now on trial inLeUnited States district court, of-red to drink the contents of one Q.tebottles.The government contends that thettles are filled with nitro-glycer-.e,one drop of which when taken

.ternally may result fatally. Fol-wing the prisoner's determined of-r. the marshal started for the bot-es,which Judge spear had pre-

ously refused to let remain in theurtroom, when he was stopped bytecourt, who said he would notarmit such a demonstration. Bradyasgreatly disappointed.The Judge then cautioned another'isoner in the same case, John Gib-m,-who Is minus an arm, an eye,>ttofollow the example of a prison-,inthe Camorrist trial, and throw.sglass eye at the court.

JAP OFFICER ON OUR SHIP.

Is Said' to Have Used Assumed

Name While on It.

It is asserted that I. Hito, a Jap-iesewho served as steward on sev-alof the naval vessels of the Unit-States, was an officer in the Jap-esenavy, with rank ab~ut equalScommander in the American navy.

Hito, whose real name is said toSYahama, served for some timethescout cruiser Salem. Through

>rrespondence with one of his epun-ymen on the cruiser the identity ofito was discovered, and it is said

investigation is to be made to~rify the circumstances, that theovernment may take up the mat-

r with Tokio.Hito left the service about fouronths ago and returned to Japan,

yinghe was homesick, but afteroor three months would return.

e has not come back.

.Children Burned.A dispatch from Chesterfield saystthree children of Ed Chalk, a

gro,in the Halse11ville section,ereburned to death last week in a

rewhich burned the house to theound, the children being left alonethetime.

Stole His Light.G. B. Prescott, a Columbia grocer,as convicted before a magistrate on

ridayof stealing electricity forghting purposes. He rigged up

ires in such a way as to get theirrentaround the meter instead oftroughit. He was fined $25.

Want War Ships.Refugees from Cuayamas, Mexico.

rivingFriday said that 1000 Anmer-an were penned up in the Mazata-

.nunable to get away because ofveralrailroad connections. They

ant Washington to send warshipstakethem away.

Would Wear Pants.Miss Susan Fowler, celebrated by

anyas the orIginal bloomer woman.edat Vineland, N. J., Tuesday.od87. For many years she has

ore trousers Instead of skirts.

Hilled by Live Wire.Albert Struck, a hotel keeper, ageandJohn Waronek, aged 12. ofilkesbarre. Pa.. were electrocutedalive,wire which was blown down

FALSE BASISCongressman Johnson Shows Fallacy of

The Protective Tariff.

LUMBER TRUST ACTIVEIn a Letter to One of His Constitu-

ents the Congressman Tells WhyHe Opposes the Doctrine and

Points Out Who Profits by the

Timber Duty.

Congressman Joseph T. Johnsonof South Carolina states that he hasrecently received a number of let-ters from various souroas in his dis-trict, suggestin-g that he use his in-fluence to induce the Democraticnaajority in the house to "go slow"In its handlin-g of the tariff questionThe following letter, written byhim to one of his constitutents andfriends, shows how he stands on thesubject:

"I have your favor of the 21st, Inwhich you state that before the tar-iff question is agitated very muchand before I commit myself, youwould like to say some things tome relative to the manufacturing in-terests of the South, and in theNorth as well.

"I have committed myself 20years ago on thatquestion, and so

has the Democratic party. I do notbelieve in the doctrine of protection.The Democratic party has alwayscontended that the government hasno right to levy a tax, except forthe purpose of raising revenue to de-fray the expenses of the government.The other political party contendsthat the government has the rightt'o levy taves not for the purpose

raising revenue, but for the pur-pose of protecting American manu-

acturers from competing with themanufacturers of other countries.It is unfortunate that many peoplein this country have actually come tobelieve that business prosperity Isdependent upon laws that give cer-

tain classes special privileges."During all the last week we were

engaged in considering the Canadi-an reciprocity bill. All speakers Inopposition to that measure professedtheir belief that the American farm-er would be ruined if Canadian pro-ducts were permitted to come intothis country free of duty. I do notbelieve it. The statement made of-tener than any other against per-mitting the importation of Canadi-an products was that land was cheap-er in Canada than it is in Minnesotaand other States in that section ofthe Union. and that the farmer on

high-priced land could not competewith the farmer on cheaper land.

"This proposition won't bear anal-ysis. The lands in every State inthe Union vary in value. The landsin every county in every State in theUnion vary in value, and yet allfarmers compete with one another.There are farming lands in everycounty of the Fourth congressionaldistrict of South Carolina that readi-ly sell for $100 per acre, and in ev-

ery case within ten miles there are

lands equally as productive that sellfor $20 per acre. The argumentsthat I have heard in favor of protec-tion, when analyzed, are about on a

par with the one above suggested.Southern farmers have no protectionupon their products, but we sell cot-ton in Liverpool in competition withthe low-priced labor of Egpyt andIndia. As a matter of truth, theNorthern farmer has no protection.It is true that the tariff law leviesa duty of 25 cents a bushel on wheat,and similar duties upon corn, barleyand various products of the farm;but those duties are put there forthe purpot3 of fooling the farmerand getting him to vote the Repub-lican ticket. The Northern farmersInot only make all the wheat we canconsume in the United States, butthey make a surplus of many, manymillions of bushels, which is export-ed and sold in the markets of theworld in competition with thewheat that is grown in Russia andin other wheat growing countries."The most active opponent of

Canadian reciprocity was the lum-ber trust; but the lumber trust nev-er shows 'its own hand. It spent itsenergies in trying to get the farm-ers and others to protest againstCanadian reciprocity; but the real'object of its activities was in or-der that the great timber lordsmight hold up the American peopl".There are three holders of timber inthe United States who have SS000,-000 acres of standing timber - an

ara nearly three times as larg'i asall the cotton fields of the SouthernStates. TDhese three holders own

Itimber enough to build a cottage

for every family in the United StatesThe lumber on the land at its pr.es-lenprices is worth 10, 20 and 50times what they paid for the landand the land after the timber is cutoff is worth many times what theypaid for it. And these powerful in-fluences have put every agency inoperation to kill tariff revision-notbecause they care anything aboutthe farmer's wheat or his buckwheator his barley--but because theywant still further to be able to mul-tiply their almost countless millionsby holding up our people on theprice of lumber."Our New Bedford friends, who

have evidently written to you, are

not concerned about Southern mills,'Ibutthey want you to pull the chest-nuts out of the fire for them; andif I could reach the ear of every bus-iess man in the South, my adviceto him would be to watch for thehands that dare not show their mo-

tives and not allow them to workupon the fears of our people. TheISouth has never gotten anything outof the doctrine of protection. It isIthelaw that has enabled the steelItrust, the rubber trust and the paint

MY MUST BE TRUE

THE PEOPLE OF VYTTED STATES

LOOK TO THE DEMOCRATS.

Senator O'Gorman Says Public Has

iut Its Trust In Party Which Op-

poses Tariff Grab.

In an address Wednesday eveningat a dinner given in his honor bythe National Democratic Club, ofNew York, James A. O'Gorman thenewly elected Senator to the UnitedStates Senate, said in part:"Today the American people are

looking hopefully to the Democraticparty for redress against economicand political conditions which weighheavily upon them and which can notbe successfully defended. There is a

growing and widespread public sent-iment that the American consumermust be relieved from unjust and un-

necessary tribute."The house of representatives,

Democratic for the first time in 16years, has set a splendid example ofadvancing necessary legislation dur-ing the last month. The pledges ofthe party have been kept and therecord of the house is one of achieve-ment.

"In our own State the Democraticmajority intends, diring this session,to enact laws which will make foreconomy and efficiency in govern-ment and thus lighten the burden ofthe citizens of the State. In NewJersey, under the inspiring leader-ship of Gev. Wilson, the Democraticparty in one session of the legisla-ture has redeemed all the pledges ofconstructive legislation. These are

a few of the achievements of theDemociatic party in 1911.

"I believe the people of the landwant an immediate downward revi-sion of the tariff. They demand a

arels post. They demand that thePanama canal be fortified. They de-mand the election of United Statessenators by direct vote, and they de-mand- that the reserved rihts of theStates be jealously guarded againstfederal usurpation. I shall supportthese and all similar measures as

they arise."

ATROCITIES BY GUERILAS.

The Rebels Are Accused of ManyTerrible Deeds.

The guerillas in Lower Californiaare committing numerous atrocities.They are even accised of burningtwo Federal prisoners to death. Thename of the writer of the letter, who

Is still below the line, is not divulg-ed, for obvious reasons.The letter reads: "The rebels are

in full posession of Tecate and it isimpossible to do any business in thatountry, because they have ordersfrom the captain to shoot any MIex-icans they catch there, without re-

gard to their business. They havealready shot five and Thursday night

theyburned two whom they capturedin the skirmish they had at Carrizio.1They have had two skirmishes andsome have been killed, but it is notknown how many."They are killing animals theydon't want and committing great in-justices. They shot three helpless1fellows fellows who had nothing to:1on either side, politically cr other-wise-George MeIs and his brother,and Placido Mato. George left sevenhelpless children. They were aboutto shoot Abram Agrada. He was al-tready kneeling to be shot when Val-nzuela saved him."They have a prisoner captured

n the American side, also anotherwho was shot in the Carrizo skir-mish, and another who was shot1through the leg."1

Wants Everybody Pardoned. 1

Following the unusual number ofpardons, paroles and commutations,the governor of South Carolina has <

received a letter, written in an un-1

educated tone asking that he pardonall of the convicts in the State peni-tentiary next Thanksgiving Day. Theletter has been taken under consid-edaton by the chief executive. OverC100 prisoners have been liberated by 2

the present governor dn three<:onths. *

trust the rubber trust and the meat I

trust to garner their millions at the I

expense of all the people. They dontwant this great privilege cut off, butthey dare not come out In the open 1and plead that they should be al-lowed to continue their exploita- I

tions, and consequently they resortto bring pressure to bear upon theirrepresentative in congress to preventthem legislating In the Interest of

llthe peonle."The ways and means commItteeofthe -present congress is composed

of careful, painstaking. conscien-tious men. They have no desire, and1the members of congress have no

desire, to do anything that will in-jure or hinder legitimate business.We realize perfectly that the coun-

try has been operating upon a falsefundationl and upon a fase doc-trine, and that however vicious thatsystem may be. we must destroy Itgradually, conservatively and can-tic asly. The house is Democratic,but the senate is Republican andthe president is a Republican; so ourtarifflegislation must of necessity bemoderate, or it could not pass a Re-publican president. I realize fullythtit is possible for these great in-fluences to cause depression in bus-

iness just as I know a man may cre-1atea stampede In a theatre by shout-ing"Fire!" when there is no fire.IBut what I want to warn you ar.dalmy friends in the South againstis permitting yourselves to be stamn-pepded by these peopple, who do notwish to come out In the open. but1who are crying "Fire!" and businessdepression in order to create alarmthroughout the country and try tostampede congress from doing whatthepeople want it to do. and what is

NlEWl NUI N AKPresident Taft Assures IXcico and 0th-

er Countries South

NO IMPERIAL DESIGNS

peaks at Peace Conference, and As.

sures Our Neighbors That We De-

sire to Take No Lands, Nor Wish

to Interfere With Mexico or South

American RepubUes.President Taft in his speech at the

ypenling of the Third National Peaceonference .at Baltimore Wednesdaynorning declared that the Unitedtates would keep hands off and notseek to extend Its domain or to ac-

uire foreign territory. The presi-lent made no mention specifically ofifexico, but -to those who heard him-

t was evident that the situation.:here and the suspicious in the SouthAmerican republics In regard to theUnited States' Intentions relative toier neighbors had inspried him.The president had been speaking

>fthe recurrence of internationallisturbances in countries not-so wellLble as the United States to main-

ain order and had said that It wt

ncumbent upon the great nations ofhis hemisphere to exercise theircindly and -peaceful Infuence asnuch as possible."One of the difficulties the Unitedtates finds is the natural suspicionbat the countries engaged have ohe motive which the United States.ias in tendering its good offices,":ontinued the president."Assertions of good faith help but

!ttle wb.ere the suspicion is real,Lnd yet, I like to avail m-yslf of an

>pportunity in such presence as thiso assert that there is not in the

whole breadth of the United Statesmong Its people any-desire for ag-randizement and that its people as

whole will not permit its govern-nent, If It would, to take any stepsn respect to foreign -peoples look-ng to forcible extension of ourolitical power."We have had wars and we know-rhat they are. We know whAt re-

;ponsibilities they entail, the bur-tens and losses and horrors, and wevould have none of them. We havemagnificent domain of our own Inrhich we are attempting to workiut and to show to the world suc-

ess In popular government and we

teed no more territory in which tohow that.But we have attained great pros-erity and great power. We have'*ecome a powerful member of the

ommunity of nations in which we

ive, and there is thrust upon us

ecessarly a care and responsibilityor the peace of the world in our

teighborhood, and a burden of help-ng those nations th*tcan not helphemselves If we may do that peace-ully and effectively."The -president spoke -to severalhousand people in the Lyric Thea-re.Cardinal Gibbons, SecretaryXckinon, Senator !Gore of Okla--toma,Andrew Carnegie and morehana dozen men prominent in peacenovement sat on the platform withhepresident. Cardinal GibbonsendHamilton Holt, who spoke be-

ore the president, yoiced the opinionhat negotiations of peace betweenheUnited States and Great Britainouldmark the greatest step to uni-rersalpeace the world had ever seen."An arbitration treaty between tworreafnations .of the -world," said

e president, "would be .a very im-ortant step In securing the peaceftheworld. If such a treaty can.-

>econcluded I have -no doubt thatLnimportant step will have been

aken, but it will not bring an end>fwar. It is a step only, and wenustnot defeat our purposes by

narging the expectaiton. of theorldas to what is to happen and

;ythen disappointing it."We must realize that we are

ealingwith a world that Is falliblend full of weakness, with somewhatf wickedness in git, and taat re-arms that are worth having are

>rought about little by little, andLotbyone blow. I think we arenorelike to make more progress Ifeexpress our hope with moderation

.ndrealize the difficulties that are toieovercome than if we procaim that

ehaveopened the gate to eternalieace with one key and within oneear."The president was much Interest'

d in a speech by Dr. J. A. MacDon-Id,editor of the Toronto (Can.)lbe, a warm advocate of recipro--

"If that arbitration treaty be-ween your country and England isatified" said Mr. Macdonald, "the

Lameof William Howard Taft willieremembered In world history so

ongasman loves peace."President Taft returned to Wash-ngtonimmediately after the meet-

Andrew Carnegie, who followedhepresident, was introduced as 'the[readnaught of peace."

Takes Poison.At Charleston Alex Steward, 18-earsof age, was found dead Thurs-laynightat the old baseball park on

deetingstreet. His mouth was burn-d with carbolic acid, probably taken

withsuicidal intent. He lost hisnotherand father some time ago,tnd its thought that be was temn-orarilyinsane when be took the

)olsOn.

Killed by Baseball.When John Thomas Duncan, aged

;welveyears ,was struck on the head> abaseball thrown by a member>f theopposing team in a game be-

ween two boys' clubs on Monday attlanta, he thought nothing of

t. During the ni-tht the lad became