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I; t ' IHE. FLOWERS COLtECTOS - - vt A Home Newspaper Published in the; Interest of He Peopie and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs, - VOL. VIII NO. 28 Salisbury, N, Om Wednesday, June 26th, 1912. Wm. H. Stewart, Editor llti 3'.' TAFT AID SHERUAN AM RQOSEYEU IQktllATED. EJSSlTJfjOtUgmj TikiB. Hi DrliBi Oat, SUrtt Mi Pirtf With Lirgi Ftliiflng. Ohicsgo, June 22. William Howard Taft was renominated for president of the United State by the republican national con Tention at 9:25 o'olock tonight. Lest than an hour later James Shoelciafi Sherman was renomi nated for tha vice-president. Both nominations were made on the ant ballot. Senator LaFol lette's name was the only one presented to the convention for the presidential nomination be tides that of Taft. Sherman's was the only name presented for the vice-president. A motion made to make, hit nomination uuanimous was objected to and a roll call was ordered. The Tote for the presidential nomination was: i Taft 661 Boosefelt 107, LaFol lette41, Oammins 17. Hoghts 2, present and not voting 848, ab sent 2. The vote on the vioe-preiiden tial nomination was: Sherman 597. Borah 21, Mer tiam 20, Hadley 14, Beveridge 2 Gillette 1, absent 71, not voting 852 The convention adjourned at 10:20 pm. There were two exciting featur- s of the convention, which began at 10 o'clook in the morning and continued until nearly midnight. Two hours before the nomina tion of Taft the personal boom ThanAnr RnnRATftlt fifSVe a Ult expiring gasp in a twenty-fire minutes demonstration. The second incident was a near riot in the Massachusetts delega lion participated in by Chaiiman Boot when during the roll oall he began to get nervous, v When the delegates if ram the Cod Fish state, their minds made p to have no hand in the matter, refused to vote when their names were called, Boot ordered the names of the alternates oalled. fie knew he oould pick np a few Taft delegates that way and that h might need them. As soon as this order was issued Delegate Fordyfle, a gray bearded man who likes Jas G. Blame, arose and shouted: "Massachusetts is a law-abiding state and you had better not attempt that kind of robbery." After the yells that greeted thjs defiance had subsided Boot came to the edge of the platform, si couple of secretaries beside him to prevent trouble and said: "If a delegate to this conven tion refuses to do his duty by casting bis vote his alternate must do it for him. The names of the alternates must be called." When he walked back he said to a secretary, "Send the police to that ailse.' The police went there, thirty of them. The Massachusetts men were in the exact center of the building, standing over their chair, shak ing their Hits and hurling execra tiona at the chairman, who had retired to his desk. Presently they quieted down and voted. Boot never again during the roll insisted on the oall of alternates. Onoe or twioe they were called and never voted against their nrinoiDles' desires. Roosevelt had issued instructions to his del agates who had already planned . to gather with him in Orehebtra hall aud Idaho alone of the Boose- velt men fell away from him, sev on cf Senator Borah's constituents voting for Cummins. The Hadley boom never raised a whisper. Cummins was not nominated. When it was all over and Sher man had been nominated in a gallop Penrose looked -at Crane, Crane looked at Boot and all three looked at eaoh other. They had drove Roosevelt out of the party. As for the Taft delegates they were disgusted and wither t . word to their caudidate they left fox their hotels and many of . them tor their trains. Walter Q. Harding, of Ohio, presented the name of the presi I An tv tVia Annvontihn. ' John J Wannamaker and Nicholas Mar ray Butler were among those ma king seconding speeches. M. D. Oldrioh, of Wisconsin, made the chief nominating speech for LaFollette- A demonstration followed the presentation of each name. Earlier in the evening the Boosevelt forces led a prolonged outburst for candidates. The nomination of candidates follow ed the adoption of platform sub mitted by the resolutions commit tee. The reading of the Boosevelt statement asking his friends to take no part in the proceeding was one of the dcamatio incidents. When every Tatt contesting dele gate had been seated and Root made permanent chairman by a voice vote, he annonnb9d that Henry Allen, of Kansas, desired to make a statement. Chicago, June 22. The rapid progress made by the convention after the contests were disposed of in the adoption of reports of all of the committees up to that of the oommittee on resolutions ma terially altered the proBpeots as to final adjournment. It was be lieved by the leaders that it might be .possible to conclude the nomi nations and adjourn by midnight or earlier. There was talk how ever, of a recess after the nomin ation for the head of the ticket in order to arrange a slate for the vice -presidential nomination. Tcis may prolong the session be yond mianight, but it is not be lieved probable that such will be the oase. The Roosevelt delegates in the Republican national convention started a prolonged demonstration in the convention late this after noon when Henry J; Allen of Kansas, got up to read a Roose velt valediotory." The conven tion had oonaluded consideration of all contest cases,- the Taft orces winning on everything. Permanent organization also had been effected. At the first mention of Boose velt by Allen thunder broke out parade of delegates carrying State standards began. The Chairman Boot pounded for order. The noise only in creased; but delegates began to sit down . Slowly the din sub sided. Allen's remarks, especially t ie reading of the Roosevelt (state ment, were constantly interrupt ed cheers, hisses and other noises. boosxvxlt's valkdictoby. The chair had great difficulty in preserving order. At the olose of the considera tion of the contested cases, Mr Henry B. Allen of Wichita, Kan sas, was recognized and spoke. "Gentlemen of the convention: We have reaohed a point where a majority of the Boosevelt dele gates feel thai they oan no longer share in the responsibility for the acts of this conven tion. We have contended with you until we have exhaust' ed every parliament privilege in the effort to have placed upon the roll the names of men legally elected. t'When by using the votes of the delegates whose rights to sit in this convention are challenged yon took a position whibh places the power of a political oommitte above the authority of 77,000 ma jority, elected in a primary in Oaliforniaf we deoided that your steam roller had exoeeded the speed limit. Sinoe then we have asked for no roll call. You have now completed the seating of all cnotested delegates, nsing the votes of the oontested delegates to 'accomplish your purpose. We oan not in justice to ourselves share the responsibility of a con vention which has said to Ohio the home of President Taft that a majority of 47,000 voters obtained in a legal primary election, must stand aside for the political dictum of a national committeeman discarded by that same majority . We cannot be come some parties with you in a declaration to Pennsylvania that a defeated committeeman sitting in an obsoure room of this building can nulify the 180,000 majority by which Ohio gave expression to her wishes. We will not put ourselves, in a position to be bound by any aot in whioh yon say to the majority who rejected Mr. Taft in New Jersey, to the majority which re jected him in Wisconsin, to the majority who rejected him in Minnesota, to the majority who rejected him in Maine, to the ma jority who rejeoted him in Mary land, to the majority in South Dakota, to the majority in North Dakota, who gave him only 1.500 votes out of 69.000 to the majorities which rejeoted him in Nebraska, in Oregon, . Minnesota, Kansas. Oklahoma, West Vir ginia and Not th Carolina, that all these majorities added together went down under the mere rulings of a political committee. "We will not join you in say ing to the home State of Abraham Linooln that 150 000 majority with which we defeated Mr. Taft and his Illinois delegates was overruled by these very managers with the consent of those who have arrogated powers never in tended to be theirs. QUESTION THI REPUBLICANISM. "Mr. Payne sought to question the Republicanism of those great Republican States yesterday. Uu til ha oan show a better record than is shown by the results of his type of conservative leadership, he is estopped from criticism. When Theodore Roosevelt left the White House four years ago he left you an overwhelming major ity in both branohes of Congress, he left you an overwhelming ma jority in all the great Republican States, and left yon a record on whioh you could elect Mr. Taft, he left you a progresssve program to carry forward. That program was buried beneath an avalanche of words at Winona and eighteen Republican Governors were buried beneath an avalanohe nf vote whioh rebuked recreancy to party pledges. "A big maioriry in the lower house gave way to Demoarats and in the Senate was reduced to a mere majority. So muoh for your conservative leadership, Mr. Payne. "We will not participate with you in oompleting the souttling of the ship. We will not say to the young men of the nation, who reading political history with their patriotism and longing to oatoh step with the party of their fathers that we, have nothing bet ter to offer them at this hour than this new declaration of hu man rights that a disoarded polit ical Committee aB its last aot, holds greater power than a major ity of over two million voters. We do not bolt. We merely in sist that you, not we, are making the record. And we refuse to be bound by it. We have pleaded with you ten days. We have fought with you ten days for a square aeai. we ngnt no more. We plead no longer. We shall sit in protest and the people who sent us here shali judge us." ADDBR88 FROM BOOSEVELT. "A olear majoiity of the dele gates honestly elected to this con vention were ohosen by the people to nominate me. Under the di rection and with the encourage ment of Mr. Taft, the majority of the national oommittee) by the sO'Called 'steam roller' methods, and with soandalous disregard of every prinoiple of elementary honesty and decency- stole 80 or 90 delsgstes, putting on the tem porary roll oall, a sufiiaient .num ber of fraudulent delegates to de feat the legally expressed will of the people and to substitute a dis honest for an honest majority. "The convention has now de clined to purge the roll of the fraudulent delegates themselves, who all sat as judges on one an other's oases. If these fraudu lent votes had not thus been oast and counted the convention would have been purged of their presence. This action makes the convention in no proper sense any longer a Republican convsn- tion representing the real Repub lican party. Therefore I hope the men elected ai Roosevelt dele gates will no w decline to vote any matter before the convention. I do not release any delegate from his honorable obligation ; to vote for me if he votes At all, but un der the aotual conditions I hope that he will not tote at all. "The convention as now com posed has no right to represent the voters of the Republican party. It represents nothing but fraud in overriding the will of the rank and -file of the party. SUCCESSFUL FBAUD , "Any man nominated by the convention as now constituted will be merely the beneficiary of this successful fraud. .It 1 would be deeply discreditable to any man to accept tbo convention's1 nomination under these circum stances, and any man that ac cepted it would have no claim to support of any Republican on party grounds and; would have forfeited the right to ask the sup port of any honest man of any party on moral grounds. "THEODORE SOOSSJVeLT." Allen olosed amid a tremend ous demonstration which showed promise of lasting long, like the other, but it was checked by the gravel . At last Chairman Root rushed out to the front and said : "I hope it will be understood in this convention that friends of Mr. Taft must pay the same re spect to speakers on the side fa voring Mr. Roosevelt as the advo cates of Mr. Rooevelt have paid to speakers on the other side." There was a cheer and it was quiet for some time. After getting underway, in an effort to olose up its business the Republican national convention was foroed to halt and mark time by delay in the reports from the credential oommittee. The convention worked steadily so long as material f6r its pro ceedings was forthcoming from the credentials oommittee, and a dozen or more contests were put through under the gravel. In each case Taft- delegates were seated. It wis 10:43 when Chairman Root dropped his, gravel. The floor was in confusion and the aisles were crowded with delegates seeking their seats. Chairman Root, when semblance of quiet had been restored, intro duced the Rev. John Wesley Hill of New York who opened the pro ceedings with prayer. Shortly after Senator Root had called the convention to order Governor Johnson, one of the Roosevelt leaders, left the coven tion hall. His reason for so do ing was explained in the following statement whioh he gave out: a v. Johnson's statement. "I shall not sit in this conven tion during the nomination nor shall I oonsider myself in any manner bouud by its aots. Not only was a fraudulent roll foisted upon us to defeat the will of the people, but the law of the State of California, passed by that State and acquiesoed in by the Presi dent and every faction in Califor nia, has been nullified. The ba sic right of the people to rule and the fundamental prinoiple of - the direot primary have been outraged and denied. As the Governor of California, swom to uphold its laws, I feel that my duty is plain. and that my selfrespeot demands that I shall no longer remain in the convention. "All of the California delega tion are in thorough accord with me and desire to retire with me, but 1 nave requested tnem to re main to carry out the general plans of the Roosevelt delegates," The first report from the com mittee on credentials dealt with the Mississippi delegates-at-large. It recommended the seating of the Taft delegates. The Roosevelt people presented a minority re part, but made no fight and the Taft delegates were seated viva voce. Amid the chorus of "too toot and "choo, ohoo" from the gsl- lery , the report on the seoond dis- BRYAH'S APPEAL. Wires Party Leiden ta Jola Him la Flgkt y . u Ptrkir. Chicago, June 21 William J. Bryan, when informed of - Judge Parker's acceptance said he had nothing to add to his former statement today when he tele graphed to a number of promi nent Democrats throughout the oountryappealing to them to join in preventing the election of Judge Parker, as temporary chair man, He remarked, however, that thus far only a sub-commit tee had 'dealt with the Question. The full national oommittee and the convention had still to act. The telegram was addressed to Speaker Clark, Governor Wilson of New Jersey, Governor Burke cf South Dakota,. Governor Fobs of Massachusetts, Governor Baldwin of. Connecticut and Mayor Gay nor. Colonel Bryan's appeal follows: ' In the interest of harmony I suggested to the sub-committee of the Democratic national com mittee the advisability of reoom mending as temporary chairman some progressive acceptable to the leadidg progressive candidates for the presidential nomination I took it for gsanted that no com mitteeman interested in Damo cratio success would desire to of fend the members of .a conven tion overwhelmingly progressive, by naming a reactionary t3 sound 4he keynote of the oampaign. Eight members of the sub-oom-mittee, however, have, over the protest' of the remaining eight, agreed upon not only a reaction ary but upon the one Democrat, who, among those not candidates for the presidential nomination, I is in the eyes of the puolio, most oonspiouously identified with the reactionary element of the party. I shall be pleased to join you and your, friends in opposing his se lection by the full committee or by the convention. Kindly an swer here." triot of Mississippi was read. The same procedure seated Taft dele gates from the fifth, sixth and seventh Mississippi districts. One by one the oonceat reports were brought in, read in a near riot of disorder and passed. The fourth North Carolina, third Oklahoma and the second Tennessee on whioh there were no minority reportB, went through under the gravel, about one-fourth of the delegates hearing the read ing of the reports. A point to put the Washington Taft delegates on the permanent roll was also put and carried with out a roll call. OBDEB OF CEBEMOSIIS. As the Washington contests were concluded ''merrrily we roll along" and "rambled'' were ad ded to the vocal program. The whistle in the gallery was kept busy, "Toot, tooting 1" After the Washington contests had been deoided there- was a lull in the proceedings. While the leaders sat idly on the platform and the delegates roamed up and down the aisles, a Pennsylvania delegate equipped with an imagi nation and a megaphone announ ced the following "order of cere monies:" "Victim The Republican par ty, Funeral Orator Warren G. Harding, Choirist John Wanna maker, Coroner Jim Watson, "Undertaker Biihu Root. "Pallbearers Murray, Crane, Boise, Penrose, Big Steve, Reed Smoot, Theodore Burton, Bill." At 1:89 p m., Senator Root again called the convention to order. The afternoon session was de voted almost exclusively to pre sentation of the platform and the placing in nomination of Presi dent Taft and Senator LaFollette and the balloting, together with the renomination of James 8. Sherman as the condidaie for. vice president, the stories of whioh are told in other columns of this issue. - WAYNESVILLE TO HAVE ASSEMBLY. Plus and Details af Eoterprtst An 6!vea !o flit Peopli. Waynesville, June 20 Speak ing to a packed court room five of the commissioners of the South ern Assembly, located near here, outlined the plans and gave an idea of the scope of the great en terprise that is n jw fairly launch- ed. The audience that heard them went awav feelinir - that . w o Waynesville has a great future be fore it as being the coming center of greater western Nrth Carolina in education and moral uplift in cident to the influence that the ohatauquas of the future will ex ert. Bishop James Atkins was the presiding offioer of the meeting a ad after speaking briefly of the purpose of the gathering intro duced Dr. James Cannon, the gmeral superintendent of the Assembly Association. Dr. Cau tion explained the plans of the commissioners without going into Jeiaile, and tu wu.iced that ao- r.uai o. sumo i wctk ou the .n. aut.t r.um, iuni hotels was now beginning. Dr. Onuuuii was followed by Jiu9i R, Pepper, a prominent buiiungs man of Memphis. As one of the commissioners he an nounced that the hotels, dam, anl auditorium would be so near- y completed within a year that a great dedicatory meeting would be held on the assembly grounds in June, 1913. The announce ment was cheered to the echo by the crowd present. ' Then followed Gen, Julian S. Carr, of Durham, and Dr. George R. Stuart, of Chattanooga, both of whom delighted the audience with anecdotes and eloqaent sen timents : General Carr spoke in the most convincing manner of the great good that is bound to result to Waynesville and Western North Carolina in having this great assembly located here. Dr. Stuart announoed that he has sold ont all his holdings in Tennessee and will henceforth make Waynesville his home. It was, in many ways, the greateit gathering of people ever held in this town, and may be considered as the complete launch ing of the Southern Assembly, one of the greatest enterprises in the South today. Too Afros, i Negro, Found Hanging In a Tom Adams, the negro who has been operating the elevator in the Trust building for several weeks, hanged himself in a cell at police headquarters yes terday where he was taken on the charge of an assault upon Onie Ganes, a negro girl. Adams made a death trap of his pants which he securely fastened to the iron beams at the top of a cell, so twisting one leg of the trousers around the iron as to make a noose, wniie cne metnod was TIT . v crude in its originality, it wss oomplete in its execution, for Adams was dead within 10 or 12 minutes after he jumped from his bunk in the cell. . The hanging oocurred between 5:20 and 6:45 Thursday after noon. Charlotte Observer, Deaf a ess Cannot be Cured or local applications, as they cannot reaoh the diseased portion m a . ms oi tne ear. mere is only one way to oure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deaf ness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear iog, . and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and unless the inflamation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine oases; out of ten are . caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol lars for : any oese of Deafness (caused by oatarrh) that oannot be cured by Hall's Oatarrh Oure . Send for circulars free. F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75o Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. DEATHLESS FAUE. Seas Pertlitat flssenatlons ei tit Will ful Ipcnaci of Hiaiiity. Every gTOd thing has been con demned in its day aud generation. Every innovation has to fight for its life. Error onoe set in motion con tinues indsfinitely. unless blocked by. a stronger force, a& old methods of thinking and doing will always remain unless some one invents a new and better way then lives and dies foi it. And the reason men oppose progress is not that thev hate ofo. gross, but they love inertia. Even as neat a man m Jnhn Ruskin foresaw that the railroadi would ruin Ensland bv the stages out of business and killing the demand for thns bankrupting the farmer. 1 he mas Jefferson tella OB. in his autobiography, of a neighbor of his who "was agin" the nnblie schools becsuse, when everyone oouia read and writ. n- nn. would work. Sir William Berklev thanked God there was not & ninftin. JSU press in Virginia, because print ing presses priuted mostly lies, and their business was to deceive the people. Iu the time of Mozart, musioi ans were classed with stablemen, sonl lions, clowns and cooks. They ate below stairs, and their business was to amuse the great man who hired them and his as sembled guests. The word business was first used iu the time' of Chsuoer to express contempt for people who were useful. The word was then spelled busyness. To light cities by gas would sst them afire. Electricity was dangerous, and to put up wires was to invite theft lightning to come into our houses and kill us all dead . Only a few decades ago any man who advertised in the news papers was looked upon with suf picion, and yet we nave associa tions of professiohal men who stamp with disapproval anv indi vidual among them who pays for his advertising. Such a one was oalled an "ir regular." If we look back through histo ry we will find that everv eood and beautiful thing has at one time or another been under the ban, and assailed as an evil. And the argument seems to be this: If vou thiuk a thin i. right never mind what the manv say, stand by it. Toaohieve the deathless fame choose an unpopular cause that you know is just, then work for it, live for it, die for it I Episcopal CoDTsnflOB Flit Rack. , Hendersonville. June 20. St. John's in the wilderness the beautiful Episcopal ohnroh at Flat Rock near here is the meet ing place of the diocesan oonven tion of the western missionary district of North Carolina. Tfaa attendance is very good and the reports snow splendid progress along all lines of Ohnroh activity during the past year. Bishop Horner of Asheville is presiding and he is one of the best informed men in the South especially in matters concerning the Church. Very keenly does the bishop realize the importance of the eduoational work in the western seotion of the State. How' This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Oatarrh that cannot be cured by Hell's Catarrh Cure. F. J. OHENNEY & CO , Toledo, O, We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfect ly honorable in all business transactions and financially- able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Waldihg, Kihnaw & Mabvih; Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and muoous surfaces of the - system. Testimonials? sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's : Family Pillt fur oonstipatiori. . ' Si. i id "4 v V 'IT-::, mm .v..-a;-.'- i?