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Weather.
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2nd Edition
. Washington, D. C, Dec. 7 Fore
cast for North Carolina for tonight
and Tuesday Partly cloudy and
older tonight; rain in east portion.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 1908.
PRICE 5 CENTS
REFUSED USE OF
THE COURT HOUSE
Janitor Ordered Not to Ad
mit Judge Badger to
Court Room
Polic Authorities Feel That They
Have Not Been Treated Exactly
Right By the County Offl,clal
Hot Tilt Between Attorney Gatllng
and Judge Badger Hearing pon.
tinued Until Tuesday Morning at
10 O'clock Trouble ' Over Who
Should Have Copies of Evidence
Madge Earle Discharged.
The clouds shrouding the Smith
murder mystery grew darker and"
storms loomed up upon the distant
horizon this morning. As the good
ship "Law and Justice" set sails and
started on its cruise, it encountered
a heavy gale- at the court house door.
The commander of the ship, his
honor, Judge Badger, was met at the
entrance of the county court house
and notified by the janitor, Mr. Pool,
that he had been ordered by Mr. D. T.
Johnson, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners, not to admit
him (Judge Badger) into the court
room. -'
Judge Badger" made no protest, as
he had moved the hearing to the
court house to accommodate the law
yers In the case and the Immense
throng of spectators, and not for his
own benefit, JUdge Badger and the
police authorities feel that they have
not been treatedexactly right at tile
hands of the county officials, inas
much as his action in moving to the
court house was to accommodate the
large crowd, who, bX Jhft way, are
citizens of" Wake county as'welfalToT
the city of Raleigh.
The large crowd that had gathered
at the court house to hear the re
maining facts of this deep niyst ary
disclosed Immediately moved to the
police court, v
At 9:20 o'clock Mr. Bart M. Gat
ling, representing Red Hopkins, arose
and Htated to the court that he had
been assured by Solicitor Jones on
Saturday night, after a consultation
with Mr. Snow, that the case would
be continued until Tuesday morning.
Judge Badger replied lu very em
phatic terma, "The hearing Is not
postponed and, furthermore, will not
be until I say so."
Mr. Gatllng waxed warm and
stated that he knew the case would or
would not be tried, as Mr. Snow
Wished. ' .'
At this retort' Judge Badger speaks
very fiery. "You represent nobody In
this case, Mr. Gatllng, and you have
no right to open your mouth in the
case, whatever."
"Well, I will take the right, sir."
"If you do so, you will, certainly
get yourself into a bad difficulty."
At this warning Mr. Gatllng re
plied that he represented a man, who,
although he was not under an Indict
ment in this court, he was charged
with murder by the coroner, and
needed the advice of ills counsel.
Mr, Walter L. Watson, attorney for
Karl Cotton, stated to the court that
he waa representing one of the de
fendants in the case before the bar
and that he wished to know if the
case would be taken up, and If so,
when would It begin.
"When Mr. Snow comes in to pros
ecute the case I will open court, and
not until then," Bald the Judge.
Mr. Gatllng arose and announced
that he had asked Messrs. Hinsdale
nd Watson to look after his client's
interests. .
Col. Harris came into the ' court
about this time and stated that he
had Just had a talk with the solici
tor and that he (the solicitor) said
Mr. Snow was on his way to the court,
but that It had been decided to con
tinue the case until Tuesday.
Judge Badger, chafes under the pe
culiar proceedings, namely; so many
people other than he himself trying
to run the case. "I do not propose to
be run over by the solicitor or any
body else," remarked the judge.
At this Juncture Mr. .Snow arrived
'and applied ointment to the wounds
by announcing that -the state had de
cided to concede to the request of
Mr. Gatllng and the attorneys for the
, defense and allow the case to be con
tinued until Tuesday.
"What right In the world has Mr.
Gatllng to make a request in thla
case?" was asked Mr. 8now. "When
I nol prossed Hopkins' case Saturday
morning, that threw him out of
court,, and I don't think Mr. Qatllng
has any. right to make a motion In
Justice Badger.
Judge Thomas Badger, before
whom the Smith, murder mystery Is
being unravelled.
this case at all," continued Judge
Badger.
After Mr. Snow arose, and stated
that the attorneys representing the
actual defendants and not the wit
nesses, requested tUe continuance,
and that he and the solicitor, who
would appear with them, had decided
to concede to their request, Judge
Badger announced that the case
would be continued until 1 0 o'clock
Tuesday morning, but "l will not car
ry It to the court house any more, ho
as to give the county authorities a
chance to oust me."
The waters were then made mud
dler by a fuss over who sliould have
copies of the evidence. Mr. Weldon
Smith, the court stenographer In this
case, told the court that he had been
ordered by an attorney of the defense
not to allow anybody to have a copy
of the evidence. Judge Badger Im
mediately explained -to Mr. Smith
that the law explicitly ordered a copy
of the evidence to go with the papers
of the case and that a copy was want
ed for the solicitor. To this the at
torneys for the defense objected and
a heated tilt followed. :
The last gun of the battle Was
sounded when Judge Badger stated
that he was acting according to the
law and was going to see that the
case was tried according to the law In
From all the facts : that can be
gathered, it seems that the wrong
people are trying to conduct tills
case. As tne coroner s nearing nas
been withheld until after the police
hearing, the only case before the bar
is under Judge Badger's jurisdiction
and the public may rest assured that
the case will be conducted according
to law and that justice will be meted
out.
The police have the key to this
most diabolical crime since the infa
mous Scott ' Partln murder of ills
wife, over twenty-five years ago, and
Judge Badger is fully capable of con
ducting the preliminary hearing.
: All the clouds of doubt seemed to
have been swept away by the Btartf
ling evidence of Saturday, and noth
ing but tho trial of the case is needed
now to place the commission of the
heinous crime upon the shoulders of
those who should answer for the
transgression ef the law for which
the guilty parties will be punished.
The warrant against Madge Earle
has been withdrawn and she is not
held as a w itness. She was allowed
to depart from custody today. .
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(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Dec. T No similar
event In , recent years has more
strongly appealed to the enlightened
classes of this country than the cele
bration of the three hundredth anni
versary of John Milton's birth, whlcn
next Wednesday will be observed sim
ultaneously In London and Ne" York
with elaborate ceremonies. With
Blight variations the programs here
and In London will be identical and
because of the dlverslflea Deueitts
which Milton, as poet, statesman, and
philosopher conferred upon the English-spanking
people, all branches of
civic and military life are to be rep
resented In the splendid tribute to
his memory.
Sudden Death in Sunford.
(Speclnl to The Times)
' Hanford, Dec. 7 Miss Hannah Burns,
aged 35, of Boston, Mass., who. In com.
pany with her sister, came south only
a few days ago to spend the winter
for the health of Miss Burns, who was
suffering from Asthma, died suddenly
In her room at the Manesa boarding
house at t o'clock Saturday afternoon
of heart (allure.
The remains ware prepared for burial
by the Carter Furniture and Coffin
Co., and shipped to Boston Saturday
night
HONOR
OHN
MILTON
WILL RESIGN
AFTER INQUEST
Coroner Separk Disgusted
With Treatment Accorded
Him By Ciiy Officials
HEARING POSTPONED
Coroner Separk, in Justice to the
Rights of the State, Postpones In
delinitrly the Inquest Only De
sires, That Justice May be Done.
Not Looking For Honor Tired of
' Being Accorded Such Treatment,
He will Resign After This tuques..
Coroner Condemns City Authorities
In Xo Ciirertaln Terms Sees
Nothing But Trouble in the Fu
ture and Will Throw I'p His Job.
Those waiting' for .the 'coroner to let
slip the .dogs. of War this 'morning were
disappointed when It was announced
that his hearing-, had again been post
poned sine die. Coroner Separk arrived
at his office tills morning determined
to see the fight through. He was still
belligerent and eager for the fray.
Habeas : eornuses and oilier. "last re
sorts" were talked of and It looked like
trouble for somebody,
A conference between the coroner und
some of his friends acted as a sedative,
however, and the status of affairs drop
ped bark to normal. The coroner
quietly announced that 'he had decided
that "two wrongs would not 'make one
tight." He censured the police in no
uncertain terms. , In the matter of
lurid .-descriptive phrases Coroner Se
park was not niggardly. He spread
them Dn 'thick and heavy, doing im
partial Justice, in his estimation,-: to all
parties concerned.
His chief reason for postponing- the
inquest, lie said, was that justice
might tic done to the state. He de
sired, Hbove all - things, that the
rights of the state be protected and
okvv.) JtiPi'HWilrfl seTY! Mr brKi
interei ts lie gave: up his own rights in
the matter, postponing the Inquest' in
definitely. He suid that he felt that
he would be doing wrong to go farther
with the matter at this '-stage of the
affair. He declared that the police
were . doing wrong, but that their
wrong-doing was no Justification for
wrong-doing on his part.
A cloud of witnesses assembled this
morning for the hearing. . There were
over thirty on hand. They were told
to go home and there await anotln-r
call. -
Coroner- Separk deeply regrets the
conflict that has arisen In this case.
He Is dlsguested with the treatment
he has received in this case and does
not look for harmony In-' the future.
He declared this morning that he would
tender his resignation Just as soon as
he has completed the inquest In this
case, ' -
Universities Conference.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Ithaca. X. Y., Dec, 7 Arrange
ments have now been practically com
pleted for the tenth annual confer
ence of the Association of American
Universities which will be held at
Cornell University January 7. and 8,
1909.
SENT TO ATLANTA
Washington, D. C, Dec. 7 Wil
liam McQuire, Buffalo counterfeiter,
was locked up at the Blxth precinct
station last night for - safe-keeping,
while waiting for train connections to
carry him and officials to the Atlanta
penitentiary, where he will serve
three year term for flooding the city
of Buffalo with spurious money.
.McQuire is muklng the trip from
Buffalo to Atlanta In care of Marshal
Conklln, of Buffalo, who regards the
counterfeiter as one of the cleverest
criminals In the country.
"With the arrest aud convictions
of McQuire and two of his compan
ions," said Conklln, "the secret ser
vice has broken up the most danger
ous band of counterfeiters in the
United States. Their plant for mak
ing bad money was on a farm a mile
out of Buffalo, complete in every de
tail, and showed It had been estab
lished by brainy men, who knew what
they were doing. ,
'"McQulre'i companions pleaded
guilty when arrested and received a
sentence of one year, McQuire, who
is one of the most stubfiorn prisoners
it hat been my experience to handle,
fought the case and got three years.
He says getting money from persona
and not working for It is an easy,
thing, and claims the world is full of
'easy marks.' "'.-..
COUNTERFEITER
BUSINESS
IN
NOW IN SESS
IN
Southern Commercial Con
gress Met This Morning
at Newpard Hotel
2,000 MEN PRESENT
Room is Appropriately Decorated and
in Ante-rooms Are! Maps, Pictures,
and Charts, Showing Resources of
South Program to be Carried Out
Entirely Thousands of pamphlets
Have Been Printed, Giving Infor
mation Itegaiiling the Commercial
Progress mid Position of (lie South.
Fifteen States Represented
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Dec, 7 When Secre
tary Straus, of the department "-of
commerce and laborcalled to. order
the first session of tho Southern Com
mercial Congress, in the New wi'i
lard this morning, there. began per
haps, the largest convent Ion ever held
In this country devoted to commer
cial publicity.
During the morning, afternoon, and
evening of yesterday delegates were
pouring In from the business organi
zations of the south. Fifteen states
are represented, with delegates, from
u 2 commercial bodies. II is esti
mated 2,000 men are 'present.
The meetings are being held lii
the .large ball-room- n the t.;wh 'floor
of -.'the - New Willard, the walls of
which have been- decorated with
American Mass. i
In thti large ante-jroom off the audi
torium, the comnilfte hits arranged
maps, pictures, anrUjeharts, showing
tho. tmntwtg TOVw .WiOttt ca-w -trf :
south, with proper explanations snow
lng just how detailed information
may be obtained about thfse resourc
es. The committee of arrangements
was assured yesterday, that the pros
rum would be carried out in its en
tirety and that every speaker and de
monstrator mentioned would be pres
ent, '.'''.' , "
At the end of the room is hung ti
large map, furnished hj- Gluorfl '.-Pin--chot,
displaying the forest areas of
the l 'ni Led Slates and presenting
graphically the argument of the
south irt favor of the passage of the
Appalachian bill, which cornea be
fore congress on Wednesday. ,
Other charts and maps portray the
improvements in Hie southern rural
mail service and the advantages of
Dixie land In coal, cotton, agricul
tural,'; stock-raising, water powers,
and-minerals.
Thousands of pamphlets have been
printed giving information regarding
the commercial progress and position
Of the south. Exhibit ' have also
been placed In the room by delega
tions from Savannah, Ga.; Nashville,
Tenn.; Augusta, Ga.; Jacksonville,
Fla., and Montgomery, Ala.
Every effort has been made to keep
politics out of the deliberations of the
congress, which is to be a conference
of business men.
The principal object of the congress
Is to establish a "communlty-of-In-terest"
system In developing south
ern resources and organizing south
ern men. Every state south of Mason
und Dixon's line Is represented. ;
Large delegations from Albany,
Savannah, Atlanta. Columbus, Augus
ta, Macon, Ga.: Chattanooga, Nasi
vllle, Tenii.; Montgomery, Ala.; New
Orleans, and Jacksonville, arrived
here yesterday.
Among the arrivals are Governor
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who has
taken a suite of rooms, to be used
as Georgia headquarters, and at
which open-house will be kept; John
M. Parker, of Louisiana, the promi
nent cotton man, who entertained
President Roosevelt on his Louklana
bear hunts; J. M. Smith, of St.
Louis, and Judge George Hlllyer, of
Atlanta. In all, representatives from
62 commercial bodies In 16 southern
states have arrived, and others will
arrive today.
The committee of arrangements,
composed of G. Grosvenor Dawe, of
Montgomery; John A. Beltman, of
Albany; John A. Patten, of Chatta
nooga! W.O. Cooper, of Atlanta; E.
L, Quarlea, of Petersburg; H. H.
Richardson, of Jacksonville; E. S.
Shannon, of Nashville, and J. E.
Smith, of St. Louis, met yesterday
afternoon and elected E. Shannon, of
Nashville, sergcant-at-arms; E. S.
Johnson, of Augusta, assistant ser-
geant-at-arms; John A. Beltman, ot
Albany, floor secretary, and E. 8.
Quarles, assistant floor secretary, and
H. H. Richardson, assistant secretary.
IS
The Second Session of the
6oth. Congress Convened
at Noon Today
GETTING IN SHAPE
' '. '..'!.
Congressmen Have Been Arriving in
Washington for the Last Two '
CONGRESS
NO
SESSION
Weeks and .Many More Reached i assembly adjourned till 10 o'clock
Washington This .Morning Notn-l this morning, further than that the
ing But Routine Business Trans- big minors would stand together , for
acted Today The President's Me. J their conieiiions. ' These, among other
sage Will he Submitted Tomorrow. I "minor -remonstrances are:
Extra Session Will Meet March 1.1. j Higher "classification than the
; ''-' ' -..-";'' j southern. and western leagues; repre-
(By Leased Wire to The Times) j senratlon. on the national conimis
Washlngion. Dec. 7 The second i sion : more power on the board ot
session of the sixtieth congress con
vened at noon today and will end
March 4. This will be followed by an
extra session io no. caiien lor Aiaivn
lfi by 'the .'incoming president.- ',
Congressmen have been arriving
in' Washington'- during the last two
weeks, and many of them reached the
capital litis morning.
: Today's session will bring forth
nothing of especial interest..
The actual business in tne senate
and house-- of- -.representatives-' will be
the calling of the roll and the trans
action of routine., business. A. com
mittee will be appointed, to call on
tho president and. notify -riim .that
congress has assembled and is ready
to'-receive any communication he may
wish o send. Two new members will
be sworn in in ihe senate. They are
Cummins, of Iowa, and Page, of Ver-
mom. The senate will then adjourn
out of respect to the late Senator Al-1
lison. ' .1
Seven new members of the house. I
be sworn in.
The president's message will be
sent to congress Tuesday a. id will
be read in both houses on that day., j
While congress is not expected to
enact, much legislation of a general
character at the coming session, po
litical observers look to a lively win-
ter. - - ' -. '.
On March 4 a new federal ' '-admin-J
istrat.ion will succeed the old, and
whether they are right ahout.it..' or
not, party leaders are expecting a
good litany .changes in federal oflices
under I resident latt. ; .convention of the Red Cross Society.
I-'or this reason the republican attend an dinner of the Gridiron
leaders want to he near Iieacuuar- Club and hold a lot of polit ical con
lers. Washington is not far from ferences.
Augusta. Ga., where Mr. Tail will jv in the course of his slay in Wiisli
feniain. wilh the exception of brief igion, Mr. Taft, for one thing, will
intervals, for most of the winlor sea- j see Speaker Cannon, and they will
stm- . iconic to an understanding regarding
As the leaders in the senate and , the programme of progressive legis
hoti.se p.ui lint' the legislative program j latlon.
there will be few Imporlanl enact
ments, aside from the appropriation
bills. ..:
Representative .Champ Clark, newly
elected leader of the house demo
crats, has announced that lew, If any,
changes tire likely lo occur (his win
ter in the-.fiommill.ee assignments, of
democratic, members.
BIG BASE BALI
(liy SAM CI1AXK)
New York, Dee. 7 -Baseball's last
merry-go-round of tho year begins
today In this city, and much news of
importance should result as the out
come of the many and dlversllle'il
meetings. The magnarcs of the Na
tional Legue are scheduled to have
a preliminary session this afternoon,
and will convene at the Waldorf-Astoria,
with President Harry Pulllam
as the one who has broien down the
, "dead line" again for the time being.
This will be a magnate's meeting, but
not a meeting of the magnates; that
Is, tho latter will not be able to get
Into the limelight to any large extent.
The board of directors of tho Nation
al League hud their little seance in
i Cincinnati last fall tlnd the little
seance made much baseball history
that was far-reaching und a whole
lot convincing to those who accepted
their decision on the disputed game.
And it can be said that the great ma
jority of fans outside of Manhattan
gulped the decision down and have
j forgotten It. We are trying to do tho
; same thing here, so I will do little io
revive the horrid details. The ma
jority of fans and baseball supporters
the country over have accepted the
decision as just and fair. New York
MEETING TODAY
bows to the majority as It has for
years past, and will for year3 to come.
New York and the New York ctub are
"In had" with their fellow members.
The great, big, wide, yawning box
oflices at the Polo grounds are, how
ever, considered an asset of the Xa
j tioual League, and there will be little
! danger of the home club getting any
the 'worst of' the date plums when
they are dealt out.
The first of the big baseball meet
ings which will have a direct bearing
j on the future peace of the great sum
mer sport was Inaugurate yesterday
afternoon at the Hotel Virtoria Some
I score of magnates from the Eastern
I League and American Association got
I together for the long-heralded confab
! which the "radicals" persistently in
sinuated might change the entire
complexion of baseball law and or
i Uer.
Utile transpired at the Sabbath
rally Nothing officially was given
out when, after a couple of hours t:ie
arbitration or -t tie.-. .National associa
tion of professional' minor league
baseball clubs and equal drafting
privileges with the two major leagues
on (lle present class A organizations.
.: . '-..'."'''- ''-.'
THE TAFTS LEAVE
IA
otH Springs, Va.,-Djc. 7 Mr. and
Mrs. . Taft left Hot Springs at S:45
o'clock last night. The president
elect, will go through to New York,
arriving there at 1 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon. Mrs. Taft will slop at
Washington. Sir. Taft. nnon his ar-
,.ivnl )n XeW y0rk will go to the home
of hia brothel., Henry W. Taft. He
does hot 'expect' to. have-any political
conferences there. ,.;,'
of honor at tho North Carolina So-,
clety dinner at the Hotel Astor. With
the. exception of a little dinner at
Cincinnati this wil' he the first pub
lic, least that the-.president-elect--has'
attended since he was elected. Hi
will speak on the development of the
south.
Mr, Taft will leave New York for
Washington Tuesday morning.' He
will be in Washington the rest of the
week. While there he will preside at
the Conservation Conference of Gov-
ornors, deliver a speech at th'u annual
The president-elect' and Mrs. Taft
Will go lo New York probably on
Saturday and remain t here for four
or five days, guests at the house -of
Henry W. Taft. On his second visit
to New York Mr. Taft will speak be
foe tile Civic Federal ion and the
Ohio Society. V Mrs. Taft will also
speak before the Civic Federation.
LL
If
( By Leased Wire lo The Times)
Washington.'. Dec. 7 The newly seed
ed area of winter wheat is fstlmated
at .Vll per i cnt. lex-: i ban the revised
estimated aten shown in the fall of
1907,. equivalent I" a decrease of 1.7(12,
Ii0 acres, nnd Indicating a total of 2s,
SS4.au acres. .The. condition of winter
wheal on December I was as com
pared with SH I on December I, . 1!i7;'
94.1 on December .1, 1'JHi, ami lil year
average -of 92.2. .'.
The newly seeded h tea of lye is
estimated as bcliig -4.il per Cent, less
than the an a In Ihe fall of ):ia7 equiva
lent to a decrease of sn.Oao acres, and
indicating n total of UKH.OGO acres.
The condition of rye on December 1
was S7.fi. as compared with 91.4 on
December 1. lim.7; 9ii .2 on December 1,
l'.infi, and a ten year average of 9.".0.
I'OI NI) DKAD.
A Negro Killed by Train Near Mnr-
. .' ray. ; -
John' Black, a negro, was found dead
on the Eastern Carolina Raillroad
tracks' near Murray Saturday night.
It Is learned from passengers on the
Norfolk and Southern train from
Washington this morning that he had
been drinking and had probably gone
to sleep, on the tracks. His body was
cut In two,
VIRGIN
RESORT
M
ACREAGE
WINTER WHEAT
EXIT JOHNSON,
ENTER BREWER
W.C. Brewer Elected Chairman
Board of County
C9 ministers
CHOSEN AT A CAUCUS
New Board Re-organizes and Electa
W. C. Brewer to Succeed D, T.
Johnson as Chairman Jolinson
Reads Written Statement Defend
ing Himself and His Career as
Chairman For the Past Two Years.
Bart M. Gatllng t'nanliiiously Re
elected County Attorney Other
Routine Business Before the Board.
, At the reorganization of the Board
of County Commissioners at noon to
day, Mr, W. C. Brewer, of Wake For
est; was elected chairman to succeed
.Mr. I). T. Johnson.
The : commissioners met at 12
o'clock and after transacting all un
finished business, were sworn in by
Clerk of the Court W. M. Russ, Mr.
Johnson, the chairman of the old
board, announced that the first busi
ness of the new board would be to
elect a chairman. Mr. D. B. Harrison
nominated Mr. W, C. Brewer. The
chairman called for other nomina
tions, but none were forthcoming.
Realizing that he was slated for de
feat," M. Johnson arose and Stated
that as It was a delicate matter for
a man to defend himself,, he wished
to submit a written statement defend
ing himself and his career as chair
man of the old board. Mr. Johnson's
statement was as follows:
Raleigh, N, C, Dec. 7, 1908.
Gentlemen of the board: Before
you cast your votes for chairman, I
purmrc iff hot a twtt tvo-. uh J7t;nfcinill m
. . . . . j
myself. 1 am aware of the fact that
a majority of this board have recent
ly held a caucus in the office of the
attorney of the board and have
agreed to select another person chair
man as my successor. This course,
if carried out, will be so unjust and
humiliating to me, I would be untrue
to you, the. people who elected me,
my personal"! friends and myself,
should I fail to make known to you
and the public my feelings in this
matter.
Having for the past two years
served this board as chairman, dur
ing which time I attempted to dis
charge my duties in accordance with
law and the dictates of my conscience,
with a due regard for the rights or
th citizens of my county, which, I
believe, were for the most part sat
isfactory, because you and many of
riiiy friends solicited and encouraged
me to become a candidate for re-nomination
and election, which I and my
: friends understood would result In
my being' re-elected chairman of tills
board. This position.. I claim, I am
entitled to, not only for this reason,
but because, having received the
'largest number of votes in the pri
mary cast for any member of this
board, I claim the prestage which
such vote entities me to; and, because
precedent established for several
years by former boards In selecting
the chairman from the city of Ral
eigh, who is al all times accessible
to county officers and citizens from
various sections of the county, en
titles me to said position; and be
cause a failure to re-elect tne chair
man Is equivalent lo a repudiation on
your part of my former course, which
I deny you have a right to do. In
view of the approval of my record by
the people, as expressed at the ballot
box and on account of each of you
having received the benefit of my
personal Influence in aid of your nom
inations and election, and for the fur
ther reason, such course, on your
pa.'t, will, in. my opinion, tend to
create and encourage rather than les
sen the already too much dissension
in our party in thin county.
I do not claim to be infallible, but.
I do think I am entitled to be con
sidered sincere and honest In my con
victions and conduct, and for this
reason alone, merit, in my opinion,
re-election. With the foregoing
statement I respectfully ask to be ex
cused from voting In the selection of
a chairman.
Respectfully.
D. T. JOHNSON.
There being no reply to Mr. John
son's statement, the hat waa passed
by the clerk, Maj. J. J. Bernard, and
the ballots collected. The result of
the election was: Brewer, three
votes; Harrison, one, Mr. Johnson
not voting,
After proclaiming Mr. Brewer
elected chairman Mr. Johnson arose
and expressed himself at hoping that
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