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THE &ANDER8VILLE HERALD.
BRYAN IS WILLING | FINLEY FILED ANSWER
g u t Will Make No Effort to
Secure Nomination.
LEAVES it to democracy
First
Direct Statement Made by Ne
braskan Regarding Hi3 Position as
Candidate for tho Nomination
For the Presidency.
A Lincoln, Neb., special says: WL1-
Mam J. Bryan will accept the demo
cratic nomination for president in
j, hut he will neither ask for not
Bitiko a fight for it. He says that for
4 year or more he has been pressed to
answer the question, “Will you accept
(ha nomination?'’ and he believes the
public is entitled to an answer and to
know the position he occupies. Tho
question that ought to weigh most, he
eays. Is whether his nomination will
strengthen the democratic party more
than the nomination of some one else.
Not only will he not seek or ask for
the nomination, hut he will not assume
to decide the question of uvailability,
and If the prize falls to another he
w lll neither he disappointed nor dis
gruntled. At the same time, he denies
that he has waited this long in a desire
to see whom the republicans are like
ly to nominate, or to ascertain the
chances of victory. Mr. Bryan says:
Now that the election of 1907 Is past
mnl plans are being made for next
year's campaign, Mr. Bryan feels that
abatement, is due to the public. Those
who prefer another candidate are enti
tled to know his position, and those
who favor his nomination have a right
to demand an answer to the question
bo often put, will you accept a nomi
nation? His refusal to answer the ques
tion has led to the circulation of many
false rumors and unfriendly newspa
pers have taken advantage of his si
lence to misrepresent his attitude.
Mr. Bryan will not ask for or seek a
nomination, and he will not assume to
deoide the question of his availability.
He lias been so amply recompensed by
his party for what lie lias done and for
what he lias endeavored to do that he
cannot claim a nomination as a re
ward; neither should'his ambition bo
considered, for he has had honors
enough from his party to satisfy any
reasonable ambition. Tho only ques
tion that ought to weigh v. ith the party
is whether tho party can be strength
ened and aided more by his nomination
than by the nomination of some one
else, if he can serve the party by
being the candidate, he will accept the
commission and make, the best light
he can. if, however, the choice falls
on another, he will not be disappoint
ed or disgruntled. His availability is
a question to lie decided, not by him,
not by a few leaders, not even by the
leading newspapers that call them
selves democrats, but by the voters of
♦he party, and to them he entrusts
the decision of the question. They
art) the supreme court in all matters
concerning candidates, as they are in
all matters concerning the platform.
He assumes that they wlll not so-
lect him unless they desire to make
an aggressive fight for the application
of democratic principles to present con
ditions, and he also takes it for grant-
e( i that the organization of the party
lie in harmony with the platform
*nd will bo composed of men whose
political record will invite confidence,
a, >d give assurance that a victory, if
*011, will not be a barren victory.
The republicans must nominate
either a reformer, a stand-patter or one
*hose position on public questions is
Unknown, but the course of the dem
'Ocratic party should be tlie same, no
■matter which element controls the re
publican convention. The democratic
® ar *y must make its fight for what it
believes. While it may take ad van*
of republican mistakes, it must
depend upon its merits for success, and
'h'on the error of its opponents.
But Hanson Balked at Order of Rail
road Commission Anent Ownership
of the Central Railway.
President W. W. Finley of tho
Southern railroad, has written a five-
page typewritten letter to the railroad
Domtnission of Georgia, in response tc
a request sent out by that body inquir
ing -into the ownership of the Cen
tral of Georgia railroad, alleged to have
been recently sold by the Sotuhern and
now in the possession of E. H, Harri-
man.
What this letter contains, the com
mission declines to give out. Although
the letter wa3 received in the office
of the commission on the 9th of the
month, it has not been read by tho
commission, and both Chairman Me-
iAmdon and Vice Chairman Hillyer
stated that It is a matter to be dis-
j cussed by the entire commission, and
I decliued to take it up and give it out
before the entire board meets.
At the same time President J. F.
| Hanson of the Central of Georgia was
i requested to write the commission
what he knew of the sale of this road,
and in both instances it was requested
i that the replies be in the office of the
commission “on or before November
15th.”
The answer from the president of the
Southern was received before the time
limit, but Friday night it was stated
that no reply had been received from
President Hanson of the Central.
Inasmuch as the letter requesting
this information was accompanied by
an "order’’ issued by the commission,
considerable surmise is resulting ns
to what action the commission will
take In regard to tills seeming ignor
ing of a request from the commis
sion.
it is not believed that the long let
ter from the Southern will prove very
enlightoneng in regard to the present
ownership of the road in question.
VETS HOLD REUNION
RUMORS MOST ABSURD.
Uncle Sam Alleged to Be Filling War
Chest With Gold.
A Paris special says: Distorted ru
mors concerning the character of the
negotiations conducted by J. Piorpont
Morgan & Co. with the bank of France,
with the view to obtain between $20,-
000,000 and $40,000,000 in gold for
direct shipment to New York, which,
after having been in progress since
last week, were definitely broken off
Friday, have leaked out and the news
papers are printing the most ridiculous
reports on tho subject.
One of the news agencies tries to
make it appear that the United States
government was seeking gold for the
purpose of filling its war chest in an
ticipation of hostilities with Japan.
This agency announced that a United
States government short term loan was
imminent and that Japan had pro
vided against its admission to the
Paris bourse, believing "that the al
leged dearth of gold in the United
States is a bluff and that the crisis
was deliberately premeditated in order
to permit America to build up its war
treasury.’’
“NO SEAT, NO FARE”
Is Decision Rendered Georgia Court
of Appeals.
“No seat, no fare,” is the argument
used by Judge Richard B. Russell of
the Georgia state court of appeals, in
a decision written out by him in the
case of Lyndon vs. the Georgia Street
Railway company. Judge Russell de
clared that a common carrier does
not fully comply with its legal obliga
tions until it furnishes every passenger
taken aboard with a seat.
WAGES CUT TEN PER CENT
CALEB POWERS FACES JURY.
Fourth Time He Answers to Com-
licity in Goebel’s Murder.
or tiio fourth time Caleb Powers
ltl trial at Georgetown, Scott court-
Kentucky, for alleged complicity
Ue assassination of Senator Goebel,
locratic aspirant for the governor-
* of Kentucky in 1900. Goebel was
1 January 30, 1900, dying February
1200, from tho wounds,
bo fatal bullet is alleged to have
10 from the office of Caleb Powers,
1 was then secretary of stato.
Report That Telegraph Companies
Have Taken Such Action.
Announcement was made in Mont
gomery, Ala., Friday night that both
the Postal and Western Union tele
graph companies have Instituted a cut
of ten per cent in wages of all em
ployees effective November 15th. Thu
claim is advanced that both companies
have acted in concert in all offices
throughout the country in taking this
action.
T0 boost RIVER WORK.
en nesse<i Improvement Association
Th ° Ci3 Convent ' on In Knoxville.
, lQ , 8 e,e vertth annual convention of
, J( ". r '‘ nu essee River Improvement As-
,,'? Uon assembled in Knoxville Wed-
rnornll) B-
I tin ■' * a t es w ere present from many
[ V( , an( * towns along the Tennessee
r and Hg tributaries. Judge Thou,
'’ulhac of Sheffield, jpMidsd,
TWENTY HURT IN EXPLOSION.
Dwelling House Torn to Pieces by
Force of Natural Gas.
About twenty-five persons were in
jured Friday, two fatally, and dwell
ing house was torn to pieces when an
explosion of natural gas occurred iri
a house located at No. 103 Elm street,
Pittsburg, Pa. In the fire which fol
lowed two firemen were severely
burned.
Georgia Division in Annual
Meeting at Augusta,
GIVEN ROYAL WELCOME
Grizzled Heroes of the Gray Listen te
Eulogistic Addresses and Are
Wrought Up to High Pitch
of Enthusiasm.
TEN DOLLARS A SHARE
Is Quarterly Dividend Ordered by the
Standard Oil Company.
The directors of the Standard Oil
company, at a meeting in New York
Friday declared a quarterly dividend
of $10 per share on the capital stock.
This is the same amount that was de
clared in the corresponding quarter
last year. The dividend is payable on
November 26th.
ALABAMAGRAYVFTERANS
Gather In Force at Montgomery for
Eleventh Annual Reunion—Great
Enthusiasm Prevailed.
The annual reunion of the Georgia
division of the United Confederate
Veterans began Tuesday morning In
Augusta. It is estimated that a thou
sand veterans of the lost cause were
gathered in the city, which extended
to them a royal welcome. Tho first
session was held in tho Richmond
county court house.
The convention was called to order
at 10 o’clock by General West. After
routine business, Major William M.
Dunbar Introduced Judge Henry C.
Hammond, who made an eloquent ad
dress of welcome on behalf of ‘.he Con
federate Veterans and the Sons and
Daughters of the Confederacy resident
at Augusta.
lie was followed by Governor Hoke
Smith. The response to the address
of welcome was made by General A.
J. West.
Amoug the elections for suborgan
izations held during the day were the
following: J. Gideon Morris of Mari
etta was elected to the command of
tho North Georgia Brigade for the com
ing year.
W. W. Hurlburt was elected to the
command of the west Georgia division
for the coining year.
Brigadier General McIntyre of Sa
vannah was elected brigade comman
der of the south Georgia division. Tho
oast Georgia brigade postponed itB
election until Wednesday.
At tho business session the following
resolutions on pensions wero unani
mously adopted after the regular rules
had been suspended:
"Whereas, the general assembly of
the stato of Georgia passed an act
to provide how and In what way pen
sions due to the confederate soldiers
by the state under existing laws shall
be paid and for other purposes, ap
proved August 22, 1907, copy hereto
attached, and
"Whereas, said act provided for the
payment of pensions quarterly com
mencing on tho first day of March,
1908, and,
"Whereas, said act will cause great
inconvenience and expense to hun
dreds of confederate veterans and
widows and much unnecessary labor
and timo upon the several ordinaries
of the state, therefore be it
"Resolved, by the United Confeder
ate Veterans assembled, That the gen
eral assembly be and is hereby earn
estly requested to repeal said act at
the next, session in June, 1908."
A smoker Friday night at the Com
mercial Club was enjoyed by hundreds
of the old veterans.
The palatial rooms of the club were
ttirown open to tho visitors, and for
two hours they enjoyed the best and
widest hospitality that Augusta can
ufford.
Governor Smith addressed the boys
In gray and was cheered to the echo.
Governor Ansel of South Carolina,
with members of his staff, had Just ar
rived in the city, and, after a short
time spent in the Albion hotel, was
escorted by the chairman of the recep
tion committee to the Commercial Club.
There he met Governor Smith, and,
surrounded by t’10 brave wearers of
the gray, spent two pleasant hours in
informal conversation reminiscent, of
the days of the sixties.
Tho First Artillery band, from
Charleston, was present, and rendered
several concert selections, while the
veterans threw formality to the winds
and enjoyed themselves to the utmost
The Georgia division, United Sons
of Confederate Veterans, met in an
nual session Tuesday afternoon at the
county courthouse.
In answer to one of the numerous
protests that have been received at
tho white house against the new gold
coin which has been coined without
tho words, "in God We Trust,” Presi
dent Roosevelt lm3 written a letter,
which he made public Wednesday. Tho
letter says, in part:
"When the question of the new coin
age came up, we looked into the law
and found that there was no warrant
therein for putting 'In God We Trust’
on the coins. As tho custom, although
without legal warrant, had grown up,
however, I might have felt at liberty to
keep the Inscription had i approved of
its being on the coinage, but as I did
not approve of it I did not direct that
it should again be put on. Of course
the matter of the law is entirely in tho
hands of congress and any direction of
congress in the matter will be imme
diately obeyed. At present, as I have
said, there is no warrant in law for the
inscription.
"My own feeling in the mntter is due
to my very firm conviction that to
put such a motto on coins, or to use it
in nny kindred manner, not only does
no good, but does positive harm, and
is in effect irreverence, which comes
dangerously near to sacrilege.
"As regards its use on the coinage,
wo have actual experience by which
to go. In all my life I have never
heard any human being speak rever
ently of this motto on the coins of
show nny signs of its having appealed
to any high emotion In him, but I have
literally hundreds of times heard it
used as an occasion of, und incitement
to, the sneering ridicule which it i3
above all things undesirable that so
exalted a phrase should excite.”
“I AM GOING TO HELL”
Was Information Left in Note by Sui
ciding Dental Student.
"I am going to hell. Going, went,
gone. T. N. Palmer.” This kt the
postscript which concludes a letter left
upon the table in his room by T. N.
Palmer, a dental student, who ended
his life at a lodging house in Atlanta
by sending a ball from a 38-callber
pistol into his brain.
The suicidal act of Palmer was done
In a fit of despondency which came
at the end of a protracted spree.
TEACHER IS ASSAULTED.
Irate Parent Resented Whipping of His
Boy In School.
Because Professor James, principal
of the high school at West Palm Beach,
had punished his boy in school, J.
O’Sullivan, a painter, assaulted him
as ho was leaving the school building,
shoved him back inte the office and
Locked the door, struck James under
the right eye and near the temple
with a knife, Inflicting deep but not
neaessarlly dangerous sounds.
Searching for Parasite s to Fight Fruit Pests.
By H. A. Crafts.
CAUSE OF IRREVERENCE.
Roosevelt Tells Why "In God We
Trust” is Barred from Coins.
Alabama confederate soldiers began
their annual reunion in Montgomery
Wednesday morning. Welcome ad
dresses included a cordial one by
Governor Comer, who said that the
object of the state was to give at
tention to the heroes who had served
so long, besides so well.
A tribute to the dead soldiers wa3
paid by General George P. Harrison,
who made a strong appeal to the living
to look after those who need their at
tention. C. A. Lanier, of the local com
mittee, welcomed the visitors in behalf
of the city and the veterans. Speeches
were made by a number of leading vet
erans and sous.
A special feature of tho day was the
presentation of a handsome picture of
General John B. Gordon to the state.
Mrs. Pickett, wife of General Pickett,
who made the raid at Gettysburg,
spoke Wednesday night at the theater,
after which there was a reception at
the city hall. All soldiers who were
unable to pay their own way were en
tertained free. The city was elabo
rately decorated.
The features of the meeting of the
Sons of Veterans was the report of
Clarence J. Owens, commander of the
Alabama and Tennessee departments,
and an address by John W. Apperson
of Momphis, commander-In-chlef.
All of the officers of the veterans,
Including the brigadier commanders,
were re-elected.
NO GRAFT FOR LAWYERS.
MISS WHEELER BRINGS SUIT.
Against McLeon Arms Company for
Services Rendered by Father.
A suit was filed in common -pleas
court at Cleveland, Ohio, Friday by
Miss Lucy Wheeler of Wheeler, Ala.,
daughter of the late General Joseph
Wheeler, against the McLeon Arms and
Ammunition Company for $115,625, said
to be due her father's estate for five
and a half years’ services rendered by
General Wheeler as president of the
company. Miss Wheeler is adminis
tratrix of the estate.
BUSINESS MEN APPEAL
To Alabama Legislature to Refrain
from Passing Drastic Laws.
At a mass meeting of business men
called from all parts of the state at
Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday night the
legislature was urged to desist from
further attempt to pass laws that may
disturb business interests of the state,
having special relation to the propos
ed railroad acts.
Attorney Could Not Collect Fee for
Securing Carnegie Hero Medal.
The first attempt of a lawyer to col
lect for services In connection with
the av/ard of a Carnegie hero medal
was overthrown at Belleville, 111., on
Wednesday when a jury found a ver
dict for Theodore Boettcher, a hero
miner who was sued for $250 by At
torney Thomas Mould on the ground
that Mould setured for him a medal
and $850.
A most unique calling is that of
George Compere, chief field entomol
ogist for the department of horticul
ture, state of California, and also for
the department of agriculture of West
ern Australia. Ills work consists in
searching the world for beneficial in
sects or parasites, for the preservation
of the fruit industry of the two states
mentioned, from the ravages of in
sect fruit pests. The reason that he
is able to serve both governments at
once to their mutual satisfaction is
that the fruit pests of California and
Western Australia are Identical with
hut few exceptions. Two of these ex
ceptions are comprised in the codling
moth and the fruit fly; the first is
prevalent in California, but not in
Western Australia, and the reverse is
true of tlie second.
The prime object of three out of the
seven world tours made by Compere
was the finding of the parasite, or na
tural insect, enemy, of the fruit fly;
yet Compere did not forget the Inter
ests of his own state while making
these tours; among tho beneficial in
sects calculated to combat tlie fruit
pests of California obtained by him
during these travels was tho parasite
for tho codling moth, which ho found
on tho western coast of Spain, and
one for the purple scale, discovered in
the Interior of China.
Compere's methods are peculiar to
himself. When starting upon one of
these expeditions, he severs all social
ties, and remains in communication
only with the horticultural officials of
the two countries employing him. He
goes alone and unattended, and en
gages no helpers until ho arrives In a
field of Immediate search; then he
may hire a guide and perhaps an in
terpreter.
During his long sea voyages he is
immersed In ills collection,of books on
entomology, and studies them carefully
in their bearing upon his peculiar line
of investigation. But no sooner is a
landing made, although it may be only
for a few hours’ stop at some lonely
Island in tlie middle of the Pacific
ocean, than Compere Beizes his para
phernalia and hastens ashore to hunt
insects until the steamer shall pro
ceed.
His outfit on one of these expedi
tions is simplicity itself. It consists
of a large sheet of white cotton cloth,
a stick, an insect case, and a micro
scope. As soon as he espies a tree or
shrub that he thinks may he inhabited
by some important member of the in
sect family, lie proceeds to spread his
sheet underneath its boughs, and when
that is done he begins to bent the
branches with his stick. When he has
dislodgeu a great number of insects,
he falls upon his knees, with the
microscope to his eye, and makes a
careful scrutiny of the sheet. Should
he discover any interesting individual
he proceeds to capture it, and consign
it to his insect case.
One may ask why it becomes neces
sary to search in foreign lands for
these beneficial insects, and why they
may not be found within the borders
of the state of California in conjunc
tion with the injurious insects. This
is quite readily explained; California
is a new state, and her fruit industry
is of comparatively recent otigin and
of very rapid development. Neither
the injurious nor the beneficial insect
was in the state originally. 'The first
came in through negligence and lack
of foresight; the second can be brought
in only by great labor and research.
The early fruit growers were more in
fluenced by enthusiasm for the intro
duction of new and rare fruits' than
by wise caution in not importing at
the same time about all the fruit
trees in the known world. The pests
came in through infested trees, shrubs,
green and dried fruits, etc., because
in the early days no one thought of
horticultural inspection and quaran
tine such as California has since es
tablished; but the parasites did not
come with them; so the pests gained
a foothold, multiplied by the million,
and have been productive of infinite
evil.
Again, it may be asked why it is so
difficult to obtain these parasites ecen
in foreign lands, which are apparent
ly their natural home. This question
is also easily answered: In lands where
pest and parasite exist in conjunction,
there is eternal war between the two
species: one is on the offensive, the
other on the defensive, with the para
site always in the ascendency.
The pest gradually disappears under
the constant attacks of the parasites,
and as it disappears the parasite is de
prived of its natural food; for under
no conditions will it subsist upon a
vegetable diet; and then the parasite
disappears by reason of a food famine.
So Compere does not look for a para
site in any locality where the pest is
prevalent, for the very presence of the
pest is proof positive that the parasite
is not existent in that neighborhood,
but must be looked for in some place
where the pest is very scarce; and that
the pest or natural food of the para
site being scarce, of course that insect
is found in diminished numbers; con
sequently the search for it is made
much harder.
After the search has been made and
the insect found, comes the delicate
and difficult task of transporting a
colony to one or both of the two coun
tries in whose interest, the search has
been made. This requires patience,
perseverance and a considerable
amount of ingenuity and inventive
genius. You cannot pick up any kind
of an insect and put it in your pocket
and carry it home some 25,000 miles,
nor can you send it by mall or ex
press and stand any chance of its ar
riving at its point of destination alive
and tn good condition.
Take Compere's experience with the
parasite for the fruit fly! The discov
ery and final landing of this insect in
West Australia required three conse
cutive tours of the world, as I have
already stated,
There was one long and unsuccess
ful hunt in the Orient; then Compere
heard of the Insect having been in
Washington, D. C. To that city he
went, and learned that the creature
had been sent to the Smithsonian in
stitution in that city for identification
by Dr. H. Von Iboring, director of the
museum at Sno Paulo, Brazil, but had
been returned after identification. That
was a good enough clew for Compere,
so he hurried down to Bahia, and in
that neighborhood found the object
of his search, in the shape of a large
beetle.
There are two general classes of par
asites that are sought after to prey up
on the fruit pests—the Internal and tho
predaceous. The first is one that lays
its eggs in the grub of the injurious
Insect, and as the young hatch and de
velop they feed upon the surrounding
tissue, and (he pest is killed in em
bryo. The predaceoiiB parasite is one
that In its mature form pounces up
on tlie pest insect in whatever form
the latter may he found an devours
it.
Tho Brazilian beetle discovered by
Compere belongs to this last described
class and the naturalist decided to
herd a lot of them together, confine
them and then personally conduct
them all the way to Perth, West Aus
tralia, via London and Marseilles. He
had constructed a tin case containing
compartments and he divided his col
ony of beetles into sections, and put a
section into each compartment. Then
he secured passage on the first steam-
er out that was going his way; se
cured on board a corner in which to
keep his insects, and then provided
for feeding them on grubs on the voy
age. He secured an Ice box, charged
with ice, and filled it with fresh meat;
then he caught a lot of blow flies and
shut thenp up in a tin case by them
selves. Next he provided an open
case in which to place a piece of
meat for exposure to the blow flies,
and still another case in which to
place his maggots as fast as they de
veloped upon the meat.
The maggots were' used as food for
the beetles. But the latter proved to
he hungry fellows, and they devoured
between one hundred and two hundred
maggots per day, and Compere was
compelled to exert himself to secure
a sufficient, amount of food, and he
was constantly filled with nnxlety ns
he observed that the bugs were regu
lar cannibals, and just so soon as
grubs became short, turned upon one
another.
He kept them alive, however, until
.lie reached London, and In that city,
hiirng p. cab, he scoured the precincts
in search of suitable food for his hun
gry beetles. Happily he ran across a
firm In Gray’s Inn which made a busi
ness of supplying fishermen with halt,
and of them he bought two gallons
of maggots.
These lasted until he reached Port
Said, and in that vicinity he discov
ered that the very fruit fly which was
the natural food of the beetles was
prevalent in that region. Here he
secured sufficient food for his beetles
for the balance of the journey to West
Australia, where the insects were
landed allVe and In good condition,
the journey from Bahia to Fremantle
having occupied a period of 46 days.
But In West Australia a new and un
looked-for difficulty was encountered.
It was in the dormant period of the
fruit fly that the beetles arrived, and
therefore there was no food for them.
They were placed in cold storage In
the hope of keeping them silive until
the fruit season opened, but in this
the entomologists were disappointed,
and the next year Compere found it
necessary to make another trip to
Brazil after more beetles. This expedi
tion -was properly timed, another col
ony of bettles was secured and suc
cessfully transported to West Aus#
tralia, where the insect has since been
bred by the million and turned loose
upon the fruit fly.
The securing of tho purple scale
parasite in China and its transfer to
California were accompanied with al
most equal difficulties. This parasite,
unlike the fruit fly parasite, is a mi
nute wasp, so small as to be almost
invisible to the naked eye, and is one
of tlje internal species.
It was transferred in this fashion:
The California horticultural officers
at San Francisco secured from South
ern California a number of small lem
on trees heavily Infested with purple
scale, and these were potted, boxed
up, and dispatched to Compere in
China, as soon as he had found his
parasite.
As the little trees reached him he
unboxed them u C exposed them to
the parasite until they became thor
oughly infested with that insect. Then
he reboxed the trees and dispatched
them back to California.
The product of his first expedition
died in cold storage on the way over
from Hongkong, and this necessitated
making a second trip. This latter was
successful and the little wasps are
being reared in their new home in im
mense quantities and sent into the
scale-infested orchards of the south
ern parts of the state.—From the Sel
entitffc American
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