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The Lee County Journal.
M. E. TISON, Editor and Publisher.
VOL, VIII.
Former President Cleveland
Favors Judge Parker
AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
interviews Published in Two New
York Papers are the Subject of
Much Comment by Demo
. cratic Leaders.
The published interviews with for
mer President Cleseland, which ap
peared in two New York papers of
Wednesday morning, in which he vir
tually comes out for the nomination
of Judge Parker, proved the political
sensation of the day in Washington.
Most of the friends of Judge Parker
are of the opinion that this utterance
of Mr. Cleveland will prove of value
to his candidacy, partioularly in New
York and the east. They argue that
it not only finally disposes of the tali
that Cleveand is himself a candidae,
but that it also disposes of the charge
that Parker is. David B. Hill's man. Mr.
Claveland says: !
“The recent movement lopking fo a
eoncentration upon Mr. Parker’s candi
dacy afforded me the greatest possible
relief and satisfaction, not only so far
as my personal comfort i cencerned,
but as a democrat anxious fer my par
ty’s supremacy and delighted with tae
prospect of its return to sarity and
patriotic effort.
. “I do not see how any one profess
'ing to be a real, intelligent democrat
can hesitate to help Mr. Parker, if he
should be nominated, as a fit repre
sentative of safe and conmservative
democratic principles entitled to hear
ty and unreserved democratic support.
. “Some of us may have been of the
opinion that another nomination might
be more expedient. But that should
be a mere matter of opinion which
should pass ou tof sight immediately
if the choice of the convention should
fall upon Mr. Parker.
“Feeling assured, as I do, that a
nomination will be made representing
true democratic principles, I am only
.concerned ahkout the platform which
will be presented tc the people with
-our candidate.” .
. ‘lt should be remembered that the
“more unobjectionable the candidate
'we select, the more will our oppo
nents be driven to search for campaign
material in our platferm declaration.
. “I do not belleve that I can be mis
'taken in my conviction that in this
campaign, of all others, our platform
should be short and to the purpose.
“There have been campaigns in
which platform-makers have induged
in useless, foolish vagaries in safe'y.
“Thers may be such campaigns
again, but I know this is not one of
them.
“There are certain democratic doc
trines believed in by that comserva
‘tive element of the party which will
conirol at St. Louis.
“These doctrines ghould, in no event,
be evaded,
“Such of these as appear to furnish
LEESBURG, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1904,
at this time the most vital campaign
}issues should be given the- greatest
‘prominence and should be announced
lin such a way as to exclude all doubt
as to their meaning and all appear
ance of compromise.
“In other words, there are certain
lines of battle which promise, better
than others ,successful results.
~ “These lines having beem carefully
selected and plainly marked out,
should be followed persistently and
with faith and enthusiasm.
“I earnestly hope that our platform
will be short—so that the voters uf
the land will read.
“I hove that '~ this platform our
party will say precisely what it means
and thas every word it contalng will
bear its share of meaning in a declaras
tion of principles free from doubt, ova
sion or disingenuous compromise.”
Extradition Treaty With Cuba.
A Washington special says: Secre.
tary Hay and Senor Quesada, the Cu
ban minister, Wednesday signed a
treaty of extradition,
COWHERD SUCCEEDS GRIGGS.
Miaso'url Man Elected Chairman of
Democratio Congressional Committee.
Representative W. 8. Cowherd, of
Missouri, was elected chairman of the
democratic congressional committes
‘without opposition at a mesting in
Washington Thursday night.
' About thirty members of the con
gressional committee were present.
- The question of the election of a
secretary caused considerable discus
gion,
Representative Griggs, of Georgia,
the retirng chairman of the committes,
presided at the meeting,
SUICIDED ON THE MAINE.
Chief Engineer of Battleship Sends
Bullet Into His Brain, -
Lieutenant Commander Edgar Town
send Warburton, chief engineer of the
battleship Maine, now in Pensacols,
Fla., harbor, suicided in his cabin on
board the vessel Friday. A bullet
from a 88-calibre revolver was sent
crashing through his brain, and death
resulted within forty minutes after
ward. No cause is known for the ac:.
NEW YORK FOR PARKER.
Majority of Deiegates Favoring Judg»s
is Practically Conceded. ’
According to latest advices, eve:y
poll which has been made of the dels
gates who have been chosen and
those yet to be chosen to the New
York state convention shows that ap
proximately two-thirds—some polls
show an even larger number—will be
pronounced Parker men. This is prac
tically conceded on all sides.
JAP STUDENTS ARRIVE.
Fifteen Come Over to Work for Jap
anese Exhibitors at Fair.
Fifteen Japanese students from the
Tokio university, Japan, arrived in S:.
Louis Tuesday to work for the Jan
anese exhibitors during the world's
fair. The students, wearing their mor
tar-board caps, set up a wild cheer as
soon asg they left their train at the
union station whenever they saw their
native flag waving {n the crowd
BURTON GIVEN SENTENCE.
Kansag Senator Must Serve Six
Months in Jall and Pay Fine of
- $2,500 Was Edict of Court.
At St. Louis, Wednesday, United
Mates Senator Burton, of Kansas, was
sentenced to six months imprisonmeant
in the Iron counly jail and fined $2,500
for having been convicted of using his
influence before the postoffice depart
ment in behalf of the Rialto Grain
and Securities Company, of St. Louis.
and having received payment from tha
company for his services. In passing
sentence Judge Adams said:
“After a fair and impartial trial by
a jury of exceptional intelligence, you
have been found guilty of the offense
charged in the indictment agalnst you.
“A motion for a new tr.al in your
behalf has afforded me an opportunicy
to carefully review and consider the
evidence. As a result of this, 1 am
satisfied that the jury roached %h? 3
just and true result. The evidenco
abundantly warranted their verdict,
and I find nv reason, either in the law
governing the case or in the proceed
ings attending the trial, for disturd
ing it. ; b
“Your conviction necessarily results
in your punishment. Its importancs,
in my opinion, is not confined to its
effects upon you.
“Your exalted station in life, and the
character of your offending give unus
ual gignificance to your conviction. It
demonstrates that the law of the land
is equal to any emergency and that it
can be administered regardless of the
personality and station of the atcused,
It also demonstrates to all the peopi2
that public officé cannot be prostituted
to self-serving purposes and that pub
lic office is not a sure and safe sup+
port to private thrift, :
“The humiliation attending your con
vietion and the statutory disqualifica
tions resulting therefor, which forever
ineapacitate you from holdifg any of
fice of honor, trust or profit under the
government of the United States, are
in themselves heavy punishment fur
your offenges, and leave but little in
the way of severity which could be
added.
“It is neither my pleasure nor pur
pose to impose any unnecessary pun
ishment.
“I think the majesty of the law wiil
be sufficiently vindicated and the pub
lic welfare sufficiently safeguarded by
imposing a single sentence, warranted
as it is on any one of the six counts,
indictments, of which you were con
victed.
“This sentence will be that you ho
confined in the Iron county jail for a
period of six months, and that you pay
a fine of $2,500.”
The case will now be appealed to
the United States district court of ap
peals, the highest tribunal in the mat
ter.
Senator Burtog, who is senior sena:
tor from Kansas, was convicted after
an exhaustive trial, in which varions
letters from him to the Rialto Grain
and Securtties Company, the checks
which he received in payment for his
services ig behalf of the concern be
fore the postoffice and the testimony
of numerous agents of the government
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY AT ONE DOLLAR-A YEAR.
were introduced. Senator Burton's de
fense was that he was acting mareiy
in the capacity of an attorney and d!d
not employ bis senatorial inflaence in
the work. :
A POINTER FOR CARNEGIE.
Fearing to Die Rich, Miser Gives Away
Property to Deserving Poor.
Clark Ridley, of Newmarket, Mass.,
having reached the age of 85, has de
cided that it is a disgrace to die rich
and announces that he will at oncs
give all his property to deserving per
sons of his own selection. Already he
has disposed of three houses and lo‘s
and says he has several left, together
with other property valued at $15,000.
Ridley has been known for many
Years as a miser. “The rich men give
property to some institution,” he said.
“That is not really a deed of charity.
If a man has got something to giva
away he should give it to somebody
that will appreciate it and do themn
some good.” ;
TRIAL OF EX-POSTAL OFFICIALS
Fixed for May 2, in the Criminal Court
; at Washington,
Justice Pritchard, of t™he criminal
court in Washington, has fixed May 2
as the dute for the trial for Former
Assistant Attorney -General N. Tyner
and Former Law Clerk Harrison J.
‘Barrett, of the postoffice department,
for conspiracy to defraud the govern
‘ment. - b 2
- The case grew out of the postal in
vestigation Tyner was once postmas
ter general,
WORLD’S FAIR TOPICS,
The midway part of the World’s Fair
is to be called “The Pike.”
The band of the Republican Guard
of France will be sent to the St. Louis
Exposition, _
An additional sum of $350,000 for the
British exhibit at St. Louis has been
voted by Parliament,
A stuffed python, twenty-seven feet
nine inches long, will be exhibited in
the Philippine reservation.
The World’s TFair grounds at St.
Louis cover an area of 1240 acres. Six
miles of fence were required to inclose
it.
An interesting display of shelifish
will be exhibited. The fish will be
shown living in their respective nat
ural conditions.
The Board of Lady Managers has
approved the project to have a Wom
an’s Hall of Fame in the Woman’s
Building at the World’s Fair.
President Roosevelt will be honorary
president of the Olympian games
which are to be held at St. Louis in
conjunction with the World’s Fair
meet this year. )
Louisiana Day at the World’s Fair
will be Beptember 14. The assignment
was made by the Committee on Cere
monies at the request of the Governor
and World’s Fair Commissioners of
that State,
William H. Rau, the well-known pho
tographer, of Philadelphia, Pa., has
been appointed general manager of the
Photographic Company of the St. Louis
Exposition, which will have charge of
all photographs taken on the.grounds
there,
An autograph letter from Thomas
Jefferson, written 100 years ago to the
Indians of the Louisiana Purchase, has
recently been unearthed from the ar
chives of the Sac and Fox Indians at
Oklahoma. The letter will be a feat
ure of the Oklahoma historic exhibit, |
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