The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-06-07
THERE IS FRICTION.
Not Smooth Running in the Paris
Exposition.
The CHARGES AGAINST Mr.. PECK
Not Credited, but His Management
Has Caused Discomfort Among In
terested Americans.

Paris, by Cable-The republication
here Of articles which have appeared in
the American press directed against
Commissioner Peck's management and
charging the misuse of authority by
his staff has started a fund of gossip,
but has resulted in no tangible evil
dence that the charges are true While
some are at variance with Mr. Peck's
ideas, no one insinuates that he is in
volved in any act not in accordance
with absolute honesty or that he is ac-
tuated by any but the best motives in
directing the work of the American
commission. He asserts emphatically
that no space has been sold by en-
ployes and expresses willingness that
the fullest investigation be made. That
there is considerable friction and dis
content among those connected with
the commission and among some of the
exhibitors is beyond doubt. and this is
one Of the causes for the national
commissioners organizing into body
on Thursday and offering their services
to Mr.. Peck in an effort to smooth out
the uneven places. The pay roll is be-
ing decreased each week as the various
experts and employees complete their
work, and their force will soon be much
smaller.
The exposition itself drags along to-
ward completion with many exhibits
still unfinished. The chief complaint Of
visitors is not Of lack of sufficient to
see, bue absence Of any form Of amuse-
ment except that Of viewing the exhib-
it's. There is no outside music or any
OF the other attractions which made
the Chicago worlds fair each night
scene of gaity and brilliancy.
After a most anxious time the cham
Der Of deputies and PremierWaldeck-
Rousseau have succeeded in navigating
the ministerial bark through the break-
ers thrown up by the interpretations Of
the Nationalists and dissident Repub-
licans into calmer waters Of domestic
legislation. The chamber finally seems
to have made up its mind that it has
wasted enough time on anti-govern-
mental interpretations which have mo-
nopolized almost every night OF the
session up to now, and has decided to
attend to its proper business Of legis-
lation. II, therefore, shelved the in
terpellation respecting the resignation
Of Gen. de Gallifet by majority Of
over $50 votes.
Gen. de Galifet is the seventh war
minister who has left his post on ac-
count Of the Dreyfus affair.
The Vendome celebration on Monday
next promises to take the form OF an
interesting Franco-American demon
stration. United States Ambassador
Porter will leave Sunday to take part
in the ceremony attending the unveil-
ing Of the monument to Count de
Rochambeau, towards the erection Of
which the members Of the Ambassy
and many other Americans have sub
scribed. An official character is given
to the event by the decision Of the cab
met to send representatives Of the min
istries of war and navy.
The legal separation Of the lnfanta
Eulaila and her husband. Don Antonio
Of Orleans, was signed before the
Spanish consul general in Paris on
Thursday. The Infanta Eulaila will go
to live with her mother, ex-Queen lsa-
| bella.