The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-12
Chairman Democratic Com
mittee Says He'll Stick.
-*'KNOCKED" By HEARST
Declares Charges Of Gambling Ars
False and Were Made for Revenge
Because Indiana Democrats In
dorsed w. J. Bryan.

A special from Lick Springs, NO.,
says: Thomas Taggart Thursday gave
to the Associated Press a statement
in reply to the demand made by the
New York World that he resign tho
national chairma1ship Of the demo-
~cratic party:
'oThe World has allowed itself to
soe imposed upon by the false and
.scandalous publications OF a rival
newspaper, whose editor is my per-
.sonal enemy for reasons best knowa
TO himself.
There has been no raid nor at
tempted raid upon the French Lick
Springs hotel, nor has such a thing
been thought Of save by Mr.. Hearst
and his correspondents.
ga building owned by the French
Lick Springs company, wholly dis
connected from the hotel property,
was leased to a party to be used
for billiards and bowling alleys with
a strong clause against gambling in
the lease. After a time this tenant
permitted gambling. We brought suit
for the annullment Of the lease and
demanded judgment. He appealed the
case, and it is now pending trial in
the present term Of court.
'"rhe authorities have supplement-
ed our efforts to suppress gambling
by raiding the building, and that Is
all there is to the grossly sensational
publications in which The World has
placed credence. -
'The French Lick Hotel company
has not and will not tolerate gam
bling in any form on its premises.
This is attested by the court rec
.ords, which show our efforts to sup
press it, and it Is we'll known to
Mr.. Hearst, who, with such knowl-
edge, continues the publication on
his yindictive and ibelous falsehoods.
I regret that The World has seen
at to dignity these atrocious false
hoods by editorial mention.
b.. "The proposition that should re-
sign is preposterous. 1t deserves ana
OF
-" "T. TAGGART."
Intimate friends of Mr.. Taggart, who
are usually authorized to speak for
MIN, call attention to the fact that
on June 7th the Indiana democratic
convention, indorsed w. ]. Bryan for
the presidential nomination in 1898,
~and attacks on this action followed.
the action of the convention being at
tributed to Mr.. Taggart's influence.
Judge Thomas 3uskirk at PaoH
has grated q continuance Of the
French Lick and West Baden hotel
cases till July 13 on the promise
& in the meantime that no gambling
win be allowed at either place.
( Fifty additional affldavits were flied
BY the state Thursday against the
eleven attendants Of the Casino ar
rested when the raid was made. The
total number Of afidavits against them
& is now seventy-two.
John W. Kern, of counsel for the
hotel companies, during the argument
( in court, called attention to the dam
age that had been done to the two
properties, valued at S2.ooo,0oo bn
E account Of the publication Of the raids
rand insisted that the hotel companies
8had no control of the Casinos what
ever; that the Casinos had been leas-
ssed to third parties for term Of years
! and after the leases had been signed
the hotel companies had brought suit
& to cancel these leases upon finding
that gambling was being allowed IN
the Casinos, and that these suits are
now pending.