The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-25
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.

headquarters In Chicago. Mr.. Kern
will speak in Birmingham, Ala, Oc-
tOber 2; Macon, Ca, October 3; Ashe-
vile, N c., October s; Greensboro,
N. G., October z; Winston-Salem, N.
g., October r; Roanoke, Va October
2; Fincastle, Va, October 8; Hunt
ington, w. Va, and other points to be
named later.
Mrs. Carrie Nation called on Judge
Taft at his Cincinnati home recently
for the purpose of discussing the H.
quor problem with him. Judge Taft
received her, but refused to enter into
the discussion.
Judge Taft Is reported as approving
the plank In the Kansas republican
platform which proposes state insur-
ance Of bank deposits
The political strife which for many
months has split the republican party
In New Hampshire into three factions,
came to an end when Henry Quinby
or Laconia was nominated for govern
or by the republican state convention
In session in Concord. Two ballots
were necessary for choice, and on
the decisive one Quinby had margin
OF only five votes.
A serious split developed in the in
dependence party OF Georgia when
Chairman Suttler Of the state execu-
tive committee announced that no
electorak ticket would be put in the
field At the same time, National
Committeeman Clapp of the party
filed with, the secretary of state COM
plete list Of state electors.
Mr.. E. H. Hartman, the railroad
magnate back from an extended trip
through the west, is quoted as saying
that he found all through that part
OF the country feeling of indiffer-
ence as to the presidential campaign
Mr.. Louis Stuyvesant Chanler, dem
ocratic nominee for governor of New
York, Is now lieutenant governor of
that state, an Office to which he was
elected on the Hearst ticket" two
years ago.
There are two republican candidates
for governor in West Virginia, Messrs.
Swisher and Scheer, and neither will
consent to withdraw as long as the
other remains in the field.
When Mr.. Bryan stepped from his
private car at Wheeling, w. va, he
was embraced and kissed by a man
who was standing close to the steps
of the car. Mr.. Bryan was so taken
by surprise that he made no effort to
get away from the man until the po-
lice arrested him. Later the man was
fined $40 and costs in police court for
being SO affectionate.
At the recent elections in Arkansas,
Donaghey, democratic candidate for
governor, was elected, receiving 65,-
900 majority, an increased democratic
vote.
William Randolph Hearst, in an ad-
dress at Columbus, Ohio, read letters
which he said had been written by
John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil
company to Senator Joseph B. Fora
ker of Ohio, referring to legislation
pending in congress, and mentioning
two Enclosures Of checks, one for $751;
900 and and another for $14,500.
The democratic nominee for COVER
nor of New York has endorsed the
attitude of Governor Hughes on the
grand race and the betting laws, and
has favored his general reform policy.
Thus by his nomination the race
tracks in New York are certain Of
defeat in their efforts to habitate no
matter who is elected.
Charges of frauds at the polls in
the election held in Little Rock, Ark,
when that city was voted "wet," de-
spite strenuous campaign of anti-sa-
loon people, have been filed in court
by the leaders in the prohibition
movement.
That he had been several years ago
an attorney for the Standard Oil Com
pany, terminating service before the
federal prosecution of that concern,
but that such employment had nothing
to do with matters pending in con-
gress or in which the federal govern
ment was interested, is the substance
of brief statement made by United
States Senator Foraker in answer to
the charges made by William Ran
dolph Hearst in Columbus.
Democracy's presidential campaign
in Greater New York had its advent
when William J. Bryan, at a mass
meeting, under the auspices of Tam
many Hall, spoke before 10000 enthu-
siastic people, who filled Carnegie
Hall and overlooked into the streets.
In declining the challenge Of Hon
orable John Temple Graves, vice pre-
idential candidate on the indepen-
dence party ticket, for joint debate
in Louisville, Honorable John Worth
Kern, democratic vice presidential
candidate, said; Il have pleasant
memory Of the long conversation with
you in July. We agreed perfectly on
everything except baptism, and that
is no longer the paramount issue.
Come and visit me at Indianapolis,
promise you a good time" "a
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