The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02
81 POLITICAL INTEREST.

democratic national COMMITTEES, has
been appointed by National Chairman
Mack as treasurer Of the national COM
mittee. to succeed Governor Charles
N. Haskell OF Oklahoma, who has re-
signed his position.
The prohibition camel has been en-
tered in the national race against the
republican elephant and the democrat
ic donkey In number of states,
the law requires that each party have
an Official emblem printed on the bal
| lot, that no voter may mistake hls
ticket. The prohibition party has an
nounced that they have decided to
| adopt the camel as their mascot.
Among the reasons sSE&Wced for the
| selection are that the camel is the
original water wagon; that it can dis
Germ a fresh supply of water further
than any other quadruped; that it can
travel faster than the elephant or don
key, and that it is under no necessity
Of getting hump on itself.
According to figures given out at
! Chicago by Charles B. Jones, national
chairman of the prohibition party,
| there was an astounding decrease in
the productfok and sale of intoxicat-
ing beverages in I, the United States.
Nearly S1,000,000 a day was the de-
/ crease in liquor production as estimat-
ed by the prohibition leader.
Wisconsin had political climax in
which United Sttaes Senator LaFol-
lette first declared Judge Taft to be
radical in political IDEAS, and then
gave him his own unqualified endorse
ment
William H. Taft and his party have
started on their first campaign tour
through the west For this trip the
campaign managers engaged special
train consisting of the private car,
Constitution, from the platform of
which most of the speaking is to be
done, together with two sleeping cars
and a baggage car. Mr. Taft took
also with him throat specialist from
Washington to look out for his health.
There were a dozen Of newspaper
correspondents along.
Governor Charles N. Haskell Of Ok
lahoma has resigned as treasurer Of
the democratic national committee
His resignation was announced by
himself after he had conferred with
officers of the democratic national
headquarters at Chicago. In giving
out his decision, Governor Haskell, in
response to question, declared that
he did not desire to be responsible
for any embarrassment which might
result to the democratic party by re-
tanning the Office Of treasurer. That
his resignation is the direct result of
the charges made against him by Will
liam Randolph Hearst and President
Roosevelt, Mr.. Haskell also admitted.
At the same time, he did not, by his
resignation, intend to admit that any
of the charges were true.
Chairman Hitchcock of the republi-
can national committee has announc
ed that General t. Coleman Dupont
of Delaware, head of the bureau Of
campaign speakers Of the national
committee, had resigned as head Of
that bureau and also as member
of the executive committee of the ua-
tional committee, and that. his resig-
nation had been accepted Mr. Hitch
cock said he had conference with
Mr.. DUPONT, and the latter insisted
upon the acceptance OIL u.s. fesigna-
ton, feeling that the tendency of the
suit by the government against the
powder company with which he is
connected might be employed by re-
publican opponents to the injury of
the campaign.
President Roosevelt has issued
statement denouncing Senator Fora
r. -. Aa,l Ill
connection with the STANDARD Oil com
pany, and later when charges of the
same nature were brought against
Governor Haskell, treasurer 9of, the
democratic campaign committee, the
president issued another statement de-
nouncing him and the democratic Iar-
ty in general William j. Bryan, in
answering this last statement of the
president, accused him of using his
position as president of the United
States unfairly to influence public
opinion and stated that all the demo
cratic party wanted from the admin
istration was a Square deal"
Ex-senator McLaurin Of South Car
DINA, who is also named by William
Randolph Hearst as being one of the
men who We're in the employ of the
Standard Oil. Company while holding
seats in the &United States senate, in
an interview, stated that an answer
to the charges preferred against him
was not necessary, as he had been out
of politics since 1902, He has always
been an admirer of President Roose-
welt, and said in the interview that
Roosevelt ought to be unanimously
reelected by all parties. It will be
remembered that McLaurin, while
senator, was read out of the party