Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
BO[RH[RON WANTS LOB
ERsTWhtLE SOLDIER cANplpATE
FOR UNITED STATES
APPOINTMENT.
GENERAL vlLJokN WOULD BE
COLLECTOR OF THE PORT
John Hays Hammond Indebted to Vii
josn, Who Saved Him From Punish
mont Because of Activity in Jamisson
Raid-ouit South Africa at Close Of
the War.

the War.
San Antonio, Jan. 3.-That it is hard
to keep good man down is empha-
sized by the candidacy for the collector
ship of the port Of FL Paso, of General
Perhaps candidacy in itself is not a
measure of the good man who cant
be downed, but the possibility OF get
ting there, is. Back of General Viii
joenss candidacy lies what may be
termed romance Of war. Things
looked very ugly for DR.. Jameson,
main promoter and leader of the fam
Gus Jameson raid in 1896, and John
Hays Hammond, his lieutenant. After
having gone as far as Krugersdorp
without meeting even the slightest OPP
position the raiders found themselves
effectively opposed by force of Beers,
a contingent of which was commanded
by Veldcornet Viljoen, then member
of the Transvaal Volksraad or senate.
There We're some thirty minutes de-
cisive fighting and the men of Jamie
son and Hammond, who had not been
killed or wounded, were obliged to sur
render. Sentiment in general among
the Beers was that the two leaders at
least should be triec and executed on
The charge of having caused the death
!, OF the Beers who fell in the engage
ment. Had this been done, DR.. Jamie
~ would not be premier of Cape
lCedony today, nor would MIR. Ham.
,aond be in position to earn the high
est salary of any mining engineer. in
the world, or share the friendship of
President Taft. In all probability they
would have been stood up against
wall and shot. But to the carrying out
Of this purpose there was opposition
In the first place, Paul Kruger and a
few other 'toppers" were inclined to
give sway to leniency from the first,
and secondly, a few of the younger
statesmen took either the same view
or did not care to incur the wrath of
Great Britain and America. Among
the latter was Senator viljoen. Being
of liberal turn of mind and sports
man he considered that the raiders had
paid enough in blood, and was one of
the first to support the idea Of turning
DIR. Jameson and Mr.. Hammond over
to the British government.
Mr.. Hammond, who in the meantime
had become vice presidential posi-
bility, and a political figure of national
prominence had forgotten all about his
erstw1ile benefactor, when, on the re-
cent presidential tour, which he joined
as a friend of Mr.. Taft, he came to Ell
Paso Faald was introduced to General
VllJotn-s While the exploits of Gen.
eral Vhjoen during the late iBoer war
were familiar to- Mr.. Hammond, he did
not Identity them with the man who
once had been instrumental in saving
his life. The exchange of a few words,
however, put MIR. Hammond on the
right track, and a friendship that had
started. under rather peculiar circum-
stancesiwas renewed and deepened For
some time the candidacy for the coll
lectorsIip at Ell Paso of General VIII
toen had occupied the attention of re-
publican politicians of Texas and New
Mexico, and when Mr.. Hammond heard
this he promptly offered to use his in
fluence with the president with a view
OF securing the appointment for his
friend.
Just how much this influence will
be worth is something the other can
didates for the position are keenly in
terested in. Texas republican politi-
clans have for. some time had a
strange hold on appointments in the
El Paso country, altho Mr.. Roosevelt
established precedent in favor of New
Mexical1s by rotating the federal offices
there between appointees from Texas
and New iMexico during his adminis-
trations J. A. Smith, republican boss
and postmaster at Ell Paso, insists
upon the reappointment Of j. a..
Sharpe, a close friend of his and at
present collector of customs at that
point In this ne is said to have the
support of Postmaster General Hitch
cock, much to the disgust of New Mex
leo, republicans, who are unan-
1mously in favor Of General
Viltoen. Appointments recently made
by the administration have not
been favorable to them, and have
aost them a great deal of support which
IN the event Of statehood might mean
the sending to Washington of demo-
Gratis as senators and representatives
fnsteadSof republicans as has been ex-
pected with all confidence in the past.
General Viljoen came to this coun-
try at the close Of the Boer war: after
having refused to take the oath OF all
legiancesto King Edward He is mar
ried to an American and has been a
citizen for some time. Altho a news
paper man by profession, he decided to
take up farming. at which he has been
very successful. Recently he was COM
missioned as colonel on the staff of the
governor Of New Mexico. During the
late Boer war he distinguished himself
as a cavalry officer Of dash and BRAY
cry, whose services were second only
to those OF General DeWet.
FARM IS CURE FOR HIGH PRICES.
Agriculturists Are Too Few, Says
Secretary Wilson.
/ Il Washington, Jan. 1.-Secretarv