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Show f IN THE PUBLIC EYE J MAY STIR UP CIVIL WAR 1 I Augustus Kvorett Wlllson, governor of Ken- .ELps tucky, will engender tho enmity of thousands In BVHW his stnto If ho puts Into execution his threat to veto tho McChord bill forbidding any trust to cnrr' on operations within tho Btate, or to cm- pq IH 1,loy "Bents therein. If this bill bocotnes law tho gjj Bj tobacco tniBt will bo placed at tho mercy of tho m! tobacco growers, for It will hnvo to buy Its to- v 1 bncco through mlddlcmon, and Its Immenso fac- Wh ' torlcs In Kentucky will havo to bo closed down. W Tho governor Is said to havo a focllng of sympa- thy for tho trust whose legal reprcsentntlvo ho L sssssssJ has been In tho past. Shold ho veto tho bill It HP H Is declared that It will result in civil war, tho k planters declaring that tho first law of nature, LsbbsbbsBsbb! tho law of solf-prcscrvatlon. Is to bo obeyed rather than tho tnan-mado law of the land. Tho dlfllcultles encountered by tho governor In his endeavor to stamp out lawlessness will bo appreciated, when It Is stated that a dotectlve whom tin sont to Russcllvillo appeared before tho grand Jury with a list of persons guilty of night riding, and discovered that four or five of thoso accused were on tho Jury. Tho detective loft tho Important part of his Btory untold, and before ho left town by tho earliest train ho made a speech to tho farmers advising ad-vising thorn In their own Interest to stand by ono another and fight tho trust. Tho tobacco trust has apparently very little hopo of tho governor killing tho bill, for It has mado an offer to purchase 16,000 hogsheads of tobacco from tho association at 12 cents a pound tho very same tobacco which boforo tho formation of tho organization was soiling for four cents. Tho farmers refused tho offer and stated their terms, which wore that tho price should bs 15 cents, and that tho buyers should take tho crop of 1905 first, then tho crop of 1906 and then thoy would bo allowed to buy tho crop of 1907. Tho trust is said to havo refused this offer, and thero may be a recrudosccnco of night riding any moment. Tho mllltla is In full sympathy with tho farmers and will not Interfere with them If It enn bo avoided or evaded. Meanwhile tho governor's position Is a critical ono. MINERS' CHIEF RETIRES After ten years of leadership of tho United sv. Mlno Workers of Amorlca, John Mitchell has re- f ls tired from tho head of tho great labor organiza- M tlon nnd has been succeeded by Vice-President M Thomas L. Lewis of Ohio. Jf M Mr. Mitchell will dovoto his tlmo to ro- (NI'Sm 3? wL gaining his health, which has given way ll J Qj under tho strain of office. Ho has beon called l T l to Washington by President Roosovelt, who wants "2 to send him to Panama as an investigator of ,J conditions, but It is understood that ho docs not JsA favor accepting tho position. It Is said that in sW. 'uturo ho will dovoto his attention to a labor la paper which ho will establish in Indianapolis. HBsBH Tho object of tho papor will bo tho socurlng of HHSaQLssflHHH industrial peace between tho miners and operators operat-ors of tho country. Mr. Mitchell's work for tho miners has been detailed at length many times. When ho became the head of tho organization about ten years ago thoro woro only 43,000 members In the organization; to-day thero aro 350,000; wages havo been advanced almost 100 per cent.; living conditions In tho mining camps have improved several hundred per cent.; the company storo has boon drlvon out of the mining settlements and men nro now paid In money, not brass checks redeomablo only In trado at tho "pluck-mo" storo run by tho employer. Children of tender ago havo beon taken out of tho mines and put into school, and in most states In which the organization is now established boys under 11 or 1G years of ago can not onter tho mines. Tho miners havo received favorablo standing boforo the pcoplo of tho country because of their advocacy of poace in proferenco to strlko, and their adopted policy of keeping lnvlolablo contracts when mado with tho operators. SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR I 1 Frank H. Gary, who has beon elected United JBLSSij, States senator from South Carolina to fill an un- liG5Ssst. oxplrcd term, claims among his ancestors, Robort sTx Rruco, king of Scotland; John Knox, founder of I t'10 Presbytorlan church; John Wltherspoon and JL 1 other Scotch worthies. Ho Is a nophow of tho MRE- '"to Gen. Mark Gary, a picturesque charactor of WJ S- jO) tho socesslon and reconstruction porlods, who was I M 3)a major-general of cavalry in Wndo Hampton's BLf legion, a brilliant soldier, a rockless leador and a -t. j hard fighter. He was famous for his profanity P"- . and his ungovernable tempor. Thoro was no fiercer fire-cater In all tho south, and ho was T V mixed up In a dozen duels. -j After tho ovorthrow of tho Republican gov- sssssB ssssssM eminent in South Carolina and tho establishment of what Is known bb tho Hampton oligarchy, Gen. Gary quarreled with his former commandor because ho did not recolvo tho political recognition that ho thought ho was entitled to, and, although tho family bolonged to tho old slave-holding aristocracy, Gon. Gary and all his relatives Joined tho Tillman and tho "wool hats" in tho overthrow of Hampton. Undor Gen. Hampton's "oligarchy" none but the aristocracy of the stato and thoso who had distinguished themselves In tho confederate army wcro recognized recog-nized by appointments to office Tho ordinary farmers were Ignored, although thoy wero In a very largomajority. Tillman orgunlzod them through tho Farmers' alliance; ho aroused them to a senso of their rights, and ho swept Hampton, Hutler nnd all the rost of tho aristocrats out of powor. Slnco thon tho Gary family havo enjoyed unusual political prosperity, and It la declared that thoy have held moro offices than any other family In tho stato. Frank Gary has pledged himself not to bo a cnndldato for election next year, but It Is oxpected that ho will do what ho can to secure tho election of his cousin, former Gov. John Gary Evans. WILL WELCOME FLEET i - i Alfred Deukin, premier of the commonwealth Ujjasw of Australia, was probably quito slncoro in his iflBMf delight when his invitation for tho American lleet to visit Australian ports was accepted, for W A Mr. Deakln Is a warm admirer of tho United M I States and its pcoplo. Ho has been in America m J0gt l- several times studying tho Irrigation question cl -jSy SO in tho western states. Australia has a problem vil j y 111 that is exactly Blmllnr, tho Interior of tho con- r5V i) tlnont being absolutely waterless for tho greater ssUJDlsKrasW 'mrt of tho ycar' With a good system of Irriga-BKfljJK7VjiB Irriga-BKfljJK7VjiB tlon Deakln hopes to mako tho interior as habit-KM' habit-KM' jnWmk ablo as tho seacoast. sHWljyjrV Premier Deakln is a warm sympathizer with Isip the United States and Canada in tholr attitude I ,BsW I imi towards tho Asiatic. From Its geographical po- sltlon off tho coast of Asia, and Its remotenesa rum any peoplo of cognate race, tho Asiatic problem Is a vory serious ono to Australia. Tho northern part of tho Island continent would bo an ideal country for Chinese and Japaneao, but the Australian government will not allow thorn to land, preferring to retain tho northern part of tho island in n state of nature rather than allow it to got into tho hands of any but a whito nice. Premier Deakln Is also an admirer of the American Bysteni of government, govern-ment, and In tho confederation of Australia ho followed tho Amorlcan rathor than tho Canadian ideal. Thus tho colony 1b a commonwealth rather than a dominion, and 1b composed of states Instead of provinces. Tho powors of tho central government aro not nearly bo wldo as thoao of tho Canadian government govern-ment and resemble more thoso of tho United States government. This system sys-tem ho urges for adoption In tho confederation of tho British empire, each colony to bo represented In tho federnl council, and to havo a say with tho mothor country in questions of Inter-lmporlal or International naturo. I bis plan 1b adopted tho Uritlsh empire will beconio another United States. |