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POSTING CONGRESSMEN New Organization to Help Congress Serve Has Been Formed. j THINKERS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL j Organization Created Last December j is Just Getting Down to Work? Belief is That it Will Prove Invaluable. By Frederick J. Haskin. Washington, D C., May 10.?A new organization that is to help congress serve the interests of the general public has been formed.. It is called the people's legislative service, and its natjpnal council is composed of 70 sena tWrs, representatives, judges, editors] and other well known liberals. This organization will attempt to] give the general public?also designated* as the ordinary citizen and the ultimate consumer-j-tho same advantages before congress that business, labor, farmers and other groups have. These groups are organized and have lobbies to present their arguments forcefully before congressional committees. Al- | most any information needed by them can be obtained instantly from their , headquarters. But when it-comes to the public's side of a case, there is no well-posted j representative shouting in the ear of congress. Even when a congressman has reason to think a bill will work , hardship on the^,people as a whole, he has trouble in- collecting sufficient facts to support-fhis position. Senator La Follette' said that he Has spent 2<f i hours a day for weeks at a time, trying | * to get at the facts on the other side of ] some bill that was being pushed by a ] corporation. The new group of men' and women o!m tn.cewp thp nponle's interests ..... claim that they are not starting a lob- , by, like the yarious organizations that ( boost the affairs of tradesmen machinists cotton growers and the like. The , institution they are founding is some- , what like a lobby in that it is a j source of information for congress. ( But unlike a lobby it represents no j limited part of the population, but the , public as a whole. . It is for the benefit of any congressmen who want in- , formation on the public's side of any , case, and it is maintained by subscrip- . tions of members, some of whom are | congressmen. ( To Support the Public Cause. The new service organization ex* ' plains that it -carnjot logically take a i neutral position and furnish information on both sides of a question. There < is really no need for this," anyway, be- 1 cause almost any big bill has its sup- 2 porter^ speaking for 'some special in- 2 terest.' The legislative service feels, i therefore, that in tak'ing' llic public side it is only balancing the scale. < The national council of the people'si< legislative service is made up of men j I and women in all parts of the country 11 who arc. interested in the public wel- j 1 faro, as well as in that of some panic- i ular group. Thus, there are in the j council the president of the brother- i hood of hoilermakei's and iron ship ; builders, the president of the farmers' < national council, the general secretary of the National Consumers' league,.the i president of the Alabama Statu Feder- J I ation of Labor, the president of the Or- | 1 dor of Railway Telegraphers, and many i others representing important groups. ; These people are not in the council j t primarily as labor or farm rcprcsenta- ; lives, however, but as member of the s public. I The council has also in its member- j ship such general social, workers and j thinkers as Jane ; Addams. Therstein Veblcn, Herbert Croly, Frederic C. Howe. i The altitude of the organization on any particular bill will be decided aft IAmH Arcadian Si 25V4% Ammi Arcadian is the ordinary in your mixed, fertilizers, s dressing or separate applies and moisture and can he eas Arcadian is a quick ly-a\ of nitrogen, analyzing 2o.|'/< of Arcadian is equal to four 01 nitrogenous top-dressing. A little higher in pri< ef per ])ouud of amuiouia. corn. FOR SA YORK SUPPLY J. F. PURSL] ROCK HILL FERTILIZ For Free Bull . . 522 Forsyth Buildin er conferences of the national council. J Not all of the members of the congress who are Interested in the organization will agree with the stand taken on a bill. But those who do can get information, statistics and help in collecting data, so that they will be able to maintain their ground, effectively during floor debates and in committee meetings. No workers at the legislative service headquarters, either the chairman or his assistants, arc to appear at the hearings to testify. The organization to fight the public's battles was created in December, but it is only now starting on its real work. So far it has been busy planning ways and means. It is .now deciding what measures it will support or attack during the present session of congress. On taxation and transportation, the two biggest problems, it will undoubtedly take a stand and offer some assistance. Besides furnishing material to con- 1 grcss, the organization will make a point of watching pending legislation i1 in order to issue warnings against bills I that seem unfair to the people. An ex- | ample of this class of legislation is the 1 joker, an unobtrusive paragraph that changes the effect of an otherwise in- ' nocuous bill. Often a joker is so lntri- ( cately worded that its full meaning is ' not grasped at all in a casual reading of the bill. Such a parliamentary strat- I agem would be a bill fixing a wage 1 scale which raised the previous rates. If the bill declared that all previous ] legislation on the subject was to be- ' come altogether void when the new law 1 went into effect, some persons receiving more money for a special reason < would lose instead of gain by the new ' bill. Such injustices have been done ! through careless or unintentional ar- 1 :angement of wording. Even a comma < many alter the sense of a law. i Congressmen Need Help. Many people have the idea that it is , cnly the public that needs to be warned against dangerous legislation, that jvery congressman knows all the ins ind outs of his calling. As a matter jf fact; the new congressman, fresh from a lawyer's office or some other *1 1 -- I .omparauveiy ni^nuuu^ gavuwiuuw.iv, s at a big disadvantage in (the maze of strategy and parliamentary quibbling so plausibly arranged by experts at the ?amc. Not even the old-timer can be always alert to note danger signals. So x bureau looking for such things can jo of definite value in pointing them JUL Service of this sort is rendered in England by a similar organization maintained by the British labor party. This, however, is a piece of party majhincry. whereas the American proto.ypc numbers Democratic, Republican ind Independent senators and representatives in its organization. In this t is distinctive. The real significant influence of the rganization will bo its tendency to Irnw together congressmen- of the different parties who are sufficiently invested in public progress to oppose lie reactionaries in congress. There ire rievcr very many of these congressmen independent enough to brave the displeasure of the party leaders, md when they fight singly they are at in overwhelming disadvantage. In the words of Basil Manly, chairman of the people's legislative service, the organization is expected to bring together "a group of the best fighters in the house and senate who will form x Battalion of Death" and stand tojether unflinchingly and wit,h thorough iccord upon the great measures which - - - - ^ ^ iffect the public interest, cmve m*.- | breakdown of the group of insurgents in 1912, there has been no well organized teamwork on the progressive side in either house of congress except for temporary alliance on special measures. "In attempting to form this group no account was taken of numbers, but evI he Best Top-Dressing er For Any Crop is j ulphate of Ammonia, , mia Guaranteed. | ' Sulphate of Ammonia used i pecially prepared for top- i iition. It is free of lumps lily and uniformly applied. railable yet lasting source ammonia. Three pounds I more pounds of any other ;e per ton hut much cheapTry it 011 your cotton and LK liV CO., York, S. C. ?Y, Clover, S. C. ER CO., Rock Hill. S. C. 'etins Address W Company g, Atlanta, Georgia ery effort was made to secure a militant minority who would stand together on fundamentals." The battalion to which Mr. Manly referred is at present composed of Senators France, Ladd, Norris, Walsh, and LaFolIette, and Representatives Beck, Browne* Burke, Frear, Keller, Mead, Nelson; Sinclair and Voight. CONSPIRACY IN JAPAN. Alleged That Secret Society Contemplates. World Domination. ' .Toklo, May 12.?Revelations of the work carried on by the "Omotokyo" cult, which began when the police raided the headquarters of the organization at Ayabe, near here, continue to astound the people of the empire. Newspapers accuse leaders of the cult of aspiring to set up an "Omotokyo" dyhasty, to whfctf all- Cfopantesc would flock with the hope of attaining world dominion. In the secret passage leading from tho temple of the society, the police declare, they discovered, a portrait of Wanisaburo Deguchi, leader of the society. The police declare they discov-...^'i ? it of noo-iiohi wparincr a lieu Ck pui null, vv .-.? costume resembling that usually seen on the image of Ama-Terasu, the sun goddess, the traditional grand ancestress of the Japanese imperial family. It is alleged that in the temple were found crypts in which were placed the bodies of those who were slain for betraying the secrets of tljc Organization. It is declared that '"unspeakable :rimes" were committed against wo-: nen by members of the cult, who are jaid to have bordered on fanaticism in the zeal. Cart loads of alleged seditious literature has been seized, includ,ng a famous volume bearing the title s \ Nex - -j ( I c 1 c , S I Make ye Bank o Clover D. M. I R. A. ( W.H.: Sale Will of "Fire." This volume is interpreted as embodying project# for a social upheaval of a "dreadful nature" and incompatible with the present government of Japan. It is said that the followers of "Omotokyo" numbered 300,000. When the police seized the collection ctf pebbles representing the divinity of the organization a band of the faithful'clinched their fists in fury, declaring the acts of the officers to be sacrlligious. Leaders made addresses urging, forbearance and long suffering in t-he presence of the desecration of their deity by the heathen. An Osaka newspaper owned by Deguchi has issued an extra edition denying reports that bombs were discovered in the temple and explaining that swords found there had been given to the temple. The newspaper declares that "follower's * of "Omotokyo" have committed, no^rime. . . , DOPE IN LEMONS Pittrburgh Chinese Work a New Dodge. '. Two city' cieieciivcB, s?iu iu nivnu- | gate a run on the lemon market, in . the Chinese section:-in Pittsburgh, Pa., last Thursdaj* reported to headquarters that they had discovered opium secreted in the fruit being sold to the orientals. According to'the officers, several lemon peddlers were disposing of their stocks at the rate of one to each customer and collecting high prices. The detectives said they seized one.of the lemons and that an investigation disclosed- that the inside of the fruit had been removed and raw opium substituted. Yee Zouck and' Yee Wing were arrested in connection with the case and are being held for further investigation; i ? t Sa 11 ? fTHE undersi give you unu )ay. Prices are >rder that you You fou'll save mone lav. Some of tl a* eason will be ofl Remember the mrself at hon if Clover Drug Store 'arrott founts Sherer Clovei Continue all J JIIIIIilillEIIIBIIIIIIIIfllllllllilHIIIIIfllllllllllllllllllllilllllllilllllllEESIUCIIClKIIECIffCCnrf^ 1 Spring Summer ] Necessities | 1 ICE CREAM GLASSES , FOOTED SHER- 1 E BETS, GLASS PITCHERS, THERMOS | 1 . 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