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VOL. XUII. WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER i:>, 1886. NO.20.
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
I:OY?I hoi MIS <,I:T I>;?\vn TO
Y.'OKK.
Several >Ie::*.itrt?s ot* I'ssl?ii? i>:t i'on^
Kiderci!?Xj ?>!' !!?< i'rm c<v!?n;jN.
The third week of the session of the
Legislature was full of important work.
II l.i i7?n?,.1 e cvrwYMcic <>V i]ir>
JLMV tvuua
proceedings.
S??s:;;tc.
^ The following new bills were introduced:
Bill {unending the charter of the
town of Chester; relating to the payment
of witnesses in criminal cases in
Lancaster county; allowing Probate
Judges to perform the duties oi' the
supervisor of registration.
Bill to charter the Bank of Greenwood:
amending the priority lien law; joint
resolution to amend tiie Constitution uy
striking out Section 32 of Article 2, in
reference to homestead; to regulate tinsale
of seed cotton and unpacked lint
cotton in Abbeville county: bill to require
assignees to give bonds; to enable the
superintendent and directors of the penitentiary
to make contracts for "work in
this State.
On motion of Senator Murray a con- j
current resolution was adopted and sent
to the House fixing the time for electing
a Judge to the Third Circuit at one
* o'clock on the 9th inst. The election
was duly held, and the Hon. T. B.
Fraser, incumbent, was re-elected with
out opposition.
The Senate agrc-etl to the House con.
* current resolution as to the printing of
the reports of the State Boaivl of Health.
SECOND HEADING.
Bill to repeal the Act regulating the
admission of foreign srnety companies;
hill providing for the repair of the Beau
fort Arsenal: House concurrent resolution
requesting Senators and Bepresentatives
to support the bill providing for
agricultural experiment stations.
^ When the House hill came up authorizing
the foremen of grant! juries to administer
oaths to witnesses, Senator
Buist moved to strike out the enacting
clause. He made a vigorous speech
against the proposition as a dangerousinnovation.
" Senator Woodward said that the lav.
was a necessity not a luxury. It came
high and there was complaint about it. ;
^ It ought to be simplified, but he was j
fL afraid the legal gentlemen didn't want it j
to be simplilied. He knew that if he
were a lawyer lie would object; o making
lav/ matters easy of understanding. He I
believed that simplification could go
farther. All this tomfoolery in the long
indictments about discharging one leaden
bullet aforesaid, [laughter,] ought to be
L done away with. He'was curious xo
HL know how much the reading of this;
r rigmarole had cost the State in her history.
Senator Patterson thought there was
good reason for the present practice and
that it should not be changed.
On Senator Buist's motion the vote
stood: Yeas?Biemann, Buisi, Hemphill,
L Howell, Kennedy, Monaster, Moise,
^ IMonroe, Patterson, Reynolds, Williams
and Touinans?12. Says?Alexander,
_ Austin, Bvrd, Erwin, Field, Izlar^.
im. 3foouy, "Moore, Xfurrtty, SUgh, Smith, \
Hft Smvthe, Wingard, Woodward and!
M Wofiford?15.
rm.-urn ?1.w#^l%rtv?>. > /I*.
rJLIIU Ui-LL tJlX^iX Uivas/av w v?
vision.
Tiie House bill reducing the wkrj of
the Lieutenant Governor bronghi Senator
McMaster to his feet. He moved to
strike out tlie enacting worJs, but did
not speak.
Senator Woodward was in doubt and
wanted information.
^ Senator Patterson could see no reason
made by the Lieutenant Governor for
the extra salary of $1,000, which it was
proposed to cut off. If there was to bo
reform anywhere it ought to begin here.
Senator Field thought the salaries
paid soszc of onr State oflieers araotmted
to practical idolatry. Tlie State was on
i6- the rerge of famine and this useless ex"
pe/iditure oaghc to be cut off
Senator Sligh agreed with these vjews.
Senator Ale blaster said that he had
made his motion on the general proposition
that salaries ought not to be reduced.
Salaries in this State were small
enough already. The salary of the oilice
Siiotua DC commensurate wiui ils uigmty.
Poor pay meant poor preach. If
the salaries were cut down, it would
$&* bring into ofiicc a class of impecunious,
one-horse men, or leave the ollicesto the
Hik rich.
Ill Senator Woodward did not object to a
A reduction of salaries, but he did not
want this clean sweep. He was willing
to reduce the salary to ?-300, but not to
Bp cut it oil". He proposed to sit down on
W those who had come here proposing to
||F" make the State rich by cutting off a litflv
tic slice of salary here and little slices
JF there. He would not give aid or comfort
to these pretensions.
Senator Howell avowed himself an
economist and supported the bill.
Senator Buist rallied Senator Yvoodward
on his position in this matter as
contrasted with his vote against paying
Mr. Miles for his services in the bond
L scrip cases.
Senator Woodward retorted by saying
V.oz-1 lnc -rvrvci ti/vn f.lio
rl'j ?<?ll Xa^/ JUi?Vi <LI UkV'AA VW^-bVkX/a. VMW
mistaken impression that this salary was
one of Senator Buist's glorious institutions
of the past, which should be preserved
inviolate. Understanding now
that it was a post helium law he withdrew
his opposition.
L Senator .\Ioore showed that the Con|
stituiion reqnired the Lieutenant GovL
ernor to act as Governor in case of the
latters disability. The salary was evidently
designed* to lit such an emergenML
cy should it arise. He thought beside^
;;r,: $jj$ that the dignity of the office required
bM some salary beyond the per diem.
Sfflffl?' After further discussion Senator Mcwr
Master's motion was lost by a vote of t
E? to 19, and the bill passed. The ;n)i:ma
HL tive votes were cast by Senators Izlar.
i? McMaster, iloise, J-luore, Iieynolds;
' Smythe, "Williams and Youmans. *
TUITION" IN THE COLLEGE.
r>i0 The special order for the Stli inst.
being the bill requiring a tuition chargc
of fifty dollars per coliegiate year in th<
South Carolina College, was diseussec
at some length. Senators Sligh, of New
berry, Patterson, of Chester, and 3Iur
ray, of Anderson, favored the bill, wliil<
Senators Rhame, of Clarendon. Wood
W* ward, of Fairfield, McMaster, of Kich
land, and iloise, of Suinter, opposed it
. The bill was farther discussed on th<
10th?Senators Edwards and Sligh favor
: ijig it. and Senator Smythe opposing it
L Senator Howell moved to table th<
L motion of Senator Edwards to indefi
Hb njtely postpone the unfavorable repor
pp or tiie committee.
Yeas?Senators Buist, Bryd, Howell
Izlar, McMaster, Moise, 3Ioure, 3Iunro
Jtteynoias, itname, smsier, omyme, \> u
liatns, Wingard, Woodward and You
I Nays?Senators ,Alexander, Austin
Bell, Bieniann, Black, Crews, Edw.irds
Erwin, Field, HempLill, Kennedy, Mc
i Call, Moody, Murray, Patterson, iSligli
L "Jalbert and Wofford?is.
L^. Xiie recommendation of the commji
tee was Ti;<- :! rejected without a division,
a ml the bii! came up on its merits. It
w;is apparcnr, from thi; known tendc-ncio
of some i'l" the Senator;? who r-upporteu
the i?Ui that it ouid be amended
wry readily. The hill itself is a bare requirement
that a tuition fee of not less
Hum &)() shall he charged all student*.
The miuority of the committee reporting
it recommended a minimum fee of
s5U.
Speaking in advocacy of a reduction
Senator ?.i'.-Master stated that the maximum
fee before the w:ir w:u> >10. He
understood it to i>e the desire ol' the Sen
tttors on tile o tiier sale to restore mis j
rule.
The rceommendation of the committee
was adopted.
Senator Moody, who had voted with
the maj;i.-;ty, then moved to amend by
reducing the fee to :?iO.
The $ VJ fee was then voted, it being
understood that the matriculation fee
vould be retained at its present lignre.
This being done, Senator Murray said
that he was not afraid to compare his
votes on the College question with those
of any other Senator. He had always j
been in favor of the most liberal support
I o: the institution. i;> prove nis sincerity
be offered an amendment to tlie following
effect:
"Tlie faculty may grant beneficiary
| seholasliips without i'ees to competent
| and deserving youths who give satisfactory
proof of their own inability or that
j of their parents or guardians to pay the
tuition it-e. Every student accepting a
; I )cneficiary scholarship shall be bound to
t^ach two years in the public schools of
his county if the county school commissioners
shall assign him to a school. SecLion
1,040 of the General Statues, limiting
the beneficiary scholarhip to one
from each county, is repealed."
After some diseusson Senator Black
moved to amend the Murray amendment
by providing that affidavits from
die applicant, his parents or guardians
and the auditor, cierk and sheriff of his
county be required to prove inability to
pay tuition foes.
Senator Murray accepted the amendment,
as the rule was the same as that in
force for beneficiaries at the Citadel.
After further debate Senator Murray's
i proposition, as thus amended, was
I adopted by the following vote: YeasSenators
Bell, Biemann, Blaek, Buist,
Syrd, Crews, Edwards, Kowell, Izlar,
Kennedy, MeCall, McMaster, Moise,
Moore," Murray, Munroe, Patterson,
Revnolds. Bhame, Sinkler, Slitrh,
Smith, Smythe, Tall >utt, Williams, Wingard,
Woodward, Wofford and Youmans?20.
Nays?Senators Alexander, Austin,
Srvvin, Field, Hemphill and Moody?(5.
Senator Reynolds oliered an amendment
thai one boy from each county
unable to pay a tuition fee shall receive
ft scholarship of fifteen dollars a month.
Senator Murray moved to table.
Senator Buist. offered an amendment
providing that all tuition fees of the law
department be placed at the disposition
->i the faculty for the remuneration of
che professor of lav.-.
Senator Hemphill opposed this; but it
was explained that the law professor was
paid entirely by fees, and the amendment
was adopted.
The bill then passed i?s second read~Ti7g
without u division. General notice
of amendment on the third reading was
given.
OTIISU iTEASUSES.
Among the l>ilis unfavorably repotted
was tlio bill providing for the taxation
of dogs and bitches. (Minority report:
"While not concurring exactly with the
above bill in the manner of levying a
tax upon dogs, we are yet of opinion
that a bill should pass" providing in
proper manner for taxing dogs, either
by way of a license fee or by assessment
under the law." Augustine T. Smythe,
\B. W. Edwards, E. B. Murray.)
The joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution, by
striking out thi provision for county
commissioners, was passed under a call
i of the roll. Thirty-four Senators voted
| tor it. Senator Kennedy, of Chesterfield.
cast the oniy adverse vote.
Tue bill to make Judges hold oilice for
life was postponed till next session. A siin
liar disposal was inaae 01 the 0111 to maice
the term of tiie Probate Judge four years
instead of two.
The bill to ratify the census amendment
was passed?Senator Howell, of
Colleton, casting the only negative vote.
The Anderson county prohibition bill
was passed and sent to the House.
The House attended iu the Senate, and
a number of Acts were ratified.
Kou?e of Representatives.
A resolution was introduced by Dr.
Pope looking to an investigation of the
put lie printing, with a view of ascertaining
if some of the reports could not be
shortened or omitted. The objective
points of the resolution are the State
board of health reports and tbe document
entitled "Reports and resolutions."
The first on the general orders of the
day was a bill to amend the charter of
the town of Summerville. It may be
mentioned, by the way, that the town of
Summerville seems to require more
Ciiartering iuaa u uuzcu uxuuiiu^ tiu?.
There lias never beeu a time in tlie past
ten or twelve years that the House Calendar
has been free from tlie presence
on it of some bill looking to the chartering
or amending, or extending, or doing
something for that delightful, but much
legislated suburb.
A bill to amend the fish laws so :is to
increase the number of days in the week
on which persons might operate in the
rivers and bays evoked quite a spirited
discussion and brought fortli speeches
from several new members. The bill
was championed by Mr. L. P. Miller, of
; Georgetown, and was hotly opposed by
1 Messrs. Bigham, of Marion, O'Brien, oi
Colleton, Pope, of Newberry, and
T.-??f tt-Iw-, ciMflao^W! irt
Ij V ilili) KJ1 JXUliWIVj rtiiV AM
* killing it.
A bill allowing tiro county commis>
bioners of Greenville and Colleton to
> borrow money witli which to pay jurors,
witnesses and school teachers, was passed
after a discussion on the question of the
rate of interest. During this debate it
, was announced that money could not be
i borrowed in Greenville for less than 10
; per cent.
1
NEW JUIiT.S.
Bills were introduced looking to eleci
tions in Abbeville and Greenville coun
ties on the question of prohibition. ' A
- petition was received from citizens of
. Darlington and Marion counties, pray;
ing for the formation of the new county
- of Florence. The ways and means com
. mittee reported a bj'l to appropriate
3 .<3,000 to aid in rebuilding the State
- Medical College of Charleston.
t Bill to amend the lav/ fixing the compensation
of the county commissioners
, of Beaufort; to fix the per diem of mem,
bers of the General Assembly; bill to
- amend the Act to provide for the settle
ment of the consolidated State debt; bill
to provide for payment out of the sink,
ing fund of the valid interest on certain
bonds and stocks; bill to amend the
:- criminal law; bill to aim-nd Section 919
i, of the General Statutes, relating to
physicians,apothecaries and dentists; Mr.
Norton, bill to devolve upon certain
State officers the unties of directors of
the penitentiary ami lunatic asyluiu.
iJill to amer.it Section of the
General Statutes, relating to game birds;
to amend the stock law; to prohibit
sheriffs and constables from charging or
receiving j>av mileage except for the
number of miles actually traveled.
Air. Jrby, of Laurens, introduced a bill
to stay all executions in this State till
November, 18S7.
SEOONlJ l.'EADIJft;.
Dr. Popes bill to reduce the eosis of
- - T - 1 ,1
attorneys, kvc., rvceiveu u avcuiiu xt-n-a-1
ing.
A bill introduced by Mr. Gary, of
Edgefield, requiring the clerk of llie
Supreme Court to transmit copies of decisions
to the Circuit Courts in ait the
counties was defeated.
The bill to iix the salaries of county
.school commissioners evoked general
discussion. As it came from the committee
the bill provided a salary of $200
and mileage (live cents) for each county
school commissioner, except in Charleston
where the salary was ifxed at SG00.
Mr. Graham, of Williamsburg, moved
to strike from the bill the passage relating
to mileage. Tabled?yeas 50,
nays 37.
Mr. Lesesne, of Charleston, moved to
strike out the passage lixiug the salary
of the commissioner for Charleston
county at $G00, and to make the salary
the same ax those in other counties. He
explained that the official in Charleston
had no more to do than those in other
counties, and. there was, therefore, no
reason win* he should receive auy great
er salary. Adopted.
Mr. O'Brien, of Colleton, moved that
the mileage be restricted to $100 at the
outside. Adopted after a short discussion.
Mr. Kutiand, of Fairfield, moved to
increase the salaries to .$*00. He regarded
the bill as a death-blow to the
common school system of the State.
How could competent and efficient commissioners
be secured at a salary of 8200
per annum? He was perfectly willing
t) economize the public funds, but this,
he feared, was pruning too closely. The
amendment was voted down.
Mr. Boyle voiced the sentiment of the
Berkeley delegation when he asked for
an amendment making an exception
iu favor of Berkeley county,
whose commissioner he wanted to have
. >400 salary without mileage, but the
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iiUUJC: >YUU:U j-uvv^ -llvjulw V/A atj
amendment was voted down.
Mr. Jordan, of Aiken, moved to strike
out tile enacting words of the bill.
Mr. Lesesne, of Charleston, said that
in reporting the bill the committee had
no aim or intention to strike at or cripple
the system. The office of school commissioner
was more an office of honor
than of profit. The committee was of
the opinion that a salary of 8200 per annum
and mileage would be abundant
pay.
Mr. Evans, of Chesterfield, said that
his school commissioner had been content
to work for ?:(0 a year, and was
doing faithful and ellicient work at that
price.
Mr. Boozer, of Edgefield, was willing
to increase the pay to $300 and mileage,
but, tiiis being impracticable, he would
support the bill.
?>r. Pope said that ii fee 1 ?ill passed it
wotted save enough money to the school
fund in each county to run one additional
school 10 months in ihe year, and
that the school commissioner would be
the best paid officer in the county.
3Ir. Ansel, of Greenville, called the
previous question, under the operation
of which the motion to strike out the
enacting words of the bill was voted
down, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed.
The bill to regulate the sale of spirituous
liquors by physicians' prescriptions
was indefinitely postponed.
The judicial"tenure o??oliice constitutional
amendment has been continued
until the session of 1S37.
THE LIEN LAW.
The bill to repeal the lien lav/ v,*as taken
up (the committee having reported it
unfavorably.) It was stated by one of
the friends of the bill that, in the event
of the pending motion to strike out the
enacting words being lost, they intended
to amend it so as to provide that it should
not go into effect until October, 1SS7.
The discussion was opened by 3Ir. J.
Frost "Walker, a thriving farmer of Richland.
He thought that when the priority
lien law was passed at the last session it
would end this interminable discussion.
It appeared to him that the farmers of
South Csrolinawere hard to satisfy. The
priority hen law had given the fanners a
bond on his tenant which was evert
stonger than Shylock's bond. He believed
that the principal motive of those
who sought additional legislation was to
force laborers to work for them for stipulated
wages.
Mr. Brice, of Fairfield, explained why
the committee had reported the bill unfavorably.
The condition of the farmers
in the State ~as such that the committee
thought it best to let it severely alone.
Dr. Thomas, of Union, confessed that
he was satisfied with the priority lien
law passed by the last Legislature, which
gave the land-owner the first hen and the
laborer the second. Everybody ought
to be satisfied with the law as it is.
Mr. Wharton, of Laurens, called attention
to the fact that the agricultural
committee of the House, composed of
13 farmers representing all the agricultural
interests in the State, had unanimously
agreed that this was not the time
to repeal this law.
The previous question was called and
the bill was killed by a vote of 85 to 27.
THE TOEASCBY*RESERVS FUND.
When Mr. Haskeli's bill to create a
treasury reserve fund, the provisions of
which Lave already been published, was
taken up, Dr. Pope moved to strike out
the enacting words.
Mr. Haskell explained the object of
the bill, and earnestly urged the House
to consider well what it was about to do.
He warned them against- doing anything
that would tend to injure the credit of
flie State.
Dr. Pope said that the bill had been
introduced at the instance of the comptroller
general to put the money beyond
the control of the House. He didn't
propose to use the whole of this money.
He didn't think that more than ?75,000
of it would nave to be used on the basis
of a four mill taxr There was a i^ood
many tilings tliat the Legislature intended
to cut down, and a good many tilings
that they wouldn't be called upon to provide
ior. It was a very si_guiar tiling
that tbese gentlemen had been using the
fund for years, and now, when they
found that the House was turning its attention
to it, they sought to block the
game.
Mr. Ansel opposed the bill on very
different grounds.- He thought it would
impair the credit of the State to divert
the various funds named in the bill.
3Ir. W. B. Wilson, .Tr., of York, was
in favor of the bill. He called attention
to the fact that the two opponents of the
bill who had spoken had opposed it on
entirely opposite grounds, one because
the bill allowed the treasury to use tlie
funds, and the other because it did nut
do so. Ho explained that under the proposed
bill it was only intended to use
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such of the funds as were applicable to
general purposes.
The debate- was continued at length by
Messrs. ilutson, Ficken, Pope'and Haskell,
and a votQ on the motion to strike
out the enacting clause was iinally
reached, with the following result on the
bill: Yeas hi, nays 73.
The reading of the bill was then resumed.
Another discussion arose, however,
on an amendment oifered by Mr.
Parker, of Abbeville, proposing to strike
out the -provision allowing the use of the
fund for the payment of general appropriations
and of salaries, an amendment
which would have prevented the use of
the fund to ride over a scarcity of money
in the State treasury. The amendment
was tabled, however, and the bill ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading.
THE HORIZONTAL REDUCTION SALARY HELL.When
the bill offered by Dr. Thomas,
of Union, to provide for a horizontal reduction
of the salaries of the State
oiricers was reached, Dr. Thomas k ad a
speech prepared for the occasion, At
the close of his remarks the House,
without a division and without any
further discussion, killed the bill.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
The bill in relation to the running of
Sunday trains being taken up, 3Ir.
Stewart, of York, moved to strike out
the enacting clause,- and supported the
motion in a short speech. He could not
understand why railroads siioula be allowed
to labor seven days in the week
when citizens were not. His principal
objection was that the passage of the bill
would tend to promote the growth of
isms in the State?such as Communism
and Anarchism, and would break down
the peace and sanctity of the Sabbath.
Norton, of Marion, said if this
bill was passed the Legislature should
also pass a law allowing the farmers to
drive their ploughs on the Sabbath.
Mr. Gary, of Abbeville, spoke at
length upon the -?th commandment and
moral culture generally.
Mr. Lawton, of Hampton, and Mr.
Kershaw, of Darlington, spoke in favor
of the bill, pointing cut thut by permitting
the running of Sunday trains during
certain months in the year the Legislature
was 'really legislating for the
benefit of farmers, viz., those who raised
fruits, melons and truck nroduce.
3Ir. Stanlaud spoke oi tlie moral
aspect of the question. He said if sopie
oi these members would go to Florence
some Sunday, where a dozen trains are
locked up, and see how the employees
observed the Sabbatli, tiiey would soon
acknowledge that they would be better
uli' morally if they were hard at work.
, Mr. Kersliaw arose to say that he had
lived at Florence for eight years, and to
his knowledge the employees of the railroad
at Florences-were ail members 01
the church. He supported the bill because
it was in the interest of the track
farmers.
Mr. Browning, of Berkeley, put in a
pica for the truck farmers of lower South
Carolina, showing that the present law
V-A- 1. LJ-l\*J~LL. JL. i~l\,
bill, lie reminded tlie House, applied
only to fniit and truck trains.
This discussion threatened to become
interminable, when a member cplle&|he
previous question, ^Viiieir ifftnted-^Jhe^
debate to an hour.
Mr. Archer, of Spartanburg, delivered
an address on the li&ppiness of the enjoyment
of the Sabbath. He reminded
the House of the prophecy of the
Prophet Jeremiah, who predicted the
destruction of Jerusalem . in case the
Jews did not observe the Sabbath.
The bill was finally passed in the following
shape:
"It shall be lawful, <>;c., to run on Sunday,
durihg the months of April, May,
June, July and August, trains laden exclusively
with fruits and vegetables, and
on said day in any and every month their
regular mail trains, and such construction
trains as may be rendered necessary
by extraordinary emergencies other than
those incident to freight or passenger
traliic.1'
The bill was afterwards read a third
time and sent to the Senate.
The lull to provide for a reassessment
of property in Charleston, Colleton and
Berkeley counties, called forth a long debate.
3Ir. Wilson, of York, first moved
to strike out the enacting clause, but afterwards
withdrew this motion. Ee then
moved to make the bill apply to the
whole Stiite. The amendment was tabled.
The bill was finally passed to its third
reading.
The vote in the Joint Assembly, held
on the 9th inst., for superintendent of
the penitentiary was as follows: Tlios. J.
Lipscomb, the present incumbent, 96;
J. P. Blackweil, of Edgefield, 41; J. E.
lunsler, of Richland, 15; N. C. Robertson,
of Fairfield, 4. Col. Lipscomb was
accordingly declared elected. The vote
ivx iuic?;iVio ui uiic licii iixjatJUULj yyuo <vo
follows: X. "W. Brooker, of Edgefield,
113; C. W. McFadden, of Chester, 114;
John G. Guignard, of Aiken, 79; E. A.
Meetze, of Lexington, 73; George -.
Shields, of Columbia, 4i. The first three
were declared elected.
Temperance in the Home.
It is i'rom eight to sixteen that boys
begin to break away from parental control
and the restrain of the fireside. It
is then that they seem to feel that they
know more than they who bore them; it
is then that they begin to assert the
V itc /If*
U.JJCAOJ' VJ. v.U.0 OtitOl. lUXU LU^UV J.W Viv I
lusions, its vices, and its crimes. Said
an English jurist of great distinction:
"A large majority of ail the criminals
who are brought be*' re me have been
made what they are by being allowed :o
| be away from home evenings between
| the ages of eight and sixteen." "What a
I testimony is this, dear mothers and sisters!
Surely one of the most practical
studies in this temperance work is hew
to ke-;p the young away from temptation,
and pleasantly and profitably occupy
the evenings. Guard your own doois.
Thr>re is one sort of drinkinc-house tint
no State enactment can touch, and that
is a private house with a decanter in. its
cupboard. Good friends, guard yon
own doors with teetotalism. A foolish
rich man who died lately disinherited
his drunken son. In that same will le
bequeathed his "wine cellar" to certain
heirs. The father most iiisanely tvmptid
his own son to drink, and then on lis
dying bed gave the boy a last kick inx?
open disgrace! The most effectual of dl
home protection is to guard our own
home. From such temperance homfs
will come the power to close up the public
drinking dens.?Cuyler.
I'rogrtM of "rchibit on.
Montgomery, Ala., I)ocomber Tie
House ox liepresentatiyes o' the Genezal
Assembly, hoy,- is session, bis passed a bill
making the retail liquor licezse ?250. which
is equivalent to more than ioubling it. A
proposition to make it .<500was voted down
by a small majority. Tli( Assembly has
passed prohibition bills oitright for two of
the largest black counti<s, upon petitions
from nearly all the while inhabitants. Local
prohibition bills are pac>ed almost without
objection from any m-mber. The Senate
has passed a general ocal option law for
all the counties.
As many :is 1,000 (jUfikings of Liu: earth
a day have been rc^stcrtxl in New Zealand.
i
1SK3IOVAL OF I'ISOF. WOODISOW.
The Hoard of Directors of !!? Tlieolojjicai
Seminary of Columbia Carry Out tlie
Order of the .Synod.
(From the 2S~e ~s and Courier.)
Coh'Mp.ia, Decembers.?Pursuant to
ihe instructions of the four Synods, the
board of directors of the Theological
Seminary met at 10 o'clock this morning
in the Seminary chapel. There were
four absentees. The following members
were present: Dr. "YVm. Adams, the He v.
James Stacy, the Rev. J. TV". Rogan, the
Rev. J. C. McMullen, the Rev. J. G.
Law, Dr. H. E. Shepherd, Mr. W. C.
Siblev. Co I. Georere W. Scott and Dr.
W. T. Thompson. Dr. Stacy was elected
president and Mr. Law secretary. The
following resolution was adopted:
"Whereas, the four Synods controlling
this Seminary have instructed this hoard
to request the Eev. James Woodrow,
D. D., for his resignation as professcr of
natural science in connection with Bevelation:
"Kesblved, That a committee consisting
o? the Rev. Messrs. Kogan and
Thompson he appointed to wait on Dr.
Woodrow .and make the said request, j
and said committee siudl pivsent Dr. j
Woodrow with a copv of this resolution."
At 12 o'clock the board took a recess
until 2 p. m. At that hour the committee
presented the following note from
Dr. Woodrow:
"In reply to the request which you
have iust handed me for niv resignation
as professor of natural science in connection
with. Revelation, I beg leave _ to
sav that I respectfully decline acceding
to it."
This note was signed with Dr. Woodrow's
full title as Perkins professor. The
board then unanimously adopted a
preamble, reciting the above fart?, and
the following resolution:
"Resolved, In accordance with the
instructions received from the four controlling
Synods of the Theological Seminary,
that the Rev. James Woodrcw,
D. JD., be, and he is hereby, removed
from the chair of natural science in connection
with Revelation, and that the
secretary l>e directed to communicate
this action to Dr. Woodrow."
The board then went into an election
for professor of didactic and polemic
theology. The Rev. Dr. J. JL. Girardeau
was elected. Taking a recess at 6
p. m. the board waited on Dr. Girardeau
in a body, acquainting him with lii-s
election and urging his acceptance of
me prolessorsinp. JJr. (jirameau replied,
expressing his appreciation of the
confidence reposed in liim by his brethren,
and stating that he would consider
the matter and give his reply at the
earliest practicable moment.
At S p. m. the board reassembled at
Wright's Hotel and spent about two
hours considering the interests of the
Seminary. It was decided to postpone
further elections of professors until the
lirst "Wednesday in February, when the
board will meet in Augusta. The chairs
remaining to be filled are as follows:
(1) Biblical literature and exegesis of
Scripture; (2) pastoral theology; (3) the
Perkins professorship of natural science
in eonnection with Kevelation.
"The members o? the board express
themselves -as hopeful of iJrc future of
the Seminary, which they expect to reopen
next September.
Xot a Drunken >'atio:i.
Ileal!v and truly we are nut a. drunken
nation. There is sadly too much drink
ing, and there is ail i anility of crime and
poverty resulting from it, but it is certain
that we drink less per capita tiian
our fathers did, and it is also certain
that the mode and matter of drinking
has undergone a great change in the last
twenty-live years, and is still undergoing
change. Fashion makes custom, and it
is no ionger the custom to drink rum,
ss our New England ancestors did,
or whisky, as our Southern ancestors
did. Wine and beer are now* the staple
drinks of those who consume intoxicants.
We also drink slowly, and,
therefore, more decorously than we used
to do. And because we drink more
slowly we also drink less. We are not
a leisurely people. We cannot sit an
hour over two or three glasses of beer,
as an Englishman or German ddex, exover
a half pint of very thin wine, as a
Frenchman or Spaniard does. And
therefore we are not likely to become a
nation of slow guzzlers, it cannot now
be said, nor is it probable that it can
ever be truthfully said, of the American
as it is of the English constitution, that
"it floats in beer.We do not pity a
drunken man as the European people
do, or, if in such a case
Some pity lives,
That pity half despises, half forgives;
'Tis mbed with shame, 'tis not from
grief exempt,
And savors very largely of contempt. ;
We look upon drunkenness as a misfortune.
We regard it as a major or a
minor crime, according to the magnitude
or minitude of its evil consequences.
The vice ox drunkenness in America is
in a sure and not very slow prof-ess of
diminution. We are thin-skinned folk,
impatient of ridicule and intolerant of
contempt, and the tone of modern
society is tent ox naicrae auci contempt
toward drunkards. Two of the strongest
indications of the growth of temperance
sentiments have lx-en made manifest
during the recent assembly of the
Knights of Labor at Richmond. The
first was when Grand Master Powdcrly
charged the delegates that they should I
abstain from making themselves ridicu- i
Ions or contemptible in the eyes of
the world, by the simple act of abstaining
from visiting saloons. The second
was when the whole body of lvnights
demanded a pic :lge of constant sobriety
from its newly elected officers. Philanthropists
and reformers can take fresh
conr;ige from these cheering manifestations.?Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
A Waii o! Distress.
Mayrixtox, December 7.?The people
in this section of the State are in;; sad condition.
The terrible freesc: 'of1-Vsr January
entirely destroyed the oat crop and seriously
injured the wheat. A few spring oats and
about the sixth of a wheat crop was gathered.
It was very soon concur: od. The
floods and hail storms, from the 20th of
May to the middle of July, destroyed the
crops on the bottom lands. The little corn
made on the uplands is about out now. j
The cotton crop has he-en gathered, and is
about sold. It will not exceed forty per
cent, of hist year's crop. There is not a
farmer who "has made expenses. All are
behind, with scarcely any wheat or out seed i
to sow, av.d everything roaa or bca>'. cats
he has to buv, except hay. The outlook is
dull.
The condition of the white people is bad
.enough, hut that of the blacks is sorrowful.
At least o:ae-half of them will have to leave
the county. They have nothing to buy
shoes or clothes with, and they have scarce- j
ly anything to eat, and the white people artpowerless
to aid them. The people are on
the edge of distress, and it has not been
iromany tauit 01 theirs, lncy couia not;
lijlit tlic elements. There must be a great
deal of suffering this winter.?Xeccs and
Courier.
Brill iair, society features?Somn people's
noses.
ONJ: LSTTLM i.KAK.
An liim ??f i?i <n:!iiiy <???vorui;:scotii:(iii?
fount v i'awr.
(C<1 jni'.'ii (.'or. ct" the X?vs and Cii:ri(r.)
In tlx: progress <>? tlie debate iu the
IIon.se which, Try the way, was its lirst
indulgence iu that most seductive but
somewhat expensive legislative luxury,
a good deal was said about county expenses.
It will be remembered tliat the
subject of discussion was the Aid rich bill
to change the tenure of ottice of grand
juries. It was advanced iu support of
the bill that the grand juries by being
made perpetual would be able to exercise
a closer scrutiny over the expenditures
of county funds. The opponents
I r\f -fliA liill -nrp'-nfpi! r.nt wit]) much force.
that the continuance of men in ollice so
long might rentier them more easily subject
to the influences of a powerful combination
of corrupt oiiicials or criminals.
This brought out eulogies from quite a
number of members upon the oilicials of
their respective counties, each asserting
that a nobler, purer, more intelligent,
upright, patriotic, self-denying lot of
citizens, in the words of the "Mikado."
"never did exist." All of which is
doubtless very true. Nevertheless it is
admitted on all sides that one of the
most pressing questions which confronts
this Legislature is the question of reform
in county aiiairs. It was pointed
out in this correspondence on Monday
laat that in the county of Abbeville, as
shown by the Press and Banner, the expenses
for six years of Democratic rule
were ?15,000 in excess of those of six
years of the Radical rule of plunder.
The statement was the subject of a
i breakfast table conversation at tlie
Grand Central Hotel yesterday, at which
a distinguished member from Abbeville
assisted. I asked him if the figures of
the Press and Banner -were true, and he
replied that he had no doubt they were.
The only cause he was able to assign for
it was that the people were too anxious
to make a living out of minor offices
which they sought.
':Any stealing or dishonesty?" I inquired.
Xo, he didn't think so. While
it was true the salaries of some of the
offices were small, the position afforded
opportunities of making money which
very few men could resist. This remark
was made not in reference to Abbeville
county alone but to all the counties in
the State.
A ease in point occurred here during
the early part of this week. Looking
over the register of the hotel on Tuesday
morning I found the names of six
or seven prominent citizens of Georgetrca-n
ThinT.-inorflipv rmVhf, havtf
come to the capiral 011 some legislative
business, and not being able to find any
of tliein, I asked Representative Miller,
oi' Georgetown county, "what was up?"
and was told that the object oi' their visit
was to bring a half dozen :.?r more convicts
to the penitentiary. This will, perhaps,
explain why it costs from s3U to S-jO
each to transport convicts to the penitentiary.
I was further told by Mr.
Miller'that some of the distinguished
citizens alluded to were rabid reformers,
and during the recent canvass had advocated
the abolition of the Citadel and
College, the reduction of the series of
State d&cials and other measures of reAnother
cause'of expense in .he conn- '
ties is to be seen in Charleston.- Coroner
DeYeanx, who was here on Wednesday
iast, had a hearing before the Charleston
delegation on the subject of the proDosed
"horizontal" or "perpendicular"
reduction of salaries. Tiic coroner professed
his willingness to submit to a reasonable
reduction, but stated that he
could not make a living (it "will be borne
in mind that this is an oilice the 'duties
01 which requires the entire time and
attention of the incumbent) unless arrangements
were made to pay him his
salary. In other words, it transpired
that the officials of the county are subjected
to the necessity of discounting
their certificates of pay at from 10 to 30
per cent. It was learned that a half
dozen prominent merchants are engaged
in the business, all of whom liave made
snug sums. I asked a member from
Charleston if this was actually true, and
he replied that it was, and that it had
been going on for years, some of the
merchants referred to having made
fortunes, it would appear that there
might oe room for reiorm in tins direction.
Thus far tlie only measure- which
prortyses practical reform in the direction
of county expenses that yet appear
on the House Calendar is a bill to
change tLc plan of transporting convicts
to ihe penitentiary. The bill, in accordance
with the recommendation of Gov.
eruox Sheppard, devolve)# this duty on
. the superintendent of the penitentiary.
i'he Strongest of Fei:slnin?5 Instinct*.
One of the strongest uf feminine instincts
is to spank. The little girl oi
si:c spanks her doll, even while the sympathetic
tears vo;l down her cheeks. She
keeps up the practice when grown to
young ladyhood upon her little brothers
and sisters, if she is fortunate enough to
mire any, and from then on nor chnuren
2nd grandchildren?or somebody else's
children and grandchildren?receive the
benefits, ir< a matured foi'M, of an art
learned in infancy, until she goes hence
to a bettor land, and even then, perhaps,
a wide field for the exercise of her powers
is before ner among the little angels
in heaven. One day last week a young
man saiuitering about the Xatioliai
museum saw two very pretty girls examining
a large turra-cotta vase which
stood in one corner of the room devoted
to exhibits of tllat ware. In the
bow! of the vase several unclothed
urchins were represented as playing,
'i .. _ irii.1 i i i _
vviiiio c?zie iitao ciicrtiu, witu h enuooy
and dimpled form, was leaning over the
edge, c\ identl y attempting to read; liis
catapaiiion?, and innocently offering an
av.iiii temptation to spanking femininity.
The young ladies stood before the
ornament for sonic time in sppiueni admiration
of tiio vo& tuutf&pf when suddenly
? thought keincd to strike one ol
them. She looked cautiously-around to
see it' she was observed, and, seeing no
one, for the writer was hid behind a
pillar-, and no one else was in sight, she
smiled luiiipily, took the giove tragi off
her right hand, raised that member and
administered to the little clay image a
most thorough spanking. If it were a
fair sample of her skill in that direction,
her future children arc entitled to heartfelt
pit}-.?Toledo Blade.
V RrmarkeSiltr Docui:icnt.
Governor Gordon rccciycd a remarkable
document recently from one Balus Reynolds.
of Barks comi'y. who rsvs lie is TU
years old und wauu to do ail the good lie
can before he dies. lie begins by asking if
the Governor is a religious man, prepared
for final judgment, and then without slop
or introduction proceeds to give receipts
for iiog cholera, horse choke colic, headache,
and how to kill tfeas. lie concludes
with a statement that lie is spiritualized by
four bauds of angels, and wants to do all
the good he can in this world.
Mr. Blaine tried to enjoy himself at Mr.
Arthur's funeral, but ii was not thought he
had as much fun as Mr. Arthur's friends
ha'l at Mr. Blaine's funeral.
AN AKTIST AVAKXKD.
Ail (tiiiiuiiou or t'uitcri States ('nrrcafy
That ."Must N<it lie Kepcaled.
The secret sen-ice officers made a
seizure iu Theodore Stewart's saloon in
New York recently of a small painting
by William II. Harnett, the well knows
artist, representing the face of a United
States .$ > note. The work was done so
well that it took close examination with
a glass to show that a note had not been
pasted down on a piece of wood, as even
the mucilage which apparently had
been used -was imitated. The law pro
liibiting the counterfeiting and imitation
of money was felt to liave been
violated by this neat piece of artistic
painting, but the law officers of the
Treasury Department could not say that
talent siicli as that exhibited in this case
should be promoted, because of the subject
selected to portray. Neither could
they allow the "matter to pass without
calling attention to the dangers of imitations
so skillfully made that they required
but a groundwork of paper instead
of a smooth surfaced wood to enable
them to pass for money.
It was not supposed that any jury
would convict the artist of a violation of
law should the case be put to trial, so
the Solicitor of the Treasury advised the
Secretary that while under the circumstances
of the case he should not advise
prosecution, yet he would suggest "that
the development and exercise of a talent
so capable of mischief should not be encouraged
in a direction which might
i *? ? i i n T ?? 1
ieau ro emoarrassmeiK ana aiscommure.
This means that the artist will be.
Trained to let imitation of United States
money alone hereafter and to exercise
his genius in some other direction unless
he wants to get into trouble. The
picture will be returned to its owner.
A Growing People.
In round numbers the population of
the United States increases at the rate
1,000,000 a year. The census of 1880 j
showed a population of over 50,000,000
and close estimates based on local een- j
suses give in 1886 56,000,000. Of this
increase about one-third is from abroad.
Two natives reach the stage of action for J
one foreign resident. The ratio of native
lj-v^icaov; JLUUOU XJLL cu-iw xacuiv^ Q*uitvi) <*o ^
the native element is constantly growing , larger
while the foreign is about station- ,
ary. The immigration for last year was j
a little larger than that of 188? and this !
year promises to exceed the last; but
both years show a decrease on several j
preceding years. Many thoughtful per- ,
sons are apprehensive of future trouble j.
through this rapid increase of population, j j
so largely drawn from foreign sources. ,
The spectacle of from 300,000 to 100,000 ,
foreigners being absorbed annually into *
our industrial force is one, they think,
Vtiiich cannot be continued without in
time producing a serious disturbance. It
should be borne in mind that when a
foreigner comes to this country and becomes
a part of its laboring lorce, he becomes
also a part of its consuming force, i
In many cases he does work in this coun- <
try which in his absence would be done *
in Europe. Until the population ap- i
p roaches ,-the limit of our producing <
capacity,' the ioxeigncr.iuay as well work
Jierc as in Europe. Wc now export grains ]
and meats which are consumed in Europe, i
and the product of the consumer's labor <
is sent to us. When the laborer comes
over and works in this country, he con- :
sumes more of our agricultural products i
than Then he is in Enroi>e aud he only t
auus 10 liic consilium g igicc. jlu ume ;
the foreign immigration will decrease in
actual numbers, as it is already decreas- ]
ing relatively. The number of born 1
Americans is every year larger, and will ]
increase for years; but the inducements 1
for foreigners to come here will grow less <
and less. The immigration question is ; <
therefore largely one of the imagination,
so long as it is confined to the Caucasian i
race. The politicians who are disturbed l
over it live a quarter of a century too i
late. This country has passed successfully
thronffh the danger thev now think 1
they see in the future. Whatever peril i
there may may have been in that ques-! <
tion -when the nation was young and the i
native population small has sow passed i
away.?San Francisco Call. 1
Tlie Power to Prohibit.
When a legislature says that on certain
conditions a nun snail be authorized
to sell intoxicating liquors, and that unless
he meets those conditions he dull
not have the right to do it, the legislature
by that act assumes the right to
prohibit the sale of liquors; for if its
prescribed conditions are such that no
one will accept them, prohibition becomes
a fact, if the lav/ is enforced; and
whether it is enforced or not, the legis- i
lature has recognized the principle and j(
has assumed prohibitory power. It does j,
the same when it enaots. that no person
shall sell intoxicating drinks as a bever- j
ag? from 12 o'clock midnight until six j
o'clock in the morning. If for the pub- j
JJC gUUUj iiuu. UGl^AU?>C W.IV? ULi^iCbu ^
is promoted by it, a law can be made to
close tl;c saloons a part of tiie time, foi (
tke same- reason a law could be made to
close tlicm all tlie time. If to promote (
this public good it is right to restrict the j
business, it is right, for" the public good, 5
to annihilate business. This is what law
is for, and it is not only its legitimate
function, it is its solemn duty as well to j
abate nuisances, to put an end to erine, j
and at all possible points to protect so-j
ciety. There is no more reason to 1
question the right oi the government to
iorbid the sale of intoxicating liquors as !
beverages than to question its right to
forbid araoo. and murder. It has as j
much right to close saloons as it has to i
close gambling dens and houses of pros- i
titrttion. Having the right to. piohibit j
xui iui uuiu, ii iuts sire. ngnt to proiuuit
forever. Legislation -winch alrdulv exi
j'u attunes uil tire constitutional power
niKJessary to make prohibition a fact,
and what we need now is not more legislative
function, but a public opinion
which will demand the necessary legislation
and the enforcement of the lav,-.
The voter is the power behind the tin-one
in this -country. The lawmaker listens
i for the voice of his constituent's, and the
: executive officer dops the same thing,
and if ti>o voice is sufficiently imperative
i it is regarded. A mere whisper is not
f enough, but when it thunders it is usually
obeyed.?-Western. Christian Advocate, j
Vizhl toilic IJrnth Bfinffd
\ licri bel'.vtei; LivO i
icvca-ye:;r-o?d buck deer lately <>,vit:r<M -i; )
Granite Kami, Township 21. The story
comes f:i>ni 3Ir. .John Ilaslam, of Walthatn,
Maine. Hint wliile his two sons were going
along the bark road sear Grant's farm,"their
hor.se stopped aiid refuse to advance. Looking
a little way ahead they saw two deer,
one iiiive the other dead, locked together
by the horns. The ground was torn up
around them so that the dead one was
nearly buried. They shot the live one.
The other had been dead two or three days.
They had to get stakes to pry the deer
apart. The live one had broken the other's
uec-K.
We presume it is the negative man who
is always pulling his "noes"' into other peo-1
pies business.
sKXATOK BONUS'S FLAME.
A JVn I'ictttrv of tl?e Kiciiest Heiress in the
West. ,
By the aeaih of Francis Palms, one of
the oldest and l>est known citizens of
Detroit, the entire estate which he had
accumulated descends to two children, a
son and daughter. The exact value of
this estate, says a writer in the Philadelphia
Times, it is impossible to fix with
certainty, but it is l>elieved that it will
not fall below 815,000,000 at the lowest.
Much of it consists in great land tracts
iri on/3 Tl ie/)A?cir? /?AtrA*o^ Vvtt
the tov/ering forests for which that *
region is famous, and tlie value of which
is morally certain to increase as timber
for building and other purposes becomes
more scarce. Added to this are bonds
and securities to the amount of an almost
fabulous sum, and real estate in a
number of western cities. Always an
econoidc and thrifty man, Mr. ralms
made iew blunders in the investment of
his capital, the entire sum of which he
hardly knew himself at the time of his
death i'rom general debility. But little
is known of the son, who will probably
share jointly with the daughter in the
distribution of this vast estate, and who
is an offspring ot Jlr. jfalms's first marriage,
the daughter being the fruit of a
second union. Unfortunately, the same
cannot be said for Miss Palms, however,
thanks to the conduct of a Senator of the
United States. A few years ago Miss
Palms risited Washington for the first
time, and was given a cordial welcome
by the wives of politicians whom her
father liad helped to make. Personally
accomplished and beautiful, she won a
high place in many hearts, and, as subsequent
events proved, completely conquered
the susceptible Senator Jones.
During her visit to the capital the atten- *
tions of the Florida statesman became so
frequent and annoying that when Miss
Palms finally left the city it was said she
had done so"only to escape her elderly
suitor's persecutions. In this, it will be
remembered, she was not successful, as
Senator Jones followed her to her home
in Detroit, refusing to accept an un
quaiincd no irom the lady in answer to
Lis offer of marriage. Physical force
finally succeeded in closing the door of
the Palras mansion against him, bnt it
lias not served to prevent him from remaining
in the Michigan metropolis nor
from sending constant reminders in the
shape of fruits and flowers to a lady who
is constantly returned them without reply.
As photographed by the gossips,
Miss Pa!ms is tall and stately, like the s;
tree whose plural name she bears. A
svealth of dark and Instrons hair crovma m
in unusually shapely head, which, itself -jm
is poisec. upon a graceful figure of the jM
mature development of some thirty odd
fears.
WHAT CLEVELAND ML'ST DO.
?icv.s of Well Kjiowji Democratic Editors
and also of: Charles A. Dana. ufl
The Boston Globe prints letters from
some of the best known editors of the MM
country in answer to the query: "What
should President Cleveland clQ...diu3ajgcr----.
he next two years in order" that Demo:ratic
. .Cok>ud?Jpgi|rtdPCHSHpHpHB^^H
Philadelphia Times writes: "If Cleveland
keeps straight along he will be his
:>wn successor." fl
Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun V
intagonizes the above with the follow- A
ing: "He should in most respects do
liii'erently from what he has done during
last, t.wn v.-vivs "
Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Republican
says: "He should steadfastly
ive up to the principles enunciated in
lis letter accepting the nomination for
he Presidency and hi his letter of De- Sj
jeniber 25, 1SS4, to George William
F. W. Dawson of the Cliarleston News
md Courier writes: "Let him go on to
:he end in the way he has been going ^
"rom the beginning."
2u. M. Gillam of the Philadelphia ]
Rprtrovl kits + cVinnl/1 fill fl-i^
ivitu wide-awake, representative Democrats
as speedily as possible, under liberilly
interpreted civii service rules, and
illow the men so appointed to work for
:he party.
Melville E. Stone of tke Chicago News
says: "He should be able to go before
:he country with confidence upon his
record. If, however, it be true that the
majority of the American people do not
approve of his policy, do not regard 'a
public office as a public trust,' rather
:iaan a partisan reward; if it be true that
:he general sentiment of the country
nay be arrayed against an honest, faithful
and intelligent administration of the
Presidential office, then the attention of
thoughtful minds may be well turned to
i weightier question than the welfare of
il the President or his party."
Stillson Hutchins writes" that Cleveand
has strengthened Los party outside
!ts natural lines. He should now consolidate
and energize it. He has no
ioubt of Democratic success in 1888
cvitb. or without Cleveland, but thinks it
ivould be just like Cleveland to positively
leelinc a renomi nation.
George W. Abeli of the Baltimore Sun
commends Cleveland for keeping his
pledges and chides the party for love of
spoils.
A Story of Conkliiig.
Senator Riley, of New York, said the
other evening, while speaking of the
uimous Broadway investigation by the
special committee of the Legislature: "I
never was so impressed with a man as I
was v.itb. Ecscoe Conkling while we
were holding that investigation. After
we had concluded taking the testimony,
the counsel for the defense gave notice
that they wished to submit arguments at
Albany." Of course we wanted Mr.
Colliding to go along as the representative
of tite committee. When the proposition
was made to him in secret session
he said that he would prefer to have his
partner ?Ir. Seward, assume that share
of the work, beeo.n?e there were certain
memories about Albany which would
make it very distasteful to him in case
he should have to visit there. Seward
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of the discussion one of the members of
the committee said that there were two
Senators who had particularly requested
his presence. They were men who voted
against Conkling in the famous (Senatorial
contest of J88i. As their names
wore mentioned, Conkling drew himself
up to his full height and said: "Gentlemen,
I sliall merely send these persons a
poli re note of regret.' After a great deal of
persuasion, however, he consented to
go.?Washington Letter to the Boston
-Traveller.
A 1'ig i'air.
Clerk?"What is it you want_ *
Liulc girl?"J want*a pair of stockings."
"For yourself
"Yes, sir."' .
"W<-11, hero is:: pair that I think will lit.
Very pretty, too."
"Oh dose won't never do. I want a
great big pair, ever so big?No. 200 or 000.
'Gracious! We have no such numbers*
What do you want thr*m formk
"To hang up." jB