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VOL. 9, NO. 35, SEMI-WEEKLY. THE LANCASTER NEWS, FK'IDAV. JANUARY :!() I'll I K NEGROES TARGET S f OF LEGISLATION g I liill ^itni in i ho SC*?n. **tVi ate by the House. rac |&' pa? ; FINAL VOTE WAS 62 TO 10. rJ me anc Measure Prohibiting White People nef from Teaching Blacks Precipltales Hootest Fight of Session. wh pac Columbia. Jan. 27.?The hottest * light of the present session was pre- rea clpltated in the house this morning jou on the passage of the Fortner bill prohibiting white people from teach- __ ing in negro schools or negroes from iW teaching in white schools under penalty of a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for not more than 12 months. The bill was passed to third r reading after a battle royal led by ( the Charleston delegation. The measure was amended without a dissenting vote to make the same i penalty applicable to "the Intimacy XTn of the races In houses of 111 repute." ; pa] Another amendment was passed pro- , bet hlbitlng white nurso from working the In negro hospitals. A third amend- latl ment made the bill Inapplibale to the car teaching of the Bible to negroes by pat white people. j poj By a vote of 59 to 39, the house a s refused to strike out the enacting on words of the Fortner bill. It Is doubt- (5a: ful whether there was any such over- tioi whelming sentiment In favor of the passage of the bill in the house as opt this vote would indicate. The meas- 'Nc ure had been recommended by the a ] governor in his message, but beyond the question more than 38 members of err the house did not believe the meas- hai ure expedient, voting for It because | they feared the accusation in the fu- |co tuava "nicroor lnvnra " IUIC I licit ncio !Uf,f,v7? i\/tv?ui 1 d\ The administration and anti-admin- Wi istration lines were not drawn in the sec vote to strike out the enacting: words, cor HOW THEY VOTED. | clr The vote resulted as follows: I v}? Ayes?Atkinson, Barnwell, Bethea, X, Bolt, Boyd, Brice, Busbee Charles, "J Clement, Courteny, Dantzler, De- j' Laughter, Evans, Greer, Huter, John- ? J ston Kirk, Lee Llles, Lumpkin, Mc- , Master, McQueen, Means, Melfl, Nich- 1 _ i T olson, Pegues, Riddle, ltittenbery, W. | J" M. Scott, Senseney, Shirley, Simley, J" Thompson, Tindal, Vanderhorst, C. T. 1 Wyche, You mans, Zeigler?-38 Nays?Speaker Smith, Addy, J. WAshley. M. J. Ashley Blackwell, Bpw- . ers. Browning,. Burgess, Cross Daniel , Fortnor Friday, basque, Goodwin, j Gray, Haile. Hall Hardin. Harrelson, HarrelsojvHarvey, .Holley. Hutson, I Irby, James, Jones, Kelley~ Kennedy, j Kirby, Lybrand. McDonald, Miley, pre Miller, Mtxson, Moore Moseley, Mur- n ray,. Nelson, Odom, Pyatt, Ready, Ri- jari ley, Robertson, W. S. Rogers, Jr., fol] Sappi W. W. Scott Sherwood, Stantply an< Stricklend, Sturkle Summers. Walker aot Warren, Welch, White, Whitehead, | ' Wilburn, C. C. Wyche?59. to FEAR SOCIAL EQUALITY. ica ? a-ut ? ?f .v,? me A lit; 11 ?*11 uvtJi lur paooagc ut iuo ^ Fortner bill, taken up out of Its order tpa yesterday at 11 o'clock was opened by co'v speeches from Mr. Fortner, Mr. J W. Ashley and Mr. James, all of whom . urged the passage to the bill chiefly cc on the grounds that white teachers In . negro schools made for social equality. Mr. Idles, of Orangeburg, opposed the passage of the bill on the grounds 1 ei that white men should be allowed to j ' manage negroes In their schools just as they managed them ir. the fields. He said, however, that he would be ' 1 In favor of the bill If It prohibited go> white women from teaching in negro ZOI] schools. 1 Mr. Barnwell, of Charleston, in I whose county about 50 white women ? f teach In negro public schools, said der that he attributed the lack of friction der between the races In the low country to the fact that the negroes were taught by white people early in life to respect the white race. Mr. Barn- *or well opposed the passage of the Fort- are ner bill. opt MR. WYCHE, OF NEWBERRY, in < Mr. Wyche, of Newberry, spoke ce'j against the passage of the bill. Who but the white, he asked shall teach "ei the negro his proper position? 1 Mr. White, of Charleston advocated 0 the passage of the bill and Mr. Vanderhorst, of Charleston, opposed It. * By a vote of 59 to 39, the house re iubvu iu BLriKti uui me enncung words of the bill. H8, The house refused by a vote of 4 0 (ra' to 40 to gree to the amendment exem- en( pting Charleston county from the pro- ler visions of the bill. Then the Charles- jnt ton delegation started a filibuster to na, obstruct the passage of the bill. The nrr delegation was ably second by sev- nf eral members of the house, and the j bill hung Are fc?r\about an hour be- tllf] fore it finally passed to third reud- , lug. AMENDMENT REJECTED. to Ry a vote of 65 to .14 the house re- be fused to adopt the amendment offered Off by Mr. Stanley of Horry, an advoe- wa cate of the hill, to make the measure Pai apply to negro waiters negro nurses pei In private houses, negro servants In me hospitals and negroes working in the goi U\ same establishments in which white wo women are employed. an< , By a vote of 41 to 41 the house re- a l< fused to reconsider the motion the whereby It refused to exempt Charles- wil towounty. $11 Hunter, of Bamberg, wanted slo< A bill to apply to negro ehuffeurs, t the house refused by a vote of to 4 3 allow It to do so. ro reduce the bill to an absurdity, . FUttenburg, of Charleston, offered amendment prohibiting farmers to e negro laborers, which the house ed down. rhe Lee amendment providing ??+ lwi <hi.. 1*111 1 1 I ICIV, lur |;i v?v loiuun ui cmc* mil ?UtlII 0 apply to the intimacy of the es in houses of ill repute" was ised by a vote of 100 to 0. tly a vote of 53 to 4 6 the house re?ed to agree to the Liles amendnt orohibitlng only white women. 1 m. white men, from teaching In ;ro scnools. rhe house adopted the amendment jred by Mr. Whlley prohibiting lie nurses from acting In this canity In negro hospttlals. rhen the bill was passed to third ding, after which the house aaraed until 10 o'clock tomorrow. ILSON'S MEXICAN POLICY CRITICIZED Intions of 1'. 8. IVIth (.rent Ilrltaln Ivor Cnnnl Tolls and Japannese Controversy Discussed. ^.ondon, Ja->. 29.?Relnltons of the Ited States with Great Pritain over riatna canal tolls; the controversy ween Washington and Tokio over California land ownership legisinti ProaMnnt Wllcnn'e i policy are subjects of lengthy disches today from British corresnlents In Washington, but there is ingular lack of editorial comment these questions. The Pail-Mall zette is the only newspaper to menn Mexico editorially. It says: President Wilson has laid himself !n to a charge of having chalked up ? Huerta' and then run away. It Is position that becomes worse for i prestige of the Washington goviment every day on which nothing jpens." 'Financiers here Interested In Mexare becoming impatient at the k of action shown by President lson. A meeting of the Mexican tion of the London chamber of nmerce Is to be called to adopt the cular asking members for their wb as to whether it would be adable for Oreat Britain to Join with ince and Germany In asking Presilt Wilson to take some steps to lust the financial position of MexThe summons sent to Sir Lionel rden, British minister to Mexico, come to London for a conference * created no surprise here as it was lounced on January 5 that this uld be the first step toward his nsfer to Brazil. The six months which he was appointed to Mexexplres in February. Hope for Settlement. rokio, Jan. 29.?Hopes are ex*ssed in official circles today that lasts of understanding on the alien id ownership question will he ind by the United Spates and Jap>se governments which are both ively seeking a solution . rhe chief concern at present seems be over future legislation In Amer. It was said any additional enactnts unfavorable to Japanese would considered a serious menace to the ditional friendship of the two intries. )L. GOETHALS MADE DVERNOE OF PANAMA rinnnent (Joveriimcnt in the Canul 1 5<me Is Made Effective April 1. Order Signed by Wilson. Washington. Jan. 28.? Permanent rernment in the Panama Canal le with Colonel George W. Goethas first civil governor, will be auliahed April 1. An executive or to this effect was signed by Presilt Wilson today. rhe new governor will eliminate i commission now in charge of the le. Members of the commission : to be retained however until the minx of the canal, as a committee charge of the arrangements for the ebratlon of the opening, rhe President's order create these >artments: Operation and maintenance, purising department, supply departnt, accounting department health lanuiciii nun uu CAftuuve 81'lTBy. I'hese departments will be manned follows: Vlalntenanoe army engineer 'officer: nsporatlon. naval officer; electriai tineer arr.y officer; captain of the minal ports, naval officers; superendent of shops and dry docks /al constructor; chief, health office, j ny medical office; superintendent hosptial army medical office; ef of quarantine division office of i public health bureau; chief quar- | master, army officer, rhe nomination of Colonel Goethal be governor of the canal zone will sent to the senate in a few days. Icial notification of his selection s cabled to Colonel Goethals at namn. Secretary Harrison, who sonally told the colonel last sumr that he would be made the first pernor, said ho was confident there uld be no question about accept^e. The change In title will mean r>ss of $5,000 a year to the head of i zone, as the governor's salary 1 be $10,000, and ho now receives S.000 as chairman of the commisn. ASSERTS NATION IS ICON RULED BY JUDGES V Justice (Mark Warns His Tel- >enat< low Jurists. Int< ADDRESS AT COOPER UNION THE Said Jurists Should Take Hood I>est Their I'ower Prove Their Own Undoing. Was New York, Jan. 27.?Declaring f that all the powers of government, , both federal and state, lie a tthe feet I7 of "Judicial oligarchy," composed of "oase the lawyers of the United States Chief 1 Vv,r Justice Walter Clark, of the North Carolina supreme court speaking at|!~e Se Cooper Union tonight, warned his ! ^?mm' fellow-Jurists throughout the country | ^ e ot to take head lest their power prove other their own undoing. Discussing "Gov- ?'OU8e emment by Judges.' Justice Clark 8arY? said: 1 "It has been said that contented wou , people have no annals. The present P"*>Ilcl unrest among the people, strange as Prosor' it may seem is one of the best signs Procef! ! of the times. When people are con- 8errf'lf ' tent they either are ignorant of bet- ' "y ot'r tor conditions 01 hopleness of attain- ,'ie ing them. I canc?r CONTROL IN HANDS OF FEW. '^"of ! "In this country, as in all countries nient the control of the government is in large the hands of the few. We have learn- coinmi ed that the form of government 1 |jca (amount to little. The real question dician Is. 'Where does the control of gov- row 0', emment reside?' supple "In 1776 we issued a declaration resent nropin mIn c t ho **1 rrhto ^?, .. 1. 1? .1 j,-Vv.uu4mi0 ?-? ?- v/i mauiviiiu (InV ftf ,nnd their equality and freedom. And Kentu then the champion of government by lorats) the few quietly but effectlvel took public control of the government. j ^be co "The overwhelming preponderance jnfr of the Judiciary waa unexpectedly jn (ni) I created in 1803 by a delcision of the amend suprem court of the United States |ativel i without a line in the constitution to 0f f^e authorize it, when that body assumed tions their right to veto any act of congress state they chose to hold unconstitutional. | broom BOON TO SPECIAL INTERESTS, land w "This doctrine was promptly seized with t upon as boon by the special interests h>' 'lel and by all who believed at heart in before the government of the many for the mlssio benefit of the few. It practically posed in every state in the Union. When- .?I rai | ever any progressive statute has not The been in accprd with the ecomonic today views entered by the courts, they ton? ^ have generally exercised their power Comm I to declare such statute unconstltu- New 'i tional because it was 'due process before of law. lating Justice Clark said that if the con- nnti-tr stltution really had given judges the a num richf tn uot nci/lo o I ?tf/\.?i,i cnrtlin have Riven the legislative branch the by tin same power in the case of an exectu- Henry veto. "However plausible," he con- Mr. IT tinued, "the arguments in favor of Judlch judicial supe. emacy. its friends can Hie Sli point to a line in the constitution plicitlj | which confers it." i conspi I In warning his brother Judges *'i(ling against overstepping their authority, , y ,a' the speaker declared that "Mr. Jus- ?w,,to tlce Harlan has wellsaid: " When the s'iall 1 American people come to the conelusion that the judiciary of this land an. is usurping to itsself the functions of ^"H-uri the legislative department of the gov- | hands ernment we will find trouble. Niney 1 millions of people?all sorts of people a [ ?are not going to submit to the Sherm (usurpation by the Judiciary of the,coau functions of other departments of the 9orn government, and the power on its ? sa? part to declare what is the public pol- R*at(?, icy of the United States.'" , would | of the ?~~?? and th SHELBY M. CULLOM, *?< STATESMAN, DEAD' w"th? I Former Senator and Veteran in the WILL Public Servlre Succumbs Recretj to Illness. Washington, Jan. 28.?Former Was Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois died here today after an Illness of , ^ more than a week during whclh he ?7' hovered between life and death. preside The Senate adjourned for the day as a mark of respect to the memory wnlr" of the former Senator when his death was announced by Senator Sherman. *>r , 1 PUBLIC FUNERAL. | aa? ,? Springfield, 111., Jan. 28.?When *Mr. informed today of the death in Wash- ai)ovvii ington of former Senator Shelby M. to thei Cull om Gov. Edward F. Dunne is- notion? (sued a statement In which he declared (o do v Senator Cullom passed through the vented fiery ordeal of holding public office ought 1 for 50 years without ever having been Loul accused of enriching himself in pub- that tli lie life and died comparatively poor." to' the The Governor urged the honor of a an(i jn public funeral from the officials and forn)at citizens of Illinois, and telegraphed their <i his condolences to Miss Victoria Fish- manag er, a relative of Senator Cullom at tmslnei Washington suggesting that lie he c.npital given a public funeral In Illinoise. tj^. fir Funeral services for Senator Cul- racy, lorn will be held In this city Saturday afternoon in the State House. The obsequies will be conducted by the ' Rev. Donald MacLeod, of the First 1 I>ar' Presbyterian Church, formerly of er Con Washington, I). C. Memorial address- today es will be made by United Sen- Frenci ator Lawrence Y. Sherman and Gov- Haiti, ernor Dunne. the re\ The body will lie In state before dent J the funeral, In the State House. serloui 1MITTEE BEGINS ! Z ON TRUST BILLS .. :;:? ________ I break into Cabinet Co p Committee Perfecting the residence erstate Commission Hill. , Dowing si An autoi men's Socii HEARINGS BEGIN . a woman < filled with Judiciary Committee Will ^tlide the ave Hearings on the Vari- j what was ous Measures. I When tl ' the police hington, Jan. 28.?Perfection street, the Interstate Trade Commission placed und> atroduced in the Senate and car to Sco last week as the first of the ' miimnnMic ust legislative measures of the ards prote Istratlon, was begun today by feeding of nate Committee on Interstate demanding eroe. It was determined at "torture ol itset that no public hearings. When tl than those to be held by the three of t1 committees would be neces- names and I book unde amendment proposed today who had a< limit, to a certain extent, the Miss Virtui Ity feature of the measure by tary of "G Iblng particularly that no trade tnond. a p s, list of customers of like trade Virtue is s i, submi. to the commission a Montana porations ,iould be made. As have secur II stands .uw, all information ain. All t nlng the business of corpora- over to be Is required to be made a mat- months, public record. Another amend- _ will be proposed later to en- | ^a the powers and scope of the SirOJcv-A ssion. tt-t rings before the House Ju- XX JI r committee will begin tomor11 the various bills proposed to Hhickmaib ment the Sherman not. Rep- H ative Clayton, the chairman toiked Representative Stanley of oky, Henry of Texas. (Demo- | OS and Lenroot of Wisconsin (Re- tQ an ano an), who are not members of j a morninj mmittee, to appear at the hear- I fqark, the All are particularly interested for ra st legislation and will suggest ma{iPrs" i Iments to perfect the bills ten- disappeare y drafted. Commissioner Davies januarv 1 Federal Rureau of Corpora- on a train who under the Clayton Inter- oonimitted Trade Commission bill, would Rplf jnt0 t e chairman of the new board. ; manding t hose bureau would be merged ioape Was he commission, has been asked , nce" and presentative Adamson to appear ( uary 27. the Interstate Commerce Com- | ^ said: a Friday to discuss the pro- atre ciark commission and the regulation state in 1 lwav securities. pay it or t re was an informal conference of " ./t-i' sfiiiniive i lav-| "Yours, loyd Carlin of tho Judiciary Across ittee. and Samuel Untermyer of wrjtteu "? fork, regarding the throe hills in pap the Judiciary committee re- ppt out." to amendments to the Sherman Those v ust law. Mr. ITntermyer had are saj,j t< her of suggestions to make re- Mrs darfc g the legisl ion to be framed jjjg rpPiy t a committer . Representative -j Want , who also ..as conferred with nioro fUllv ntermyer will discuss with the disappears iry Committee his bill to amend where the inrmnn low ? ... .......* ?-a- wilat man t what constitute:, monopoly or motive th; racy in restraint of trade, pro- kidnappini prison terms for violators and for ran son ling an adaptation of a Texas sition cont provide that the Sherman act e(1 to phi not apply "to members of or- definitely tions not conducted for profit know mor ithout capital stock, or to agri- | Mrs. Cli il products or livestock, in the shP believ< of the producer or raiser." , \y held l?v resentative Stanley and Len-1 ' while t Iso have bills amending the that he wa: an law on the docket of the an effort w ttee on which they will speak. failing in e opposition is developing to gotiations laries proposed in the Inter- return of Trade Commission bill which tive. give each of the five members , _ commission $10,000 annually e secretary $5,000. An amend- MARIN tlso will be proposed to limit ?mbership of the commission >e members. ? Americans PUT PEOPLE IN SADDLE. Forei>fn _ , . shii iry Uryan Hpeaks of Presidential Primaries. Washing htneton -Inn 98 S^rptnrv prt rtraft Ih today told the Common Coun- to lay 1h ru ib here that adoption of the passage fo >ntlal primary plan would mark where her mpletlon of the movement by, will Join v the people are coming Into ab- cruiser Mo control of the naming of their Americans ent. Never again, he declared, I Left wit Wall street have anything to sudden ab< the election of a President. who fled t Bryan denounced senate rules terday the lg unlimited debate, referring ed with ar n as the "last stand of the re- tion. tries," which permitted a few | Capt. Tti /hat they ought not do and pre- will take a majority from doing what deems nec< to be done. , foreigners Is I). Brandeis told the club j ie government ought to furnish 1 Stn small Industrial, commercial j por? ( isiness men of the country in- ' ' Ion to enable tliem to conduct American iffairs with the same scientific Montana v ement employed by the big American rs man or concern with large and the Fr . This, he asserted, would be jackets an st step in progressive democ- duty at tl and at th< Large It French Cruiser Caoing. ' * chel Orest< s, Jan. 28.?The French cruls- man cruls do now in Mexican waters was broke out placed at the disposal of the Fusillad i consul at Port au Prince, tors of the where the stltuatlon caused by and there rotation and the flight of Presi- pillage of docchcl Oreste is regarded as these were J. city was q HACiKTTES AC TIVE to Itrenk Into n Cabinet Meeting. .Jan. 28.?Mlllitant suffaly made a bold attempt to a meeting of (lie British nincll sitting at the official of Premier Asnuith, in reet. mobile belonging to the Wo :il and Polltcal Union, with nauneur at the wheel and suffragettes dashed into ect before police stationed Asquith residence realized going on. tie driver refused to obey order to retire from the entire party of women was er arrest and taken in their tland Yard. The women's i was decorated with placsting against the forcible suffragette prisoners and that the cabinet cease the r women in English Jails." tie women were arraigned hem refused to give their were entered in the charge r numbers. The other one, ?ted as driver, said she was s and was the private secreeneral" Mrs. Flora Drumromlnent suffragette, Miss aid to be engaged to marry rancher as soon as women ed the vote in Great Ilrittlio prisoners were bound of good beravior for six lNE man is :ld for ransom rrs Demand 8">".00(t For elense of Francis Lewis Clark. geles. Jan. 29.?According nyraous letter received by X paper, Francis Lewis Spokane miliionaire, is nsom of $75,000 by "blackn or near this city. Clark d from Santa Barbara, 7, after seeing his wife off . and was thought to have suicide by throwing him:he ocean. The letter dehe ransom for Clark's readdressed to "Chief of Podated Los Angeles, Jan"We are holding millionof ransom of $75,000. Examiner if his folks will lot. He is well taken care The Rlackmailers." the top of the letter was Notice; Make prompt reply ers as he Is very anxious to i-ho knew Clark intimately a take the letter seriously. ; today dictated the follow:o the note: to communicate with you r concerning my husband's nee. I want to know money is to he paid and in nor. I want to know the at inspired the supposed ?. If my husband is held 1 I will entertain the propoained in the letter addresspf Sebastian, but before I commit myself I must e." ark did not state whether >d her husband was actualkidnappers, he local police admitted s willing to waive his rights as made to trace the writer this, it was announced newould be opened for the Clark if he is held capfES HOLDING AITIAN CAPITAL and Germans Guarding Interests?Another War. p Racing to Scene. fton, Jan. 28.?Under force battleship South Carolina ishing across the windward r i*ort au rrince, Haiti bluejackets and marines i-ith forces of the armored ntana for the protection of and other foreigners, hout government by the lication of President Oreste 0 a German warship yesisland republic is threatenlarchy by its latest revolutssel, of the South Carolina whatever measureres he essary for the protection of and their property. >ng Forces Landed. Prince, Haiti. Jan. 28.? sailors from the cruiser t-ere today 011 guard at the legation, the cable station ench hospital. German blue d marines were placed on tie other foreign legations German stores. Hiding parties were sent iterday when President Mip fled for refuge to the Gerer Vlneta after fighting, in the capital. les continued in all quar! city throughout the night, were numerous attempts at houses and stores, but 1 quickly suppressed. The lUlet today. $i.ou j'KK YEAR. iTHP SENATE FAVORS ~ PRtMARY REFORM Senators Sharpe and Mars Opposed the Hill. AN AGREEMENT POSSIBLE. Question Referred to Kpecail Committee, Which is to Report at Earliest Possible Moment. Columbia, Jan. 28.?There is an excellent chance of the senate's agreeing upon a bill to safeguard the primary and to pass the bill at this KPS?ior> 4'?n" " * <u?i o. pruiongea debate this morning, during which there developed much opposition to the Nicholson bill but a general agreement as to the need of legislation of some kind and simply and well defined if possible, Senator Crouch, of Saluda, with Senator Nicholson consenting moved that the whole question be referred to a special committee consisting of Senators Nicholson, McLaurin, Sullivan, Sharpe and Clifton, to draft a substitute measure which would include the provisions favored by the senators and exclude the previsions to which there had been objection. The Crouch motion carried and the special committee is to report back to the senate at the earliest possible moment. Senator Nicholson said that ho believed that the whole question resolved itself into an elimination of the features of his bill upon which the senators could not agree. This statement was in keeping with the previous statements of the senator to the effect t.Jjat his only purpose was to get a bill passed that would safeguard the primary; that he did not intend to insist upon the passage o his particular bill if something better could be nad. A0 It 10KMENT POSSIIIU\ Senators Clifton and Crouch sai l they thought that it was evident from what had been said in the debate that an agreement could be reached. "No man need fear voting for publicity, honesty and leaglity in the pri[ mary," said Senator Clifton. "Wo ' U' n n t O l,:n I ?. ,..c?cuvi>*- unit one inai Will prevent fraud. The opportunity to commit fraud should be prevented." I Senator Slinrpe moved to strike out tl^e enacting words of the Nicholson bill, to get it. as he said squarely before the senate. The senator from Lexington opposed the bill 011 the ground that it would deprive numbers of voters of the suffrage by complicating the rules of the primary. He said that he did not think that there had been any great amount of fraud committed. Senator Mars opposed the bill. SEES NO NECESSITY. "I don't see the necessity for a bill of this kind, said the senator from Abbeville. He said that the bill would have the effect of cutting out many a good man from voting. Senator Young replied to these senators by saying that the constitution of the state did not allow every Tom. Hick and Harry to vote, regardless of qualification. He said that the constitution did not allow every man to vote for bond issues. Senator Young attacked the Nicholson bill as being too weak. It was his opinion that the general laws should be made to apply to the primary. and the senator offered an amendment to provide for this. "We are afraid to get up and stato bare-handed and exactly what wo honeRtly believe to be for the best interests of the state," cried Senator Young, "and so long as we indulge that cowardice so long will these conditions prevail in this state." Senator Stuckey opposed the bill, saying that he was against enacting any change in the existing primary rules. 1 Senator McLaurin opposed the bill. Tip thnnpht it Hono-orAiio ornnn/l trv* the general assembly to go upon. He thought the general assembly should simply provide criminal penalty for the breaking of the rules made by the democratic party. The restrictions around the general election had been placed there because of the negro, he said, and the white vote should not be restricted in the primary. Senator McLaurin said that he thought the Nicholson bill was as good as could be drawn up, hut thought the primary provisions should be enacted by the party and not by the general assembly. Senator Christensen said that there was nothing in the party rules, or in the constitution to prevent the padding of club rolls. Senator Sullivan said he hoped the senators would get together and pass a short bill to correct, existing evils. Senator Appelt suggested getting together during the afternoon and drafting a substitute bill that would correct the evils of enrollment and representation. Senator Strait opposed the bill. Senator Rlack opposed the bill. He favored enforcement of existing laws. Old Dominion Steamer Sinks. The Old Dominion steamship Monroe, outward hound for New York, sank off Hog Island in collision with the Nantucket! of the Merchant & Marine Transportation Company. The Nantucket was badly damaged. Forty-nine lives are reported lost.? Reported by Mr. J. M. Madra.