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J / r.!::;1: .g mff alittle ^ / BySav % j It a cock and bull story In of history to the effect i |r battle of Fontenary the B household troops of France advanced R to the front, and, halting, said to the Urltish: "Gentlemen, will you be so good as to fire first?" It would seem as thougb Champ Clark and Jim Mann were so laden with political B chivalry in our day that they would B emulate the military chivalry of the I legions Marshal Saxe led to glory and P to victory, more than a century and a half ago. There was the Hon. Mann beseeching the Republican governor of New York to call a special election to fill a vacancy on the Democratic side of the house of representatives before the Sixty-fifth congress should convene, and the Hon. Clark, not to be outdone by the Republican chieftnin, hoped the Democrats of the New Hampshire legislature would insist on a change of the law of that State so as to authorize an election to fill ' the vacancy in the congressional delegation fram New Hampshire prior to ' April 16. There is nothing wrong in such 1 chivalry. It Is good policy, and what is good policy is good politics. The famous Yankee philosopher wrote: 1 "Never a magnanimity that fell to the ground," and it Is true. There might be some objection to pairing those two districts because of a pretty well grounded expectation that both will return Democrats at the special elections. 1 There was very little doubt that the Democrats would organize the Sixty-fifth congress. Whatever else the Republican party may be. and it is a heap of things, mostly bad, the Republican party is not a fool, and it would have been a fool thing for that party to jump in and grab a part of the big load of responsibility now resting on those in power. There was a deal of fool talk about a "coalition." We have never done that 1 thing that way In our country and there is no likelihood that we ever shall do it. We are not built that way. The followship, that amounts to ! chumship, existing between Randall Clark and Jim Mann savors of the beautiful. How much of it, if any, is due to a common aversion is not * quite clear. More likely it is the fruit of a common mediocrity. Champ was born a sophomore, lives a annhn. more, and will die a sophomore. Jim { was born a plodder, lives a plodder, ' and will die a plodder. When Champ in a burst of fervid patriotisim declared in an ecstatic speech in conKress that the second election of Crover Cleveland to the presidency was the greatest calamity that had overtaken mankind since the fall of Adam, he brought down the house. When Jim contended that congress should edit, or censor, the roll of guests at a White House luncheon, h?was guilty of an asininit? little lean in degree than what Champ had said ot the man who had establishedhad created in fact?the national credit. Wh?n I first got to this town Sam Randall was the Democratic speaker and Pig Iron Kelley the titular leader of the minority, though Garfield was the real leader of that side. From the same State, there was little difference in the political views of Randall and Kelley. The speaker was an old Whig and a Democrat in nothing in the world except his opposition to the Southern reconstruction policy of the Republican party. Kelley began public life a Democrat and a free trader, and became the stoutest champion of robber protection of his time. He was a Greenbacker too. and would have ceased thA PAinAffO n f V* or^ld !# It had been in his power. He would have substituted the printing press for the mint. But there was no fellowship, or chumship, existing between Champ ' and Kelley such as maintains between Clark and Mann. They were not built that way. I The six years that Mr. Carlisle 1 was speaker the leadership of the minority was "In commission.' so to ? speak, as they sometimes put the 1 "Great Seal" In Rnrtand. P.eed was ? the real leader, but MeKlnley, His- 11 cock, Borrows and Cannon also led, * though old Pig Iron Kelley was yet the titular leader. The latter, ' _ though the "Father of the House." * was densely ignorant of the rule-, ' and even when his party was In * power and a tariff bill was on foot, * he could not get along without a f lieutenant, and generally MeKlnley * was the lieutenant. r In 1890 the Democrats availed themselves of the fine opportunity to make a stupendous mistake. They CHIVALRY jY oyard. * s ???????J o had the biggest majority in the Fifty- d< Kbcond congress any party ever had In tc any congress. The victory was won E on the tariff issue, and Roger Q. J' Mills typified that victory. He was ei a Roman, was Mills. He could have oj been speaker by the promise of a m single chairmanship. The practical w politicians had no use for Mills, and li by the exercise of "practical" methods e? the speakership was bought for Chas. bl F. Crisp and nald r?>r . .. ivn tuuiruian^ ships. There was not u Republican ai in congress who <lid not rejoice be pi cause of the victory of Crisp over 01 Mills more than any Democrat re- rc joiced over the majority that party S1 had in that congress. And why not? d? It was a defeat for that "Old Guard" st who had made the tariff the issue? m Morrison. Carlisle, William L. Wil fc son and Prank Hurd. ai * ai The four years that Crisp was j,i speaker he and Tom Reed, the ml- cc nority leader, were at daggers p, drawn. It was a personal even more al than a political aversion that Beparat- to ed them. iKaeh studied to humiliate n, the other and both were good haters. tv And the antagonism lasted till Reed G| succeeded to the speakership of the h? Fifty-fourth congress and Crisp be- a, came the leader of the minority, di Soon thereafter Crisp died and Joe hi 1.alley became the minority leader, je in which position he miserably failed cj| as did Jim Richardson, his succes u Bor. hi It was not till John Sharp Wll- hi liams got the leadership of the ml- tr nority that the Democratic side fi( found out that it was alive. John Sharp had more sense than any o. fM 'em. As a statesman and as a leader he was in the class of Reen 0| himself. As a debater congress has hi rot seen his match Bince Allen G. rf Thurman. d' To John Sharp Williams is due a $ heap of the credit for the fact that hi Bince 1910 the country has been to Democratic. rr Washington, April 7. pi * ? to RULING HANDRD DOWN gi ON NKW LIQUOR LAW. bl iuuuij uuiciiUB ana oiners interest- pf ed in South Carolina's quart-a-month aT law, which becomes effective on Cj April 25, will read with interest the tj, following opinion, rendered by Claud N. Sapp, assistant attorney general: April 7. 1917. Hon. L. G. Hell. Judge of Probate, . McCormiok, S. C. Hear Sir: Your letter of the 5th i Inst, to the attorney general in ref- s E-rence to your duties in connection i with the enforcement of the law ! relative to the qpart-a-month act has i been handed me for attention. n' In reply thereto I beg to advise that R dl the affidavit required to be made un! tc der the provisions of this act may be ! made before any officer of this 8tatei? Fi who is qualified to administer an | aath, but if made before the Judge 5f Probate issuing the permit, he ma/ ^hnrve and collect a fee of tw?oty- . 1 Ci live cents for administering the oath. L You ask to be advised as to wheth- ^ sr or not under the provisions of this ?ct citizens of the State of Georgia BC would have the right to order and _ I co eceive within this State the amount co >t liquors permitted under the provisions of the act. so In reply thereto I beg to advise Vj hat there is no direct or specific proilbition of the right of citizens of; mother State to receive within this > rn, State the amount of alcoholic liquors jermitted under the act, yet the nj vhole tenor of the act seems to be ve in effort to localize, as far as possi>le, the receipt of liquors permitted f? o the locality of the person receivng. HU Section of the act requires all per- co ions desiring to receive alcoholic liluors to apply to the Judge of Prolate of the county In which they reide and file with him an affidavit hat he has not received any like I,* lermit during the same calendar nonth. Section 9 of the act prohibits any m, terson tram receiving any alcoholic an Iquors shipped to hhn within this Qf Ifate event at the office of the com non carrier transporting same near-1 tQ st the residence of the consignee, 1 ami, therefore, of the opinion no rom a construction of the act as a ?jt 'bole that it was the intention of the pglslaturo to restrict the receipt of en lcoholic liquors, allowed under the{t^, erms of the act, to citizens of this a? Itate and would, therefore, advise tri hat you issue no permits to non- rfr esldente of your county. on Yours very truly, Ha CLAUD N. SAPP, inl Assistant Attorney General. cai CTOMOBIDE OWNERS MUST REGISTER CARS. Id accordance with the act, approv1 February 20th, 1917, creating a tate Highway Department, every wner of a motor vehicle and every paler in motor vehicles is required ? register with the State Highway ngineer on or before the first of illy, 1917. The law provides that ich owner of a motor vehicle and ich dealer in motor vehicles shall lake application to the State Highay Engineer for registration and cense. The State Highway ,Engin-j ?r will furnish these application 1 lanks on request. The law further provides that on nd after the first of July that any arson who drives a motor vehicle a, or along, or across any public >ad, or street, or highway in the :ate of South Carolina, sha^l he | ?enied guilty of a misdemeanor and j kail be punished by a fine of not ore than $25.00, or imprisonment ' >r not more than 15 days for each i id every offense. The State Highway Engineer is: ixlou8 to register these motor vecles as fast as possible, and to mse as little Inconvenience to the| lblic as Is possible, however, there | e about 30,000 cars in this State i be registered, and to register this umber of cars will take at least ^o months of time. As there are now ily about two and one-half months jtween now and the first of July, id as no one will be allowed to rive a motor vehicle on the public Igliways after the first of July unss duly licensed and registered, the >ate Highway Engineer desires to rge every owner of a motor veIcle and every dealer in motor veIcles to make application for regisation at once in order that his of:e may be able to complete the regtratlon of motor vehicles by the r?t of July. rh i registration fees for owners ' motor vehicles will be 12 l-2e per urse power, based on A. L,. A. M. iting. The registration fees for ealers in motor vehicles will (be 16.00 for each make of motor vecle sold. It will not cost any more register a car now than it will to gister the same car during the last art of June. Every owner of a otor vehicle is urgently requested i write to the State Highway Enneer at once requesting application anks. The registration and license fees lid to the State Highway Engineer e in lien nf all * UHISI OlllH", III U III" j pal and county licenses for the en-1 re year of 1917. J. ROY PENNELI,. State Highway Engineer. t ME HI CANS SEIZE MUNITIONS SHIPS 'hooner Hound For Mexico Captured by V. S. Destroyers. San Diego, Cal., April 10.?A mu- ' tions carrying schooner, bound for. Mexican coast port, was fired uRon id captured by two United States, >rpedo destroyers, it was learneo might from authoritative source#,' ive shots were fired at the vessei 1 hen it attempted to escape and th? dp was then beached. Severa. kousand rounds of rifle and ma-, line gun ammunition were taken! >oard the destroyers and landed at Pacific coast port. The patrol boats sighted the hooner Monday southbound off the ast of California, and following a j urse inshore. The warships gave iase. and when the captain cf the;' hooner saw that capture was ine-i ' i table, he is reported to have at- j mpted to destroy his ship. The ammunition was taken off by otor launches from the destroyers, le identity of the captain and crew the schooner has not been rented. Persons in a position to know the! 11 details of the action intimated I at the ammunition was taken oard the smuggler at two P?i>ifi" -- I ast points by fishing boats. || + 1 MICII GASOLINE CAPTt'RKD. lunrh Commanded by Germans Taken on Georgia Coast. ] Atlanta> April 10.?A launch I ?nned by a German-speaking crew < d carrying more than 800 gallons gasoline was captured several days o off the Oeorgia coast and token i Fernandina, Fla , according to a t ter received here by Charles B. Ar- t w, State game and fish commisiner. The capture was made by a revue cutter, Mr. Arnow said, adding it it had caused much speculation to whether or not there was any ith in reports of German submales in the Gulf of Mexico. Only e of the German crew spoke Bng- j h? Mr. Arnow said. He had no! 'ormation to ahow where they me frotn. t GIVES IT CREDIT FOR" [j SAVINGCHILD'S LIFE Tells of "Most Awful" and "Most Wonderful" Things He Ever Saw. "BLEEDING TO DEATH." "We Had About Given Up Hope," Says Father, Expressing His Gratitude For Aid. "I believe Tanlac just saved my daughter's life, for she was in an awful condition when she began taking it and the doctors had said they had tried their last remedy," was the, highly interesting statement made by Mr. O. T. Ferguson, of AnderBon, in the endorsement he gave Tan- [ Ian uu rouruury z?m. "My daughter suffered from a very bad ease of some trouble that was like bloody diorrhea. She bled continually for five months despite all we could do. and she suffered agony, too. She was just bleeding to death, that is the only way I can describe it, and the loss of blood had sapped her strength until I had to lift her in and out of bed. "We had doctors attending her and they did all they could, and finally they said they had tried their last remedy, and I could not say that she was any better than when they started treating her. We had about given up hope and I had begun to fear that my only child would never get well. "My mother-in-law had been urging me to try Tanlac for my daughter. and at last I bought a bottle, as the doctors had said they had done all they could. When the bottle had been taken she was in pretty good condition generally and wonderfully improved. She gained a lot of strength, too. "My daughter's trouble was the most awful thing I ever heard of, and the way Tanlac helped her was one of the most wonderful things 1 ever saw or heard of. My daughter was put on the road back to strength and improved health by Tanlac, and she soon was able to be up and doing light work around the house. She is in good health, and It is all due to the good Tanlac did 1 her." i Tanlac, the master medicine. Is noia exclusively by J. V. Mackev ? Lancaster; Peoples Drug ft Grocery Co., Heath Springs; C. O. Floyd. Kershaw.?Adv. + MEXICO IIKinLES TONCil KS. Heavy Penalty For Slander, Libel or Falsehood. Mexico City. April 10.?A decree was published today providing a punishment of a fine of 50 to 500 pesos or imprisonment from one to eleven months for slander, libel or the issuance of false or distorted information. The decree will go into effect April 15 and will remain in force until congress passes laws defining the limits of freedom of speech and the press. Newspaper heads ere held strictly' accountable and all their employes | who handle news, including the printing staffs, provided they are I cognisant of its character. The decree prohibits malicious ex-J presrions calculated to excite hatred of t.ie authorities, the army, Na-j 'io'ial Guard or fundamental intuitu-, lions of the country. It also prohib-?l its manifestations against friendly nations, their heads or their legitimate representatives in Mexico. The publication of news which the an horities decide is against the public .rood is forbidden. + lllt.V/IL LINES IP (.KKMANV. London, April 10.?Diplomatic reations between Brazil and Germany mve been broken off, according to _ rhe Evening News. Reuter's Rio Janerio correspond- = nt also announces that Brazil has -evered relations with Germany, ? Brazilian interests in Germany will be taken over by Switzerland, the 'orrespondent adds. ca Rio Janeiro, April 10.?At a cab- CI met council today it was decided hat Brazil should serer her rela- 4 Ions with Germany. ' A Negotiable ImtrunMni _ "What you studying thereT" "Law." "Dry, ain't H?" "Not when you like It. Just now 1 "Not when you like It. 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