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ACTS RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE LIST OF NEW BILLS AND RESO uununb wniun mkc. nuw LAWS OF STATE. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of The Latest News Gathered Abound the State Capitoi That Will Be of Interest to Our Readers Over South Carolina. Columbia. Acts ratified by the general assem bly at the extra session are as fol lows: To authorize and direct the town council of Westminister to pay for right of way for wye tracks for use of trains Nos. 41 and 42, operating between Charlotte and Westminister, stations on the Southern Railway company. To amend section 12, volume 1, code of laws, 1912, relating to ac quisition of land by United States govarnment for national forest re serve. To exempt certain citizens of * Bethel, Ebenezer, Bethesda, York and Catawba townships in -York county, from the tax levies of 1914. To provide for tne cnairman or tne senate finance committee and the chairman of the committee of ways and means of the house of represen tatives continuing to be members of the commissioners of sinking fund until their successors are respective ly appointed or elected. A joint resolution to rofund certain license fees to persons in Bamberg county. To authorize Aiken and Lexington oounties to borrow money for certain purposes. To repeal an act entitled "An act to retire certain .bonds issued by Union county in refunding the bonds debt of said county represented by outstand ing bonds of said county issued in aid of the construction of the Spartan burg and Asheville railroad under 'An act to provide for refunding the bond ed indebtedness of Union county," approved the 24th day of December, 1894, calling upon Cherokee county for its prorata part of the same and regulating the manner and mode of retiring said bond. To amend section 7 of an act en titled "An act to provide for the Ex amination of plumbers" by striking out and repealing the provision in section 7 of said act. To amend section 1 of an act en titled "An act to amend section 2265 of the general statutes, volume 1, of revised statutes, 1912, in reference to drainage in certain counties," approv ed the 28th day of February, A. D. 1913, so as to include Laurens coun ty in all the provisions of said sec tion. To amend an act entitled "An act to provide for township commission ers for Cherokee county, a clerk for said board, to prescribe the duties and to otherwise provide for the oounty government for said county." To require the treasurer of Chero kee county to make and file an item ized statement of his receipts and dis bursements. To amend that subdivision relating to Kershaw county entitled "An act to provide for the levy of taves foi coun ty and school purposes for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1914," (re turned on Mwch 4, 1914, with veto end passed by both housea over the vAtnl- nrovidtne for the Day of the glrl9' tomato club of Kershaw, and the nay of the supervisor of rural chools in said c<Mnty. To make appropriation to par the salaries and wages of the officers and employes of the South Carolina Con federate infirmary accrued and to be accrued in the year 1914. Providing for a new township in Richland county, to be known as Blythewood township, and provide for a commissioner thereof. To authorize the city of Columbia to pay the commissioners of elections for the city of Columbia additional Grants Several New Charter*. The Rembert Warehouse c: mpany of Rembert has been chartered . with a capital of $1,000 to do a general warehousing business. The officer** are D. V. Keels, president; C. M. Emanuel, vice president, and W. C. Harllee, Jr., secretary and treasurer. A charter has been granted to W. R. Carr & Co., of Spartanburg with a capital of $25,000 to do a general iron and steel business. The officers are: W. R. Carr, president and treasurer; R. E. Boggs, vice president; E. S. Tennent, secretary. Hagood Warehouse company of Ha good has been chartered with a capi tal of $1,000 to do a storage and ware housing business. The officers aru: u. J. jacKson, president; j. n.. oa.i ders, vice president; W. J. Sandeiu, vice president; W. J. Sanders, secre tary and treasurer. The secretary of state has Issued k charter to the Apex Land corporation of Clumbia with a capital of $200 to do a general real estate lmsiness. Th& officers are: Edwin B. Greshara, president and treasurer, and George E. Crout, vice president and secre tary. Automobile and Marine Motor com pany of Charleston, with a capital stock of $7,000, has applied for a dis solution of charter. The officers are: Santos Sottille, president, and A. H. Gorse, secretary. South Carolina Cotton Oil company of Columbia have asked for a reduc tion in their capital stock from $250, 000 to $1,000. A commission has been issued to A. H. Clauss Co. of Charleston with a capital of $10,000 to deal in stocks and bonds and real estate. The peti tioners are Andrew H. Clauss, J. C. Grastorf and S. A. Guilds. compensation for extra services /ren dere>d during the year 1914. To amend section 1 of an act en titled "An act to amend section 842, creminal code 1912, volume 2, so as to provide for the appointment and com pensation of the county dispensary | joard of Richland and Union coun ties," approved February 27, 1914, in so far as the same relates to Richland county. To abolish the office of dispensary constable in Richland find Orange burg counties. To create the office of master for Dorchester county. To amend section 9 oi an act en titled "An act to confer full power and authority upon the county com missioners of Jasper county to rent, lease or build and equip suitable buildings for a court house and jail, ordering an election for the issuance and sale of bonds therefor, and the repeal of all conflicting acts thereto," approved February 12, 1914, so as to provide a sufficient sinking fund to retire bonds to be issued under said act. To regulate the division of dispen sary profits in the counties in this state, same being act No. 89 of the acts passed by the general assembly at its 1913 session, in so far as the same relates to Richland county," ap proved February 12, 1914, by adding a proviso at the end thereof relative to Richland county. To regulate the appointment and operation of dispensary constables in Bamberg and Orangeburg counties. To amend act No. 312 by changing the salary of the magistrate and his constable at Pinewood, in Clarendon county. To require the county supervisors of Laurens and Lee counties to pub lish an annual statement of the finan cial condition of the counties. Tn maVp the term of offices of the county treasurer and auditor of Barn well and Cherokee counties four years. To fix the age limit for working the public roads of Cheroke ecounty and the amount of commutation tax. To reduce the commutation road tax to $2 for Fairfield county and I prohibit the county treasurer from collecting more for the year 1914. To amend section 1806, volume 1, code of laws, 1912, so as to allow Dor chester county to borrow money at a rate of interset not exceeding 8 per cent per annum. To repeal section 2844, cde of laws of South Carolina, volume 1, relating to charter fees for cotton storage warehouses. To amend section 27 of volume 1, civil code of South Carolina, and to repeal section 236, volume 1, code of laws, 1912. A joint resolution to provide for the pay of the managers of the special electron on rural police law in Lau rens county. To exempt certain citizens of Fair field, Newberry, Lee, Anderson, Edge field, Spartanburg and Laurens coun ties from the tax levies of 1914. To authorize the county board of commissioners or i^aurens county 10 borrow money for certain purposes. An act relating to the cultivation of cotton. To amend section 2583 of volume 1 of the 1912 code of laws of South Carolina. To regulate the storage, grading and marketing of cotton. To amend section 717, volume 2, code of laws of South Carolina, 1912, so as to aidd a provision extending the time for hunting deer in the coun ties of eBaufort, Clarendon, Dorches ter and Berkeley and so as to extend the close season for hunting doves in Aiken county. Authorizing and requiring the county and township board of as sessors and equalization of eBaufort county to assess real estated uring the year 1915. To amend subdivision 4 of section 29, volume 2, of civil code, 1912, by striking out the proviso therein. . To repeal an act entitled "An act to provide for rural policemen for Kershaw county." A joint resolution to require the su pervisor and county commissioners of Fairfield county to draw their war rants for ?50 in favor of the county auditor and treasurer each and the county treasurer to pay the same. To prescribe the time when acta passed at the special session of the general assembly, 1914, shall become effective. Farmers' Bonded Warehouse com pany of Union has been commission ed by the secretary of state with a capital stock of $1,000 to do a general warehousing business*. The petition ers are: R. P. Morgan, Thomas Mc j Nally, L. L. Wagnon, J. D. Jones, L. i J. Hames, Jacob Cohen, R. P. Harry, Andrews Cotton Warehouse com ' nanv of Andrews has hppn phartored with a capital cf $1,000 to do a stor age business. The officers are: A. A. May, president and secretary, and C. J. Levy, vice president and treas urer. Honor Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. Demonstration agents who attended j the fair hold dear the memory of the late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, the origin i ator of the demonstration work in the United States. As a token of respect, i pictures of the "grand old man of ag ! riculture" were hung in many of tha j booths at the state fair. One of the pitcures was in the booth of the Ar j cade and Victoria mills exhibit. It i was the intention of Dr. Knapp to j make South Carolina a model state ; in agriculture and the records of the state sho\v that he never refused. | Governor Sends Message No. 13. Message No. 13 of the extraordinary | session was received in the senat6 ; recently from the governor. '.This j was in,the main an argument aga'nst ; the proposed bond issue, based on j technicalities of the constitution. The first argument was that the j author of the bond issue project, Sen ator Alan Johnstone of Newberry, was not legally a member of the senate, in that he was a trustee and chairman of the board of trustees of Clemson. Another was that all bills providing j revonue should originate in the house VOTE IN STATE IS VERY LIGHT ELECTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA CREATED VERY LITTLE INTEREST. SOME BALLOT ON BONDS / Several Votes Are Cast Although Question Was Not Bsfore People For Action.' Columbia.?The election In South Carolina counties seems to have created little interest among the voters. Partial returns from over half of the counties indicate that the vote was lighter than usual. Practic ally no vnffr oufj;ide of the countv seats have been reported. During the evening a report was received of about 6,000 votes from some 25 coun ties. The Socialist and Republican tickets received little support. The tickets for the proposed issue of cotton bonds were :it many polls and some were voted, although the question was not before the people. Indications from early returns are that the question would not have car ried if a vote had been authorized. In many of the counties the regular Democatic ticket was not opposed and the nominees received all the votes cast. In Dorchester county two men who ran in the Democratic primary ap peared as candidates for county su perintendents of deucation. Joseph A, Parler seems to have defeated J, J. Howell by about 100 votes. Charleston Counts Ballots. Charleston.?Thirty boxes out of 37, the city complete, give Smith 701 and James H. Roberts, Socialist, 15, for United States senator; Whaley 702, Eberhardt, Socialist, 15; Prioleau, Republican, 0, for congressman, Man ning 845; Britton, Socialist, 18, for governor. Vote on bond issue, nine yes; 586 no. Light Vote in York. Fort Mill.?A light vote was polled throughout York county. Word be came generally circulated that the proposed cotton bond is*ue would not reach th% people and thfs information doubtless was responsible for much of the apathy. There was little interest in the election here, less than 100 of the 400 registered voters going to the polls to cast their ballots. 'No Opposition to Ticket. Anderson.?L/ight vote was polled here. CThe cotton bonds were not vot ed on. Constitutional amendments were carried though not voted on gen erally. No opposition to regular Democrat'c ticket. One in Four Votes. Newberry.?The vote was very light here. In the city only 232 votes , were cast out of about 1,000. No re- ( port has come in from the country precincts except that the vote was ; very light. In the city the state vote | whs 18 more than the federal. It is ? not thought that one man in four in tbe county went to the polls. REPORTS FROM COUNTIES. Manning.?There was general ap why at the election in Clarendon, probably not more than 1,000 votes being cast. On the bond issue ques tion Manning precinct voted 110 for and 20 against. Abbeville.?The vote at Abbeville ! is: Aiken 96, Smith 96, Manning 95. No county boxes heard from. Bennettsville.?PaTtial returns gives , Smith 327, Ragsdale 327, Manning 334. Chesterfield.?Three boxes out of 24 give: E. D. Smith 288, D. E. Finley 290, R. I. Manning 270. For bonds , 150, against bonds 76. Conway.?Conway precincts polled 83 votes for governor, senator and congressman. Only Democrats voted. Union.?Seven precincts out of 16 give: Governor 5.72, senator 550, con- ; gressman 549. These seven precincts represent more than two-thirds of the entire county. There are 3,200 regis- ' tered voters in the county. Sumter.?Only three boxes report ed In the congressional and two in the state give: Manning 219, Smith 258, Lever 257, Leevy 13, Lee 3. Laurens.?In the election the Laur ens ctty bcxes gave the state ticket 167 votes, while the federal ticket re ceived 188, seven of which were cast for Saxton, Republican candidate for congress. Bishopville.?It is impossible to get anything like complete returns. Those 1 received indicate a small vote. Bish opville precinct polled 120 votes out 1 of 480. Manning received 118, Lever 120 and Smith 112. Saluda.?Saluda box gives Smith, Manning, Bethea and Byrnes 121. Boxes from over the county are not yet heard from. Lancaster.?The general elections here and throughout the county was exceedingly quiet and the vote cast even lighter than is usual. The total vote here out of about 700 is as fol lows: For governor, Manning 182; for senator, Smith 135; for congress man, Finley 135. The percentage in the few boxes of the rounty heard from is even smaller. There were 145 votes here against tho state bond issue and 20 for it. Bamberg/?In Bamberg county one box out of 13 gives Manning 150, Smun 13C, Brynes 136. Florence?Indications are that not over 500 votes were cas*. in the coun ty, of which 123 were Jn city boxes. All votes were for Democratic nomi nees. No returns are being received from county precincts. Pickens.?The election was very quiet in Pickens, with only 123 votee cast, all being; Democratic. Marion.?Marion precinct's vofe for United Slates senator was 202, for congress 203 and for governor IDS. INDICATIONS THAT DEMOCRATS WILL RETAIN BARE WORK ING MAJORITY. WHITMAN IS ELECTED GOV. Glynn Is Defeated In New York. Massachusetts Elects a Demo cratic Governor. New York.?Sweeping Republican gaina throughout the country which reached a climax in this state by overwhelming victory of Charles S. Whitman for governor and James W. Wadsworth to succeed Elihu Root in the United States senate, w-sre indi cated in early returns of the elections. Heavy falling off of the Progressive vote in many states, the return to congress of former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, decisive Republican gains in New York and Illinois In tae house membership, and the overwhelming defeat of Representative A. Mitchell Palmer by Senator Boies Penrose In Pennsylvania were features of th? early returns. Democratic leaders, howeser, were pleased by a triumph in Masachusetts where former Representative Samuel W. McCall was defeated fGr the gov ernship by Governor Walsh Early returns indicated that the Democrats would retain control of congress with approximately no change in the senate majority but by a decidely reduced majority In the house. At a late hour results in Illi nois, Indiana, California and Colorado as to the senatorship were in doubt. In Illinois, Roger C. Sullivan who had the endorsement of most admin istration leaders, Secretary of State Bryan, excepted, was leading in Chi cago and Cook county by a large plu rality over Senator L. Y. Sherman, Republican and Raymon Robins, Pro gressive, but Senator Sherman was running ahead in the country dis tricts and was claiming the elecxion. Senator Shivley, Democrat, found In the Indiana early returns a strong opponent in Hugh Miler, the Repub lican candidate, with former Senator Beevridge, the Progressive candidate, polling a smaller vote than had been expected. Senator Shively's vote be gan to pick up at a late hour and administration leaders were claiming his re-election. In Colorado, Senator Charles S. Thomas, Democrat, was being hard pressed by Hubert Work, Republican candidate., The triumph of Senator Penrose in Pennsylvania over A. Mitchell Palmer, Democrat, who was one of the origi nal supporters of Woodrow Wilson, and Gifford Pinchot, Progressive was overwhelmingly. The senatorial fight In Kansas also was uncertain, ac cording to earty returns. Charles Curtis, former Republican senator, Congressman George, A. Neeley, Democrat, adn Representative Victor Murdock, Progressive, engaged in a spirited contest for the seat of Joseph L. Bristow. Senators re-elected as the result of hard battles were frank B. Brande goe, Republican, of Conectitcut, op posed Dy (Jov. Simeon E. Baldwin; Al bert B. Cummins, Republican, of [owa, who defeated Representative Maurice Connolly; John Walter Smith Democrat, of Maryland; William J. Stone, Democrat, of Missouri; Jacob H. Gallinger, Republican, of New Hampshire, who was oppoeed by Rep resentative E. B. Stevens. Tennessee-^-First district: Sam R. Sells, Republican, re-elect ed. Second district: R. A. Austen, Republican, re-elected. Indiana: Seventh district: Merrill Mores, Republican, re elected. Elected All Democrats. Atlanta, Ga.?Georgia elected to the United States Senate the Democratic nominees Hoke Smith and Thomas W. Hardwick. Nat E. Harris, Demo crat, waa elected Governor. All Dem ocratic Congressional nominees were elected. Republican Returned. Chicago.?Early -returns from the Nineteenth District indicate the elec Hnn nf WllHom P MnTTinlav chairman of the Republican National Committee. Elected Full Ticket. Montgomery, Ala.?Early returns throughout the state show the election of the entire state Democratic ticket, including Congressman Burnett, in the Seventh District, where the only formidable opposition was made against the Democratic nominees. All Are Democrats. Jacksonville, Fla.?Senator Fletch er and the entire Democratic Con gressional delegation were re-elected. Democrat For Governor. Boston.?For Governor: S00 out of 1.125 election districts: McCall, Re publican, 120,215; Walker, Progres sive, 20.4GS; Walsh Democrat 142,522. Defeated Woman Suffrage. St. Louis, Mo.?Scattering returns from all parts of Missouri indicate that the "woman suffrage amendment was overwhelmingly defeated. Improving Grass. Nitrate of soda at the rate of 150 pounds per acre, applied to the lawn just before sprinkling or before a rain, hastens the growth of grass and gives it a darker color. It is well to apply two or three times during thr summer. Guard Against Flies. Do not buy meat, groceries or fruit from any store where Hies are tol erated, and, above all, keep these dis ease-bearing insects a way from the creameries by every possible mean? DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MAJORITY IS REDUCED FROM SIXTY EIGHT TO TWENTY-FOUR. REPUBLICANS GAIN MANY Heaviest Gains Are in Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.? Progressives Lose. New York.?The membership of the sixty-fourth congress, as the result of the election will be as follows. House of representatives: Demo crats, 229; Republicans, 196; Progres sive,^; Socialist, 1; Independent, 1. Democratic majority, 24. Senate: Democrats, 53; Republi cans, 39; Progressive, 1. Democratic majority, id. Senatorial contests still in doubt g were in Colorado, Nevada and Wiscon- g sin. Democratic leaders still claimed the election of Charles S. Thomas over Hubert Works in Colorado and of Francis D. Newiands over Samuel j Piatt in Nevada. Pluralities ranging from 1,500 to 2,- -] 000 for Paul O. Husting, Democratic a candidate for United States senator, i over Governor E. F. McGovern, Re publican, are shown in four different c sets of returns from the election in c Wisconsin, but none is complete name of the victorious candidate. Both still claim the election. An official p count probably will be necessary. In computing the Democratic total c in the house at 229, William Kettner of the Eleventh California district, 0 who also ran on the Progressive ticket and ranks as a Progressive in I the present congress, is included with t the majority party. Representative John I. Noland, of c the Tenth California district, who ran on the Republican and Progressive 1 tickets and was elected to the pres enough to announce the p ent congress as a Progressive, is classed with the Republicans. The House: Alabama?Democrats 10; Republi cans none; unchanged. Arizona?Democrats one; Republi cans none; unchanged. Arkansis?Democrats 7; Republi cans none; unchanged. California?Democrats 2; Republi cans 3; Progressives 6; unchanged. Colorado?Democrats 2; probably Democratic 2; unchanged. Connecticut?Democrats 0; Republi cans 5; Republicans gain,5. \ Delaware?Democrats 0; Republi cans 1; Republicans gain 1. ' Florida?Democrats 4; Republicans 0; unchanged. Georgia?Democrats 12; Republic ans 0; unchanged. Idaho?Democrats 0; Republicans 2; unchanged. Illinois?Democrats 9; Republicans 17; Progressives 1; Republican gain of 13 over Democrats in Third, Fif teenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nine teenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth and two at large; over Progressives in Tenth and Twelfth. Indiana?Democrats 11; Republi cans^; Republican gain of 2, In Sev enth and Tenth Districts. Iowa?Democrats 1; Republicans 10; Republican net gain of 2; gains in Second, Third and Sixth Districts, loss in Eleventh. Kansas?Democrats 4; Republicans 2; probably Republicans 2. Demo cratic gain of one in Eighth Dis trict. Kentucky?Democrats 9; Republi cans ; unchanged. Louisiana?Democrats 7; Progres sive 1; Progressives gain one in Third District. Main&?Democrats 1; Republicans 3; unchanged. Maryland?Democrats 5; Republi cans 1. Republicans gain one in Fifth. Massachuetts?Democrats 4; Re publicans 12; Republicans gain 4, in Eighth, Eleventh, Thirteenth and Six teenth Districts. Michigan?Democrats 2; Republi cans gain two over Progressives in Tenth and Twelfth Districts. Minnesota?Democrats 1; Republi cans 8; Progressives 1; Progressive gain of one. Mississippi?Democrats 8; Repub licans 0; unchanged. Missouri?Democrats 14; Republi cans 2; unchanged. Montana?Democrats 2; Republi cans 0; unchanged. Nebraska?Democrats 3; Republi cans 3; unchanged. Nevada?Democrats 0; Republicans 1; unchanged. t New Hampshire?Democrats 0; Re publicans 2; Republicans gain 2. OHIO ENTIRELY REPUBLICAN. Elect Governor to Succeed Democrat. Cincinnati, O.?Ohio will have a ? Republican Senator to succeed Sena- c ThonHnro F! T?iirtnn Ppnnh1ir?*in ' c a Republican Governor to succeed J James M. Cox, Democrat, and a Re publican majority in the state con- t gressional delegation. [Jesuits defi- c n'tely assured by late returns follow: e United States Senator?Warren G. i * Harding, Republican, elected over I Timothy S. Hogan, Democrats, and r Arthur L. Garford, Progressive. j p Governor?Congressman Frank B. I Willis, Republican, elected over Gov- a ernor James RI. Cox, Democrat, and e James R. (Garfield, Progress've. c Republicans carry 12 out of the li .12 congressional districts. j t Republicans elected tly? entire state s ticket. j I State-wide prohibition amendment v defeated. Woman suffrage amendment de feated. Special tax levy amendment de- t fcated. t Amendment asking for home rule, t recoKnized "wet" proposition adopted, v G BY TWO DOZEN; Y IS NOW THIRTEEN New Jersey?Democrats 4; Republl :ans 7; probably Democratic 1; Re- , mblicans gain 5, In Second, Fourth, Dlghth, Ninth and Tenth Districts. New Mexico?Democrats 0; Repub leans 1; Republican gain of 1. New York?Democrats 20; Republi cs 21; Progressive 1; Socialists 1; lepubllcan gain 12 In the First, Wnth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twentieth, rwenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty jighth, Thlrty^hird, Thirty-fifth, rhlrty-seventh and Fortieth, Socialists ;ain one in Twelfth. North Carolina?Democrats 9; Re mblican 1. i North Dakota?Democrats 0; Re publicans 3; unchanged. i Ohio?Democrats 10; Republicans 2; Republicans gain 9 in First, fourth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Fif- 1 eenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Nine eenth and Twenty-second Districts. Oklahoma?Democrats 6; Republi cans 2; Republicans gain 1 in First District. Oregon?Democrats 0; Republicans !: Republican gain one over Progres ses in Third District. Pennsylvania?Democrats 7; Re ublicans 29; Republican net gain 10; ;ains over Democrats or Progressives a Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Twelfth, Sev mteenth, 1 wenty 'third, Twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth and Thirtieth Districts ind two at large; loss to Democrats n Twenty-fifth. Rhode Island?Republicans 2; Dem icrats 1; Republican gain one in Sec ind District. South Carolinar-Democrats 7; Re* tublicans 0; unchanged. South Dakotf?Democrats 1; Re publicans 2; unchanged. Tennessee?Democrats 8; Republi ;ans 2; unchanged. Texas?Democrats 18; Republicans i; unchanged. , Utah?Democrats l; Republicans 1; )emocrats gain one) in Sfecond Dis rict. Vermont?Democrats 0; Republi cs 2; unchanged. Virginia?Democrats 9: Republicans unchanged. Washington?Democrats 1; Republi :ans 4; Republicans and Democrats >ach gain one over Progressives. West Yirginia?Democrats 3; Re >ublicans 3; unchanged. Wisconsin?Democrats 2; Republi :ans 9; Republicans gain one in Sixth District. , Wyoming?Democrats 0; Republi :ans l; unchanged. Latest returns indicate that the Senate will remain Democratic with jrobably increased majority. Al hough there is uncertainty regarding he election In Utah and Nevada in lications are that the njw Senate will jonsist of 53 Democrats, 39 Republi cs and 1 Progressive. The re-elec ion of Senator Reed Smoot, Republi :an, of Utah, practically was assured onight. Senator Newlands of Neva la, seemed in danger of losing his leat to Samuel Piatt, Republican. In states where the fight was hot est victory probably was assured for L.awrence Y. Sherman, Republican, in llinois; Hubert Work, Republican, in Colorado; James D. Phelan, Demo :rat, in California; Benjamin P. Jhively, Democrat, Indiana; Charles Curtis,v Republican, Kansas; Warren J. Harding Republican, Ohio, and Charles H. Burke Republican, South Dakota. New York's Vote. New York.?Revised returns on lov-ernor from all except 134 districts n the state give: Whitman, Republicans, 670,325. Glynn, Democrat, 537,151. Sulzer, Prohibition-American, 118, >36. Davenport, Progressive, 46,981. Whitman's lead over Glynn is 133, L74. Returns from all except 383 dis xicts in the state for United States Senator give the three leading can lidates: Wadsworth, Republican, 599,269. Gerard, Democrat, 552,641. Colby, Progressive, 55,528. Wadsworth's plurality 46,628. Kansas Elects Repubican. Topeka, Kan.?Arthur Capper, Re >ublican, has been elected Governor )f Kansas by approximately 30,000 jlurality over Governor Hodges, Dem >crat. Capper's election was con :eded by Democratic managers. Congressman George A. Neeley, Democrat, and Charles Curtis, Repub ican ,are running neck and neck for Jnited States Senate. A late, but in :onclusive count favors Curtis. Close Vote on Suffrage. U?1an? Mrvnf "Datiirna from Qpqf. ered precincts in Montana show the ote on the woman suffrage amend nent to be so close that the official :ount will be necessary to determine he result. Democrats Did Well. St. Louis, Mo.?Senator William J. Stone of Missouri, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, :onsiders the result of the election an emphatic endorsement of the Wilson Administration. lie said: "The Republicans have been saying hat if they could become united they :ould lick us. They were united everywhere and the contest generally <*as a clean-cut fight between the ")emo'crats, standing by Wilson's Ad uinistration, and the Republicans op losing it. "Considering the fact that this Is :n off year; that the Democrats have inacted a new tariff law and new urrenoy legislation; that we have lad to meet the hard times cry, and hat a great war is oh which has ah orbed public attention, I think the democrats have done remarkably irell." Three More Dry States. Chicago.?Three of the six state? hat voted on ousting saloons decide o retain liar-rooms while the other hree on latest returns apparently rent dry. MHMT10NAL SUMSdlOOL Less? (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director Sun day School Course, Moody Bible Insti tute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 15 JESU8 AND PETER. LESSON TEXT-Mark 14:27-31, 68, 64, 6S n. f v GOLDEN TEXT-Let him that thlpketh he standelh take heed lest he falL?I Cor. 10:12. The record of Peter's failure is a sad story. Mark, who received .his Gospel from Peter, gives it in clear outline. This suggests that Peter did not spare himself. I. After Passover Feast, w. 27-31. On the way to Olivet Jesus warns the disciples that all would be "offended" (caused to stumble) because of what. o Vi/Mt-f frv Mnf nno TTOrO UUVU I. WVT WV.VU*. A?wv wuv www., w Matt. 26:58, Zech. 13.7. Peter, assured In bis own mind, denies that this should be true of him, so confident was he of himself and of his devotion. Over against this warning Jesus sounds the note of his resurrection, and It was chiefly in their inability to catch, or comprehend this nofe, that they stumbled. Particularly 1b this true of Peter. That Jesus could fotand a church on the vulvar tragedy of a criminal's death was beyond the range of his understanding. This self-con fidence was the beginning of his fal}, Prov. 16:18. It Is pride like this which men have In their own strength, that is the chief reason why they are not saved. If they are able to care for themselves, why do they need the help of another? Peter's Denial*. Peter trusted his own heart. A man Is a fool who will trust such a deceitful member, Jer. 17:9, Prov. 28;26. Peter's loud profession is answered by a definite prophecy of hiB utter fail ure, v. 30. "Before, the cock shall crow twice, thou shall deny me thrice." Again Peter contradicts the Lord, "I will not deny thee." Peter's later denial of the person of Jesus in the judgment hall is prefaced by & denial of his master's assertions on the way thither. He had to learn wis dom and humility in the bitter school of experience. Peter is quite like us all, but he did learn and profited there by (I Peter 5:5), which cannot be said of all of us. II. Following Afap Off, w. 53, 54. f Peter "followed afar" into the qourt of the high priest's palace. We have suggested (Lesson of Nov. 1st) that zeal and affection prompted Peter, yet he was expressly forbidden and fore warned, John 13:36-38. Some one has said that the development of Peter's weakness began in tne garaen wneu he ceased to pnay. That courtyard and its brazier of coals was a danger ous place for any disciple of the Lord. The servants and soldiers of the pow ers against Christ were congregated ?' about that first. It Is never safe to warm oneself at the enemies' fire though we see it constantly being done, Matt. 6:13; Ps. 1:1. III. "I Know Not This Man," w. 68. 72. While at the flref a serving maid looking at Peter said, "Thou also wast. with the Nazarne, even Jesus." Im mediately and without any seeming hesitancy Peter denied, and declared his ignorance both of the ihan and of understanding what she said. Peter did not sympathize with what was be in ir dnna tn .Tesus. but at heart he was not brave enough to separate him Belt from the enemies of Jesus thereby to draw upon himself some sort of censure or condemnation. Thus con forming to the world about him made It easy for Peter to utter his first note of denial. Having done so he passed on Into the porch and heard the first crowing of the cock. The apparent contradiction between Mark and the other writers over the ques tion of the number of maids seem? to be solved by John 18:25, where reference is made to several who spoke at the same time. Doubtless ' " ro. the words 01 UU lilBL maiu ??o enforced by those of another op the second occasion; they both brought ad accusation against him. Speech Betrayed Peter. This second maid addressing the onlooking spectators said, "This is one of them," and again Peter denies the accusation. He had escaped one pre dicament only to be plunged into an other and perhaps more dangerous one. To deny afresh seemed to be the only way of escape, James 4:4; I Cor. 15:32 R. V. A few words of a serving maid filled Peter with dis may but a second denial did not de liver him from his predicament After a little those standing with him de clared he must be one of the follow ers of Jesus, for his speech betrayed him to be a Galilean. Then Peter touched the bottom, for he accom panies his denial with curses and oaths. One of the principal uses of profanity is to emphasize a lie and the larger the lie the more profuse the profanity. Again he hears the cock crow. Mark says nothing about the look of the master and seems to as sociate Peter's weeping chiefly with the effect produced up his memory by what the master had said. The mem ory of those words banished Peter's u *311^ V?im disloyalty and cowaruice, uucu with remorse and shame and turned him to tears of bitterness and repent ance. The memory of his own act and the evident dashing of his Mes sianic hopes of Jesus, plunged him into the depths of dispair. From his high and exalted state of mind, his high hopes as to Jesus, he sees himself a traitor and Jesus about to be crushed by the hand of man. Peter was passionately devoted to Jesus and had felt that he could go with him to the limit. Once before at Caesarea-Phllippi ?eter had been warned. Flo had been mystified by what Jesus said about the cross and had protested. He had high and noble aspirations but they carried him be yond the limits of his permission into danger and defeat