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gt Representative Retuspaper. Sowers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties hike a Blanket. r y0Li XXXII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1902. NO. 16 ' MBaBanBBBHBflanEBBBnn ,'f/UPWT f lufcW m lOj^Wi ( ^rvsk I >'/r^HL & Itv Ii <?> 22 O ZV MADAM: U you will wear one pair of Oar "HIGH SCHOOL WALKING BOOTS" you'll always want them. We really don't know whether ! they are the i "B2ST IN THE WORLD" but we do know that there is not another shoe in the land that will match s tnese i Two Dollar Shoes FOR WOMEN j \7ithin Fifty Cents a pair. BRING YOUR FEET AND ! TWO DOLLARS LEVER "THE SHOE MAN," 1603 Main Street, COLUMBIA, - - S. C. Feb. 6?ly. C. M. Efird. F. E. Drehbb. EFIRD & DREHER, Attorneys at Law, LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. WILL PBACTICE IN ALL THE Courts. Business solicited. One member of the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S. C. June 17?6m. Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, s. c. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by his fellow citizens o4 Lexington county. Office: 1609 Main Street, over T. B. Aughtry & Co. February 28 -tf. fflCONFIDENCE, Don't give me away, And I'll tell you the remedy of the day, Listen! It is L. L. and K. It makes the system clean and pure, Will health and strength to you secure, Strictly a vegetable preparation, Mild and pleasant in its operation. No need for nostrums just 1_ J-- ~~!l maae iu sen, Its Life for the Liver that makes you well. HILTON'S LIFE FOE THE LIVEB AND SIDNEYS. Wholesale by the MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia. S. C. For Sale at THE BAZAAR. May 15?ly. DR. F. G. GILMCRE, IDE^TTIS'T, ? ? *r * T\Tnfrmr<'nm LOCATED AT JS u. JLOIU jiAir* OJ. over Husemann's Gun Store, Columbia, S. C., where he will be glad to see his former as well as new patients. Dr. Gilmore will be at Kaminer Hotel in Lexington on Tuesday and Wednesday. March 11th and 12th, to accommodate patients who find it inconvenient to call at his Columbia office. January 23, 1901?tf. W CURES WHEREALL ELSEFAILsT Ed yg Beet Cou?h Syrup. Tastes Good. Use H ^EH^^intimi^^Soldbydruggist^^^^lgf 2j t*7\ \i* \ al.N ItJSO MAI>" STI! x| Solicits a Si I TILLMAN AND ft ??C The Floor of the Scene of tli 0 : Climax to Bad Feeling1 That He "RnfTi ftiTTo a-nfl "Recaive Hs,rd Speech. Asserted McLaurin 1 cans?Junior Senator Declares 1 Lie?The Senate Indignent and Contempt?"All Quiet Along' c Washington, Feb. 22.?Washington's birthday was signalized in the United States senate by a fist fight. The day set opart by the nation to afford the American people opportunity to pay fitting tribute to the memory of the first president was the occasion of one of the most sensational scenes ever enacted in the j senate chamber. The two senators from South Carolina were the active participants in the affray. Mr. Tillman, in the course of a speech upon the Philippine tariff, made serious reflections upon ae honor of his colleague, Mr. McLe rin. In brief, he charged that Mr. McLaurin's vote in support of the ratification of the treaty of Paris had been cast through the air of improper influences. His statement was developed in a colloquy between him and Mr. Spooner of "Wisconsin. Mr. Tillman at first declined to mention names, but when the Wisconsin senator reminded him that he owed it to himself, to the senate and to the country "to name the man," Mr. Tillman indicated that be referred to his colleague from South Carolina. Little imagining that his words were likely to be prophetic, Mr. Spooner re- ' marked, eententiously: "I will leave ; the senator to fight that out with his colleague."m'lauhin was absent. Mr. McLaurin was not in the . chamber at the time, beiDg engaged in committee work; but he was sent for and appeared just as Mr. Tillman concluded his speech. Pale as, ashes Mr. McLaurin rose to address the senate, speaking to a | question of personal privilege. He ! reviewed Mr. Tillman's "charges briefj ly and then denounced the statement j made by his colleague as "a willful j and deliberate lie." Scarcely had the words fallen from his lips when Mr. Tillmao, sitting a few seats from him, with Mr. Teller of Colorado between them, sprang at him. Mr. McLauriD, who had haif turned towards Mr. Tillman, met him half way, and in an instant the two senators, having 6wept Mr. Teller aside, were engaged in a rough and tumble fist fight. Mr. McLaurin received a heavy blow on the forehead, while Mr. Tillman got a bad punch on the nose, which brought blood. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Layton sprang over desks to reach and separate the combatants, and himself received several blows. He got between them finally and by main strength wrenched them apart. Senators Warren of Wyoming and Scott of West Virginia, two of the most powerful men in the senate, leaped to hie assistance and, pinioning the arms of the belligerent senators, forced them into their seats. EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE. Intense excitement nrevailel in the i I GLOBE DRY ( X2Z. n^oisrcicT'C tEET, lare of Your Valued ] ? MR1N FIGHT U. S. Senate the le Fisticuff. ,s Szisted for the Last Year? Blows?Tillman, in Course of vt; iaa soia ms vote to avs^uuncharge a Willful and Malicious Soth Senators Declared to be in bhe Potomac Tonight." senate and in the galleries, which were throDged with people who had been attracted by the spirited debate. Everybody was on his feet. Not a word howpwr woe nr>r>IrAn Spnft tors stood about the chamber, for the moment quite helpless and pale to the lips. Finally order was restored partially, and in the midst of intense excitement the senate went into secret legislative session. For two hours the senate discussed the even t behind closed doors. When the doors were reopened it was made known that both of the South Carolina senators by unanimous vote had J i j i _ u _ _ L i. ueen ueoiHreu IU ue JJU uumeui|ju ui 1 the senate. They were permitted, i by a vote of the senate, to make apologies t:> the senate. The statements were listened to by both the ! senators and the people in the galleries with breathless interest. Senator Tillman left the capitol I when adjournment was taken for recess and did not return for the night session. Senator McLaurin was in the chamber about 8 o'clock, but left early. Neither senator, when seen at his home, would make a statement. DISCUSSING THEIR STATUS. Mr. Eoar suggested that the senators could address the senate by /rnncnnf r\r Kt? o tv>Pkf 1 OY"? UliQUi i?J UUD V^V/UCtii^ K/J u made to give them tbat privilege for I which a majority of the senate should vote. Mr. Blackburn objected to any unanimous consent, maintaining that if the senators were accorded the j floor in that way they held it for aDy purpose, and had an undoubted right | to speak on any subject. The discussion on this question was quite lengthy, and was participated in by Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Foreaker and Mr. Teller. Other senators showed a disnosi i tion to discuss the subject further, I but President Pro. Tem. Frye ani nounced that he was ready to rule, I | and said: "'While these two senators j are declared to be in contempt the j : chair could not recognize either if he should rise and address the chair; ; but on motion made by any senator ' | that they be heard the chair would i recognize the senator making the mo; tion and would hold that the motion 1 was in order. In the ordinary trans- I | gre63ion of the rules or violation of j order the senator violating it must j | take his chair and he cannot be recog- j ' nized by the presiding officer again j 1 until the senate has relieved him of j that by motion. Of course the sen ators from South Carolina can be re- J iieved from the condition in which j they are now so far as recognition j by the chair is concerned by a mo- j tion and a majority vote of the sen- | ate. Y>at will happen after the two senators have purged themselves so | far as i: is possible, of the contempt dsst, ties., Patronage. Polite and the chair will be prepared to rule whenever that question is raised." TILLMAN AND M'LAURIN ALLOWED THE FLOOR At the conclusion of the ruling of Mr. Frye, Mr. Blackburn said: "I move that the senior senator from South Carolina be given the floor." ' Why one senator from South Carolina," interjected Mr. Spoorer. ''I move that the two senators from South Carolina," began Mr. Blackburn. "That's right," said Mr. Spooner. "Be given the floor," continued Mr. Blackburn, "to make any statement in their nron w?ir to tho SPnntf* to purge themselves of the contempt.v The motion wae carried. SENIOR SENATOR SPEAKS CALMLY. In a breathless silence Mr. Tillman rose to address the senate. He was calm and collected and gave no indication by his manner of the tremendous scene in which he had been one of the principal actors but a short time before. He SDoke deliberately. 1 * and every one of tbe hundreds of auditors leaned forward eagerly to catch his words. Said he: OFFICE OF GOVERNOR FATAL TO DIGNITY. "Mr. President. I have always esteemed it a high honor and privilege to be a member of this body. I had never had any legislative experience when I came here, and my previous _ _ * r? . ..1.L n. . . service as governor 01 ooum Carolina for four years had unfitted me in a measure to enter this august assembly with that dignity and regardproper regard I will say?for its traditions and habits and rules that is desirable. PUZZLED BY TIIE JEKYLS AND HYDES. UI have been here seven years. I have in that time learned to judge men with a little more catholicy of spirit than I did when I came here. I have found a great many people here in whose personal integrity and honor and regard for their obligations as gentlemen I have implicit confidence; but I have seen so much of partisanship, I have seen so much of what I consider slavish submission to party domination that I confess I have felt somewhat at a loss how to judge men who in one aspect appeared to be so high and clean and honorable and in another appeared more or less despicable. I say this because of the fact that one of the senators has seen fit to allude to seme matters that occurred in the debate this afternoon. tillmax's apology. "I now want to say that so far as any action of mine has caused any senator here, or the senate as a body, or the people of the United States, to feel that I have been derelict, and that I have not shown that courtesy and proper observance of the rules oi this body that I regret it; I apologize for it. I was ready to do that two minutes after I had acted, but under the provocation which was known to all of you I could not have acted otherwise than I did, and while I apolorr\ya fr? t.hfi KPr?af? <*r>rl am snrrv fbnl J ? it has occurred, I have nothing more to say." M LALT.IN MAKES STATEMENT. Mr. McLaurin rose at the conclusion of Mr. Tillman's brief address. He, too, was calm, but it was evident that he was suppressing his emotion by an effort. He spoke with greater feeling than had been manifested by his colleague, particularly when he told the senate how sorely he bad ANY, ET-A-G-esb. COLUMBIA, 8. I Prompt Attention. Octc ' teen tried by the accusations which j I bad hppn mada noninaf. him frnm ' t; rue to time. His statement follows: i "Mr. President, I did not realize i that I was in contempt o? the senate, ' nor do I think now, if ray words are < i read in the record, that I was in con- ; tempt of the senate, but at the same i time, as the senate has ruled that I am in contempt of this honorable body, I beg leave to apologize. HAS BEEN SORELY TRIED. "I desire to eay, Mr. President, that I have been very sorely and severely tried. I was in attendance 1 on the committee on Indian affairs [ when I received a message from a ' friend in the senate that my pres- j ence was needed thfre. "The history of the vote on the | Spanish treaty is known to all of : you. There have been statements made in newspapers and insinuations that I had been influenced by im- , proper motives in connection with j my vote on tnai treaty, snowing in my own soul, and knowing that God in heaVen also knows that it was false, when I was told thai it was centered down to me I was outraged by what I considered a most brutal assault upon my honor as a maD, and especially in view of the fact that in the beginning of the session, after the action of my party associates, I made a most careful, and deliberate statement ezplaiciog all of those mat- ! ter?. I do not feel that I could ever hold up my head again if I did not j resect it in the place where it was delivered, in me strongest ana must forcible terms that I could employ. M'LAUP.IX INTIMATES MORE SERIOUS j TROUBLE "With that, Mr. President, I am done, except I have this to say: If there is any more talk of that kind . or any more?" As Mr. McLaurio uttered the last sentences of his address, intimating I that if there was any further effort | to press upon him the accusations i which had been made against him there might be trouble, there was an ! evident stir in the chamber. Several ! senators rose to their feet as if half . 1 | expecting a renewed outbreak of 1 trouble. Mr. Bacon, of Georgia and 1 | Mr. PattersoD, of Colorado, both cf whom were sitting near Mr. Mc- j i Laurir, urged bitn to stop where he ; 1 ! was, Mr. Patterson saying: l BEG HIM TO RETRAIN. ( ! "I beg the senator to refrain." "T will refrain then. Mr. President." said Mr. McLaurin. : As he resumed his seat he made an ! ! effort to compose himself as if to | dispel any fear on the part of those | about him that it might have been J j his intention to precipitate further j ' j disturbance by any violent comments. J Ho not Sspr-ot Spiracles. ^ If a cold, long neglected, or im- J properly treated has clutched you by ! the throat, you csnDot shake it loose i in a day, but you can stop its progress and in a ressonable time get rid of it altogether, if you use Allen's Lung Balsam. There is nothing like this honest remedy for bronchitis, asthma, and other affections of the j air passages. Charles G. Dantzler, of Orangeburg, one of the newly elected Judges, has assumed the Ermine presiding bis first term over the Florence court. -O For nic8 and common lamps, call j at the Bazaar. c., ^ m iber istf W Ratified Acts. Tbe General Assembly adjourned sine die on last Saturday. Its closing davs were marked bv lenetbv debates ?' o ^ and killing bills. In all about 200 new laws and amendments to old laws was the Jesuit of the session. The following are some of the most important bills which became laws: An act to define train robbing and fix the punishment therefor. An act fixing the salaries of circuit solicitors. An act to regulate the drawing, empanelling and term of service of jurors in the circuit courts of this State. An ant-, in nmond RAntinn 9S7rt nf the* general statutes of this State, being section 132 of vol. 2, revised statutes of 1893, relating to kidnapping, by extending the provisions of said section to any case of taking away a minor without consent of parent or guardian. An act to establish congressional districts in the State. A joint resolution proposing to amend section 1 of article 7 of the constitution of 1895 relating to counties and county governments. An act to amend section of an act to regulate the carrying, manufacture and sale of pistols, by striking out certain words and inserting other words in lieu thereof. An act to amend section 1919 of the general statutes of the State of South Carolina, being section 2041 of the revised statutes of Ibis State, relating to the appraisement of the personal estate of intestates, by allowing the appraisement to be made by qualified electors. An act to declare contracts entered into to evade the payment of taxes to bo against public policy. An act to repeal section 276 of the statutes of 1S82, and to fix the time for the payment of taxes, assessments and penalties. An act to amend section 334 of the revised statutes relating to the collection of taxes without being stayed by the process of court. An act to amend an act preventing patent medicine venders from plying their vocation. An act relating to dispensary profits. An act to regulate the qualification of non-resident executors. Au act to provide for payment of costs of criminal cases transferred from one county to another. An act to fix the compensation of county officers. An act to further regulate the working and maintaining highways. An act to nrevent the sale cf cer r tain explosive crackers. An act to protect boarding housekeepers. An act to provide school books for certain school districts. An act to prevent the altering and removing land marks. An act to require public ginners to keep their books cpen for inspection. An act in relation to the enrollment by county and township of. citizens ot boutn uaroima wno rendered military or naval service to the Confederate States. An act to amend section 3 of an act to provide for pensions for certain soldiers and sailors, now residents of South Carolina, who were in the ser* vice of the State or of the Confederate States in the late war between the States, so far as it relates to widows of Confederate soldiers and sailors. [To be Continued.]