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* SHALL THIS BILL PASS ? . * By Frederic ?I. Hoskin. * Washington Herald. ? Shall this bill pass? ls a Question which in thoory, must be propound ed to tho legislators on every treas ure presented to them. IC the Six tieth Congress, now in session, were permitted to vote on all the bills that have been introduced, and were to answer that crucial question with a wYes," the Constitution of the Uni ted States would ba a thing of tho past and tre public laws would read like the e.nnual from an asylum for the insano us edited by the inmates. If every amendment to the Consti tution whioh has boen proposed in Congress in the past ten years had been approved by that body, aud ratified by the States no important provision of that ancient document would now be effective. If Congress should pass only those revolutionary bills introduced In the first three weeks of the present ses sion we ?would have postmasters and Federal Judges elected by the peo ple, the'ancient punishment of civil ostracism would be revived, the Philippines would be free, the pro tective tariff would re no more, ci garettes could not cross a State line, a censorship of advertising would be established, the enacting power would be taken from the Congress and given directly to the people, the right to . print market quot?.Jons would be cut off, and a thousand and one other strange and fantastic things would happen In. this great land of the free and homo of the brave. In fact, if the reader will think for an hour, recalling every strange fancy of theory ?br promot ing the general welfare or checking evil, ho will hardly think of a Bin gle proposition that does not now appear in the shape of a bill Intro duced In the Sixtieth Congress. Perhaps the most unusual propo sition introduced at this session is a joint resolution proposing an amend ment to the Constitution whereby the people can depose any official they have elected. When one-third of the voters living within the boundaries of the territory covered by any elected official sign a pett ion asking for his removal, there must be another election called to determine whether the official shall be Removed or not. If the majority vote for his removal his place be comes vacant and an election to fill lt must be called. If the majority vote to retain him, he ls retained, but nothing ls interposed to prevent the one-third petitioning his removal again. This would, carry us back almost to the days of ostracism, and the time when an illiterate peasant asked Aristides the Juet to .vi ile the name of Aristides upon his shell, not knowing that it was Aristides of whom he was making the request. When the leader had thus written his own name for ostracism he ask ed the peasant what wrong Aristides had ever-done him, to which the il literate man replied: "None; I do not> even know him; but I am tired of hearing him called 'the Just.' " The proponent of this measure ls a hew member, Mr. Fulton, of Okla homa, a brother, by the way, of Sen ator Fulton, of Oregon. Mr! Fulton is rather a busy man. He has proposed in the three weeks that he has been a member of the House, some half dozen amendments to the Federal Constitution. Ano ther proposition that he makes is that the power of the enacting clause shall be taken out of the hands of Congress and vested di rectly in the people. He has worked out about the most initiating Initia tive and referring referendum that the world has ever seen. Another member who goes in for reforming the old Constitution is William Bailey Lamar, of Florida, a nephew of the distinguished Mis sissippi soldier, statesman, and Ju rist, L. Q. C. Lamar. Mr. Lamar proposes that all postmasters shall be elected by the people, and that roderai judges shall be eleoted In the same way. He proposes to have the country laid off Into post office districts, and the postmasters elect ed by direct vote for a term of four years, all vacancies to be filled by election, the President having the right to fill them only until an elec tion can be held. The repeal of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments furnished the basis of a half dozen joint reso lutions, and several have been of fered providing that the Constitu tion be so amended as to permit the taxation of Incomes and inherit ances, tho latter to be progressive to such an extent as to prevent the transmission of swollen fortunes. There have been a dozen resolutions introduced to amend the Constitu tion so that Senators shall be elected by the people. And so the grind Plant Wood's Garden Seeds FOR SUPERIOR VEGE TABLES St FLOWERS. 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In the Fifty-ninth Con gress there were more thaa fifty amendments to the Constitution pro posed, and they embraced all - of those above mentioned, except the one Offered by Representative- Ful ton , providing for separating ah offi cia, .and his office by popular vote, .besides these there were proposi tions to change the organic law so that it would regulate the hours of labor; to extend the Preeldentlal term two years; to change the date of elections and ot the assembling of Congress; and ev?n a proposi tion to amend the Constitution so that the United States could insure the lives of its citizens. The.propo nent of this amendment was none other than D-vid A. De Armond, of Missouri. William W. Kitchin.-of North Ca ro?!na, probably holds ih? record in proposing amendments to the Con stitution. He offered three in a sin gle day early in the Fifty-ninth Con gress. It is a rather strange coin cidence that the records show that about three out of four of the amendments proposed in recent years were offered by Democrats. And fully nine out of ten were of fered In the House rather than in the Senate. But very few amend ments have been proposed by mem bers of that body in recont years. The most popular amendment pro posed. Judged from the number who propose it at every session, la the one to e.'cct Senators by popular voce. In t> pi to of tho fact that most of the Sta.es have found a way to get around the constitutional re quirement that Senators be elected by the Legislatures, through Sena torial primaries, this amendment ls still popular in the House. But tho Senate never deigns to notice it, ox-* qept sometimes a man like the late Senator Hoar will speak out against the tendency to disparage the Senate and to change the manner ot Its se lection. Before the Sixtieth Congress was three weeks old more than ten thou sand hills were introduced. Less than two thousand of these are pub lic bills, all of the others being pri vate measures for the payment ot claims or the granting of pensions that cannot be had under the gene ral pension laws. There have been dozens of bills Introduced for the re form ot th.- currency and banking laws, some Of them by men who ac tually have to give orders on their salaries before due. Every other sort of proposition under the sun has cl,limed attention. Representative Watson, of Indi ana, is waging an aggressive war on cigarettes and cigarette papers. He. proposes to prohibit absolutely the transmission of these, two commodi ties into any State where their salo ls prohibited by law. Senator Pon rose has scruples about sending money orders -on Sunday, and has introduced a bill prohibiting their sale or the registry of a lotter on ?'hat. day. .Representative lilrdsnll wanto railway cars automatically ventilated and has introduced a bill to that end. Representative Dalzell wants to get after the fellow who starts a run on a national bauk. He has introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor for any ene to make an untrue statement about a nation al bank, and makes the penalty a fine of not more than $5,000, and imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years. Representative Sheppard, of Tex as, has introduced a bill providing for a contest open to. the whole world to determine the best safety appli ances for railroad trains. He pro poses that large prizes shall be given so as to attract the Inventive genius of the whole world. His intention ls to find the best appliances there are, and then require inter-state roans to equip their trains wit,L* them. Representative Fulton has been as busy in the proposing of new laws as he has been in offering new amendments to the Constitu tion. He has introduced a bill to al low citizens to express their views on matters of public policy by ballot, voting for or against propositions at the same time they vote for Prec? dential candid at rs. Another .bill by him proposes to stop the circulation of market quotations of the kind used |n stock gambling. Perhaps the most remarkable bill ever introduced in Congress was one by Robert Baker, the pioneer' "anti pass Representative" from Brook lyn. It was so remarkable that even Mr. Baker felt constrained to en dorse it "by request," to show that he was not responsible for lt. The man who drew it was James Seldon Cowden, who had run for Congress in five districts, who wanted to make a canal out of the Mississippi River, and who wanted a commis sion from the government to drain all the waste lands of the Mississippi Valley. This bill which he drew provided for a reorganization of tho government. There were to he ?2 departments under his plan, Includ ing the department of public .laun dries, the department of public baths, the department of public res taurants. Each department was to be headed by a cabinet officer, with a salary of $25,000 a year. The cur rency was to be changed into a re ceivable issue instead of a redeem able one., His plan was for all men to try to get poor instead of rich. He had visited the lands of the Kos okins that exists somewhere beyond the ends of the earth, where topsy turvydom reigns, and sine,, then he was sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane, where he gets plenty of assistance in drawing his new laws. His bill covered some twenty pages, and there had to be four hun dred copies of lt printed. Yet lt was but one of about 20,000 introduced during the Fifty-ninth Congress that had no better chance of being en acted into laws. That Congress out did every one preceding it in the number Of bills Introduced, there having been nearly 35,000. . Of these, about 26,000 had their origin in the house. No one has ever had the hardihood to try to foot up ac curately th? total appropriations asked for in these bills, but lt is more than probable that every mem ber of the Senate and House asked for ten times as much as he got, and some of them a hundred times as much It is very probable that if the total appropriations and authorised expenditures carried by the bills in troduced in the Fifty-ninth Congress had become law they, would have caused Uncle Sam to 'pay out ten billion dollars. Representative Brownlow is the champion bill in troducer of Congress. The two years for which a Congressman lives are lost time with him If he does not get five hundred bills to his eredlt. Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina, holds the record for bills which be came laws in the Fifty-ninth Con gress, there being thirty to his cred it, to say nothing of two publie buildings which went in at bis. in stance. Several of them Were bills for building dams on navigable streams in his district. One nigh* he had Senator Frye put five ot these through'' <n a single hour. The Senate heard its grave momber from Maine announce that he had five dam bills he wanted to get through. Everybody looked up in astonish ment to hear, as they thought, * an oath in the Senate Chamber from the lips of so dignified a man as the senior Senator from Maine. But when be oompleted his statement they found that he had simply perpetrat ed one of the best puns of the ses sion. ' Ring's Little Liver Pills wake up lazy livers, clean the system and clear the skin. Try them tor bilious ness and sick headache. Price 2Bo. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. LEE AND CAPERS. ? -1. . Recent Reunion of Two Dashing Confederate Generals. (The State, 24th.) An interesting and very touching incident of the stay in Columbia of the distinguished Confederate, chief tain, Gen. Stephen D. Lee, was his visit to his old friend and army com rade. Bishop Capers, at the latter's home on Pendleton street. The last time the two saw each other they were riding side by side at the head ot their forces at the bat tle of Jonesboro, Ga., on the 1st of September, 1864-two gallant, dash ing young officers, both full of splen did life and youth and fired with the enthusiasm of the moment. They look hack on more than two score years since then and with a life-time of experience to the credit of each they meet again-both old men now -???one an invalid, welcoming his old friend at his bedside. Gen. Lee and Bishop Capers were in the Western Confederate army together under Gens. Joseph E.John son and Hood and were in many bat tles, being closely associated at Jonesboro, Ga., and Franklin, Tenn. Between them there is the warmest personal friendship, which has stretched over the years, and yes terday once more brought a touoh of tenderness to each life. The general, deeply affected by his friend's feeble condition after a long illness, addressed to him such words of sympathy and affection that when he left there was a new light lu the bishop's eyes and fresh cheer in his heart. A gallant soldier who was present was deeply touched by the Interview between these old friends and comrades. After spend ing some time at tho bedside of Bishop Capers, Gen. Leo parted with him with a hearty, "God bless you, .my dear friend and comrade," and the eyes of each were wet with tears Simple Remedy for La Grippe. La grippe coughs are dangerous, as they frequently develop into pneu monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops the cough, but heals and strengthens the lungs so that no se rious results need, be feared. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con tains.no harmful drugs and ls in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Sold oy all drifgglsts. Gen. Hagood's Portrait. (The State.) The portrait of Gen. Johnson 1 in good.presented to the State of South Carolina last Monday by the Daugh ters of the Confederacy, will be hung in the hall of the House of Repre sentatives by the sergeant -at-arms at once. The portrald was very) much admired yesterday by Gen. Stephen* D. Lee. who was a personal friend of the gallant soldier and was pronounced an excellent like ness. . Disturbed the Congregation. The person who disturbed the con gregation last Sunday by continually coughing is requested to buy a bot tle of Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold by all druggists. Texas Prohibition Fight On. Dallas, Texas. Jan. 22.-The fight before the people for State wide pro hibition for Texas began in earnest yenterday. Three WUSB meetings were held. Five speakers addressed nearly 1,000 persons at Bush Tem ple this afternoon and twice that many were addressed last night at the First Methodist and First Bap tist churches. W.D. Upshaw, known as "Earnest Willie," of Atlanta, was among the speakers, both afternoon and night. A Ring's Dyspepsia Tablet after each meal overcomes Indigestion,dys pepsia and other stomach ills. Two days' trial free. Ask our dealers-J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Coiuiterfelt Certificate?. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 28.-During the last three days while the banks were closed for the holidays and ! Sunday, count/ alters passed a i number of cour?, rf eli clearinghouse j ?or ti neat es. ,?til the certificates lave been taken In lt will not be ? known to what extent the counter ?elters have been passed, but so far | lfteen certificates of twenty-dollar ; denomination have been unearthed. Tho clearing house association has j called in all certificates. Stops earache in iv.w . minutes; toothache or pain of burn or scald in five minutes; hoarseness, one hour; tpuscleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve hours-Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil, monarch over pain. MBHPMKHSKMMI(I3RS&BH?M?9U? SEVENTY-SECOND BIRTHDAY. Delightful Surprise Dinner Given Mi?. J. ?Vi. Kiuuiicutt. New "Hope, Jan. 21.-Special: Last Wednesday dawned a beautiful day, and the hearts of those who were Invited to a surprise birthday dinner, given Mrs. J. M. Hunnicutt by her children, beat glad. Mrs. Hunnicutt was 72 years of age that day. In the morning some of the men enjoyed a bird hunt. At 1.30 o'clock ?verythlng imaginable was placed on the table In the large dining room, and all were called In to partake of the many nice things to eat till the the inner man was satisfied. In t.ie afternoon we heard some real nice music by Mrs. A. T. Julian and Mles Ruth Hunnicutt. All too. soon the time came for us to depart to our homes, and the good byes were said and we hurried off for a good night's rest, after spending such a pleasant day. Those present were: J. M. Hunni cutt, William F. and Miss Ruth Hun nicutt, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hubbard and family, of Fairview; Mr. and Mrs. S. M Hunnicutt, Poplar; Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Hunnloutt, Seneca; Mrs. C. A. Morgan, Mrs. H. A.Wood, and little daughter, New Hope; Mrs. Elizabeth Corn, Fairview; J. D. Da vis and two sons, Conneross; Mrs. A. T. Julian, Seneca. All of Mrs. Hunnlcutt's children, execpt one, E. J. Hunnicutt, of Bir mingham, Ala., were present. We wish for Mrs. Hunnicutt many happy birthdays. T.C. Itching plies provoke profanity, but profanity won't oure them. Dean's Ointment cures itching,bleed ing or protruding piles after years of suffering. At any drug store. BOMB HURLED INTO BAB* 4*. .40,000 Belonging to Institution waa Exposed for Short Time. New York, Jan. 24.-An explod ing bomb last night wrecked the front of an Italian bank building on Elizabeth street, briefly exposing $40,000 in silver and gold v.-.rich the bankers, Pasquale A. Patl & Son, had piled In the window as ocular proof of their ability to pay deposit ors on demand. 1. The Junior partner, Salvator Patl, who was on guard inside, was cut by ; the glass, but stuck by his charge and soon had the money stored away in the vaults. The clerks had left the place some hours before and the explosion Injured none but the younger Patl. The bomb throwers were quickly lost In the crowd of several thou sand Italians who gathered ?bout the wreck, and their motive ia a mystery. WsPills will save the dyspeptic from many > - days of misery, ana enable him to eat whatever he wishes. They prevent SICK HF. ADA CH Ev caw* the food to aas'*nllate and nour ish the body, give keen appetite, DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar coated, --aa Take No Substitute. Serum Stops Meningitis. Newport, R. I., Jan. 23.-Two na val apprentices recently received at the station here are suffering from spinal meningitis. Both were con sidered hopeless cases. Medical In spector Henoberger, however, deter mined to try the serum discovered by Dr. Simon Flexner, of the Rocke feller r< st i tu te, and it is now re ported that both men are expected to recover. One is E. F. Crawford, of Charleston, 111., and the other R. B. Holloway, of Lipton, Tenn. , A tickling cough, from any cause, is quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. And it ls so thoroughly harmless and safe, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers everywhere to give lt without hesitation, oven by young babes. The wholesome gre. n leaves and tender stems of a lung-healing mountainous shrub furnish the cura tive properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough and heals the sore and sensitive bronchial membranes. No opium, no chloro form, nothing harsh used to injure or suppress. Simply a resinous plant extract that helps to heal aching lung-;. The Spaniards call this shrub which the doctor uses, "The Sacred Herb." Demand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other. J. W. Bell. Who Should be Excluded ? i me ^-iiaie. j The judge In the Thaw case re fused to exclude reporters. There was no reason to exclude legitimate members of the pro'ossion, but it is unfortunate that there is not some way to bar from the court room Mil dred Fudge, Winifred MuA, and Laura Jean Dippy, and the other members of the Sob Squad. Indigestion . Stomach troubl. ls bot a symptom of, and not faItMJi a truo dj****). Wo tl rtk of Dyipewia, Hoartbum, and Indtfattton aa real altease*, yoi ?v?w\taBv?tthat i Dr. Shoop's Resirat*ive The Kind Toa Have Always 1 In use for over SO years, -?7 ? m- and li All Counterfeits, Imitations Experiments that trifle witt Infinite and Children-Expe What fs C ?astoria ls a harmless sube goric, Drops and Soothing contains neither Opium, M? * substance. Its ago is its gu and allays Feverishness* It Collo. It reiteres Teething ' and Flatulency. It nsalm?h Stomach mid Bowels? givlnj Cha Children*? Panacea-Th GENUINE CASI Tte Kind You fla In Use For O THU o t MT?? H OOM PAN?, rr tn llMMHilllHIIllll III Ililli.Ililli DOME OUT AND MAKE YOUR TAX RETURNS. The Auditor's office will be open from the 1st day of January, 1908, to the 20th day of February, 1908, for the purpose of receiving returns of PERSONAL. PROPERTY for taxa tion in Oconee County, South Caro lina for the year 1908. For the convenience of taxpayers the Auditor or his deputies will also receive returns at the following times and places: Tamassee, Friday, Jan. 81. Richland, Saturday, February 1. Returns will be taken at all places, where the hour is not specified, from 10 o'clock in the morning until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Please bear thlB in mind. Every male citizen between the ages of 21 and 60 years, exec, t ox Confederate sol Mers and those in capable of earning a support from being maimed or from other causes, shall be deemed taxable polis. Note all transfers of real estate since making your last return; from whom acquired or to whom sold. All tax payers are required to give the number of their school district. They are also requested to state whether the property ls situated in town or country. It is absolutely necessary to make all returns before the 20th of february. After that date fifty pei cent penalty for non-returns ls prescribed by law. R. W. GRUBBS, Auditor Oconee County, S. O' ManZan Pile Remedy BELIEVES WHEN OTHERS FAIL LOTH'ST STOVES AND RANGES. CHICAGO AND COLUMBIA AIR TIGHT HEATERS. TINWARE, ENAMEL AND STOVE WARE. KITCHEN FURNITURE. GENERAL REPAIRING AND TIN WORK. -CALL ON B,UI,IHfliH, 3L.OW RATES Offered \>y tlie IN"or*til, IV orthwest, West, Southwest. WRITE J. G. HOLLENBEOK, Division Passenger Agent, ATLANTA, GA. I AM DETERMH LIVERY E 'fiiwirawilf! Sought, and which has been, hus borne the signature of as been made nuder hts per supervision since its infancy* . no one to deceive you in this* and " Just-as-good" are bufe i and endanger the health of rience against p?riment? ASTORIA rdtnte for Castor Oil? Pare Syrups? It ls Pleasant. It orphlne nor other Karootto turan tee. It destvoys Worms eures Diarrhoea and Wind Troubles, eures Constipation .tes the Food, regulates the S healthy and natural sleep, ie Mother's Friend. rORlA ALWAYS n Always Bought ver 30 Years* I*MV ?TSMcrr, new von? crrv. mHBHBHBHnmni NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Owea Roid et al., v. Rena Reid et al. The creditors of Seek Reid, dc ceased, will present and prove their claims before me within one month from the date hereof, or be barred. W. O. WHITE, Master. January 15, 1908. 3-5 'ifiiiriir W. J. GARTER, M. D., Dentist. Onice two doors above \tho Bank, in Carter's Pharmacy,, WESTMINSTER, S. d' \ -? DB. W. F. AUSTIN, >? Dentist, Seneca, South Carolina. Office over J. W. Byrd & Co. _,_I_ DR. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist, Walhalla, South Carolina. Office over OW. Pitchford Co's Store Phone No. 86. DR. J.H. BURGESS, Dentist, Se nee., South Carolina. ,, Office over Nlmmons' Storo, Doyle Building. Office Hours:-9 A. M. to 1 P. M. 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. B. A. BENTLEY^' R. T. JAYNE8, Manager. Attorney. COO-EE COIiliECTION AGENCY. especial attention given to colloo tlons in the county. Try us. Ad dress all communications to B. A. BENTLEY, Manager, Walhalla, S. C. E. TJ. HERNHON, Attorney-at-Iiaw, Walhalla, South Carolina. PHONE No. Ol. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, Plokens; S. C. Walhalla, 8. C. W. C. Hughs, Walhalla, CAREY, SHELOR ? HUGHS, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. P-actlcs in State and Federal Courts. R. T. JA YNES, ? t i".y - ? ?-T.ii? ,v, Walhalla, South Carolina. Practice in State and Federal Courts. BeU Phone No. 190. M. C. IiONG, Attorney-at-Iiaw, (Office Over Post Office,) Anderson, S. C. Will practice in all Courts in Sout Carolina. 46-'08 IOLEYSHOI^^TAR for ohUdriai maf*t iure* Mm ttmtUit* USD TO DO THE I US I N E 38 for this community. Como on and get your teams. Hauling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt and polite servios at reasona ble prices. Teams sent ont at any hour? day or night. Thone 10 or H for qniok teams. 0. R? HO?CHItfH. Walhalla, 8. C.