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> YOLCME LI, MMItEH 8. KEWBEBBY, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY SI, 1913. . TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAB. THE SENIOR SENATOR GETS UNANIMOUS VOTE >0 ATTEMPT MADE TO HOLD UP HIS RE-ELECTION. Other Matters Claiming the attention oi the (General Assembly?Col. (irii'iith is lie-elected. 1V!1C no! Columbia, Jan. zv? in ^ .. , whisper of opposition today, and so far j as the official records v.ill show the! * | re-ekction of I'nited States Senator B. j ? R. Tillman was unanimous. Every vote I that was recorded in re-ponss to the! c-ail of the clerk, both in the house and j in the senate, was fcr Benjamin R. j "Tillman. If ther? was at time an effort j to organize opposition to Senator Till-j man, it completely "petered out," and j -some of those who seemed to be most! off-ended by Senator Tillman s iwcui, communication with reference to au 1 leged objectionable influences joined in J seconding the nomination and recorded their votes in his favor. On the house side th?:re were one hundred and sixteen votes cast, the j other eight members being either ab-; ?t rtllt nf tjie ?la|j tjle time. I Sdyr ui ? Speaker Smith, among those absent, was excured by resolution to att-nd the opening exercises of the Corn Exposition, but before leaving th? hall he, asked that his vote be recorded as j having been cast for Senator Tillman's re-election. TiUmaii Nominated. Formal nomination of Senator Tillman for re-ek-ction was made by Mr. j Courtney, of Edgefield, and in so doing he spoke briefly of the services j that bad been rendered by Senator Tillman to the State and nation. iiaikp and senate both having j 1 11^ UVUuv ? cast their vote in favor of the re-elec-j tion of Senator Til-fnan. the balloting j being necessary today according to J the federal statutes, there is nothing' further to bo done now, exc-pt having ; the two houses meet in joint assembly, I when the result wil^j b? formally rati- j fied and Senator Tillman will, on the! 4th of March, as the result of his un- j ani*rous re-election today, begin his j fourth t'rm as I'nitod States senator, j' from South Carolina. There \va? not at any time the slight- j -c t /-,f Senator ! est possibility 01 uitr Tillman because the members of both-jbranches were pledged to abide by the ! result of the primary. The only thing { might have been a delay, which might! possibly have resulted in complications or/the tying up of the election by the presentation of "favorite =ons," but it \ Ml vanished when the show-down came I ? I ( and all realized that the members j could not have voted against the re- j suit of the primary whatever mav have > i been their feeling with reference to j the charges that might have hurt: the ! feelings of som-?. All seemed to real-j ize that the whole thing is in the game I of politics. Session of Senate, Columbia, J*n. 2S.?The senate spent; two am] we-hal? hours tonight debating Senator Goodwin's bill relating to numbers on motor vehicles. A strong fisrbt was made on the bill by Senators J Clifton. Westo i and others. Amend-j m?nt after an"?e"?d:nont was voted down l and ;;N th~ par-irvrn'mtary motions) mat'? ;r> v:i?n rho M l. At a late ! horr 150 a*or CMi*"r?n raised the point of hnt th? *ifle of the bill did not Po^Tm to the .subject matt r, which point President Smith Sustained, thus killing the bill. The bill further,' regulating the powers of grand juries j was killed. Supply Purchasing: Hi!i. Columbia, Jan. 2^.?One of th*^ rrallv 5ni|for+a t measures of the session is the bill cf Mr. Mlxson. as to purohasins: sm. !t r>*>? r#?eeivpa its >> vuuu r r?ads: TIuv o:? ar>ri after approval <"?f rhis act, al' regular supplies for Stare county ami municipal offi-.pp;. M .(j ofr public institutions, shall he purchased in the open market] in th-p following manner. to wit: The! officer?, now authorized to purchaso J said suppli s shall advor'is-1 J ilv cnrr-Ty as *h"! ca?- y bo o a v k for thro : . ' ' sabi saaalies ' ?r - ' ' . f ? j < : o' ilis. ? \ 7b I " '' 1 , I \ ch! by said officer, who shall accept the best and lowest bid made for the furnishing of said supplies. Sec. 3. The successful bidder shall j enter into an agr-cenrnt or contract tc j furnish said supplies at such times times during said three months as he may be directed by the ^aid officers, and shall give a ??ood and sufficient! ^ 4 bond in the sum of double the amount j of said bid, conditioned for the faithful performance of said co.'.tract. The said bond shall b in favor of the State, if the supplies are for State officers and piib'ic institutions, and in favor of the j eorn\v, if the supplies shall be for! county officers and public i.istftutions,; and in favor of municipality if the sup- j pies be for municipal officers and pub- j lie institutions, and shall be collected ! ** - /-,f ouch n?tnr<>- now 1 CIS uuiri UU11U3 v/i ouv? .>uv?. ~ y? _ collected. i Sec. 4. That all acts or part of acts, inconsistent w'th this act. are hereby repealed. S^c. This act shall so into effect immediately on approval bj the governor. 9 Employer's Liability and Workmen's \ Compensation Bill Killed. , The joint resolution providing for j the investigation of employer's liahil- J ity and woi'Kmens conipeiibiiiiwu ?.u| industrial arbitration was reached 011 the calendar in th? house on Wednesday. Fully two hours were consumed *n dehat?. T^e vote showed that the bill had befn killed by the narrow marsin of three ballots?."6 for and -r>9 against. Thn sneaker announced Messrs. Kib l?r. Belser and Robinson ai= the house j members of the committee to ascertain what steps will be taken to dispose of the property of the State Hospital for the Insane. Joint Session Elections*. Shortly after noon the- house and senate met in joint session to ratify the vote of yesterday by which B. R. Tillman was reelected United States j senator. The vote in the house wa? j 114, in the senate 37. a total of 151; j and, therefore. B. R. Tillman was de- i clared elected for a tdrm of six years. Superintendent of Penitentiary. The nominations for superintendent of the penitetiary were then in order, j Senator Sharp, of Lexington, placed') the name of Col. D. .T. Griffith in nomi- { onnficoH Vnmcpif Thp name i J ' <X I 1 Wli IV CIIV/V.'.VU was seconded on all sides. Senator Young, of Union county, placed in nomination J. G. Long, sher- I iff of Union county, for the sup-erin-| tendency of the *State penitentiary. Mr. Long's nomination received mary 'seconds." - - 1 * ? * j a.\? x ; The result of tne oaiict snoweu uiaij Col. Griffith was re-elected, he rcceiv- { iris: 140 votes and his opponent 20; 81 { vote; were necessary for a choice. Nominations for three directors of the State penitentiary were then in j ordrr. Senator Banks of Calhoun county i placed in nomination the namo or A. C. Paullin?. of St. Matthews. Mr. P. T. Youmans, of Columbia, j blared in nomination the rame of loVin G. Mobley/of Winnsboro. George Warren, of Hampton county",; rlar;d Jasper M. Smith, of Colleton,, in nomination. ,j Mr. Kirk, of Williamsburg:, placed : B. B. Chandler, of Williamsburg, in j nomination. Senator Weston, of Richland county. placed in nomination the name of i Edwin F. Bookter, of Columbia. | S nator Mcl.aurin. of Marlboro, plac- i ed in nomination A. K. Sanders, of, Camden. Mr. W leh, of Richlar.d, placed in , nomination the name of .1. S. Huffman. :f Richland county. , Me; rs. Mobley, Sanders and Smith j were re-elected directors of th-e State on the first ballot. There were 163 votes cast, 82 being nec-'S- i sary for a choice. The result of the j was ?3 fjilows: Paulling. ^1;Mr;'.)Icy, Smith, IOC: ('hamper r?4; ' Sanders. 107; Bookter, 3">: Huffman 10. Xi nii.iation for two trustees i\?r { the rniversitv of South Carolina were T ! in cwier. S miicr Manning, cf Hil'on. placed in ! n; ui":..;.:'O;; the nam-? of W. M. Hanicr. i :?:i-i. . j Senator Am? St. of : i.\< jk;* ' (' 'A. V.*i:! c> <? 1" r ;( ?? ! * i i j the ballot showed that W. M. Hamer and P. A. Willcox had b en elected. The vot-c was: Hamer, 123; Willcox, 12.": Taylor, 4S. Routine Work in Senate. I'ncontested matters were first taken ' up 011 the scnat-e calendar Wedne-day morning. Oyw,T MoV Kill rc>nnii"inq- the : Orilrt iui uiuv/ ^ i;iii ? wr. 0 t printing and distribution of the acts 30 ; days after adjournment of the general j ass mbly \ assed and was s'nt to the; house. Senator Lancy's bill authorizing, banks to lend three-fourths of their capital stocks and deposits on real estat; mortgages caused some discus-ion. Senators Voung and Sullivan opposed the bill, while Senators Lanev, Carlisle and others. argued for the bill, pointing cut that loans on real estate were the very best kind of securities. Senators Hanks and Ketchin spoke for Te bill. Th; -enat-? refused to strike out the enacting words and the bill was passed and sent to the house. \iglit Session of House. Columbia, Jan. 29.?The house of repi-e-entatives tonight killed the resolution providing for a commission to investigate the qu<:stion of employers'i liability and workmen's compensation ! by a vote of r?6 to 46, after a fight of two days. Opposition to the measure was ba-ed on the two principal assumpti6ns that commissions accom-' plish but litth and that legislation which such a body might suggest -1 " i l.tflroctf, nf WOllId D6 OppOitU LO lue lincitaij the laboring people. Tonight Mr.' Moore moved to table the motion to re- \ consider the bill and this was passed without discussion. There will be no elections in Barn- j well county on th . question of re-es- j tablishing the dispensary there; | amendments were added relating to.' several other counties. The house to- j night killed Mr. Mixson's bill by a vote j ""~ ' *" J'*- ? ^ r\f mnro t Vl n n i 01 (jo tO JlILfr ueuaic ui v ... two hours. M-essrs. Boyd, Greer, Jones, j C. T. Wvche, Stevenson, and Hunter j opposed the bill, while it was upheld ; by Messrs. Warren, Kirk, Miley, C. C. i Wyche and Rembert. The principal ' feature of the discussion was the cross j debate between Dr. C. T. Wyche, of; Newberry, and his son, C. C. Wyche,; of Spartanburg. I SENDS KI'LLET INTO HER HEART,j 9 Annie Allen, 14 Years Otf. Commits i Suicide ;?t Greenville?Fonrvin State l ately. V ? i Greenvil'e, Jan. 27.?Annie Allen, j the pretty 14-year-old daughter of Wal- j ter Allen, ex-convict, committed syi- i cide today by shooting herself in the heart with a 32-calibre revolver. Onlyj one bullet was fired, and this caused j the instantaneous death of the young; girl. No note or message was left by j the girl. The suicide livd with her t father avid mother mi the suburbs and the deed was committed in a woodshed j near the cottage. Walter Allen, the father of the riri. j was convicted so.^e years ago of the ' murder of Henry Tramw^ll, a moni - I taineer, and wrt? ^^tenced to a lif? : term i>i the oenite?tiarv. H^ Inter I e-cap^d. but repeat-0'] of breaking pris- ! c fruv vvppks of <"i. irun i'cu or-| ??. a> ?. -- liberty and tcrd the prison warden that I h;'d r-o'^o to snmd the re?t of his j days. About two yeprs a so ho was ' t*on"d to have tuberculosis and was j pardored. I ??Notice. To the members of the Drayton Rutherford Chapter, 1*. D. C.: Since it is obligatory upon the chapter treasurer to send in all division.' and general per capita due* by March 1, the members of this chapter are, a>k0'l t;> hrinc; their (hies for 1913 (.SI .201 to tlv February meeting: of the chapter, or to send them to tlu> treastii'vv before March 1. Th general I". I). ('. snecifi s rhat "no member is in good standing whose due? vre unpaid. nor snail a umnii. m; .siam u au> n member unless all back dues are paid." <n~ Miss Ma1 y Reid, of Chappells. attended the ''Trail of th~ Lonesome P;n<*" "i1 "; ,r "'Ton 1 :y nieVit vi?h Miss ?7r. . iov; ;i"\"i-- V." 1 :-p f:-r> v c^imbia. is c / I (MS HIS REASONS FOR ilEMENCY VXERC1SED l'AKPONS, PAHOLES AM) CO31.111'J T A HONS BY GOV. ISLKASE. Tninsnuttfiisr Reasons in the Various Cases During: Past Twelve Months. Special to The Herald and Xewss. i Columbia, Jan. 3<).?Ggy. lilease today transmitted to the senate a statem nt of tho paroles, pardons and commutations granted by him during the past 12 month:, giving his reasons in each particular case. The entire message is a printed pamphlet of 137 pages and the pamphlets were placed on the d^sks of all the members of the two houses. Following is the letter of transmittal: State of South Carolina, Executive j Department. To the Honorable, the Members of the; State Senate cf South Carolina. | Gentlemen: Twelve v months ago, j I when I stat-d in my message to you, conveying the list of pardons, paroles : and commutations, which I had grant-! * - ? rt ! rt I etl, 1 taK0 pleasure m aucc^ung n*v. | construction of the co-nstituticn, which : is, that I should make such report j some people criticized me by! saying that I had to make such report to the general assembly, and that? ^hat language in my message was useless. 1 I Ix-g leave to call your attention, j however, to Section 11, Article IV of; i the constitution, which reads: "It i ' 1' ' u:- J - - T tllo (rpn- I snail oc iiiv) umv iu ic^vi v w <i.v ? eral assembly, at the next regular session thereafter, all pardors granted by him:" and does not require of me. to present any reasons for the paroling, r prieving or commuting any prisoner by me, but I set forth then, ?s I am doing now, my reasons, not only of th<* pardon-, as required by the constitution, but of the paroles, commutations and reprieves, because I j want all of my acts as governor of J South Carolina to be known to the pub- j lie; and. as I said th?n, I repeat now, i I am not afraid of them; for the *?n- j dorsement which I received from seventy-two thousand two hundred and forty-three of my white fellow citizens is pretty strong proof of the fact that my administration \jvas endorsed, and if \the machine had given i me all the vot-es that were- can tor me ard my opponents had not used money, whiskey and intimidation, iastead of being seventy-two thousand tVo hun-^ drcd and forty-three, it would have been at least ninety thousand, as T predicted at the beginning of the campaign, and as a very large number of my fellow citizens now believe, fully fpp'ins: that I was not given all of the votes which were cast for me, beside? i +he ones which were taken rrom me for the reasons just above mentioned. I further said in my said letter of transmittal: "I fear no harm from the fact that I havf shown mercy to my fellow mc.\ but f do expect a reward, not only here, but hereafter, because! I believe that ther? is a God; p believe | that He is my G.ocl: I believe- that bu* J for His help I would have nejver b?cn j governor of South Carolina." I was j not d'sapnointed, for my people gave me my reward?a second term as governor cf inv State, a *d I believe that my reward hereafter will come in due season..for I still believe that only by the holp of God Al nightv could I hav? von mv first rr.ee. and 1 know positively that only by H:'-- help could ! I have defeated the unholy organizatio n ! +iiot m-sc fnrm.^H asrainst me last sum-: mer by men ot" two different factions ! which hated ?ach other then and who : hato each outhf-r now, but wer-1 will- j ing to lie down and swap odors in or-j der to defeit Think of it-! I rr :i(,v!er?. nearly all the nnvs- j papers of the State, t!u> cornoi-iri ?r-that i -, rhf' leading officials thereof, th: lawypj'* . 1 in ;t body; a iarr-> majority of tlio 1 g's'atnro; nearly all th:% Stat^ officials; a largo najoritv of till* fTplpO;, .)C; ;11(% gtrit pC'U-rt tl'Ul ' in May: all the mon ved int?re-tc; a lare-'? majority of tho coiiinr r"i:i' tr;i-: .-.-l ..... ( HcM "firnmmcrs:" v v.f)""!!, l1" 'v! SOMlf Ot" t' . ' >_r. ' I ' ivf i-\ >r ; . . J . executive committee, and all of the election machinery?what a combina- | ticn, and yet 1 beat it. Therefore, f; know that God heard the prayers of: myself and my friends; and, I repeatj that had it not been for Him I could j not have won such a victory, and once i again 1 sing, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." And, as I said ana; repeat new, "I will answer to Him for all my acts; to my people for my "cts as governor, and I ha\e no apologies to make to any man or set of i:: n for a single par^e. pardon or commutation that I have granted.' or ] '.i,r :i . ingle act tb<v 1 have don? s;- ?o: I have been governor of South Caro-! lina. or for a single word I have spoken, whether in the State' or outside i of.it, firmly believing tftat my pardon record for the past two years had more to do with causing my re-election 1 than any other one thing, because y! Heavvnly Father showed mercy, and my peopl?, my friends, all over the State, when 1 would give my reasons ( for pardoning, would holler "WELL! DONE," and when I would'say, "I am' not done yet." in defiance of the Cuban mix^d-breeds and others of a like i stripe, my friends would holler back, "TURN THEM OUT," "GO ON, BOY, "TURN THEM OUT." "GO ON, BOY,1 YOU APE RIGHT," and on the twenty; seventh day of August, nineteen hun' \ dred and twelve, they proceeded to, turn out of your body and out of the , house cf representatives many of those who had been loud-xouthed holl rer:, "paru ning too many people,' and some had to change front or profess to have do e so, to keep also from goins: out. I said on the stump, "If you don't want people pardoned, don't sign petitions, for if proper petitions are presented 1 am goi^g to turn more out, and you can't h-elp it." I am istill doing business ii room No. 1, State House, Columbia. South Carolina, and though it hurts some frill*-c miVhtv had. thev can't helD it. Makf someone else happv; why be grouchy, m-?an. stingy, selfish; wnke up, man, and do something yourself and quit complaining about else who is busy and moving forward in good deeds. "Jest do your best and prais- or bl?^e that toilers that counts just tlv: same. I've allur noticed grate success is mix ed with trouble more cr kss. An' it's the man that noes the best, that gets more blame than all rest." f Your constitution says, in speaking of the governor: "He hall t?ke care that the laws be faithfully executed in mercy," and I ?e-? and knoy of no grander way to apply this than to follow the rule, "That ni rev I would to others show, that mercy show to me," but I reverse it so mewhat, because I expect to say when I appeal for mercy, that mercy I have to others shown that mercy show to me." Your Code of Laws. Volume II. Section 988, reads: ".In any case that may be deemed proper by the governor, he m may suspend sentence or parole any prisoner upon such terms or conditions that he may deem ^just in th* exerci-e of executive clemency " Xow. with that section of the stacrteg and tVin en/-.ti^n iii?t nnot'd from the con stitnticn. it ?s a matter within th j discretion of the governor as to how this mercy shall be extended, and a= to when hp thinks it just and proper and upon what conditions the parcle of a prisoner should be grant-ed, conso. quently, before any fair man or any gentleman will criticise the governor cf his State for ">x?rcisi g thi- disrrprion he will first make hims' f acquainted with the facts and conditions upon which the parole was granted, and not sinply, from politicil prejudice. writ--1 jin editorial or preach a sermon, or stand on the street corner and critic! e, when he knows nothing ?.'!* the reasons governing the governor in performing the dut'es 1 :iid out for him so plai ly under the "onstitution and :h'1 statute law of his Stato. Hat, th >se who ar b'i^d-'d by prejudic-. or t! v -ic I1 avp a wicked and mean heart. for political pur^o5-*"*. proceed *o find mn without knowing one thins? of tl: * cc."dit?or >; c: thins: of 'ho 01 on<- of tap reasons t;M, governor ;n kts acts. , jy'! ' r was T-'-f t? -0 rL ; <>->!.)... ;.s ^ v.rly, bei:?- a '' ri op!-'\ lapped the - cf these who, from a malicious \ - y ' heart or political prejudices, had maligned the governor and said to hi*n, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou shall be our ruler for two more years," and the other crowd snenkeri into their holes and hollered "fraud," "fraud," and appointed a little committee to investigate And it, the little committee, although very brazen at first, laid down their arms, quietly sneaked off to their homes, and said, "Nothing doing," and the whole cr.v,vd feel cheaper and meaner than if they had abided, as good Democrats should do, by the majority and not made a laughing stock of themselves, not only in their own State, but outside of it. Some people may say this is harah language, that I ought not to use it; yet, the newspapers, notwithstanding tne fact tnat after tne primary election T sat quietly, said nothing and took all that was heaped upon me, continued their abuse, their vituperation and their slanders, and published with great headlines and great glee the misrepresentations of a speech that I made in Richmond Virginia. Day after day they carried articles copied from Yankee hoodlums and little newspaper pim-ps, and then when they were furnished with numbers of pa\ pers and offered hundreds of telegrams and lfttfpr<5 nommendine thp. course of the governor of South Carolina, th^y absolu'-lv failed and refused to publish them; find, when. other papers ?pe?k of thp Governor in disrespectful terms, without saying either "Mister" cr "Governor," but headline ^ "PLEASE." for which I care nothing, * _ .because the people of the Stats have shown the newspapers that th-ey make , asses of themselves when they bray and re-elect to officra those whom they fisht, vet ^ven the News and Oburier goes further, not content in striKing me, they headline to the world?"THE BLEASES," including fven_my wife, and yet people say that I should be ~ / nui?t, should >vay nothing, be easy, let it pass. Yes, gentlemen, I have let it pass, lo these ma.^y days, hut how long before patienc-? will cfase to be a virtue is a matter that rests in the hnir'' of rnv <j?oa. i ' Herewith I hini you a full statement of nil th? raro'?s. commutations, reprieves and pardons crafted hy rae since my ]pst message to the general assembly, in January, 1912. If you ?r? pl-a-^d with the e commutations, , . et<\.- I am piepcpd. If my friends are . p'eased, I am overjoyed with delight. If my enrm'"s are nor pieasea, iney cannot be'p it. as I told them on th? ?tump. and their sweatig and fu>ming will avail them ;;aught. So it is; so let b^. I eVer^>?d nivp-^v r in paroling for I con^icW the vpro'e svstem the best system ever d'vi?,~n for the handling of convicts. Xow, for instance, you parole a ma < durinsr cT-)d behavior, who possibly has served more than half of th^ s^n'-nc* imposed upon him?sometime; they have been paroled when they only had 3 or 4 more months to serve?you do not turn him loose, hut say to him, go forth, ,-nake a man of yourse'f, for if you do i:ot, and you are ever convict d agun, you hav: to go back and serve the remainder, of the sentence imposed. Xow, if these men had gone ahea-d and served out their sentences, they would be foot-loose to do as they please, ana 1resj anu pi.-iv.---u uyuu their actions. Even a life prisoner may be parokd; it is simply giving him another chance in life: and how many men who profess to be great Chri tians would b" living and enjoying the blessings of rhis lifhad not | God forgiven them and given them another chance? The parole, during good be*havi>r. m>?ans what? Good behavior means that he shall not violate any of the criminal laws of this State, because men are bound over to Keep uir is are or good behavior. If they violate any of the erimi.ial laws of their Stat-, they are not of good behavior, and th<\v can be recom >iitte<^ to the TMt^r.tiarv wirhnnt trial, to ~-erve remainder of thrir sentences. The <y~.tem I h:;\o now established in South (VroV- j will fol'mved hereafter by oih.fr governors, possibly not so munv will be . but th 4 sy tera i'Sdf w;'' :.?o kop. ::i vogue. The same mi is in.1: tr': (i in or her Stir?.;: ? ^ . "i farther and allow- , , -i " L33 ? '-aj .Cf;.\T!.\TED ON PAGE "). / v