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be ^eraiD anB Hps. Entered at the Postoffice at Xevv^erry, S. C. a> 2nd class matter, i E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, August 11, 1914. The man who insists on talking politics these days ought to have medical treatment.?Greeinvocd Journal. Don't you think you had better send for a doctor right now? The Bleaseites at least thought enough of the new primary rules to put their names on the club books?? Greenw-cod Journal. Just what you and those who made the rules were hoping they would not do, but they caught on to the game and called tne oiun. Xo. it isn't true. We learned by tireless today that the war in Europe is not being fought to "defeat Coley."?Greenwood Journal. That is a remarkable revelation you made. This is about the only thing we have heard that was not being used to "defeat Coley." Are you sure you are correct in your statement? Is it not possible that thtr? is iome mistake about it? The Orangeburg Times and Democrat says: "The Herald and Xews, Newberry, objects to Tfc-e Columbia Record eliminating Mendel L. Smith ' Til Iron* tne nsis 01 auw-oieaac tauuidates. The editor of this paper is a supporter of Governor Blease." Jutt so.?Columbia Record. (The Herald and News has never said one word in objection to the elimination of M. L. Smith by the Record. Tie Herald and News did say that in intellectually Mendel L. Smith stood like a tower among the candidates and if you will pernvit, The Herald and News repeats that state- I ? t\Tn o r-o 11 fpl v nnthinsr iilClil. U C Vjlit u>vwiv.v?v ? 0 ! about your elimination except we will Tenture to say that it was a very foolish thing for sensible men to try to do. Always let tfce people rule. We notice .irom the last issue of the j iAlbbeville Press and Banner that it : makes no report of the Abbeville congressional campaign meeting. True, a little editorial is written in which it is stated that the paper c vines out so long after the meeting that it would be old news, but possibly many of its readers, do no* take any other paper and they should know something of the meeting. Besides, the Press and Banner does not quote correccily. T\:e Press and Banner quotes us as saying: "The j Abbevtfle Medium says the Abbeville meeting was an anti-Aiken meeting."! We quoted from the Medium which j said: "Judging by the applause it was ! a Dominick, or at least, an anti-Aiken meeting." That was the quotation. See the differenced Always be fair. That has always been the policy of The Herald and News. You can't fool the people even if you want to. And we don't want to and never tried to. Lf tnings don t go our way we are g-ing to be glad anyhow, and you can't take that away from us. It has always been very funny to us how some people will pout and get mad, even,' if you don't vote ?he way they think you should, just like you belonged to them. We want to see every voter a man and vote his honest convictions and just as he pleases. And we don't believe any of them can be bought like cattle on the market. It has always been disgusting to us to see a few men 'get together and assume to their noble selves all the patriotism and all the virtue and all the honesty and then go off and try to tell the people wCiat they should do and how they should vote. But let us tell you, the old farmer and the cotton mill operative, is well posted and is going to vote as a^ee man and he can't be bought either. Lf be can he isn't worth buying. Let the people rule. That is our mono. A former supporter of Congressman Aiken when he read in The Herald and News the letters of Col. Purcell and the reply of Mr. Aiken wrote Mr. Aiken to know if he had kept his promise to let Cel. Purcell serve out his time as postmaster at Newberry. Replying thereto Mr. Aiken's wrote: "I stand by that letter. I did not have Col. Purcell removed <from office and I /id not know the inspector nad been to his orfice until I received a leit?r from the first assistant postmaster general asking me to make a ArvriA-'ntAnt /"\f reCOimiltiiua.uuu mi nit: dypu.uitm ui of a postaster at Newberry vice Purcell, resigned. At the time 1 understood that the inspector recommended the removal of Col. Purcel! because lie did ifot give his personal attention to tv>e cffice but t:e first assistnat postmaster general. Hon. D. C Roper of South Carolina, s'Jgested that the resi f ignation would be accepted and Col. Purcell resigned. "L have never had the slightest unpleasantness with Charlie Purcell and did 110: know before I saw the newspaper article that he is laboring under I the impression that I owe him money. | If I v4we him one cent I do not know 'it but am more than anxious to pay it and with interest.' T. e two letters place Mr. Aiken in a very curious and a very awkward dilemma. He was either very ignorani of t.:e conditions of the p stoffice situation at Newberry, and very indiffert ent to teose conditions of he was verj ungrateful to his ,friend Col. Purcell ir view of foe very frank letter whici was written him by Col. Purcell presuming of his fr 'ship and re questing that <he *ise him iJ he was to be- removed and begging that he notify him so that h might resign. And then Mr. Aiken's reply that he would not be disturbed until his time was out. Mr. Aiken maj take either dilemma. Maybe about that time fc-e was not attending to his "departmental duties" very closely. And then there is another thin^ j which may have escaped the attention | of Mr. Aiken. \vny snouia xne aepanj ment be so much concerned about t..<? Newberry p:stoffice as to remove Col Purcell when the only charge was that he did not stay fcere eight hours the day, and withoUi even consulting Mr. Aiken, and not disturb the postmaster at Anderson when so many and sc grave charges are filed with the department as to the neglect of duty on the part of tie postmaster at Anderson. According to the records the ministers and the good people of An! clerson have filed some pretty strong 'etters with the department in regard to ifte Anderson situation. Let Mr, Aiken answer. We want to c:rrect another error, even though you may not believe it i: | you are a Bleaseite: The governor is not running for the governorship again. He is running for tfre senate most of the time and away from Pollock and Jennings nearly every day.? Greenwoed Journal. IFrom the socalled speeches of Pollock and Jennings it would seem that they are laboring under the delusion that he is running for tne governorship. They have never advanced one reason why they should be elected to the senate, or if they have the newspapers ihave failed to rec:rd it, and they devote their time to what they call assailing the record of the governor as governor. But that is neither here nor there, they are not hurting Gov. Blease with the voters. If they have any weight at all they only tend to make his supporters tee stronger. In fact, we heard a very ardent supporter of 'Smith say the other day ir. all seriousness that he believed Gov Blease had them employed to help him in his race for the senate. |VTe are quoting this paragraph from the Journal to" make another statement, however, and an altogether (lift-rent statement. Pollock 'has charged Bease with being a.r?id to face j him, and some very gocd anc. conserI vative papers have taken up the cue | and are charging that Blease is ! afraid to meet Pollock, and arguing i that it is helping to defeat Blease bej cause his supporters do not like z ; coward. It is true that no one ad I j mires a coward. | But if it is helping to defeat Blease . why object? We 'have known the Bleases for ai least two generations, and we hav,; never before heard any of them charged with being cowards. You have go<l ! to hand it to them that they wil ! fight. That :s one of their faults, tLe\ | are too quick to fight. i The first volunteer from South Car' olina in the Confederate army was a ! Blease from .Newberry, an uncle ci i nnv Rlpase. and Mr. Chapman in tlw ; : Annals of Newberry pays a very higj ! tribute to his courage and his ifortiJ tude. He was disabled by a bullet at i the battle of ICold Harbor While in j the forefront a: the fray. j There are people Who seem tc i think that it would be better for th | governor to resent by a personal encounter the language of Pollock ami Jennings, and we have no doubt he would if he remained on the stand while they were speaking, and if they think he leaves because he is afraid oi t'hem they are terribly mistaken, i Suppose we get down to hard tacks on this question. Suppose Gov Blease hould give physical resentmenl to the w-crds of these genltmen Doesn't every reasonable man know that in the present state of the public mind that some one would be killed' * Possibly all four of the candidates for ! the senate, and maybe a dozen inj nocent bystanders. ! Xo, it is be'ter to let them blow ofi than to have human life sacrificed Thev are cha'ing bee use lie ' as not j noticed them. In this matter we miibt comnit-nd th= sell* control of the gover: nor and commend him for paying no ! 1 attention to their mad ravings. i Suppose we let the people rule and j let t e ballots c. tne people decide i i whom they want t go to the senate.1 We will bow gracefully to t'.e will oi' The majority. Physical prowess n_n*er' ; decided a principle. We publish in another c lumn of i . | this paper a statement from Hon. j ' .Tames M. Baker, clerk of tr.e U. S. I i i senate, in reply to a" statement made l - .in re erence to Mr. Baker by Mr. Aik:, en at the campaign meeting at Xew berry. It was an ugly charge that Mr. I Aiken made and it was made without i provocation and purely voluntary. We l j thought at the time that Mr. Aiken 1 would hear from iMr. Baker. They are - both -.from Abbeville. Mr. Baker's v! nomo iSoH nnt hppn mentioned until ; i >"uu mvv v-? f Mr. Aiken asked the privilege to rel ply and then he voluntarily made the s charge against Mr. Baker. Mr. Baker's ;; reply is interesting reading. I' * r Fred Dominick rnas been making a ;; vigorous campaign for congress from ;; this district and is making many j friends in all sections of t*e district. ; We have been in Anderson and AbbeIthuo snH Orppnwood and Oconee dur j ing the past several days and all the ! i signs point to the election of Mr. Dom. inick to congress. All the candidates i j admit that he will carry Pickens coun; | ty by a good majority over all and ;! there is little doubt that he will have j a safe majority in Anderson. Oconee I and Greenwood are all rigut, though - the maajority will not be as great in i those two counties as in the others. j The pecple of Newberry should ral:: ly to the support of one of their own ! sons and give him a large majority. ; iMr. DomimcK aoes not oast: ujs suy[ iport in Newberry county on the fact . that he is a Newberry man> but he places his claim on fitness and ability. He will carry Newberry county by a , safe majority but it should be much ; larger- 'Why seme of these Newberry people will oppose a fhome man who i is tne equal, if not the superior, in i ability of any man in the race, one j Who has lived here and who spends his ~ ~iV,Q.Tvi artr? <rn flf!tpr a V> illl IJllUlil CMiU 55V Vv.. ? stranger has always been a mystery J J to us, but tilley will do it. Of course the man who is the beneficiary oif the stranger it is natural f:r him to do it, ) hut these others who get no benefit? j well it is strange. However there are always enouga true home men to give ! the Xewberry man a good majority. -=ac?.. j Xewberry is to have a $3,000 crematory. It will not dispose o: polticai corpses, however.?Greenville ^ Pied! mcnt. i We do not have to use it for tr.at ! purpose at all as we have no dead 'politicians o.er here who have not I been buried long ago. | All tho nation sympathizes with ! President Wilson in the sorrow whioi ! jhas come to him. There is no sor] row so great ana so hard to bear as that which comes from the removal 'irom ue home of a true and loving l and devoted wife and mother. The ! Grim Reaper is no respector of per! i sons. i Smith-Lever Bill. ; Senator Smitu-, of Georgia, in a signr | ed statement, "To my Lellow citizens ' j citizens cf Georgia," says: "I am charged with seeking to obi. tain credit for t-Ms bill in Georgia, .: while, by a letter of mine, 1 concede I ' o ? -*? tne crean 10 otjiraiur ciunu \ji uuum Carolina, in South Carolina. This ' charge is either a deliberate piece 01 deception cr one of gross ignorance. 11 Senator Smith o: South Carolina had ?| nothing to do witn tue Smit^-Lever j bill, except to vote for it. I intro" | duced the original bill in the senate t one day and Congressman Lever intrcl duced it ue next day in the house." Withdraws from Race. Prosperity S. C., Aug. S, 1914. . Editor Herald and News: L! Please allow me space in ycur paper _ ' to t'.iank the people of Xo. 10 and 11 1! townships i.or the handsome vote they i gave ire in ue cotton welders elec1 tion at Pomaria and I do herewith withdraw from the race for magistrate Xo. lu township. i have already "'sent in my resignation as magistrate I tj t??ke effect on August 15, 1914. Very gratefully, > | E. H. Werz. Farmer's Institutes. Arrangements have been completed for holding three institutes in Xew* berry county. Experts from Clemson [ College and the U. S. department o: r | agriculture will i. - lu-r tu iea.cn tne . 5 farmers?prepared to answer ques : tions and discuss matters of interest j to farmers. They will be at Newberry ;' (in court house) August 17, Young's i Grove August 18, and Littie Mountain ' j August 19. '' N< w, Mr. Farmer, the V. S govern ! ment and Clemson College are going '! to considerable expense in sending ex .;pert teacners 10 your uoumy. aimuia ,; to your very homes. ' j They do not ask you for one penny '! as tuition for this service but they 1 give it free, and are anxious that you i receive it. Then, \\;ill you _not show your ap, preciation by gi ving them your pres j once on ne or all 01" these days? i you have any plant disease, any 1 - / JJeQocro nr onv nrlior ill liVC SlUtA Uiocaov, ..formation you may desire, com*1 rigiu; i along, and feel free to ask questions, j 1, these gcniienien will only be too g'adi 10 talk t you about your troubles and j < >:plain and give remedies for same. fhe meeting a: Newberry will be styled "Vetcn and Clover Day." Special attention will be given at this meeting. to t e value and importance o. thes great .riends ol u e farmers. They wii 1 also give instruction where and how to sow, and how to manage the cr ps. Ail farmers who wish to buy vetcn , and Clover seed cooperatively v.'iih us pleas elet me have list at one ! of these meetings of what seed you . want. By purchasing several tons of ! these seed we can secure better prices ! tjan by purchasing small quantities. Come to uese meetings and let us j have vo ir c operation. T. M. Mills, iFarm Demonstration Agent XewberI rv county. ? j HON. JAJTES KAKER REVIEWS AIKEN'S RECORD (CONTINUED FROM RAGE 1.) i i every South Carolinian. Hie district i ; should be represented by one of her I men who has abilitv, wi.io is broadJ minded and fair and could accept the I honors and work that come i, L:im, i and who could discharge his duty to ! himself and to ais constituency by j measuring up to his resposi'bilities. ! Mr. Aiken, during his ive terms in j congress, has not measured up to this i standard, and his official record disi closes the fact. Let us examine the ! record and see. From the 58th to the ; 62nd congress, being five terms, there I were 991 yea and nay votes in the ' house cf representativs, as shown by ! the house journal. Out of this number 'lie is recorded as not voting 253 tims*s, which is within a fraction of one-third of the total roll calls. In toe 58th congress, second session, he was an advocate of unlimited immi gration, in order to distribute cheap foreign labor over the South and in his district, who live on little and tend to reduce cotton mill wages to a lower level, as well as to reduce iarm. wages. He went to Charleston to meet the "Wittekind,"' an immigration vessel, and he wanted to be there in person to get his allotment of these selected immigratnats to scatter them over his district. The cotton mill operatives and the farm laborers were very' much, opposed to this kind of immigration.. On December 14, 17 and 18, 1912, and January 17, 1913, wijen the immigration bill was before the house for action, Mr. Aiken I'ailed to vote on the question at all. In this same session of congress he is recorded as not voting on the admission Of New Mexico and Arizona, which bill was c:nsidered as very important to t'.:e Democratic party. Did Nothing for His Own Town. In the 60U congress, there was a public buildings bill that passed the house of representatives without a nrnvicmn fnr thp nillhlic buildin? at I x w | Abbeville. It remained for-the Hon. I Frank B. Gary, -who was then serving the unexpired term of the late Senator Latimer, to put in the item ior a publib building at Abbeville as a senate amendment. Senator Gary had been in tze senate but a sh-~rt time, and his success in t'.:is matter brought out tie narrow-minded and jealous spirit of Mr. Aiken to such an extent that not a few of the people at Abbeville commented upoh his,mulish sulkiness, because he could not lay a just claim and get credit for the successful work of Senator Gary. Against Pure Food Law. The Pure Fviod law has been considered one of the best laws passed by congress in recent years. The law was enacted for the protection and benefit of farmers and consumers of the country. Mr. Aiken voted against it on its passage on June 23, 1906, along with 16 others, the vote being 241 yeas to 17 nays. A His statement at Newberry ti'.iat he first v:ted against tr.e bill and afterwards ':or it is not verified nor proven by the record. The confe- ence report was agreed to in the house June 29, 1906 (see Record, page 9740), thus showing toere was nr? vpa and nav vote, nor a division vote. Individual Pension BilL . Mr. Aiken introduced a number of individual pension bills, and approximately one-third of the number passed. The very idea of a member of the house fr&m the Third congressional, district devoting his time to such a class of legislation. Such work in tf.ie house and senate is d ne by the clerks i to tlie committee on pensions. j Dams Across Savannah By Unanimous Consent. The bills introduced by him for dams across navigable streams were passed upon the approval of the army engineers, and, as a rule, they usually go through b} unanimous consent in both houses. Votes Against President Wilson, the passage of the Panama canal tolls repeal bill Mr. Aiken -voted [ against the repeal, and against the I Democratic administration's policy as ; outlined by the president in '".us special message to congess; which '.-.e delivered in person to the house urging its passage. . Notlnug of Xiiiioiuil Importance. During the eleven years that Mr. ! Aiken has been m congress, ne nas not a singie bill i national importance. His rural credits biii need not be commented upon, as its ! provisions are so ridiculous that it | will never be reported out of the com-; i miuee to which it was referred, much 1 less considered in tLe house. His bill f r t..e reiie*. of the storm sufferers in Anderson county, while i.or a worthy purpose, was never introduced I by him with any view of passing it. j .. - ? I * V% . . |] ! /I rv At n \\ 11 y IS 11 11- U.U nvjc liui uuutc | i similar bill for ILe relief of the iiaii j \ storm sufferers in Abbeville county in j' | the Willington and B-rdeaux neigh- ( jborhoods several years ago? The an- j j swer is simply th there were no i ! politics to be played. The people of Abbeville county remember Uis letter | stating congress would not appropri- j { ate '< ny money for such purposes, and < 1 Le s^nt a measly contribution for the ] I iufftreri. J i Aiken's "Oratorical'' Efforts. 1 Lei us row turn from his legislative J ? record to :.is oratorical efforts t'iiat i < Lave been the subject -f much specula- 1 tion, not cnly in Washington, but inj3 j the Third congressional district. The i1 ! record shows that nis first effort was!1 1 on tJ.ie subject of immigration, printed i 1 1 ?. I, j in the record on April Ti, iyu4, sup- j: I posed to have been delivered, but t W-dch was simply printed. This is 1 j the speech that he circulated over fciis J district in defense of the foreign laibr that he wanted to establish I throughout the district to compete 1 ! with American-born laborers in order | ] ' * 1 '^ T-T^ nlpn ! ( I 10 lower meii" wages, aac aiou a speeca on foe suibject of the tariff. * j This speech contained much valuable ' ; data on the tariff, but the data in it ! i was furnished Mr. Aiken by the late lamented and brilliant newspaper cor- i1 | respondent, Zach McGhee of Green- j( | wood. Mr. McGhee told me himself that | 1 | 'he furnished Mr. Aiken with material 1 | for that speech, and any one who will J ' read the speech will recognize foe ' ; truthfulness o: Mr McGtiee's statement. I See Record March 22, 1910, pages ^ 3565 to 3574. ' Wondering Wfot Wrote It," j He made a speech as a eulogy on j John C. Calh:un when the statue of 1 that distinguished statesman'was plac- < ed in Statuary Hall. A prominent J ! merchant of Abbeville, who was pasi sing through Washington and wanted ' to see Calhoun's statue, after vivwing it in my presence, turned to me and 1 said: "Wyatt Akien sent me a copy \ 1 of his speech on Calhoun, and I have been wondering who wrote \ it for j-im." I said to him that I did not i know, as my relations with Aiken were | such that 1 could not ask him who ' \ wrote his speeches. As conclusive ! proof of these statements, lei tie peo-; 1 ! pie who know Mr. Aiken read these ' ] alleged speeches of his. Is it not pos; sibie for ti.:^e v-ters of the Third congressional district to elect some man ' | to congress who has views on public questions, and can express them | himself? 1 **His Departmental Duties." ^ Let us examine Mr. Aiken's "depart- 1 | mental duties" about which '^e spoke ' ! at Newberry as taking up so much of I J !- - - . -- * ?M .his time J wnat nas ue cioue xux <w) j j O- his worthy c.nstituents in the de| partments at Washington? What has ( i he done at tUe post office department ! to bring about a change in the Ander- 1 | son postmastership? T-ere was a post office inspector at Anderson, and , after\a very thorough examination o-f | * j its affairs, he recommended the re- j1 I moval of tf-ie postmaster at Anderson j, I for "general inefficiency and persis- < i tent intoxication; the punishment of ' four clerks for insulting the assistant 1 postmaster; ana tne reaucuun --i lu= j clerical force by two clerks;" and he | also reported "28 irregularities.'' There ' i i-3 on file in tlie post office department j( j the strongest kind of a letter, dated I1 April 13, 1914, and signed by three of the leading ministers at Anderson, telling of the deplorable conditions * existing at the Anderson post office. J T..ey stated in their letter tnat they!'* i wrote "in the name cf justice and for! ^ j the cause of righteousness/' They j1 described the postmaster as follows: ^ ! What the Ministers Say About the An- 1 i <Wson Postoffice. M "The postmaster is a drunken sot,: and has spent the major portion of the ! ' past three years in a state of drunkenness. He has been absent from hii ( post el duty many times?on one occasion for five consecutive weeks? J for this cause." What Other Citizens Say. j , Other citizens at Anderson haive ( written to the department saying: : "If you will look into the charges, i ! you will see tie necessity for some j i action being taken to at least save the!; I j dignity of the postal service." ] I Yet Mr. Aiken Shows Political Cowar-; t dice. j ( i In spite of ti':e reports of the inspec-! t ! tors, as there have been several, and in ; t ! spite of the letters of the clergy and t ( I other citizens, Mr. Aiken has been ! f I ? .1 I scheming every possible way since jr I March 11. lf!I4, to sT:.irk his political 11 | duty to the pe:ple of Anderson, and I j \ ? i body has interfered witi;. him. Has > measured up to his responsibilities 1 is a.member of congress in dealing _ vith the Anderson postmastership? kVf .at right has he, as the Democratic epresentative to oppose +.hf wishes >f the Democrats and citizens f Anlerson for a change in t'.:e postmasership. except for political purposes >1 the basest sort? Such political cowardice has never before been itlessed in the T .ird congressional disrict. There can be but <~ne man appointed for postmaster and he is "slated." Those who are running a :old trail are to be pitied, and will 'ind it out when it is too late. >ome SfMrtling Developments if Record Were Published. If the documents on file at the department on t ie condition c-f the Anlerson post office since January 1, 1914, and the letters- on that subject written since t'.iat date by some^of the eading citizens of Anderson, who are supposed to stand for good morals and lecency in public office, as well as ror "justice and 'for the cause of ighteousness,'' were all printed, it >vould disclose a condition of affairs :hat would make some people appear in a queer role, and create a sensation t-at would shakr> the founda- . :ions of the Confederate monument on ;he public square at Anderson. And ( :be end is not yet. Mr. Aiken's Compensation. ,Mr. Aiken will have drawn from the public treasury at the end of his present term $80,000 in salary and $2,540 in mileage. For 19 years as court stenographer, 'he drew approximately $28,500; therefora he has drawn in saJary ifor 31 years the sum of $111,L40, or an average of $3,5% per anlum from the time he was 20 years \ )ld up to March 3, 1915. besides this, i% has drawn approximately $14,440 'or clerk hire. Yet he has the nerve j and audacity to incorporate in his Dwn biography the statement that .he has been a farmer all his life." fte also claims that he is a poor man. \Yhy is he pocr? Has he used the noney to educate any of the worthy t young men of his district? Has he ased any of it for philanthropic and Writable purposes of any kind? The people w-o know Mr. Aiken know that ;bese questions answer themselves, rhey also know that he has done more jo degrade politics in the Third dis:rict than any man who has ever run ?or cffi-ce. The use of money in the rhird district was unknown until Mr. kiken appeared upon the soene? and le should be defeated for ibis methods, c\';Mch are well known to those wfco ** i-V- 124.1.** 1 ire laminar whu yunurai cuuuiuuuo. S'o wonder he is pocrl Shame on * :he great record of the old Third dis:rict as made famous in the annals o: listory by such men as James L. Orr, lames S. Cothran, George Johnstone, ind Asibury C. Latimer. His Committee Service. We come next to his committee service, and the reccrd speaks for itself I Beginning witri the 58th congress, 'h-e ias served on the following commit- j :ees: private land claims, pensions, * Indian affairs, and the District of Co- j umbia, the most important being the ? District of Columbia. The chairman :i the committee on the District of Columbia has given me a very interesting printed statement, which, is available (for distribution to those who dasire to read it, showing "tfc-e net charge against eaca State in the un ion of the general subsidy paid by the federal government toward the purely 1 local and municipal expenses of the A District of Columbia."' The amount chat the State of South Carolina con Lributed for the fiscal year 1911-1912 tvas $102,107.00, thus showing that the people of the 'State are taxed to that extent, and were entitled to represen;ationVcn t'ne district committee. Entitled to be Chairman. J Under the rules and precedents o? . he house of representatives, ;Mr ' | A.iken was entitled to be the chairman x the committee on the District of Co- 41 [umbia when the Democrats organized | :he house in the 62nd congress, but he las stated faat he yielded to Rep- ^ resentativ^ Johnson of Kentucky. 4 jvhiai' statement the latter denies nnst jmphatically. His Committee Fails to Report. At the beginning of the 62nd con- - 4 ?ress, Mr. Aiken was made chairman )f the sub-committee on steam and ' "*t railways. During that congress i lis su:b-committee made 110 report on iny bill which was referred to that sub-committee, and there is no record a5 any meeting of his sub-com- . nittee. 1 Not Present at Any Meeting. On April 26, 1912, the senate bill \'o. 5461, known as tfoe Jones-Works Dill, to regulate the liquor traffic, in * . / he District of Columbia, and to re- ?* luce the number of barroom licenses o be granted thereafter, was referred o the c mmittee on the District of Columbia, and was immediately re'erred to the proper sub-committee. ri-is bill was favorably reported by he sub-committee to the whole comnittee on May 15, 1912. From the ? k v 1