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AM AI VOL. X11. -1MA N.N IN (i S. C.. WVEDNESDAXYS A~ u 8 O 3 THE SENATE WINDS UP ITS BUSINESS AND ADJOURNED WED NESDAY. The Secret Selety BRi. the I unrance Tax and the.lncome Tax Bills Passed- How the Members Voted. COLUMB1A, March 5 - It was well on toward 12 o'clceck Saturday before the senate took up the anti Greek fra ternity bill, but for an hour before the gallery began to fill with college students who quietly and patiently awaited the result. When the bill finally was taken up, Mr. McCalla moved to table the motion of Mr. Henderson to continue the bill until the next session. The vote is as fol lows: Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Connor. Dennis, DuBose, Gaines. Love, Maul din, McCalla, McDaniel, Miller, Nor ris, ('Dell, Pettigrew, Sanders, Stack house, Suddath, Taloird, Turner, Wallace, Williams-22. Nays-Buist, Dean, Douglass, Hay, Henderson, Ma; field, Moses, Mower, Ragin, Ragsdale, Walker-11. Mr. Sloan had paired with Mr. Griffitb, but he would have voted no he stated. Mr. Brows asked to be excused from voting as he was a trustee of the col lege and did not wish to be commit ted to either side. His request was granted. The vote was taken on the question of the passage of the bill and by the same aye and nay vote as above the bill passed. Debate on the house bill to provide for the office of banking and insur ance commissioner and to define the duties of the same was begun by Mr. Miller. The debate was quite lengthy and at its close the bill was postponed to the next session by the following vote: Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Brown, Dean, Dennis, DuBose, Gaines, Love, Mauldin, Miller, Moses, O'Dell, Rags dale, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Sud dath, Talbird, Turner-IS. Nays-Buist, Douglass, Hay, Hen derson, Mayfield, McCalla, Mower, Norris, Pettigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Sloan, Walker, Wallace, Williams 15. In the Senate on Monday the house concurrent resolution relating to the better ventilation of the State house and providing for ascertaining the cost of completing the north and south porticos and the central tower was agreed to,after being amended by striking out the section that provides for $100 being expended in securing estimates. House joint resolution directing the comptroher general to levy and col lect a supplementary tax for the pub lie schools was continued, as was the house bill to provide for two more members of the executive committee of the State board of health, and for the appointment, powers and duties of township and local boardsof health in this State. The bill putting an additional grad uated license on insurance companies was the special order of the night ses sion, and when it was called up Mr. Douglass moved that it be continued until the next session. The direct vote on continuance was taken without de bate and resulted in refusal to contin ue by the following vote: Yeas-Brown, Buist, Dennis, Doug las, Griffith, Henderson,Miller,Moses, Mower, Ragsdale, Talbird, Turner, Walker-13. N'ays-Alexander, Archer, Connor, DuBose, Hay, Love, Mayfield, Mc Calla, McDaniel, Norris, O'Dell, Pet tigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Stackhouse, Suddlath, Wilhams-17. Mr. Buist, when the vote was an ncunced, moved to strike out the en acting words. He said from the vote he did not expect it to prevail. He hoped, however, it would. If it was desired to keep outside capital from coming into and developing the State this bill would secure that object. The bill would have either of two effects, said Mr. Buist. It would either drive companies out of the State or they will find some way to make the peo ple pay this additional tax. Mr. McCalla said for the past six years it had been charged that the government was standing on the bar der of the State with a drawn sword to keep capital out, but if any had been kept, away he did not know of it. He wanted the day to come when the corporations would bear their just proportion of the taxes. This was not the case now, and never would be so long as certain persons cr; down every sueb measure as this. Mr. Ragsdale said when he was seen taking up the cudgels for a cnrpora tion it might be known that he thought it was bearing its just bur dens. These companies were paying their proportion of the taxes, and for that reason he thought the bill should not pass. Mr. Mayfield said he would support the bill because he thought it an equi table measure. These insurance com panies never brought any money to the State and tooik out s great deal. He wished to see them pay for the protection they receivel. The aye and nay vote on Mr. Buist's motion to strike out the enacting words resulted: Yeas-Buist,Dcuglass,Grillith, Hen derson, Moses, Ragsdale, Talbird,Tur ner, Walker-9. Nay s-Alexander, Archer, Connor, DuBose, Hay, Love, May tid, hic Daniel, Miller, Mower,Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Sloan. Stacknouse, Suddath, Williamrs-19 The bill then passed. Mr. Henderson moved to continue until next session the income tax bill, and submitted his reason for so doing. This bill was unecessary to meet tne exigenees of the State government for this yea-. If it wer-s necessary, it should go into effrect before January. 1898. If there was a deficiency at tne end of this year when the general as sembly met next year. the time for collecting taxes c:uld be extended and the bill put in force then. Tnis, he submitted, disposed of the arguments that tnie bill was a necessity,.lHe fuar ther objected to the bili because it had never been discussed before the peo ple. There was no demand for it; no1 expectation of it. This bill should not be thrown upon the people at the last of -the session.- He was opposed to double taxatic2. Mr. Pettigrew averred that this bill was right and just and it would De better to meet the expecsed deett than to wait for the deficit to come. Mr. May tield said the question was upon the expediency of passing the bill at this session. Mr. 'Henderson tiad not spoken on the bill only as a neessty Mr. enderon and he. then had an exchange of remarks in which Mr. Hen derson said if next year there was a de~cit he would vote for the bill. Mr. Maviid continued that there was nothir-g in the constitution to prchibit this tax. It was a necessity. The inccme from the phosphate indus try had decreased to such an extent that it no louger furnished any reve nue for the government. Something bad to be done. He submitted that the poor man who paid t:xes on $500 worth of property paid more in pro portion than the rich. There were many wealthy men in the State who paid no tax. I: was but just. fair and right that they should pay for the pro tection they received. Mr. Ragsdale quoted the saying of Benjamin Franklin that we should not put of until tomorrow that which we can do today, and also the saying of Aaron Burr that we should not do today that which we can put cif until tomorrow. He said that both sayings, paradoxical as it mighbt seem, when rightly interpreted. embodied much of wisdom. Franklin's idea was that industry should be placed above all things. Burr's idea was that in mat ters of grave consequence delay will disclose reasons why aclion should not be taken. He thought tbis a proper couse for the application of Burr's maxim. The bill was one of great importance and it had not been considered by the people. Nothing could be lost by continuing the bill, to the end that it might be discussed by the press and the people. He said that he would favor an income tax under proper innitiations, if it could be shown to be necessary, but that in comes below the c)st of living should not in any case be taxed. That the people of this State were not wealthy, and if the tax should be fixed at a figure where an income tax might be justified that it would in that case yield no revenue. He said that a tax levied on incomes was dcuble taxa tion. The vote to c3ntinue stood 14 to 14 and the lieutenant governor cast the deciding vote against continuance. The vote was as follo xs: Yeas-Brown, Buist. Douglass. Griffith, Henderson, McDaniel, Miller, Moses. Mower, Ragsdale, Sloan, Tal bird, Turner, Walker-14. Nays-Alexander, Archer, Connor, DuBose, Hay, Mayfield, Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Stackhouse, Suddath, Wilhams-14 Senators Love, McCalla and Dennis were paired with absent senators on th's bill and hence did not vote. The two first announced that they would have voted for the bill and the matter against it if they had been so paired. When the refusal to continue the bill was announced, Mr. Buist moved to strike out the enacting word of the bill. After a long and windy debate the vote on Mr. Buist's motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill was taken and resulted in its failure by the following vote: ~Yeas-Brown, Buist, Henderson, Miller, Messs, Mower, Ragsdale, Turner, Walker-9. Nays-Alexander, Arcter, Conner, Douglass, Dubcse, Gritlith, Hay, May field, McDaniel, Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, R3gin. Sanders, Sloan, Stackhouse, Suddath, Talbird, Will iams-19. Mr. Henderson offered an amend ment that $2,500 instead of $1,200 oe made the minimum income on whiich the income tax should be levied. He thought that if there was to be an in come tax it should be laid on those able to bear it and not on Those who were the bulwark of the country. A man who by industry and frugality had managed to raise his income to $1,200 should not be made to pay. This income would only suiflce to sup port his family and by the use of ecamony educate his children. Mr. Mayfield arose to demonstrate that the horny-handed farmers would not be affected so much by the bill He pointed out that it was on the farmer's net income and not his gross. Mr. Mower said, as he understood, the cardinal principle of taxation was that it should be just and equitable. He believed that the only way to do this was to make every man pay the same per cert. on his income. Because a man had a large income it was not right that he should be made to pay a larger per cent. He offered an amendment to provide an income tax of 1 per cent. to be imposed on all incomes. By a vote of 2t to 2 this was killed, only Mr. Buist and Mr. Mower voting for it. Mr. Henderson's amendment to sub stitute $2,500 for $1,200 as the initial income received the following vote: Yeas--Archer, Connor, Douglass, Hay, Love, Mayfield, McDaniel, Mower, Pettigre w, Sanders, Suddath. Williams-12. Nays-Alexander, Brown, Buist, DuBose, Griflith, Henderson. Moses, Norris, O'Dell, Raging, Ragsdale, Sloan, Stack-house, Talbird Walker 15.In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Grif fith called up the dispensary bill and offered an amendment to enable any person to make brandy or wine from his own fruit and sellisame. Oa motion of Mr. Archer this was tabl ed.Mr.Sloan offered an amendment to authorize the State board of control to appoint special beer dispensers at their discretion. Mr. Sloan said that ice cold beer was a pleasant beverage in the sumnmer and it was a conveni ence to obtain it from these special beer dispensers. It could not oe ob taned from the dispensary in an ice cold condition. Mr. Archer moved to table and by a vote of 29 to 9, his motion prevail ed .M r. Henderson offered to amend "that nothing herein contained shall prevent the imoortation or transpor tation into the 'State for personal use of such liquors in quantities not ex ceedg onegallon.' Mr. Mayleld of fered to amend this amendment by 'adding when brought in as personal baggage.' Mir. Henderson refused to accept the amendment to his amendment. lie said that this was a very severe meas ure. His amendment would make the bill popular with the people and be submitted that only a gallon im portation at one timne would not fur nia enough ior blind tigers to do bus iness with. Mr. Mayfield thought the jug trade would make the law inetfective and besides it was desire d to give the law a fair trial. On motion of Mr. Archer the amend ment was tabled by the following vote: Yeas.-Archer, Brown, DuBose, Hay. Lov-e, Mayfield, McCaila Mc Dam~uel, Mit er, Norris, Ragin, Sanders, Stashouse, Wtiiams-1L. Nays-Bais, onnor, Dennis,Doug O'Dell, Ragsdai, Sloan, suddath. Tal The bill then passed to its final read ing. Mr. Mower offered an amendment to the income tax bill to provide that the books of the collectors should not be open for inspection and to provide a penalty for any o*i.ial divulging the income returns. Mr. McCalla objected to the amend ment saying that unless the bcoks were open the officials could not de tect frauds. Mr. Buist pointed out the impro priety of evervone's private business being open to public insoection. The vote resulted in the adoption of the amendment by the follo winz vote: Yeas-Brown, Buist. Dennis, Doug .ass, Griffith, Ray, Henderson. Moses, Mower, O'Dell, Suddath, Talbird, Walker-13 Nays-Archer. DaBose, Love, May field. McCalla, McDaniel, Miller, Nor ris, Rigin, Sloan, Stackhouse, Will iams-12. The bill thea passed to its final reading by a vote of 1S to 5. The Senate. like the House, had lit tle to do all day, more than the ratifi cition of Acts. Many routine matters were disposed of and several acts were ratified. Tne Senate having nothing befcre it took a recess until 3.30. When the Senate reconvened, on motion of Senator Mower, it went in to a committee of the whole,witb Sen ator Moses in the chair. Senator Mower then introducEd the following resolutions, which after a speech by Senator Buis,, complimen tarv to the President and other otli cers, were adopted: Resolved, That the thanks o! the Senate are due and are hereby tender ed the Hon. M. B McSweeney for his courteous, impartial and etiizient dis charge of the duties devolving upon him as the presiding officer of this body. 2. Tht the same are due and are hereby tendered to tbe President pro tem. of the Senate. 3. That the Senate commends the Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Sergeait at Arms and other officers and employees for their faithful discharge of the du ties of their respective positions. The Senate having dissolved as a committee of the whole, Lieutenant Governor McSweeney resumed the chair, Senator Moses presented the resolution in an address to the Pres ident of the Senate, speaking in a flat tering manner of the dignity, grace and impartiality of his course as pre - siding officer of the Senate. Lieutenant Governor McSweeney, in response, expressed his appreciation of the sentiments of the Senate. He had been gratified to be able to carry out the promises he made on taking the chair. He trusted that when members reached their homes they would find their families in good health and happy. With the harmo ny and unity now exisisting through out the State, he felt confident that within two years all factional differ ences will dissipate, and all, with one accord, will strive for the glory and prosperity of our beloved State. The remarks of the Lieutenant Gov ernor were delivered feelingly and with evident warmth of sentiment and consequently met with the hearty ap probition of Senators, as well as all wb neard him. Senator Moses then offered the fol "owing rtsolution, which was unaui :..: -usly agreed to: Th.. the thanks of this body are dtue and~ here'by tendered to the reporters of C newspapers who have faith fully att'd our sessions and who have been itr-partial in their reports. A fter the general routine business incident tc the closig day, of a ses sion the Smnate agre'-d with the House and an adjourtnmeni sine die was had. Praises for General Lee. T.errA, Fla., March 6.-General Julio Sanguilly arrived here at 1 o'clock Monday morning.- The voy age had been a very rough one and he was feeling a little worn out from the trip and not inclined to talk much. '-Of course, I am glad to oe free again and am overjoyed to set foot once more on American soil,'' said General Sanguilly. "It is entirely un necessary for them to ins'st on my leavig the island,ses one of the condg ions of ney release. I would have left Cub en the first boat any way.' he continued. I never expected to be free again until the day before my pardon and the ne ws almost over whelmed me when brought to me in Cabanas prison. I have always been proud of my American citizenship but am now more so than ever before. I attribute my release to the live exer tion of General Lee and the stand tak en by the senate. This has demon strated the great power of the United State s when she exerts herself. "T wo years in prison almost makes a man forget how freedom feels and I have hardly been ouat long enough to realize how free I am. My few hours in H avana were filled up getting ready to leave and I hardly knew I was free until I felt the boat begin steaming out of Havana harbor. I had only one really unpleasant exoerience while in prison. All pris oners to be executed were carried right by my cell window and I could see them. They all knew my window and as they passed by they would shout, Vivi Cuba Libre.' This was always followed by the most brutal attacks from the Spanish guards, who would choke and oeat them unmerci fully for sbouting that o:fensive sen tence. This was mor-e thin I could stand and I would have to hide fromn the sight. My blood would boil at the outrage but I ecald do nothing. "I often requested the guards not to do this and to allow the poor fellows to shout as they marched to their doom, for it couald do no harm: but they could not stand that Offensive cry. During my two years imprison ment I was treated very kindly by the keeper of Cabanas fortress and they certainly showed me every considera tion they could; for all of which I am very thankful. I was always given a cell alone and it was made some what comfortable as prisons go. " Before leaving Havana I had a long talk with General Lee," conclud ed G.eneral Ganguilly. "He said it was his intention to free every Amer ican un justly held, or come back add tell toe American people w hose fault it was that this was not done. He said he would not make anothez move until McKinley went in and would then tell Secretary Sherman the samte thing and act." !dlled In a Rtuaway. JEscP. (ia.. LJa~h .-V . Ben Ben nett, tax collector for Wayne county;, was killed near Gardi, a small town about seven mile s below dJesuo, on the Southern railroad, by his horse run ning away and throwing hifl from the Duggy, his neck being broken by the fall. Mr. Bennett was a very pop la. you man, about 25 years old FINISHED ITS LABORS TqE HOUSE ADJOURNED S;NE DIE LAST WEDNESDAY. The Last Days of the Se!1,on-What Wis Done In the Hoase--a Veto From the Gavernor. COam~u~, March 5.-The Lgisla ture finished its labors and adjourned sine die on last Wednesday after a session of about seven week. After a number of bills had been pissed by the House on Saturday a message was received from the Governor vetoing the bill regarding the employment of convict labor on the State farm. The Governor in his message says the bill is objected and not approved because if enacted will injuriously affect the State penitentiary. To prohibit the superinttndent of the penitentiary from emp]oving free labor in cases of emerger;cy might entail considerable loss to the State. While an expendi ture of a few hundred dollars for labor to chop cotton, to hoe cotton after a long wet spell, or to help harvest the crop. might save the State several thousand. It would be unbusinesslike and too expensive'to retain a suflicient number of convicts on the State farms to meet such cases of emergency. The policy of the board of directors of the penitentiary has been to hire as little free labor as Possibie, and to pay for it the pri:es fixed by the farmers in the neighborhood. The house refused to pass the bill over the veto by a vote of 3S to -19. The senate bill to make railroad corporations liable for damages result ing to land o vners from the wrong ful obstruction of water courses, which had been unfavorably renorted, was take:a up and passed. It provides that railroad corporations shall be liable to land owners for all damages resulting from the wrongful obstruction of wa tr courses by such corporations, and it shall not be necessary to allege and prove that such damages resulted from the negligent construction of the road or other works of such corpo rations, but any person who is dam aged shall be entitlrd to recover as in actions against individuals upon showing the wrongful obstruction of such water course. At this juncture a message came from the senate which crusoed the hopes of manv candidates, that the up per house. had continued the banking and insurance commissioner bill to the next session. In the House on Monday when the senate bill to provide for laborers' lien was reached, Mr. Toole moved to strike out the enaciing words. This the house refused to do and the bill was ordered to a third reading in this shape: Section 1. That from and after the passage and approval of this act all employes in factories, mines, mills distilleries and all and every kind of manufacturing establishment in this State, shall have a lien upon all the cutput of the factory, mine, mill. dis tillery or other manufacturing estab lishment in which they may be em ployed, either by the day or month, or whether the contract be in writing or not, to the extent of s':J? salary or wages as may be due and owing to them under the terms of their con tract with their employer, such lien to take precedence over any and all oth er liens, except for municipal, State and county taxes. Sec. 2. Thr~t any one entitled to the provisions of this act may begin suit upon his o-: her demands in any court of competent juarisdiction, and at the time of co nmentcing such action may file with the officer out of whose court he desires process to issue an affidavit setting forth the facts out of which his or her alleged lien arose, the amount of same, and .shall designate the property alleged to be affected by lien; thereupnon it shall be the duty of said officer to issue his process in the nature of a warrant of attachment, di recting the sheriff of the county or any lawful constable to seize so much of the property described in said affi dav-it as may be necessary to satisfy said allegtd lien. The officer execut ing aforesaid process shall seize and take into his possession and custody, according to the mandate of said pro cess, the property described, and shall hold the same until the final determi nation of the suit between the parties, following the us ual practice in attach ment cases as to sale after judgment, or even before judgment if the prcper ty seized be perishable and ordered sold by the court; provided, that should the party claiming to be the legal owner of the property seized de sire to do so, pending suit, he may furnish good and sufficient security for the payment of such judgnaents as may be recovered by plaintitr against him in suit pending, to be approved by the ofilcer issuing the process, and shall thereupon be entitled to the cus tody of the proper:y seized, just as though the proness had1 been issued agamnst it. Sec. 3. Taat the cast and fees of oil cers in this proceeding shall be the same as in cases of attachment under the code. When the senate bill to amend sec tion 15 of the dispensary law as to li cense of distillers was taken up. Mr. W. H.- Tnomas offered an amendment for his colleague, Mr. Mitchell, who was absent, that the bill do not apply to breweries. The bill after some diseaission was ordered to a third reading iu such shape as to make section 15 c f the dis pensary law read as folio vs: Section 15. No person, tirm, associa. tion or corporation shall manufacture for sale, or keep~ for sale, exchange, barter, or dispense, anyi liquors coni taning alcohol, for any purpose wniat soever, other wise than is provided in this set. Any person, firm, asocia ton or corporation desiring or inter~u ing to manufacture or distili any liqu ors containing alcoh>1l within tuis State shall first obtain from the Stat' board of control a permit or license so to do: but itn the case of distillers such permit or license shall not be granted or renewed except on petiton signed in person by a majorit y of the res:dent freehoders in the city, to on or town ship in which it is proposed to locate the distillery, and it shall be unlawful for any person. iirm, association or cr~Oration' to mauut.actare or distiu any ugu-crs containing alcohol within this 6:te without having such permit rlies.Any violations of the terms ~ofthe permit or license shalauthoriz and warrarnt the seizure of the product on hand at any distilieiy or place w here liuors containing alcohol are m taufactured: Provided, Thne U nited States has no lien or claim upon tne same. And in tne application for a permit or license to manufacture liqu ors containing alcohol the applicant shall give the State full power upon any violation of this act to seize and take possession of any product on hand at the distillery or place where such applicant shall manufacture such liquors. and shail authorize. the State to pay the United States government the tax upon the same if unpaid and to dispose thereof as provided herein for contraband goods. Every pack aze, barrel or bottle of such liquor shipped beyond the limits of this State shall have thereon the certificate of the State board of control allowing same, otherwise it shall be liable to confiscation, and the railroad carry ing it shall be punished as in section 3: And provided, That any person shall have the right to make wine for his or her own use from grapes or other fruits. The inspector appointed by the State board of control, as here in provided, shall have the rig ht to en ter and examine at any and all times, not forbidden by the United States !aws, any distillery, brewery or place where liquors containing alcohol is manufactured within this State. Any manufacturer, disliller, or brewer who may refuse to allow the inspector or constable to enter and examine his place of business and its appurtenances at such times as the inspector or con stable may deem proper shall forfeit his permit or license. The House on Tuesday the legisla tive appropriation bill come over with a number of amendments for emplo yees of the senate who hsd been left out of the bill as it went over to the senate. The sum of $27,500 was ap propriated for the per diem and mile age of membeis of the house alone. The house declined to agree to thi; as the stationery account did not seem to be included.' The house agreed to raise the pay of the senate and house assis tant clerks from $250 $350. All sala ries were fixed so as to provide for 51 days pay. The salary of the two read ing clerks was raised to $350. The committee on tree conference agree to a unanimous setilement of the differences. The basis of agreement being: Cut State Colored Normal col lege $7,000; electrict station for Deaf, Dumb and Blind institute $2,000; se verage at South Carolina college $L500; leave out Patton amendment as to South Carolina college; raise South Carolina college appropriation to $25,000 as fixed by senate and all clerks silaries as now paid. At the night session the most impor tant action was the agreement to the senate amendments to the income tax bill. When the amendment to raise the amount liable to the tax to $2,50 was read Mr. Winkler promptly moved concurrence. Mr. Skinner hoped the house would not concur but before there was further argument the house agreed to fix the starting point for the income tax at $2,500. Mr. Mower's amendment to protect from publicity the returns was then adopted without debate and the income tax bill was ready to be enrolled, prac tically as it started. The report of the committee on free conference on the general appropria tion bill submitted its report. As soon as the report was read Mr. Kibler seemned to be .truck by a cannon ball. He wanted to know why the colored college had been cut $7.000. He thought a serious mistake had been made. Mr. Bacot stated that the trustees asked for $20,000 and as the college got $13,000 irom outside sources it was thought $S,000 would suffice. It was purely on the request of the trus tees that the action was taken. Mr. Dukes of Ozangeburg and Mr. Kibler wanted to know if something could not be done as it was very neces sary, if possible, to keep the appropria tion up to $15,000 as agreed upon by the house in the first instance. Mr. Wilson, of the ways and means committee, said that $15,000 was thought to be necessary after a full hearing of the case. A message was received from i a senate that'it had adopted the free con ference committee-report on the bill. Dr. Price said that the colored col lege is doing fine work and should be encouraged in every way and that it was a great pity that the $15,000 was not given the college. The only question was whether the bill was to be killed or not, said Mr. Livingston. He had no doubt the committee did the best it could. Mr. Garris assured the house that the conference committee had no idea of doing a wrong and that no prejudice towards the colored college influenced the action taken. The board simply wished to give what was needed and came to its conclusion upon the report of the trusteET Mr. Kibler said it was a pity the matter had gone as far as it did but that there was now no way out of the trouble. The cut was a complete sur prise to everyone. The appropriation bill was then finally agreed upon by the adoption of the free conference committee report. There was not much business trans acted by the House on Wednesday, as it had pretty well finished up its busi ness the night before. AMter the trans action of what business was lef t over~ Mr. Livingston movea that the Hbuse go into a committee of the whole and introduced the following resolution. Dr. Wyche being in the chair: RtesolvedI, That the thanks of this: House are ai e and are hereby tendered to Hon. Frank B. Gary for the able. impartial and eflicient manner in which he has discharged the onerous and exacting duties of presi-ding oflicer of this body. Resolved, That a ccpy of these re;o lations be oraperly eugr-ossed by the Cl?erk of this House and presented to the Honorable Speaaer and th same be spread on the Journal. Mr. Thomas civered the follo wiog: That the inani:s of this House be. and are hereby, e xtezded to the o:11 cers, pages and naahes of this House for the taitaful and efficient services rendered by them during the past ses s:on. 2. That the House recognlizes the valuable services rendered by the re porters representing the daily news papers and express hereby its apprecta tion of their courteous and impartial reports of the daily proceedings of the House. Doth of these were unanimnously adopted. The House having rose as commmiitee of the whole, Dr. \Vye re in conpli mentary and deserved terms not:ned the Speaker~ of the action of the House. The Speaker, in reply, said in sub sanc hat the~ resaltuoas were high lv oppreciated. I-a the discharge of lhis auties it had oeen his effort to be fair and imnuartial and by the assis tance of the'H-oue :nuch of the oner ous daties of the position had been made easr-. These duties have been CN mTINU-1> O P M E FOU'R. THE NEW PRESDENT. FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE HEARD I.CKINLEY'S INAUGURAL. The New P'resident. Snrrounded by Nota bit of This and Other Lnd.;. Speaks o Hi1s Policy Amid Deafen!rg Plaudits Peop!e Hart in the Pres. WASHNsTON, Mar2 4.-President McKinley pledged hi- -ealty to the American people on the East terrace of the Capitol in the presence of a great multitude. The people massed on the plaza had waited patiently for hours to see the President, and it was eminently fitting that he should take the oath in vie; f tnose whose ser vant he was to become. A da:zling and inspiring scene spread out before him as he appeared on the steps of the Senate wing. The background of Lth splendid scene was the great marble building with its classic outlines and its huge dome, hung with ilattering 1lags and surmounted by the heroic bronze statue of liberty, typical, not of nolitical dynasties, but the enduring majesty of the people. In the foreground was the imposing granite library building, with its beau tiful architecture and its shining gol den dome, rivaling the splendors of the sun. From the central wing iloated the stars and stripes. Immediately in front acres of upturned faces were wedged in so close together that the broad plazi seemed a vast pavement of human heads. The people extended back to and choked up the mouths of the radiating avenue. Through the naked limbs of the trees which veiled the park appeared patches of brilliant color fragments oF the pa geant-gay plumes of horenmen. gor geous squares of resplendent military bands, streaming pennons, tuttering banners, thousands of gleaming gun barrels and glistening bayonets, which markea the massing of the troops of the escorting legions awaiting the moving of the procession. The oroad platform, smothered with national flags, on which the ceremonv cccurred, was built out into the crowd in the form of a right angle. It ran oarallel with the Capitol front from the Senate wing to a point drirec-.ly opposite the north line of the main en trance, where it bent bac' sharnly to the main building. Mr. McKinley faced the park full of people from a small raised and carpeted platform, railed with blood red bunting, at the apex of the angle. The square space at the jancture of the angie was filled with acout a thousand kitchen chairs reserved for the Cabinet officers, Sena tors, Representatives, members of the diplomatic crops, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries who were entitled to admission to the floor of the Senate, and the benches which ran back tier on tier in both directions were occupied by those who filled the Senate galle ries. Preceeded by t.-,- military aides. Mrs. McKinley and her party emerged first from the Senate wing and were escorted to their seats on the platform in advance of the procession. Mother McKinley and the other memb -s of the party were shown seats just in the rear. The crowd waited fiu teen min utes more before the head of the pro cession proper appeared at the door of the Senate wing and the closely packed multitude moved and pressed suddenly forward as if thrilIed by an eh ctric shock. First came Mr. Wil son, marshal of the District of Colum bia,' and Mr. McKenny, marshal of the Supreme Court. Following them came Chief Justice Fuller and Justices of the Supreme Court, their glossy black satin robes displaying the curves of their generous ligures. Then the Sen ate committee on arrangements in which the tall spare form and intellec tual countenance of John Sherman, the new premier, was conspicuous. Then came Mr. Mckinley and Mr. Cleveland, arm in arm. Almost in stantly they were recognized by the multitude that hadi been straining for the first glimnse of them. The univer sal shout wit6. which their appearance was greeted began with a ripple that ran down the platform, swelling as it went, until it fell upon the sra of faces on the plaza and broke into a thunderous roar that recoiled from the dome and roiled away through the diverging avenues, As Mr. McKin ley and Mr. Cleveland descended the steps and emerged upon the platfer~n, the former's Napoleonic head was thrown back and his clear cut, cameo like features were sof tened by the trace of a smile as he advanced along the platlorm with a contident air and an eastic t-cd aufr. Cleveland's side. Mr. Cleveland no-r Aced an inaug uration audience for the fourth tinie, once more than any other Presldent of the republic. Although heap peared twenty years older ihan Ie did when he was first inauguratea t sen years ago, as evidenced by hisa amst bald head and the lines which cl'ia cares have chiselled in his rugged fSae vet he never look-ed bet'er in his lifean his face displsyed in r.o wy h ai gue of the oppress'-e wore: o: te past fewv days. bout his gait was rather slow and haualtin g. As they walked down the iiatforml the yells and shouts be came deafeninir and when they; step ped upon the r-atsed platfor:n, Mr. McKinley felt calial upon to acanow ledge the reception by- bov:eg right and left He then took a seat in the biz lather chair. The press agai~ns: -.ne stand was so terrltie th at wonmen Mentimne the- proe-sion ron the Senate conti'-. T'e diploma:i corps, rigid '---h g.d bru ian aime wih- rieons neau' in, th British Aassad-i or, ::- :ecl plate, red co ts hor-s "ir p'u.e. eough to pae sh spedr o0 a'ny spectacl dram -ll \hi i.nne.~ CCo people wereL sreaing- -o keep) up costant and tremendus -aplu. crowd. occai.onally ioin lotat the boys on the doe. He~ sm ied and bowed. Tnen Mr. M::kinlev rose and stood uncovered. Wnti" Cvet d3 a-tcPalr the oath in the i.-'esence of thtte mendo't multitaie. Ti - n-v Prs dent kissed the 1i:-ac gi edge Dble presented by the hins:;of the ALi -, can Methodist Canurch to ~l scaa I.II A orli e h pe Mooney, agdU s c >0. -) L37 Ea~st Unar'' s~re: whie " a ig a tree at -h residen o -r Manhem S &. G rm1au. . : fenc. Hle was itnt klie' , cc e picket ntrn o isbras ad asin TH E=.UTAL S PAN!ARC3. GeLP n1 I oe Could Stud It No Longer ntid SAWi So. S.;iING, TON. March !.-The corrc-: spondence c t the department of state with Consul Generai Lee at Havana in thecase of C E. s Scott. an Amer can citizen, wrich as aid before the senate conros 'Le published story Ithst Gen. Ize threatened to resign unlEss the dryment suppor-ed his deaad, that Sco'tt be rl easeO sol itary conthemnt half o: a ecuversati by telephone, as t.e iecrams sent to the depart ment by (-u. Lez only are transmit ted: the d rent,'s nd cf the inter cbangbi omtd February 9th, Gen. Lee wr t se deoartment: "Charles Scott. an American. arrested at Regla this morning. Cha:rg'es not vet knownu. next is dated Fe bruarv 20. and says 3olt had been in jail in Havana witho:t communication fcr 26;4 hours. The ispatch continues: "cannot stand a-.other Ruis murder and have demand d his release. How many war vesels at Key West or within reach, and will they be ordered here at once it necessary to susain de mandy' February 23. he azain telegraohs Secretary Olney, evidently irpl ing to inoniries and in lan:uage that cai scarcely be misunderstood: ;'ituatioa simple. Experience at Guanabacoa made it my duty to de mand before too late. that another American who had beeu incommuni eado 24 hours be relea ed from said incommunicado. I did so in courteous terms. If you support it and Scott is so release~d the trouble will terminate. If vcu do not I must depart. All others ar rested wi:h Scot: fhave been put ia communication ; rhy should the only American in tune lot not be I He has been incommunicado noa 338 hours." The correspondence closcs witu a telegram of the same date in which I Goneral Lee infcrmad the state de partment Lhat his demand had been complied with and that Scott had been released from iccommunicado, after fourte n days solitary condnement in a dam: cell tire feet by elevon, with water oa the door. "He was not al ;owed a chair, or anytaing to sleep on," the telegram concludes, "and discharges Ofi the body were removed only once in unve days. Scott says he went always twelve hours without wa ter, and once two days. Scott, who was charged with having Caban pos tage stamps in his house, was an em ploye of an American gas coMoany." In regard to the arrest of Y. J. Cas eanas, an American citizen, Gen. Lee, on February 17, in a dispatch announc - ing his arrest, denounced it as a great outrage and said there were similar cases at Sagua and elsewhere on the island. The department six days later crdered Lee to report upon the whole facts and on February 24, Lee replied that Caseanas insisted his treaty right should be respected. The prisoner had resided at Sagua since his registration there in 1872. The other dispatcaes sho w the number of his registration entry, rum'4'er of passport, e:c., ali concludes with a dispatch dated Fo ruar 27, leaving the matter undis posed of. Murdered for his Money. ATL.TA, Ga.,Feb. 27.-A special to the Evening Constitution from Gains vile says: "The Evening Constitu tion correspondent this morning visit ed Grady Reynoids, who is in jail at this place charged with the murder of M. C. Hunt His crime is one of the most horrible, in all details, ever com mitted in his section. The alleged murderer is a heavy-set, stalwart man some thirty-five years of age. He is cool and collected and has exhibited1 marvelous nerve from the very be ginning of the awful plot which he conceived. To your correspondent he gsave the followinz statement ina direct confession of his guilt: "Bud1 Brooks and myself planned the whole murder and robbery a month ago. Brooks was raised in South Carolina near the former home of Hunt he is a relative of :ny mother. -Hnt: ran at store at Belton and carried about $1, 2U.3 worth of goods. He had $600U in gold and $1,500 in bills, which he car ried for weeks .an his person. He was free in the matter of showing his money, and went arcund with ii all the time. I went to him and agreed to buy his stock~ and on Monday the 15th.,1 persuaded him to take his team and go with me to Harmony Grove. where I said I would pay him the money in the trade. He understood I had nioney there :n bank. We drove to Harmony Grove, both of us in good humor andwent out to Mrs. Butler's p n tot spend. inc migat. auess: -as4 we went bird hunting. Hunt carried the only gun in th.e crowd, and Bud Brooks went with us. Hunt shot tTo1 birds and Buld ninted Out a third and asked for the gun to get a shot- Hunt handed him the gun. and as he looked' oir to see the bird, Brooks hit him in1 the back of the hed i 'th the butt oft the gun. He fell lie a log. We then took o'f what hings were of value on his bodv. and Brooks got an at he had been u-sing to get out rail road ties and hack-ed the body in the side and over the ceart. We then carried it to the river, weighed it and SU2nk it. Bot o' us then went back to Mrs. Butle's and when she asked ater thce other man. Bid told her he had gon~e across ahio bridge and ': er o m'e-t him I ihod up the sam. .a -lat' ring pistol and ovec c't and' went cack to del'on. I wehd ie un-:bat Uunt sod oat -rto 'e, H Wo e et t'.see th r: :ih D.. . s.. and too chrg of La trS hev asked about- it uess I gave y selft away. Thcev susuone oe ting an id sen't ior an s~ crmes ne~ar amon Grvetre to -e seeBrock h e i a rr. a II 'otth moe.Iwa arad th'e peo le e o e lynh tm.Lbut I - e eeY..L Bt I dcon': :ys102 mae a coll and with asj :au c-yere as could well be~ exhibied a~riamost comfIor'tbl circu sacs.I is tailted about la EIton -' -Reynolds claimed '.sav certale re-i latons between Hiunt andc * er oldS site had something to do'- with t MURPHY IS RESPTED. HIS EXECUTION POSTPONED FOR GOOD REASONS. A Lawyer Says He Can Froduce Evidence in Murphv' k,.vor-Marphy Tells the Governor He Has a Confession to Make, but calls To Do So. COLUoa.1, March 4.-Tuesday after noon. when Governor Ellerbee told the Register reporter that he would not interfere in behalf of Murphy, the condemned murderer of Treasurer Copes of Orangeburg county, he add ed: "Unless something of which I have now no knowledge comes up." Sc mething has come up,and though it promises little hoDe for Murphy,yet the Governor, in order to give the prisoner every possible chance for his life, hss granted him a respite for twenty days, and so wired the Sheriff of Orangeburg county last night. It seems that the Governor some time ago asked for the court records of the Murphy trial. Murphy's friends could not raise the money to have them copied,and sent to the Governor and this record, therefore, has never been laid before him. Murphy has a brother in Augusta, on the police force of that city. He is said to be a good fellow, and has suc ceededi in interesting Attorney Carroll of Augusta in the prisoners behalf. Yesterday Governor Ellerbe received word from Mr. Carroll that if the Governor would grant a respite he would have the court records copied at his own expense, and would also send an additional matter that might give a new complexion to the case. Though the probability isexceeding ly small that anything can be brought forward in Murphy's favor at this late day, yet the Governor, actuated by humane motives, acceded to Mr. Car roll's reauest and the condemned man is thtus given a single straw to clutch at in what was supposed to be the last hours of his mortal existence. But though there is a bare possibili sy that Murphy's friends may succeed in saving him, the man himself has. seemingly done everything in his power to alienate sympathy. Yesterday he sent word to Governor Ellerbe that he had a confession to make. This was about 5 o'clock. The Governor was waiting for the supply bill to be sent down for his sIgnature, but he put everything aside when Murphy's request reached him, and accompanied by Senator Connor of Orangeburg, an intimate friend of the late Treasurer Copes, and by the Reg ister reporter, he entered his carriage, which was standing at the State House door, and drove rapidly over to the Penitentiary. It was the second time in four days that the Governor had gone to visit this convicted felon. Arrived at the Penitentiary,Murphy was led into Captain Westfield's pri vate otfice. The Governor entered the room, the door was closed behind him,. and Murphy- and the man in*hose hands his life lay were alone together. Fifteen minutes later a telephone message was received that the General Assembly was only awaiting the Gov ernor's presence at the State House to adjourn. Five minutes after this Governor Ellerbi came out from Captain Westfield's office. His non committal countenance betrayed noth ing of his interview with the prisoner. He entered his carriage and was driven rapidly back to the Capitol. On the way the Register reporter ask ed if Murphy had made a confession. "No," said the Governor. "He not only did not make a confession, but denied that he had sent for me. The man is evidently under the impression that he is goingato be pardoned." "Did you tell Murphy;, Governor, that you were going to grant him a respite' 'No," was the reply. Tnen he ad ded, "I said I was not going to inter fere and that I don't want it to be thought that I am vacillating in this matter. I thinkr it only right that I should grant a respite under the cir camstances, as Mr. Carroll has laid them before me. It is only fair. If Murphy is innocent he will be par doned ;if he is guilty he ought to hang." If Murphy had deliberately planned to injure his cause he could not have ad opted more successful means than those he employed yesterday--first to send for the Governor saying he had a confession to make, then to deny both propositions, and cause the chief executive of the State to undertake a bootless errand when other demands upon his time were urgent. It was the most preposterous piece >f folly cf which the condemned man has vet been guilty. Unless Mr. Car roll. of A agusta, can produce unex pec:ed ev'idence in the prisoner's be calf, Murphy will uzidoubtedly swing >n the 2J:h of March.-Register. 3Iakes a Grab and Leaves. W\AsmarON, March 2.-Paymaster Tohn Corwine, U. S.3Y., stationed at Sewport, R. I., has absconded, taking ais check book with him. This state ~n is made on the authority of the aany depart ment. Ysedyafter 200oa Paiymaster Cor wine cashed a :heck for 83,000 and then left New port. An investigation of his ac ;ounts suo ws that heis between $5,000 mnd $.Uu00 short, exclusive of the unount of yesterday's check. The ac :ounts of the paymaster came under suspicion recently and Pay Director >aper Schenck, general inspector of he pay corps, was sent to Newport to avestigate. His inqu 'iry shows a ;aortage bet ween the amounts given. aptaiL? Wallacee, the commandant of 'e Ne port Naval Station telegraph ~d the ngy' department today of Cor mue s c' sappearance and the facts ia.oered concerning his accounts. :n it action was taken by Sce ary erber.1H sent telegraphic in trcin othe sub-treatury at Bos o L'dtoth treasury at Washing or. 'o s~o- payment on checks signed C Cor vine. and also wired to police Luthorities to endeavor to intercept nom. An ovation to Bryan. Dovm, Del., March 4.--Wm. J. Brvan came to Dover Tuesday morn nig to address the General Assembly. LIe was met at the station by the leg ,saive receotion committee and es *redt :e residence of John F. aulbuv the man who gave him his e~st vote for President in the Chicago onvention. Nearly 5,000 people had sebeatDover, but cnly a thous md~ coul gtuno the court house a weeMr. Bryan spoke at 2 icai.Hs address was mainly up an ~aia tinances and taxation. eau ience gave him an ovation. ije left Denver at :3:43 p. m. for