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TODD TELLS OF DEAL -I RADE TO DRAW PLANS FOR A CIAiE IN CAPITOL ACTED IN 6i000 FAITH Because of the Presence of the Gov. ernor He Thought He Was Perfect ly Safe in Going Ahead With the Work as Instructed by the Sub Committee. Mr. A. W. Todd, member of the House of Representatives from Char leston County, and several other wit nesses, among the number being sev eral members of the House commit tee on State House and grounds, ap peared Monday afternoon before the committee investigating the claim presented by the State House and grounds commit:ee for $13.500 for architects' fees and plans for the State House additions. following rec ommendations in a message from the Governor to the General Assembly last year. W. F. Blackburn. stenographer for Gov. Blease. was sworn. He was in and out of the governor's office at the September meeting. He did not pre pare the contract, but his under standing was that it was prepared in Charleston "Mr. Todd," 'Mr. Blackburn said, "was up here all last summer. and I heard about the plans from him and he (Ir. Todd) talked with the governor about them. The governor, I presume, knew all about them." J. A. Hunter, a metnber of the com mittee on State house and grounds. on being sworn, said he recalled the governor's message and a subcom mittee being appointed to investigate the recommendations after the adop tion of the Dixon resolution, accord ing to his resolution. I took the po sition that I would not favor the idea unless the people of the State approved of it. Messrs. Lee. Mitch um and Wells agreed with me. I am inclined to think that there was a vote taken on the matter, but I do not recall how it stood. The gover nor remarked that if the bill passed it would give him pleasure to approve it. I refer to the entire project. B. T. Tison was the next witness. He attended the September meeting. The governor was in and out of the office during the session. Mr. Todd explained the plans for capitol en. largement. He knew nothing of these plans until that meeting and he ob jected to them at the time. His un derstanding was that a bill was to be prepared to be presented to the gen eral committee. He knew nothing of any fees and thought the subcom mittee had arranged this. He did not approve of the bill when presented this session and did not believe in it. Mr. Bryan brought it to him in the hall of the house. He heard the gov ernor say he (the governor) would approve the measure if it passed. He attended no meeting of the commit tee during the last session. A. W. Todd was then sworn. Mir. Todd said he had been an architect for 32 years. He is a member of the general assembly. "Mr. Bryan said to me to go ahead with the work, but I asked him as to his authority." Mr. Todd then presented a written statement which Mr. Blackburn. on being recalled, said he prepared at the dictation of the governor. It is dated July 26, 1911. and addressed to M1r. Bryan. authorizing the em ployment of an ardhitect in regard to the State house as suggested in the message, and to employ an architect as reasonably as possible, as he (the governor) was sure that it was not the intention of the general assem bly to go to any considerable expense. Mr. Todd then said he was asked as to his idea of the toilet approaches. He told them it would require comn prehensive study, and later he ap peared before the committee and told the members that the toilets would have to be put on the inside, as thg majority of the offices were dungeons. and to meet the demands of the building additions were necessory. 'St was then moved." said Mfr. Todd, "that a committee be appoint ed to look into the matter. A reso lution was introduced and passed. I was then told .to go ahead with the plans and I worked the whole year with experts on the matter. Then in September I told the chairman that I was ready, and the meeting was called." Mr. Todd then showed his plans and produced pictures and the article in The State. Septemiber 28. describs ing the proposed building, which he said was mailed to every member of the general assembly. The report. Mr. Todd said, was published in The State by the per mission of the committee, and he gave it to a representative of The State after permission was obtained. He told the committee that it was not customary for an architect to travei over the State and solicit work. It certainly had never been his pol icy. Questioned as to the appropriation of $1,000 for traveling Mfr. Todd said: "The governor said. "That is a hell of an exorbitant fee. I can vassed the State for S30 when I ran for governor.' "Mr. Dixon said. 'lBut this is an extraordinary affair, and the zover nor said the matter was with the commitree. "I told them as to the architect I would work under fees as providftd by the American association and the resol- ion passed unanimously. We appointed a committee to draw up a bill and there was objection to the Sl$.000.000 plan. It was suggested that the appropriation be nmadie in annual installm'ents of $20 000 each. The contract wa drawn up in Charleston." Replying to M r. Gasqu. h a called on & ata eeing of the bly in 191t. an. .i .e wa aci ne instructions of the gener~al Comit tee under an oral conran. Mr. Todd theni rea th cnra* He maintained that thepa a. a heretofore." imttlled that 'tec mittee acknowledged that e-.2 employed. Mr. Todd e:xpline h plans. which he said he ha d s-': mon:hs on. required the contract a year ago," said Mr. Todd. Replying to Mr. Gasque, he said he was in no competition, and under the rules of the association the fees are due pro rata. and he was now entitled to one-fifth of the entire fee. He entered into no competition, be cause it was the rule of his office. There were other rules-for instance, no negro could get a plan from his office. "The matter was impressed on my mind because I was directly in:er ested. I wouldn't spend money on a contingency. I understood the con tract was made in good faith." Replying to Mr. Gasque. he said he visited people throughout the State. talked to tax payers and in tErested them in it. Mr. F. C. Cary had told him that he would support the plans if the governor vould not veto them. Mr. Todd told Mr. Cary 'that he could make no promises. "I keep no account of my expenses, but if that. is a matter of controrersy. T will eliminate them despite the fact that The State has attempted to per. vert the facts. I would like to know what architect it was The State says roughly speaking. the improvements would cost $%000,000. "There are plenty of architects wxho enter into competition, but I am not one of them. The State news paper has never said that the $1,000 appropriated was to acquaint the peo ple with the facts." Mr. Todd stated emphatically that he understood that he was to be paid for the model and for the traveling. He had spent nearly a year on the work. He consulted E. Marion Ruck er and other attorneys as to whether o- not. as a member of the legisla ture, he (Mr. Todd) was violating the ethics of the profession. Mr. Rucker said no. At the September meeting he was busy explaining the plans and he could not say whether or not the zovernor was in the office all the time. He naturally thought that as he meeting being held there, it was authorized. He never consulted the governor privately. "I never heard a 'no' on any plans discussed at the meeting. As to the traveling expense account, I would rather wipe that out. According to Mr. Bryan. I thought I had authority :o proceed with the plans after the February meeting. If I knew then what I know now. I certainly would not have gone on with the work. I told them that it would take lots of money to fix this capitol. The dome. for instance, is unsafe. I think as to toilet approaches. if you bother the approaches to the toilets, you endanger the rest of the building.'' Mr. Belser asked the witness after reading the governor's message. how it could be possible to interpret the idea as it was done. Mr. Todd said that when once work was started on the capitol it meant wholesale changes. The front steps were unsafe. new offices were needed, and South Carolina should arrange for a new building. The contract and his report were prepared in his office in Charleston, but he did not know where the min utes were drawn up. Questioned by Mr. Gasque, he said he did not recall who he visited. Fo: instance, he talked to representative men like Col. Johnstone. He did not call on the governor, because the meeting was held there and the gov ernor was presumably fa'miliar with the plans. He named four from his office who were here on architectural work. The whole thing had cost about $S,000 in addition to his work of a year. "I felt as sure of my money as if Iwas investing in a gold bond," re peated Mr. Todd. F. M. Carey was next sworn. He confirmed the conversation referred to by Mr. Todd. held in Anderson, in which reference was made to the proposed new building. He would he glad to have a suiling costing $1. 000.000, but he did not think the State had that much money to put in the work, b~it if the general assem bly made the appropriation the gov ernor would probably veto it. Mr. Todd, said he was in no position to state what the governor would do. but believed that the governor would approve it. He (ir. Carey) said in addition that unless his people want ed the measure, he would not vote for it. He thought Mr. Todd was anxious for the measure to pass as a monument to his ability. He was under the impression that the plans would cost the State noth ing. unless ahepted, although he was ignorant as to the rules of archi tects. JAPAN SHOWS HER HAND. Interferes With Missionary Work Among Koreans. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, president of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions, will go to Washington to present to President Taft charges recently received from missionaries in Korea that Japan is making efforts to stamp out Christianity there by tcrturing converts, closing mission schools and interfering with the work of the American missionaries. of whom there are between three and, four hundred in Korea, mostly under the boards of foreign missions of the Methodist and Presbyterian. churches. An account of the situation given by a missionary just returned from Korea characterizes conditions there as little short of barbarous. While there have as yet been recorded no case of physical attacks on Ameri cans, they are comipeiled to endure; constant interference with their work: and every possible means is being employed to nullify their efforts and discourage them so that they will give up in despair and return to the United States, leaving Koreans to be dealt with by the Japanese. Hosiery Mill Stands. The house rejiected Friday after noon by indefiitely postposing the joint resolution introduced by Mr. George R. Rembert of Richland, to~ abolish the hosiery millis at the pea ientiary and to annul the contract for convict labor in this mill with Mr. .T. M. Graham. The vote on this uestion was 64 to 40. The People Will Elect. The o'tiee of agrirultu.re. corm t:ecte :tnd industries. now jiled by Col. Wavson. has be'en made an elee t:r ~on ami:~ the people "'ill have to CHINESE REPUBLIC EMPRESS DOWAGER AND CHILD el EMPEROR ABDICATES p TJ YUAN TO BE IN CHARiiEs nly re The Imperial Decree Directs That the t Premier Assume Full Control Un- ( til Conditions of Union Can Be of Agreed Upon Between Rebel and Imperialist Factions Now at War. o After occupying the throne of n China for nearly three centuries, the a Manchu dynasty, represented by the n child emperor. Pu Yi, abdicated Mon- re day. Three edicts were issued, the 1. first proclaiming a'dication: the see- th ond dealing with the establishment e of the republic, and the third urging :o the maintenance of peace and ap proving the conditions agreed upon by the imperial premier, Yuan Shi KNi. and the republicans. The text of the first imperial edic: issued at Peking by the throne at noon Monday is as follows: "We. the emperor of China, have respectfully received the following edict from the hands of her majesty. the dowager empress: "In consequence of the uprising of the republican army to which the people of the provinces of China have responded, the empire is seething ni like a boiling caldron and the people are plunged in misery. on "Yuan Ski Kai was therefore com marled to dispatch emissaries in or der to confer with the republicans f with a view to calling a national as- tr senibly to decide on the future form th of government. Months have elapsed n, n and no settlement is now evident. - "The majority of the people are in d favor of a republic. "From the preference of the peo- u ple's hearts the will of heaven is dis- P cernible. How could we oppose the ! I desires of millions for the glory of te one family? -4 "Therefore we. the dowager em press and the emperor. hereby vest YC the sovereignty of the* Chinese em- te pire in the people. ca "Let Yuan Shi Kai organize to the full the powers of the provisional re- yc publican government and confer with the republicans as to the methods of union, assuring peace in the empire and forming a great republic with the union of Manchus. Chinese. Mon gols. -Mohammadans and Tibetans. "We. the empress dowager and the a emperor, will thus be enabled to live in retirement. free of responsibilities u, and cares, and enjoying without in- ro terruption the nation's courteous CO treatment." te At an audience the empress dow- wv ager thanked Yuan Ski Kai for his en successful egorts in obtaining good treatment for the imperial family th from the rep~ublicans. The publica- ce tion of the edicts has given profound 1o relief to every one in Peking, both ar foreigners and Chinese. The arrange- st ment is considered a skillful compro- -N mise,. and it is believed the terms m. will satisfy the republicans. The TI first edict provides that the terms th shall be communicated to the foreign in legations for transmission to their re spectiv-e governments, the object be- n~i ing to record world-wide the repub- be lican pledges. te In consideration for the abdication 1(i the republicans make the following th eight pledges to the emperor. First, the emperor shall retain his en title and shall be respected as a for- e eign monarch: second, he shall re eive an annual grant of 4,000Q.000 ar taels until the currency is reformed, or after which he shall receive $4.000.- t 000 M1exican: third, a temporary res- o idence shall be provided in the for bidden city, and later the imperial family shall reside in the summer palace, ten miles outside of Peking: fourth, he may observe the sacrifice at his ancestral tombs and temples.I which wvill be protected by republican soldiers: fifth, the great tomb of thenf late emperor, Kwang Hsu, will be I In ompleted and the funeral ceremony tic fittingly observed at the republic's expense: sixth, the palace attendants may be retained, but the number of l eunuchs can not be increased: sev enth, the emperor's property will he protected by the republic; eighth, . the imperial guiards will be governed by the army board, the republic pav ing their salary. C An important question as to whether the throne shall be perpetu- r ated or wvill terminate with the present emperor's death, is not men tioned.r Four pledges for the treatment of "u the imperial kinsmen follow: th First, the princes, dukes and oth ers hav'ing hereditary titles shall re' tain their ranks: second, the nobility s shall have the rights and privileges on of ordinary citizens: third, their pri- dn vate, properties will be protected: 'ha fourth, the nobility shall be permit ted exemption from military service. th ____ ____ ___thi JONES AND) BLEASE TO 3MEET rio tic Both Inv~.ited to SpeCak at Hamnpton . w 1 'Next Mon('i. The dedication of the new high school building at Hampton on MIarch is1 to be mtade quite a big occa rson. Governor Cole L. Blease and 'orer Chief Jiustice Ira 1B. Jones have been invited to be present and piC to deliver speerhes. Politics will .trr not be barred and it is expected that it H ampton will have the honor and fre privilege of hearing the opening an, uns, if they may be so termcd, of a th( :ubenaorial camptign, which .wil proises so much. Judge Jones has all accep:cd the invatiation. Governor- its Blease has accepTed it u pan the con- of lition that his absence from Cum-n- so it will not interfere with the- con- ('e5 si-leration of soaine of the bills wvhich arn aave passed the Assembly. r Found Dead at. Atlantai. < Dr. J. M1. Brittain, pastor of the D Temnle Baptist church in Atlanta. notc of the best known ministers inC :orgn, was found dead in bed at hi c~n-thre Moanday morning- Death asds: heart failure. lie was d9 ears o ld an wal vts a Confederate vet In sorre section!s of the country Mi when a s-ranger :Tpoars upon ttie a ireets warim.r a 1:!silk han people (Th are trncertin wher'ar he is a tnited h A SERIOUS. RIAROE (Continued from first page.) .de the matter, his expenses to be id by the State of South Carolina. t governor was delegated by the niptroller general and State treas er as the representative of the ite of South Carolina to accompa me. I had, of course, noticed con Lerable comment in the papers in Eerence to the ability of the State borrow money if you were elected. d I thought it nothing but proper at the owners of $500,000 worth paper of South Carolina should ye occasion to discuss with the 'ernor the affairs of the State. in der that they might, for them ives. got some idea of who they re doing bisiness with. The trans tion was not concluded, neither re the notes signed until after we iched New York. The paper was .:cptel readily and thcre was not e slightest hesistation in the ac ptance of the notes and the bor wving of the money. " 'In reference to your other ques n. in regard to 20 per cent. being t on deposit with this bank, I be. say that there was not such re est made. as heretofore. It ha en cu.%tomary With the h'ar roughout the country to require per cent. of the money borrowed be left on deposit. without inter t but in this loan, as stated by u. no such request was made. 'If the treasurer had left any ted amount with us for any defl :e time, it would have been our asure to have paid interest there , as agreed with ::ou. It has been P custom in the past for the State have to pay quite a sum of money r pensions some time during the st of the year. and as a rule some ing like $250,000 to $275,000 are id out for such purposes. Shortly ter that the interest on the State bt is obliged to be met, and this, th the pensions, practically takes all of the $500,000. If any unex nded balances had been left in the nk we would have gladly paid in rest thereon, as stated to you: and would have paid interest thereon. " 'This, I believe, was covered in ur message, along with ether mat s, which are the true facts in the se. just as stated in your message. " 'I believe the above covers all of ur written requests. 'Yours very truly, "'J. P. Matthews. Cashier Palmetto National Bank of Columbia, S. C.' Matter Not Discussed. "One could judge from my letter above that you and I had made a ecial agreement in reference to un ed balance of the $500.000 bor ed in New York. while you. o urs-. know quite well that the mat r of Iaying interest on balances is not referred to at all during our tire trip. "My let:er was also made to say at this bank had required 20 per nt. .balance 'heretofore' on State ins, but did not require such a bal ce in this particula~r instance. My itement to you in reference to the per cent. balance referred to com rcial accounts only of individuals. le word 'heretofore' was added in e copy signed and did not appear the original. "In reading. the letters over you 1! notice that other mistakes have en made. In other words, in at mplting to revise the wording of the ter in hass been very confused and e meaning completely twisted. "' think it nothing but proper to 1 your attention to these changes, ich I did not notice when I signed. "I1 will add that if I had made an rangement with you to pay interest the State's deposits then my- let -might be taken to imply that we *e the State interest. "You will recall that while discuss the letter with you, and while ating in your office, you made veral suggestions, asking me iether, if the State had had sur as money and if a positive arrange nt had been made, we would have id interest on the surplus money. dictating I referred to this ques m. but the letter as signed has tde me say something very differ t from what I intended. In the ter the expression was used 'as reed with you.' In dictating these rds I certainly intended them to an that I agreed with you that I >ul have been willing to pay inter :in ease there had been surplus ads, and I did not intend them to rer to any supposed agreement had th you heretofore. "If we had made any such ar agement it wouldl have, of course. teially affected the rate made to SState on the $500.000 loan. "This statement is made to protect Sbank and to avoid any miscon -ution which might be placed up the letter signed by me yester 7. I am sure that you would not ye me make a misstatement. "You, or course, as an officer of ,State. can use this letter as you 'ak best. But I will ask that you me the favor of correcting tihe pession given in the comimunica n of yesterday. By so doing you l certainly oblige. "Yours very truly. "J. Pope Matthews, "Cashier." Where D~o They Differ? A week or two ago a poor man ked up some coal from a railroad k, where it had fallen, and took home to keep his family from ezing. Of course he was arrested i sent to prison for the theft, and family had to do the best it could hout his help. l'erhaps that was right as law should be obeyed and infringement p)umshed. Btut what coal barons and cil magnatlas who often take advantage of the ne sities caused ;y cold weather to itrarily raise the price of their du:s? If the poor man was ty of petty lareeny the others morally guilty c f' grand larceny. while the poor man went to jail other men escape the meshes of law and( enjoy the reputation of ng shrewd mon andi also, some es, of beingt generous philanthro hilled by a TFra;in. X r.erro by the name of Dennis arez was k illed by. a trin W. lnes :morming i n the' uniskirts of ar son. lIe is tho u;.ht to hav. ' from Rehvcs and was heating ROM HILL PLAN WLlRKS WATSON SAYS COTTON ACREAGE WILL BE REDUCED. Commissioner of Agriculture Returns From Trip Through Cotton Belt and Tells of Situation. "Much interest was aroused and results will be secured," said Coml missioner Watson, upon his return to Columbia Monday after a trip through the cotton States in the in terest of the Rock Hill plan for a re duction of cotton acreage. He was accompanied on the trip by John G. Anderson of Rock Hill, the origina'or of the plan. Commissioner Watson said that throughout the cotton belt States Mr. Anderson and himself had been most cordially welcomed, and that the Rock Hill plan had been started on its way to real effectiveness. In North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma the State superintendents had been ippointed and no time was to be lost in getting the counties fully organ i7ed and actively at work. In Geor ia the Atlanta chamber of commerce .otton committee has undertaken to Sinance the operations of the State ;uperintendent's- office. In Little Rlock the cotton exchange has under :aken to do the same thing. In none of these States did there %mpear to be the slightest indication to hang back, but a remarkable de. grec'e of enthusiasm was manifested. No -articular effort was made to or :anize the State of Louisiana, though thErc was an excellent meeting at Baton Rouge. Louisiana's acreage has already been much cut by the boll weevil and from other causes and therefore, e, en there an in c-rease in that State, the total crop is so small that it would make but little difference. The tour concluded at New Orleans on Saturday night, and Mr. Watson and Mr. Anderson left New Orleans early Sunday morn ing,. the former coming straight through to Columbia and arriving yesterday afternoon. 'Mr. Anderson stopped off at Atlanta to spend a day or two with relatives. The commissioner expressed him self as agreeably surprised and high ly gratified at the hearty and earnest ecoperation given by officials of the several States and the bodies repre senting the banking and business in terests. All agreed that the acreage in cotton for the 1912 crop must be reduced as a first and foremost con sideration to any step that might hereafter be determined upon in re gard to the marketing and handling of the crop of 1912 at a fair price to the producer. Every interest is now thoroughly aroused to the ne eessity for quick action in view of rhe nearness of the planting season, -md in the opinion of Mr. Watson there will be no undue delays in the application of business methods in accoriance with t'he Rock Hill plan :o absolutely assure reduction. "Bus iness throughout the belt has felt the Cfect of the low price of cotton this season and is in the humor to fully cooperate," said Commissioner Wat While on the tour these gentle men encountered the rise in the price of cotton. '.\r. Watson said neither Mr. Anderson or himself cared to dis css the causes. The rise, however, had had no retarding effect upon their mission, nor will it have in their opinion on the prosecution of the work to be done under the execution of the Rock Hill plan. Texas was not visited because it was not believed necessary, Gov. Col cuitt, who is a worker himself, hay ing given full assurance that that State wvill show a substantial reduc tion and that he was looking after the matter himself. "Yet the bears are proclaiming that there will be no reduction in Texas," said the comn. missioner. Mr. Watson, speaking for himself and Mr. Ander'son, said they both felt that their quick tour and the efforts they had put forth would bring far reaching results so far as the price of cotton 'iext season and the pros perity of the South are concerned, and that those were the two main points to be considered. They feel also that there is a better under standing is making for more com plete cooperation of cotton producers everywhere henceforth in any and all things affecting the business like marketing and handling of the south's greatest monopoly crop. FOLK FORCES SUPPORT CLARK. The Former Governor Quits the Fight for the Nomination. A dispatch from St. Louis says former Governor Joseph W. Folk wvithdrew as an active candidate for the Democratic nomination for Pres ident Saturday. He withdrew after e had received a telegram from hamp Clark, in which he agreed to ulvide the Missouri delegation to the Democratic National onvention. as recently suggested by William J. Bry Mr. Folk not only agreed to divide the delegation, but asked his friends to make no further effort in his be half. He promised to support Mr. Clark. A Washington dispatch says Yolk's retirement in favor of Clark is generally regarded there as strength ening very much the Speaker's chances for the Democratic Presiden tial nomination, as a compromise candidate between Wilson and Har Admirers of Folk say that the for mer Governor Nvill certainly step into the next United States Senatorial va any that occurs in Missouri. If the issue between Clark and Folk had been fought out in a State-wide pri mary, the outcome would have been very doubtful, according to the most trustworthy reports heard in Wash ington, and the Speaker's winning was by no means a foregone conclu Passed Over Veto. The Legislature last week passed y an almost unanimous vote over Governor Blease's veto, the bill pay rtg Magistrate Kerr his salary. Mr. Trr, who is an old Confederate vet cran was recommended by the rville delegation. but was turned down by Gov. Blease and a young wver at Greenwood named in his idace. Mr. Kerr did not support Gov rnor Blease in the election while ANTI flAMBLINQ BILL TilE SENATE KILLS INJUNCTION FEATURE Of MEASURE THE DEBATE WAS WARM 'lhirty-three Vote to Eliminate In junction Feature of Measure, Sonic Explaining Change in Attitude by Expressing Fear That Fight on This Point Might Defeat Whole Bill. The Senate 'Monday night, by a vote of 33 to 2, struck out the in junction feature of the anti-race gambling bill. The bill was debated at length, the session being one of the most interesting of the term. The race track bill has not yet gone to third reading, but when the pending amendment has been passed upon that stage of its passage will likely be formal. Those who voted to strike out Sec tion 2 of the bill were: Senators A(ckerman, Appelt, Bates, Black, Car lisle, Christensen, Clifton, Crosson, Forrest, Ginn, Green, Hall, Hardin, Hough, Johnstone, Laney, Lawson, Manning, Mars, W. L. Mauldin, T. J. Mauldin, McCown, Montgomery, Muckenfuss, Rainsford, Stewart, Strait, Stuckey, Summers, Waller, Weston, Wharton 'and Young. Those who voted to retain Section 2 were: Senators Lide and Earle. Those Senators who so strongly stood for Section 2 last week appar. ently took the view expressed by one of their number, Senator Carlisle, that he would vote to strike out en tirely the misdemeanor section rath er than see the bill defeated entirely, and h; had seen from the last vote that, by a majority of one, the Sen ate wished to kill the injunction fea ture. After going through the day's Cal endar and disposing of uncontested measures. Senator Carlisle called for the special order for the night, the House bill against bookmaking. Be fore entering into debate, Senator Carlisle stated that he proposed to move to lay on the table the commit tee amendment as to the injunction feature, and then to move to strike out Section 2 of the bill. The amendment was read, and Senator Carlisle moved to lay it on the table. He withdrew his motion temporarily, and secured the floor in debate. He said the amendment had met with the approval of a Dare majority of the committee, but that those of the committee who desired to put a stop to gambling had later decided to call upon the Senate to eradicate the misdemeanor feature of the bill. He said he had talked to many on this question, and he thought that if the majority of the people of Charleston wanted to put out horse race gambling they could do it without Section 2, and he had consented to urge that this section be left out. Senator Clifton and. Senator Car_ lisle took part in a little tilt on the floor. Senator Clifton asked Senator Carlisle if he did not have some hope of getting this injunction- feature in in some other guise. Senator Car lisle asked Senator Clifton if he was personally opposed to horse race gambling. After some words, Sen ator Carlisle replied to Senator Clif ton's question by saying that he could hope that in some such way the law mighit be enforced, but that they did not think such would ever be possi ble. He said he and those who are op posed to race track gambling had seen that the Senate vote was about tied on the question, and in order that the law might pass they had decided to consent to allow it to go through as any ordinary criminal statute. Senator Carlisle accused those who differed with him on the bookmaking question of changing sides. He said they had originally held out for the bill with the injunc tion feature left out and they now want that feature left in the bill. Senators Appelt ond Clifton stated that they wanted Section 2 left in the bill but wanted the committee amendment adopted. The amend ment stated that a person must be held to bail or indicted by a grand jury before being tried for violation of the law. Senator Carlisle offered, as a substitute amendment, one to strike out Section 2 of the bill. Sen. ator Clifton then offered an amend ment as a substitute to all amend ments, this being the same as the 'rendment of the judiciary commit tee. Senator Clifton debated his amendment. Senator W. L. Mauldin asked Sen ator Clifton if the striking out of Section 2 wonild not make the law as forceful as any other law on the stat ute books of the State. The speaker replied that he believed that those favoring the original bill thought that those favoring the original bill thought that by some means they could have an injunction issued against bookkeeping. Senator Montgomery asked Sena tor Clifton if he thought the common law privilege of injunction should be abolished. The speaker answered in the negative. Senator Clifton said the bill was most drastic, even though it were modelled after a bill framed "by a bunch of whiskers in New York." The galleries were crowded with visitors during the de bate on the bill and there was much said that brought forth laughter. Senator W. L. M.\auldin asked if the striking out of the injunction feature of the bill would not leave it to be enforced as any other law. Senator Clifton replied that there would be a difference in the word. ing of the bill. Senator Clifton-urged against the denying of the right of: trial by jury to any citizen, no mat ter what hiis station in life. Senator Carlisle. in reply to Sena tor Clif:on, said he was now work ing for those things his opponents ad worked for last week, but still itis opponents are working arainst him. Senators Appelt and Weston both srtated that they wouldi now vote brte biii with the injunction sec Seaor Carlisle referred toa ae:ent in the press, that on the day the legislators were in Charles on o limiltr had been ollowed to b .BAKINGAi Many mixtures substitutes for I baking powder comlposition or so wholesome a nor will make Royal is the only B from Royal Grape ABUSE BRYAN ON FLOOR DIES SAYS THE COMDIONER IS AN EVIL GENIUP'. Democratic Congressman Exhibits Himself and is Cheered by the Re publican Congressman. William Jennings Bryan was held up to the house as an "Evil genius hovering on the flank of the Demo crats," by Representative Martin E. Dies of Texas, who replied to the Commoner's latest attack upon the Democratic house membership. Democrats and Republicans alike cheered Dies' declaration that he "neither feared the power, nor re spected the judgment of the Nebras kan, and his further announcement that the Democrats under the leader ship of Champ Clark and Oscar W. Underwood were headed towards a complete success, swept Democratic side of the house into storms of ap plause. "I am almost ready to join Gover nor Wilson in his desire to find a decently and orderly manner of knocking Bryan into a cocked hat,". said Dies amidst Democratic laugh ter and applause. Dies' attack upon Bryan followed the latter's declaration in the last Is sue of The Commoner that thirteen Democrats who voted against the re cent amendment in the house to re quire publicity of all recommenda tions to president on judgeship ap pointments were "unworthy to rep resent a Democratic constituency." Dies declared if Bryan had spent as much time reading law as he had attacking Democrats in public life, he would have known that the pro posed law would be unconstitutional and an infringement of the presi dent's rights." "Bryan has led the Democrats through three disastrous defeats." cried Dies, "Like the barbons of old he has learned nothing and for gotten nothing. He points our col lumns straight to the rocks of St. Helena. "The people are ready to give us more power in this situation. It is a calamity, If no crime for Bryan to sow seeds of discord in the ranks of the party. Whatever we do here displeases him. The prospect of Democratic success seems to anger his very soul. I prefer to follow the leadership of the gentleman from Alabama. I have followed Don Quixote of. Nebraska, until I am wearing of war upon wind mills. I demand to be led against the flesh and blood enemies of Democracy." The conclusion of Dies remarkable attacl- upon Bryan was marked by genera4 applause and a clustering about him of Democratic colleagues who shook his hand. the sport in Charleston is now on its good behavior and he would like to see it ruled out before it got to a worse stage. He said he had agreed to allow the injunction section to be stricken out, as he did not want to see the South Carolina Legislature o on record as sanctioning gambling, and rather than see the bill lost he would have it pass stripped of the injunction feature. Hie. said he had stated this to explain what might seem inconsistency on his part. Sen ator Clifton withdrew his amend ment. Senator Young spoke of the recent trip to Charleston and of the royal entertainment on the part of the Charleston people. Senator Car lisle's amendment to strike out Sece tion 2 of the bill and to rcrumber, the sections was then adopted by a vote of 33 to 2. A motion was at this juncture made to adjourn, and this carried by a vote of 16 to 11. Before the Sen ate had adjourned Senator Clifton sent an amendment to the desk as follows: Add at the end of Section 2 "provided, that no proceeding for an injunction shall be had until a person shall have been held to bail or indicted by a grand jury." This amendnent had not been read or passed upon when the Senate ad journed. It will be passed upon! when the debate is resumed. The' bill under consideration tonight was the House bill, which has not yet passed to third reading, SEVEN HU'NDRIED SWINE. Turned Loose by Wreck of Train in New York State. A dispatch from Rochester. N. Y..' says a local comiedy that beats 'Plgs is Pigs'' took another turn to add to its ludicrousness. Wednesday night a reight wreck in the western end of the city released 700) hoes from the cars in which they were being trans ported and the pokers spread over a large section of the town. Residents saw a chanc'e to lay in~ a winter sup ply of food and corraled the pigs, confning themi in the celars and even rpariors. )ion liy two men vis ied the west side homnes andi claimed two lar~ge wagon loads of hogs, under. the statr'ment tha: they were railroad dt'etiv:es. Tt has develoned that the deteives were not in2 the employ of the railroad. Police are now look 'ly Pure too substitfte are offered as Royal. No other is the same in effectiveness, or nd economical, such fine food. iking Powder made Cream of Tartar WILSON IS WINNER LEADS IN OKLAHOMA AS RESULT Of PARTl CAUCUSES CLARK FOLLOWS CLOSE Governor Woodrow Wilson Carries Thirty-Two Counties and Speaker Champ Clark Carries Twenty-Two and Governor Judson Harmon Car ries Only One County in the State. Unofficial returns of the Democrat ic precinct caucuses held throughout Oklahoma Saturday from all except two counties show that delegates in structed for Governor Woodrow Wil sen of New Jersey as presidential nominee will control 32 of the coun ty conventions to be held next Sat urday; the supporters of Speaker Champ Clark will control 22 counties and of Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio, one. In 16 counties no instructions were given the delegates. The counties in which the precinct meetings instructed for Gov. Wilson will send 252 delegates to the State Convention: for Speaker Clark, 200, and for Gov. Harmon, 16, and unin structed, 120. The State Convention, to which delegates will be selected next Saturday, will be held in Okla homa City, February 22. The final resuft depends on how the 120 unin structed delegates votes In the elec tion next Saturday for State dele gates. The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Journal says Governor Woodrow Wilson's friends in Wash ington are jubilant over the unex pected strength he developed in the "Oklahoma -primaries. They think that in the convention Governor Wil son will have 42 out of the 72 coun ties in the State. This would leave 30 counties to be divided among the other candidates, and Insure Gover nor Wilson the vote of Oklahoma in the National Corivention. The dispatch goes on to say that it is regarded as certain that Wilson. men will control the state conven tion although Speaker Clark and his friend~s are still' hopeful that the counties not yet heard from will change the result. This Is the first test of strength and Wilson's friends say the result Is encouraging. While the Wilson people, led by Senator (lore, had made a stubborn fight In Oklahoma, it was not believed that the .Jersey governor could overcome the odds in the speaker's favor. Okla homa is populated with thousands of Missourians. and it was believed that Clark would have a natural advan tage on this account. Governor Wilson's friends in Wash ington are doubly delighted over the reports from Oklahoma. In the first place they had small hope of defeat ing Speaker Clark in Oklahoma, and and in the second they were discour aged by the nositive claims given out in Washington Monday morning by the Clark men. The speaker's sec retary and his campaign workers s:udiously circulated the report that Clark had carried three-fourths of rhe Oklahoma counties in the pri mary and this claim was accepted by the friends of Wilson as correct. The Clark followers evidently be lieved the reports they circulated, for Monday night the speaker and many of his political advisers held a sort of jollification conference at the Willard hotel. The newspaper cor rspondents in Washington were fur nished with copy from the Clark headquarters, telling of the speaker's' wonderful victory in Oklahoma. But later returns showed that Wilson was leading, and his friends now feel as sured that he has won a great victory in Oklahoma, which- Is the first State to indicate its choice of a candidate. Should Wilson lose the State, his friends feel that he has won a victory in the handsome showing he has made. CHILD BUTRNED) TO DEATH. As Result of Distressing Accident at Fort Lawn. Mary, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Y-s. Frank B. McFadden, of Fort Lawn, was so frightfully burned Saturday morning that she died in a few hours. 'Mary. along with her 2 year-old brother, was left in the bed room while the mother went to the dining room and the father to the stable, as they had done many times before. The little girl got out of the bed, walked to the fireplace, climbed upon a chair and secured a match. She struck it. By some accident the paer lambirequin took fire, igniting Mary's gown, which was al- burned ave the neck-band. When found she vas lying beside the mother's bed in a dying condition. Killed in Train Wreck. Three railroad men were killed and several injiured when west-bound pas senger train No. 15 on the Norfolk SWestern railroad crashed into the ear end of an extra freight at Dry ranch, three miles west of Bell