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THE B ATESBURG ADV OCATR ^ VOL. II. BATHSBl'llG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1902. NO. 4. "? A SPICY DEBATE III the United Slates Senate Over the Philippine Question. TILLMAN AND BEVERIDGE JIIX Senator Curmaeli, I?cmoes\it ??1* TenK ' * nessee, Makes Mis Maiden Hpoei "i in the Senate, V'ni. 't is We'i Kecelvetl by II is < 'ul!et*,';ucti. - Another spirited debate, with tht Philippine Tariff Kill as tlie text, was precipitated in the Senate on last Wednesday as the result of sunn-stat' menus made by Senator Cannack, Democrat of Tennessee, in list ecnirsv of an extended speech on the general Philippine question. It was the Tennessee senator's tirsl speech i:i tin senaie ami lie was given notably gooci attention on both sides of the chain ber. lie spoke without manuscript, with earnestness, foive and eloquence. At the conclusion of his address, wliich hud beeti listened in by r.tanv of bis former colleagues in the house of representatives. Senator Reveridge, Republican of Inditina. challenged sonic of ltis statements. The debute which ensued was very li vely f -r a few minutes, taking on a political phase, which proved particularly interesting to the auditors who crowded the tine as well as the galleries. Mr. I'.cveridge and Mr. Tillman became involved in a heated colloquy in wliieli the exchanges were as hot as both senators could well make them. "This, bill." Mr. earmark declared, "is framed on lite theory that tin Philippine islands are a deadly tnenact to our own trade: and that the less wc trade with 1 hose islands and t lie less we have to do with them the belter it will be for us. rPhc only trade that will ' 'flourish under such conditions is thai of the exploiters and it is proposed t< turn the Islands over to them. It ifor t lie bene lit of the carpet baggerand not for the benefit of the American people that a war of criminal aggression is being waged in the Philippine islands. POSITION OK DEMOCMtACY . "We of the minority cannot support this bill or the policy of which ii is a part. We are opposed to the hill, 1?> cause we are opposed to the whole policy of colonial empire." Mr. Car? -vjnack discussed briefly the subject ol fllSS|9?tI r!H\v Manila. He declared tint it wa; n a censorship 'or u.ilit ?r;, purposes but had been "established hy. for, and in the interest of the I it-publican party."' " .'iti ' ar*been .-up* ?*-* - ** , ho decl.iit o. ; the people ..f tliis counl r\ inl ^ . 11 >. I I ^ !' knowledge of whvi. ' y wen ? Referring to 11? llepublic: -aip> - "portets of the prevnt Philippine policy. Mr. ?anna 1; s u 1: "You lift your i unls in hoi I rr-i: at, the lynching of a c?Orcd in in the south and yet you are en ;a d in lynching 10,0*00.000 of pe< ;>' \ h were recently your allies i \ --w brothers in arms and win. h \ mitted no cime except the crinu up which this government was founded." Mr. Bevcridge, a ilepuhlican member of the Philippine committee, . sharply challenged a stat< ment hy tin Tennessee senatwr that the Philippine tariff had not la-en well or care.fully considered. "Did the Philippine commit tet "make an investigation of the Philippine tarifl scale?" inquired Mr. Car mack. "''No." replied Mr. IVv< ridge, "hut The Philippine commission has hei n considering that scale tor t wo years." Mr. Bcvoridgc reported that tin Philippine question had been passed on and settled four time in congress and twice had been before the American people and by them twice settled. Mr. I tcvoridgo declared that the reason why ex-President. Cleveland. exPresident Harrison and r\-Senator Edmunds, all of whom had not been in sympathy wilh the Philippiiu policy of the administration declined to follow the Democratic party was because that party would not accept the decision of the supreme court and the verdict of the American people as final. TIIK WOKNOl'T CUV. lie asserted that the reasons why the "moderate, thoughtful and constructive people of the country" had not followed the Deino rat ie parly in its opposition In the proper rout ml ot the Philippines and in other matters of national policy, was that they fCtiiv.1 'kr.t party would s -w "He dragons teeth from which would spring a harvest of anarchy." "They will not follow you." he declared. shaking his linger at the Democratic side, "because you ar calling our soldiers 'murderers' and 'charity boys' and 'doers of dirty work.'" As ho was proceeding to discuss some of th** condit ions in t he Philippine islands. Mr. Tillman, interrupted with the Inquiry: "Will the senator be explicit and give us the benefit of his personal ozonations or any oillcial information lie basin regard to the dispatch froin General He 11 that lie proposed to make war so terrible that they would want peace and want it bad? Is that true or is it not?" "Tills was not done while i was there," replied Mr. lievcridge. "J will ask the senator whether, wlcii lie is making war, lie would not tnak" war so terrible that the enemy would want peace?" "That would depend." said Mr Tillman, "whether 1 was honestly engaged in a war that I thought was decent and honorable or ot subjugation and infamy." "And does the senator charge," demanded Mr. Iteveridge, "that General hell does not lielieve lie is engaged in an honest war?" "IMMNO IMUTV WOltll." "1 know t hat there are plenty of < fflcers there who feel they are doing ~ dirty work. shoe'. I Mr. riiim.io. 1l "and they have told ashamed of it.' : "lias General liell lultl you so." insisted Mr. Heverldtfo. "I don't know about General 1 toll.** aid Mr. Tillman. "1 lia\e not seen l '! him." ! "Then why do you draf; in General I toll. General Whenton and others," sharply iiupiirodMr. Heveridwre. Mr. Tillman: "i will drajj into < . i his discussion an Associated Press re- i j porMrom Manila." ' ^ Mr. itoveridge: "Now it is an As- j . sociated Press man." i Mr. Tillman: "Then you either! > have a censorship t here or you have j s i not . You swear you have, not and j s ' then when the reports eoine you say ' 8 j 'they are not ours.'" Mr. HcveridKo: "It is hopeless. j ' ,: When they beyiii to discuss the con- ; 1 s'.itution and we take them up on ' that, they eoine to eensorship. When i we say tlint none exists they ?o to ?i - war. bloodshed, pillage and murder." j ?i , AN KX-l'AHTK STAT KM'NT. After some sharp personal roMoqiij . I in which the Indiana and South Car- : j ! olina senators ridiculed each other. . "i \t?. - 1 I ..... IX .. .1.1,4. Tinu i>> icitlir .III ' incident or the butniiif? of a village, ! I and siid that upon investlftation ii \ . proved that it was tbe act of the in- % sarcoid his purpose beinir to dis- { prove torn reports aurainst t he Amori- , van soldiers. Mr. Tillman was on his , . feet again and asked Mr. tteveihige: ' "From whom do we g ? the state- j . merits that the insurgent; or reliels or whatever they aredidall this burnI higr i i The American authorities." re. plied Mr. Hovoridge. "And is it customary," inquired Mr. I . Tillman. "to determine a case l'roin j . c\-pa i to statement .! "Why does the senator always in- , sist'r" retorted Mr. Ileveridge, "that j any authority which comes from an' ! American source is a falsehood, while j ; every t hing t hat comes from thccnemy .( i is tin't ruth?" j , j "For the same reason." replied the ' . : South t'arolina senator, "that in my x Mown state when its capital was hurried in isii."> there was an infamous asser- a jt ion t hat we hurned it when every Ixsly ^ I knew we did not do it." ' ., "Now. Mr. President," said Mr. , Ileveridgo laughinly, "we are back i again on ancient history, which 1 de- , { cline to discuss." After some further discussion the | s senate went into executive session and j j. soon after adjourned. ! SOME PLAIN TALK. | > a 11 Senator Ililcrton, of Florence, Talked j lliglit Out in Meeting. C When Senator llderton's bill to "re- , j gulat and tlx tlie liability of railroad v ;n Miies having a relief department I:i tod , .-mployes" was taken up in the ; ( sena' 1 on Tuesd. y of last week. Son- ! t I ! . - - -- I j:U'?r ihnrpc movi c L> strike out the I i eruffl iht^tfortTs. " " *" , 1 ! Senator llderton defended the biil. , Is. of the railroads reserve a small | o?t . ?>r the wages of its employes ] '""Tvi le purpose of establishing a re-I ser\e fund to aid employes while siek j 01 disabled by injury. Senator Ildertoii claimed some roads made employes . ? v.: i wanted to get benefits from this ri t . i to sign a eont raet not to sue the j r- ad. Senator llderton thought this s v .>ng and wanted the bill passed to a '.reel the evil, and argued at some j j igt h in favor of his measure. In 'j lie course of his remarks he made | s i he assertion that the clerk of the, su- : t preme court had been on tne lloor of i s I the senate lobbying against the pas- , I sage of this bill. "This may be all } '; right." said Senator llderton. "but it v I looks ugly." j a "The chair trusts," interrupted f Lieut, Gov. Tillman, "that the sena- j ' tor will refrain from further personali- v | ties." jl j "1 am only stating facts." replied!;, Senator llderton. I j ' "The chair does not quest ion that," > i was the response, "hut will repeat the ' I the ropiest that there lie no further 1 peronalil ies." ? I; "Well. Mr. President." continued h > Senator llderton. "it is some times d necessary to give plain talk." a "And t iie senator has certainly heen t giving it" replied Lieut. Gov. Till- v man. s This closed the eollotpiy. and Sena- j i l<>r 1 lderl oik out ilined his speech along a ' other lines. 1 v I'llueative \ utile i?T a Newspajier. ^ There is a growing tendency to rce-1 ogni/e the educative value of a news- ^ i paper. Among tlie strongest advo- 1 n ihiv.t 111 HIV ;i urcni i'(l 11rut ional factor Is Prof. Lynch, of Missouri. who lias adopted the newspaper ' as a part of his curriculum and is well i pleased with the. results. "No text ' bonl.." he says. "Is equal to the news- J c . paper as a. means of attaining know-1 o lodge of* he act ual, praet ieal. up-to-1 a ' date world. History, geography, civil s government, rlgcbra' and the entire \ academy curriculum teach only a f( theory of the world audits facts. The h real drama of life in its varied, polit i- e cal and commercial forms can lie oh- I k ttiincd only through the newspapers." ' h One hour each week is devoted to a newspaper study. The various art i-it cles are read and discussed by the pupils. As is pointed out hy one of | our exchanges the children in this school have learned more about Kulga- j ^ ria, Turkey and the mountain brigades s sine" Miss Stone was captured than j mo>t of their parents learned in all v their lives from text hooks alone. (1 Sentenced to !>entti. b Ma mad Maslunud Pasha, a brother- '' m-law of the sultan has lieen.sentenced " to death, lie was recently expelled :i from (lieece at the tieliest of the sultan and went to lb ine. but the sultan's demand for his expulsion was refused. ,, lie proceeded to Paris when lie re- j mains in safety. As all inducements (j for his return to ( onstautiimple failed , 1 he criminal court was instructed to (j issue a warrant for his arrest and try |, tile fustit ive hy default w Ith t lie result f| Hint lie was condemned to death. t nenllcd Pur Itcflertion. The Atlanta .lournal says "tiovernor Candler's remark that the' \oiee of the Chattanooga preacher ti who el;n scd 1 he 1 laughters of t he ('on u tYderaey wit!i lunma ttoldmaii was a but the "braying of an ass" is gener- t ally taken as an unealled-for reflection * mi a very patient and deserving aid- t < mal. ! n BOLD BANK ROBBERY. Phc Men Kucci^nI'uII)' boot the ^ iiiul Murder the Sheriff. The town of C'larksville, Johnson! ottnty, Ark., is greatly excited over ;t >old and successful bank robbery vhleh oeeurred early Wednesday when .lie vault of t he .Itank of Clarksvilie j T vas dynamited and looted by live or iix men. Sheriff .loll n II. Powers was j hot and killed h> the rohliers while] it tempting: to frustrate their designs. I'he exact amount scoured by t he tobiers is not known, but it is supposed o be between *1.000 and $2,000.1 Sheriff l'owcrs who roomed in a build- '' ng adjoining that of the bank was ' i...r ? ...1. > --'a > ? anviatu ouwiut nriun > u run ?v i?\ y l terrific explosion in the hunk. Sci/. . ' ng a pistol in each hand he rushed to 0 he bank. The rol?l?ers, who numbered ive or six. were evidently prepared for t '' li 111, as t hey opened lire t ile moment rJ le appeared. The officer was wounded l' it the tirst. volley hut stood his ground i md returned the Arc, sending half a ,l lo/.en bullets at the robbers. The I" vounded slieritT managed to get ha k 0 his room where lie died within 20 rj ninutes. When hastily aroused citi-' ] ;ens began arriving at the set tie. Vow is was dead and the v.-libers had van- " shed. The interior of the bank presented " 1 wrecked api>earaiice. tin men having ised dynamite to break open!tie vault lour, having estabiislied a guard!'1 irmed with Winchesters outside tin iank. they seeininglv Jiad antieipated ' ' nterferenee from the sheriir as the\ ; , I 1 1 1111st have known of his presence near-, iy. A t rain of hlo -d leading from t he i !'' iank is eonst rued to mean tiial. l'ow- 1 is injured one or more of t he robbers. *' le was shot, tliree times himself and iiiy one of tlie wounds would have irnven fatal. Gov. Davisolfered a revard of to.(ton for the arrest and con-! action of the bank robbers and the Arkansas I tankers' assoeiat ion olTered ,( 1 similar reward of $5,(ton. These of [ ers will be supplemented by addit ion- j ill rewards by the people of Chirks-1 lllo. J A vigorous search is being made for lie fugitives, but it is believed they , lave esetiped into the mountains. dieritT Powers was one of the b< -.t * ;nown officers in Arkansas, lie had >oen sheriir of Johns'til county for 12 ;M ears and would have been renoniiriled without opposition for anutlier 1H erni in the Democratic primaries Yd). 1. He hud the reputation of lie- ^ ng brave and fearless and had run , lown a large nuinber of criminals. !' VII towns tietw 11 here and Fort 1,1 >mith have lieen wired of the rohliery . md no elTorts will be spaod to capure the men. alt hough a hattie is e.\Kse'cd stmuld Hie fugitives be over-! aken. ('larksv.!le i.-, .0 miles east of '( rtx*'mit It >n '' Ho k and - M YnHMiuth railr-ad. It is thought;.'1 h(^^v)hcrs eM.aj.i ,rtb tnl<- the nounTiiii fa:.t uesvs of'Newton county 01 vlu re there are neit'er railroad or u olograph facilities. p( <):ic 1 lioiihuml Dollars Iteward. Gov. Mesweom y utTers a reward of t.\ 1.000 for the capture and convict ion f itartow Warren, the man who on sa V 111" list 2li Clsl I, eft 'I'lioiM-K II \V-,t on at Jtranehville. and lias since been h; t large. Tliis now reward takes the] dace of tlie original reward offered. ui die governor has not stated his rea-1 ni <>ns for iiu*reusing the reward so 111:1- s! erially, hut lie savs lie has good rea- in 011s for doilit; so. Hariow Warren is; fe he man who was tried for the single- la landed hold-up of the Southern rail- .\ ray train at Itranehville a few years sa on, at which time d'.Tito was secured vi 1*0111 the express ear hy the rohlier. ai le was out on hotid in this matter in rhen he met Wat on who was one !' of he principal witnesses against him; re rid killed liitn on the streets of, w tranch vi lie. II \? I'rank lMnyer l'ar?loiie<l. j, Frank M. Player, who it will he roncmbered was convicted in Williams- iii >urg county last year of robbing the iv ispensary at Kingstree, litis received1 pardon from the. governor. Ore* of ju he strongest petitions ever gotten up tl ras presented the governor. It wa.-> n< igned hy everylxidy iti the county, hy pi tirors. hy the state hoard of control at nd Solicitor Wilson. Judge Watts. ; at fho.it tirst opposed the pardon, latei 1 frote that lie had withdrawn his op- g< losition. The facts were set forth t i< hat Player was sixty yearn old. and se lis wife and several children were al- m Dost dependent upon charity for sup- gc ort. His original sentence was tlin e ri: ears and six months. in Forest Fires. The Palmetto Post says: Therecut forest fires in the Okatie section |M f Ileaufort County, whereby nearly ^ 11 tlie fencing of the poor farmers and 'j t.oekraisers have been destroyed is ' (( ruly demoralizing. hut it mtikes us j. eel proud to see how plucky the losers lave gone to work to remedy tlie evils m lit ailed hy the flames. We always ,n new our Okat ie friends were nhiekv. lit now tin- whole world run see what j' brave people are doing t<? preserve he property left to them. ('rying lor X riiKrniH'r. The authorities of Waterhury. ur, 'odd., are condueting a vigorous S( parch for the Incendiary who is !? tj ieved to have caused the two lires m mlcb devastated t?i* business portion ff f the eit y and rendered many home ss, The belief I hat t he coullagrati iu j,j > the work of firebugs is grow in aomeiitarily and I lie tow ii is erving |;i loud for vengeance on the guilty. lie (?ot on' Idgllt. i ot A young woman m Iowa was enaged to In- married. The da\ before u In- ceremony her intended husband u led suddenly. The breaw I bride-to st <* went intocouit and secured a \er- s' iet of six thousand dollars again l is estate oil the ground of breech of promise. The Atlanta Journal says 1 ' lie man scenic to have gottoii otT ight ly. after all. n A Hi g Itrwiiril. 11 The reward otTered for the arrest tl ud convict ion of the rohhers w ho held P the train on the Southern Kailwa> M I i my-ei^m a snort uinc airo is mio <n housand dollars. 1 he State oilers Ki loo and the Sunt hern Hallway and t" lie Express Company otters '$(100. t! taking $1,000 altogether. : re J EXCITING SCENES. he Lower House of the Legislature Has a Fiery Day. LL ABOUT TAKING A HOLIDAY. Ii?* liouiM* by a Vote ol' Si'-lj-llvc lo Thirty Uocidi's to .Atljouro Without Suri-ontloriujf Its I'liy. There w;!S a sensational incident in lie proceedings of I lie house of rcpivintatives Thursday night. It was II over a very innocent matter. Mr. lichurds' resolution ttiat I lie members ; r the general as eintily take no nay ?r the two days spent in t'harle-'<hi. 1. was a most, opportune t inie t rile solution to come upas the gallery i f j te house was toll of visitors and leinheis got a chance to vent their] elines of love for the "peopull." with te accent on t lie pull. The speech of Mr. Williams of La fluster in reply to Mr. Ktird was me of te ino-it scathing hits of irony ever ijard within the hall, and the house1 as 1 hrown into a state of i vitemenl lerehy. Mr. Klird had iSenoitneed the lajoriiv of tiie house for wiiai l;ej lought was auattompt to make spoil 1 11 lose who had favored the ro-oiu-i on. Mr. Richards and M?" Kiird spoke in ivorof.Mr. Richards lution. The; t.ter stat ed t hat lie had vot ed at aimt )c appropriation for the exposition, ill lie lia.l been there and had seen ami the letfislat lire ought to tfo iu hody. However, Jie I houtflit t.he\ itfht not to take pav from the state ir t hose t vv? > days. Mr. It. I>. A. Robinson ami Mr. uses opposed the resolution on the I round that the general assembly; mid put in night work and tfet rid of ic hills on t he calendar. Mr. Weston oll'ered an amendment lat those whose consciences would orry them could return their per; em for the I wo days to the State. Mr. Wells oSTered as a substitute! ait the general assembly work two: ivs overtime without pay. The previous question was ordered id a viva voce vote was demanded, he resolution was indefinitely post>ned by a vot e of 115 to ."to. It was thought, that the matter nuld he ended witli this, tint Mr. :lar of I tarn well introduced a result ion that the 30 nii'inliers who voted i the minority be. allowed to return leir per diem to the State to tie put ito the hands of the sinking fund. 'Pi... .... o i it. i in it.'iiiu;; ?ii i i K" T? vtilll >11 -f'l , 10 lions*1 into an upr<i:ir. Mr. Ktiril I cured the floor. He began to speak | Mid inucli confusb n. Scv al n mm-J >vs tried to t >asc with liini (questions. ' lie .speaker rapped repeatedly l-?r I ?l r. and Mr l'.iird | i.\A tat t his mat tor had : t ie-l lint of endurance. f Mr. I/.l.ir Were y i > : tie : or! Mr. Ktird Yes. sir: 1 am pre mil to y I was. Mr. I/.lar Well, t hat's tl. ivasm it is passed the point of endurance. Mr. Klired. still very much wrought i Don. declared that he did not see why l cm Iters of the general assembly! iotild he taunted because they sliould ! t roduce measures as they have a p< r-! et rij^lit todo. And they should not | ' derided for voting in accordance itli their convictions, lie again id that the exposition should be sited by the legislature as a 1 tody. I id lie is willing to leave his per diem 1 tiie Stale treasury. The members the house who voted against the solution would he taking that to iiicli they knew they had no rigid e had demanded a roll call on the tie as he was not ashamed of his posi- . nil on tlie matter. Mr. Williams, his eye Hashing, bit' s manner cool and deliberate, then plied to Mr. Ktird. lie said: Mr. Speaker, the gentleman who is ! st about to take his seat has sj.m! ; tat lie did not call for t lie'"ayes and lis" for political purposes. I do not optisc to charge any gentleman or iv member of this house with doing ivthing for political hiinkum. i have nothing to say against the 'nt Ionian who int rod need the res- ln[>ii because 1 think he did so from a i use of duty, or against 1 hose gentle-j en wiio voted for it. hut when a ' ntlinan or a tneniher of this house! it s 11 |hnt I his floor and disclaims ha v -1 ? culled f<?r the ayes and n<?s fur! ilit ical hunkmn and at t lie same t hue I la rues members of this house with] liii;; that which they know to lie disine.st Inking lhat which I hey knowi not rijjht t?? take, taking the pen- ( c's money when tlioj did not earn . I say that where :t man. a member) this house, makes statements of int, kind (hat> I will have to have ore than his simple word to assure e that he Is not talking for t he ports s of p <111 ical hunktim. Mr. Speaker would like to ask the pomtleman a test ion. Mr. Speaker, lie has boon a ; miter of this house ever since I ive hc? n here for six years and since have been here 1 have known the nllemaii from l.exiiitfton to be alt- j ut from this house for days at. a me So i say Mr. Speaker and >rcntleii of t liis Iiom e t hat (lie kent tenia n mil Lexington has been lu re for six ars taking that which according to , own statement docs not belong to ni and w Inch . > dislionesl for him to kc. t j Mr. Kllrd after this sealhiilf! rebuke sclaimed making the charge that her members would he taking that liich tliey knew not to be theirs: but hat he did sayi was that he liad ruples of that "kind himself. J It; ated that if he had been absent from le house he had been excused. What ml^'ht have hapinmed then n only Im- conjectured, for mcmliers tiie house were thoroughly excited. , it the hour of u o'clock having ar-f \cd. the chair declared a recess and ic house attended a joint session in ie senate t lumber to rat ify acts. When the house resumed exercises, r. l/.'.ar had the ;|oor. With much rcetiu ss I. declared that lie did not iow that he w is to he the Laocoon j idrive the spear into the vitals of ie Trojan horse, lie thought his solution would merely Ik* forward ing the wishes or the minority. Hut I found that the conscient ious scruph of some had extended no further 1 in having their names recorded in tl journal as voting thus and so. The conscience.; didn't seem to worry thci about absences from tiie liouse. 11 is .is willing as anybody else to mal. siieritieeH for the people, ami lie ha voted against going to the Cliarlestc exposition at ail. hut lie acquiesced t t he vote of the majority. Mr. Klird wanted to Know what the difference between one man or te men being absent for a day or two an the house adjourning for two whol days. Mr. I/.la r -1 a lmit that there is distinction, hut what is the different' between t lie house adjourn ing and mcmhi r being absent for live days i attendance on a fanners alliance cot vent ion. drawing mileage and pe diem from Mm alliance and per diei: ftoin tl;e state as well? (Laughter. Mr. K'ird -The journal will mi show t hai I was absent lire days. Mr. l/.l.ir continued 1 hat he liimsel was not here last year, but lie ha been told tiint Mr. IOlii'd had been gon live days. However. Mr. Ktird lin aecpte l pav for the day spent I Charleston (Wednesday) without in vital ion. while his eonseienee wouldii" let him a vept the perdie n wiieu It goes ii|ioii invitat i i. Having ex 111 sec i it* hid len enemy in the Tim can horse. Mr. l/.lar thereupon coi ludid to withdraw his res lut ion. Tire in use on motion of Mr. Untie then adjnUiiicd until 12 o'clock afle Mr. Uiehards and Mr. Frinre had tiso t'? quest ions of privilege. Mr. Ilieh an Is declared t hat as t lio hut hor < tin' n . hition which caused the rncko lie wanted to say thai lie had dun what lie conceived tu l>e his duty. .M r. lYinre pmtr-d oil on t lie t rouble waters by saying that he had vote with the minority, but lie would poin til ml, refuse to pive lipids per dien as h? feels tiiat his services are a vaii.able as those of any member 01 t lie ot her side. POLL OF INTEREST. 'I tie Stall* Senate Passes on a Xutn hep of truest inns. At the niplit.session Senator lidertor * injected some spice into the proceed hips by charging in a speech that th clerk oft lie supreme court liad heei on the t'oor of tiie senate lobbyini against a bill which the senator wa trying to lia\e passed. Senator Sheppard. for the commit lee on privileges and elections, pre seiited tin unfa\oraiile reptirt on Sen ator Mdrieh's bill t.oallow women win pa.v faxes to vote for presidential clec tors. <)n immediate eonsideratioi tin report was adopted and tlie bil wa rejected ^ nator 1 trice u >ved to reeomnii '-tAkileri .:i's hill to require th< |Hl<> i v.e.i bidder. IfesaidYorl at to bo an eudles tp *v and confusion Q"'1 ' ' I <i\inp county matter pi 'I is f< t ho information of til * - good end wovld be serv ed hid the printing pi von t tie 1 . I dder. After some dis e.i-.sioii the ill was killed. Mr. Lomax's hill to provide fre scnooi nooks lor certain school dist rlct wa-. then taken tip for its thir reading. Senator Price moved t< s* <*ike out the enact ings words. 1 v.c undertake to provide all lite poo children wi; h school hooks it mean ti at we will have to supply all the or # ro children wit h hook-.. That is jus what it will amount to. The hill wa passed. Uoo'-evelt for Schley. Information, it is said, has hoc convened to oilicialsof the Navy Do partment direct from the Whit Mouse that the 1'resident, after eonferenee with four naval otlleer# announced ton prominent caller tha lie had practically made up ids mini on two important points involved i the appeal < f Admiral \V. S. Schley it is stated that the President ha heen convinced that Admiral Schlej was act ually and technically in com mand of the American licet during th oat tie of Santiago, and that, while li may not have exercised his nuthorit; tot he fullest extent. he was in suprem command >o long as the tlagshi New York \ as hey.mdsignal distance It is furtlny alleged that the I'resi dent will hold that the criticised act of Admiral Schley, prior to July I is.is, seem to have been condoned h; the Navy Department until aftc credit was given him by the publii for the victory of July T Secretar Long and (apt. Lemly are understooi to liavc received '.lie information witl constdcra'nle surprise. "I'nul Nnrsens." < >ne of the strange traits of litti children is t heir niter misunderstand ing, of niativ : implc things, and th endurance < f this misunderstandini wit 11 Hum through years and year? Thus, there is a lawyer of this clt, who thought, until he was "JO or 2 year. old. that, there was such a won as "pard-narsens" in the language 11 i father, a reltfrin'ia nm n ln,l en i. era always,-it the table, and the bo; l;ad heard incuriously, three times; day. "pard-narsoiis" hi the ^race without comprehending in the leas that "Pardon our sins" were the word his father actually had spoken. Till lioy was always misapprehending re liirioiis things. The phase, "To what we may receive,"' entered hi brain each Sunday as: '"What Mar, Si eve." and he would wonder idly win Mary Scevo miifht he. Even the lirs tin of his nightly prayer meant noth in# to liitn. "Nowalaymy" he pro nounccd it. in otie swift word, and h neither knew nor eared to know wha "nowal.iymay" meant.- Philadelphi: Hccord. Three Million Dollnr PI re. The city of Waterhnry, Conn., ha re. idly sufTered from a 1 >i^ tiro. Tin business center was destroyed, entail intf a loss of over three million dollars The I>est portion of the city formlni a triangle bounded on the north b; Exchange l'lace, on the west by Maul street, on the south by (Sraud street and 011 the east by South Main street was almost wiped out. W ?p ' IH 7ITED TO ST. LOUIS. " K 10 Ho nth Cnrollim Invited to Make an lr I! l-IxItil>it nl the Itijg Show. le | :o i The house and the senate met in Joint session Wednesday night to iicar 11 addresses from the visitors who are o I ; here represent!!.}; the St. Louis oxis position which. It is sai l, will lie the n most magnilicent t.liin?- of the kind '* ever held. The visitors were escorted ' l?y a legislative committee 1 leaded by a! Senator Henderson. They spoke for e an hour and interested tlie legislature a in their great prospective show. " Mr. S. W. ilavcnei, a former .South ,, | Carolinian now living in St. Louis, v.a ii : the. first speaker. He was applauded .) j vigorously when he said that he had 'l | never seen the day when he was not | proud to say that he was a South Car" | olinian. 'I Mr. C. M. Revs of St. Louis said ho * ' | liad never before t>ern told that his '' money was counterfoil and ids checks n ! worthless. Since coming to tills State i they had not been allowed to pay for ' | anything, lint sonic day they would 0 ! repay the com pi i men t. '* j Ho said lie came from the western '' i hank of the Fat lie r of Waters to bring '* j a greeting to South f "arrilina. This : will tie the greatest exposition in the 1 history of the world, lie gave statinr I tics showing how this exposition is 11 projected to lie the greatest of them " } all. He spoke of the history of this '' section from the time LaSallu navi-i ' j gated Hie Mississippi to the time when Thomas .lefTcrson made it possible for I this to become a part oi the United ' " States. (1 j South Carolina lias played such a ' i part in the settling of tlir.t country II 1 that there is a chair for South Cam- ! s | lina in every Missouri lionie. lie urgIII od Soutli Carolina to take a prominent ; place in the exposition. lion. E. S. Garner, the next speaker, said that he had once had the misfortune to he a legislator. He had been a newspaper man unli lie had beeme so lazy that lie was lit for nothing else and tiipy sent him to the legislature. The people of Missouri are spending 1 $25,000 to lie represented at the! * Charleston exposition. Will it pay? ; e Chicago lias been taking wonderful , strides since her exposition. St Joseph. r Mo., had nearly doubled its popula-1 " tion since its exposition. It paid s tliem. It will pay Charleston. Tliis is an ideal climate for cattle " raising, lie said, and it is possible to * raise as tine cattle in tills State as in i any other. South Carolina has many u resources which need development, and there is no way to bet tor advertise J them than at. an exposition. Many '< ' otiier southern States will he there, < and South Carolina cannot afford t< ' lag behind. From Missouri's exhibit I at HufTalo, tlie people of that State '" are receiving many inquiries from c' homeseekera and from peijnUi !aepVjjog t 5 to invest. ,s St. Louis cannot do without South ' Carolina. Can't have a State building * tlien send a magnificent exhibit any u way. He had boon much pleased with \ " the State exhibit at the Charleston ex? position. Sueli an exliit could be, " made at St. Louis. He referred to the i history of tlie south and declared that 0 South Carolina is rich in history, and "j for that reason he wants them to have '' an exhibit there. Whenever he passes ' thestatucof Calhoun in Marion square 1 in Charleston lie feels like taking otT I his hat. He referred to other great s men in this State's history and wasenI thusiastically applauded when lie re' ferred to t he "noblest Roman of tlieni s all"?Wade Hampton. Ilf had l>ccn bom in the north where the feeling towards the south had not been so congenial once, but he wanted II to say that his first l*\v was named for Wade Hampton. Applause. He con0 tinned thus to eulogize the patriots' :i and statesmen of South Carolina and , >< urged that for the sake of the past as ' well as the future this State should he ' well represented at St. Louis. 11 Col. Averill, director general of the Charleston exposition, was next pres sented. He thanked the generalassem-! i' lily of South Carolina for putting the ! Charleston exposition firmly on foot 0 This State has the tlnest building or. 0 the grounds today and the most handV some exhibit. The Charleston exposi? tion is driving the nail home, and if P South Carolina would send a suitable; exhibit to ttie St. Louis exposition it would clinch the nail. The people of s the northwest are tired of the bleak | winters there and many of them would v I like to know of the possibilities of this1 r State. He spoke of instances of prospeetive settlers spend! lg hours in the V South Carolina building at the Charj' lest on exposition. A New Apportionment. Following is the way Mr. Moss -moved to have the representation in c ! t lie lower house changed, after < )range- j " hurg takes a member from Lexington: l>! Abbeville, .1: Aiken, 4; Anderson, n; ^ ' Bamberg, 2; Itarnwell. .1; Heaufort, j ' | .'J; Itcrkeley, .1; Charleston, S; Chero71 kee, 2: Chester, 3; Chestertield. 2: 1 I Clarendon, 3; Colleton, 3; Darlington, 1 ' 3; Dorchester, I: Edgefield, 2; Fair | field, 3; Florence, 3; Georgetown, 2; 1 I Greenville, S; Greer. wr>od, 3; Ilampy j ton, 2; Laurens, 3: Lexington, 2: Mait | ri<?n. 3; Marlboro, .3; Newberry, 3: '< ' Oconee, 2: Orangeburg, '?: Pickens. 2: t r llnrrv 9* Kortlviw I irw.i ?. s j Spartanburg, fi; Sumter, .r>: Union, 2: s Itichland, 4: Saluda, 2; Williamsburg, * 3; Vork, 4: I'rovlded, That in tlie r; event other counties arc hereafter ess! tablished then the general assembly Y | shall reapportion the representatives [> between the counties. t TilE DILL KILLED. i.' In the House on Thursday Mr. Moss L. called up his bill to amend the law apt, portioning the representation in the j i lower house. The effect of the bill would mean that Lexington would : lose one memlier and Orangeburg ; would profit accordingly. After some s discussion the bill was killed bv a vote Z j of 46 to 63. lie Very Careful. i The Carolina Spartan says "what y ever you do these Spring days l>e very i careful how you burn brush and grass . in the fields. It is a calamity to get . j tire in the forests. Land and Unifier r*? g really damaged thereby." SENATORS HIT HARD LICKS. 'I lio I'tlllipiiiu** CtlUSCN n Iteil Hot Debute in the Menutc. Tlio Philippine question in the senate yavi* rise still further heated discussion on Friday in which some very hard words were used. As usual Senator Tillman was in the forefront and talked out his views of the matter in strong lan^uajje. Senator Forakor was t he chief speaker in defense of the Kovcrnment's policy. Senator Tillman of South Carolina, interrupted Senator Foraker to denounce the sedition laws enacted by the Philippine commission as "damnable doctrine." "It might he in order," said Senalor Foraker, "to impure of the senator from South Carolina on which j side of the struggle in the Philippines ate his sympathies!" "My sympathies are with the Filipinos." shouted Senator Tillman, pounding this desk emphatically. "Undoubtedly they are," retorted Senator Foraker"and such a flat-footed iiiifl iiunit iliMiwI : ? 41 .... 111 -? < iv l I.I I .11 I'111 U.s II1C I senator lias made would render the revised statutes applicable to himself if lie were not protected by his posl1 ion as senator." Senator Kawlins. o{ Utah, interrupted Senator Koraker with a quest ion as to the sedition laws enacted by the Philippine commission and in the coarse ?.f Ids remarks said that Senator Koraker had denounced tlie senator from South Carolina. Senator Koraker declined hi yield further to Senator Kawlins and declared hotly that tie had not denounced Senator < Tillman, hut had merely announced the fact that the. senator's utterances on the Philippine question would make him liable to the statutes of the United States if lie were not protected by his position. "We are in a fair way," said he, "t i suImIuc the insurrection in the Philippine islands, and we will accomplish that end if the Kilipinos do not get too much encouragement from men in and out of congress." Senator Tillman said that he had seen a statement from ("len. Chaffee that practically the entire Philippine population was imbued with a hatred of Americans. "In view of this statement," said lie. "must we continue this infamous, tyranical, British, South African?" then hesitating a few seconds, he continued: "I'll stop right here, because I can't find a word hot enough to apply to the situation." "I want to say to the senator and to the senate." retorted Koraker, with great vehemence, "that our army will never come hack from the Philippines until it comes back victorious. That may as well he understood now as at any future time, (lentlemen may rail about it in congress and out, but it is a fact that all hv this time ought thoroughly P. understand." No Salary <*rat>. JL *1 L '.i iil\\.'Av 7vi'i 111/WT1 i on tin; aninry rrii? lust Wednesday when ''I'lialcr Stewart's amendment increasing t lie salaries of members of the house of representatives to $T,f>00 annually beginning on March 4, 1904, was rejected, 15 to 44. the detailed vote belugas follows: Yeas Burton, Clark, (Wyoming). Dubois, tiallinger, (iambic, Hans-hrough, llawley, licit fold. Kittredge, Quarles, (Juay, Stewart, Turner, Warren. WVtmore 15. Nays Bacon. Hard, Berry, Blackburn. Burnham. Burrows, Carmack, Clapp, Clav, Culberson. Cullom, Dehoe. Dietrich, Dillingham, Dollivcr, Fairbanks, Frye. tlibson. Harris Hale. Hoar, .tones. (Arkansas;) Kcarn, Reams, Lodge, Mclaurin, (S. C.V, McMillan. Mallnty, Martin, Mitchell, | Money. Morgan. Nelson, l'atterson. Bet t us. Blatt t N. Y.): Britchard, Broctor. Simmons, Spooner, Taliaferro. 'I'ellcr. Tillman. Wellington? 4 4. A Simple Truth. The BalmettoBost says: "If every subscriber on our list who owes us would resolve to pay us and do it at once, it would make more people happy than the editor. It would do innumerable things that would better our condition. It. is strange that so many people put tills matter off from time tot ime. 1 f you read a paper you should pay for It promptly. How would you like to work and then wait one year, two years or three years for your money?" This is the simple truth, and one that all subscribers to all papers should learn and live up to. The individual suhscrilier may only owe one or two dollars and the amount is not large in his eyes, but when a thousand or two people owe a dollar or two apiece it makes several thousand dollars, and its payment would help the editor a great deal. So pay for your paper promptly and give the editor the means to make a bettor paper. Kditors know and love the subscribers who pays for their paper prompt lv. Went to Charleston. The Colnmbia lleeord says a great majority of t he members of the legislature left Friday morning to spend two days at the Imposition. About six senators and as many more members of the house, most of whom have already visited the exposition, took advantage of the holiday to go home and attend to private business. The families of many of the members accompanied them. The train was scheduled to arrive in Charleston at lli.'to, and will go directly to the exposition grounds. All members and their families and attaches of the legislature were furnished with passes to the exposition grounds. They will return Saturday Highland will resume legislative business sit 12o'clock Monday. lie Smoked Cigarette*. Meldrim. the 15-year-old son of John \V. Owens, marshal of Koine, Ga., shot himself through the head Thursday evening at ?>:.'to o'clock, and died a very short time after. Young Owens was in the store of A. Kawlins when he suddenly jumped and said: "1 am going to kill myself.'' He walked outside, and in a few seconds the report of a pistol was heard. Mr. Kawlins ran out and found a bullet hole In his temple. It Is said that Meldrim smoked cigarettes excessively, and that his mind became unhinged. DEAD UNDER A WALL. ' Nine Brave Firemen Meet a Tragi*: Fate in Discharge of Duty WHILE . ^KTING FIRE FIEND. v A Frightful FIpc Di.^imtrr In St. >uiti ut the Horning of the Anie - I t'Mii Tout and Awiiin;, Company. At least nine men were killed and as many more injured In a Are which broke out Wednesday in the five story stone and brick building located at No. 314 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo., occupied by the American Tent and Awning company. The building suddenly collapsed and although the nln? men who were caught in the crash had not been reached by their hard working companions, two hours late/, it is almost absolutely certain that they have succumbed. The dead: August Thierry, first assistant chief, caught in the ruins. Michael Kehoe, assistant foreman, caught in ruins. Patrick ltergcn, assistant foreman, caught in ruins. Daniel Steele, foreman, caught In ruins. Charles Kroiling, pipeman, caught in ruins. William Dundon. pipeman, caught in ruins. The injured: Frank Lingo, driver of aerial truck, thrown from truck while working forty feet alxive the ground, seriously injured. Monroe Moore, inspector for the Imperialistic Electric Light company, badly injured by falling through a shaft. Patrick McCarthy, engineer, caught by falling walls; seriously hurt. William .lulieb, driver for Marshal. Thierry, caught by falling walls; seriously hurt. ? . William Wand, foreman, seriously injured by falling walls. The building in which the fire originated was located in the old business section of the city and was about fifty years old. The blaze, which proved a hard one for the fire department to master, had been brought practically under control when suddenly, with absolutely no warning, the building collapsed and came down in a honn with a noise t hat could be beard ttfC ?W?^-SThree pipemen at work on flPfevrT^J lloor had had a difficulty in managing-^ a line of hose and Assistant Chief Thierry was on his way with three of ills men to lend them aid, when the buTiding Ailajisedf The men went down with tons of twisted iron, bricks, stone and wooden coi ,:m.s enveiopinp thern- Chief Swin> w>Jo f r, , 11: .J'jU'P ?- 1 his men, had a miraculous escape from death. As the. front wall fell outward he hurried across the street and fell under tlie aerial truck. The truck was covered with debris and partially wrecked, and it was to its sheltering protection that the chief owes his life. Frank Lingo, driver of the truck, was directing a stream on the tire from the aerial ladder about forty feet from the ground when the wall fell. A portion of the debris struck him and . ? he was hurled through the air to the ground, receiving probably fatal injuries. Chief Swingley put his entire force to work at once and made an effort to rescue the iiremen, but although the men work heroically, they had not been able to reach the victims at midnight. It is certain that all arc dead as ton- iif debris cover them. Following is a list of the losses: American Tent and Awning company, $25,000: McLean & Tate, loss on building, $.15,000; Herman Ruppclt, job printers. $10,000; scattering, $5. A Mine Kxplosion. ^HnSK The latest information from the fljaMy Hondo, Mexico, mine explosion, shows it to have been fully as serious as at tirst reported. There was a total of ins mtn??> .> ???- - *-- ? ..... ,11 num in mu mine wnon H the cqplosion occurred and all of them are dead. The majority of the victims are Mexicans and Chinamen. iBH very few Amerioans being at work in tlii- mine. Every mule in the mine was killed, three dead ones being: taken from the debris. The work of ,..^^^BBB clearing away the wreck in order to get to the bodies is being rushed as ^^^B rapidly as possible, but there is no B hope that any of the 105 men will be rescued alive. 1 Remembered Her Cot. 1 Mile, s- let. an old unmarried lady j who died a few days ago in the batig- x nolles quarter of Paris by the terms of | her will left ? 12 per annum for the I maintenance of her cat as long as it lives and ? I jn-r annum for a veterinary surgeon to at tend the animal. To a female servant who had taken care of her for six years the deceased left half-penny a day for life, or less than a twenty-third part of the sum to be spent on the cat. The remainder of the lady's fortune, which was considerable. is left t > the parish church. A Salary Ural). After a brief discussion the Senate passed b> a vote of 39 to 21 the bill providing for a 25 percent Increase in the salaries of United States Judges. All amendments were voted down, including one to increase the salaries of Cabinet otllcers from eight thousand dollars to twelve thousand, five hundred dollars a year. Senator Kailey, of Texas, delivered his speech in the Senate in opposition to to this bill, lie tielleved that the present salaries of Senators and Representatives were sufficient. >V lint They <?ot. It is now authoritatively stated | that the robbers who recently held up ' the train on the Southern Railway at Fifty-eight only got $12.50 for their trouble. When thoy got away from j the scene of their exploit, and counted their cash they must have been very ^1 much chagined at the smallness of their hand. i