The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, February 23, 1906, Image 1
Marlboro
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VOI^XI.
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1906
NO. 0.
COULDN'T ACREE.
Raysor-Manning Dispensary Bill
Passed the Senate But
DIED IN THE H?lTsE.
The Lower House Declared for the
Rucker Bill, but lt dot Killed In
the Senate, and So the Session
Has Ended Without Dis
pessary Legislation.
The Senate and House lt seems
could not agree on at y dispensary leg
islation, and so tho sassier has ended
fl'.'kh th? dispensary right whore it
was when tho Legislature first met In
January. The Senate Wednesday
morning ro?,d, for the sicoivd timo,
tho RaytsOi-Mannlng bill, and on
Thursday paused lt and sont lt to the
Boes 5 for ooncurrenoo, which the
House refuged. Tho bill was sent to
tho 1 louse not to be voted on, tut as
stated above for conaurrenee, as tho
bill was rearlly a house measure. Tbl?
status was obtained by aft sing to the
title of the Morgan bill walch has a -
ready passod the house, tho body of
tho Biysor Manning bill, willoh orig
inated In tl > onate, and had never
been i ent aoi . . ? he State house.
R'v i .iy after t o senate was called
to erde/ "ri Wednesday morning Sena
tor Blease of Ne b rry announced
that ho would not continue to hold
tho floor, as ho had boon advised that
tho dispensary bills were not in any
danger of b: e . mmg law and ho thought
the 1st us would bain the oampaign,
i-.fter all, during tho summer. Senator
Eflre?, who mudo an uni>ucoe?sful me
llon shortly before to limit all speech
es during the remainder of the session
to 15 minutes, elf-red two minoi
amendments to the Riysor-Mrnnlng
bill. These wore adopted but amend
ments by Senator Haytor to eliminate
the board Df control from the bill
wore rejected. The bill waa then given
|/?d aye and nay voto ea follows :
Ayes- Senators Bates, Blvens,
Black, O. L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Car
penter, Davis, Dennis, Douglas, UV vic,
Eflrd, Hardin, Bay, Holiday, W. E.
Johnson, W. J. Johuson, Manning,
McGowan, MCLiud, Mciver, Peurifoy.
Baysor, Sta:khouse, Walker, Warren,
Wells, Williams-68.
.Nay*.-Senators Brice, Brown,
Broula, Hut?as, ?arnlite, "noext, ?iwutAi,
Hudson, Mauldin, Talbert, vou Ku
nitz-12.
A number of senators stated their
positions. Senator Hardin was In fa
vor of local option, bub now that the
Morgan bill had been killed, he be
lieved tho Baysor-MaDn?rig *>ould re
lieve thc present conditions, wbic'i
hO;00uld not o nao ?t to continui ig as
they are. Senators Mciver, Bates ano
Holid: y shaved this view. Senator
Hough, thought Ibo bill worse than
present conditions, while Sonatorr
Talbert, and Brook?, were against the
dispensary and i :a balng patched up.
Sonator Mauldin did not th I ak tho
bill would help condition? bub Sena
tor Black thought it would.
A large number of senators, includ
ing dlsponsary advocates, deolared
themselves against beer dispensaries
and hotel privili gos. The nrxb bill
taken up was Senator Mau din's to
abolish these forms of tho diKpenbar
law. A dirt ot vole was takon cn tin.
bill's passage and every senator in the
ohambor voled for it except Senators
O. L. Wcaae, Davis, DoogiuKS,
Hay, Budhon, W. E. Johnson,
Marshall, von Kjlnl z, Waiker,
Warren and Williams-12. Sonab r
Carpenter did nob vote, a-? ho was out
of tho ohambor at the time.
-The sonator was of a mind to get
' Wirough with all dispensary business
posalblo, and Sonator War ron's bill
to have a general Stato eleoblen and
abide by the resulta for 6 ye&rs was
killed by a volo cf ai to V Senator
Blease withdrew his bill, whloh was
to rest the opening of dispensaries
upon the dc eldon of the mayor and
?unby buporvisor and board cf dlree
Tho Mauldin bill and tho Itayso -
Manning bill was read tho third time,
and 3ont to the house where they bobh
died. Senator Mauldin's bill originat
ed In tho senate but the other mens
ure, as said, was a house bill.
The last bill on tho Senate calendar
that touohed on tho dispemary esme
up at tho night session. Tuts bill,
by Senator Mauldin, was designed to
prohibit manufacture of whlukey in
dry counties and to havo the deldgu
tlon levy a special tax st ill Mont for
that county, instead of having x gon
eral tax as under tho Brice bill, the
onforoortont of law being done by the
sheriff;! and their deputies Instead of
tho const! bular?. The bill is along
tho lines of Oov. Hayward's recom
mendation in his moasago.
Tho senate ref used to kill tho bill
by a vote of 22 to 14. Senator Maul
din spoko for his bill and Senators
Blease and Walkor against lo, bub lt
was finally disposed of by debate bo
lng poibnpned. As this loft no chance
for it, bo pJiKH ah this session, Senator
Mauldin withdrew it ftotn the otilen
dar. This ended dispensary legisla
lu tho senate for tho aosalon.
TH H KUOKKH ni LL.
On Wednesday In the House Mr.
Bucker called up his straight county
olKponsnry bill. He did boiri, he ex
plain- d, beoauso tho se?alo had killed
the Morgan bili and ho wanted to give
the senate the* chance of holding thc
bag. Let tho senate have tho burden
of keeping that bouquet on the Con
gvreo river. Ile would nevor seo thc
oispenaary in Anderson if tho State
dispensary was allowed to llvo. He
wanted thc senate again and again
held nfmon'dble for tho dispensary on
tho Congaree.
Mr. h wi. y thought this a pure
waste of tim? and wanted tho bill k'dl
ou. inc Booker uni Himpiy provides
for thc abolition of the srato uispoc
sary and the option between prhlbi
tlon and county dispensarios.
Uu?or this bill counties that have
voted out the dissponsary have |?the
chanco of another election in May,
1000.
Tne nous*, by a vote of 47 to 45
refused to indefinitely postpone the
bill.
Mr. It obavda thon moved to con
tinue tho bill. Then 'ho house de.clh -
ed to oontim (the bill on another yea
and nay vote, whioh stood*
Ayo, to kill the H?cker bill; nay,
for the bdl:
Yea-Smith,sp aker; Ardroy, Boyd,
lb-ant, Brantley, Bruoe, Ollfton, Cul
ler, D'fiOaamps, Doar, Dukes, Epi
log, JCiheridgo, IC. J. Faust, Ford,
Gause Graham, Gray, Green, D. L.
Green, W. MoD , GVISB, Hurrellsou,
Harrison, Higgins, Hutto, Irby, Kai
nui, Klrven, Liney, Laster, Little,
McOants, MoO'dl, McF&dd'n, Massey,
Mauldin, T. J. Nanoe, Parker, Pibt
m-.-n, Pollock, Rawlison, Rlohards,
Riley, Btoll, Turner, Walker, J. M.,
Watson. J. B., Webb, Whatley, Y el
doll-60*
Nay-Arnold, AsMey, Ballontino,
Baas, BtOvmguard, Hradham. Brice,
Browning, Ooioook, Gibhran, Dabbs,
Dtvis, Kirhurdb, Etherodge, L. B ,
F;sb burne, Frost, Gftsqun, Gibson, J
P Gibson, W. J., Hilt, Hamol, Ham
lin, Harloy, Hemphlll, Heyward,
Kershaw, Lawson, Lofton, Lcmax,
MoMfcator, MauMln.L., MI dor, Mor
gan, Morrison, NMII, Nesbitt, Ntoh
olson, Obts, Patterson, Patton,
Roaves, Ruoker, Sanders, Sayo, Sol
ars, Hinkler, Strong, To de, Tribble,
VandcrHorst, Walker, M. W., Wha
ley, Wimborlj-53
Pairs-Pyntb and Foster; norbort,
D. O., and Green.
Tho Ruokor bill was then sent to
the Senate, wqere lb met tho fate of
the Morgan bill. So endod dispensary
legislation for tho session. The
question will havo to be deoided by
bbc people thin Bummer.
JAMESTOWN BXP0SITION.
Tho Htftto Son ?te Vote a It Thirty
Thousand Doll Ats.
In the Senate on Wednesday even
ing tho Jamestown exposition bill was
oalled up. Senator Brown spoke for
tho bill, earing the relations between
South Oarollua and Virginia niad?
this a peculiar call- lt would bu an
affront to Virginia to decline to re
spond and a dlKgraoa not to appropri
ate 6n(ugb to make a creditable dis
play. Senator Purlfoy had no sympa
thy with tho cry of poor mouth aud
wanted his great Stabe creditably rep
resented, commenting that South
Oarolina was nob rrpiosentod at St.
Louis in 1004 He made a spirited
plea for the bill.
Senator Bates said that though op
posed to expenditures when nob neces
sary, this wa?? ona.tifT* when he did
otmstdt/r lt worth v?....e. senator car
penter, too, spoke for tho bill and ci?
ed tho advantage of exploiting the
Sbato. A vote was then taken and
the bill read a second time by a vote
nf 30 to 8, Senators IC S Blease,
Exrle, ICtlid, Hood, W. IC Johnson,
W. J. Johnson, Itaysor, Talbert vot
ing aga nit lt.
Senator llrown then spoke for tho
charge from the 810,000 stipulation
of tho house to $30,000 as originally
appropriated under tho bill. Seuator
Hood Kpoke au air. s o lt and Senator C.
L. Hleaao for lt. Id was adopted,
Senators Black, IC. S. Blease, IC .rle,
Hood, W. IC. Johneon, W. J. Johnson,
McGowan, MoLeod, Rsysor, Talbert,
Warren, Wells voting against it. The
bill wan thou read tho second time
and passf.d.
During the discussion Chief David
Harris of the Gitawha Indians came
lut^ the chamber and was ask* d hy
President Sloan to oeoupy a chair cn
the star.d. It was rather a remarka
ble incident that the ahlef of one of
oho few trlbt.s of fu 1 blooded Indians
that HCl II r.una n lu this country nh mid
bo proscrit to sec a Seato [?voting to
parMolpate in a oelob/atlou to com
memorate tho landing of the first
while men tn the land which bin
fathers or oo owned from tao Pacllio
DO the Atlantic.
A Convict'* Duo's.
The winner of tho 125,000 prize for
correctly naming the attendance at
t>"0 Sb. Louis exposition in 1004 wt;s
F.aide Campbell, a eonvtot in tho
Nebraska state penitentiary who
still has about ono yoar to servo.
Campbell was oonvloted of embezzle
ment. Ho will rooolvo only $12,600
of the priza, as he foarlng difllcuiby
in seourlrg bho money while ho was
imprisoned agreod to pay a lawyer
half of bbe oriz? In oase of success in
securing lb. Campbell's attorney had
a conf?rence with him at the ponitan
uiary in regard to tho deposition of
the money which will bo reoeived 'in
a fow days. Tho convlot will be un
ablo to uso tho money until his scn
tunoo expltos.
WoUrlod on DoAthbod.
At Wilmington, N. C., with hi?
Ufo ebbing away, Dr Richard J. Price
and Ml? IC'zibsth Wiggins wore
married Wednesday morning. Dr.
Price was unable to rab;o h|?i hoad and
t,ho responses woro uttered in a low
voloo. He was a surgeon in the
U.iltod States army In thc Pnllipaines
and ranks as first lieutenant. While
In tho Philpplncs ho eontractod tu
borouloi.ls, and returned to this ooun
'iry. For a long timo ho was at Fort
Itayard, Now M x'oo, but recently
returned bo bis home In Wilmington.
Dr. Price and bite young woman hr
n wried bad been engaged fi r severa)
yo .ra. His death ls expectod at any
moment._?_
F*rnliy fitimod.
Ah an early hour Wednesday mom
lng the infant child of Mr. John B.
Cleary, of tho Trh lty se?blonof N?W
borry county, was fatally burned, bbe
child succumbing to tho i' juries at
noon. Tue ohild was playing before
a lire in the house, tho mobber being
absenb from the room at tho timo. In
some way tho clothes of the little
. >oy caught Are and before th? il ? mea
could bo extinguished tho body had
been terribly burned. D.abb rolloved
tho llttlo follow from his sufi^rlng at
1 about 11 o'ob ck of tho name day.
?V.nnuii ii,,, MI.nate.
Mr. Tillman's resolution directing
the committee on Immigration to
make an investigation of the Ohln*.?o
boycott) of American goods was adopt
, od Woduoaday.by tho Senate.
Are Said to Be Imminent in China
Against Foriegners.
FEELING 18 BITTER.
Aim ri cnn Soldiers Are Ht ld Ready.
American Missionaries Are Notified
To Keep ia Touch with Ccrdla
Cities of Refuge Koowa ss
Treaty Poris.
E. P. Schwerin, vioe president and
gmeral manager of tho P.tc'Qc
Mali Steamship company, whoso busi
ness relations wUh the poople of China
haye been Intimate for more Mian a
d. zsn years, regards the situation in
Calna with grave apprehension.
II? considers tbs manlfoaVcn of dis
order a? primarily anti Amorloan,
but what sentiment of "China for the
Chin?te" underlying the eruptions,
the trouble is certain, in his opluion,
co spread and bicorne an anti-foreign
uprising that will make all other na
tionalities excepting tha Japanese to
bo subj ots of attack. Speakiug ot
tho pros-peofc of trouble, Mr. ?fl o h worin
i .Wi night said:
''The Boxer uprising of 1000 was
.^e rneevldenoo of the ferment of
tiuti-.'oroign feeling, bub when order
bas been restored no poople stood
closer to tho Chinese than did bhe
Amoricaus. And as a reoulb, our
trade with China has increased by
leaps and bounds siuoo the end of bho
lloxor outbreak. Bub bho anti Amer
loan boycott has not only oheokod th.
dovelopmenb of trade relation?, but
what has already been built up in
?ow threatened. This Is ouly bhe re?
flex of tho activo aua aggro?sivo motL
ods of certain labor organizations of
the Pacific Tho clear intonb of the
trcftby cf 1894 has boen perverted, li
defined the excluded clats but in re
sponse to tho constantly asserted lal
or Influence tho provisions have boen
buried out of sight.
.'Then ugaln, tho laboring organ!z
atlons on tho coast havo appliad the
boy Ott, nob only against Chinese
goods imported into bhe counbry. but
against Culucso goods imported Into
thu country, but against the me:ohant
who would buy tho garden products
and tho result has been that the
Chinamen have turned tho weapon
upon the Amorloans, who taught
them tho example and power lb pos
S'ssfid."
Thc Presbyrorlan board of foreign
missions, In New York in consequence
of tho embarkation of American sol
diers for tho far cast, in anticipation
of service In China, has decided to
keep In touch with the nearest theaty
ports in eise of bicubic.
Thc chief cause of anxiety, accor
ding to tho seoietary of the board, is
tho constant spreading of wrong Ideas
of the treatment of the Caluese In
this country. Stories are baiug oli
culatcd throng China of tho massacre
of Chinese lu America and they have
yellow J umals Just SB we have them
hero. But they havo not the Intelll
K0DC8 wc have and tho stories have
a greater por^ outage of believers. Wt
unew of ?be ibo presidenta lutcn
lion to send troops to the Philippines
weeks a?o.
"The treaty ports the missionaries
nay uso as ref u^e plaoss aro Cantan,
Shanghai, Haukow, llangohow, Soo,
Gnow, Ningi) Po, Taionbang, Chee
Foo, Tien Tsln and Pekin. The ma
jority cf these would give a means of
osoape or refuge and by wat?r rou?es.
Ia all of them missionaries and ti elr
families would Uud high Chine?? uffl
clals and forclgu repr?sentatives who
would hoof help to them. But in
many cases tho missionaries and
Americans aro at such remote places
that they could be easily cut eff and
their only oh?.noo ot safety would reit
!wlth the iv iv ,m m.m'u of China ?nd Its
represan tatt VAS."
One of the visitors to the Presby
terian board of missions wai Ret C.
Girarles Falt?le iifb, a missionary,
who had Jimb arrived from China.
"Wolle it takes tim* for the nows
of the boy >tt on Amorloan gooda to
traves from bho coast ko the Interior,
said Mr. V.drclough, "thoanti-Angl
ican and anti-foreign fooling in North j
China ls vory bitter, and 1 Dollove lt
ls more hitter than it was at any time
during tho ooxer war.
"Tue feeling was very strong whon 1
left tho Anhul provlnco in December.
J i was Glutted by tho stories of ill
treal mont of Chinamen lu Amorlca
and the exclusion law, In the exter
ior towns the mei chants ato aol1 lug
no A morie ni goons rabnor bhan have
their countrymen know bhoy have
had thom lu their possession.
''lb is nob the same anti foreign
feeling of tho boxer trouble, it oomou
out of v.hab bhoy behove in patriot
ism. The Ctilneto are anxious bo get
their properties Into their own hanns.
Tuero are railroad*, mining fud othor
kuma ot syndicates developing proper
t y In China and bhe men baok of thom
aro foJfilgnera. O dy leniently I ea*
one of theso syndicates go through all
blio h ta g ea of development In UK
building of a railroad Uno and ab the
last moment tho Calnuso rescinded ab
the righiH glv.-n to thom,
"I was amazed to lind a re ma?"ka
hie li borah i'y of vh>ws among the
Chinese students in Japan. They out
Off their queques, wear Eropcanolothes
and evon talk about tho necessity of a
now form of government for China.
Tnore ls a spirit of governmental
revolution arno:;g thom.
A dupatoh to tho Trlbuhe from
Washington, I). C., sayl: Tnlrbj
eight thousand men of bhe regular
army aro to be mobilized at Manda
for HPirvico In China m case of an up
rising against foreigners In the an
olonb empire. Tlie war department
has determined to sind four regime-lira
of cavalry and seven battorlcs of artil
lery bo tho faroastern islands in addi
biog to the troops already ordered.
The Davy also li aotivo and has d -
reoted Rear Admiral Slifsbee'o Fquad
ron, oonslstlng of one armored and
obree protecttd cruiser?, to hold It
self In roadlness to prooeed to the far
oaab and report to Rear Admiral
Train, commanding tba Asiatlo fleet.
The navy departmeri? albo has sont
Instructions to K :ar Admiral Train to
take suoh measures as may seom to
him advl able for tho ad( quite pro
tection of Amerloans and their iniei
ests. A gunboat of the Helena class
whlob has been undergoing repairs at
Manila, will be oommlBsloned without
further delay and sent to China for
use on tlie Yang Tse Klang.
Rear Admiral Train bas arranged
with missionaries living in the terri
tory transversed by thlB stream to
hurry to oortaln point? in oise of ap
prehension of trouble and upon arri
val they will be picked up by mon of
war.
BOLICITORS SALARIES.
They Aro Fix "(1 at Sovcntoon Han'
drcd Dollars.
In tb? House after tho Ruekar bill
had boon adopted Mr. Clifton took up
tho bill to lix salaries of solicitors.
Ila wanted tbe lnorease applicable to
1000.
Col. Herbert protostei against the
Increases. He saw no ute for it.
Mr. Clifton wanted all solicitors
puld a uniform s?.l?ry of $1,800.
Mr. Laney thought $1,000 was a
good salary and they reoolved $100
(rom Mm engrossing department.
There was a dispute whetbor so
licitors drew $4 a day whether attend
ing session or not. Mr. L\ney urgod
that the solicitors all received $4 a
day for tho entire session whether at
tending the sesoton or not. He pro
duced tho rcoord and showed that
eaob solloitor was paid a mluimum of
$100.
Mr. Slnklor favored tho bill to ln
orease salaries and said Mr. Rlohcrds
favored certain increases. Others he
opposed. It was too small an lnorease
to worry about. The solicitor ropre-^
Kontod the aotual civilization of the
State and should be well paid. The
solicitor should be well paid. Tue
sn?oitor f-bould bo a man of obaraotor,
f jroo aod ability.
Mr. Richardson mado a vigorous
and forceful speeoh called for a halt
in legislative extravagances. He
wondered wbero it was all going to
fitop. He said already the house had
increased last year's appropriation
bill by $128,000 although the ways
and UIOMIB committee reported a bill
which oarrlod loss monoy than last
year's aot. Mr. lt'ohardson 1B a hard
and earnest fighter and Mr. Clifton
says little in debate but^he niade?
Ultu uB..u mi HUG luv/.vnu.ViL ."_S??
salaries.
Mr. Richardson urgod that ho
spoke simply for himself, but spoke
for himself alone au the ways and
means committee had not dle?ussed
the matter.
Hy a vote of 31 to 50 tho house
killed the $1.800 amendment.
Tho house refused to let the in
creases apply for 1900.
Mr. Hutto wanted to lix tho sala
ries at $1,000. T .ie senate bill pro
vided for $1,700 salaries for solici
tors.
On the motion to fix tho salarlos at
$1,000 for all solicitors tho vote scood
46 for to 56 against, aud then the
question oame up on tue $1,700 a
mondmont.
Mr. Walkor moved that the inorcaso
take elTeot ou April 2, 1906, and this
biought on another fl^no. Tho a
mendment was agr^d to.
Mr. Slukler wanted tho solloitor of
the ninth olrcuit to receive $1,800 be
cause his solicitor was elcoted and
made the contest with the under
standing that ho was to rccelvo $1,
800. L'JSt.
Tbe bill aa pasaed to Its third re?id
lng fcx^s the uniform salary for solici
tors at $1,700, tff icttvo April 1, 1000.
Tho Ii ?ll Wuovll.
A dlspatoh from WaBalngton says
Mr. W. D. Hantor, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, who ls In charge
of the cotton boll weevil investiga
lion, is preparing to return to Texas
whore lie declares tho problem of wee
vil extermination iu f.M.,fruin solution.
Our lato.it reporta, said Mr, Hunter,
show the wcev 1 last year has made
ula customary advance for fifty miles
eastward. An unfavorable parc of the
present situation is that the late ad
vanoo puts tho pest In the lowlands
along the Mississippi river whore!
conditions are mosb favorablo to its
exlstonce. In Texas the low wet
geotlons st ff jred most. In Western
Louisana, thoro was a belt In which
no cotton was grown, a ?reat timber
oolc. We endevorod to keep tho boll
weevil from trotting past this bolt,
but have felled. The Mississippi
river eau not be regarded asa barrier
as the Weevils have been known to Hy
twenty-live miles with a favorable
wind, and ns tboro ls muoh trulllo
aorots the stream it is euro to bo
carried lu baggage. Along tho Missi
ssippi ri vor ls whore the greatest
damage will bo done. All the South
ern Suites will lie affaoted unless
some now thing ls discovered.
Rllloel hy a Malu.
Mr. W. H. Starr, a farmer who
iived near Gn stiamvlllo In Grftinc
oounty, was killed by a mule Wcdues
d*y afternoon about 3 o'oleok in tho
btreet In Madison Oa, He had gone
to Madison driving a pair of mil3S
hitched toa wagon to roll a bale of
cotton. After selling tho cotton be
drove his mules to tho public wc!!
near the bank to give thom wator be
foro leaving town. Tlio muirs started
away while bo was drawing tho water
and ho caught tho lefthand ono by
tito blt of the bridle. They ran,
drugging bim, throw him down, and
stepping on him, broke lils neok and
uwhone, two wheels of the wagon
passing over his bnly. Dr. R. W.
Trotter, tho phyalolan who was sum
moued, savs he was Instantly killed.
Iil/MM Klll|> I tit ) i
The Uulttd StaiuH revenue cutter,
Somlnole, and tie steamer Compton
went In Wilmington, N. C., Wodnes
day hight from a fruitless search all
day fer tho F.ylr.g Pan Shoals light
ship willoh was torn adrlfo from hoi
mooring in Monday night's storm,
LASHEITO FURY.
_
Hawthorne pictures Senator
Tillman {Discussing the
RAILROAD E\TE BILL
la the Senate, add Describes the Won
derful Traos/onnation from Lodge
anoche Islejf.of the Blest to
the Storms and the Buo
I
CSneera.
Julian H.wvtliorno draws on amus
ing pioture of Sonator Tillman ad
dressing the gaited States Senate
last week on trae railroad rate bill.
With tho sohoWjfcly Senator from Mas
sachuaeota, says Hawthorne, wo had
been- sailing long and smoothly on
Summer seas, ' fie seemed to be en
acting the partjl both of Youth at
the Prow and of Pleasure at the
Holm.
The rise and lapse of his mellltlu
ous a osnts, RH -ho read his speech,
and. at stated.''Intervals, lifted thc
leaf from the pile of law books on bis
lefo and laid lt; gently and accurately
on the slowly segmenting pile on his
right, seemed like the sof ?dy swelling
and subsiding waves ot tho blue
coan over which we voyaged.
Tho SonatoirJal audionoo sat en
tranced, with^eyos half closed in
dream comfortableness. Tho galler
ies, graced witjb. muoh that was femi
nine and beautiful, sailed on serenely
with the rester ua.
Mr. Knox, keeping his eyes resolut*
ly ajar beneath his lovol and slightly
gathered browis, aave his most courte
ous attention. . Othor great railroad
representative^- Forakor, Aldridge,
Elkins, Gallin#er-*-attompted not to
conceal tho pentitude of their satis
faction in the argument of the spokes
man of tho White House.
The dc&ks of the opposition were
lees well filled]'but several of their oe
oupants confessed to the spell of tho
orator. Mr. Tillman read paraphlots,
but he was lo apo; k altor Masikohu
setts had Unistfod.
The lalo ol Iho Blest seemed noar.
All was well Vrly.w and aloft.
Tho nation, under the aegis cf tho
Executive, w, a safe. Tue rate bill
was an 1 m poi ant measure, but Mr.
>r-^r, hart fct?w- ***** -,ti
way rates . -.eau am en o iou ai
lug several months, and he knew, he
might venture toubeliebe something
about it. Ho had evan gono so far as
to uuload his modest holdings of rail
way stock before beginning his exami
nation, lost any shadow ef self-inter
est might oreep into his point of
view. He was explicit, after all this
3tudy, in announcing that personal
rebates were really and truly wrong,
and must bo stopped. But ab I gen
tlimen, what a mighty and prosper
ous nation was ours; and aol again,
what a mighty element of beneficence
were our railroads!
Railroads aro tho property nc t of a
few haughty millionaires, but of mil
Hons of trusting and deserving stock
holders, for whoso bonetlt they arc
conducted. To injuro railroads, thon,
is to aim a blow at the common peo
pie.
"Is any here BO base that doc3 not
love the common people? If any,
speak, for him havo I offend! And,
do not railways d pand upon the pros
perity of tho oouutry for their living?
Hov/, then, eau they ba suspected of
working against its luterosts.
"It is preposterous," exclaimed thc
Senator, almost raising his voice,
'that they should be suspected of be
lng shortsightedly avarloious."
And so, at last, ho laid down the
last leaf upon tho four square pile
and turned to re?oive the congratu
lations of Messrs. Aldrich, Forakor
and the rest of the men against whose
Interests tho Hepburn bill ls under
stood to be aimed.
It was beautiful; lt was like tho
lotus ea torc ; and wo were Just falling
into tho sweetest slumber whon all at
one", an awful tiling happenod.
In tho Sanato Mr. Tillman is al
mosb the only event that evor does
happen. Up bo came from tho dark
some hold of our Stilp of State, sav
ago and threatening, a freebooter,
armed and lleroe-oyoo; a biKCiueor,
with a knife between in? teeth and a
pistol in olthor hand.
Tho Summer soaa passod away like
a dream. Tao Isles of the Hlost sank
beneath the nor i z m. Tho clouds
blackened the sky and tho storm
wind shrieked in the silken cordago
of tho rigging.
Tillman had ripped tho entire bot
tom out of our craft, and wo woro
sinking.
Tim seas rose in fury; we were
plungod hoadlong into them, swim
mingly suddenly for our lives. There
was no poaoo, no prosperity, no econo
mic benctlcence of natural lawa.
Sharks blt elf our legs, swordfish im
paled us-water awallowod us whole.
Thc nation ??M> once snore ali UK
gllng in the grasp of tho octopus.
Thoy wore starving, thoy wero
wronged, they wore vletlmsof an out
rageous and destructive tyranny.
And what a hideous farco lt all
was!
Horo was our President, who had
tills monnure for the relief of the peo
ple so closely at heart, on whoso coat
tails wo were admonished blindly to
hang, in whose courage and wisdom
wo were invited to trust, who feared
no fooB-"len8t of all railroads-hore
he was with lils bill, and whom had
ho called into Counsel with bim tc
manufacture it?
Ho had called In- shoutod the hue
oanoor, stalking forth upon the deck
and menaolng tho Republicans with
upi if tod arms-two men who more
tuan any others woro devoted body
and soul to railways! Ho had oallecl
in Mr. R jot and Mr. Knox: he had
con tided tho drafting of tiio measure
to thoir wis lom; to their tendor mer
c?o i had ho ontruBtod the salvation 01
the people.
Truly, Mr, Presldont, this ls a fuc
ny worin! ID finite ls the ridiculous
ness of human nature ! These are the
advisers whom our brave and lndepend
ont Executive summons to aid him in
de feuding the maa.en against the rt
paoity of tho classa I Bat Mr. Till
man would feel a little safer lu tast
ing the m sat-lost lb have poison In
lt-bai lt not been submitted to tbe
cookery of suoh cooks.
Something ev dently had to be done;
and Mr. Knox, clambering upon a
piece of wreokage, was beard to de
clare, in a bold, hardy voice, that
r>ever, either dlreotly or indirectly,
he acted as counsol for tho Ponusyl
vanla Hallway.
"Well, I'm glad to hear you say
1.1" roared Tillman. "I m glad there's
a man I oan respeot as not having
boon bought by a c irporatlou before
coming to thc Senate to frame a bill
against lt. But I don't think it will
be denied that Mr. Root, has beei>
very oloso to railway into. ests.
"And I say it ls false to say that
tho railways alwajs desire the proe
perlty of ouch region. I see too much
evidence that all this pretended -/.nw
for the people is apparent but not
real. I seo two huno red thousano
miles of railways in this country, and
they are under only live different
ownerships, aud those owners aro so
bound together and interrelated that
you can't toll thom apart.
"I am a plain, blunt mm, and I
say they aro robbing tho people.
"Here's the Pennsylvania has suob
faith in the iuuocucus charaotcr of
these thunderings from tho White
House that they advertise in a New
York newspaper a dircot proof that
they are aoting in restraint of tradtl
Tboy bay, like the late eminent finan
olor, "The public bo damue? I' Tboy
aro striving tooth and nail to get the
President to put in a proviso that the
courts may be appealed to and tbe
deolsion of tho commission be sus
pended till the appeal ls decided.
They wont let him fly tho coop if
they kno v it I"
At this point Forakor got his head
above water. "Should there not be
a proper provision f^r appealing?" he
inquired.
'"What ls a proper provlsiot,?" re
torted tho freebooter.
"A just ono," was the rej tinder?"
"And does not thu bill i?ecure Jus
tlc ?"
"I say it's a farcer* roared Till
man, ''and I ask you are you satisfied
with lt yourself?''
"I don't have to be," replied Mr.
Fjraker, sidestepping quickly?
"Thou I ask you whether you arc
going to voto for it?'' his antagonist
porsisted.
1 I am not," tho forlorn-hope cham
pion was obliged to confess; and South
Carolina held the dook alone and tri
umphant.
But vain ls it to attempt to report
Tma-'pnrjnwH?ptt ' wtmid tall MK u.;t
effort. .) * ty we ma> bo suro that so
long as ho holds his seat tho public
will have a ohanoe of kuowlng what
ls going on-what is aud what is not
done by our Government.
Ho talks right out in meotlng; he
bas no roserves, no subterfuges 01
ambiguities. Tho galleries are en
o iantcd with him, the Senators both
o? j >y a? d abominate him. Ho ls thc
great, rudo, natural force asking quos
tions and shouting out the awkard
es? faots. And, in bis own way, li
lu his aotton and his :isp3Ct, ho is th*
brno orator, the tribune of the pro
letarlt. If aught in tir*. S?ate of
Denmark bo rotten he wlh reveal it,
and under lils manipulation it wlh
lose naught o' its aroma,
TIItJSD OF LIF?.
People Who Gt mraltted Hulohlo l<\>?
Ono Causo and Another.
Dr. B H. Hutoheruon, a well knowi
phys'.ol&n of Toccoa, Ga., committee
sutolde with a piwtol on Wc tuesday.
Bad heAlth ls rue alleged cause.
Bet. J. G. Norton, a Baptist min
lstor of V.?ldo>tA, Ga., committee
suloldo on Tuesday by J ain ping Inti
his well. He wis 00 years oid ano
was well to do at d popular.
Miss B.irbtia Marston committed
?melde at Selma, Ala., on Tue*** j hy
taking c ilorotcrm b-oiuseubo ^as In
love with a young mun wno aid not
reciprocate.
Miss Guarloita B'crrell, aged 20, of
Roan county, W. Va , committee
auloido on Tuesday by hanging her
self becauso her parents would not let
her marry tho youug man she was in
lovo with.
Mrs. Lilburn McN*lr, aged 34,
promlnonb In Sb. Louis sooloty and
champion golf player of the city,
committod Buiolric at hor home on
Monday with a pistol. She was in
bad health.
Eugene Moore, agod 20, manager
for a largo cottou firm at Amorious.
Ga., committod suloldo on Wednesday
by shooting hiimolf the hoad with a
revolver. No oauio is assigned.
Bov. Justin G. Wado, pastor of thc
t?lrst Congregational onutel) of Wau
kegan, 111, was arrested by thc poss
office authorities on Wednesday for
sending obscene matter through the
mails. Next day ho committed sul
oldo by throwing himself undor a
train. _
Killoe! lloraoll amt Uh! ld ron.
At Heaton on Wednosdav morning
a woman and four ohildren wore fouuo
dead in bcd at their homo. An Inves
tigation by the podoa Indicate that
bho woman, Mrs. Annie L. Dixon,
had killed tue CUildren aud herself by
opening three gas Jots. The children
were Annie, aged 5 years; George,
three and a half; Mildred bwo y oars
and Marlon, one year. Tho tragedy
was discovered by tue woman's hus
band, Arthur B. Dixon, when he re
turned home from work this ovonl.ig.
Dixon found the house looked and
1 was obliged to break in the front
door. He found the bodies of his
' wife ?and ohlldreu iu a bedroom.
Medical lOxaminer A. A. MacDonald
deolded that Mrs. Dixon had killed
tho children and herself. Dixon told
i tho police bhab ho loft home ab 6
i o'clock this morning to KO to his
work. At that time his wife was up,
I tho children wore all awako and he
I did not notice anything unusual,
i Dixon is 31 yoars old and his wife was
. 27. They had beon marriod for about
t six years. Of late Mrs. Dlxoa had
nos been in good health.
THE WA0K8 OF SIN
FAT UKO Witt CONKI39SE9 IN 1 liK ft
t i : it TO \ vin Jwr.
The Farmers Kidnapper Gives HU.
foxy of the Miserable life He
F pent After His Crime
A dispatch from Ornaba, Neb., sais
Pat OIOW?'S last darci to csoapi
from t.io penitentiary for kidnapping
Eddie (Jud?by and robbing his father
of $25,000 in gold, has failed. Hin
confession to the crime aa written to
Father Murphy, of tho Catholic ohuroh
.i V-.ll, I)i?aJ was Friday morning
read to the Jury before which he ls
now bolog tried.
During tho reading of the letter
which lt is believed will send him to
prison for a term of years. Crowe
sat with bowod head, never once look
ing up, his bands twitohlng nervous
ly, lils old smile had disappeared
ard thero are drawn lines around bin
ey ts and mouth, lie whispered to his
orother, who sits with him, and oaob
wore a look of oare.
Tncre was an air of surprised ex
cltemont in the room, wbioh waa
crowded an hour before court con
vened, wbon Judge Sutton took his
seat. It was known that tho deolsion
in regard to tho letter, which, lt is
believed, would practically settle the
ease, would be handed dowu and the
otter read lu open oourt if admitted.
Judge Sutton admitted the. letter,
maying in his ruling.
"There ls nothing in the communi
cation whloh oould not have been
grantod by any person other than a
priest. Ho does not ask for any splr
itual relief whatever. The sole rea
son for writing this letter waa to se
ouro relief from seoular law, not from
tho spiritual law. He authorized a
disclosure of this letter to both Mr.
and Mrs. Cudaby, thus showing it ls
uta spiritual oommunloatlun. The
let or was to stouro earthly, not spir
itual relief."
CONFESSION TO PRIEST.
Tho letter whloh was then read to
ho jury, in n?.rr, an follow?:
'() nabn, April 22, 1904.
.'Rev Father Murphy, Vail, Ia.:
"Dear Friend-I wrote you a letter
from Ohioago a few months ago, and
our answer waa very encouraging to
uv?, as I have for several yearn
thought cf reforming and starting life
anew. For the past ilftoen yea-s my
si.flaring has bion intense. My ohii
iron aro dead and my wife isa sei
vaut for others- I am aa outcast and
% disgrace to tho mother that gave
me birth, and to add to my suffering
vilend to mo. '
"I am guilty of th Cudahy affair
I am to blame for tho whole crime.
After it was over I rogrettod my4 bli
and I offered to return $21,00 to Mr
Cudahy, but be refus.d to take lt ano*
lion I went to South Airloa, where 1
J >lned tho rebel army and was badi)
.A.unded, belog shot twice. Tuen 1
eturued to America and have repeat
-ally tried to mako peace with th
nan I wronged. Now I am going to
give myself up and take whatcvei
jomes, and If Mr. Cudaby wou d show
ne meroy I would c?mo out all righi
md could start life anow.
"Cudahy 1M a ri m irkably good mai
\,nd I haye known him man) years anr
oust say that bc ls gonorous and for
giving, and it would bo hard fl id i
.otter mun. liuu ho fools he owes ii
.s his duty to the publie to pro-ecu; i
mo. I oould stund tr.al and b at tut
.a^e, but that wouli not relieve Of t.-1
burden that ls cruihing out bbo las?
ray cf happiness In my wasied life 1
vould rather pl^ad guilty and hav
he Bontenco ur pended, giving me i
chance to Btart life anew My plead
lng guilty would barm no o ie but m -
jell, and If I Oould iuduoo Mr Cudanv
o show mo morey, lt would stimn
.ate the harsh JuJgmcnt that is prac
lcd in o lurts with a feeling of mer
JV that God intended should bo shown
0 sinners.
' I wish you would write to Mr.
Judahy and Mrs. Cud*hy aud pay
' >r meicy. Remember this: Ano
Mr. Cudahy knows, as do hundreds ot
?LheiB in this city, that 1 fed the
iiungry and I myself waa pour and
hat I showed meroy to tho rioh ann
mighty whon thoy were lu my pow
er, and that if I oared to surround
myseif with stolen gold I could have
ten millions Inside of thirty days. Bul
1 have found no happiness lu evil, and
am going to return to the teaohing'
of ray ohildhood. If I must suffer 1
will not repine. Write to Mr. aud
Mrs Cudahy and ask them to show ire
some meroy. ThiB ls all, and I will
say good-by. "I'AT CBOWK."
Foot Pad Caught.
At Charleston Magistrate O'Shaug
nosfcy commitUd to j*U Henry Sterl
ing, a stranger, who is ohargod by the
pol'.cs department witti hiving been
che man who held up Messrs. Slcgllng
and Spear during the p.vst week, rob
bing them of money and va uablcs.
Sterling ls six foot, Ave inches. He
has been walking on orutoncs, whloh
the detectives say, howovor, he dis
cards at ni^lit, when tho hold ups oo
our. The man denies his guilt End
olalms tba J he oamo to Charleston for
tic bene Ut of his health, attora short
stay in Columbia. He olalms thai
lils spine ls injured and the orutohes
are ntoeesary, but the polloo depart
mont lakes issue with him on this
pjlnt. Duth S'egllng aud Spear Iden*
tilled tho mau as the party who held
them up on Itutledgo avenue.
(J t limn Aooiuoai,
The Augusta Herald says a serious
acoident happened to Everett Bryan
at Langley on Tuesday of last week.
THO lad while engf g.vl in play with
another boy, Hanny iUsnl, was stuck
In ono of his eyes by the sharp point
of an umbrella. The wcunded lad
was attended by Dr. Shaw, of Lang
ley, who deemed lt best that the boy
bo oarrled to tho Augusta City Hos
pital for treatment, and he was tak ?
to tho above institution, where lt te
hopod, to savo his oytslgbt. Thc
cbaico are rathor against the little
fellow, as tho sharp pjlnt of tho um
brella ls said to have pierced tho ey?
ball.
BILL KILLED
The State Senate Rejects the
Morgan Measure.
HOW MEMBERS VOTED,
The Bill Abolishing the StatVDlbpeosary
and Establishing ia Its Stead Catti
ly Dispensaries Palled te Pass
by a Yote of Fifteen to
Twenty
After considerable discussion ia th*
State Senate the Morgan Bill, whisk
abolishes the State dispensary and es
tablishes oounty dispensaries Waa ktli
>.d lp the Senate on Tuesday by a d"*- - * '
oisive vote. The bill was dtaoussed pre
and con thoroughly by tho Senators.
The bill bad been passed by the Honaa
as will be seen by reference to page
six, where we report the House pro
ceedings.
It was ll o'clock when Senator
Blease dosed. In the meantime, tba
parties of both sides had b?on In oon
ferenoe and lt was deoldod to take a>
vote. Senator Eugene Blease made e
motion to table Senator Brloo's mo?
tlon to kill the Baysor- Manning bill.
Senator Brloo's motion was the Initial
move lu the wholo light.
When tho aye and nay vote waa
taken, thore was perfect silence, al
though the senate chamber waa liter
alie thronged with visitors on the
door and in the galleries. Tuere wera
chaira in every available plaos. The
vote resulted as follows on Senator
Blea8e's motion (those voting "aya"
wlil lng the Raysor-Manning bill to
s ur viv?:
Ayes-Senators Black, Blake, E. S.
Blease, Carpenter, Davis, DJUUIS,
Douglass, Earl?, ECrd, Hay, W. E.
Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Manning,
I McGowan, MoL-?od, Purlfoy, Staok
.louso. Warren, Wells, Williams-20.
Nays-Senators Bates, C. L. Blease,
Brioe, H ooks, Brown, Butlor, Carlisle,
Christenson, Hardin, Holliday,
Hough, Marshall, Mauldln, Molnar,
von Kolnltz-16.
Senator Raysor (aye) was pairad .
with Senator Hood (nay), Senator
Walker (aye) was paired with Senator
Hudson (aa)) and Senator Btvens (aye)
with Senator Talbert (oaj).
?S tl O <.. JJ ' > Ili'O. bil OU?u u> v 1 ' ' ' CUT? EM r?\i
mu all thu <
Morgan bill and amend by In ortiug
i?o IUy&or-Manning bill-whloh, by
che way, ls now the "purification
jill the oommittee substitute for ta
original measure. Tnis nutloa wa
accepted by a viva vooa vjce, no Uli S
ousierln>; boing done by' the antl-dls '*
?jensary party which aooepted defeat
"ahautly and without bitterness.
Just as Senator El rd wai moving to
?ave two amendments to the bill
idupted, Senator Uiease appeared in
die ouambar, having bain out for a
mort time, and moved DJ kill Dbe bill
jy "striking out taa enaotlug
/ords."
This had the efteot of holding cp
.he Raj sor Manning bill, and lt is sate
o say that there will be no dispensary
'i^islatlon this session as the L e?ala
?.uro will adj lum SaiuMav.
BIriw??l?.U oAJbiOdel
Votort D )\v i tn T.io Uouso by Thirty
Four Momlioi'B.
The biennial sessions matter came
up in the House ou Wednesday. Gol.
D. O. Herbert wanted the resolution
submitting the question to the people
paased. Mr. Richards .agreed? with
Jol. Herbert. He said ho thought
;very barrier had been removod atad
oe wanted the resolution passed in
justice to the people.
Tue house killed the b'ennlal , ae>
sions r?solu ohm by a vote of 78 to 84.
Tula finally disposed of all biennial
? inaioii legislation. Last year vhe
muse referred the matter, after fha
favorable vote of the people, to a sub
committee to prepare all necessary
resolutions looking to proper legisla
tion to secure biennial sessions. Even
under theso resolutions the matter
<vas to go before the people again.
The resolutions simply proposed
resolutions for the people to vote On
biennial sessions. The senate passed
tho resolutions some time ago and the
vote of 78 to 3-i killed all resolutions
looking to biennial session legislation
next summer. All suoh proposed res
olutions looking to o institutional a
mond munt** need 83 votes. The main
resolution received 78 votes and one
previous ballot 79 and theso two votes
settled tho hmm.
Tlie 34 members who voted against
tho resolution looking to a vote on tri
ennial sessions wore: Messrs. Arnold,
Brant, Bruoe, Clifton, Dabbs, Des
champ.-), Edwards, Epting, Etheiedge
?oherooge, Fraser, McD. Frost,
Uau.o, W. J. Gibson, D. L. Green,
MoD Green, Haskell, Hemphill, Hig
gins, Hut u, Irby, Little, Lomax,
Lyon, Motfaddtn, MoMastcr, Pittman,
Rawlinson, Reaves, Sauders, Sellers,
vValker, Walker, Wualey, Whatley
34.
These tbirt)-four killed the possi
bility of biennial sessions of the gen
eral assemb y wi ?bin th', na?t two or
three years._
Hanged Himself,
A speolal from Montloello, 111,, saya
that tho dead body of William Da?
Gn f, an awed dlrcotor of the First
National Bank ot Mansfield, was
found hanging in his homo at liana
field, today, ho having oommlb
tcd suicide. The reason assigned
for the deed is that the urand Jury ia
on the eve i f un examination ot the
i condition cf the bank on report that
i ?700,000 hua b on embezzled, W. O.
i Fairbanks, presld 11, and L. M. ? ft >
banks, anot..?r dtreotor of the bn.uk,
? aro brothers of Vloe Pr?sidant Fair
la aka of the United States,