WENT FOR TEDDY Senator Tillman Arraigns Presi dent's Encroachment On LEGISLATIVE POWER. He Says congress Is Subservient to the President*? Will, and Says Ho Exercises Too Much Influence on thu Other Departments of the Gov? r eminent. House Declared to he Speaker's Tool. With il caution unusual for him, Senator Tillman recently read a part bf his speech in tho Sonnte, in which he denounced Executive encroach ment on legislativo power. With this apparent caution ho proceeded to de liver one of the most direct and de nunciatory addresses ever heard in that body. Ile was given a careful hearing. ills speech was based on his resolution instructing the co 111 111 11 100 on liuance to inquire whether, na tional hanks of New York are in the habit (d' furnishing permanent capi tal Tor speculative enterprises, etc. 'the resolution was adopted, ?Mr. Tillman (raced what he termed a "swinging of tho pendulum" from the r?gime of Andrew Jackson, when Congross assumed control almost to (lie exclusion of tin1 President from legislative Influence, to tho adminis trai ions which followed, which, he declared, witnessed a growth of Pres idential powers. Tim dominating in ti nonce and control of the. Executive branch over the legislature and in a degree over the judicial branches of i he Oovcrhmenl were the most mark ed leal ures of the American politics at this time. "lt bas tUKCIt," said ?Mr. Tillman, "inst forty-one years for tho pendulum to swine, from one extreme to I lu- ol her." "Now." lie said. "Hie House of Representatives has degenerated into lillie more than a recording machine ti) do the will ol' the Speaker and bis lieutenants." freedom of debato in ibo old and true sense has disappear ed from the other end ol' Hie Cap itol, he added. I n lin- Se?ale "ser vility and cowardice are Hie order of nu- day," he declared, 'and the shadow of the Executive hangs over ai! and tlte President's wishes are almost the only law. "There is," he added, "some show of resistance on maller affecting HU? multi-millionaires ?old the great cor porations. The President writes scolding messages and makes inflam matory speeches appealing lo the Unthinking and ignorant masses. Ile has Hie potent influence of I lie pro Si at bis command ; he has used tin newspapers and magazines in exploit ing What lie rall.- iu.\ politics' willi a skill and daring thal compel nd ni tr allon. Willi baled breath Senators denounce his radical ideas in pri vate and oppose in every possildc way the measure.-, which he clamors for by the passive resist HUCO ol' non ai lion. Np olio of the dominant par ty dares lilt his voice in opposition or denunciation, bm the WxeeUtlvo influence is die (illly in ll delicti in evi dence, while Hie Senate cowers ill si lent resistance. "TllO cause ol lilis condition." de . (dared .Mr Ti lillian, "is Pederal pat { lounge." , 'The theory thal Hie Senate must 'advise ami consent' Indore appoint ments ?fe made," be said, is ol lil lie or no moment when Senators show such wani of courage and self prospect and how submissively lo tho orders from the While Home. The a,em bers of the minority party, oj course, were largely ignored. Appointments . in tho Routh, where Hie Democracy rhinitis co ll I l'(d, are in the hands of 'referees' who lill 'he ollices for the , sob? purpose for maintaining ma chi hos. The Sen a ti ?rs of the domi nant party tire afraid lo resist tho executive Will, let they Hem. el vis. i should fall i>> obtain the patronage of (heir State. Tiny have also, ho declared, a . dread lest I lo.> should be forced hilo retirement When cl a's li es have como between (be President and Senators or Repr?sentai ives tho people have 1 in al?uosl oyo ry instance sided With the President, he said "The people, poor, .dmpl ' souls, reading the special pleas and rophls tlCill excuses ol' ItOpltbl ICil.'l editors. U'O hd lo think tin' Presiden' alone ls honest and patriotic," said Mi Till man. "They believe roligtOUSb that tho Senate is corrupt and tho White House debauched and that the poll tier. my politics, Which are Bo ex ploited ill the press must prevail and become law bet?re any relief can ho obtained. Senators who do not ag roo with Hie Executive and who refuse lo obey bis will must be re tired. Congressmen who resist Exec utive dictation must lie replaced by those who will obey . "Ill the mad rush (o placate Hie negro vote we may expect io seo be fore the Chicago Convention moots, to quote a great Now longland paper, "the President reviewing the reen li?.ted battalion on the While House green, aftOI which (here will he inn Cheon at Hie Executive mansion.' Tho President's action in that, waa banty and unjust, Inasmuch as tho innocent wore punished along with the guilty, but lt lu a pitiable spoe taclo all tho ;p.mo to seo tho mad jae** for ntt&ro "otes, WILL BE HUNG. THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST PINK FRANKLIN, Tho Murderer of Constable Valen tino and Ho Will He Kosentonced and Executed. The State Supicino Court hus sus tained the lower Court In the case of Pink Franklin, tho Orangeourg ne gro, who was convicted of tho kill ing of H. E. Valentino, white, and sentenced to be hangod on October 25th, 1907. The case now goes down to the trial Court for Franklin to be r?sente?.ced unless his colored law yers tako an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which, il is said, they will do. The killing of Mr. Valentine caus ed quito a sensation at thc time and there was fear of violence. Mr. Val entine, a constable, wont lo the house of Franklin lo servo a warrant on .Inly 2!). 190.7. The warrant a barged Pink Franklin with breaking an agricultural contract, which had been, made under the law since de clared unconstitutional by the stat?; Courts. When Vitien!ino approached the house of Franklin, the negro went inside tho ho uso ami Valentine knocked on tho slops. Soon after wards a shot was fired and Valen tino foll mortally wounded. Tho man who accompanied,, him, NV. M. darter, was also shot from inside the house. Franklin was ?Uso wounded ?ind ho claimed that Valentine burst, into tho house and tired ??I him be fore ho bred at. Valentine. Franklin was represented by Jacob Moorer. ol' Orangoburg. and John Adams, of Columbia, both colored, ?md they raised much Ibo same points that Moorer bas used in contesting tho election of Democratic. Congress-j men in Ibis State, to-wit, that He laws ol' Hie Stale discriminates against negroes. Of course, there is absolutely nothing in their conten Hons, bul Hie points serve to prolong the life ol' Franklin. Sooner or later Franklin win be hung. t Opened Again. The dispensaries in Calhoun Coun ty wer?' closed on Monday by order of ClOVCrnor Ansel, who took the pos ition that, there is no provision of law for their operation as dispen saries in Calhoun County, and in tho absence of any express authorization for their continuance Govornor Ansel takes Hie position that they should bo closed and be so notified (he Or angoburg County board. The mailor was taken before Hie Supreme Court who ordered the dispensaries open ed, and lliey are running full blast until Hie maller can he settled. "Mr. Roosevelt is .always loud mouthed mid even vehement in the > I proclamai ion ol bis own (airily ol . purpose and patriotism. Ile has nb i solute failli m his own ? tl flt 11 Itt I f Ly and is apparently so drunk with power : Ililli he Unconsciously lapses into Ihi' ; Imperial 'we and sends cablegrams abolit " 111 < . .md my people ' Mut these things are of small moment 'vaga ries of a noble ami impetuous spirit.' i and we could pass them by were it not for the existence of cold-blooded facts do show Fxecutivo responsibil ity tor many or the evils which ex isl WlthOtll dispute." Paul Morion, as vice-president ol the Sama Fe Railroad, said Mr. till man, "in Hie rebate cases laid him self open io Indictment and liability ; to personal punishment, but tiie Pros ' ?deni peremptorily refused lo permit Messrs .iud .m ami Karmen io pros ecute him " j Senator Tillman denounce Presi dent Roosevelt loi not prose.cut lng land grafters, and Senator 'iltoyoi id;;?' int ol T'II plod to say ililli Hie only 'ir for me between Ibo Pre ident and Senator Tillman ivas i Lal the former prosecutes Up'HI evidence and ibo latter wit holli it. Mr. Ilovoi'ldgo tV.it'il If Ml lo knovV-'why Senator Tillman ill his Hood of messa: i ; lilts Hot COV prod the siib.loe.li MT Tillman replied thill If Mr. lieverldge "wants me io make mote Criticisms than I have Ute Senator from Indiana ls a g rea I big glutton." Mr. Tillman reviewed the event;, of Ibo rCCOtlt currency crisis and charged Wall street with many mis demeanors. "The profits of this nefarious stock mongering have." he ..aid. "lound (heir way into Hie pockets ol' the very man who with evil results ol' their fraud manifest pose as 'saviors' and 'and crowned kings' and are lauded to tho skies when tiny were really trying to save themselves from (he disasters which threatened to OVerwholm them along witli (heir de luded Victims. One of these 'sav iors' had done more limn any other (d' the money kings to deluge tho stock market with watered stocks." A long review was given by Mr. Beveridge of Democratic politics, and ho declared that, a conference had been held in Washington' for tho purpose of coming lo a plan for asking for llryan not to again bo a candidate on the D?mocratie ticket, but when Mr. llryan wan (hoi'O, bo said, not one of them had Hie courage to toll him what (hey bad planned to do. This statement called forth denials from Mr. Tillman, Mr. McCleary and Mr, (lainey, all of whom declared that there had never been any Idea of ask ing Mr. llryan not to run on tho Dem ocratic ticket and that stories to that .effect were mere myths. MANY LIVES LOST IX M AKIM: DISASTROUS ON TH Ii ATLANTIC COAST. Many Vessels Wrecked Buring thc Casi Fall and Whiter Season Josi Faded. A review of tho marine casualties efl' tilt? coast of New england and British North America during the fall and winter seasons just ended, shows that about ?150 lives wore lost. Of this number ~ ?i pei sens perished In tin- wrecks of ten vessels belonging to the French fishing fleet of St. Pierre, Miquelon, last fall. These vessels foundered in heavy galee, Willoh swept the grand banks. About :.'."> New F.ngland fishermen were also lost In these storms. The mos! I lu illili'; disaster was thal which befell the British steamer SI. (bl th ber) off the Nova Scotia coast on February <.'. The steamer, while on a voyage fro iii Antwerp lo New York, caught lire and in their on dearor co escape incineration four teen men perished: thirteen by drowning and tie- by falling Into the burning hold Another notable disaster of ihe win 1er ?was, Mio4jy.rc the duh ink di' CC CITY W Cl.I, Cl YID. Senator Cul inter I.eft a Burge Instate io His llier.s. Al Anderson Hie will ol (he late Senator A. c. Balmier bas been pro bated by probato Judge WV C. Nich olson. After each member of tho family receives certain legacies the will provides (hot the estate be di vided equally, share and share alike, among Hie members ol' the family, Including Mrs.. Catimcr. The will does not stale tho value of the estate, hut it is generally believed that its valuation is somewhat between $300,. 000 and $500,000. For Killing Negro, Al Banwell, On., Hugh Wall, a white man, tried for the murder of lohn Non is. the latter ?i nogrOi was found guilty of voluntary manslaugh ter and recommended to the; mercy of the court W all was itcntchcod to i i j ears in i lie penitentiary/ .lilted Mau Suicided, .lilted hy Mrs. CnFnyotto Hlonson, divorced wife of the (derk of the state senate, Herbert Kremor, son \>f the president of the Connan-American Insurance company, Bhot and .killed hlnmolf in trio woman's rooina in the Hotel Bt. Charles, Noir York, j * BRYAN WRITES And Thanks The State For Fighl Against Misrepresentation. WANTS A FREE PRESS Hut Think? HIP Will of the Poo plo in livery State should Have Voitc, No! tho Wishes of a I'Vvr tillie or Kiiiti Newspapers. Shows l'p du* .Ww York World tim] Its Kditorlnls. Lincoln. Neb.. Mardi t:?. 1 HOS. Mr. Wm B. Gonzales, Columbia, S. c. My Dour Mr. (?onzales.. . .1 appre ciate the light which you are making against (he misrepresentations In dulged in hy the New York World and those who echo moir editorials, it is aol for me to discuss tho qnes ton of availability of candidates. 1 have never slated thal 1 was the most available candidate or (hat I could poll the most voles. Thal is nol ;1 question upon which my judge men I ought to he ventured or ac cepted, i have, simply stated thai it is a quest ion Tor the volet.-, ol' I he party to determino. As a Democrat I have resented tho claim thal a few editors should de cide this quest ion for the people. | arr. a believe! bi free press and l recognize tho right of any editor, whether Iiis circulation be lat fie or small, lu state Iiis opinion und his reason for ll, bul those who read his opinion have a righi lo give it such weight ?is they think il deserves. 1 have insisted that the readers ought to know what pecuniary interest thc editor has lu tho questions under discussion POI' Instance, I asked The World to state editorially what llnnnclnl In terests its owner. .Mr Pulitzer has in the slocks or bonds of railroads and in tho slocks and Louds of cor porations commonly known as trusts. The World has not seen lil to an swer tho question. Ile is reputed to he Interested in a humber of cor porations which aro affected by leg islation, and Iiis readers aie entitled to know what Iiis interests are. It he has interests adverse lo tho in terest of tho public, he ls aol ll dis interested judge as lo candidates or platform. li* he. has Interests that would he injuriously u free tod by legislation needed liv the people, then his opin ions aro wort li no more than theopin ons ol Mr. 1 larriman ol Mr. Rocke feller. I do not deny tho righi ol Darriman, or Morgan? or Icockefel lOI', ot Pulitzer, tn own ?i pa|)ei' and presold their views io I he public, bm I iio contend mat in the Interest of honesty ?iud fab dentine,, the Owner ol' Hie paper should Le known ami Hie I n lore si of Hie ownei i:i the ques tions frankly slated. The World's unfairness ls evidenc ed in pver.V editorial. In Ibo jlrsl place ii Ignores entirely Hie election ol' 1801, when Hie Democratic party was overwhelmingly defeated. This election occurred before I had any influence in national politics li oe curred when Hie party was being con ducted alon.!: Hie line.- laid, down by The World lt is deliberately unfair in ignoring ibis elect loti and charg ing tile ih 'tea I s ol IXSMj and Mool to me. jus! A. it is lt i) l*? i i in ignoring the still worse delea I Ol I Pt) I. \s hen il was uga III Hie party's advisei it is simply prophesying when it says thal I can not carry any States t liai 1 'Iiisi before, and i tt .. got a firmer hold on, you. Linimente may caso tho paain.bnt thoy will no more care Hberaatlam than paint will chango tho Ubre o f rotten wood. Hoioaoo h>is at lait discovered a porfeot ndcomptnto oure, which ls called Ithouma Ido. Teated In hundreds of casca, it haaof eoted tho moat ma-velooa ouroa; we boMeve t will our? you, RhoumAoldo "gots a? tho olnta from the inside," svraeps the poisons out of tho system, tunes up tho sttmaoh, reg ulates tho livor and klduoys and nukes you well all ovor. fthonmaotd? "strikes the ro?.t, of tho disease ond roinoves its cauao " Thia solondid i.-ilv is sold hy druggists and deniers gonorally at 50c, and I a bottle. In tnblot form at 25o, and 50o, a package. Get a bottlo today; delays are dangerous. KNOX'S presindeital boom don't/^x scorn to bc making much headway. \ ) Thc Commoner ways it bas reached ^""^ tho stage whore it is nocccssary for the fender to be put on bebind. Thirty-Two Cent Cotton. TOR BAI.I<> -Watnor'g celebrate*!! Improved "Bummer Snow" uplund lons* ?tapio cotton need. Makes Little andi more per acre ordinary land nnd