The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 17, 1913, Image 6
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Mr. Sherlock yolmos. ^
j|N the year 187S I took my degree of
Doctor of (Medicine of the Univer- 8
srity of London, and proceeded to Notl?y
togo through the course preacrih- p
<ed for surgeons in the army. Having v
completed my studies there, 1 was c
duly attached to the Fifth Northum- j,
fberlan 1 Fusiliers as assistant ?ur> j,
jgoon. Tho regiment was stationed in v
India rt tho time, and before 1 could \]
join it tho second Afghan war had k
broken out. On landing at Bombay I ,
learned that my corps had advanced
through the passes, and was already v
deep in tho enemy's country. I followed,
however, my many other of- v
fleers v ho wei o in the same situation
as mysel'*, and succeeded in c
reaching Cand iliar in safety, where I
found my regiment, and at onco en- g
tered upon my new duties. I
Tlio campaign brought honors and a
promotion to many, but for 1110 it had (
nothing b? t misfortune and disaster. <
1 was ren.'ued from my brigade and j
attached t > the llerkshires, with ,
whom I i ved at the fatal battle of i
Waiwand There 1 was struck on the j
.shoulder by a .lazuli bullet, which
slialtered tho bono and grazed the j
subclavian, artery. I should have (
fallen in: ) tho hands of the murder- \
ous Cihaz h had it not boon for the de- <
"votlon ai d courage shown by Murray,
my ordt rly, who threw me across a (
pack hoi jo and succeeded in bringing (
me safely to tho British lines.
Won with pain, and weak from t
the prolonged hardships which I had i
mnder?$>ne, I was removed, with a }
great train of wounded sufferers, to (
t he h.xae hospital at Peshawur. Hero
!f rallied, and had already improved j
WO far as to he able to walk about the ,
wards, ami oven to bank a littlo upon 1
the *eranda, when 1 was struck down j
l)y enteric fever, that course of our \
Indian possessions. For months my ]
life. was despaired of, and when at
lasi I came to myself and became j
coifmleflcent, I was so weak and i
en?aoiated that a medical board de- ]
tefmined that not a day should bo ;
3ost In sending me back to England.
1 was dispatched, according, on the j
thoopshlp Orontes, and landed a
month later on Portsmouth jetty, (
with my health irrotrievably ruined,
tout with permission from a paternal
government to spend the next nine 1
months in attempting to improve it. i
I had neither kith nor kin in Bng- <
Sand, and was therefore as free as air
-?or as free as an income of eleven 1
shillings and sixpouce a day .will per- (
mit a man to ho. Under such circum- ,
-*s ances I naturally gravitated to Eon- ]
'vlon, that great cesspool Into which '
vail the loungers and idlers of the i
empire are Irresistibly drained. ]
There I stayed for some time at a pri- ]
vale hotel in the Strand, leading a
comfortless, meaningless existence,
and spending such money as I had (
considerably more freely than I ,
ought. 80 alarming did the state of (
iriiy finances become, thai I soon realized
I must either leave the metropolis
and rusticate somewhere in the
country, or that I must mako a complete
alteration in my stylo of living.
Choosing the latter alternative, I be
gaii 'by making up my mind to leave
the. hotel, anil to tako up my quartern
in some less pretentious and less
expensive domicile.
On the very day that I had come
to? this conclusion 1 was standing at
the Criterion bar, whon some one
taliped me on the shoulder, and turning
round 1 recognized young Stamford,
who had been a dresser under
me at liart's. The sight of a friendly
face iri the great wilderness of
^London is a pleasant thing indeed to
a lonely man. In old days Stamford
bad never been a particular crony of
mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm,
and he, in his turn, appeared
to he delighted to see me. In the
exuberance of my joy I asked him to
Clinch with me at the Holborn, and
wo.started off together in a hansom.
"Whatever have you been doing
with yourself, Watson?" ho asked, in
undisguised wonder, as wo rattled
through the crowded London streets.
"You are as thin as a lath and as
brown as a nut."
T gave him a short sketch of ray adventures,
and had hardly concluded
It by the time that wo reached our
destination
"Poor devil'" lie said, comraiseratingly,
after he had listened to my
misfortunes. "What are you up to
now ?"
"Looking for lodgings," I answered.
"Trying to solve the problem as
to whether it is possible to get comfortable
rooms at a reasonable price."
"That is a strange thing," remarked
my companion; "you are the second
man to-day that has used that
expression to me."
"And who was the first?" I asked.
"A fellow who is working at the
chemical laboratory up at the hospital.
. He was bemoaning himself this
morning because he could not get
?omo one to go halves with him in
?oine nice rooms which he had found,
and which were too much for his
purae."
"By Jove!" I cried, "if he really
wants some one to share the rooms
And the expense, I am the very man
for him. I should prefer having a
Ik
urtner to being alone."
Young Stamford looked rather
irangely at 1110 over lii? wine-glass.
"You don't know Sherlock Holmes
ot," he said; "perhaps you would
ot care for him as a constant comanlon."
"Why, what is there against him?"
"Oh, I didn't say there was unyIjing
against him. Ho is a little
ueer in his ideas?an outliusiast in
omo branches of science. As far as
know he is a decent fellow enough."
"A medical student, I suppose?"
aid I.
"No; I have no ldoa what ho inends
to go in for. i believe he is
...n .... i.. ?> - ??*
rv ii i*f in , iiiiu uu is <i 11 rsilass
chemist; but, as far us I know,
10 has never taken out any systematic
medical classes. His studies are
ery desultory and eccentric, but lie
las a massed a lot of out-of-the-way
;nowlcdgo which would astouish his
irofcssors."
"Did you never ask him what he
vas going in for?" I asked.
"No; he is not a man that it is
may to draw out, though lie can be
onimunlcative enough when the fany
seizes him."
"I should like to meet him," I
laid, "if 1 am to lodgo with any one,
should prefer a man of studious
md <|iiiet habits. I am not strong
mough yet to stand much noise or
excitement, i had enough of both in
Afghanistan to last me for the renainder
of my natural existence,
low coul<J I meet this friend of
ours?"
"lie is sure to be at the laboratory,
ie either avoids the place for weeks,
>r else ho works there from atoning
to night. If you like, we shall
irive round together after luncheon."
"Certainly," I answered; and the
conversation drifted away into other
channels.
As we made our way to the liospial
after leaving the Ilolborn, Stamford
gave me a few more particulars
ibout the gentleman whom 1 proposed
to take as a fellow-lodger.
"You niusn't blame me if you don't
;ot on with him," he said; "I know
lothing more of him than I have
earned from meeting him occasionilly
in the laboratory. You proposed
:his arrangement, so you must not
lold me resDonsible."
"If wo don't got on it will bo easy
lo part company," I answered. "It
moms to mo, Stamford," I added,
looking hard at my companion, "that
you have some reason for washing
your hands of the matter. Is this
fellow's tompor so formidable, or
what is it? Don't bo mealy-mouthed
ibout it."
"It is not easy to express the inexpressible,"
ho answered, with a
luagh. "Holmes is a little too scienLitic
for my tastes?it approaches to
cold-bloodedness. I could imagine
bis giving a friend a little pince of
the latest vegetable alkaloid, not out
of malevolence, 'you understand, but
out of a spirit of inquiry in order to
have an accurate idea of the ofTects.
To do him justice, 1 think he would
Lake it himself with the same roadiaess.
He appears to havo a passion
for definite and exact knowledge."
"Very right, too."
"Yes; but it may be pushed to excess.
When it comes to beating the
subjects in the dissecting-room with
a stick, it is certainly taking rather a
bizarre shape."
"Heating the subjects!"
"Yes; to verify how far bruise*
may bo produced aftor death. I sav.
him at it with my own eyes.
"And yet you say ho is not a mod
ical student?"
"No. Heaven knows what the ob
jects of his studies are! Hut hero w<
are, and you must form your owr
impressions about him."
As he spoke we turnod down f
narrow lane and passed through t
small side door, which opened into *
wing of the great hospital. It was
familiar ground to me, and I needei
no guiding as we ascended the bleal
atono staircase and made our wa:
down the long corridor, with its visti
of white-washed wall and dun-coloret
doora. Near the further end a low
arched passage branched away fron
it and led to the chemical laboratory
Thla was a lofty chamber, ltne<
and littered with countleaa bottles
'Ifcoard, low tables were scattere(
about, which bristled with reports
teat-tubes, and littlo Hunsen lamps
with their blue, dickering flames
There was only ono student in tin
room, who was bending over a dia
tant tablo abaorbod in his work. A
the sound of our steps ho glance*
round and sprang to his feet with i
cry of pleasure.
"I've found it! I've found it!" li
shouted to my companion, runnin
toward us with a test-tube in hi
hand. "I have found a reagent whic
is precipitated by hemoglobin, and b
nothing else."
Had he discovered a gold mln
greater delight could not have shon
upon his foatures.
"Ilr Wolunn X* ' 01.a.U?
IT iVVUWli ATI I *mn 1 Uv>
Holmes," said Stamford, introducin
us.
"JIow are you?" he said, cordially
gripping my hand with a strength fc
which I should hardly have given hii
credit. "You have been in Afghani)
tan, I perceive."
"How on earth did you kno
that?" I asked, in astonishment.
"Never mind," said ho, chucklin
to himself. "The question now !
about hemoglobin. No doubt you sr
the significance of this discovery <
mine?"
"It is Interesting, chemically, n
doubt," I answered; "but praotica
v i-MkM i JBMiHiia
1 y "
i"\Vhy, man, it is the most practical
medical-legal discovery >r >
! Don't you see that it gives us an infallible
tost for blood-stains? Come j
over hero, now!" He seized me by
the coat-sleeve in his eagerness and
drew mo over to the table at which
he had been working. "Let us have |
some fresh blood," lie said, digging a
long bodkin into his finger and draw-J
ing off the resulting drop of blood in |
A chomh'.'i 1 nlnAtta i ...i ** '? '
? W>W.m.VM? |?i|'v>v%vj. iiv ?? , a au i cum
small quantity of blood to a liter of
water. You perceivo that the resulting
mixture has the appearance of
true water. The proportion of blood
cannot be more than one in a million.
1 have no doubt, however, that we
shall be able to obtain the characteristic
reaction."
As he spoke he threw into the vessel
a few white crystals, and then
added some drops of a transparent
fluid. In an instant the contents assumed
a dull mahogany color, and a
brownish dust was precipitated to
the bottom of the glass jar.
"Ha! ha!" he cried, clapping his
hands and looking as delighted as a
child with a new toy. "What do you
think of that?"
"It seems to he a very delicate
test," I remarked.
"Beautiful! beautiful! The old
guaiacum test was very clumsy and
uncertain. So is the microscopic
examination for blood-corpuscles
The latter is valueless if the stains
are a few hours old. Now, this appears
to act as well whether the blood
is old or new. Had this test been invented,
there are hundreds of men
now walking the earth who would
long ago have paid the penalty of
their crimes."
"Indeed!" I murmured.
"Criminal cases are continually
hinging upon that one point. A man
Is suspected of a crime months, perhaps,
after it has been committed.
His linen or clothes are examined,
and brownish stains discovered upon
them. Are thev hlood-Ktnins nr mini.
stains, or rust-stains, or fruit-stains,
or what are they? That is a question
which has puzzled many an expert;
and why? Because there was no reliable
test. Now we have the Sherlock
Holmes test, and there will no
longer be any dlfllculty."
Ills eyes fairly glittered as he
spoke, and he put his hand over his
heart and bowed as if to some appla
uding crowd conjured up by his
imagination.
"You are to be congratulated," I
remarked, considerably surprised at
his enthusiasm.
"There was the case of Von Bischoff
at Frankfort last year. He
would certainly have been hung had
this test been in existence. Then
there was Mason, of Bradford, and
, the notorious Muller, and Lefevro, of
' Montpellier, and Samson, of New
Orleans. I could name a score of
cases in which it would have been decisive."
"You seem to be a walking calendar
of crime," said Stamford, with a
laugh. "You might start a paper on
those lines. Call it the 'Police News
of the Past'."
"Very interesting reading it might
he made too," remarked Sherlock
Holmes, sticking a small piece of
plaster over the prick of his finger.
"I have to be careful," he continued,
turning to me with a smile, "for I
dabble with poisons a good deal."
He held out his hand as he spoke,
and 1 noticed that it was all mottled
over with similar pioces of plaster
and discolored with strong acids.
"Wo came here on business," said
Stamford, sitting down on a threelegged
stool and pushing another one I
in my direction with his foot. "My
1 friend here wants <to take diggings,]
and as you were complaining that you
1 could get no one to go halves with
1 you, I thought that I had better
v bring you together."
3 o,,. , , .
mionocK noimes seemed delighted
at the idea of sharing his rooms with
c me.
f "I have an eye on a suite in Baker
* Street," lie said, "which would suit
ur down to the ground. You don't
' mind tiie smell of strong tobacco, I
1 hope?
"I always smoke 'shop's' myself,"
1 I answered.
"That's good enough. I generally
* have chemicals about, and occasionl?
ally do experiments. Would that an'?
noy you?"
' "By 110 means."
u "Lot me see?what are my other
- shortcomings? I get in the dumps at
t times, and don't open my mouth for
days 011 end. You must not think I
a am sulky when I do that. Just let
me alone, and I'll soon be all right.
0 What have you to confess, now? It's
K just as well for two fellows to know
8 the worst of each other before they
h begin to live together."
y I laughed at this cross-examina"I
keep a bull-qiup," I said, "and
e object to rows, because my nerves are
o shaken, and I got up at all sorts of
ungodly hours, and I am extremely
k lazy. I have another set of vices
K when I'm well, but those are the principal
ones at present."
/, "Do you include violin-playing in
?r your category of rows?" ho aswed,
h anxiously.
3- "It depends on the player," I answered.
"A well-iplayed violin is a
w treat for the gods; a badly played
one "
P "r\Yl (linCii ?11 I II ' - -1
r> uu) niui o <iii i iiu cneti,
la with a merry laugh. "I think wo
>e may consider the thing as settled?
>f that is, if the rooms are agreeable to
you."
0 "When shall we see them?"
"Call for me here at noon to-mor
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Look for Noah's Ark?tradr
beware of substitutes.
NOAH S LIN'IM I INT is sold
-he cities and out to tlio country
tl.00 a bottle Send for bookir
No*Ji Remedy Co.. Inc., Ri
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WANT TO STOP THEM
8KNATOK K. I>. SMITH WORKING
AGAINST WKKVIL.
Ho Holds Informal Conferences on
tho Harrier Proposal With His Colleagues
and Cotton Men.
A Washington dispatch says several
informal conferences were held
Wednesday by Senator Smith of
South Carolina with other Southern
legislators and cotton men in regard
to the South Carolina senator's proposal
for the erection of a barrier in
Alabama against the threatened invasion
of the boll weevil into tlie
South Atlantic cotton States.
The subject of the conference was
what steps tho federal government
should be asked to take and what the
States and cotton growers themselves
might be called upon to undertake
in tho fight. All tho plans discussed
were aimed at an absolute
abandonment of the growing of cotton
in a 50-mile bolt across Alabama
from north to south with a view of
preventing the boll weevil migrating
east of this strip.
A plan was under consideration to
gain the co-operation of thread lace
and mercerized goods manufacturers
in the movement. This suggestion
was based upon tho fact that these
: articles are manufactured from sea
island cotton, moBt of which is grown
alonk the coast of South Carolina,
Ceorgia and Florida. It is said that
the sea island cotton seed comes almost
exclusively from South Carolina.
Should the boll weevil get into
the sea island cotton fields, it is said,
it could scarcely bo eradicated becauso
of the semi-tropical temperature
there.
Another suggestion under consideration
was to raise a fund among
cotton growers of the Southeastern
States to defray part of the expenses
of establishing this barrier. It was
estimated that growers in the Southwestern
States expended annually as
much as $5 an acre in fighting the
weevil. A contribution of this amount
from Eastern planters for one year, it
was urged, would go a long way toward
establishing the barrier, with
State and federal co-operation.
Where is the old fashioned man
who picked his teeth with his pocket
knife, asks The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Don't know. He never lived
in these parts.
row, and we'll go together and settle
everything," he answered.
"All right?noon exactly," said I,
shaking his hand.
Wo left him working among his
chemicals, and wo walked together
toward my hotel.
"Dy the way," I asked, suddenly,
stopping and turning upon Stamford,
"how the deuco did he know that I
had come from Afghanistan?"
My companion smiled an enigmatical
smile.
"That's just his little peculiarity,"
ho said. "A good many people have
wanted to know how he finds things
out."
"Oh, a mystery, it is?" I cried, rubbing
my hands. "This is very pi
(piant. I am much obliged to you for
bringing us together. 'The proper
study of mankind is man,' you
know."
"You must study him, then," Stamford
said, as ho bid me good-bye.
"You'll find him a knotty problem,
though. I'll wager he learns more
about you than you about him. Goodbye."
"Good-bye," I aswered; and strolled
on to my hotel considerably interested
in my new acquaintance.
(To be continuod.)
'-C, ft ITmb'iI Til" '
"Otectcd trorri the everv-dav . f
/ * ?" ,
laving on hand a bottle of mei
Best Pain Remedy. |l"rd
for internal n^os .ts well a? for aoh
iiiit
ltely pure and clean to use, ?.
and compounded as carefully ^
c .vies
not contain auv chloroform.
n/.iiit or poisonous drugs K
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m & u H *\ ' ? & ? KL? or
r
"irnatisin ljn?n :t< - ml joints
idns, ?uis. brum' s | .>m? ni < host
rates :mr* ?*? ? ??r little
' li-ic
3 of the tie.-u reniciu > lor sore 1'"
crump.- A few drops ?a, a little * 1
10 troubles immediately. For ^'t
a llitio on cotton in cavity and ,uui
(Jir
emark- .on every genuine nackJnn
by nil dealers in medicines in fer?
/, in three sizes, .vt 2&o. 6oc and L>aii
tin and testimonials "ot
per
cam end. Va i(ty>
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CORN REIGNS AS KING
i
NKAKLY T1IKKE MILLION BUSHELS
IS Ol'TI/OOK,
Department of Agriculture Issues Heports
on Condition, Area and Probable
Yield of Corn.
The first idea of the size this year
of the country's greatest crop?corn
?was given Wednesday, when the
department of agriculture issued its
report showing the acreage, condition
and estimate of the number of bushels
of corn which condition reports
indicate will bo produced.
The report says corn was growing
on a greater acreage in States southeast
of the Mississippi this year than
last year when the record harvest of
that grain was gathered in the United
States. Acreage planted to corn in
ported increased acreage except Virginia
and Texas. South Carolina reported
an increase of 4 per cent, in
acreage.
The condition of the corn on July
1 in all the Southern States was considerably
above the general condition
for the country as a whole and was
from 1 to 5 per cent, better than the
ten-year average for the various
States. Acreage plantel to corn in
Southern States and its condition
July , follow:
States. Acreage.
Texas 7,081,000
Oklahoma 5,176,000
Georgia 4,066.000
Kentucky 3,636,000
Tennessee 3,365,000
Alabama 3,244,000
Mississippi 3,230(000
North Carolina 2,836,000
Arkansas ... 2,500,000
VI r P' 1 Tl 1 1 OQO AAA
, .. A.9 9\J \J \J /
South Carolina 1,992,000
IiOuisiana 1,931,000
i The condition of the crop on July
1 wa? better than it was the same
time last year. In South Carolina the
condition of the crop is 86 against 7 9
last year. The average condition of
the corn crop in this State for the
past ten years has been 84. So the
condition at this time is two per cent,
above the average.
Total area in the United States Is
1 06,884,000 acres, compared with
1 07,083,000 acres last year. Condition,
86.9 per cent, of a normal, compared
with 81.5 per cent, on July 1
last year, and 84 per cent, the tenyear
average on July 1. Indicated
yield 2 7.8 bushels per acre, compared
with 29.2 bushels last year and
2 6.5 bushels, the average for the past
five years. Estimated total production
2,971,000,000, bushels compared
with 3,124,746 000 bu. last year,
2,531,488,000 bushels in 1911, 2,886,260,000
bushels in 1910 and 2,552,000,000
bushels in 1909.
Wheat, oats and all other grain
crops are very fine.
?
Panther Put Uip Game Fight.
In a fight with a panther caught in
a bear trap, Everett Finley, residing
in the mountains near Red Bluff,
Col., nearly lost his life. The cat
knocked Finley down and whipped
one of his dogs. Securing a large
rock, Finley knocked the animal
senseless and then shot it. The animal
measured over nino fet from tip
Fatal Negro Frolic.
Edward Jackson, a negro, was shot
and killed early Sunday morning by
Willie Hayes, another negro, on Dr.
Weekley's place near IJlmer. It seems i
that the homicide was the aftermath
of a negro frolic the night before.
Several negroes have been arrested
and lodged in Barnwell jail.
Jml
?? ItkrumalUua aari H rural
1 have been using Noah a l*m>
it for more than a / ear anc
I It the heat 1 have ever trteo
rheumatism, neuralgia anu a^
cm an (J pain 8 of any kt/id."
k. A .vl l'o.> iv. I. iv ti>. .onii ? ti
or DOlOJt U II U IMIUIH' wr"?
lati ) Liniment yuioKlj ?lieveIs
and hoarseness, and [ hav*
ned a bottle with me fot yoarv
traveling." ? W T Hurt on Wll
. N C. *
or HueKM.hr Hn<| Mill Joint*?
nave used Noahs Llniimnt f?.
ka.hu and sli/1 joints and pains
Iti.d it to b? the l>' hi liniment '
IVt r US<*d " ? M P *%:i I ! V oil tig
; AT, V a.
or I'ltlu F'oIIov?1i?k 1 lull's. -VI
le. rrlri wa3 suF. imk a.tit chills.
for the pain follow inc I on ?.
ih's Liniment, u ii': it iifoft m
lit relief."?-A H (greenwood
Mm ond, Va.
or Sore IVrl.?"Suffering tononth
with rheumatism In tn>
Lie, instep and toes, I com
ic? d to us. Noah's Liniment
my foot has improved won
fully, and can now walk with
i lie inconvenience."?C. A
lea. Portsmouth, Va.
or I'nln In I he llneh.? "1 suf d
dreadfully for ten yeara with
n.s In back. I *ess than half a
tie of Noah's lJiilnxnt triad* a
feet cure.".?Mrs, J. IX ttaJUoxw
Polnt Klautern, Vs.
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LOBBY HUNT GROWS
?
SENATE TO INVESTIGATE WARS
OF LABOR AND CAPITOL
?
MUCH APPEARS HIDDEN
Democrats Investigating Evil Influences
Which Have Existed Under
the Republican Domination, Working
Against the People and for the
Benefit of Special Organizations.
All the "wars" that have been
fought between labor and capital, all
the efforts that both have made to secure
legislation which would profit
them, and the tangled skein woven
about their relations in the last ten
years are to be investigated by congress.
The senate lobby investigating
committee Thursday decided that
the 'wars" must be inquired into.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, will
appear before the committee July 2 5,
and a subpoena was issued for John
Mitchell, vice president of the federation
and former head of the United
Mine Workers.
As the tale is unfolded other men
prominent in either labor organizations
or associations of manufacturers
or individual employers of labor who
are brought to notice will be asked to
appear. The committee decided to
look into this subject believing that
it may develop startling Information
and knowing it will extend their inquiry
many weeks.
It is said that the question might
reach back into somo of the dark corners
of the McNamara dynamiting
case and might brighten into tho
light an inside story of many of the
great strikes that have paralyzed
industries and thrown thousands out
of work In tho last few years. It is
exnoctofl tnr? EViaE .1 1 ?
, V1IUK lb lllI^Ul UOVtJIOP
by far more marvelous stories than
the strange tales the committee has
heard in the past six weeks.
An example of this work against
the people and for the special Interests
is cited in the testimony of
Thomas Marvin, who said that the
Home Market club with a membership
of betwen 800 and 1,000, raised
about $17,000 last year and that ,its
object was to teach the doctrine of
protection. It was not a political but
an economic organization, ho said. He
testified that the club had sent out
in 25 years more than 100,000,000
pamphlets containing productive arguments,
but had never used 'insidious'
or illegitimate means to influence
legislation. He said he received
$5,500 a year for his services and had
spent much time in Washington while
the present tariff bill was pending.
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I If Mm font
... v..o Km. mttL uisgrace does not
consist in the punishment but in the
crime were'but more fuily recognized
it would he a great gain for lnimanj
ity* But the corrupt politician and
lobbyist and the unscrupulous trust
I have no qualms of conscience concerning
their misdeeds. With them
the disgrace is in being found out
and punished, something which they
are experiencing more frequently in
these days of a more enlightened
public conscience.
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Tho Republican leaders In the Senate
threaten that if the tariff revision
bill becomes a law as it has
been passed upon by the Senate Democratic
caucus many of its provisions
will be tied up in tho courts indefinitely.
Tho Republican agents of the
trusts in the Senate die hard, but
they will have to die.