The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 12, 1914, Image 3
CONSIDER REFORMS
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BILL TO SAFEGUARD THE PRIMARY
IS CONSIDERED
WANT IT TO BE HONEST
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Several Hills Have licen Introduced
la the HouHe Intending to (Guarantee
an Honest Vote and a True
Count?Some Action Almost Sure
to be Taken.
Primary reform and the best
means to secure It occupied the attention
of the House Thursday morning
for the most of the session, and
*vero discussed again Thursday night.
Four hills having this general purpose
are on the Calendar, and amendments
Introduced will have the affect
practically of bringing new measures
before the consideration of the body,
as they are of so sweeping a nature
as hardly to be considered as amendments,
but as bills themselves.
Mr. Riley, Mr. Nicholson and Mr.
Ri-tenbcrg have prepared measures
on the primary, and the judiciary
committee, to which they were referred,
prepared a substitute fo rtlie
hills of Messrs Miley and Nicholson
and reported the Rittenberg measure
favorably with certain amendments.
Mr. Stanley and Mr. Gasque, as a subcommittee
from the committee on
privileges and elections, introdued
still another bill on the same subject.
If the session serves as any indication
of the temper of the House
some bill will bo passed to change
the primary laws, and the question is
simply one of judgment on which of
the proposed bills and amendments
should bo selected. Only one speaker
Mr. Irby of Laurens, took the position
that the present laws wer esufficiently
strict and should not bo revised,
aiuXMr. C. C. Wyche, of Spartanburg,
introduced a very lenient
hill, Mr. Wyche giving it as bis opinion
that only slight revision was necessary.
Mr. Nicholson presented Thursday
to the senate the report of the special
committee appointed to draw a<
substitute for his bill "tightening up
the primary." The main features of
the bill provide for an annual enrolment
in all clubs and precincts every
election year, tlie voters to bo enrolled
in alphabetical order, the qualifications
for voting requiring one to bo
a citizen of the United States, resi-j
oeni or 1110 i nueu siaios, resident of
the State one year, county thirty,
days, and of the township or ward
fifteen days before the first primary
elect ion.
Any person enrolled on any club
shall he entitled to change his enrolment
to another club in the same
ward or township upon applying in
person to the club where he is enrolled
at least fifteen days before tho
lirst primary and having his name
stricken from such club roll, then applying
to such other club as he might
wish and have his name enrolled.
The enrollment is to cease and tho
rolls closed ten days beforo tho first
primary, are to bo certified to by oflicers
in charge of such lists before a
notary public and filed in the office
of the clerk of court a certified copy
of tho roll ten days before the first
primary. No person shall be allowed
to vote whoso name is not enrolled
at least fifteen days before the first
primary.
Section 2S2 roads: "In all political
parties, organizations or associa
tlons in this State, which have heretofore
cast 1 00,000 votes or more in
Its primary election, the secretaries
of the respective clubs or precincts
and the managers of election for all
such clubs or precincts shall receive
compensation as follows: Each of
such secretaries shall bo paid the sum
of $5 for his services and each manager
shall be paid the sum of $2 per
day for each day that ho shall act as
such man. ger; the said amount to bo
paid upon a certificate to bo issued
by the chairman of the county executive
committee in each county upon a
warrant to be issued by the comptroller
general upon the State treasruer,
and to be paid out of any funds in
the hands of the State treasurer not
otherwise appropriated."
All persons enrolled properly shall
be entitled to vote in all elections by
presenting themselves at the club in
which he is enrolled, taking the oath
and complying with the rules of the
party. The following sections covering
representation in conventions and
right of purging rolls are interesting.
They read:
"Tho representation of each of the
clubs or precincts in tho county convention
of each political party, organzation
or association, and it shall bo
a number of votes cast at tho first
primary election of the election next
preceding the said convention.
"Than an executive committee of
every such political party, organization
or association shall bo provided
by such political party, organization
or association, for each county of tho
State, to he composed of one member
for each club or precinct, and a chairman,
to be elected under tho constitution
and rules of such party, organization
or association, and i tshall be
tho duty of the executive committee
to meet at the court house In the
respective counties ten days before
STATES MUST DECIDE
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE IS NOT A
NATIONAL QUESTION.
Majority leader Underwood Shows
Why DemorrtttH Refused to Create
a New Committee to Consider It.
Hopes of national woman suffrage
by tho present Democratic administration
were checked Wednesday,
when Representativo Underwood of
Alabama, majority leader of tho
House, put tho Democratic party
squarely on record as opposed to Federal
action. Itepresentative Underwood
declared that tho Democratic
party took the position that the quesion
of suffrage was one which should
he left to the individual states to settle.
Tho question cropped up in the
discussion of tho federation bill in
tho House and there was considerable
debates as to just what the action of
the Democratic House caucus in rejecting
the Raker woman suffrage
resolution. Representative Lenroot
of Wisconsin declared that, by defeating
tho proposition to create of a
now woman suffrage committee, the
Democrats had taken tho position
that woman should not havo an opportunity
to be heard on tho suffrage
quest ion.
"The gentleman knows,' "replied
Representative Underwood, "the judiciary
committee has been vested for
111it u v j uiii s wim jurisuicnon over
this very question and has repeatedly
granted hearings to women as to
whether legislation shall bo passed,
submitting to the State a constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage.
"I was at ono time a member of
the Judiciary committee and I recall
a hearing given to Susan It. Anthony.
I noticed that during the entire time
the gentleman's party was in charge
of tliis House it refused to report a
suffrage resolution. The proposition
t lint camo before the Democratic
caucus was merely to provide for a
new committee, giving jurisdiction to
the new committee which jurisdiction
is already possessed by one of
the ablest committees of this House.
This committee has had such jurisdiction
almost since the beginning of
the government.
"There is no objection on the part
of the ladies as to what committee
they shall go before. They wanted
their legislation reported and thought
they could not get it reported from
the committee in charge, so they
wanted to create a new committee.
That is all there is to it. It is not a
question of talcing from them the
right to be heard."
"Will the gentleman, as leader of
the majority," asked Mr. Lenroot,
"use his influence in the House for a
report of that resolution so that we
may have an opportunity to vote on
it?"
"T would not do so, because T am
not in favor of it," replied Mr. Underwood.
"If there is one funda
mental principle that my party stands
for, it is local self-government. If
the Democratic party stands for one
thing above all others, it is that the
right of franchise should be governed
by the States of the union and not
by the national government."
SCHMIDT FOUND GUILTY.
Priest Who Murdered Girl Must Go
to His Death.
Hans Schmidt was found guilty in
New York Thursday of murder in the
first degree for killing Anna Aumuller,
a young woman lie had married
through a self-performed ceremony
j while acting as a priest at St. Joseph's
church. The penalty is death
in the electric chair at Sing Sing
I prison. Schmidt will be sentenced
I Wednesday.
Sell mi el t, whose defenso was insanity,
laughed bitterly when the verdict
was pronounced. lie steadfastly had
declared himself guilty and had
pleaded that he be punished by death.
Later he protested against the insanity
defenso advanced by his counsel,
and said ho would not assist them in
any way if they prepared an appeal.
This was the second trial and the jury
was out a few minutes less than five'
hours.
the first primary in each election
year.
"And the said committee shall
have power to hear objections on the
part of any citizen to any of the said
club rolls, and if there shall be found
on said club rolls tho names of any
person not entitled to vote in any of
tho precincts, and it shall bo found
that tho names of any persons entitled
to vote have been omitted, the
said committee shall have power to
correct tho club rolls, and to strike
from or add to them all such names:
j Provided, tho committee shall notify
the person affected and the officers
of any club or precinct of any change
made In the club roll within three
days thereafter."
Violation of tho provisions of this
Act will be a misdemeanor, punishable
by fine and imprisonment. This
act does not prevent parties from further
safeguarding or providing restrictions
for its primaries, nor does
not repeal or affect the criminal
statutes on the primary already In
force.
SEEKS ITS REPEAL
WILSON ANNOUNCES HIMSELF OPPOSED
TO EXEMPTION
AGAINST FREE PASSAGE
President Reaches Conclusion After
Mature Consideration of the Subject
Involved?Course of Repeal in
House Will bo Kasy, Rut Senate
May Not Agree.
President Wilson announced
Thursday that lie would endeavor to
have repealed at tlio present session
of congress that provision of the Panama
canal act which exempts American
coastwise ships from the payment
of tolls, lie made his position
clear to callers at the White House in
unequivocal terms.
The president believes that the
Hay-I'auncefote treaty with Great
Britain guarantees equality of treatment
to all nations, including the
United States in the matter of tolls
and that the United States is in honor
bound to charge American vessels
tlie same tolls it imposes upon those
foreign nations. The president impressed
on his callers that ho would
use every legitimate means at his
disposal to have the exemption clause
eliminated from the canal net
This announcement was expected
by administration leaders. The president's
views will bo carried out in
tlio House with little dilhculty, according
to Representative Adamson,
chairman of the interstate and foreign
commerce committee. Not so
certain, however, are somo of the
Democratic leaders in the Senate that
tho president will be sustained in his
resolve on this question which agitated
American relations with Great
Britain for several years and has
been a subject of international controversy
since the passago of tho
Panama canal act in 1912.
Senator O'Gorman, chairman of
tho interoceanlc canals committee,
which had charge of the bill, and who
led the victorious fight in tho Senate
to exempt American coastwise shipping
from tolls, declared his intention
to stand by the bill. Other senators
pointed to the recent action of tho
foreign relations committee in recommending
tho British general arbitration
treaty for extension as an indication
that the Senate is ready to
rescind its action on tho tolls qucsion,
fear of having to submit it to
arbitration having delayed its extension
by the Senate last summer.
Senator Stone, who voted for the
provision, has said he would vote for
the repeal, taking the position that,
while under the treaty the United
States still has lie right to levy any
tolls it wishes, the exemption should
be stricken out in deference to international
good feeling and in lino with
a desire to avoid any ill feeling with
Great Britain. The president's an-i
nouneement grew out of a report that
he did not seek action at the present
congress. Senator O'Gorman said lie
had discussed the tolls question casually
with the president and expressed
the view that congress could do
little else at the present session hesides
passing the trust bidls and appropriation
measures.
The president sought to make clear
that this was Senator O'Gorman's
own impression of the legislative situation,
but tliat so far as he was concerned
ho earnestly hoped for action
at the present session. There has
been considerable talk in this connection
of the resolution introduced by
Representative Adamson which would
| suspend for two years the operation
of the exemption so that it might be
definitely determined whether or n't
f 1 k A nn r? o 1 /?/\?? 1 -1 ^ " ? ? 1 * *
I -...a vmitii tuum uts Buii-supporung,
I and at Hio same time allow time for
further dlplor tic parley.
The president, however, has abandoned
any Idea of having the question
suspended or postponed and
wishes a settlement of it from the
present congrfcss so that the great
waterway may be opened at the heginning
of next year with the nations
of the world on a basis of equality,
and with friendship unimpaired by
any impending issue of diplomacy.
The illness of Chairman Bacon of the
Senate foreign relations committee,
which is holding up consideration of
the arbitration treaties, including
one with Great Britain, also may delay
action in congress.
Tho president ulready has communicated
his view on the subject of
tolls to tho committee. There have
been no developments on tho dlplo
mane 8100 or tno controversy since
tlio last note of Sir Edward Grey was
received in the closing days of the
Taft administration. President Wilson's
final decision followed more
than a year of careful study of the
TIay-Pauncefoto treaty and tho dehates
in congress for and against the
exemption. Ho always has been opposed
to ship subsidies and intimations
of his attitude began to come
out while ho was president-elect. At
the time, it was asserted that ho actually
indicated to Democratic senators
his desire to have passed the
Root amendment providing for repeal
of tho provision.
fiend In your subscription now.
NEGRO QUESTION RAISED
UNITED STATES SENATE SCENE
OF SHOUT TILT. I
Vardaman Contends That Negro's
llest Friends Are Southerners Who
Are Willing to Help Them.
An amendment by Senator Jones,
of Washington, to tho agricultural 1
extension bill which will insure to
the negroes of the South a portion of
the fund proposed for farm demonstration
work led to sharp debates in
iho United Senate Thursday over tho
racial question. Senator Jones for over
three hours defended the principlo
of his amendment, which was left
pending when the senate adjourned. ;
Senators Hoke Smith of (leorgla 1
and Vardaman of Mississippi con- 1
tended that the administration of tho
appropriation should ho left in the
hands of tho white man who would
"do more for tho negro than tho negro
could do for himself." Senator
Jones had not proceeded far with his
argument that the negro should ho allowed
to handle part of tho funds
from the federal treasury before Senator
Vardaman suggested ho had
"better take a few days off and study
tho question."
When Senator Jones said ho was
speaking from tho results of his investigation
of tho question, Senator
Vardaman replied: "Then the senator
is sport king from the profundity of s
his misinformation." Ho also wanted
to know if Senator Jones would ho !
willing to allow the Japanese to share <
in tho administration of the fund al- 1
lotted to the Pacific States. ?
"Yes, if the Japanese were citizens,
but they arc not," was the emphatic
reply. '
"Well, you will admit," continued
Senator Vardaman, "that tho Japan- 1
oso, in all tho elements that go to '
mako up the man, is superior to the 1
negro?" "No, I do not admit that,"
declared Senator Jones, and Senator 1
Vardaman sat down, remarking: "I
can't ru'guo with that kind of a man." '
lie was on his foot again, however, 1
when Senator .Tones a few minutes <
later mentioned the progress of the 1
negroes. "Their progress has been ?
duo to what the white man has '
taught them," insisted the Mississippi 1
senator. "And let mo say that myself
and the other white men of the South
would do more to preserve tho lie- 1
gro's life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
than others far away who love
them as a race and would let them
starve at their gates." Applause from :
thy spectators at ids point caused
Senator Thompson, in tho chair, to
thli e.ten to clear the galleries.
Tho irn nf Qon <1 r\ t* A
. .. v . ? vs w i. K/vitlVCVI AM(|| I III Ul \ 1 1 - I
ginia was aroused when Senator
Jones read a paper lie recently had
prepared on the advance of the negro
race. Mo pictured the negro coming
out of the War of Secession in a
state of oppression and poverty. Senator
Martin challenged every statement
as inaccurate, assorting that the
negro would be a great deal better off
if the South were left to handle the
question under the plan it had pursued
than if thoso who from far off
sought to meddle in tho problem.
MMAT ANIMALS SCARCE.
Statistics Made Public Show Some
Startling Facts.
Shortage of meat animals in the
United States was strikingly demonstrated
by comparative figures recently
made public by the department of
agriculture. The report showed that
there are nine less beef cattle, seven
loss sheep and threo less hogs now for
each 100 persons in tho country than
there were in 1910.
While the population of tho country
is estimated to liavo increased
from 91,972,000 to 98,040,000 in tho
past threo years the number of beef
cattle has decreased 12.9 per cent,
and of sheep 5.2 per cent.; tho number
of swine increased slightly 1.2
per cent., but it did not keep up with
the proportionate growth of population.
In spite of the reduced number
it is estimated that tho value of
cattle in the country increased from
$1,534,000,000 in 1910 to $ 1,930,AO"
AAA t - - " - '
voi,uuu on January i, iyii.
"This increase in value, liowever,"
the department pointed out, "does
not necessarily mean that farmers or
strockraisers are making more, if any
profit.. On the contrary, the cost of
production had probably increased,
more rapidly than the increase in tho
selling price of live Htock. The veryj
fact that thero is a present shortagej
of nearly 1 0,000,000 meat animals ini
Iho Unietd States since the census of
1010 indicates clearly that the business
is not profitable to producers."
Swnll Pox Closes Schools.
Thirteen thousand pupils of Portwhen
the hoard of health ordered all
land, Me., were thrown out of school
schools closed for an Indefinite period
ns a preeucationary measure to prevent
the spread of smallpox, fifteen
cases of which aro known to exist.
Will Fight Hog Cholera.
A threatened loss of $200,000,000
In hogs during the present year from
hog cholera led the Senate Thursday
to agree unanimously to a bill appropriating
$500,000 for the department
of agriculture to fight the disease.
FAILS TO WIN SEA!1
D'NEAL'S APPOINTMENT IS NOl
ACCEPTED BY SENATE
i
COMMITTEE IS UPHELD
Ity One Vote, 32 to 31, Upper House r
Defuses to Admit Alabama Newspaper
Falitor into lis Sacred Precincts?Debate
is at Times Spirited
and Acrid.
Ity a majority of ono vote?3 2 to
51?Frank P. Glass, of Alabama, editor
of the Itlrmlngham News, late
A'ednesday lost his light for a scat in
;ho United States Senate. The vote
mstained the recommendation of the
jommittee on privileges and elections
A'hich held that Mr. Glass was not
entitled to bo seated becauso his appointment
by Governor O'Neal, of Alibama,
to succeed tho late Senator
Joseph F. Johnston was made after
the 17th const it uional amendment directing
election of Senators by the
people had been proclaimed in full
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3HUVI, i
Spirited, and at times bitter, de- (
bate marked the close of the ease, the (
second which the Senate has settled (
involving interpretation of the con (
stltutional amendment. Senator IHair
Lee, of Maryland, who was seated a ,
row days ago on recommendation of ,
the elections committee, made his ,
maiden speech in favor of Mr. Glass ,
ind later cast his vote for him. j
In the face of the determined oppo- |
sition from the majority inebers of ,
Lho committee, headed by Senator .
Kern, the champions of the Alabainian,
proceeding from a forlorn hope,
made remarkable progress in. gaining
votes and tho narrow margin by
which they lost tho light created
rjreat surprise.
That Governor O'Neal's appointee ,
had been gaining strength steadily ,
in the last few days had been apparent
but that he would come so close
lo success had not been contemplated
by the opposition until the last
hours of the controversy. Then it. was ,
that Senator Walsh, of Montana, who
wrote the majority report, in a closing
plea, appealed to his colleagues
lo cast aside personal esteem and
friendship and to consider the case
from a legal standpoint only, to real- !
ize that they were making history
and that a precedent might be established
upon which the will of the people
might be overturned in future
emergencies.
In spite of the committee's report,
only right Democrats voted to deny
Mr. Glass his seat. They were: Sena
tors, Korn, miciicocK, Johnson, Lane,
Pomcrene, Shivcly, Thompson and
Walsh.
Four Republicans, Bradley, Fall,
Perkins and Stephenson voted with
the minority.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota who
had signed the minority report favoring
Mr. Glass, proved eventually to
la? the undoing of the Alabama appointee.
Senator Clapp previously had
announced that ho would vote to seat
Mr. Glass, but lato Wednesday, In a
brief speech, he declared that he had
become convinced that his original interpretation
of the caso had been erroneous.
Some bitterness entered into the
debate, Senator Brlstow arousing supporters
of Mr. Glass when he declar
ed that It would be an outrage on the
people to receive tho Alabamian. Senator
Brlstow further asserts: "If
tho voto had been taken before this
day tho majority against Mr. Glass
would have been two to one. It will
bo interesting to watch how certain
senators vote to-day."
This remark angered Senator Mark
Smith of Arizona, who assailed the
Kansas Senator for "continually" asserting
his suspicion of his colleagues
and questioning their motives when
they did not agree with him.
Tho voto was taken on a sub-reso
union onered by Senator Robinson of
Arkansas providing Mr. Glass be
seated. After tho result had been
announced and the roll call had begun
on tho original resolution of the
majority to deny Mr. Glass a seat,
Senator La Follctte, who had been
ill at his home, reached the Senate
chamber. Ills appearance first gave
tho Glass supporters some hope, but
when his name was called he voted
for the majority report.
Senators voting to seat Mr. Glass
were: Ashurst, Bankhead, Bradley,
Chamberlain, Chilton, Fall, Fletcher,
James, Leo, Martin, Martine, Myers,
Newlands, Owen, Perkins, Pittman,
Ransdell, Robinson, Shafroth, Shepard,
Shields, Simmons, Smith, Arizona;
Smith of Georgia, Smith of
Maryland, Smith of South Carolina,
Stephenson, Swanson, Tillman, Vardaman,
Williams.
Nays: Borah, Brady, Bristow, Burton.
Colt. Cummlno r\niin~?.?? 1
? I
Grona, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones,'
Konyon, Kern, Lane, Lippitt, Lodge,
McCumher, McLean, Nelson, Norris,
Page, Polndexter, Pomerene, Sherman,
Shlvely, Smoot, Sutherland,
Thompson, Townsond, Walsh, Weeks,
Works.
Mr. Glass, who sat on the floor
throughout *he day, wae surrounded
by senators after the result had been
anuounced, those who voted against
him joining with his supporters in ex
5ANDIT WREAKS REVENG 1
HEXICAN ESCAPES TO DESTROY 1
RAILROAD PROPERTY. 1
Vftrr the Capture of Ilia Gang Deader 1 J
FlroH Cars, Hridges, Tunnels and
Destroys Englnea. J
Maximo Castillo, the bandit leader, ?
ifter 22 of his men had been capured
and executed by a revolutionary r"
orce at El Valle, near Casus Grandee,
let fire to the woodwork of the Drake
unnel, which carries the Mexico
s'orth western railroad through the fj
continental divide, and escaped to
ho mountains, according to an oth:ial
report received at rebel headluarters
at Juarez, Thursday. The iC
nen were captured and summariLy j.
xecuted Tuesday, tho report says.
'nstillo's depredations took place
Yedncsday. 1
The Drake tunnel runs through
loft earth and tile gurnlng of tho \f
vooden sheathing may entail heavy .
oss by cave-ins. Castillo formerly was
hiof of tho bodyguard of Francisco
dadero, late President of Mexico. In
he present revolution ho ami lit
land of 50 or 60 followers have boo Y
aiding non-combatants. Castillo ha P
arassed the Mormon colony at Cawa P
Irandos and is charged with tho murler
of Georgo Searcy, a member of
he colony, who when a prisoner fall- j?
jd to produce t lie ransom demanded.
1 . . . * 1. 4 1 ' * " *
o iibl 1111 w uu1 capture or tno bandit C
letaehinont was accomplished wan
?ot explained. In his retreat, liowcv r,
Castillo wrought what revenge ho g
ould. He ran 10 cars of lumber Into h
ho tunnel, says the report, and sot jf
ire to the train. He next removed 'fl
what provisions ho could carry from
i carload of supplies, ran tho car on a
i wooden bridgo and set lire to the 1
ar. It with the bridge, was destroy- 1
Ml. 1
With tho flames behind him the f
narauder turned attention to the last
eniaining detail?the destruction of
wo locomotives. Tho road runs
hrough lofty mountains and deed
anyons and there are many high
grades. Down one of these Castillo
>ent tho locomotives. When tliey
reached a sharp curve they left tho
track and fell, a tangled mass of
wreckage, 1,000 feet below,
TO SPLIT TENTH CIRCUIT. f
Senate Semis Measure to Third Itoa<V
ing by Big Majority.
Attacked by Senators Verner and
Hanks, and advocated by Senators
Karle, Carlisle, Crouch, Sullivan, Mullins,
Patterson and Mauldln, tho
Senate Thursday morning sent the
bill creating two circuits out of the
present 10th circuit to a third readout
the enacting words of the bill,
this motion having been made by
Senator Verner of Oconee.
Those voting to refuse to strike 1
out the enacting words, and thus
stood in favor of tho bill, were:
Messrs. Ackerman, Appelt, Iluck,
Carlisle, Clifton, Christensen, Crouch,
Dennis, Earle, Cross, Hall, Hough,
Johnson, Johnstone, Laney, hawson,
Mars, Mauldin, McCown, McLaurin,
Mullins, Nicholson, Patterson, Richardson,
Sinkler, Stuckey,, Sullivan,
Weston, Young. Total, 2 0.
Thoso voting to kill the bill were*
Messrs. Banks, Beamguard, Black
IOpps, Glnn, Hardin, Ketchin, Lld?
Manning, Strait, Verner. Total, 11
Tho nrinelnnl Rnpwti fr??* in** v.n
, L- k/^wvv** i v/l HIU Ull
was made by Senator Earlo of Greenville.
It provides that a new circuit
the 13th, shall be created out ol
Greenvillo and Pickens countlen,
while Anderson and Oconee counties
shall composo the 10th circuit.
TILLMAN TO TALK.
Is Willing to Testify in Investigation
of Hospital for Insane.
Senator Tillman will go to South
Carolina during the coming week, according
to a letter which he wrote
Saturday to Chairman Wyche, to testify
in the State hospital asylum Investigation.
He addressed the following
letter to Mr. Wyche on the subject:
"Yours of the 29th received. I
note the joint committee desires me
to appear before it on Tuesday, February
3. I am very willing, anxious,
indeed, to tell what I know about Dr.
Babcock and Dr. Saunrers. But I do
not feel that I am strong enough to
stand the strain of traveling just yet,
as I am confined to my rooms at the i
hotel on account of illness. If the f
joint committee will be in session on
Saturday, February 7, and I am not
lfled to that effect, I will try to appear
beforo It, depending, of course,
On my physical condition between
now and then. If it will not meet
then, I do not want to take the trip
to South Carolina for nothing. So
pleaso let mo know if you will hear
mo then."
pressing their regret. At no time
was any personal objection suggested,
the opposition maintaining that
Governor O'Neal should have called
a special senatorial election to All the
vacancy existing, and that the seventeenth
amendment precluded his
I right to make the appointment.
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