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CONGRESSMAN RAGS ON CUR AND MATTKK8 OF INTEREST TO TR1CT TELEINU Til KM OF t GREAT WORK PLANED < Congressman Ragsdale made a telling but brief speech on the currency bill in the House when the question of agreeing to the Senate amendments was up. lie made the second speech after the chairman of the committee, who had the bill in hand, in reply to tlie attacks of the opposition, .lust a few minutes beforo ho spoke, Mr. Hayes of Colorado had attacked the hill as Increasing the power of the Southern cotton farmer, saying that it would give the farmer the power of holding his crop and securing higher pricesI for it. Mr. Ragsdale replied to t his J In part as follows: Mi'. ltagsdalo's Speech. Mr. Speaker, a few short months ago 1 was asked to take my place with those who were writing this currency bill. Many of the provisions that we find in tho bill at this time were mot with strong disapproval at tho time they were offered by me in the committee. Then I was denounced as a rebel and insurgent. When wo went into the pshwhu there limited approval of loans secured by farm products and improved lands, and now, to-day, it seems to me that we have before us a currency bill that we can all safely hand to the people of the United States and say the power of the Money Trust is broken and that the people have come Into their own. (Applause on the Democratic side.) 1 have been one of thoso who fought against features of this bill, but, as a gentleman who has preceded me has well said, the benefits to be derived from the bill far exceeds the evils, and the people of tho Southland, whom 1 lie gentleman from California (Mr. Hayes) has so unnecessarily criticized for the benefits we receive, look upon it as a very Godsend to us that at least the cotton growers of America are recognized in this currency system. (Applause on the Democratic side.) Why should tho cotton growers be barred from the benefits? Why should tho agriculturists be barred from tho benefits of a financing system? Do we not produce that which feeds and clothes the world? Do not the products bo outlawed and the right of tho balance of trade with other coun* ... I O \ * ? 1 At. ? t ' - ? ines: w ny, men, snouiu our products be outlawed? and the right of] credit bo denied to us? Ah, Mr.I Speaker, tho Republican party have) grown so accustomed to denying any rights to tlie agricultural people on everything and heaping unjust burdens on us in tariff laws that they welcome this last opportunity to hurl another stone at them. (Applause on the Democratic side.) Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from California (Mr. Hayes) says there is no system hero by which money may be loaned on lands. If ho will turn to section 24 of the bill, it is provided there that any money received on time and on which interest is paid may be loaned for five years directly on land, the loans based either on capital and surplus or time deposits. What is a savings bank? Is it. not a bank that receives time deposits and pays interest on them? Does not this hill specilcally provide for their entrance into the system? Does it not| provide that money may be loaned; under tho system? Why then is the gentleman from California (Mr. Hayes) so disturbed? Why is it that) he never offered anything by way of relief along this line, but merely contents himself with trying now to muddy the water? Mr. Speaker, tho time has come, and it has been written into this and it has been written into this sta-| fcue for the first time in this country,) that farm lands are a basis for credit in America, and that the owners of them who produce tho wealth of this country aro there in that financial system which everything in this country goes to support and sustain. Tho time is hero when farm products aro a basis of credit and subject to rediscount in the national reserve banks of America, and men on whoso shoulders rest tho feeding of the masses now have some recognition at the hands of tho nation through tho Democratic party. (Applause.) I want to congratulate tho chair man of this committee (Mr. Class) that, with tho Senate, and the Democrats of (liis committee, wo have been enabled to hand to this country a bill of which wo can go homo and Ray to our people: "At last wo have given you a system by which you Rhall control and tnko chargo of tho financial Rystem of this country," (Applause.) Tho Congressional Record says the speech was received with great applause, and Mr. Ragsdalo says that tho congratulations that ho received from both sides of tho IIouso wero surprising and most highly gratifying to him. Mr. Ragsdalo was ono among tho few especially Invited to tho executive office to witness tho signing of DALE TALKS 1RENCY REFORM LAW ? TIIE PEOPLE OF THE SIXTH PISTON (ill KSSH>NAIi HEFORMS. FOR RURAL CREDITS tho great currency reform bill. Ilelng asked for some of the main points of advantage in the bill for the Southern farmer, he said that ho regarded tlie power given the national banks to have farm paper rediscount- I ed for six months a particularly good feature. The farmer can now put up his paper on his crops or stock in tho lintinii-il 1 . 1 ? u.uiu 111 piuco oi 1110 oiu bank 110(0, issued heretofore. lie can now secure loans on a fiveyear contract basis from the national ! banks and the bank can put these up with the central reserve bank and re- 1 ceivo treasury notes on them. It will necessarily make money easier 1 in the south. Another tiling that Mr. Kagsdalo secured by the fight that be made ( was a change in the plan of levying < I on tho national banks for their subscriptions to the central bank, and 1 I that was to base tho assessment on ( tho capital and surplus rather than on the capital alone, because the na- : tional banks in tho South, being new had not the largo surplus that the older banks of tho north bad piled up for years. Tho difference was an assessment of about six per cent. I on the capital and surplus instead of twenty per cente on the capital alone. ] As soon as congress reconvenes < Mr. Kagsdale expects tho sub-coin- i mittee of the banking and currency committee which has in charge the 1 matter of rural credits to begin their : hearing on the very Interesting and i important matter of farm credits. As he is tho only member of the ^Mib-committee from the South Atlan- < tic states be wants suggestions from 1 all those really interested in the mat- i ter, as he has received them from the i national, farmers' union, Ituilding and l.oan associations, banking sys- 1 terns and all reliable sources, from ; both borrowers and lenders, as to ] the. very best system of management to secure loans to run as long as twenty years and to provide in addition to national banks some system that may be accepted with the federal i reserve federal notes on the farmers' credit and thereby build up among I the neonle of tbi? count rv n nlnn thnf will enable the tiller of the soil to own (he land which he cultivates and do away with the landlord and tenant system, which has proved a curse to every land in which it has become dominant. We want to bring about a condition In which the white farmers can and will own the land, secure for themselves the necessities of life at a rea| sonable cost and loans at a sufYlcient| ly long time, and low rate of interest to enable them to develop the farm ( and pay off their mortgages and leave | to their children tho fruits of their labor. -- , It behooves congress to take up this vast, and important work of providing food and clothing for the people of this growing country, when one reflects that the demands of the congested cities and their suburban populations are growing apace, and that tho increase in the food and clothing supply does not increase with that demand, and as a result one may note that the cost of living has so increased that even well-paid laborers And it burdensome to support their families on what are really good salaries, Ily an increase of opportunities in the rural communities we may make farm life more attractive and stop tho exodus to tho cities and the factories and provide a real reply to the cry, "Why back to the farm ?" This work is proving of really intenso interest all through tho country. The press of tho north was at one time disposed to sneer at it and large banking interests were inclined to be suspicious, but now the clearest thinkers of the world, including the president of tho United States, are recognizing tho necessity for further work 011 this line, and our committee hopes to write a hill that will meet with the approval of congress and the ' president and give relief needed to \ tlio people. The hearings on this matter will . probably run for a number of months and I shall devote tho larger part of my time to trying to solve this problem, which I consider after the hankI ing and currency law, the most vital problem that is to ho solved by this coifgress. Soil Surveys, j In addition to this work I have se- , cured a number of soil surveys to ho . mndo in this district,. ono of which win snoruy do Degun in Florence , county. I do not altogether approve . of the syatems of aoil survey hereto- ( fore In vogue, but I feel It to bo my ^ duty to secure for my district every 1 convenience possible, and to have the . work done in a manner which will , bring the very best results to tho dls- , trict and give tho government reason . to bo proud of Its part in It. I hopo to secure these soil surveys during my first term In congress. Benefits In Agriculture. j Wo are expecting more real bene- ( fits from the agricultural department J than ever before. Secretary Houston. J from our own district, Is at the head ' of the work, and Hon. A. F. I,ev<?r is chairman of the House agricultural ' committee and with such active and | deeply earnest men, understanding so well the necessities xof the farm wo can not but derive from the work of that branch of tho government. Mr. Lever's co-operation with me r in my fight for loans on farm products and long term loans on farm lands, was of tho greatest boneilt. His farm extension bill is a measure q that I hope to seo give advantage to tho farmer and to rural credits not hitherto enjoyed. To lltiihl Promised Post Ofllees. In addition to this I want to see tho post oflices for which appropriations were made built as soon as possible. When tho appropriation bills for these odices were passed along with j many others for sites and buildings, r no provision was made for extra help . in tho treasury department for in- ( spectors or architects and the result i has been that the secretary of the J 1 treasury has been terribly handicap- c ped and it will be necessary to pass another bill to secure tho additional t force that ho must have to do the work. 1 hope that under the system devised and through tho assurances . given me by the chairmen of the comniitfnnu on/I r.1 I./.".. 1 " -1 >. ivi > o Him uinci a wjni'iM uuu, 111111. the dolny will not of much longor duration, anil that Monnettsvillo, I)i 1- ^ Ion anil Marion will bo taken care of i among tho first on the list and in tho (] near future. . Natural Good Road Work. s 1 also desire to co-operato with s Mr. IJyrnes in tho groat work that ho t Is doing for pood roads. Mr. Hyrnos '] will not, in my opinion, let any op- ( portunity pass to protect the people y r>f this state and I feel quito sure i that some system will be devised by \ which our people can secure from ( (ho federal treasury long needed asdistance that will give us better j loads. ] It is also my intention to follow i up the trip of the torpedo boats to v Conway and the submarine fleet visit lo Georgetown on January 7, by try- r ing to get further appropriations for t seeming an inland water way route, t 1 hope that we can secure some legis- \ lation towards this end during 1014 r and I have every assurance of sup- \ port from Hon. Hampton Moore of ( Pennsylvania, the chairman of the r Deeper Waterways convention, in r| making this route through Wacca- s maw river a part of tlie proposed preat national route. 11 In tho Navy Department. r 1 do not believe that tho navy de- s partment will make unwlso demands f on congress. The secretary of the I navy early made it plain that he t would stand for no increase expense I in his department and ho has brought 1 about some essential reforms In the (1 competitive system of purchasing v supplies and has already saved tluj c government vast sums and he Is demanding efficiency and sobriety and actual service in every branch of the v department which he controls. i While he has handled tho affairs < of his department upon a broad pol- c icy of general development through 1 the country ho does not propose to 1 tolerate that discrimination against ( his home and people heretofore man- f ifested too much. n In ?a powerful position to co-opor- r ate with him in the development of n the navy yards of the south and t southern ports, is Senator Tillman, t the chairman of the naval committee, s and he is giving his cordial support to f the secretary in his work. r South Carolinians are finding t themselves well taken care of in the ( navy with these men at the head of f it, and Admiral Victor Blue of Ma- 1 rion in charge of the bureau of navi- ( gation. The South Carolinian may > well be proud of the development of government through naval circles. Now Itural Routes. d I am trying to secure a number of 9 new rural routes In our district in ad- v dition to the great number recently a put in operation here. I trust we 1 shall have soon nono but white men ' In every post ofllce and on every 1 rural route and in every railroad mail car in my district before my term ex pires. ' This Is not that I feel unkindly to- t wards the negro, but I believe the holding of positions of this kind by (1 tho negro is calculated to stir up 1 an animosity between tho two races 11 and that the benefit to the few holding tho positions is far offset by tho 11 evil done generally to the raco there- 11 by. 0 Besides I feel as all Democrats do, that we should have white Democrats 0 to fill the public ofllces of the country s particularly in tho South, and I pro- R pose to leave no stone unturned to a fill every position in tho sixth district c at least, with those who believe with ' the Democrats in tho elimination of ( tho negro from tho politics of the 1 3outh. v President Wilson is trying to meet I tho pre-election promises of tho party P and tho opinion now is that the Dem- n Dcratlc party will bo so entrenched if 0 tho legislation that is proposed goes v through congress that is now plan- ' tied, that tho party will enjoy the r*r?n flrlrmnn r\f f hn nonnlA S wVM..v?v*tvv v/fc vuv (III II CA(; | LIDt: tho functions of government for many c years to come.?adv. h ? ? ft Coast Lino Train Wrecked. 1' Several persons were slightly In- 1 lured when a Coast Line engine Jump- ^ od the track near Dennettsvlllo. '* mm TROUBLES 5LEASE SAYS HE WILL EMPTY THE PENITENTIARY MREATENS DR. BABCOCK I rhe Investigation Keveals a Mean, I'ngallant Fight Ileing Made on l>r .Saunders, a Fudy Physician at tlie Asylum, !?y the (Jovernor and the Hoard of Regents. South Carolina obtained a full look nto the affairs at the State Hospital or the Insane Saturday when Sena-! or Tillman, Dr. J. \V. Habeock and I lovernor Hleaso testified beforo the egislative committeo charged with nvestigating that institution. The urtain was raised over the turmoil ind dissension and the probe will go o the bottom. Senator IV. R. Tillnnn, Dr. .1. \V. Habeock and Govrnor Hleaso appeared as witnesses. V short synopsis of their testimony is >rinted below. It was shown that friction existed ind had existed for somo timo boween Dr. J. W. Hal)Cock, the superntendent, and the board of regents if the asylum, and the bone of condition was Dr. Saunders, a lady phyiciati connected with tho medical taff, and a daughter of Re present aivo (). L. Saunders of York county. Hie regents wanted Dr. Saunders dlsharged because they charged she vas interfering with the other mein>ers of tho medical staff, and partlctarly because she permitted Dr. hooper, who had been discharged, to ;eep instructing her, which was obected to by Dr. Blackburn, who had >eon elected to succeed Dr. Cooper, tecause, ho alleged, interference litli his work. Insubordination on tho part of his ubordinates, brought about because ho regents elected people openly ailagonistic to him, and who ignored lis authority, and demoralized the unning of tho asylum, was stressed ly Di*. Habeock. Ho also charged hat efforts were being made by tho egents to oust him, and that Dr. Iiompson, his first assistant, was cheming to get his place, and that mother ring-leader in tho insubordilatlon was Dr. Griflln, a son of tho nan who was turned out of the luperintendency of the asylum by lovernor Tillman, and whom Dr. labcock suceeeded. Dr. Ilabcock inroduced letters to show Governor Mease had ordered him to dismiss )r. Saunders, which he declined to lo, and he paid a high tribute to her vorth and efficiency and made it dear that he had stood by her and if he went he would go, too, The Supreme court room was tilled vit.h spectators when Senator Tillnan walked in a littlo after 10 ('clock by himself. The senator look(1 surprisingly well and it was with lis old time vigor and manner which las endeared him to so many of the 'arolinians that he shook hands with riends in the room. At his request t chair was placed for him inside the ail when ho was ready to testify, nd as lie passed by the press stand o take his seat ho shook hands with he newspaper men. Senator Tillman poke in a clear voice, which was asily heard by every one in the oom, and, as usual, stated his facts n clear, short and not to be misunlerstood words. lie spoke straight rom the shoulder and appeared nioro ike the Tillman who swept South Carolina in 1 800 that ho has for ears. Senator Tillman Testifies. "Anticipating the question, 'What lid you mean by Governor Blease's atellites and underlings?' I have vritten out my answer. These two ire very plain English words, easily inderstood, and the dictionary will nform any ignoramus of their meanng. " 'Satellite?A follower; particuarly, a subservient or obsequius folower or attendant; a subordinate atendant.' " 'Underling?Ono who Is suborllnate to another, especially in some iienn or servile capacity; hence, a ncan, sorry fellow.' IIT 1 - ? i navo aiways poen credited with ising striking phrases to convoy my [loaning, and this is an illustration f tlmt faculty. I have designated no no, mentioned no names, and ho an only justly ho aggrieved who colliders himself, and thus convicts lilmelf of coming under the description hove given. In other words, the ap fits him. So, let him wear it. " ho senator who gavo my letter to Jovernor lUeaso Is certainlv ono nt hem, and I hope ho feels better, or /ill feel better, for this explanation, will say right hero (for It is a good lace to say it) that had not one of ly clerks misunderstood my orders, , very one of tho senators in Columbia /ould have received a copy of this muchly marked personal letter'. It . 3 the custom in my ofTlco to mark all uch letters personal, but, as was tho aso last summer, my confidence was etrayed, and tho usage existing mong gentlemen of keeping personal stters from the public was violated. 'hiSfletter must have fallen into tho ands of one of the governor's 3atellitos and underlings,' and his como to any glory or honor ho has1 received for his ungentlemanly behavior." Governor TUeasc Bat about tho middle of the room and heard every word of Senator Tillman's testimony and that of Dr. Rabcock. Among tho spectators were the board of regents, Assistant Attorney General Domlnlck, many members of tho Houso and Senate. Representative Stevenson conducted tho direct examination of Senator Tillman. Senator Tillman said ho got tho information contained In tho confidential letter mado a part of Governor Rlcase's message to the general assembly from Dr. .T. W. llabcock. That the latter visited him at Trenton and while there told him of the hostility of the board of regents and of an effort which ho declared was being made to remove him and Dr. Saunders, his lady assistant, and also gave him the information about an alleged effort being mado to smirch his and Dr. Saunders' character. As far as the statements in his letter about tlie "underlings and satellites of Governor Rleaso trying to manipulate the sale of the asylum property" was concerned tho senator ex-; plained that ho got this idea, which was simply an opinion, from reading tho newspapers and because it was in the air. He said this was an intuitive senso. lie said he had no direct information on either subject. lie said ho appointed Dr. Rabcock superintendent of the asylum in 1891, and he alono was responsible for the removal of Dr. Griffin. Tho senator read a written reply to a question about the "underlings and satellites", and literally excoriated the person who turned his confidential letter over to Governor Rleaso. lie referred to it as a cowardly betrayal of confidence, similar' to his experience of last summer, and said tho State senator who gave the governor the letter, lie honed, cot all tho glory and pleasure out of It possible. His excoriation bristled with tho old time Tillman scorn and vitriol. He said that about two weeks ago Or Babcock had written him asking that Dr. Brim, in the United States health service in Savannah, bo permitted to como and testify if thft committee wanted him, and that Dr. Rupert Blue had given this permission. In reply to a question from Senator Young, Senator Tillman said Dr. Babcock bad succeeded Dr. Urillln, and it was a son of this latter man now on the medical staff, but doesn't1 know tho young doctor, ami is not familiar with who appointed him. Senator Tillman said that he, and ho alone, was responsible for the firing of former Superintendent Brlfllln and the appointment of Dr. Babcock in ISO I. Governor Blease's Testimony. Standing within threo feet of Senator Tillman and directly in front of tho bar of the Supremo Court, Gover him im-uso presented ins side of tho matter before tho Asylum investigating committee, lie said that ho came into oflice intending to firo Dr. Habcock because he thought he had betrayed his friend, tho late James H. Tillman, but after a ride with Dr. Habcock one Sunday morning, soon after he came into oflice lie learned some tilings in a confidential conversation which he, as a gentleman, would not toll, adding: "I hope that will soak in." lie declared that ho named Dr. Houseal for Dr. Hahcock's place to show what lie thought of Dr. Ifouseal after the Legislature had refused to elect him a trustee of the Medical Colleyo, saying that ho knew Dr. Ifouseal would not accept. The Governor told of having used his influenece with tho board to retain Dr. Saunders, and of his refusal1 to accept Dr. Hahcock's resignation! on September 3 7 last, and said ho thought if somo outside influences who were wanting to sell tho Asylum property would let Dr. Habcock alone lie and tho regents would work in harmony. Ho said that ho was opposed to the purchase of State Park, and his idea was to sell tho property andj io retain mo uuiunngs lor tuberculosis or pellagra hospital, uso the present Asylum buildings in Colubia for white patients and convert tho State Penitentiary Into a hospital for tho negro patlens. Ho said ho Penitentiary would soon ,bo depopulated, as he Intended sending tho convicts back, to the county chain gangs, and he hoped by August 1 to have all of them on tho road. Ho said ho had turned out 108 recently and moro wero coming, and Romo peoplo could not help themselves. TI? Iinliftl.1 A, _ u|iiiciu mu iif^nt oi ino rogcntu to rnako changes at tho Hospital and romped all over Dr. Habeock for what ho said was lack of attention to his duties. He declared that someone had told him that Dr. Dabcock had not been in somo of the wards for twelve years and ho wanted to know if Dr. Dabcock was tho only man in the State who could hold tho position, as some people seemed to think. Ho declared there were no charges against Dr. Saunder's moral character, but said she had been interfering with tho other members of tho medical staff, and referred to tho charges against her as being of this nature. Ho said he didn't consider it decent for women to bo testing for spphllis and such like diseases. Looking directly at Senator Tillman, flovernor Illeaso said: "If ho wore tho giant ho once was, I would JAILED FOR HIS DOUBLE ?^ GKOIURA RANK Kit IN PRISON FOR ANOTIIKRS (TRIMK. ? . A. R. Oliver, Who Made Fortune, Wins Release lijr Proving That Twin Rrother Was Reu.1 Offender. Tho burden of the crimes charged to A. I). Oliver, former president of tho bank in Climax, Oa., has been shifted to tho shoulders of his twin brother, now in seclusion In Honduras. Oliver was released a few <lays ago from tho prison farm in Mississippi after convincing tho Judtra that ho was tho victim of one of tho strangest oasoH of mistaken identity in real lifo or fiction. Aliver claims lie has a twin brother whom ho resembles so closely that he has been compelled to servo time for all of his brother's crimes and escapades in the South. Oliver is now in Lee county, f?a., ready to begin life anew after serving flvo years in prison conviction of charges of bigamy and obtaining money under false proteases. Olivor claims both these offenses were committed by his twin brother. Oliver's pretty young wife, a society hello and the daughter of a prominent resident of Climax, Cla., believed tho charges brought against her husband and has married another. Oliver claims that tho man who roplaced him plotted this part of his misfort line. "It was my brother who married tho other woman," Oliver asserts. "While wo were still youngsters our parents died. A family by the name of Harding adopted my brother and ! he took their name. That is how ho came by that name instead of OH\er. I That is how it comes about that I have been Charged with crimes under that name and been made to appear as living a double life." Oliver entered Climax, C.a., as a poor man. After he had established a bank ho purchased timber lands, mills, and a mercantilo business. In fact, it was said ho was buying "everything in sight". He married the daughter of a prominent business man and appeared to ho prospering. Then the crash came. His hank was on tho point of bankruptcy. Ho started for New York on a business trip, hut supieious depositors feared lie was trying to run away and mobbed him. Tho arrest and conviction followed. I.EVIOlt CONGRATULATED. Secretary of Agriculture Compliments 11 im on Passage of Hill. Representative Lever Is In receipt of a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Houston heartily congratulating him on tho passage of the Lever agricultural extension bill In tho IIouso recently. In his letter Secretary Houston says: "You liavo certalnlv handled tho entire situation with a great deal of wisdom and tact. It Is unnecessary for me to tell you what I think of tho hill itself. I imagine tho Senate will promptly pass it and that it will quickly becomo a law. I know of no more successful educational enterprise In its time." Mr. Lever is greatly gratified to rcceivo this endorsement from his friend, Secretary Houston, whom ho regards as one of tho very ablest men of this administration. Speaking of the prospects of this bill becoming a law shortly, Mr. Lever said: "The Senate is making gratifying progress with tho measure, having substitute my bill for that of Senator Hoke Smith. I expect to seo tho bill becomo a law within the next two or three yeeks and I think it is of as great importance fundamentally as any act of this i?uuiilUOll (VtlUU already provided for or to bo provided for." sense of obligation to bis chief impelled him to betray it. Whoever ho may bo, and I have no idea, he is wolchallenge the writer of this letter to the public rostrum to join debae, but flod has laid the hand of affliction on him and ho could not resent what 1 might say, and I will do as a gentleman should, and pass by his treatment of hie and remember him as ho used to be." lie declared that ho would veto anyappropriation made for further work at State Park or for the sale of the present Asylum proporty in Columbia and referred to his veto of this bill. Ho said ho thought this investigation was a mistake, as it was creating a great stir out of nothing and causing peoplo to wonder why Dr. Saunders is investigated when there is nothing against her to investigate. Ho said he thought that Dr. Pabcock and the board of regents ought o go back, ako a drink of Congareo water and work together in harmony. Ho declared ids intention of not appointing Dr. Thompson successor to Dr. Dabcock should Dr. Dabcock not remain. Tho committee at 2:15 o'clock took a recess until Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock when tho investigation will bo continued. Tho members of tho committee aro Senators T. J. Mauldin, chairman; T. J. Strait, Macbeth Young; Representatives J. A. Hunter, secretary; N. H. Hardin and W. P. Stevenson.