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CANDIDATES FOR
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN
%oE OF THE POSSIBILITIES AN[
IMPOSSIBILITIES.
90me Aftermath of the Session -PolIt1Ca
(1hat from Abo-at the Lobbies of the
Xegislativ-, alle-The Con
grer lonal Outlook.
[TIS State, 24th.]
- In another part of this issue if
given a resume of the work done by
the Legislature. It will be seen thal
a number of acts were passed out oA
the 1150 bills introduced. But thE
members also gave through to some
thing more than bills, joint resolu
tions and acts.
The "campaign next summer" is
the roseate future to which nearly
every legislator looks. Some have
beome disgusted with public life
and swear that they will not again
enter the lists. Others will "come
t"ack" if their friends "urge them" to
do so. But others think that this
world has better things in store for
them. Some of the members of the
house at present seek nothing higher
than to become senators. In this
dlams 1ay be named Messrs Butler of
Cherokee, Biohardson of Clarendon,
' McLeod of Lee, Ashley of 4nderson
gd Efird of Lixington, provided
mntar Jbarpe retires.
There arm several members of the
house who have been suggested as
aqdi4at for the speaker's chair.
Among them are gesars Iucker of
Anderson, Morgan of Greenville, Wil
JiaMs of Lancaster, and Smith of
ger&biW. Each of them is well en
4oved with ment attributes, each
bs ha4 eperiene and all Ore pop
lar.
The house is more prolific of candi
dates forState o0ices that in the sen
at. The latter is not "so warm" but
the -house Is a regular incubator.
tere are fully a dozen State officers
who were representatives, but none
of them, except one, was ever in the
Senate.
Among the candidates who will go
from the noisy hail of the house to
the rapy debates in State campaigns
lathe speaker, Hon. W. F. Steven
men of Chesterfield, who iss a an of
warked legal ability and would add
dignity to the o@ce of attorney gen
era!, to whiph 'he aspires. His
pjectjen is no seneoure, bit Mr.
gisyenson has n.ever yet sugfered- de
foat. 'The only other annoneed
e.adidato is Mr. U. X. Giunter, the
preSent assistant attorney general,
who is popular in the State and a
finished politician.
For secretary of state nearly a quo
p9j; of tlNe house will offer. T1'be
auowed c,az4i49tes froan the house
are Hon. J. Harvey Wilson of Sam
tpy, chairraan of the ways and means
*omiEttee5 Ifr. J. C. CamphAIl of
Masrlboro, Capt 3. Kampden BrdLoks,
that most gallant of Confedera&e sol
diere, and CoL J. T. Austin of Green
ville, he of the invincible handshake
Other candidates will be Mr. J. T.
&antt, Col. E. H. Aull and Mr. W.
W. Bradley of Abbeville.
The house has a trained campaign
pr gnd a level headed militiaman as
a pandidate for comptroller g-neral.
!n the last few 4ays of the hes'4ion
capt. !. G. LSiehards of Kershaw an
nonoed that he had about decided
to enter the race. (3apt. }Wiebards
has been a supporter of the Charles
ton Medical college and of Winthbrop
in the fights in which those inistita
tions figured. Senator Sharpe with
his lusty vociferati.on will also be
heard upon the stump for this office.
Osapt. Black, sceretary of the St ate
penitentiary board, is a candidate
for this office.
-Mr. Derhamn may be hard to de
feat for re election. The attoruey
general, secretary of state and adju
tant general will not stand for re
election. Mr. Derham, Mr. McMa
han and Capt. Jennings will be t here
when the campaign opens.
Now the house has an aspirant for
Mr. McMahan's office, Mr. Arthur
Kibler of Newberry, one of t be lead
ers of the house and a ebampion of
the common schools. Mr. Kibi er is
also an advccate of measures regula
ting the workings of insurance eaom
panies. Prof. Q. B. Martin of Green
ville has announced himself as a can
e
didate for State Superintendent o
education. Col. A. R. Banks o
Rock Hill was suggested some tim,
ago, but he will not be in the race.
For adjutant general the hous,
will have a Confederate veteran wh4
will try to succeed the gallant ol<
soldier who will retire to take up thi
fight for congress in the Fifth dis
trict. Capt. A. H. Dean of Spartan
burg is a candidate for adjutant gen
eral. Capt. Dean has been a con
sistrvit advocate of purity in our pen
sion system. He is well known ii
the up country. Col. Jno. D. Fros
of Columbia, the popular and ver
efficient assistant adjutant general
will be in the race to succeed Mr
Floyd, as will Mr. Panl Ayer of An
derson and the dashing Col. Jaci
Boyd of Greenville, who has nevej
quit being a soldier siace the dayi
when he was a "Johnny Reb."
The office of railraod commisaionei
seems to be a soft berth. At an3
rate there are xpore candidates foi
this office than for any other
Among the candidates who are sc
far in the race are Mr. Henry J. xi
nard of Greenwood, who is, perhaps,
the leader of the economists of th(
house, although he is not narrow it
his views; Mr. J. G. Wolling of Fair
field, whose success as a merchani
and farmer would augur success ai
a State official, is also in thp race
Senator B. L. Caughrin of Saluda
author of the "Jim crow" car law, ii
a candidate. Mr. 4. C. Wilboorn oJ
York, the present chairpan, wil
stand for rerelection, haying sorve4
eight years. Mr. W. Boyd Evans ii
a candidate-and there are others.
No member of i ho house aspires tc
be governor-yet. There is onE
candidate on t4e other side of thE
State capitol. Lieut,. Qov. {. H. Till
ma and the winner will haye to 4e.
feat 4bort alf a dogen other candi
dates, among them ov. McSweeney,
CuL W. Jasper Talbert, Capt. D. C,
Heyward of Colleton, fnd Ur. F. M,
Ansel of Greenville.
The leading candidates for lieu,
truant governor are Hon. Frank B,
Gary of Abbeville, whose ability and
fairness as a presiding officer are ax
iomatic; Senator S. G. Mayfield, whc
4as bee'n tqr eight years chairrlan o1
the senate's most iwportant commrit.
tee; Senator J. Lyles Glenn of Chese
ter, and Mr. Cole. Li. Blease.
Since the redistricting of the Siate
there haye been g nurpber of buids og
the flower of congressional aspirW
tions. In the lirst district it is
thought that Mr. Geo. Liegare ol
Charleston will be elected. In the
second district the following namei
have been mentiQned, and -all will
probably run-William Elliott ol
Baaufort, q. Duncan Igellinger and
Jf. 0. attersoni of 4arLiwell, J. W,
Craft of Aiken, and J. Win. Thur
mond of Edgefield. Mr. Bellinge;
is the fearless, agresive and brajn)
leader of the andt-tynt eement d1
the State. Col. Oroft agrees witk
Mr. Bellinger in that figlht' and is ap
eloquent and powerfuli defender of
the common people ot. the jldor of
the house.
In the th ird district the candidatei
will be: Senator George S Mower ol
Newberry, Seniator Graydon, ex Sen
ator McCatlla and Wyatt Aiken ol
Abbeville, Geo. E Prince of Ander
san and Dr. Smith of Pickens. Thg
latter has not been heard of much ir
politics, bqt bie is sai4 to be a very
formidable candidate.
Mr. Joe Johnson will npt be ye
electe,l itn the fourth distript without
opposition Re defeated Mr. Stan
yarne Wilson by about 3,000 votes
It is rumored that Senator Dean o
Greenville will try conclusions witi
Mr. Johnson.
In the fifth Mr. Fi;aley will stand
for reelection and Gen. Floyd au<
Slicitor Hen ry will oppose him. Dr
Strait will rn again.
In the sigth no opposit jon to UJon
gressman Scarborough has developed
In the' eventh Mlr. ILever' s mos
formidable opponent will be Senato.
Rysor of Orangeburg, who coul<
ave been elected this time. Rich
land may have a candidate, and Sum
ter has material in waiting.
The lMgislature is the hotbed fron
which many tender plants are takei
and grafted into the soil of the Stat,
offices where their foliage is kep
'moist by the dews of emoluments an<
narqniites.
THE WORK OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
3 ACTS AND JOINV RESOLUTIONS OF
THE SESSION.
A Complete List Given for the Convonience
of the People of the State.
The legislature has completed its
work and adjourned, and naturally
the question will be asked, What has
been done? Below is published a
list of the acts and joint resolutions
ratified at the sessions just closed.
Of the new laws few of them are
of great importance. The greatest
interest centered in the new jury law,
the new road law and the new coanty
government law, which were made
necessary by the decisions of the
courts declaring the old laws to be
unconstitutional. The new laws Qu
these subjects were prepared with a
great deal of care but it remains to
be seen if they will stand the tests of
the courts.
It will be noted that a great many
of the new acts relate to unimpor
tant matters. A large per cent of
them relate to purely local affairs,
such as school districts, county mat
ters, etc. There are some unimpor
tant changes in the pension laws, and
some new regulations for municipal
ities. But taken all in all the work
of the legislature has not been of
great importance.
Following is a full list of the acts
and joint resolutions that have been
rati#ed;
An act to fix compensation of
county officers.
An act to further regulate the
working and maintaining the high
ways.
An act to prevent the sale of cer
tain explosive firecraclefs.
An act to protect keepers of board
ing boilse
An act to provide school books for
certain school districts.
An act to license manufacturers,
bottlers or dealers in mkneral waters
and other non-alcholic beverages, the
exclusive use of kegs, boxes, crates
and bottles owned by them and ren
dered capable of identif4cation by
the name of the owner, or other dis
tinguishmng uzsark, stamped, stencil
led, engrayed, cut or in any other
manner fized ther Aon.
An ac t to amend section 984- of tihe
reyised statutes of 189L3 so as~ to ex
erppt dentists from jury duty.
An act to prevent the altering or
removing land marks.
An act to require public ginners to
keep their books for inspection.
An act to exempt school trustees
from road duty.
An act to armend sections 4 and 5
of an asct entitled "An act to require
the supervisors of the State to pub
iish quarterly reports, so as to make
the siid act general, and so as to e
poal ineonsIstent acts and part of
An act to allow all farry products
to be marketed in any town in this
State without license,
An act providing a procedure to
enable the attorney general to se
cure testimony in relation to viola
tion of the anti-trust laws.
An act to prohibit pools, trusts and
monopolies.
An act to provide for the running
of public schools on a cash basis.
An act to authorize the county
treasurer and county superintendents
qf the several countjes to borrow
rmoney for any fiscal year to pay
school claims of said year.
.PENsIONS AND PENsIONERs.
An act in relation to the enroll
ment by county and township of cit
izens of South Carolina who ren
dered military or naval service to the
Confederate St ates.
Au act to amnd~( section 3 of an
4et to provid" for pensions for cer
tain soldiers and sailors, now resi
dents of South Carolina, who were
r in the service of the State or of the
Confederate States, in the late war
. between the States, ao far as it re
lates to widows of Confederate sol
idiers and sailors.
SAn act creating a count) pension
commissioner, defining his duties.
jAn act to amend an act to exempt
soldiers and sailors in the servie of
the State of South Carolina, or of the
Confederate States. in the war be
tween the States from taking out li
cense as hawker and peddler, by
making same apply to towLs and
cities.
An act to regulate county aid to
ex-Confederate soldiers, and to pre
vent their disfranchisement
A joint resolution to provide for
the purchase of 300 copies of the
Confederate Woman's books.
An act to amend an act to declare
the law in reference to the duty of
the county auditor when a false or
improper return for taxation is made.
An act to provide for the repair of
artificial limbs of certain citizens of
the State who were soldiers in the
war between the States.
An act to prohibit the wearing of
the Southern Cross by those not en
titled to do so.
An act to amend sections 1065,
1066 and 1067 of the code relating
to pensions.
AS TO PAYING TAXES.
A joint resolution to extend the
time for paying taxes for the fiscal
year 1901 to March 31st, 1902, with
out penalty. I
A joint resolution to extend the i
time for the payment of commuta- i
tion tax in lieu of labor on roads for I
the year 1902 to March 31st, 1902, 1
without penalty.
An act to amend an act entitled I
"An act to raise revenue for the sup
port of the State government by the I
leVy and collection of a tax on in- f
comes," approved 5th. da) of March, I
1897.
An act to extend the time for the
payment of taxes levied and assessed
for the fiscal year 1901, to pay judg
rpents obtained and entered upon
township bonds issued in aid of rail- (
roads, and interest and principal of
such bonds not rednoed to judgment,
when the railroad has not been com
pleted through the township as pro
jected, to March 1st, 1903,' without
penalty.
An act to amend section 399 of
the revised statutes of 1893, relating
to the seizure and sale of a default.
zng tax-payer's estate as heretofore
amended by act No. 349., approved
20th, February, 1901.
An act to 4eclare con~trEacts entered
into to evade the payment of taxes
to be against public policy.
An act to repeal section 27I of the
statutes of 1882, and to fix the time
for the payment of taxes, assess
ments and penalties.
An act to amend section 334 of
the revised statutes relating to the
collection of taxes without being
stayed by the proeess of court
TEESE c~oNcERN RAILROADS.
An act to authorize the Chester
field and Lancaster Railroad com
pany to change the location of its
track in certain particulars.
An act to incorporate the French
Broad and Southern Railroad corn
pany.
An act to prohibit hand-cars and
lever cars being left 'vithin 50 yards
of any public crossing, and to fix the
penalty therefor.
An act to authorize the consolida
tion or merger of the capital stocks,
franchises and properties of the
Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
company, the Scith Carolina and
Qeorgia Railroi I company, the
South Carolina and Georgia lRail
road Extension comnpany and the
Caiolina Midland Railway company
under the laws of this State, and to
authorize and empower such consol
idated company to make a lease of
its railroad properties and franchises
to the Southern Railway company.
An act to incorporate the Charles
ton Union Station company.
An act to incorporate Mount Pleas
ant and Georgetown Railway com
pany?.
An act to require electric street
railway companies to affix vestibules
to their cars for the protection of
motormen.
An act to provide for corporate
agents of certain townships, and to
prescribe their duties.
An act to providle the measure of
damages to which any common car
rier may be held for the conversion
to its own use of any property held
by it on consignment or in course of
consignment
An act to provide the manner in
which owners or projectors of any
railroad companies, incorporated un -
der the laws of other States or coun
tries, may become incorporated in
this State.
An act to require all railroad com
panies doing business in this State
to provide spittoons in passenger cars.
An act to further define connect
ing lines of common carriers and
fix their liabilities.
An act to empower the Charleston
and Summerville railroad to build
bwo bridges across the Ashley river.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONs.
An act prescribing the manner in
which cities and towns may extend
;heir charters of incorporation.
An act to amend section 1 of "An
ict to provide for the incorporation
>f towns of not less than 1,000 nor
nore than 5,000 inhabitants," ap
>roved 5th. March, 1896.
An act to amend an act entitled
'An act to authorize and empower
-ities, towns, townships and other
nunicipal corporations to issue ne
otiable coupon bonds for the re
unding or payment, in whole or in
>art, of bonded indebtedness, and any
inpaid past due interest thereon, ex
sting at the time of the adoption of
he present constitution," app roved
4arch 9, 1896.
An act to r quire municipalities
o provide drains for surface water.
An act to empower cities and towns
o issue exclusive franchises to per
ons or corporations furnishing wa
er or lights thereto.
An act to establish municipal
ourts and define their power and
urisdiction.
An act to authori7e the establish
nent of board of police comnii3sion
rs i cities of not less than 20,000
nhabitants nor more than 50,000.
(Continued in our next paper.)
0OL. JOHN G. WILLIAMS.
)eath or One of Hampton' Qalant men
A Citizen of Laurens County.
[Special to The state.]
Cross Hill, Feb. 24.-Col. John
1r. Williams died at his hoirne this
norning after a long aind painful
llness. For many years Col. Wil
iams was one of the leading men of
L~aurens cotnnty. W was widely
mown in the State. H~e commanded
company during the war Between
he States; served upon the staff of
>f Govs. Hampton and Simpson. He
vas elected to the legislature from
his county in 1890, utaling a safe,
ntelligent and faithful member.
de was a man of strong convictions,
1aying the courage to stand by them.
Jol. James Williams3 of Revolution
mry fame was his great grandfather.
He married in 1808 Miss Nannie
U. Campbell, daughter of the late
Robt. E. Campbell, who stirvivea
Hie bore his sufferings with great
~ortitude, praying for -submission
md patience, asking his many friends,
>oth white and colored, to meet him
n heaven. He was a member of the
KIethodist church. The devotion of
2is loving wife was beautifual and
nost pa'hetic. Relativ6s and friends
nost tenderly nursed him and sijilled
3hysicisne attended hing, doing
averything known to medical science
:o proloug his life, but from the first
bis case seemed to be hopeless. lie
wvas in his 69th year.
Little 1iIotain items.
Capt. Brady of this place has a very
sick child.
Mrs. D. J, Shefaly, near this place is
also on the sick list. She is improving
some for the last few day s.
Mr. A. N. Rowland's baby that was
3ick with pneumonia is almost entirely
well
Rev. J. K Efird of this place was
called to L'exingtoni Co., this week
to bury Mrs Lola Agnes Amick at St.
Thomas E. L. Church. She was the
daughter of Mr. Anston Wessinger.
Some rogues entered Mr. Scott's store
last Tuesday night by forcing off the
weather-boarding under one of the
front windows with a crow-bar. They
went in and lighted a~ hop and left it
burning after escaping through a win
dow. The amo"unt of goods taken is
not known.
Mothers can safely give Foley's Honey
and Tar to their children for coughs
and colds, for it contains no opiates or
other poisons. Gilder & Weeks.
ROOSEVELT AND TILLMAN.
AN UNPLEASANT SFQUEL TO THE
FIGHT IN THE SENATE.
The President Suggests to the South Caro
lina Senator that Owing to the Circum
stance of his Being Under Contempt
of the Senate It Might be Well if
he were to Withdraw his Ac
ceptance of the President's
Invitation to Dine with
Prince Henry.
Washington, February 24.-The
President has withdrawn his invita
tion extended to Senator Tillman, of
South Carolina, to attend the dinner
to be given tonight in honor of Prince
Henry, of Prussia, at the White
House. It is stated that this action
on the part of the President. was
made necessary from the fact that,
owing to occurrences on the floor of
the Senate last Saturday, the Sena
tor from South Carolina was declared
in contempt of the Senate. Senator
Martin, of Virginia, accepted an in
vitation in Senator Tillman's place.
The invitation was extended to Sena
tor Tillman, owing to the fact that
he is the ranking minority member
of the naval affairs committee.
There was a sensational sequel to
the decision of the President to elim
inate Senator Tillman's name from
the list of dinner guests. The Presi
dent sent for Senator Crockrell, of
Missouri, and asked him, as a friend
and Democratic colleague of Senator
Tillman, to suggest to the latter the
propriety of withdrawing his accept
ance of the dinner invitation. The
President explained his attitude in
the matter and said that, in view of
the contempt proceedings, Senator
TillmaL's presence would not only
be an affront to the Senate, but a dis
courtesy to Prince Heijry. Senator
Cockrell accepted the commission
and later telephoned to the President
that Senator Tillman absolutely re
fused to withdraw his acceptance in
respopme to the President's sug
gestion. The President then im
mediately cancelled the invitation in
a note he dispatched directly to Sen
ator Tillman shortly before noon to
day. In this note, which was very
brief and formal, the President stated
he regretted he was obliged to with
draw the invitation. Simultaneously
Senator M1artin, of Virginia, was in
vited to take Senator Tillman's place
at the dinner as the next ranking
Democratic member of the Senate
naval affairs cmmuittee.
THE PRESiDENT's LETTER.
The following is the letter from
the White House withdrawing Sena
tor Tillman's invitation to dine there
tonight:
"White House, February 24.
9'The President regrets that he is
compelled to withdraw the invitation
to you to dine tonight at the White
Ilouse,
"Very truly yours,
"George B. Cortelyou,
"Secretary to the President."
SENATOR TILLMAN's5 CoMMENT.
Commenting spon the letter Sena
tor Tillman says:
"The President, of course, has the
right to invite any one he chooses to
dine with him, officially or otherwise,
and also has the right to withdraw
such invitation. As I am not con
scious of having done anything, per
sonal or official, which gives the
President the right to insult me, I
am surprised at his action. The in
vitation to this dInner came to me
unsought and unexpected, and so far
as the withdrawal is concerned it is a
matter of absolute indifference to me.
It is the motive behind it which seeks
to put me in the condition of unwor
thiness to meet the President and
his guest before final action by the
Senate. Prince Henry, the Presi
dent's guest, comes from a country
whose custom makes it obligatory
upon any man who regards himself a
gentleman to promptly resent an in
sult, and the method is by challenge
to a duel. That was once the cus
tom, but it is now obsolete in the
United States, and we have been
forced as a people here to cling to
the old Anglo-Saxon rule of consid
ering the lie direct as the first blow,
and no man coQld hold up his head
in decent society should he, being
near enough to answer the lie with a
blow not give it.
"As for my being in contempt of
the senate, which I presume is the
excuse for this insult at the hands of
the President-that I deny. I have
been guilty of a breach of the rules
and the privileges of the Senate.
The Senate was not sitting as a Court,
but as a legislative assembly. It has
the right to expel me, if it sees fit,
and I am ready to abide its judgment
and action. It has the right to ar
rest me and to hold me in custody
until it makes disposition of my case,
but it has no right to gag me, and
the President has no right to judge
me guilty of conduct unbecoming a
gentleman, unless he belies all his
antecedents, which lead one to be
lieve that he would have' done just
as I did under the circumstances.
As to which of us is the gentleman
in this matter, in view of the un
sought invitation to dinner at the
White House and its indecent with
drawal, I am willing to abide by the
jndgment of all brave and self-re
specting men."
Tribute to Our Old Kitchen.
Far back in my musings my thoughts
have been cast
ro the cot where the hours of my child
hood were passed;
[ love all its rooms to the pantry and
hall,
But that blessed old kitchen was dearer
than all.
[ts chairs and its tables none brighter
could be,
And all its surroundings were sacred
to me
ro the nail in the ceiling, the latch on
the door,
&nd I love every crack on the old
kitchen floor.
[ remember the fire-place with mouth
high and wide,
rhe old fashioned oven that stoc1 by
its side,
Dut of which, each Thanksgiving,
came puddings and pies,
Tbat fairly bewildered and dazzled our
eyes.
And then, too, St. Nicholas, slyly and
still,
Came down every Christmas our stock
ings to fill;
While the mark of the axe-handle out
by the door
Did not pass for his hoofs, while carry
ing his store,
But the dearest of memories I've laid
up in yore,
[s the mother that trod on the old
kitchen floor.
Day in anld day out, from morning till
night,
Her footsteps were busy, her heart al
ways light,
For it seemed to me then, that she
knew not a care,
The smile was so gentle her face used
to wear;
I remember with pleasure what joy
filled our eyes,
When she told us the stories that child
ren so prize;
They were new every night, though
we'd heard them before
From her lips, at the wheel, on the old
kitchen floor.
I remember the window, where morn
ings I'd run,
As soon as the daybreak, to watch for
the sun;
And thought, when my head scarcely
reached to the sill
That it slept through the night in the
trees on the hill
And the small tract of ground that my
eyes there could view
Was all the world that my infancy
knew;
Indeed, I cared not to know of It
more,
For a world of itself was that old
kitchen floor.
Tonight those old visions come back
at their will,
But the wheel and its music forever
are still;
The band is moth-eaten, the wheel
laid away,
To be used on our cart on those bright
sunny days;
The hearthstone, so sacred, is just as
'twas then,
And the voices of children ring out
there again;
And ye who do daily, cross over that
sill,
Step lightly, dear children', for I think
of her still.
I ask not for honor, but this would I
crave,
That when the lips speaking are clos;ed
in -the grave,
My children would gather theirs round
by their side,
And tell them of the mother who long
ago died;
'Twould be more enduring, far dearer
to me,
Tban inscription on granite or marble
could be,
To have them tell often, as I did of
yore,
Of the mother who trod on the ok'.
kitchen floor.
Geo. WV. Eddy.
Mt. aor. N.JT Feb. 22, 192