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VINQSTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA,
?BY ?
C. W. WOLFE .
ntUAtrVC ouit & a v/}/1 ?wv*
The fad for large slioewear which
has attacked the mcu will doubtless
be contused strictly to their own side
of the sex problem. Femininity will
still paddle along with its heel under
its instep, as usual.
A distinguished authority was
usked, the other day, what was the
proper number of a good working
committee. The reply was: "Three?
if one is sick and another cannot
come." That must not be regarded
s an example of one man power, because
the author of the statement was
Clara Barton, who has exemulilied it
more man oucw.
In the one item of cotton and cotton
manufacturers alone the South wii!
hud a market as great as that which
it now enjoys in Europe anil America
should proper advantage he taken of
the vast possibilities which open np
to view as the result of throwing open
the flower y kingdom to the commerce
and industries of the world, states the
St. Paul's Globe. Already tho South
has shown that it will not ho many
generations before she shall have hecome
not only tho greatest cotton pro
ducingcountry of the worm, out aiso
tho greatest cotton manufacturing section
of tho United States.
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It will be a good day for the country
when there grows up un assumption
that the politician is naturally highminded,
thongh conditions may at
times cause him to act questiouabh',
and that, freed from those conditions,
his natural moral resiliency will cause
him to soar, observes the New York
Commercial Advertiser. Under a
high moral public sentiment it is
easier for men to be good than to be
bad. Iu private life many a man leaves
certain things undone, while committing
other greater sins because some
are what a gentleman would not do,
mud the others the sin of the gentleman.
Thus any advance in public or
political standard is hailed as a benefit,
no matter what its immediate motive.
Tl?n nimino nt nnsfcnffipps nftpr mil
itary heroes has been a fad since the
outbreak of the Spanish war, and is
now beginning to die out; but after
Deweys, Roosevelt*, ftelileys and
Shatters had dotted the Union, a llippant
Texas towu with an admiration
for the Rough Riders turned up a
short tiuie ago with a request that its
postofiice be named "Teddy," which,
, after due deliberation, was done. On
the same day a postoffiee in Georgia
varied the usual procedure of securing
the names of tlie great and good by
naming itself Quilp. The flippancy
with which some towns brand tiiemxrifb
niMirfilii-i'mu nmnpq i>4 il.
Initiated by Twobit, S. I). The town
is probably worth more thau that.
Some of the names, however, evince u
lively and poetic fancy, as Blue Ash,
Ohio; Bonny Boon, Cal., and Gallant
Green, Md.
Fortunately for the industrious,
that portion of humanity is relatively
small that goes to jail during the
winter months on a charge of vagrancy
because assured of comfortable lodging
and plenty to eat Small as 's
this element, the burden to the com
muuity at largo of those laziest of
drones amounts annually to thonsauds
of dollars. The main trouble appears
to be that jails have become so comfortable
as actually to invito the shiftless
uud idle to become residents
therein when the inclement season
begins. A Western judge has adopted
the plan of sending professional
tramps and vagrants to jail for fifteen
days with a rigid bread and water
diet. It is said that within a week
they beg to get out, promising never
to return to the city again, and that
the jail, instead of being filled to
overflowing, has very few inmates. If
this practice were followed with strict
impartiality in each city, an army of
able bodied and lazv men might feel
that they had a call to do .something
else than live off the industrious.
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ROBERTS LEFT OUTMocman
Congressman Fxcluded From The
House.
SENATE.
j Thirty-ljrst Day.?Routine business
: occupied the attention of the Senate
I in a brief session. The resolution ofi
fered by Mr. Pettigrew. of South Da|
kota, calling upon the President for
i information regarding the treaty en
terod upon with the Sultan of Sulu was
. passed after Mr. Pettigrew had made
| an attack upon the administration for
! .?i Vi.. 1
C'UlCriUg u;iu iiu Ugl CfllJClll. nuiiu, 1IL
said, authorized slavery. Au extended
debate was precipitated by a conference
report on the census administrative
bill, but the census committee
gained its point and the measure was
sent back to conference. Mr. Allen offered
a resolution calling upon the
j Secretary of War for all information
| and correspondence relating to the ad!
ministration of customs affairs in Pu- i
! erto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines j
' siuce the war with Spain. Objection '
! being made it went over.
Thirty-second Day.?Another discus- :
| sion of the race question mainly oceu|
pied the Senate. In accordance with
i previous notice, Mr. Money, of Mississ
issippi, spoke in reply to the recent j
speech of .Mr. Priteaard, of North Carolina,
on the proposed amendment .o ;
; the constitution of North Carolina.
! There was a spirited colloquy between
i Mr. Money and Mr. Chandler, of New
, Hampshire.
Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, from the
military affairs committee, report? 1
I a substitute for Mr. Pettigrew's reso- 1
j lu-tion regarding the Cocur D'Alene
mining troubles last year.
The substitute calls upon the Sccre'
tary of War to submit to the Senate
| copies of all orders given to Gen. H.
! C. Merriam and to all cfllcers under
him. and especially any proclamation
of Gen. Merriam and as to orders co*t'
cernir.g the treatment of the civilli:.*i.
prisonys. The resolution was passed.
The resolution of Mr. Allen, of N< j
hraska. calling upon the Secretary of
War for all orders and information
! concerning the collection of customs
i and revenues in the islands of Cuba.
t menu jiico, aim me r tuno ..u.i
passed with a modification.
; The urgent deficiency hill was then
called up. Mr. Hale, of Maine, in response
to inquiries from Mr. Petti grew
! said the bill carried about $9,000,000:
that it contained no provision for the
. payment of the rental of the old cus:
torn house in New York. He could not
j say. however, how much was devoted
! to the Philippine war.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
Thirty-third Day.?The Senate comi
mittpo on Porto Rico decided, so far
I as it can decide, that the island whose
, affairs it has under its particular care,
i shall be known as Porto Rico, as fixj
rd by a recent executive order. The
<iui*&uuu vo-iijc uy in iuv vuuiuiuuv
connection with tlie Forakcr bill. providing
a form of government for the
island and the decision upon the spelling
of the namp was unanimous.
HOUSE.
Thirty-first Day.?The second day's
1 debate in the House upon the Roberts
! case was less dramatic than the first.
I The galleries were almost as crowded.
! hut the ladies were less demonstrative.
Mr. Roberts was not present during
the day. Had he been he would have
| heard the most scathing excoriation of
I the Mormons ever delivered upon the
i floor of the House. Mr. Landis. of In'
diana. the young orator who distil)
I guished himself during the last Con:
press in an oratorical duel with Mr.
Johnson, of liis Stale, won new laurels."
He charged that Utah had been admitj
ted to the Union as a result of a Morj
mon conspiracy and reviewed the his;
tory of the apostles of the church,
; whom he charged with living in open
; and flagrant violation of the statute
against polygamy to show that they
had basely broken their solemn pledge
to the government.
The other speakers were Messrs.
! Powers. Republican, of Vermont, and
Miers, Democrat, of Indiana, for the
majority resolutions; Messrs. Snodgrass.
Democrat, of Tennessee, and
Wilson, silver Republican, of Idaho,
for the minority resolutions; Mr. Laeey.
Republican, of Iowa, for his prop
:, r.vtinl without cvvnaritia- it<
UMIiUil l\J ? n ivuvu v
ant! Mr. Crumpacker, Republican, of
Indiana, for exclusion by a two-thirds
' majority.
Thirty-second Day.?*The case of
Rrigham H. Roberts, the Mormon rep:
resentative-elcct from Utah, which has
occupied so much of the attention of
: the House since the assembling of Conj
press, was decided by the adoption of
a resolution to exclude him by a vote
j of 268 to 50.
i The minority resolutions?to seat
! and expel Mr. Ttolierts?were defeated
] by 81 to 244.
The majority resolution to exclude
i were then adopted, 27s to 50.
i Thirty-third Day.?After transacting
, minor routine business ;.hc House turned
its attention to eulogies on the
I deceased members. The date of Februj
ai^r 10th. heretofore fixed for eulogies
on ine iaie nepresenuune oeuie, ui
Kentucky, was vacated, the time for
the exercises to he fixed later. Eulogies
were pronounced on the late Representative
Baird, of Louisiana; Mee|
kinson, of Ohio, Meyer, of Louisiana,
Clayton, of Alabama; Wheeler of Kentucky;
Brc-ussard. of Louisiana; Henry
of Texas, and Eppes, of Virginia. At
| tlio conclusion of the eulogies resolutions
of respect were adopted, and th:n
at 12.30 p. ra., as a further mark of re|spect
the House adjourned.
While the cotton mills of the South
I are prospering, thoso cf the North
| are doing equally well.
GRIDIRON CLUB BANQUET.
Bryan and Oilier Prominent People Entertained.
Washington, I). C., Special.?The
fifteenth annual dinner of the Oridiron |
Club was given at the Arlington, hotel j
Saturday night, and, like fta prcdeces- I
sor, was the most successful event cf I
the season. The club is composed of
40 Washington correspondents, who .
each year give a number of dinners,
and make the last Saturday "in Jan- J
uary a most notable occason, as it is I
the anniversar" of the club's origin, j
The banquet hall was handsomely dec
orated, the ceiling and walls covered in
laurel. Smilax and maiden hair ferns,
with palms ami other tropical plants,
filled every window* and corner of the
room. Through all this mass of green
were more than a thousand electric
lights of all colors. The tables were
banked with flowers, orchids and roses
predominating, while many vases ct
American beauty roses adorned the
room. Henry Litchfield West, of the
Washington Post, tin* new president,
occupied th.? head of the table, which
was made in tlip shape of a gridiron
and around which were gathered 200
guests and the members of the dub.
As usual the unique features and daring
burlesques, together with the good
natured skits aimed at prominent
guests, formed the principal part of the
n" ? ?'? AMc.?tnref_
entertainment. mere ?ii? iiKi-isiicised
wit.i songs by the qparteite, solos
and witty speeches, all making a thoroughly
enjoyable evening. The menu
was an exquisite affair. be:r.g a little
i volume bound in leather, each page
having the name of a member, together
with bis vignette set in a reduced front
page of the paper he represents. Ic
was designed as a souvenir of the fifteenth
annual dinner.
The initiation of two new members
was made the text for a burlesque r-u
imperialism. The club "expanded" for
the new members, raised the President
to the rank of Emperor and "crowned"
him. Reports from colonial governors
, and vassal states and the conferring
; of-titles were rudely interrupted by
Tnele Sam," who seized the "crowns"
I and drove the decorated "officials"
. from the room.
A minstrel show with really new
, jokes amused the guests; several songs
j written for the occasion were gven. a
verse being allotted to Mr. Bryan, with
an allusion to "It! to 1." Another la(
mented for Senator Fry, because, as
, president of the Senate, he had to listen
to Senators instead of enjoying his
favorite fishing sport.
The speeches were especially good.
Senator Depew and the Chinese minister
being at their best, while the rej
marks of Messrs. Frye. Bryan, Gorman.
I unanaier, inimau. namia, u.uu uc*;
eridge, were of the usual high order.
The speakers were placed upon their
I mettle by the happy introduction of
i Mr. West, w'.io presided throughout
the evening with dignity and ability,
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Injunction Denied.
I Macon, (la.. Special.?Judge Speer,
I Saturday morning in the case of Dady
vs. the Georgia and Alabama Railroad,
' refused the injunction sought to prevent
the consolidation of the Seaboard
1 Air Line system, lie referred to the
fact that causes substantially similar
I were pending in the Federal jurisdiction
of Virginia and North Carolina,
holding that the court which first took
I cognizance of the case should carry it
to its determination. Holding that the
plaintiffs were privies with Ryan in
his suits in the jurisdiction referred to
hp said that these tribunals were the
proper ones for him to resect to. thr
jsame issues being involved.
Warren's Unfinished Fight.
London, by Cable.?The only news
i issued by the War Office during Saturday
night is a dispatch from Lord Roberts
dated Saturday stating that the
'situation is unchanged and that General
French reports a reeonnoissancs
: of the enemy's position on Thursday,
when he found the Boers strongly
! posted at l'ietfontein. The maps do
not show any such place in the region
nnnrnt t/\nc on/1 if
Ul VftriK.*! '11 r ItllVil O Uiivt .V
is probable that Keitfontein, 10 miles
| north of Colesburg. is the place alluded
' to.
China's New Emperor.
P' Kin. by Cable.?An imperial edict
I an aouuces that Pu Chun. 14 years old,
sou of Prince Tuan. is appointed heir
i to the present emperor. Kwang Su,
| who announces ill health make his abdication
nfcc.-sary. The new emperor
! it is said will ascend the throne Jan'
uarv :;i. The dowager will continue
her strong power and 110 change in
Chinese policy is in view.
Kentucky Trouble.
Frankfort, Ky., Special.?The first
j actual test of strength between the
, Republican and Democratic forces iu
' the Goebel-Taylor contest came Sat
j urday and by the admission of the Republican
leaders proved a voctory for
Goebe!. The Democrats claim it decisively
while the Republicans still
have strong hopes of retaining Governor
Taylor. The vote was in the
contest of Van Meter, of Fayette county.
against Berry, Van Meter winning
51 to 45. Every effort was made to
get out the largest vote possible.
ROBERTS IS" 15LI1
House Adopts the Majority Report
| by a Vote ot 268 to 50.
A SEVERE BLC.7 TO POLYGAMY.
Ou the Ouc?tioli tu Aitmlt noktrli Flrnt '
I
Hii.i Then L'jpel Him, the Vote Wax
J 81 t.) '*41?The l'olycMtiilil Declare*
When He Hear* the Ke*ult That He I*
n "Mart>r to a Spasm of Prejudice."
Washington, P. C. (Special).?The case
of Brigitam H. Roberts, the Mormon Ilepreseutatlve-elect
from Utah, .vhfcli lias occupied
so much of the attention of the
House since the assembling of Congress,
1 has bean decided by the adoption of a
resolution to exclude him, by u vote of 2CS
I to 50. ^ 1 '
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BRIO RAM FT. ROBERTS.
The exact lauijUHKe of the resolution was
j as follow?:
' That, under tb? facts ami circumstances
of the case, IJnzh.ni II. Huberts. lteprcsentativu-oleet
from the State of Utah,
, ought not to hnvu or hold u seat lit thu
, IIouso of It proyiT.tiitivc, and that the
sent to which he was elected Is hereby <lej
dared vacant."
! The amendment to expel Mr. Roberts
without seating him, offered by Mr. Lacey,
was ruled out on a point of order, and the
House only voted upon the resolutions of
j the majority and minority of the commitI
tee. The latter?to seat and then expel
Mr. Roberts?was defeated 81 to 214.
An analysis of this vote shows that 170
Republicans, 72 Democrats and 2 Populists
voted against it, and 71 Democrats, 7 Republicans,
2 Populists and 2 Silver Republicans
for it. The majority resolutions?to
exclude Mr. Roberts and declare the seat
I vacant?were adopted by 2G8 to 50. The
1 affirmative vote was divided as follows:
i Republicans, 1G8; Democrats, 96; PopilI
lists, 4. and the negative vote: Democrats,
I -17! Silver Uanublicans.2: Populists, 1.
Mr. Roberts wn? present throughout the
) day, unJ only left the hull after the result
I of the last vote had been announced. As
| he did so he Rave out a statement justify1
lug his retention of his plural wives on the
I ground that his moral obligation was more
' binding upon his conscience than technical
. obedience to statutory law, and saying
1 that there was little excuse for the ex,
traordlnary eHorts to crush a system al!
ready abandoned and practically dead. H o
, said be was a "martyrto a spasm of preju,
dice." He would not, ho said, attempt to
run for Congress again, although he would
go back homo with a light heart, confident
of the future,
j The action of the House, it is believed
here, will be a blow to polygamy which it
will not long survive. It is thought noef
fori will ever again be ir.nao toseut a polygamic
t in Congress, nud that the young
men of Utah will realize that if they contract
polygamous marriages the avenues
of political preferment under the National
i Government will he closed to them.
NEW EMPEROR FOR CHINA.
Ku:tng-Sii Ihsucm :tn Kdict Announcing
Ills Siucrnor-Ho tVill Abdicate.
Pkkin (By Cable).?An imperial edict has
been issued announcing that owing to ill
liealtli Emperor Kuang-Su Is unable to
| conduct the affairs of State, and that lie
I has accordingly appointed I'u Chun as bis
"^jfI '/Ji "^
j niPEnor. kca::g-sc of china.
I heir. This stop is not an absolute abdieni
tion, though It is expected that the Erni
peror will retire from the throne in a very
short time. The seheme is ascribed to the
Dowager Empress, who Is regarded as being
responsible for the edict.
Keystone Democrats For Bryan.
The State Democratic Committee set the
' pace tor the Democracy of other States by
! making Colonel William J. Bryan its choice
for the Presidency in 1!K)0. This action was
taken by the committee while Colonel
Bryan was on his way to flarrisburg from
New York City to attend the meeting and
confer witli the party leaders. This is sai l
to be the lirst time in the party's history
that the Democrats of Penusylranla have
indicated their choice for President in advance
of the State Convention.
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June will be the convention month in
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It isn't always when a man indulges 9H
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Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. ^^BB
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In Montana women who pay taxet Hffl
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now Arc Your Kidney* t MHB
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Russia has 650.000 princes and other
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municipal ?<>v< rnm.nt. Collectively
j their maintenance costs $25,000,000 a Bb
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About .ico stis of Christmas cards? SB
(that is tu say. over a thousand new dcI
signs?arc placed tpon the market every B0
j year by one firm.
The shipbuilding yards of San Fran- B
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liio orange Mii^iiiciiLs i>u>? Uv>.i.>v...
; California for the season of 1S99-190?
arc c-tiniatcd at 15.000 carloads, with a
market value to the growers of about
i $7,500,000.
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i Kentucky was the first State to giv?
' school suttrage to widows, granting it
j in i8j?8. *
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