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The Legislature at Work. A Session of Only Three Quarters of an Hour's Duration. Last year somebody remarked that it would be a cold day when the house held a session of only an hour's duration. Yesterday the cold day came and the: use fu filled the prophecy air3 e its own record by holding a ion of less than an hour's du rafi* - It was rainy, cold and dreary on the outside and the members didn't seem to have much of a desire for work anyway. At one time it looked very much as if the fight over the bill to polish the South Carolina Military ,ademy was going to take place, but a ruling of the speaker on a point of order made by Mr Mellett sent the matter over to some later day-maybe to? day. Yesterday's was one of the most uneventful sessions the present bou?e has ever held, though a good start was made by the killing ot one bill, and the passage of another to a third reading, it being ordered sent to the senate. The provision in the new Constitn tion, barring all kinds of special bills is beginning to get in its work The same day of the last session there were upwards of 40 new bil's intro? duced ; yesterday's record was only eight,'and none of them wer*; of very general interest. To day the house will very likely get down to work, fer the committees are losing no time in considering and reporting upon the bills referred to them. The following was the most im portant bill introduced : By Mr. Hammett: To authorize and provide for the changing of the locstion of the public roads, etc. This bill providen that the county boards of commissioners of the sev? eral counties of the State are hereby authorized and empowered to change the location of any of the public roads in any of the counties of this State, where in their judgment, steep hills and rough places in said roads can be avoided by so doing For the purpose of relocating such roads they shall have the power to call to their assistance a surveyor, who shall survey and lay off such roads under their direction. The said commis sioners shall have the power to con? demn the land so laid off where tha .owner of said land will not give the right of way for such purposes Lost to Democracy. To the Editor of The State : The writer while being with you in all your struggles must now leave you and move his membership into the Republican camp and in doing so would like to give some reasons for the same, hoping they may induce other to do likewise. First, the , National Democratic party has proven itself utterly in? competent to run the government This must be admitted by ail think? ing men. As soon as they got into power the entire business of the United States waned and the South suffered very seriously in every de? partment of business. Many farmers and merchants tc-day are bankrupt by their unwise legislation and thou? sands of men are out of employment. The manufacturing interests also suf? fered seriously all over the United States, and there was no sign of improvement in the industries of our country until it was seen that the Republican party would soon get into power. Second, this same old Democratic party brought on the war between the States by claiming to be neutral and as soon as the war was fairly started the war Democrats went into the Union army and caused our de? feat The same party after the war was over, held out promises to the South and made her solid, which forced the Republicans to pass unwise legisla? tion, which did them no good and re? sulted in great harm to the South, and when the same old Democratic party got into power it did nothing for the South, save putting a few of her men into office. Third, the fear of negro rule is removed by the disfranchisement of 70,000 of them and white men can and will honestly differ. Fouth, the Republican party be? lieves in protection and no country needs it more than the South. Fifth, because the Republican party is the party of progress, which we need iii the South. Sixth, because the Republican party ia the party for good money and a plenty of it, hence, is the party for the farmer and laborer. Seventh, because the Republican party is greatly interested in the railroads of the South and should the intelligent people join in with them they will assist us by legislating kto build up the waterpowers of the South and make their roads more profitable. These and roany other reasons cause me to go into the Republican camp and the writer can't see how our Southern people can do other wise. Democrat of 1S76. Sumter, Jan. 14. In going to get a drink stop and taink what bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines are to be had at the Sumter Music Hou3e, in the Masonic Temple building. Hangs Over Charleston. The Metropolitan Police Sword Once More. Quite a stir was occasioned about th capitol yesterday when it became noised around thu the governor had practically made up his miod to put Charleston under the control of metropolitan police. For several days it has been known that somethiug < f this kind was liable to de? velop in a short time Yesterday morn? ing Mr. St. Julian Yates came up from Charleston in response to a summons, it is surmised, in connection with the mat? ter. The present stir seems to have been created by the failure of the new ad? ministration to retain Chief of Police Martin, and a good many other mat? ters bearing upon the enforcement of the dispcnuaryMaw in Charleston. When Governor Evans was asked about the matter yesterday he declined to have anything to say for publication. It was ascertained, however, that the governor, while it has been practically decided to give Charleston the metro? politan police, has held the matter io statu quo, in respoose to a telegram from the Charleston authorities asking for a conference in regard to the mat? ter. It may be only another scare, but Governor Evans seems to have con biderable information of some kind, upon which he is about to act. To understand the matter fully, one would have to be familiar with the intricacies of Charleston municipal matters -The S;ate. mmm ? > > mm On the 29th Ballot. Chicago Wins the Democratic Contention. Washington, Jan. 16 -The Demo? cratic national convention will be held at Chicago on July 7. Such was the decision reached on the 29th ballot by the national committee to-day after a spirited contest io which Chicago won by a bare majority with St .Louis only two votes behind. It was practically a fight between the free silver forces on the one hand and the bard money men on the other. This statement cannot be taken as literally correct, for several silver men finally voted for Chicago, while other votes were cast for St. Louis by hard money men. As a mat? ter of fact, the vote which Chicago re? ceived waa. as Mr. Smally of Vermont expressed it, "a natural one" inasmuch as it was cast by the States lying within the group known as the middle and west and east. St. Louis' vote might also be called equally natural since it came mainly from the southwest and the west. The free silver men who were bitterly hostile to New York, made St. Louis their rallying point and throughout the entire 29 ballots they were loyal to the city of their choice. The splendid showing made by St. Louis surprised the best posted politicians at the Arlington hotel as it was believed last night and this morn? ing that she could not rally to exceed 15 or 18 votes ; that she whould ' then drop out of the race and that the fight would narrow down to Chicago and Cincinnati. That she did stay in the race and io the concluding ballots steadily increased her strength shows how admirably her forces, were dis? ciplined. New York's poor showing did not surpise any one who is familiar with the situation. It was not that the New York campaign was not cleverly man? aged, for her delegation neglected no argument that could secure her the support of the committee. It was ob? vious yesterday afternoon that she could not win, but her representatives pluckily continued the fight io the face of certain defeat. It was thought that Cincinnati might be the second choice of a sufficient number of members to secure the prize, but this hope was not realized At no time during the day was Ciocionati a serious competitor aod at DO time did she secure more thao 12 votes. Chicago began with 6 votes and it was not until the 14th ballot that she increased them to 10. She re? mained practically at that figure until the 20th ballot when her str ngth was increased to 13. Agaio she stood practically still until toe 27th ballot, when her vote of 16 in the preceding ballot was increased to 20. At that time St. Louis, which bad begun with 19, had 21 votes. New York had fallen to 3 aod Cincinnati to 6, It was theo manifest that not only had the fight oarrowsd dowo to Chicago and St. Louis, but that Chicago's steadily in? creasing gains iodicated her ultimate victory. This came oo the 29th ballot, wheo her vote of 21 io the 28th ballot was iocreased by 5, thus giving her a bare majority and leaving St. Louis a dangerous second with 24, while Cincin? nati was reduoed to 1. New York's 4 votes oo this ballot weot to Chicago, as did also 1 of Cincinnati's. ? - I P-^mmm Venezuela Again. LONDON, Jao. 16.-Io ao article CL m tn en ti ag upoo thc speech at Man? chester last oight by Mr. A. J. Bal? four, first lord of the treaeury, the St. James Gazette, this afternoon says : ,4Mr. Balfour does not give encour? agement to the diplomatic amateurs who are trying to get the Americans to believe that we are wroDg and will end by knuckling down. "Those who have been led to believe that the Marquis of Salisbury intends to apply to Washington, asking it to be good enough to arbitrate or conciliate, are mistaken, and we certainly hope they have not been shle to lead Amer? ican opinion to share their errors. There is an increasing disposition both in London and io Washington to be? lieve that the dispute can be arranged by negotiations between the only gen? uine parties thereto,, Great Britain and Venezuela. "We have no quarrel with the old Monroeism, but if the senate insists upon setting up a new Monroeism which will render the United States absolute arbitrator of the affairs of the continent of which one third bolong? to Gree.t Britain, we certainly cannot avert thc consequences by yielding. The issue, peace or war, lies with the Americans " The same view of the matter is taken by The Globe, which is skeptical as to tbe formation of a court of arbitration whose decisions would be sure to com? mand equal respect on both aides. -To this day," adds The Globe," "the Americans have not carried out the Bering sea award, and the arbitra? tors have no means of enforcing it.*' Newspaper Files. (From the Chicago Tribune.) A complete file of each of the news? papers that have been published in Chi cago since the fire, in fact more com? plete than is to be found io many of tbe newspaper offices, is one-of the features of the Chicago Publio Library When the editors of the various newspapers are appealed to io regard to articles that have appeared in their papers they with one accord refer the appli? cant to the Public Library. In addi? tion to persons so referred, there are a large number of people who, knowing of these files, are constantly wanting either the whole or a portion of tbe articles they have read, but failed to preserve Many of these requests are for articles of very recent date, and the area from which they come is only limited by the circulation of the Chica? go papers, together with such papers as make excerpts from them. There is probably nothing in the library that is the source of more requests than these files of Chicago newspapers, and there is certainly nothing more closely guard? ed. This latter fact accounts for the file in the Public Library being more perfect than are many of those in the offices where the paper is published. It is not quite easy to understand why a person who would not think of tear? ing a pige from a book will ruthlessly mutilate a newspaper file that is far more valuable. But the fact remains, and for this reason the newspaper files at the Publio Library are constantly guarded. Mo one is permitted to ex? amine them save under the surveillance of the guard. THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1900. Every thine TV lil Be Done Upon a Grand and Immense Scale. In the Revue des Deux Mondes is a preliminary survey of thfe forthcoming' fcosmopolitan exhibition of 1000. It will be held on the Champs de Mars, a great open space on the south? west extremity of Paris, already con? secrated by the presence of many simi? lar fairs. The French government sent out their first announcement of the scheme on July 13, 1S02, and last summer the chamber of deputies voted a prelim? inary grant for the expenses connected with a "best plan competition." The Champs Elysees will be considered part of the exhibition, and there is even a talk of including the immense square 'TL front of thc Invalides. Indeed, the scheme of construction provider for a broad, bridge which will join in per? manent fashion the Champs Elysees to the quay which runs on the river side of Napoleon's historic resting place. Architects, artists and builders were invited to send in plans and ideas. Every kind of liberty, in theory, was allowed to those who took part in this curious competition. Thus the best scheme did not necessarily require the retention l>f the Eiffel tower or any other of the old exhibition buildings, with the notable exception, however, of the Trocadero. Everything will be done on an immense scale and if the ideas which at present prevail among its promoters are carried . out the exhibition of 1000 will gradually absorb the whole of Paris, and even far off Vincennes will be utilized for all that concerns athletic sports, interna? tional-matches and Olympian games. As is natural, a gTeat point will be made of anything relating to the past cen? tury, and the exhibition will be in more senses than one a centennial exposition. The army and navy sections will be of very great interest. After a period of four months those who had entered their names as being willing and anxious to enter the exhi? bition plan competition were told to send in their schemes. No one compete itor fulfilled all the conditions, sc; something will be taken from each of j the eighteen best sets of plans and sug- ; gestions sent in. The Seine will play a prominent role in the esthetic side of th? exhibition, for it is proposed to recon? stitute on its left bank a portion of the Grand canal, Venice. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. ff. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C. -Agents for MOTT'S CIDER RED SEAL CIGARS, AND DOVE HAMS IMPROVE YOUR STOCK. rpRE THOROUGH BRED REGISTERED Jersey Bull formerly in the possession of Messrs Jones & Bradford c?n now he found by all per? sons neediue bis services at ray Stables, Sumter, S. C. Sept. 18, 1895. H. HARBY. ML I!. M?0M)I)1. DENTIST. office OVER STORE OF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY, Entrance on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2 Atlantic Coast Line, WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUS TA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Nov. 17. 1895 Leave Wilmington Leave Marion," Arrive Florence Leave Florence' Arrive Sumter^ Leave Sumter.' Arrive Columbia No.55. P. M. *3 30 6 29 7 10 P. M. *7 45 8 53 No 51. A.M. *3 29 4 33 iNo.52. P. M. A.M. 8 53? *9 48 10 15! H 05 No. 52 runs through from. Charleston vii Central R. R., leaving Lanes 8 38 a. m., Man nine 9 15 a. m., TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter g Leave rfumter Arrive Florence? Leave Florence* Leave Marion Arrive Wilmington; No.54 A.M. *5 20 6 43 A. M. 6 43 7 55 A. M. 8 25 9 06 ll 50 No.53. P.M. *4 40 5 58 No. 50 P.M. *6 05 1 7 20 ?Daily. fUaily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C via Central R. R., arriving Manning 6 35) m., Lanes 7 12 p m., Charleston 8 52 p. m. Trains on Wilmington & Conway R. R, leave Chadbourn 10 20 a. m., arrive at Con? way 12 35 p. m., returning leave Conway at 2 30 p. m., ar-'ve Chadbourn 5 00 p. m.. leave Chadbourn . 35 p. m., arrive at Hub at 6 20 p. m., returni .<r ?eave Hub 8 15 a. m., arrive at Chadbourn 9.00 a. m. Daily ex? cept Sunday. JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen'l Supt. J. R KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Atlantic Coast Line, Manchester \& Augusta Railroad. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In effect November 17. 1895. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. ?T5 A. M. No. ?51. No. f57. A. M. Lv Bennettsv?le, Lv Darlington, Lv Elliott, Ar Sumter, Lv Sumter, Ar Creston, Ar Pregnalls, Ar Orangeburg, Ar DeDinark, A. M. 6 16 7 25 8 12 8 55 10 CO 12 10 5 40 P. M. 33 22 5 47 6 20 A. M. A. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. f56 P. M. Lv Denmark, Lv Oraogeburg, Lv Pregnalls, Lv Creston, Ar Sumter, Lv Sumter, 6 25 Ar Elliott, 7 08 Ar Darlington, 7 55 Ar Beonettsville, 8 54 P. M. No. *50 No.fl6 P. M. 4 17 4 51 16 05 P. li. A. M. 8 50 1 00 3 05 P. ?Daily. fDaily except Sunday. Trains 50 and 51 carry through Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta via Augusta. T. M. EMERSON, H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Ass't Gen. Pass. Agt J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. Atlantic Coast Line. North-Eastern R. R? of S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Nov. 17tb, 1895. Le. Florence s< King8tree Ar. Lanes Le. Lanes Ar.Charl't'n NO.35 * A. M. 3 24 4 33 4 33 6 25 A. M. NO 23 NO.53 8 50 ll 13 P. M. NO 611 * 8 40 P. M. A. M 8 201 9 381 10 00' 10 00 11 59 A. M TRAINS GOING NORTE. Le. Cbarl't'n Ar. Lanes Le. Laoes " Kingstree Ar. Florence NO.78 M. 12 30 30 49 55 M.i NO.32 * NO.52 * A. M. 7 00 8 35' A. M. NO. 60 * ?Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Cen? tral R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection fe- all points North. J. R. KENLY, JxNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager, Gen'l Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. 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