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IE MIMI ASSEMBLY. THE BILL TO SELL STATE FARMS KILLED. Columbia, January 31.-The house of representatives killed the bili to provide for the sale of the State farms. It was introduced by Mr. DeLoach at the last session and provided that the sinking fund commission take charge of the farms and sell them for not less than $25 an acre. Ever since the inquisition at the hand of the penitentiary investigating committee, there has been dissatisfac? tion over the State and the careful management of the present adminis? tration mav have something to do with the defeat ?f the bill. There are 5,000 acres in the Reid and DeSaussure farms. The house continued the debate on the matter of adopting a code and de? cided to accept the report of 1902 sub? mitted by Mr. Townsend. A number of bills of local import? ance were given second reading, The day was about the busiest of the pres? ent session The following is the judiciary com? mittee's bill on the matter of adopt? ing* the code : Section L That the code as sub? mitted'by the code commissioner of South Carolina (a copy of which is hereto attached) be, and the same is hereby, declared to be the "Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902" and said code is hereby declared to be the only general statutory law of the Stete on the 14th day of January , 1902. THE StENATE. The senate held two sessions, morn? ing and night. At the morning ses? sion, after a lively debate, Senator Bayscr's bjii for compulsory education wa? killed by a Fote of 18 to 16. Thev bill to require railroads to furnish spittoons in passenger cars passed its second reading with only one dissent ing vote. Senator Graydon's resolution pro- ! liding that the general assembly shall j adjourn sine die on February ?5 was passed and" sent to the house for con? currence. Saturday ?n the House and Senate. ?Joiumb?a, February 1. VThe House ! today accomplished a great deal of ! -work. In addition to passing the .general jury law a great number of i bills of more or less local importance | were acted upon. ! ^be general jury bili was passed | without much discusison. The Dillis identical with the bill as it passed the Senate in the machinery provided and in the operation, but the House judi- J ciary committee changed the verbiage in a number of instances for the sake of clearness and added a provision as to the time the Act is to go into effect. The bill will receive its third - reading in the House on Monday. Capt. Hill's bill seekng to require the publication of county expenditures passed the House, but Mr. Robinson \ managed to get an amendment adopted i which exempted Pickens County from the provisions of the bill. It is rather curious that the House should in one hour have passed a general jury bill, which was necesasry because the Su? preme Court had said that exemptions for certain counties made an Act null and void, and then in the next hour have passed Capt. Hill's bill, which ?ought to avoid the very constitutional i trouble the Supreme Court had point- j ed out, and have added a clause which made the Act not worth the paper it is printed on. The House under a resolution took j up only uncontested matters and in i this way a great number of bills were j acted upon which are largely of local application. ! THE SENATE. A great many Senators were absent today, the first roll call developing that no quorum was present. Soon after enough members came in to give the Senate a bare working majority and as a consequence little was done. The committee to whom was refer- ! red the salary bill to see that it was properly engrossed reported that sev? eral errors had been found and Sena? tor Graydon pointed out these errors. There were so many amendments that it is surprising that so few errors were vinade.. It was finally decided to have the bill printed even with the errors, which will be corrected on third read? ing. There are many more amend? ments to be offered on the third read? ing and the bill is in such shape at present that Senators hardly know what it does provide exactly. Senator Manning called up his bill providing for a county pension com? missioner. He shall be elected by the .county pension board, cf which he shall be a member, and he shall be at the auditor's office every Saturday in the month of January to meet ? ension ap? plicants and recieve their applications. He shall report back to the board the first Monday in February. For bis services he shall receive 82 per day. This bill will relieve the county board from constant meetings and is expect? ed to save a considerable sum. The bill was passed. A Day of Routine Work In House and Senate. Columbia, Feb 3.- The house held two sessions, one beginning at noon and the other at 8 in tbe evening. At each session a great deal of routine work was accomplished, and there was a good attendance, notwithstanding the fact that yesterday was salesday. Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr.. offered a concurrent resolution that the rules of the joint assembly be so amended that when a vote is cast in an election that when a vote is cast in an election that the said vote cannot be changed. This resolution was adopted. The new rule will be a good one, for fre? quently persons are el-jeted in this way who might be defeated in an open field. There was considerable debate over Mr. DeBruhl's bill to require public ginneis to keep their books open for inspection. Mr. Ashley, who is a ginner, op? posed an amendment oflered by Mr. Butler declaring that it should be a misdemeanor for a finner to enter fic tious names on his books. The amend? ment was lost, but the original bill passed second reading. The house killed thejbill, introduced ? hy request, to forbid the jury lists to be published in newspapers. Mr. Lomax moved to strike ont the enacting words of Mr. C. E. Robin? son's bill to allow the county super? intendent of education in Pickens County to add 10 per cent, for his ser? vices to the amount received from "the sale of school books at cost." Mr. Kibler and Mr. Lomax opposed the bill. Mr. Wingo said if a person had been so unfortunate as to be elected to that office in Pickens, tben he should not be allowed to starve. Mr. Kibler declared that this was not increasing the salary, but was adding to-the price of the books which should not be allowed. Mr. Robinson said that this is purely a local matter, and if there is to be any blame let the Pickens delegation bear it The bill passed second reading. Among the new bills was one by Mr. Henry B. Richardson to provide for a board of pardons. Mr. Richardson stated subsequently, in reply to an in? quiry, that he introduced the bill on his own responsibility and had not consulted the State officers. WORK OF THE SENATE. The senate did not hold a morning session, but resumed its work at night. There was an unusually large attendance for a Monday night follow? ing an adjournment from Saturday. The senate got down, to plain, every day calendar work, and had a lively debate over the anti-roving-chicken measure, finally passing it, after domesticating the various fowls enum? erated in the house bill. The senate also passed the bill to require vesti? bules to be used on street cars. The house sent back to the senate the jury bill with numerous amend? ments. " It was decided to have all of these printed and laid on the mern- j bers' desks before any action upon | them be taken. I The senate agreed to the house i resolution to devote one hour hearing the St Louis exposition committee, the hour being from 8 to 9 p. m., Wednesday. HOUSE RESENTS SENATE INVASION. The Negotiations of Reciprocity Treaties Affecting Customs. Washington, Jan. 31.-The honseto day prepared to defend itself against what it considers the. threatened in? vasion by the senate of its prerogative in the matter of revenue legislation by directing the ways and means commit? tee to investigate the subject and re- j port to the house its conclusions. The j action of the house was the outgrowth ! of the aggitation in the senate of the j claim that reciprocity treaties affect- ; ing the customs revenues can be nego- j tiated without the concurrence of the j house. ' The resolution adopted was the Taw- j ney resolution. It was reported to the house by Mr. Dalzell from the com mit tee on rules. Mr. Dalzell said that the question involved one of the highest and most sacred privileges of the house. As it concerned the relations between the two houses he thought action should be deliberately taken after the subject had been considered by a committee. Mr. Underwood of Alabama, also a member of t he committee on rules, joined with Mr. Dalzell in urging the adoption of the resolution. The set? tlement of the. disputed question in favor of the house, he said, was neces? sary if the lower house expected to preserve its constitutional prerogative. The resolution was adopted without division. A Southern Publishing House. On February ll, 1902, there will be held in Charleston, S. C., a meeting of representative southern men with the object of organizing on a large scale a publishing house for the south, which, by supplying school text books and other forms of literature to our people, will keep the vast sums that are annually expended for such items at home. It has Jong been regretted that the south is more deficient in book print? ing and publishing than in any other industry, and not only has there a di? rect money loss as a result, but as all of our children's text books come from the north, the educational bias that is thereby effected is particularly to be deplored. Hence, the present move? ment to persuade the southern people to unite and build one huge plant that will employ home capitial and labor and talent as well as making for in? vestors a handsome income and giving to the children cheap southern school books. Prominent men have the matter in charge and will undoubtedly carry it to a successful issue, but ail who are interested in such .things are urged to be present in Charleston on the 11th of next month and aid the undertaking with their presence.-Augusta Chron? icle. The Last Heard of it. '*My little boy took the croup one night and soon grew so bad you conid be?r hin* breathe all over the house." says F D "Rey? nolds, Mansfield, ?. i;We feared he would die, but a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure quickly relieved him and he went to sleep. That's the last we heard of the croup Now isn't a cough cure like that valuableT One Minute Cough Cere is absolutely safe and acts immediately. Fo coughs. colds, croup, grip, bronchitis and ail other throat and lur>? troubles it is a certain care. Very pleasant to take. The little ones like-it. J S Hughson vt Co. Mexican Mine Disaster. San Antonia. Tex., Feb. 2. The latest from the Hondo, Mex., mine ex? plosion shows a total of 106 miners at work in the mine when the explosion occurred and all of them are supposed to be dead. The majority of the vic? tims are Mexicans and Chinamen, very few Americans being at work in the mine. Every mule in the mine was killed, three dead ones being taken from the debris today. The work of clearing away the wreck in order to get to the bodies is being rushed as rapidly as possible but there is no hope that any of the 106 men will be rescued alive. The explosion occurred in mine No. 6 and was occasioned by striking a gas pocket. The mine is the property ot thc Coapuila Coal company, R. M". McKenny being the superintendent. The names of nine of the victims have been learned here. The loss to the owners of the mine thought to be very heavy. OUR COLONIAL POLICY. What Governor Taft Says of His Satrapy. Washington, February 1.-Governor Taft today continued his statement concerning conditions in the Philip? pine archipelago before the Senate committee on the Philippines. He re? sumed his account of his last year's tour of the provinces. He said that next to Manila, Cebu came nearer to being a city in point of population [ and manner of improvement than any j other place in the archipelago. The island of Cebu, he said, is the most densely settled of the group. Speaking generally, Gorvernor Taft said there were no roads in the Phil? ippine Islands under the Spaniards, but since the establishment of Ameri? can control $1,000,000 had been ap? propriated for road improvement, both for strategic and commercial purposes. In most, if hot all, the islands, Gov 2 ernor Taft said, there is a mountain [backbone which is practically-impass j able. "Gen. Hall had succeeded in ? passing the Luzon Mountain, but his j men "were almost dead when they j emerged. In his tour Governor Taft had found the industries in progress, though much interrupted largely on account of the destruction of the water buffalo or caribou, the work cattle of the isl? and. This animal he described as the beast of burden, the family friend, the wealth of the individual and the object of all the robber bands of the mountain districts." Governor Taft said the island of Cebu was not long organized .into .a civil government until it was found necessary to return to military control, j He had, however, been informed just before his departure for the United ! States that the 300 or 400 insurgents on the island had surrendered and that1 the island had been entirely tranquil? lized. This statenment led Senator Hale to ask a question : "I have observed statements by the newspapers that there were 41 small fights within the space of thirty days. Where do they occur?" The reply was that the most of these encounters bad taken place in Laguna, Batangas, Bohol,' Mindoro, Samar, Cebu and a,few other places. Most of ! the troops are in those provinces, j Referring to the Maeabees Governor j Taft said they had always been at war with their neignhbors ; that they had ; formerly been friends of the Span ; iards, and that when tho transfer of j the country was made they had also j transferred their allegiance to the United States. He thought theie : were 8,000 to 10,000 of them. - "You speak," said Senator Culber son, as the witness progressed, "of disagreements between the civil^ or military control of a certain district ; in such cases who determines as to what shall be done?" "That," replied Governor Taft, "is a question of instructions or rather of construction of instruction, but we have gotten along so far without radical disagreement. One difficulty of this kind was submitted to Wash? ington, and we were told that we must reconcile our differences if we could. We did so and have had no other mate? rial difficulties of the kind." BRADSTREET'S WEEKLY REVIEW. Heavy Snow Beneficial to Grain Southern Trade Unsatifactory. New York, Jan. 31.-Bradstreet's to? morrow will say : The future may be ! said this week to have profited at the expense of the present. In other words, current weather conditions, I such as heavy snowfalls east, west and i north, tend to check buying, except i of purely seasonable goods at retail, ? and to limit slightly the volume of demands in wholesale lines. On the other hand, the covering of the entire northern half of the country with a blanket of snow has bettered the con? dition of the winter sown crops, and the outlook for spring trade as a whole has, therefore, been greatly im? proved. No diminution in confidence in a large spring business is reported, though southern trade advices con? tinue unsatisfactory. Northern and western buyers are calling for deiiver ies on spring account much earlier than usual, an encouraging feature, as indicating that unsold stocks of winter goods are not excessive. Oth? er developments of the week are in the main favorable. Considerable irregularity is noted in prices of cereals, hog products and cotton. After the heavy decline in prices has come several reactionary movements in wheat, which tends to discourage export demand. Wheat strengthened early in the week on Bradstreet's report of a heavy decrease in the visible supply, but weakened later on improved winter wheat crop prospects. Corn has displayed rather more strength than wheat, a number of diverse influences operating, while in oats the feature was a spectacular break of five cents per bushel on one day, most of which was, however, la? ter regained. Uncertainty still rules in the cotton market. Confidence in a smaliyield is still undiminished, though current reciepts throw discredit on minimum estimates. Trade advices at home and abroad continue irood, and tho foreign? ers are certainly buying the staph* freely. Staple cotton goods are still rather quiet, but reports from the job? bing trade east and west are favor? able. Business failures for the week num? ber 303 as against 23S in this week last year. Failures in Canada number 48 as against 27 in this week a year ago. Clerk's Wise Suggestion. "I have lately been very much troubled with dyspepsia, belching and sour stom? ach." writes M S Mead, leading pharma? cist of Attleboro, Mass. "I could eat hardly anything without suffering several hours. My ch*rk suggested I try Kodol Dyspepsia Cure which I did with most happy results. I have had no more trou? ble and when one can go to eating mince pie, cheese, candy and nuts after such a time, their digestion must be pretty good. I endorse Kodol Dyspepsia Cure heartily."' You don't have to diet. Eat all the good food you want, but don't overload the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests your food. J S Hughson & Co. RISER BOYS PARDONED. ' The curtain dropped on rather a note I worthy case yesterday when the erov ernor signed a pardon for the Riser boys-A. F. and Willie-who were sent to the penitentiary in March, : 1898, from Newberry county to serve five years and one month each for housebreaking and robbery. These : young men, members of an excellent family, had been mixed up with the systematic robbery of the depot at Pomaria. They have served four of the five years. It now appears that they were led astray by an older man ? who was acquitted at the time and has ' since died, a drunkard. The governor refused to grant the pardon about a j year ago, Solicitor Sease refusing to ; recommend executive clemency, i Judge Benet at that time recommend? ed the pardon on condition that the men leave the State. The application was. recently pre? sented again, signed by hundreds of I citizens, and accompanied by a ! strong recommendation from Solicitor Sease, who has since ascertained seve j ral facts about the case. The Rev. J. j A. Sligh also earnestly advocated the i granting of the pardon. Taking all I things into consideration, the governor j determined to pardon the young men. \ Before doing so he sent for them and ! Superintendent Griffith brought them i to the office. They were given some ! good advice and both promised to lead better lives and make men of themselves. Capt. Griffith said yes? terday that the young men had made , model prisoners.--The State. NEW RAILROAD LINE. The secretary of state has granted a charter to the Alcolu Railroad com? pany of ?Icolu. The corporators of the company are Robt. J. and David W. Alderman and David C. Shaw of Alcolu. The capital stock is $25,000 with the privilege of increasing to $100,000.. The proposed railroad is to run fom Alcolu in Clarendon county to Sardinia in Midway township of the same county and thence to some point on Lynch's river in Florence county. The total length of the road will be about 40 miles. Of this some 20 miles have already been built and are now being op?ra ted by the D. W. Alderman & Sons company of Alcolu. It is the purpose of the new company to build the new piece of railroad at the earliest possible moment. Th e Aldermans are among the largest lum? ber manufacturers in the State and they need the proposed road in the conduct of their business. Tobacco Trust Invades the Field of Farming, Greensboro. N. C., Jan. 31.-It is understood that the American Tobacco company is taking steps to employ a j number of North Carolina farmers to j raise tobacco this year, on the corpo? ration's accounts. It is said that the .farms will be bought and leased for j this purpose. This action if taken, will doubtless be on account of the .fact that for some years past the amount of tobacco grown has been gradually reduced, un? til at present the supply is hardly' equal to the demand. Many farmers quit growing the weed or reduced their acreage on account of the low price of leaf tobacco, and now that the price is higher, many of them evince no desire to return to the extensive cultivation of the plant. It has been predicted for a year or more that the American Tobacco com? pany, which virtually controls the market, would be forced to hire farm? ers to grow tobacco. Japanese Soldiers Frozen. Yokohama, Februay 2.-Four offi? cers and seven men of the detachment of 210 Japanese infantry, previously re? ported to have been frozen to death with the exception of one man, on the northern end of Hondo Island, have been found in vaious stages of exhaus? tion. Major Kamaguchi was discover? ed alive, but frozen to the ground by the blankets his men had thrown over him. Three living and seven dead sol? diers were found lying near Major Kamaguchi. The search for the lost men is impeded by snow storms, and scant hope of finding further survivors is entertained. Strikes a Rich Find. t;I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility," writes F J Green, of Lancaster, N H. "No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used. They have also kent my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters are just splendid for female troubles : that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run down women. No other medi cine can take its place in our family." Try them. Only 50c, Satisfaction guar? anteed by J F W DeLorrne. 1 The New Era in China. Pekin, February 1.-The Dowager ? Empress, the Emperor and the Em? press received the ladies and children of the diplmatic corps this afternoon ir. the private apartments of tho palace. Mrs. Conger, wife of United States Minister Conger, ns doyeness cf the diplomatic corps, and the Dow ager Empress exchanged speeches. The visitors afterwards were : ntertain i'd at a banquet, dnrinir which the Dowager Empress anil the Empress mingled informally with their guests. Tho Dowager Empress grasped Mrs. Conner's hand, wept copiously and in broker, words expressed tho sorrow which she felt on account of occur? rences duri ni: the siege of tho lega? tion. Magnificent jewels, bracelets, rings and other souvenirs were presented to the visitors. Pekin, February 1.-The first monthly instalment, amounting to 1,820,000 taels, of the Chinese indem? nity was paid yesterday to the bank? ers' commission of tho Towers at Shanghai. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of / TUE WEEK'S WORK IN CONGRESS. Republicans Adopt Democratic Policy as to War Tax-Relief for Cuba Promised. Washington, Feb. 3.-The bill pro? viding for the establishment of the "Deparmetnt of Commerce and La? bor" was passed by the Senate this week and the House passed a bill providing for a permanent Gensus Bureau, but the most important step taken at the Capitol was the action of the Ways and Means Committee determining: upon the repeal of the war revenue tax bill enacted at the time of the Spanish war. Representative Claude A. Swanson, of Virgina, a prominent member of the Ways and Means Committee, made the following statement to your correspondent apropos of the action of the committee : "The Democratic party, at the time the Spanish war was declared, in? sisted that the special tax bill would provide sufficient revenue without the sale of bonds, and accordingly the party voted against the section author? izing such sale. Events have demon? strated the correctness of the Demo? cratic contention. The war tax, the Dingley bill, and the sale of bonds have combined to produce a surplus in the Treasury which has proved a serious menace to business. In fact, financial disaster has been prevented only by the purchase of bonds at a high premium and the deposits of vast sums in the National Banks of the country, on which, of course, the government received no interest. The government has paid millions of dol? lars in pemiums which might have been saved had the democratic policy been pursued. The ..position of the republicans is a complete ratification of the policy advocated by the demo? crats at that time. "The democrats will vote for the re-, peal of the war taxes because they' realize that the present vast surplus is dangerous to business interests and to the government. They would much prefer a reform of the entire tax sys? tem, including tariff and internal reve? nue taxes. We believe that food and clothing, in a word the necessities purchased by the whole people, are entitled to at least as much reduction as the republican party is extending to bank capital, the sugar trust, the Standard Oil trust, circuses, theatres, backet-shops and speculators. All these are relieved while the extortionate rates of the Dingley bill are continued on all the necessities of the people. "The Democrats -on this committee have insisted that all trust-made goods, which are so protected by the Dingley bill as to enable the trusts to ! charge the American consumer double; the prices asked abroad, should be al? lowed to come into the country free. This would have destroyed many i monopolies; but the republicans j would not permit it. They are deter-, mined to ignore the advice given by j Mr. McKinley in his Buffalo speech, to reform the tariff and so enlarge our foreign markets. The republican party is determined to persist in a pol? icy which is breeding trusts, which is glaring in its inequalities and which is bound to destroy our foreign mar? kets. The only possibility of reform lies in democratic supremecy, which would permit the democrats to remodel the system of taxation along the lines of justice and equality." When the recommendation to abol? ish the war taxes was before the com? mittee, Mr. Francis G. Newlands of Nevada offered an amendment providing that every industrial corporation en? gaged in manufacturing, whose annurl receipts exceed $1,000,000, should be compelled to pay a special tax of one tenth of one per cent on all gross re? ceipts in excess of $1,000,000 per an? num. The amendment further pro? vided that corporations of the above magnitude should render, at the close of each year, a complete statement of its capital and surplus, receipts, ex? penses and profits, and amount and rates of wages paid, the statistics so provided to be classified and published by the Commissioner of Internal Reve? nue. The amendment was rejected by a party vote but Mr. Newlands told me yesterday that he would offer it again when the measure was called up in the House. "The amendment is in complete accord with President RooseveIt:s recommendation of pub? licity for the trusts, " said Mr. New? lands. "It would insure a contribu? tion from those industries which the governmennt is protecting at a rate averaging close to 50 per cent of be? tween 85,000,000 and $10,000,000 a year to the federal expenses, and would insure that publicity the President so strongly advocates and which is essential before intelligent legislation can be enacted, either for the control of the trusts or the adjustment of tho tariff rates. If the war revenue tax be repealed without the adoption of this amendment such gigantic monopolies as the sugar trust and the Standard Oil trust will be left in a position where they contribute nothing to the support of the government which deals so bountifully with them, while the necessaries of life-will be heavily taxed and the burden, from which coporate wealth is exempted, will fall on the I poor and middle classes." So severe was the storm of disappro .\al wi:ich surged about Chairman Payne as seen as tho action of his committee became known that, after a conference with the Speaker, he issued an official statement setting forth that the committee had no in ten (ion of blocking the way to Cuban reciprocity by its revenue reduction policy, as had been charged. He protests that the commitee l?as had no conference in regard to the Cu-1 ban matter and that it action was the result of a belief that "our own people should be relieved from the burden occasioned by the war before the needs of foreigners are consider? ed.- 5 Little faith is accorded Mr. Payne's statement, however, even by the members of his own party. H The President is known to have informed the members of his Cabinet on Friday That he was firmly con? vinced of the necessity of affording relief to Cuba. that nothing had shaken his conception of the moral obligations of the United States and that he proposed to use every effort to secure the fulfilment of the pledges made by Mr. McKinley. Un? der the circumstances it would sur- , prise no one if a somewhat forcible message were recieved by Congress on the subject in the not distant j future. I TBE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL Morgan Argues that no Discrimi? nating Tariff Affecting the Phil? ippines Can be Levied. Washington, Jan. 31.-An extended speech upon the pending Philippine tariff bill was delivered in the senate today by M. Morgan of Alabama. While he discussed in a general way the pending measure, he devoted his attention particularly to an amend? ment to it which he offered last week. He maintained that the enactment of the %ill as it stands now would not be a constitutional remedy for the situa? tion which the measure is designed to relieve but with the adoption of his amendment the bill would stand the closest scrutiny of the courts. The Alabama senator did not discuss the political phases of the Philippine question, devoting his entire speech to a consideration of the legal and con? stitutional questions raised by the presentation of the tariff measure. When the Philippine tariff bill was taken up, Mr. Morgan argued that congress .bad no constitutional author? ity to levy a discriminating tariff" either upon imports or exports between? the United States and the Philippines. "1 believe in the doctrine of free trade in all parts of the United States whether covered by the constitution, the flag or both, " he said. Mr. Morgan contended that an ex? port duty is plainly forbidden, even though, in the case of the Philippines, the du ty "was levied there. Speaking of the claims which had been made that there was no lawful government in the, Philippines* Mr. Morgan with great earnestness said there is a government, there, and he was glad to say a very good govern? ment, suitable to the character of those people and the circumstances in which we found them. Mr Morgan, in referring to the work of the Philip? pine commission, their personality and! ability, paid a tribune to the late President McKinley, who, he said was the happiest man in the world in mak? ing selections of menf or responsibla ppositions. At one point Mr. Tillman asked: "Did you say weare in the Philip? pines with the consent of those peo? ple." Mr. Morgan repiled that he did not propose to be interrupted just for the amusement of the senator from South Carolina. Mr. Morgan urged the establishment of an executive department fqr the control of the Philippines. - - i i ? ow - A New War on the South. Washington, January 30.-A caucus of Republican members of the House was called today by Representative Cannon, of Illinois, chairman of the caucus committee, to be held Monday night in the the hall of the House^ The purpose of the caucus is to con? sider the question of the election suff? rage in the South and to determine what action, if any, shall be taken on the proposed Crumpacker bill, reduc? ing the Southern representation in 1 Congress, or the Gibson bill, making j stringent regulation for the election procedure. Mr. Cannon issued the call after he had received a petition signed by eighty Republican members asking for the caucus. What's Become of Sumter's Mon? ument ? A special from Washintgon to the Augusta Chronicle, published yester? day, says: '?*Representative Lever to? day introduced a bill in the house ap? propriating a sum sufficient to erect a monument to the memory of Capt James Butler and his 30 comrades who were foully murdered by "Bloody Bill" Cunningham during the Revolu t tionary war. The monument is pro? posed for the campus of Leesville col? lege in Lexington county. The sum of $100 per annum is also asked for the maintenance of the monument. | Mr. Lever feels confident of the passage of. the bill at this session." 111.3 -L. Il ? Cuba Wants Free Trade. Washington, Feb. L-The war de? partment made public to day four ca? blegrams from Cuban sources, urging in the strongest terms the speedy re? duction of import duties on Cuban sugar and tobacco, and stating that such action is the only salvation of the island in the present crisis of its economic situation. One of them ad? dressed to the President and by him referred to Secretary Root is signed by Jorge Dela Calle, president of the Audiencia' of Pinar dei Rio, and a number of other officials of that city. Another is from Sanchez Tortal, may or cf Santa Clara. ??????1 Plymouth ,**Roek?* I have for sale a few Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels, from the fin? est strains. Also, Eggs from a pen of pure bred and se? lect Barred Plymouth Socks. Orders will be filled promptly if book-, ed now. Price for sit? ting of 13, $1.00. EL G. OSTEEN. BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. I have one Cock and four Hens full blood Buff Plymouth Rocks for sale. They are large, beautiful birds. _N. G. OSTEEN. Estate ol July 0'Cantey, Dec'd. ALL persons having claims against the aforesaid Estate will present same duly attested, and all persons indebted in any way to said Estate will make immedi? ate payment to SHEPARD NASH, Feb 5-3 Administrator.