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TU 8 C XT BK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Airas't at, be thy Country's, thy God's andSTruth's." THE TEDS SODTHKON, Established Jone 13 6 Cosolidated A.ug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1902. New Series-Yoi. XXI. No. 28 Pnbi?sis? S7377 Wednesday, -B? B3\ C3r. Osteon, SUMTER, S. C TBKMS : $1.50 per annum-io advance AD7S ?TISS?SK?: Ono Square ?rst insertion....$1 00 Svery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wi! be made at reduced ratea. AH communications which subserve private interests will 6echarged forjas advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will ,be charged for. TIE 6ENEBIL ASSEMBLY. Both House and Senate Hard at Work-Child Labor Develops Strength in House. Columbia, Feb. 5.-By a vote of 57* to 5 the house refused to strike out the enacting words of the child labor bill. This does not necessarily mean the success of the measure but it was a very great victory for the advocates of the bill. The house adjourned without taking further action on it. There were exciting scenes on the floor of the house yesterday and a number of members arose to V a ques? tion ol personal privilege" which means that a member feels that he has been misinterpreted, purposely misquoted, or something of that kind. The feature of the day was the ? speech of OoL G. W. Croft of Aiken, who favored the bill. Asid9 from being "a lawyer trained afc debate, Mr. Croft has a remarkable command of language and his speech was a fine effort. There were some splendid speeches made in opposition. Mr. Banks of Newberrry made the shortest but one of the best and most logical specehes of the day. Mr. Bucker bettered any other effort he has yet made. Mr. Prince spoke with his ac? customed vim and directness. In behalf of the bill there were several champions who held the floor well. M. Webb of Aiken, who has worked as an operative in a cotton mill, opened the debate. Mr. John McMaster made a very forcible speech as did Mr. F. H. McMaster. Mr. Logan of Charletson awoke the tiger in the othewise amiable disposi? tion of CoL R. B. A. Robinson. The fighting of the day was rather of the bread sword variety than of the rapier. After the house had been opened with prayer Mr. Logan offered a reso? lution that a careful investigation of the Torrens or Australian system of making transfers of land titles be made, and to that end that the gov? ernor should appoint a committee of five to make such investigations with? out pay. The resolution was killed. The senate held two sessions morn ins: and night, and the proceedings of both sessions were full of intei-est. The jury law passed its final reading, the senate agreeing to the house amendments, and the bill will proba? bly be ratified and sisrned -by the gov? ernor today. The bill to allow women who pay taxes to vote for presidential electors was killed. The bill to bring domestic fowls under the provisions of the general stock law passed its third reading, afer a hard fight. At the morning session there was a rather sensational encounter between Lieut. Gov. Tillman and Senator Graydon, growing out of the former's ruling the senator out of order on a parliamentary question. Senator Graydon appealed to the senate from the president's ruling, but afterwards withdrew the appeal at the rqeuest of Senator Barnwell, who frankly said he was only striving to prevent an un? pleasant scene in the senate chamber. There was never any question as to how the senate would have voted, but as Senator Graydon withdrew his ap? peal the incident closed without any? body being; able to claim a victory-, or a" defeat. At the night session Senator Ilder ton injected some spice into the pro? ceedings by charging in a speech that the clerk of the supreme court had been on the floor of the senate lobby? ing against a bill which the senator was trying to have passed. At the night session the bill regulating the salaries of coun? ty officers was taken up aand tinkered with for a while. A lot of amendments were made, but as the bill has yet to run the gauntlet of the house, no attepmt will be made to print the provision of the bill until it finally gets through both houses. Senator Aldrich offered-an amend? ment by which the salaries of the treasurers could be made different from the auditors. The amendment was lost, and the salaries of the two officers will be the same in each coun? ty. Senator Barnwell wanted an amend? ment that those who accept the sala? ries provided in this bill should be de? barred from entering suit in the courts for the fees that he would have received under the fee system? The amendment was lost. Senator Manning proposed an amendment, which was adopted, pro? viding that in towns of over 5,000 inhabitants the township assessors re ceive pay for not more than five days, in towns between 5,000 and 10,000 population they should receive pay for 10 days' services, and in cities of over 20,000 population they should receive pay for 20 days' services. Senator Brice moved, to recommit Senator Herndon's bill to require the public printing in each county to be let to the lowest bidder. He said York county once had a special bill of this kind and it proved to be an end? less source of annoyance and confu? sion. The object of having county matters published is for the informa tion of the people and no good end would be served by having the print? ing priven to the lowest bidder. Senator Graydon stated that in Ab? beville countyboth papers publish all the advertisements and each gets half the legal rates. He thought the bill should be killed. Senator Herndon defended his bill. He said that in Oconee one paper has been grabbing all the publie printing and the other had been shut out. He wanted to give all a little of the pap. He thought if the bill passed all the papers would get together and agree on their bids, and in this way the advertisements would appear in all the papers. The State printing, and con? tracts for bridges, etc., are given to the lowest bidder, and he" wanted the same principle applied in this case.. Senator Ragsdale said the bill should pass. The present legal rates may be low enough, but all printers do not observe the law. You won't get the same prices on the same advertiisng from two offices. None of us want to offend the newspaper men, but the man who is willing to do the printing for the least money should have the job.. Senator Ragsdaale's attention was called to the fact that the bill applied i_only to the advertising to be paid for <oy the county. Senator Ragsdale said this', practically killed the measure. Senator Sharpe said the bill ought not to pass. In his county there are four or five newspapers, but only one of general circulation at the court house. If the bill passes some of the little 8x10 newspapers, which have no circulation and are run at no expense, could get the advertising and the re- ; sponsible newspaper would be shut out. He thought this the best bill to kill that has come up at this session, j Senator Raysor then moved to in? definitely postpone the bill. This was done by an overwhelming vote and the bill was killed. Mr. Lomax's bill to provide free school books for certain school districts was then taken up for its third read? ing, and after considerable debate was passed. The House Kills Child Labor Bit! by Close Vote-Senate Spends Day Debating Railroad Relief Associations. Columbia, Feb. 5.-The child labor bill was killed in the house, the vote being 52 to 54. Had all the members of the house been present the vote might have been even closer-and the result might have been changed. There were no exciting passages in yesterday's session of the house and the debate was confined principally to the opposition to the bill. Mr. Gun? ter, Mr. M. L. Smith, Mr. Gaston and others who were expected to speak in favor of the bill did not get an op? portunity to do so as the motion on which the vote was taken was to inde? finitely postpone the bill and this mo? tion ended the discussion. There are 124 members of the house, 10 did not vote becatfse five of that number were absent and were paired with five who were present. Mr. J. B. Smith was deprived of the privilege of voting as he was in the other part of the capitol when the vote was being: taken, but be had his vote recorded in the journal. Had these members paired and Mr. Smith voted, the vote would bc.ve been 59 to 53. This left seven members absent, and had they been present the vote might have been a tie if no more. The absentees not paired were Mr. Cosgrove and Mr. Lofton of Charleston Mr. deLoach of i'ork, Mr. Thens of Hampton, Mr. Vincent of Beaufort, Mr. Strom of Edgefield and Mr. Freeman of Marl? boro. There was no acrimony in the debate yesterday, but the members spoke earnestly. There were a great many visitors present and at one time there was some applause in the galleries when Mr. Spears of Darlington made a warm appeal in advocacy of the bill. "When it was announced that the bill was indefinitely postponed, or lost, Mr. Ashley moved, to put on the parliamentary clincher, which meant that the bill could not be recalled to the calendar on a motion for the house to reconsider the indefinite postpone? ment. The house put on the clincher. Josh threw his hands up and in all seriousness heaved a deep sigh and exclaimed "Thank God!" Speaker Stevenson and Mr. Beam guard explained their vote by saying in the journal that there will inevit? ably be legislation on this line nnd they preferred the moderate terms of this measure to whatever drastic l?gislation may be enacted in the future. This morning the Senate took up Mr. Ildertons' railroad relief depart? ment bill, and it was the only bill de? bated during the day and was practi? cally the only bnsiness done. After two hours' discussion a vote was reached and the Senate refused to strike^ out the enacting words, the Lieutenant Governor casting the deciding vote, there being a tic of 18 to 18. Several amendments were -made to the county salary bill and it passed its third reading and was sent to the Honse. The Code bill was passed to a third reading. The redistricting bill was made a special order for Tuesday. The Senate held a fifteen minutes' session to-night, before the joint as? sembly met to hear the St. Louis Ex? position commissioners. A number of committee reports were made. The judiciary committee made arr unafvorable report on the bill to establish the line between Greenville and Spartanburg eounties. The bill went on ~he Calendar. The same committee also made an unfavorable report on the bill to give attorneys a lien on claims placed in their hands for collection. This, too, went on the Calendar. The finance committee made an un? favorable report on the House bill re? quiring Dorchester County to pay "a certain part of the bonds issued by Colle ton County in aid of the Green Pond Railroad. The report was adopt? ed and the bill killed. The committee on miltary made a favorable report on the bill to allow county commissioners to give aid to Confederate soldiers at their homes instead of putting them in the poor houses. THURSDAY IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Columbia, February 6.-When the House met this morning there were ? number of vacant seats. A great many new bills were present? ed. The senate sent over word that it insisted on its amendments to the chicken bill. The House appointed on the committee on conference as fol? lows : Capt. Dean, Mr. Dominick and Mr. Brown. The Senate .also insisted on its amendments to the electric street car bill and the House appoint? ed on the conference committee Messrs. O. L. Johnson, Spears and Richards. Speaker Stevenson announced that he had received a number of protests against the union station bill that was pending from Charleston. The protests came from Lodge No. 19, International Brotherhood of Blacksmi ths ; Atlantic Lodge, No. 50, Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Ship Builders; Iron Moulders' Union of North America, No. 315, and the International Associaton of Machin? ists, in Charleston. Mr. Bacot, of Charleston, offered the folloiwng concurrent resolution, which related to the visit of President Roosevelt to South Carolina, his first official trip: Whereas, the President of the United States is expected to Dass the Capital City of the State on Tuesday, the 11th day of February, 1902, on his way through the State to Charleston : Be it Resolved by the House of Rep? resentatives of the State of South Carolina, the Senate concurring:. That a special committee of the South Carolina General Assembly, consisting of one Senator (to be named by the President of the Senate and three members of the House, (to be named by the Speaker of the House) be ap? pointed to meet the President of the United States on his arrival at the union depot of Columbia for the pur? pose of welcoming him to the State and of conveying to him the respectful greetings of the people of the State through their representatives. The resolution was amended by Mr. Johnson, so as to call for three Sena? tors and five Representatives on the committee. The resolution was then adopted. Mr. Moss called up his bill to amend the law apportioning the representa? tion in the lower house. The effect of the bili would mean that Lexington would lose one member and Orange burg would profit accordingly. Mr. Efird moved to strike out the enacting words. After considerable discussion Mr. Efirds motion prevailed and the bill was dead. The general appropriation bill this year contains these fluctuating items: Pensions, 8200,000: anti-trust litiga? tion. $3,000; South Carolina College, 828,107: health department, same as usual:, "Winthrop College. 860,000: Citadel. 825.000: State Colored Col? lege, 88,500, : Asylum. 8120,000, increase of 20,000: Deaf, Dumb and Blind institute, 823,000. and 85,800 for other purposes : election expenses, 830,000. At the night session of the house Mr. Richards's resolution that mem? bers receive no pay for the two days they were in Charleston came up. Mr. Richards made a strong speech in support of his position that members were not entitled to per diem for the time lost from their work. The members of the house discussed the resolution at length, but finally decided that they would attend the Ex? position and draw there 84 per day also. THE SENTAR It was a rather dull day in the Sen? ate today, and, except on a cotton seed bill, there was little debate. The Senate concurred in the House resolution that a committee of three Senators and five Representatives be appointed to welcome President Roosevelt. The Chair appointed Sen? ators Barnwell, Talbird and Herndon. Senator Manning introduced a con? current resolution calling upon Sena? tors and Representatives in Congress to have additional signal stations placed along the Catawba and Wateree rivers, so that farmers and stockraisers along the banks may receive timely warning of coming floods. It is re? quested that such stations be establish? ed at Mount Holly, N. C., and Cataw? ba Junction, S. " C. The resolution was adopted. At the night session several bills were passed to a third reading, and a number of acts ratified Will Bridge Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, Feb. G.- Tho report that the Southern Pacific is planning to bridge the Great Salt Lake is con? firmed by the local officials of the road. The project has been contem? plated for many years, but no active steps towards its realization wen taken until the development of recent years in engineering made it feasible and apparent. The bridge will be twenty-three miles long, twelve miles of which is through deep water and will be on permanent trestling. The balance is over shallow water and will be on dirt embankment, faeed with stone. ... ^ Large increase of Flock. Hearthville, Pa., Feb. 4.-Since the dog law, which at first was very ob? jectionable to many people, has been enforced in this county farmers have begun to raise large flocks of sheep, which they find to be very yt fitable. HOME FOLK IN WASHINGTON. What Our Congressmen are Do? ing for Their People. Representative Lever Obtains Favorable Consideration for a Sumter Man's Bid to Furnish Tobacco Seed to the Agricultural Department for Distribution. Washintgon, February 4.- Repre? sentative Lever made a decided hit for his district at the agricultural depart? ment. He succeeded in inducing the seed contractor to promise a favorable consideration of the application of L. B. Hudson, a large tobacco planter of Sumter County, for furnishing a large amount of tobacco seed for general distribution through the department. Mr. Lever also succeeded in making definite arrangements with Prof. Spillman, agrostologist of the depart? ment, to visit within the next ten days, three counties in his ditsrict, for the purpose of investigating the adaptability of the soil to the growing of certain winter pasturage grasses and summer forage crops. This ar? rangement is the culmination of a number of visits Representative Lever has made in an effort to arouse the de? partment to the needs of the South along this line. Mr. Lever's district contains a great deal of pine sand lands, not specially fertile, yet pecu? liarly suited to the growing of hardy grasses for pasturage purposes. Prof. Spillman intends to make a thorough experiment with the famons alfalfa grass, which has proven a great money, crop in the west. To that end he wishes to plant twenty-five acres of this grass in each Satte east of the Mississippi River and has promised that Mr. Lever's district shall have the benefit of that experimentation if the co-operation of progressive farmers can be obtained. In order that the fairest test amy be made Prof. Spill? man has arranged to make a trip through several counties of the dis rict, investigating the adaptability of the soil and selecting the places for the experiment. Should he succeed in finding a grass suitable to that soil and climate it will prove a blessing .to thousands of farmers whose lands are practically valueless to them for parsturage or hay-growing purposes. This is the first investigation of this kind ever made in the district and will be watched with great interest by the farmers of the State, who have a hustling friend in the young Representative from the 7th district. R. M. L. in the News and Courier: REDUCTION OF WAR MES. Ways and Means Committee Re? ports the Bill to the House. Washington, February 3.-The ways and means committee of the House, by a unanimous vote today, ordered a favorable report on the war tax re? duction bill. A surprise occurred when Representative Babcock, Repub? lican member, offered his bill, largely reducing duties on tho steel schedule and placing some articles on the free list, as an amendment to the tax repeal section. The amendment was defeat? ed-6 to 7-Messrs. Babcock and Taw? ney and all the Democrats voting in the affirmative. The Cuban reciprocity question also came up unexpectedly, Representative Steel, of Indiana, moving, a 25 per cent concession on Cuban sugar. The motion was withdrawn, however, after a brief exchange of comment. The closeness of the vote on Mr. Babcock's amendment, reducing the steel schedule, caused much comment. Messrs. Newlands and Cooper, Demo? crats, and Long and Hopkins, Repub? licans, were absent. It was explained on behalf of the absent members that they were either out of the city or detained at important meetings else? where, and that the Babcock motion was entirely unconstitutional. The motion of M. Steele for a 25 per cent reduction on Cn ban sugar was regarded as rather facetious and as a rejoinder to the unexpected motion on the steel schedule. Representative Robertson, of Louisiana, who is op? posed to a reduction on Cuban sugar, was among those who voted for the Babcock amenment. The bill was reported to the House. THE W?B IN MML British Government at Last Makes a Show of Offering to Negotiate With the Boers. London, February 6.- In the House of Commons today Mr. Balfour, the Government leader, announced that copies of the correspondence exchanged between tho Government of the Neth? erlands and the Government of Great Britain on the subject of peace in South Africa, had been mailed to Lord Milner, Governor of the Trans? vaal and Orango River Colonies and high commissioner of South Africa, who would be instructed to ask Lord Kitchener to communicate the con? tents to the Boer leaders in the field. Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial secre? tary, added the information that if the leader of the negotiations for a settlement the proposal would be for? warded for thc consideration of the Government. London, February 6.- The war office this evening published a sum? mary of the British losses in South Africa. Up to January 31 the total reduction of the forces from death or permanent disability was 25,305 men. The total of the casualties, including surviving wounded, was 5,240 officers and 100,701 men. GERMANY AND SPANISH WAR. Her Refusal to Sign the Collective Note to the United States De? feated the Measure. Berlin, Feb. 5.-The German foreign office confirms the substantial accuracy of the subjoined statement, which the Kreuz-Zeitung prints today, relative to Germany's course toward the Uni? ted States during the war with Spain. The correspondent of The Associated Press understands that the article was prepared by Prof. Scbiemann, profes? sor of history at Berlin university, who enjoys special official sources of information. The article says : Almost exactly four years ago the Spanish ambassador here asked Ger? many whether she would lead in ac? tion against the United States for the protection of the monarchial principle. The answer was a defintie refusal, and the same answer was given a month later, or about the middle of March when the invitation reached Germany to participate in the intervention un? dertaken upon the initiative of Ans tria. ' This was in the week following the sad catastrophe of the Maine, when it was believed intervention would facilitate an understanding between the United States and Spain. Never? theless our government commissioned Herr von Radowitz, the German am? bassador to Spain, to?inform the Madrid government that Germany was not in position to prevent the Spanish American war. "After that several attempts were made to win Germany, or the Drie bund for intervention, in which the Pope was especially active. The final result was that Dr von Holleben (German ambassador at Washington was instructed to join in the step pro? posed by Austria, only in case all the other five great powers participated "We are unable to state the details of how the united action came about. At any rate the collective note was handed to the officials at Washington April 7, advising a peaceable settle? ment, and was signed by England, France, Italy, Austria, Russia and Germany. It was believed for a week that war would be averted. Gen. Blanco received orders from Madrid to offer the Cuban insurgents an ar? mistice, for Spain was resolved to give them far-reaching ? autonomy and to arrive at a settlement of the Maine question through arbitration. Diplo? matic circles, however, entertained no illusions, and when England, April 14, through her ambassador, proposed a new collective note, in which the powers should declare that Europe re? garded America's armed intervention in Cuba as unjustifiable, the other ambassadors telegraphed to their home governments asking for instructions. The step failed through Germany's positive refusal. This gives, as it ap? pears to us, a picture esentially differ? ent from the English legend." ENGLAND'S DENIAL. London, Feb. 5.-The Associated Press has the highest official authority for denying the story printed by the Kreuz-Zeitung of Berlin today as to the part taken by Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador at Washing? ton, in the Spanish-American war in? tervention, in spite of the confirmation of the story by the German foreign office. GERMANY GO?TBAB?GTS ENGLAND'S DEM. A High Official Reaffirms the Story Concerning Spanish-American War. Berlin, Feb. 6.-The official British denial that Lord Pauncefote, the Brit? ish ambassador at Washington on April 14, 1898,. made a second pro? posal to the powers to remonstrate with the United States, was today laid, be? fore a high German official, whose functions give him absolute first-hand knowledge of everything just as it occurred. He reaffirmed the statement made in these dispatches yesterday. Ref erring to his copious notes, he dictated therefrom, to the correspon? dent of The Associated Press, the fol? lowing data : "On Feb. 14 the Spanish ambassa? dor at Berlin asked the German gov- ? ernment whether Germany was will-1 ing to head a European movement against the United States in defense of the monarchial principles. The ambas? sador was informed by order of the emperor that Germany would under j no circumstances take the action j desired. "Spain renewed her efforts, in March, to secure some action by Ger? many, but she was a^ain answered with a refusal. At the same time, Dr. von Holleben was instructed to only take part in any steps in Wash? ington in the interests of peace if all the other five great powers partici? pated. Then on April, 7, the joint note was handed to President McKin? ley. "We were informed from Washing? ton on April 14, that tho british am? bassador there proposed a second col? lective note, declaring that armed intevention in Cuba would be unjus? tifiable. Again, upon the emperor's order, the German representatives at Washington, Rome, Vienna and Madrid were instructed that Gemany would refuse to participate in such a declaration, as she saw no prospect that anything could be accomplished j thereby. " The correspondent of The Associated : Press gets the impression that while ! the German government wishes to | avoid the appearance of desiring to fall into the United States arms, on the other hand she regards it as im? portant to controvert the wrong im? pression that Germany was disposed to do anything unfriendly to the United States. THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY. Several Names Added to the List of Visitors to the Charleston Exposition. Washington, February 6.- President Roosevelt is taking a personal interest in the arrangements going forward for his coming trip to Charleston. It is understood that he will insist that there shall be no stop-overs along the route beyond those necessary. There will be no rear end platform speeches ; in fact he proposes to depend upon the inspiration of the moment for such re? marks as he may make at the Exposi? tion grounds and at the banquet to be held on Wednesday night. One of the mest gratifying.a?Jditions to the party is Attorney . General Knox, with his wife . and daughter. Up to today it was uncertain, whether Mr. Knox would be able to go. Today 1 he announced himself as a certainty, and he will be accompanied by Mrs. Knox and Mis3 Knox, two of the most gracious and attractive members,of the Pesident's official famiy. Gen. Knox says he has never visited Char? leston, but he has long cherished a desire to do so. This he regards as his brightest opportunity and he.looks for? ward to the trip with more than ordi? nary pleasure. Secretary Long expressed profound regret at not being able to go with the party, but he has a previous- engage? ment to deliver a speech at a Lincoln Birthday banquet in Boston next Wednesday night. He says he intends to visit the Exposition before it.closes, as he is not only anxious to see the Exposition, but he is interested in see? ing the site for the new naval station. The other additions to the party are Miss Root, daughter of the Secretary of War; Miss Hitchcock, daughter of the Secretary of the Interior : Com? mander and Mrs. Cowies, of the navy ; J. K. Gracie, uncle of President Roosevelt; M. C. Liatta, Secretary Leob, representatives of the press asso? ciations and several members of the White House clerical force. Postmaster of Greenville. Washington, Feb. 6.-Je? Richard? son, of the Greenville News, who was recently appointed postmaster at Greenville, was here to ascertain who is blocking his confirmation. He did not have to go far to find out that he is stubbornly opposed by Senator Till? man. Senators Tillman and McLaurin are divided on the subject and the President has had both of Rthe South Carolina Senators at the White House recently, with the hope that a com? promise of some kind might be reach? ed which would result in the confirma? tion of Mr. Richardson. It is understood that Senator Till? man refuses to withdraw his opposition on the ground that Richardson has? gone out of his way to heap personal abuse upon him through the columns of his newspaper. Senator Tillman declines to accept any explanation or permit the responsibility for the ob? jectionable articles to be shifted to other shoulders than those of Mr.. Richardson. In his opposition to Mr. Richardson cn personal grounds he is sustained by a long line of.Sena? torial precedents and, unless he can be induced to yield to the appeals of Mr: Richardson's friends, the indications are that the appointment will fail of confirmation. The case involves the long and. bitter personal controversy between Senator Tillman and A. B. Williams, the owner of the Greenville News, who at present resides in Richmond. It is understood that Mr. Williams desires to assume the responsibility for the anti-Tillman articles which have from time to time appeared in the -Green? ville paper* but Senator Tillman is not disposed to take that view of the situation. Hobson Wants to Retire. WashTntgon, February 5.-It is ex pceted that an elf ort wilt be made to obtain legislative authorization for the retirement from the naval service of Constructor Hobson. Capt. Hobson is now in Washintgon and is desirous of retiring, basing his application on the bad state of his eyes, resulting from exposure in working on Spanish ships after the late war. The naval retiring board concluded that his dis? ability was not sufficient to warrant the retirement under the existing reg? ulations and recourse must be had to Congress. It is believed that the navy department will approve of such legislation if its opinion is called for by Congress. Goes farther. ROYAL BAKING PO?OER CO . *FW VOftK