The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 23, 1902, Image 2
Ordered.
ll? ?
?lifer Department Takes Notice of
?Charges of Barbarous Gomiuci
ia Philippines.
[-;: Washington, April 15.-As a rsenlt
^P^p? consideration by the cabinet t^o
|?Bsj;;?$--.the eharges^of cruel treatment
.VVof* filipinos by united States sol
^^op^i Secretary Root has made public
t^the. following correspondence :
ifljpv "War Department. -
Pf ? 'Washington, April 15, 1902.
^^p[y -Dear Senator : I beg to acknowl
^^e^e the receipt of your copy of the .
Il^timony of Sergt. Chas. S. Riley
p?ife-?Private William Lewis Smith,
?||?0? -of', the ' Twenty-sixth infantry,
^g^ri before your committee ?yester
||pa^'"r'T enclose a copy of. a dispatch
^^^c^'vhas l>een sent to Maj. Gen.;
Wf&?&?e* commanding the division of
^p^peri^"!? the judge advocate general of
^^^?j?^^^;.t^e:.pT?p?r,". steps in ac
^^g^anee with the dispatch. .
^S?^var department will be glad to
Erve the earliest possible informa
. of any further evidence which
^be; elicited? by the coram!tree,
. _Jjng tb fix responsibility upon any
ppon^''?'Iri: the military service of the
^^atfediStates for any violation cf the
B^p;.ot.':^ar or of the regulations and.;
^^c^^?|goyernin?r the ope~ atiOns of the
^^pny.' -of. the United: States in the
Yefv respeCofullv,
??ihu.Root,.
Secretary of War.
?l?eWjBL C. Hodge, United .States
JSSS?n?te,. Washington, D. C.
??jp THE ORDERS CABLED..^
. War Department, ;
Washington, April 15, 1QQ2.' !
^^^emorandum for the adjutant gen- ;
^fcCaifegram for Oem Charlee .?as foi- j
i(0&:Feb: 19th a letter was sent you,,
posingfor investigation, copy of "j
&rges. made by Gov. Gardener of
lyiibas province, which 'contained j
nfera? Allegations Of ' cruelties prac- j
^E^y-itropps on natives, and .g?ner- |
^poflan.insolent and brutal.attitude
?&ei army towards: natives. '. !
Or?April; 2d a cablegram was sent
purging action with all speed con
||spkimth5 thorough, and searching- ]
vesfe2tion. I
^^^^?Jtheij?th; of March a cable dispatch
Sr? .'.^as-Vsent' -yon directing disciplinary
i^Saeasirres to produce obedience to the
^H&?si?ect's instructions, subordinat
gpg^?Hiaxy, officers to civil govern
||p|nieiit. in . pacified provinces, and in
^^^izeting you to relieve Maj. Edwin
|?|K^:Glenn and Capt. James A. Ryan j
^^^.n?'duty and order them to Manila j
^s^?w?it investigation i nto theirx con- J
?{pBlj^x& accordance > with instructions ?
H ^follow by mail ' j
^C^i .the"Sith of Iv?arch instructions!
?^^re.mailed you containing statement j
^^fec?srges.-against those officers and |
^^^r?:3acob;a. Smith as the' basis cf ?
~ the^.i?v^?gat?on ordered by the cable j
Bfe^'^er instructions in both masters :
^^p?si^uired by the following facts' : !
l^kBLIED ALL OVER TEN YEARS, j
^^^Ss^div-patches state that upon the j
^^^f:?of-. dM?j. Waller, of the marine j
^^^|>3, testimony was given by Waller,
^eprroborated by other witnesses, that |
i|i^|e&-: Jacob H. Smith instructed him !
^^>;f?l.V.hd burn : that the more he j
?|p^ee^nd burned the' better pleased j
??pem. ?mith would be: that it*was no ;
BS||pe^totake prisoners, and that when j
B?pa^VWaH?r asked Gen. Smith to j
E^pSnerthe'age limit for killing, he j
^^00?i??;* * everything over ten."
|B|If:.'such . testimony was given, and j
^^Se^ictscan be established, you willi
^^fe?? Gen. Smith on trial by .'.court j
^^^^es^erday before the senate commit- ]
?||6e>-on Philippine affairs Serst.
Sgp&rlss S. Riley and Private Wm. ?
E?Se^ns: Smith of the Twenty-sixth i
^p^iunieer'infantry testified .that the;
^ifortn of torture known as the " water j
?pcure*' was administered to the president !
ipof the town of Igbarras, lloilo pro- j
lg.'/vince, Islande? Pan ay, by detachment j
Eighteenth United States infantry j
^ps?ider command of -Lieut* Arthur L.-l
^p^onger^ under orders ?of Maj. E. Y. j
g||?3enn, then captain Twenty-fifth in- ?
^^^?try, and that Captain and Assist- !
^^Kj&argeon Palmer Lyon, at that time.
g^pl.contract surgeon, was present to j
^^assist them, ihe officers named, or1
ipsneii cf them, as are found to be re- j
^^p?nsiblefor^the act, will be tried ;
^^?h?refor by* courtmnrtial. Conger j
B^Ea. Lyon are in this country-.
?fe WENT OVER FOR. TRIAL.
V;".'^'B6th the Twenty-sixth volunteer j
^pa?tfarttry and Eighteenth infantry liav- '?
^^ng;returned to'ihe United States and ;
^fmost of the witnesses being prcsump-!
^^t?evly here, the secretary cf war di- !
greets that Maj. E. F. Glenn, Twenty- !
Jff?fth infantry, be directed to proceed,
ll^to' Sac Francisco and report to 'the i
^e?nerai commanding the department of ;
^California with a view to his trial bv ;
crt martial under charges alleging :
^cruelties practiced by him upon
i native of the Philippine islands at
arras on the 27th of June, 1900. If ;
can discover any witnesses still in ;
e.service of the Philippine islands
W&xrho can testify in support of the j
l|||enarges, or if Maj. Glenn desires the ?
^pa^tention of any persons now serving ;
Rin the islands as witnesses fer the'
^pdefense, you will dircet them to pro- j
j?e?c to Snr. Francisco for that pur-1
As the two years allowed for I
prosecution by the statute of limit- j
tions is nearly at an end no time is j
be lost- You will take such course \
? in advancing or postponing the i eves-; j
^?tigations previously ordered into the
|.conduct of Gea. Smith and Maj. .
||lGrienn as shall be required to enable
|iyou tb execute these instructions.
I^?t is believed that the .violations of ;
; law. and humanity, of "which these;
p'ease?;" if true, are examples, will prove
" to be few and occasional and not to
taracterize the conduct of the array
?nerally in the Philippines: but the
that any such acts of cruelty and
rbarity appear to have been done j
^-indicates the necessity of a most ;
^phorongh, searching and exhaustive in- j
Investigation under the general chnrges j
^ggr^erred by Gk>v. Gardener and you will ;
no effort, in the investigation
^already ordered under these charges,
uncover every such case which may
occurred and bring the offenders
justice.
5IDENT WON'T STAND FOR
IT.
The president desires to know in the
and most circumstantial man
all the facts, nothing being concel
and no man being of any reason
j favored , or shielded. For the very
j reaosn that the president intends to
j back np the army in the heartiest
fashion in every lawful and legitimate
j method of doing its work he also]
J intends to see that.the. most rigorous j
j care is exercised to detect and prevent ?
i any crudity or brutality and that".'
j men who "are guilty thereof are pun- !
fished. Great as the provocation has !
j been in dealing with foes who habit- j
finally resort to treachery, murder and j
/torture against our men, " nothing can |
[.justify or will be held to justify the j
[.?use of torture or inhuman conduct of
! ?my kind on the part of the American j
! army. Elihu Soot,
] Secretary of "War. j
j y-- . !
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j EM OF. ASS ERRATIC LIFE, j
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j [Louisville, Ky.. Courier Journal. ] j
j "Lack of poverty "kept h im, from be- \
j ing a great .man"-so an old friend I
? summed up the life of Col. Blanton j
i Duncan, news of whose death in Los j
t?ngeles, Cal., reached Louisville yes
j terday. Brilliant, alert, quarrelsome,
j strenuous, he jumped about all his
j life from' one thing to. another, never
; striking long enough at any one
[scheme to achieve success. And at
'.: the last, he died, cut oil from his
j friends and engaged in/a bitter legal
I fight with his only daughter. Had he
been poor, his poverty might have
compelled him to work out to comple?
tion some of the many primary plans
f?is fertile brain conceived,
j Col. Duncan was ? born seventy-five
[ years ago, his father being the Hon.
Garnett" Duncan, one of the most bril-{
liant Congressmen ever sent from Ken?
tucky. Young Duncan was graduated
first from Centre College, then from
the law department" of the University
of Louisville* in 1S50 and immediately
entered upon that strenuous career
that was to fill out his iifej He dab
j bled as a lawyer,' but disliking heart
j ily the drudgery of the profession, took
; up politics instead.*' The Know Nothing
I party was just coming in about that
j time. ' Young Duncan becam? intefest
? ed in that. ? born agitator, he rose,
?quickly to be one of the leaders, and
by ..many was. held partly responsible
for.that terrible Bloody Monday in
1S56V when the Know Nothings tried
?to take the town.
After the collapse of the Know !
Nothings. Young Duncan was quiet!
|for a time.
, ' His aggresisve, spirit, however, I
could not long remain quiescent, so he i
fell in love/' The young; woman was j
Miss -Atkinson, cf Henderson, a j
famous beauty and an heiress. Her I
parents refused absolutely to hear of j
the match. The strenuous young man !
from Louisville could not bear being
balked. The young woman would not
marry without the approval of, ?er
tather and mother. A less determined
person than "young Duncan might have j
given up, but he only came back home I
to'plan some.scheme for winning the!
old people" over. In his dilemma he j
.hunted.out George D. Prentice, the ;
famous editor, to'whom he told his* j
troubles.
"Weil, Duncan,- said Mr. Prentice, ?;
so the old story runs, "I couldn't pos- ]
sibly write anything about you alive,-!
but if you were only dead Pd get you j
up an obituary to make her wear crep? |
ali her hie."'
"Ail right, Pll die," replied Dun- j
can promptly.
And two days later the report came j
out that Blanton Duncan, the agita- j
tor, was dead. True, to his agreement, j
Mr. ; Prentice wrote a beautf iul and j
touching obituary.' Then, in a few"!
days, young Duncan came to life with I
a story of how the mistake had |occur- ]
red.The next'week he set out for j
Henderson with the / obitaary neatly j
packed in his grip. On his return trip j
the register showed Mr. and Mrs. I
Blanton Duncan.
Then the war carno on and' within ?
three weeks after the firing of the first:}
gun, young-'Duncan had the formation .
of a regiment well in hand. He enlist?
ed and equipped it entirely at his own
.expense and then hurried away to Vir?
ginia as its Colonel. But the Colonel
was not a soldier. He quarreled with
the officers and men under him, and
iii a short time was removed to the
head of the Confederate Printing Bu?
reau at "Columbia, S. C., where he'
wrote, newspaper articles and printed
Confederate money. ' With the close of
the Civil War Col. Duncan returned
to become one of the -picturesque
figures of Louisville.
He went into politics again and!
started a paper merely to boom
Charles O'Connor, the famous New
York lawyer, for the presidency.
Failing in this as he did in other ?
political projects, he moved to Texas |
for awhile and from there went to Los ?
A nsreles. Cal.
That was fifteen years ago. Coming
into California the Kentuckian an?
nounced thar he was going to reclaim
part of the arid lanes by irrigation.
He bought hundreds of acres appa?
rently in the district with no water
for miles around, and proceeded to
sink artesian wells. The knowing i
ones laughed at him, bnl; the iaugh j
changed when the artesian wells did
bring water in almost unlimited
quantities and he did reclaim the land.
That was one of the few successes in
that stormv life.
: In 189-2, when Mr. Cleveland ran fer
President, a friend of Mr. Duncan
who conducted a strong Republican
paper in Southern California went
away on a trip and left the Kentuck?
ian in cb argo. Col. Duncan reversed
the paper's policy, made a tremendous
fight and always afterward claimed to
have carried California for Cleveland. !
Ii*,* rook his claims to Washingtor
with a modest'request for a big cm. ^, j
and when both claim and request wore j
laughed at he kicked up a treme.. ; j
row. i
The last years of Col. Duncan ww
embittered byvquarrels with his only i
daughter, Mrs. Lewis, of Los Angeles, j
A year ago his wife died and since !
that time father and daughter had
been fighting one another in the
courts.
Col. Duncan was a man of brilliant
mind, vast information and wonderful
energy. One of his best friends summed
it up yesterday in speaking of him
"Duncan was afine machine that lack?
ed a governor."
Hampton, Va., April 17.-President?
elect Thomas Estrada Palma sailed on
the steamer Admiral Farragut for
Cuba today. Several hundred people
assembled to bid him farewell. He
will reach Cuba OL Sunday afternoon.
CUBAN BES3?PR?8ITY
BILL WILL PMS.
Republican Opponents Will Not!
??? in Weighing li With Killing j
Amendments.
Washington, April 15.-With the j
' ciose of the Cuban reciprocity debate
in the house today, the leaders an?
nounced that ali danger of the biU
being weighted down with undesir?
able amendments was over and that
they felt assured that the bill would
! pass in the shape in which it came
from the committee. It was an noun c
! ed that the entire-Republican delega?
tions from Michigan and California,
who constitute the head and front of
the opposition. M. Watson of Indi?
ana, who is acting as the whip -for
i the majority, does net believe over
a dozen Republicans at the outside
will join the ^Democrats on this
proposition. It would take more
than 20 Republican votes to place j
upon the bili the amendment- which
j might endanger its ultimate passage
> several Democrats, it is" under
i stood, have also declared their inten?
tion to stand by the chair.
08JE0? W GBUMP?OKEB BILL.
j Republicans Offer to Trade if j
Southerners Would- Vote on Cu?
ban BUL
Washington, April IT.-The Demo
I crate of the house at a caucus held to?
bt by a. very large majority, esta?
ted at three to one, adopted'the fol
wing resolution, introduced by Mr.
I Swanson of Virginia :
"Resolved, That we favor the re?
al of the differential on refined
,_r beth from Cuba^ and elsewhere
d believe that such amendments are
roperiy in order and we insist that it
the duty of all Democrats to vete
henever opportunity is given to h?ve
ese amendments added to the pend?
ell! providing for Cuban recipro
ty. We are opposed to the adoption
of the previous question when the bill
is reported to the house unless it shall
have been. properly amended in com?
mittee of the whole, as this will pre?
vent an opportunity for just and prop?
er amendment with recorded votes on
' ' e same.
"Resolved, further, That the action
this caucus is binding. " 1
The caucus- was rather turbulent
_ the early part cf the evening,
but toward the ciose the differences
disappeared and it broke up amid evi?
dence of harmony and good feeling.
The action taken tonight bind the
Democrats to vote to abolish the dif
tial on refined sugar and "against
previous question.
Those who were instrumental in
ng the caucus wanted the members
their party to presenta united front
upon the proposition to take the dif?
ferential off of refined sugar- . Repre-J
sentativ? Hay of Virignia presided and '
Representative. Cowherd of Missouri
acted as secretary.
Ninety-four Democrats were present. 1
From the very outset the caucus was
of an exciting character. Mr. Under?
wood cf Alabama who got the floor
immediately after the meeting was
called to order, threw a bombshell into
the caucus by announcing that over?
tures had come to him from the Re?
publican side by which it was to be
agreed that the Republican leaders
would abandon the Crumpacker resolu?
tion to investigate the southern elec?
tion laws if the delegations from the
States concerned (North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana ?nd Virginia) would aid
the majority to ciose debate and wouid
vote against the appeals which will
be taken from the decisions of the
chair when the motions to open up the
bill to general amendment are offered.
Mr. Underwood declined to give the
name cf the Republican from whom
these assurances regarding the aban?
donment of the Crumpacker resolu?
tion came, and although arguing that
it was to the interests of the States?!
involved to accept the offer made -he
stated that the agreement had not been
positively- accepted, and for himself
agreed to abide by the decision of the
caucus. The Democratic vote on
Wednesday to close debate-came prin?
cipally from the States mentioned
above.
eE?li?o?M?lBlTylFE??EO.
DEMOCRATS ABB BEET SUGAR
REPUBLICANS UNITE FORCES.
Tbs Chair Overruled and Differ?
ential Removed From Relined
Sugar Coming From Cuba.
Washington. April 18.-The Demo?
crats and the Republican insurgents
rode roughshod over the house leaders
today when the voting began on the
Cuban reciprocity bili. They over?
threw the ruling of the chair in com?
mittee of the whole on the question of
the germaneness cf an amendment rb
remove the differential irom refined
sugar during tho existence of the
reciprocity agreement provided; for in
the bill. The vote to overrule the
decision of the chair, made by Mr.
Sherman of New York, was 171 to 130,
Republicans to the number of 37 join?
ing with a solid Democratic vote to
accomplish ibis result. Having won
this preliminary victory the amend?
ment was adopted in committee,
164-111, and later in house by a still
larger majority, 199-105. On this oc?
casion 04 Republic;! ns voted wi rh the
Democrats tor the amendment. The
bill was then passed by an overwhelm?
ing majority. 247-52.
An analysis of the vote shows that
124 Republicans and 12:> Democrats vot?
ed for the amended bill and 42 Republi?
cans and 10 Democrats against it.
Grosvenor of Ohio was one of those
who voted against tho bill. The vot?
ing on the bill was thc culmination of
along struggle "which began almost
with the inception of this session of
congress, and after two weeks of con?
tinuous debate during which much
bitterness was aroused. Today's debate
was of an exceedingly lively character,
the feature being the echoes of last
night's Democratic caucus. To that
caucus the defeat of the ^Republican
laa/iers who sought to, pass the bill
without amendment is attributabl
Previous to the holding of
canons the Democrats were very n
divided and the opposition of the
publican beet sugar men showed s
of disintegrating. Today when
became apparent that the Democ
would ?act together the beet susar
decided, at "meeting attended 03
of them, to take the bit in their t
and over ruie the chair. As sooi
this combination was effected the
publican lenders realized that 1
wonld be defeated so far as the rei
al of the differential was cpncei
and Mr. Payne, the Republican J;
er, -contented himself with war:
his beet sugar colleagues that in
moving the differential they were '
ing off a bit of protection placed
the Dingley bili especially for
benefit of the beet sugar producers
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
Democratic leader, was the first soc
er today. He stated frankly that
doubted whether the enactment cf
bill would do much, to bring about
reciprocal trade relations betw
Cuba and the United States which
earnestly to be desired. Brit he
voted for it in the hope that it mi
accomplish somethings It would
least reduce by 50 per cent, the (
rageously high rates of the Dim
law so far as Cuba was coneerr
Those high rates would not stand a
he said, Mr. Grosvenor's speech a
days ago was a warning of the com
storm. He thought the time fo:
revision of the tariff was at hand ;
the fact that the pending bill be;
in a modest way commended the nu
ure to him.
Mr. Ricanardson called attention
the action of two counties in the <
trict of Mr. Babcock, "Wisconsin,
dorsing the latter's bill to revoke
duties from steel, and amid Dei
eratic applause, said the Democi
proposed to give Mr. Babcock an
portunity later cn to vote for the 1
jns constituents had endorssed.
Just before Mr. Richardson took
seat, Mr. Broomwell, Ohio, asked b
this question: '"Dees the gentles
from Tennessee -know anything of
reported bargain between the lead
of this side and the Democrats
which the Crampacker resolution is
be smothered in order to aid the p
sage of the pending bill?*'
?''Absolutely nothing,5' replied 3
Richardson.
Mr.. Hepburn, Iowa, aroused cons;
erable excitement by bringing forwc
the revelation made in the Dem?cra
causus last night concerning tne
leged overtures made from the Repe
lican side to abandon the Crumpael
resolution if the Democrats from t
States threatened would vote agaii
overruling the chair. After readi
the aeccnnt of the caucus in a moi
lng paper'he preceded with great e:
phasis to declare the statement if tr
to be bf ? very serious character. "
. charges some members of this hon
with attempting to traffic with t
legislation before this body," he sai
"It charges them with a willingnc
to shelve legislation which membe
here consider very important in ord
to secure the ultimate triumph of the
bili.".
- "? do net believe it. I think tl
gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Uncle
wood) must have been mistaken 1
?misinformed, but nevertheless,
think it his duty to this house to I
acore explicit and to locate this offen:
where it properly belongs.
The remaining time after Mr. Hei
;burn concluded-two hours and tweni
minutes-was divided equally, betwee
Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, who close
the debate against the bill, and M:
Dalzell cf Pennsylvania, who conclue
ed for the measure.''
Mr. Tawney at the outset d?fende
the course of those cn the Rep?blica
rsice who had not surrendered thei
conscience that "thrift might folkn
fawning."
Mr. Tawney said that this was' th
first time Republican leaders had . prc
posed to depart from the privileg
theory. The Republican party was i:
honor bond to keep faith with thos
whom it had induced to enter the bee
sugar industry.
Mr. Dalzell, in closing the debat
for the friends of the bill, declarei
.that it was uot an attack upon pro
tection.. "It is not a revision of tb
existing tariff law or its schedules. -1
will not harm a single American in
dustry or deprive an American work
man cf ? single day's wages. It is :
step toward the redemption of thi
pledge we made, not to Cuba but t<
ourselves, when we volunteered t<
intervene to right the wrongs which
she was suffering under the Spanisl
regime'. ' '
At 3 o'clock, the time for genera!
debate expired and the bill which con?
sisted of but one section, was read anc
opened to amendments under the five
min?te rule.
The reading proceeded amid a great
deal of excitement. As soon as it was
concluded thc several verba] committee
amendments were formally adopted.
The house then breathlessly awaited
for the next move.
Mr. Morris of Minnesota, one of the
Republican opponents of the bill, was
recognized and offered an amendment
to remove thc differential on refined
sugar. The amendment was as follows :
"Upon making cf said agreement and
assurance of said proclamation, and
while tlie agreement shall remain in
force there shall he levied, collected
and paid, in lieu of the duties thereon
now provided by law on all sugars
above No. 16 Dutch standard in color
and on all sugar which hos gone
through a process of refining, imported
into the United States on cent aiid
S2w-lC0O of 1 per cent per pound."
Tho moment the amendment was
read Mr. Payne, tiie Republican lead?
er. made the point of order that it was
net germane, i io argued that there
had been rulings innumerable against
such extraneous amendments. Mr.
Littlefield of Maine followed Mr.
Payne, taking the view that the
amendment was germane. ! le had not
proceeded far in Iiis argument Before
he aroused intense interest by revert?
ing to tho report that at tho Demo?
cratic caucus last night Mr. Under?
wood stated that overtures had been
made to him in regard to tho Crum
packer resolution. "An insinuation
Las been made herc today," said he,
"which has not been repelled as it
ought to have been. I refer to the
report that at the Democratic caucus
last night it was stated that approach?
es had come from this side of the
house for the Democrats to enter an
unholy, ungodly and infamous alliance
to sacrifice human rights in order to
'save the face' of certain leaders or
protect the profits of an aggregation of
capital."
Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio was on his
feet- in an instant, asking Mr. Little
field to whom he referred, when Mr.
Underwood arose and was abont io
interrupt him, but the latter <vas ap?
pealed to by some of his Democratic
colleagues and he took his seat.
Mr. Littlefield in reply to Mr. Gros- j
venor. said he thought Mr. Payne, the j
chairman of the ways and means com-1
mittee, should make a statement and j
the Republican leader was just about i
to do so when Mr. Undewcod again i
arose. "I desire to say just one S
word," said he. "I have never made j
any such r charges as the gentleman!
repeats cither in a Democratic caucus ;
or elsewhere." ;
The Republicans applauded this \
statement and both Mr. Underwood !
and Mr. Payne sat down.
"I have accomplished my purpose." :
said Mr. Littlefield. "I have succeed-1
ed in vindicating the Republican ma- j
jority. j
Mr. Richardson, the Democratic j
leader, contended that the amendment j
was^ in orden Ke thought Speaker j
Blaine's decision was conclusive. As \
Mr. Richardson concluded the Demo- !
crats cried, "Vote," "Vote."
But several Republicans were on j
their feet calling for recognition, j
Mr. Sherman, New York, who was in j
the chair, recognized Mr. Grosvenor i
? who called attention to the fact 'that j
! Blaine, great as he was as a parl?a-1
' mentar?an, had been overruled repeat
; edly. *- ?
i Mr. De Armond, Missouri, sxigzost^d
j that the chair shouid submit the
j point of order to the huose. He ob
; served ironically that he thought "the
j chairman had net made np his j
I mind. " !
! "Whether the chair rules this i
j amendment in order or not," said he, j
; " we will at least find out who are for j
j the sugar trust and who are against ?
jit." . 4
? Mr. Morris, Minnesota, concluded
? the debate upon the point of order
j with a strong speech against it.
j In a very elaborate ruling, Mr.
j Sherman of New York, who . was in
j the chair, sustained the point of or?
der. In doing so lie cited a long line
of precedents covering three-fourths
of . a century of parliamentary pro
! cedur? in line with his decision. As
j soon as the decision was announced
j Mr. Tawney appealed from the de
[ cisi?n of the chair,
i The vote was taken by tellers. ;
I Speaker Henderson was the first?mern-.!
j ber to pass between the tellers in sup- j
! port of the chair's ruling. It was an j
interesting spectacle as the issue- was i
put to tue test. j
The wbole^ Democratic side rose in I
enthusiastic ^mass and watched the j
Republicans to see hov/ many would j
decline to vote with their colleagues, i
Not a Democrat voted to sustain the
chair. The Louisiana delegation was
the first to go through in opposition
to the chairs ruling; then trooping
down a side aisle came the Republican j
recalcitrants 37 strong. The Demo--j
crats cheered as they went through, j
When the announcement was made !
that the chair had been overruled 130 j
to 171, the Democrats and the Repub- j
lican insurgents cheered.
A dozen members were on their reef ;
?on ri sh i ng amendments and clamoring
for recognition before. the applause
died away, but the chair recognized
Mr. Payne, the Republican floor lead- J
er. Amid profound silence he ad- j
dressed his Republican colleagues, j
He warned the friends of beet sugar !
that he proposed to show his friend?
ship fer beet sugar-by voting against
the amendment.
A "Valuable Medicine
For Coughs and Colds in Children.
UI have not the slightest hesitancy in i
recommending Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy to all who are sa Verlag from coughs ?
or colds." says Chas M Cramer, Esq, a well
known watchmaker of Colombo. Ceylon.
'.It has been some two years since the City
Dispensary first caliea my attention to j
this valuable medicine and I have repeat- ?
ediy used it and it has always been nene- j
Sciai, it has cured me quickly of all !
chest colds. It is especially ejective for j
children and seldom takes mere than one j
bottle to cure them of hoarseness. I have i
persuaded many to try this valuable med ?
icine, and they are all as well pleased as j
mvself over the results/' For sale by Dr J
A J. China. ?
Mrs. Sallie Richardson Maxwell of j'
Geenwood, thc widow of the late Dr. j
J. C. Maxwell, died at her home in j
tVak city Monday night. Mrs. Max- j
well was a lovely woman whose beanti- ?
ful character was the admiration of a j
large circle cf friends. By the terms i
of a mortuary deed executed ten or j
twelve years ago \by herself and her?
lamented husband, the Connie Max- j
well Orphanage will receive all of j
their handsome estate, valued at about j
825,000. She was buried on the or?
phanage grounds, and the remains of ;
her husband, who died several years j
ago and was buried in the city ceme- j
try, were removed and placed by her ?
side, together with the remains cf their J
daughter, Connie, who died when a j
child and for whom thc orphanage was j
named.
BeUeT^Than7 Pilk
The question has been asked. ;iIn what i
way iu-e Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver j
Tablets superior io pills":'' Our answer .
is : They are easie*- and more pleasant ic i
take, more mild and gentle in effect and )
more reliable as they can always be de- !
pended upon. Then they cleanse and in- j
vig?rate the stomach and leave the bow-;
els in a natural condition white pills arc j
more harsh in effect and their use is cf:en
followed bv constipation. For sale by Dr i
A J China.' !
' Washington. April 17.-Pesident j
Roosevelt today sent to thc House a j
veto of the bill pensioning Themas F. j
Waiters, a lieutenant in a Pennsyiva- j
nia volunteer regiment during rho j
civil war. at 617 per month. The veto j
message states that the records of the .
war department show that this soldier j
was cashiered by sentence of a general j
Court-martial for disobedience of or- ;
(h rs as to going on picket dut> and
that this disobedience was admitted.
"To inscribe his name on the pension
roll," the message says, "would be to
condone an inexcusable offence."
"A neighbor ran in with a bottle of !
Chamberlain's Colic, Choiera and Diar- j
rhoea Remedy when my son was suffer- j
ing with severe cramps and was given up
as beyond hope by my regular physician,
who stands high in his profession. After
administering three doses of it my son
regained consciousness^and recovered en
tirsly within 24 hours;'? says, Mrs Mary
Haller, of Mt Crawford Ya. 'Tbj?'r?"me?i
dy is for sale by Dr A J China. ^
?M'H ^ ]
TMS Corn .
3 * c M% removes nom the soil |
I .-y .n$M ?arce q*^tit?es of i
Potash I
I^Wv^ Tkc fer?iiiz5r ap- J
?OfA-^?l plied, must furnish 1
I eno"*Sfc Potash, or the:.|.
1 =" W\ \ \ land will lose its pro- !
\ V ! ^uc^n? ?>cwer* I
^^^^^^vA? Read carefully ocr boo?o ?
oa cro?s-scnc ./w- ^ i
^R^^^! GER?IAN KALI V70R?CS-, |
The little daughter of the-house
watched the minister who was making
a visit very closely, : and finaliy -sat
down beside him and began to draw
on her slate.
" What are you doing?7' asked the
clergyman.
*; ? am' making . your picture, '. ' said
the child. > .."
The minister sat still, and the child
: worked away earnestly. Then she
stopped and compared her work - with
the-originai and shook her head.
"I dont' like it-much," she said,
j " 'Taint a great deal like you, M
! guess I'll put- a tail to it and call it a
I dog. 5 '-Philadelphia Times. ;
j Saved Many a Time.,
: Don't neglect conghs and colds even if
j it is spring. Such cases often result seri
? ously at this seasom'^ust because people
j are careless. A dose of One 21inute Cough
j Ct: re will remove all danger. Absolutely
! safe. Acts at once. Sure cure for coughs,.
S colds, croup, grip, bronchitis and other
j throat and lang troubles. "I have used
I One Minute Couirh Cure several years."
I says Postmaster C 0 Dawson, Barr, III.
! It is the very best cough medicine on the
' market. It has saved me manv- a severs
j spell of sickness and i warmly recom
! mend it." The children's favorite. J. S.
; Hnghson ? Co.
? ?< jg' ? ? >? i' raw
r?Raleigh, N. C.. April IS -CoL .
j John W. Hinsdale, the representative
of the Imperial Tobacco company of
Great Britain and Ireland, today paid.
tlie sheriff oe "Wake county 31,000 as
franchise tax for a corporation to - do
business in North Carolina, with -
headquaarters here." Col. Hinsdale
stated that this company would put -
buyers in all North Carolina tobacco
markets and would probably establish
agencies in ali southern States. - ;
Wants to Eelp Others.
i:I had stomach trouble all my life,"
says Edw Mehler, proprietor of the Union
Bottling Works, Erie, Pa, "and tried all'
kinds of remedies, went to several- doc?
tors and spent considerable money trying
to get a moment's peace. Finally I read
of Kodol Dyspepsia Care and have been
taking it to my great satisfaction. I never
found it?? equal for stomach' trouble and
gladly recommend it in hope that I may
help other sufferers." Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure cures ail stomach troubles. You don't
have to diet. Kodol Dyspepsia- Cure di?
gests what you eati J S Hughson & Go.
WANTED-Hickory, Dogwood \ and
Persimmon .Logs. , SOUTHESK BAsnwoon
COUP AXT, Charleston, S. C.. nov 20 ?rn
FOR SALE-A limited quantity of
King Cotton Seed. Apply to W. B. Boyle
Oct ?-if
-MANUFACTURERS 0?-.
SASH, BUNDS,
Moulding & Building
Material.
?Sc? aaa VT-irtfrooras, Kiag. apposite Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON* S. C,
jJ2T" ?r.r<?;w- oar make, which we guaranti
saturier >o any .said Sooth, *ac
. hereby save njorjsr
Window aad?aacj Grkss s Specialty
?0 HE BOOKKEEPER :
Bo yea want a M-opening,
patent, flexis?s-t?
Ledger, Jouraal or Day Bool ?
We can supply
your needs in
these particulars,
And also all other needs in the
way of Blank Books, Office
Supplies and Stationery.
We buy direct from the manu?
facturers; our prices are right
and quality guaranteed.
H. Gk' OSTEEN & CWX
Liberty St.