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GMMors BOMBSHELL Significant Deliverance From the Heit Speaker. He Calls Senator Tillman's Suc? cessful insistence that the Fed? eral Government Shall Pay South Carolina a Just Debt of $47, OOO "Legislative Blackmail." ? Washington, March 4.-The speech * of Representative Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, de? livered after 3.30 o'clock, this morning in the House, on the conference report on the general deficiency appropriation bil], protesting against "legislative blackmail," and insisting on the right of a majority to rule in the Senate, in view of the fact that he is to be the speaker of the next House, is regarded ,% as foreshadowing a contest upon this question. The scene when Mr. Cannon delivered this speech was the most remarkable of this Congress in the House. Late as the hour was the weary members were set on fire with enthusiasm and they cheered his utter? ances until the great hall resounded - with their shouts. Mr. Cannon said: "Gentlemen know that under the practice of the House and under the rules of the Senate the great money bills can contain nothing but appro? priations, in pursuance of existing law, unless by unanimous consent of both bodies. If any of these bills con? tain legislation it must be by unani? mous consent o? the two bodies ; and ? the uniform practice has been, so far as I know, the invariable practice has been, with the exception of one amend? ment upon this bill, that when one body objected to legislation proposed by the other upon an appropriation bill the body proposing the legislation recedes. ||r; "In this case the trouble in arriving at an argeement all clustered about one amendment There were many ' amendments of a legislative character proposed by the Senate; there were many amendments covering; hundreds of thousands of dollars of claims, pure and simple, proposd by the Senate. One by one the legislative provisions and the claims disappeared as the Sen? ate receded, until we came to an amend? ment to pay the State of South Caro? lina $47,000. A word as to that In May last on the. omnibus claim bill, a basis was fixed ' for the adjustment of the accounts of Virginia and Balti? more, and South Carolina with the United States, growing out of the war of 1812-'15. The auditing officers of the treasury, in pursuance of that law, /adjusted the accounts of Virginia. *An indefinite appropriation was made to pay the respective States, whatever should be found due by the auditing officers. Upon that basis, and underj that legislation, the sum of $100,000 in round numbers has been paid to the State of Virginia. "Under the same law which is the law today the auditing officers in the adjustment of the war of 1812 found ""'due to the State of South Carolina the sum of 34 cents. Now, the Senate of the United States, notwithstanding the law, proposed legislation on an appropriation bill to the extent of granting to the State of South Caroli? na $47,000. The House con ferees ob . jiscted and the whole long delay has been over that one item. In the House jg of Representatives, without criticising ~ either aide or any individual members, we have rules;, sometimes invoked by our Democratic friends and sometimes by ourselves-each responsible to the people after after all said and done by which a majority, right or wrong, mistaken or otherwise, can legislate. In another body there are no such -rules. In another body legislation is had by unanimous consent. In another body an individual member of that body can rise in bis place and talk for one hour, two hours, ten hours, twelve hours. It is a matter of history that .a Senator on the Republican side, in a former Congress, talked to death a river and harbor bill. There comes a time constantly in the settling of bills when you must do so and so or so and ?so else your bili cannot pass, and this with reference to the great money bills. In my opinion such a condition existed to this bill, and clustered about this one. There was also an Bmendment put on to the bill in another body which involved legislation to the extent of grantng to the State of Ver? mont $150,000 in adjustment of her war claims. The Senate receded, but \OVLT conferees were unable to get the Senate to receed upon this gift from the treasury, against the law, to the State of South Carolina. By unani? mous consent another body legislates and in the expiring hours of the ses? sion we are powerless without that unanimous consent * Help me, Cas? tus, or I sink. ' Unanimous consent comes to the centre of the dome; unanimous consent comes practically to the House. We can have cc legisla? tion without approval of both bodies, and one body, in my opinion, cannot legislate without unanimous consent. There was the alternative, in my opin? ion ; this applied not only to the defi? ciency bill, but to the naval bill, or an agreement is to rhe naval bill. Your conferees had the alternative of submitting to legislative blackmail at the demand, in my opinion, of one in? dividual-I shall not say where-or of letting these great money bills fail. Now, what are we going to do about it? This bill contains many important Vnatters-your appropriations for public buildings, legislation lately had all along the line of the public, to the ex? tent of $20,000,000. "Now, I have taken the House into my confidence touching this matter, as it is my duty to do. I am getting to be a somewhat aged man. 1 pray God that my life may be spared until "an intelligent and a righteous senti? ment, North and South, East and West, pervading both parties, will lash anybody into obedience to the right of the majority to rule. Majorities and minorities shift back and forth. Ab, says somebody, did that work in refer? ence to the matter of Statehood, and vdid you believe in Statehood? I did believe in Statehood and 1 am putting now the strongest case against my own party, but a majority of the people voiced in the Senate and the House, had the right to have its will express? ed. * "Gentlemen, I have made my pro? test I do it in sorrow and in humili? ation, but there it is; and in my opin cw* ion another body ander these methods mast change its methods of procedure, or oar body, backed np by the people will compel the change; else this body, close to the people, shall become a mere tender, a mere bender of the pregnant hinges of the knee to submit to wbas any one member of another body may demand of this body as a price for legislation. " (Prolonged ap? plause and cheers. ) CONGRESS ADJOURNS. The Democrats Refuse to Gush Over Speaker Henderson. Washington, March 4.-The 57th Congress expired at noon today by limitation. In many respects the clos? ing scenes were similar to those at the end .of every Congress. Every four years, however, there is an inaugura? tion which materially changes the proceedings in the Senate, but tho ex? piration of a Congress in the House is very much the same each time. I Bat there has not been in many years such a demonstration in the House as occurred today, owing to the fact that j Speaker Henderson was retiring not I only as presiding officer, but from the ! House as a member. The bitter par ! tisan feeling that has sprang ap in the j House of Representatives during the past week reached a pitch which pre ! vented the Speaker from receiving the unanimonus approval of the House when the usual resolution of thanks and courtesy was offered. More than this, the reslution had to come from the Republican side, and while this has occurred before, it is not the usual custom. The usual resolution of thanks to President Pro Tempore Frye was unanimously adopted in the Sen tae. [ Two years ago, when the 56th Con? gress expired, it was . remarkable not only for the second inauguration of Wm. McKinley, but also for the fact that Senator Carter, of Montana, talk? ed the river and harbor bill to death, which occupied the time of the Senate up to within a few minutes of the end. To-day Senator Mason, whose term j expired at noon, also talked an unim j portant bill to death, but in his vale? dictory he lectured the Senate for its unlimited debate, which allows bills to be killed in that manner, and also i made a final plea for the freedom of the Filipinos. As all the impoitant sup? ply bills had passed before the_ two houses took a recess this morning no legislation was neces? sary and none was attempted. The bills which had passed and reached the stage of enrollment were all signed by the President, who, with members of his cabinet, occupied the President's room in the Senate .wing of the Capitol. This biennial visit of the President to the Senate is one of the features of a closing Congress. A Negro Desperado Killed. Nashville, Tenn., March 4.-Two deputy sheriffs and a constable had a desperate battle late this afternoon with Joshua Parmer, a negro, as a result of which the negro is dead and constable W. B. Eason is in the city hospital in a dying condition. The negro was wanted on a charge of as? saulting a negro woman with intent to kill, and recently had sccessfully resisted arrest, beating an officer over the head with . a pistol. Today the officers located Parmer in a house in the west end, and upon their approach the negro opened fire. A fusilade follow? ed, during which Eason was shot four times through the abdomen. The ne? gro finally ceased firing and the offi cers found on investigation that he was shot ten times. He died tonight. Fire in Camdem* Camden, March 3.-Mr. R. Blair DeLoache's residence, on Fair Street, was burned to-night. After the alarm was given, as soon as the fire could be located, the fire department responded but the house was all ablaze when they reached it. All of the contents were consumed. Insurance $800; loss about 81,500. Mrs. DeLoache and the children barely escaped. Out of the multitude of tempests in teapots at the congress of the D. A. R. has come a tempest large enough for a tea kettle at least, says a Wash? ington dispatch. The South Carolina Daughters blew it up. Mrs. Fairbanks, the president general, in her annual address included the names of all the states she had visited and gave at some length the courtesies extended to her. But Mrs. Fairbanks spoke sc low that only a few tiers of delegates heard a word she said. Everybody applauded just the same. After it was all over a little South Carolina woman piped up: "What did she say about the way we all entertained her down at Charleston? We were so far back we couldn't hear a word she said." She got a type-written copy of the address. South Carolina did not appear in it. Then the South Carolina delegates hunted up the president general. She explained ihat the type? writer had got things mixed, and had left out a "splendid" notice of the "magnificent" courtesies extended at Charleston. Notwithstanding the ex? planation the South Carolina delegates felt hurt, and at the reception which the president general held at Congres? sional Library no daughter of South Carolina appeared with a badge on. Only two were there at all. A meeting of the delegation was held and it was decided not to attend Mrs. Fairbanks' reception. Columbia, March 4.-The sinking fund commission today sold the Water ee Canal, near Camden, to a syndicate of Northern capitalists, who will estab? lish manufacturing plants upon it. ir was never completed, only a little work being done on it. The sum agreed on was $1,000. Jacksonville, Fla.. March 4 -The northbound Seaboard Limited, leaving Jacksonville at 1.10 p. nv,, was wreck? ed this afternoon at Evergreen, two miles south of the Georgia line, fatally injuring Engineer Pierce and his col? ored fireman and seriously injuring six other members of the crew. Wrecking trains with physicians were sent from Jacksonville and the wounded were brought here. The engineer and fire? man are still alive, but physicians say cannot live through the night. The wreck was caused by an open switch. EXTRA SESSION OF SENATE. Thirteen Hew Senators Take the Oath of Office. SOUTH CAROLINA'S WAR CLAIM. I Mr. Cannon's Speech in the House on Legislative Blackmail Se? verely Criticized by Senator Tillman. Washington, March 5.-In obedience to the president's proclamation the senate of tho 58th congress convened in extra session at noon today. An immense crowd was attracted to wit? ness the interesting ceremony. Echoes of the 57th congress had not died away when President Pro Tem. Frye called the body to order, and soon thereafter the senators who were re? elected and those who were to take their seats for the first time (with the exception of Mr. Gorman, who had seen long service in the senate) were sworn in. Friends and admirers of the senators loaded down their desks with- beantifnl flowers. One of the featares of the opening ceremony was the ovation accorded Mr. Gor? man. The new senators are : Ankeny of , Washington, Clark of Arkansas, Fnlton, of Oregon, Gorman of Maryland, Hey burn of Idaho, Hopkins of Illinois, Latimer of South Carolina, Long of Kansas, McCreary of Kentucky, New? lands of Nevada, Overman of North Carolina, Smoot of Utah, Stone of Missouri. Speaking for Mr. Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, Mr. Hoar stated that ques? tions of qualification should be post? poned and acted upon by the senate afterwards. Mr. Smoot of Utah subscribed to the oath with an emphatic "I do." MR. CANNON'S SPEECH in the house of representives early yesterday morning in presenting the conference report on the general defi? ciency bill, in which he charged that the senate conferees had resorted to legislative blackmail and attacked the rules of the senate, formed the subject of some fervid remarks by Mr. Tillman and by the senate conferees, Messrs. Hale, Allison and Teller. Referring to Mr. Cannon's speech, which he characterized as "remark? able," Mr. Tillman said he did not know that there ever had been a simi ar one delivered in either branch of congress. He then quoted from Mr. Cannon's speech, giving the reasons for the house conferees receding from their position with respect to the claim of South Carolina for $47,000 growing out of the war of 1812-15. There were two issues, he said, in? volved in that speech, one affecting the dignity of the senate and the other affecting his own integrity, re? sponsibility and personal character. The speech, he said, was "wholly in? defensible, indecent and an outrage." He read from Jefferson's Manual re? garding the comity that must obtain between two branches of a legislature and asked whether it had not been grossly violated in this case. ' ' Power, ' ' he said, "had made some of these men drunk." Senators do not realize, he said that a most outrageous thing has been performed. SOUTH CAROLINA'S CLAIM. He then gave a history of South Carolina's claim, answering Mr. Can? non's criticism with respect to legis? lating by unanimous consent. Mr. Tillman said that nothing in the house of representatives seems to go except by unanimous consent of a few leaders. "The unanimous consent of the members," he said, "has fallen into innocuous desuetude and the unani? mous consent he speaks of so strenu? ously here is the unanimous consent of those in control." South Carolina, in this matter, he declared, had been an outcast, with no voice ' here, and no? body for 40 years to ask that she shall receive recognition or justice. Mr. Tillman quoted the law author? izing the payment of interest on South Carolina's claim, and it was that which led the committee on appropri? ations to act simply because it meant to do a long delayed act of justice to South Carolina and to undo the wrong I which had been done. "That is the cause of this cry of 'blackmail,' " said he, "and which caused the charge that the senate forced the honse to make a gift to Soath Carolina of 847,000. Mr. Tillman then said he had great respect for Mr. Cannon, who, as the watchdog of the treasury, had saved the country millions of dollars. He had objected to the matter, he said, simply because he had called it upon an appropriation bill. SCENE IN CONFERENCE. Mr. Tillman drew a picture of the scene in the conference room while the committee was discussing his item, and said: "The watchdog of the treas? ury came in, shut his massive jaws down on this claim and said 'whenever you all get ready to rub that out wake me up.' " He said he was only speaking meta? phorically. He then spoke of the de? termination arrived at by him. "I simply shut my jaws down on the prop? osition," said he, "that I would have that money or have an extra session and I was in a position, under the rules of the senate to force it." Mr. Hale of Maine said he would let the matter pass into oblivion, dis? agreeable as it was, but it affected him because he had charge of the deficiency bill. Speaking very delib? erately Mr. Hale said there had been no legislative blackmail. Mr. Haile, to set Mr. Tillman right, declared that he had never visited the conference room and that he did not obtrude himself upon the committee. The appropriation committee, he said, had acted on the claim as a matter of fair and evenhanded justice. Mr. Haile said it has never been thought that one house of congress should arraign the other. It has never been thought or said before that the processes of one house are pro? cesses of backmail. Mr. Cannon's use of the words "legislative blackmail," Mr. Hale declared, were unfortunate, improper, and a breach of the priv? ileges, which if they are the unwrit? ten law, practically stand in the judg? ment of all good men as the comity between the two houses. He was followed by Mr. Allison also a member of the conference commit tee, who said he commended and ap? proved every word Mr. Hale had said respecting the remarkable speech made in the other house at the close of the last session. Neither house, he said, is to be lectured by the other as to what its rules are or should be. Mr. Allison asserted that when any changes are adopted in the rules they I will be made by the senate and not bj any outside body. ? Mr. Teller, the Democratic member of the conference committee, explain? ed his position in the matter and said that Mr. Cannon's remarks were in apropriate and out of place. The mesasge of the president giving his reasons for calling the senate in extra session was read. On motion of Mr. Cnllom, the sen? ate went into executive session and sion adjourned until Monday. WOMAN'S RIGHTS WOMAN. Made her Husband Stop Drinking -She Got the Habit. "Washington, N. J., March 2.-Mrs. Moses de Remer, of Phillipsburg, several months ago created a sensation by entering a saloon where her hus? band and companions were. Seating herself at a table at which there were several men she ordered drinks for the party. "When Mr. de Remer remonstrated she declared her privileges were the same as his, saying she intended to frequent saloons and drink until he stopped doing the same thing. The husband gave up drinking. His wife, overcome by the craving for in? toxicants, could not. Last week she came home intoxicated and attacked her husband with a butch? er knife. She was arrested. Murder in Timmonsville. Timmonsville, March 5.-Ella Wil? liams, a young colored woman, was stabbed to death tonight by Ira Woods, a strapping young negro buck. The stabbing occurred within the town limits. Jealousy is the supposed cause. Woods has taken leg bail. The sheriff and bloodhounds have been telegraph? ed for. There is considerable excite? ment among the negroes. Negroes as Railroad Hands. Jacksonville, Tex., March 5.-G. J. Boschke, assistant engineer of the Southern Pacific Railroad system, in charge of the construction of the Dal? las division of the Texas and New Or? leans Railroad, has arrived here and reports that seven negroes had been killed among the construction crews up to the time he left. Mr. Boschke states that bad weather had forced the construction crews to remain idle on several occasions, and that the men then became quarrelsome. On Mon? day the laborers were paid off and did not go to work. As a result, Mr. Boschke reports the death of seven negroes, who were killed by their comrades during shooting affrays. The camp is about twenty-five miles southeast of here, and a force of Ital an laborers has been ordered to the scene, in order to complete the terms of the contract by May 22 next. Latest Railroad Deal. - Birmingham, Ala., March 5.-The Age-Herald will say tomorrow: It is announced on good authority that the St. Louis and San Francisco, known as the 'Frisco system, control of which was recently acquired by the i Rock Island in conjunction with the Morgan-Southern Railway interests, will be parcelled as follows : That part of the 'Frisco " between Birmingham and Memphis to be ope? rated as a part of the Southern sys? tem, and that part west of the Missis? sippi as a part of the Rock Island. It is not stated when this arrange? ment will become effective, but it is believed that it will be some time in the next few days. The Southern tens gets a great western connection without departing from its policy of keeping itself east of the Missisisppi. What's in a Name? Everything is in the name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. DeWitt <fc Co., of Chicago, discovered, some years ago, how to make a salve from .Witch Hazel that is a specific for Piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all skin diseases, DeWitt's Salve has no equal. This has given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitts-the gen? uine. J. S. Hughson ?? Co. The Daughters and the Press. When a pugilistic member of the D. A. R. convention in Washintgon pro? claimed to the women reporters that she would see to it that the next con? vention barred ont all newspaper re? presentatives, one of them retorted: ''Do it. Just try keeping the news? paper reporters out of your congress, and there won't be enough of your old society left in two years' time to make a grease spot. Von all live on news? paper notoriety, and if you couldn't have your fuss and feather?, your pink teas, and your comings and goings generally, written up in the newspa? pers, you would yield up your char? ters." It is to be hoped that the pugi? listic lady's threat will be made good. 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Seed Meal, Carolina R. P. Seed Oats at HABBY& CO.'S STABLES. Also full line of standard grade Wag? ons, both one and two horse, Buggies, Harness, Carriages We also have on hand a full line of building material, such as Tjime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, Fire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe, Stove Flues, &c. We wani to give you prices when you need any of above, and we will get your patronage. Yours truly, HARBY & CO. Aug 8 ra y A Good Grain Drill \ A Firs-class Hay Press ml A Mower or Rake A Good Horse or Mule, A nice Buggy, Carriage, Wagon, Harness, or any Farming Implements* If you do call on or write to me for prices I can supply your needs, and the prices will please you. ? . B. BOYLE. Oct 22 SUMTER, S. C.