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II KIU tSSEMLT. WO?\ INSURANCE RILL IN TH? SKNATK. e3njpe**aon to Ike CroeUoa of on In tUsalf iilT Whsa^^ Vp 9m tmm Iteeient T*?dey-- Eire Horn of Puaan ro on Head This Af? ro*. It.?After o moat ?*<? which began et the and woo continued pfisood to third It the hill to establish department with' % commissioner la charts. ?UM wader discussion. The Sen tap had op a daotstve rote deter at the dor not to kill the hat last about the recess hoar leaf was adopted leasing of the commissioner to Assmbly and not to sp? end this some of Its thought would lead the bfll oaf poeathlr defeat It Iff aUaate has not yet acted on 'ffao funeral appropriation bill, and etatM the morning Senator hlease a*** notice that he Intended to "put mm a ?gsst** oa the Mil and oppose va sftaa* foaturce of the bill. This will trot afXet the passage of tho bill, but a* pcraaae largely tatende?! for the 'Hs?a fcraachen have agreed that tsuty WOatl hold tho election of tbe two new lodges tomorrow afternoon 4 o'cfoct. z mm\ relative to the extension of torsao the winding op com ssssUdessete received Its second Senats gatsttng. The Hoeee bill was taken aa\ tao thai would advance It In Its Kaislalrre career. ' At the eight session of the Serstc ?tore! voting' precinct bill aad gtsUotee* bill wore given their readings. The bills are to be ?I oa Aaal reading la the Sen Tfcear ore always two troubl* dad dr tutted hills, toe Tocle tried to git up his Ida again to-night. Senator Wealed to reconsider tho vote am the Hdsse Mil* out aa adjournment ujuat had hefatw any vote could be The reconsideration of the twit hill was loft opon. but an ?he rules It will hardly te taker. t#*-n**rr?w. av?re than two dais eJsposd since the v?te to still it. feast et TM* tare, he wauls a record m his origin tT Mil end will ary Co go* it Co-morrow. Senator Mauldlr. called up the gen* i \ vl appnecrlacton bill and hadLali the r*#not,- lesamltuis - \ > ote adopt? ed, hat soft the teal passage of tho iThe committee amend .so hoan adopted. The the morning will he V she bill shall receive Its final i auadaag. ' The Senate amended the tUt en U passed the House by aiding $a.#*e lor tho eradication of cattle ttoha oat ft Ctomaou fundsn $14.000 aar tho Winthrop dormitory: funds fsar a aweaiaar school at Winthrop out of the It or o fr^m the permanent oUsssM fawl; IS.000 for auu hy the At ?osothI la i ?eecullng the ait; $\: oo- r r the Veterans Uftrmery. ee vWaVl I 000 for artifi? cial lleafat; i the University 4uT awatJh Oar dm i ncrease of sal arten au uaq* r ne trustees S3 #0 for stalls v for the deoart aesnt of aaVt itury THK HOUSE. Tho House to-day had a slaughter of I Ilia With a Calendar of 47 pages, saoaibero h*aan to call up their local MITte and other measures m which they were Interested, when Mr. Gary svvd to etrlke from the Takndar. hy continuing all IIou?e bill* now oi. second reading, as such bill* have no chance who Cover of passing Che Sen? ate at thia session PI1U which are aw ?h? Calendar as special orders and dehne? adjourned olIJs were excepted. Tho motion was withdrawn for h? aa reuse ef permit! ng *jme of the sroemrs ra lo get up a few of their bills hat It wue eventnally agreed to and Um blHs ware killed by * hoi-Halo Tne House then igr>*ed to take up oary er*co*jt*ated SenaCe bills, and IC took ail the morning session to flnLh hat The hill to establish the oflke of ite Auditor and limp.tr ifhro dnced by Mr. Har ttr. ot Cherokee, ws* passed by Cht HOU'O today, by u vi** of SI to SI Mr, Hsrdln ma I* hi* males' 1 speech oa thia bill. He said he had oe*a apa ?inted >v (he governor to In -/?*ditnie avoirs of Cherokes County and his work had *ugge*t*d this plan In him. His Ides Is that the SCate Au? ditor should do work similar to the traveling auditors of the railroads. The bill was opposed in brief argu? menta by Mevwa. Norton. Dlxon, Douglass and others. It was contepd *d the machinery of ? the Comptrol? ler Ooneral's office Is sunVlcnt for thin was*. The Mil will hardly get Chrough the Ssaale. Mr. O. L. Smiths bill to abolish Che department of immigration was Use opening matter when Che House toefe ap general orders this morning, pr. Sawyer offered aa amendment limiting; the operations of the depart? ment to American Immigration, tout this was voted down, BO to 80. Mr. Door then moved to Indefinite? ly postpone the bill, and on this the aysa and nays were called, the mo? tion being lost by a vote of (7 to 51. The question was then on the pas of the bill to third reading and the bill was passed without further division. It may bo fought again to? morrow on third reading. Without any objection whatever the House today agreed to the propo? sition to set aside $11,000 of the dis? pensary surplus to meet the expenses of prosecutions In the graft esses. At tho night session of the House Mr. Richards called for the joint res? olution by Senator Efird to relieve former State Treasurers W. T. C. Baten, W. HL Timmerman and State Treasurer R. H. Jennings and their respective bondsmen from liability on the official bonds of the said State Treasurers and State Treasurer for the loss of certain bends purloined fiom the State treasury during the period from the year 18 ?5 to '.he vsar 1901, Inclusive, and to author *4s the Attorney General to discon? tinue suits commenced on said official bonds. ? Mr Wlngard, of Lexington from tho county of Dr. Timmerman, explain? ed the purpose of the resolution Tho lot-da had be jo stolen by the cletk. I m fci'id. and there was n > wrong-do? ing legally or nv?r?Hy on the pan <-t these gentlemen. Vi H?cker said he thought ii.o O tt duty of the legislators L to ihn State. The three gentlemen affected -?and a-; high as any men in lb State, but If they are relieved of li? ability It will be notice to every of? fice-holder to steal as much as he Mr, Nash said it was very painful to him to oppose this bill, but as long as this matter Is before the O aits he did UM think the legisla? ture should pass on It. If there is no ltabllttyy tho courts will so declare. Mr. D. L. Smith made a fervent appeal for th? resolution and paid a high tribute to Cant. R. H. Jennings, the' present Treasurer. Dr. Goo. W. Dick, who vies with his fellow I physician from George? town, as a humorist and orator, also made a humorous and pathetic speech in faror of the resolution. Mr. Nichols supported the resolu? tion, saying he thought the Treas? urers ;wore legally responsible, btit they should be relieved as a matter of justice and fairness. Mr. Nichols moved the previous question, which closed the debate, and the vote won 1 taken by yeas and noes on'the mo? tion to strike out the resolving words of the resolution. By a vote of 88 to 78 the House refuted to kill the resolution. Lefkfetor* Gladly Agree to Increase Ttietr Own Pay?It Is Hoped The State Will He Beaefltted fly Secur? ing Stvwtor amssom?Labor Con trad Law Safe. Columbia. Feb. ?0.?-There was a considerable stir In the Senate this morning over the bill to establish an Insurance department The oppo? nents of the bill said that they had been ?'caught," when, today, the Sen? ate struck out the provision that (he commissi ?ner should be elected by the General Assembly and restored tho clause providing for the appoint? ment of tho commissioner. Thla start? ed the fighting anew and seven roll calls follow* d, mo.-t of them with an evenly dhided , Renata?twenty to twenty?and on three record votes the Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Mc Leod, saved the bill by his deciding vote. The friends of the bill finally consented to adjourn the debate on the* measure until tomorrow and with auch an evenly divided Senate it looks uncertain what will happen. It may pass and it may not. The wind up commission of the dispensary had all .he legislation It wanted or wig gested enacted into law. The State board of health is to have a special offtser, who is to be paid a salary by the State. The most Important measure pass? ed at this scesion of the General As? sembly Is th? farm labor contract bill The report of the free conference committee was adopted tonight and Is practically the same as tho bill flrbt passed by the House. The House todav bv a vote of 67 to 34, and without debat*. passed the bill of S*?nator Walker to change the manner of compensation of members of the General Assembly, and te pay them $200 each a session and mile? age. The bill ?j amended so p.r to give the Speaker double thc\ com? pensation of a member. Senator Oraydon's bill to declare the law in actions for damages, the fellow servants liability bill, was rail? ed up In the House this morning and Mr. Mlley made the first speech !n Its favor. It was also supported by Mr. Tompklns, Mr. Dlxon and others. Mr. Carey made a vigorous legal argument against the bill, asserting that It is not constitutional. There were numerous other brief argumonts on the bill and, although the discussion was not as prolonged *n it was In the Senate on this bill, the fight was just as warm, but on Mr. Nosh's motion to strike out the enacting words the vote was 82 to 28 and the bill was killed. Tho Joint resolution desired by ihe city of Greenville, permitting towns and cities of over 1,000 inhabitants to assess contiguous property for per? manent improvements was brought up by Mr. Cothran, who said it was of great importance to Greenville. Mr. Fr?ser made a very strong ar? gument against the measure, claim? ing that it was unjust to assess so large a portion of Improvement ex? penses upon contiguous property owners when the public generally get as much If not more benefit. The motion of Mr. Fr?ser to strike out tho resolving words of the reso? lution was carried by a large major? ity, no count being demanded. Later in the day Mr. Cothran ?uc ceeded in having the vote reconsider? ed, and said he proposed to amend the resolution so that it will apply only to Greenville. Debate was ad? journed on the bill for a time. After nearly 20 years of legislative experience, nine of which were spent as clerk for house committees end ten years of which were spent as clerk of the house of representatives. Tom C. Hamcr steps down and give* others who want the place where Is small salary, little glory and plenty of hard work, a chance. Senator Blease Almost Succeeds in Fixing State Levy at Five Mill.-.? Rate Bill Finally Killed?Stute Ball ; to Be Held In State House. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The way thing' are done in the rush is shown by the way half a mill was taken from the State levy today. Mr. Blease. in the senate, offered an innocent amend? ment to strike out one-half on line one. No one seemed to know what it meant, but evidently thought it ap? plied to New berry county. It was adopted. Tonight Senator Maldin ex? plained that he had overlooked the amendment and moved to restore tho Ave and a half mill provision as pass? ed by the senate committee and the house. Senator Blease said he expected to run for governor and as a final appeal asked for a reduction In the State's levy. It was wrong, he argued, to raise the appropriations. The raise wat over $200,000. He ridiculed Gov. Ansel's message and said any 15-year-old boy ought to have been ashamed of It. Gov. Ansel had said the State was prosper? ous, but he doubted it seriously. Senat or Blease made a long speech, giving what will probably bo his platform. He argued that if the sen? ate out the levy to five mills that the free conference would cut the ap? propriations down to meet the reduc? tion In levy from five and a half to fivo mills. He jumped on the appro? priation for the State fair. Senators ought, he said, to look at this mat? ter as they spend their own money. Senator Mauldln said there was an old song about he who dances must pay. The cold facts are that the leg? islature has already voted for expen? ditures necessitating the, five and a half mill levy. There is no use to create a debt. Over hit protest the levy was re? duced and the State ran a deficiency of $70,000. If the State has been prodigal In its expenditures then the money must be provided. The flnanco committee was unanimous in report? ing a five and a half mill levy. The Ave and a half ndll levy will hardly be enough. It was simply business. The senate reconsidered the matter, restoring the necessary Ave and a half mills. T'ie Insurance commission bill passed the senate today. There was a compromise and settlement by which the senate again changed its view and the bill now goes to the house with a provision that the legis? lature elect the commissioner, pro? vided that no legislator be eligible to the position. The senate amend*yl the bill co that the insurance companies shall support the deportment by as? sessment of hot over $50 each. The salary is raised to $2,500 by the sen? ate. The rate proposition was taken up again today and apparently every? thing that looked like a possengei rate bill was wiped off the slate and tho^Toole senate bill was killed by an aye and nay vote of 18 to 13. Then tho senate refused to reconsider the death blow to the House-Catilsle Gyles-Flnley bill by a vote of 21 to 11. The senate now has no further rate bills pending and has cleared Its decks. The Brlce bill to outlaw the South? eastern Tariff association was killed by the senate today. The senate had some discussion to? night over the salary of the etflclent assistant clerk. The senate, by a vote of 17 to 16, retained the salary a* re? ported. Senator Blease wanted a very r.mall Increase made. Senator M.tuldln offered an amendment to the legislative supply bill, providing an appropriation of $5,000 for expen? ses of members coming back to eh ot a senator. He said the people of the State did not expect senators and mem? bers to come here for such an extra? ordinary occasion at their own ex? penses. The senate had finished its work and would hold the election without coming back, if It could le? gal y do so, but the election cannot be held until March 4. The general assembly would finish its work within the 40 days, and it was not their fault that the election had to be held in 10 days' time. He thought it fair to pay the members their actual expenses. Senator Bliss insisted that no pro? vision could or should be made for this pay. He argued that the constitu? tion prohibited pay for more than 40 days, absolutely. He would not take any pay even if offered as the consti? tution fixed the pay for 40 days and no proivnion was made for any emer? gency or extra allowance. The amendment was adopted pro? viding $5,000 for actual expenses in? cidental to the reassembling. The presiding officers and clerks are to countersign the pay warrants. No fixed scale Is provided, but the Idea Is to equalize the pay and pay actual railroad expenses. The hoiuse has not yet considered this proposition. The bill relative to the re-enroll? ment of voters In the State was agreed upon b.y accepting the free conference report. The bill locks to a general re-enrollment Senator Raysor offered a concurrent resolu? tion relative to the details of hold? ing. THE HOUSE. The resolution of Mr. E. E. Verner calling for an investigation into the legality of one person holding the of? fice of State college trustee and Uni? ted States senator or member of the legislature was again brought up this morning- in the house/debate having been Interrupted last night. Mr. Ver? ner took the floor and replied to the remarks of his colleague, Mr. Mann. Mt. Verner said that because of his knowledge of the mountain people m Oconee he had been requested by the Clem?on authorities to take the po? sition of cattle inspector, or "tick in? spector," and he was not ashamed of it. He had done hard work in that po? sition. Mr. Mann replied to his colleague and it was evident that some feeling nad developed over this matter be? tween Oconee's two members. By a vote of 64 to 31 the resolution was rejected. The veto of Go v. Ansel of the Lex? ington school district bill wss called up by Mr. Sharpe and upon the rep? resentation of Mr. Sharpe that the bill was purely a local matter the bill was passed over the governor's veto by a vote of 71 to 12. The senate has already pasted the bill over the gov? ernor^ veto. Mr. von Kolnlts called up Senator Slnklor's bill to make the terms of county superintendent and supervisor four years, instead of two. Mr. Von Kolnitz said the house had already passed a similar bill and it was now desired to paas this senate bill. On the motion of Mr. Miley to In? definitely postpone "the bill the vote was 31 to 57. Amendments were then offered and agreed to excepting nearly all the counties in the State from the provisions of the bill. Mr. Wyche then moved to continue the bill and on this the vote was 44 to 48. The bill was then passed to third reading, though badly disfigured. Charleston, however Is in the bill and the terms of supervisor and superin? tendent of education are made four years ; By a vote of 56 to 39 tho house of representatives tonight reversed its action of several weeks ago and grant? ed the use of the hall to the South Carolina club for tho State ball dur? ing fair week. There was considera? ble debate, but the resolution went through on an aye and nay vote. NEW JUDGES ELECTED. THE RKPRTOSF.XTATIYES FROM EDGF.FIELI> AND FLOIUCNCE WIN OUT. Mr. Dcvore Was Opposed by Mr. C. M. Kflrd, of Lexington, and Mr. Shipp by Mr W. J. Montgomery, of Marion?In the Contest ft.r Judge cf Eleventh Circuit Vote Was 80 to 70, and for Judge of Twelfth ?2 to till. Columbia, Feb 20 --Representa? tive Devere, of E lgefl?ld, was elec*od .lihlgt of the 11th circuit, and ltepre tentative. S. W. G. .Shipp, of Florence. Judge of the 12th circuit theis after? noon. Mr. Devore was opposed by Mr. C M. I'.lird. of Lexington, and Mr. Shipp by Mr. W. J. Montgomery, of Marion. The fact that It li practically im poeelbls to defeat a mombei of the General Asfcinbly for any position In the gift of the General Assembly was again illustrated In thh elcctlei, und the fact is mentioned wlthc at dis? paraging the merits of either gentle? men. The electi n was settled by the llrst bal'ot. the vot? standing as fellows: Devore, SO; F.llrd, 70; Shipp, 9S; Montgomery. ?9. ?Ring's Little Liver Pills wake up lazy livers, clean the system and clear the ekln. Try them for bilious? ness and sick head ache. Price 25c. Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 12-l-$m THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED. ALL RILLS WERK DISPOSED OF. BEFORE MtDNIGMT. Only a Few Members Remain for the End?House Convenes at 7 45 P. 31. on March 3 to Elect Senator. Columbia, Feb. 24.?The legisla? ture has adjourned. The long hours of day and night dragged out with reports from conference and free con? ference committees and their adop? tions. A I>are handful of members were present and these were tired and heartily glad, when the house finally sent word to the senate that all acts were ready to ratification. The house adopted a resolution at the afternoon to adjourn until March 3, at 7.45 p. m. The balloting for United States senator will begin at 8 o'clock, each branch of the general assembly meet? ing separately and after the success? ful candidate has received a majority of both bodies, then a Joint assembly will be held and the senator will be then declared elected. It was decided \o hold the election of insurance commissioner on Wed? nesday, March 4, at 10.30 a. m. Should the election for United State* senator not be completed the insurance com? missioner will be elected later. Senator Sinkler's bill tc make the term of office of the county supervisor and the county superintendent of ed? ucation four years had a hard time. A number of counties wanted exemp? tions from the provisions of the bill. Some of these were put in on second reading Friday, but others were left until Saturday. A committee on con? ference was appointed and aftevwards a committee on free conference but tho report of the latter did not in? clude some of the counties and for a few minutes it looked as though the bill might be killed. Messrs. Cos grove, VonKolnltz and others urged the house to accept the report. I was pointed out that an effort had been made to recommit the bill at the morning session, but this had failed and it had been clearly shown that the general assembly wanted the bill. Finally it was decided to sen?. the bill hack to the free conference com? mute and have another report sent in. This was done and With 25 coun? ties, Including Riehland, the bill was ordered for enrollment. This was the only bill on the house calendar. The members then waited on com? mittee reports. The free conference report on the act creating a health officer amended the salary feature, making $2,500 instead of$2,000 as at present The appropriation bill came back with only a few changes. The extra clerk of the office of secretary of state was given $1,350 instead of $1,200. An appropriation of $2,000 was made for metal csBee in that office. rhe contingent fund of the railroad commission was increased from $1,500 t to $2,450 and of the department of agriculture $3,000 to $4,000. The contingent fund of the state geologist was made $1.900. Provision was made for the extra judges, solicitors and stenographer* of the two new coun? ties. The total amount appropriated for auditors was $32,US8 07 and for treas? urers, $33,461.74. In the appropriation for the Uni? versity of South Carolina, Prof. H. C. Davis was raised to a full professor? ship. The Catawba Indians were given $3,000 and $200 for school purposes, an increase of $1,000, and $1,000 was given for the artificial limb fund. The appropriation if $12,000 for the Con? federate infirmary was inserted, and the appropriation for the State sum? mer school at Winthrop college was killed. Attorney eOnoral Lyon secured his appropriation cf $5,000 for the merger mit. Few changes were made in the sup? ply bills and the bill for county officers' salaries and the conference reports were adpoted. A recess was then taken until the evening. The committee on free conference for the bill by Senator Walker fixing the salaries of membets of the gener? al assembly at $200 w.is reported without changes except that extra compensation of $100 per year is al? lowed the speaker of the house of representatives hereafter. There was a long wait at the night session of the house on one act?the supply bill. There were numbers of amenJmtnts and the engrossing de? partment was busy with the new copy. Finally, however, at 11.48 p. m.. Speaker Whaley formally called the house together and announced the ad? journment until March 3 at 7.45. p. m. The house was unusually pleased with the dispatch of business at the present session. But for the neces? sary clerical delays the speaker would have been able to adjourn Friday night. As a result there was no Sun? day morning session and the mem? bers were able to secure several hours' rest before leaving for their homes today. It has been an unusually hard year on the speaker and Mr. Whaley has by close attention to business !n fol? lowing up the bills and securing re? ports on the closing days of the sea sion been responible for the early ad? journment. One of the Interesting features of the Saturday night session was the fact that no formal mcsnagt had to be sent Gov. Ansel of the adjourn? ment; that will be sent after the elec? tion. However, his excellency waited in his offices should it be necessary to consult him on any matte. mease's Last Thrust. The question >' no quorum was ?-a?scd in the senate yesterday after? noon by Senator Blesse and the bust* nes? of the upper branch of the ger.? eral assembly of the State came to a standstill until the necessary number of members could be secured. The sergeent-at-arms was directed by President McLeod to go to the un? ion station and summon every senator whom he saw to appear without delay in the senate chamber and runners were dispatched to the hotels and va? rious boarding houses in the city, where senators are stopping Finally a quorum was secured and the busi? ness was not further interferred with. Senator Blease gave as his excuse for this action that he would oppose adotpting the report of the committee on free conference on the appropria? tion bill. He opposed increasing the expenditures for the department of immigration. He was soon set straight on thl3 matter for the report showed that the committee of free conference made no such recommendations, but, on the other hand, had lopped oft $.$00. All of this.which might have been ascertained with little inquiry had caused a number of senators to suffer the inconvenience of being brought back from the union station, where, with relatives, they had been waiting for the trains. The disagreeable situation was soon smoothed out, and those senators who were compelled to go left on the af? ternoon trains. The general supply bill, the legisla? tive supply bill and other measures went through without a hitch after this. JAPANESE EMI9RAT10N. JAPAN AGREES LARGELY WITH TERMS OF THIS GOVERNMENT. Imperial Cabinet lias Left \o Loop II??le .for .Complaint?Emigration Companies. However, are Behind Resolution In the Diet to Censure Viscount Hayasbl. Tokyo, Feb. 19.?The mvmorar-? dum of the Japanese government in reply to the United States on the subject of emigration was handed to Ambassador O'Brien today. It Is un? derstood that it agrees in general terms with a number of suggestions made by the American government and r?.-quires a further ^ restriction of emigration by the practical prohibl- - tlon of laborers. The Japanese gov? ernment points out that the reatr*c- * tions already in force, including the closing of emigration to Canada. Mexico and the Hawaiian island*, will make further complaints from America's almost Impossible. Every evidence goes to prove that the Japanese government has been unsparing in Its efforts to avoid fur? ther complications arising from the emigration question but tho govern? ment is facing a powerful opposition from the emigration companies who are behind a propt sed resolution in the die to censure the foreign policy of Viscount Huyafehi, minister of for? eign affairs, toward China, America and Canada Should the resolution be Intro? duced in the diet it probably will be defeated by, a narrow mar gain. Its passage would certainly entail the resignation of the cabinet. Should the cabinet tie changed the best in? formed Japanese believe that a new administration would closely fellow the (migration policy of Minister Hayashl. ? ExAmbassador Aokl, since his ar? rival, h is n ?t culled upon the for? eign off ce nor has he submitted a re? port upen the situation at Washing? ton, but ha* assumed an attitude of unfiitnddn-ss to Minister Hayashl. It U believed that Antd ' is joining fnrvee, opposing the foreign offle-;. DRANK DISPENSARY DRY. Georgians Closed North Augusta Shop for a While. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 18.?The trou? bles of the North Augusta dispensary continue to exist. The people of the little South Carolina town have tried to close the liquor ahop and failed on several occasions: but the people of Augusta have been more successful. The little shop was closed, the third lime since Its opening yesterday dur? ing the early afternoon, because the stock had again been exhausted. And the dispensary trade in or from Au? gusta is increasing every day. ?Pinesalve Carbolited acts like a poultice, draws out inflammation and poiaon. Antiseptic healing. For chap? ped hands, Hps. cuts, bums Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 12-1-Sm