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rob jfotyon. imi mutmiMi company ??TU IL?OanUnne^W cf'-^to stogafeaery eomrsls p4sdto taw testimony n^h* ca*cne? and of ?r. B. F. Ar haaewte af the oonv iPj4fcn*eew MMMjtel, ' This teotlroony la OeioW% ?m tnwi Ifcsd to) Mae/. Ami bug thu ?uvwi" UM sehen n? aeaiow thereon and to tu4aw iW NwniiU to NfiM Mr mat Mi? withheld from Mr. AHM? Mi ?*>t stnor] 4M met with th*t |MV* *1e nothing I? ? W ghtn owt e* *ha _v^%^itoua\y. Oct. Arthur and1 asaf Wl' ^ifcinitm and -At Lyoa. Mr. Arthur wu! at length in regard to :h* far sarvtcss as a member 0/1 The act allowed- the M par day for ?ach day esuejged' !n work of the com ill?go and expenses. voucher taken op was that I. Ivo days' service, and aArtisan* staled that h? charted (or Uaae ha loft homo nntil ho got ha loft home one morning and en the next day's train, em he waa here and the and going. The ?;mm* vehneher wwa dato? April l?IS Me waa not present each of! days at a 00 aim and on meeting, awwd to alga checks; he twtoo a aaoath Ho would at It pa the morning and morning; would It took htm ahout or twenty minutes to sign the M you came down here and at IMS at aight you wo ild euer day for earning, then you at 11.11 the neat day and at I o'clock. Then you ? to 11 to sign >f A. O. yea. Q. Thaw ft weald aot he aeouasnry far you to stay until the next morn lam kau yon say it took two days for you as eoane here and sign oJssok?? A. Tea tu regard to another voucher. Mr. Arthur waa ojossaiunsd as follows: Q. Ton haue mileage charged li*r> from micMmond ao Columbia. 1 would ttho an explanation about that? A. An I told you before. I com? direct from Richmond to Columbia inected with the din I thought I had a right o fcr H. Q. Were you Ir. Richmond on your private business? A. Van, buslnem of my cotton mill. Q. Were you through with your burtneaa and ready to come home wn*n you started? Mr. Arthur stated that he went Matth oa basinm from Richmond and rotor nod to Richmond and that at Dr. Murray's request he came home by way of Columbia, from Richmond as Union. Q. Does not your mill pay your aapeaes account on those trips? a. Tea. sir. A voucher el May II was nsxt ex? plained lor 11 days' service st Ik per day. Dufhag that aaoath the board Msr dare, and Mr. Ar ahout the other days he had charged tor. Ma said A. I do aot remsmbsr. I signed M Oa M April, 1M0. ?Ba Jut ax 1. _8UMT lumbta. " Q. Tou cannot recall? A. HlthtT signing checks In Co? lumbia or Union. * hen I signed ch?ck* In Union I charged one day's service. / Q. Did you charge mileage? A. NO. ' I Q. How long did It take yon to sign the checks? A. Fifteen or twenty m'nutes Later on In the examination air. Arthur etat?3 aglln that he constru? ed tho law to allow him compensa? tion for th? signing oi the checks when the?* were sent to Union for him to sign. \ The following Is a'fo Interesting: Q. Something was said about your be!ng here as a delegate to the Epis? copal convention during the spring. Did you charge :he time while you wort hare? i V I do not think that I dig. Not tf 1 came to the convention I did not charge the time. / Mr. Arthur was then asked If he had anything ha could brins out. as ha stated thi% morning, as to the trans? actions of *ny member of this board tu* anf employe of It which was un? lawful or a subject of criticism. Attorney General Lyon, who was present, also assured Mr. Arthur that If ho knew anything against any mam bar of the State administration now was the time to make It known, and the matter would be sifted to the bot? tom. Mr. Arthur replied: "I have no charges to mate at this tjuna." Whan aakad by Mr. Lyon if he bad any charges, and If an why, Mr. Ar? thur replied* "1 have not approved of everything which baa bean none by the chairman of the commissi'*d?a goM many tings that it would take tome tlmo tj tiate." He said that he would "bring in a minority report, covering these mat? ter*" and he dad not ihlnk It would be wall to state theaa things now. attorney General Lyon again at eared Mr Arthur that If ha had any tasY* to state 1? regard to any Illegal ar improper act by ftnyspacmber of the oe^mtbeWn or anryoaa else tba attor ney gumfkl an uM sift the matter to the bottom. * Mr. Aithur was then asked If he had anything to state against any member of tho commission, their names being severally called, or against Mr. Stevenson or Mr. Lyon. tn regard to Mr. Stvenaon ha at first said he d!d not care to say, but later he stated that he thought Mr, Stevenson had made a personal) attack on him In bis report regarding the vouchers?that ho had shown him discourtesy. He thought he should have been consult* d before the report wus submitted to the commission. Mr. Arthur stated In answer to fur? ther questions that he had no other charge* to make against Mr. Steven? son, and ho was than askrd to specify what hit objections were to some of Dr Murray's acts as chairman of the commission. Ha said that the first thing was the way the fund was dis? tributed?that ha objected to f>r. Murray taking everything Into his own hards and running this thing as a >ne-msr? proposition. He said that ha had made his objections known at the time to several members of the commission, and that ha supposed the pretest was spreal on the minutes of the masting. He was asked If the acts of ?>r. Murray were not i<a**ed on and approved by the commission, and he replied that they were. Asked tf any of tho funds were placed la his (Arthur) bank he said they were $10.000. and that he did not desire any more than this. The following are the not que.tlons and answers: Q. What bank did you particularly object to receiving any money? A. I did not object to any. Q. It was satisfactory to you where It was placed? A. Tea, In a measure. ' Q. In what particular was It un? satisfactory ? A. t would rather not state now. Q. Do you regard the banks that received these deposits as safe and sound Institutions9 A. So far as I know. Q. Do you thick the public funds safe In those banks? A. I suppose so. Q. In regard to those matters what else have you to criticise as to Dr. Murray's administration? A. I '.11 state that in my report. Q. We want It embodied here right now. A. I refuss to embody It Mr. Arthur again stated that he object ad to Dr. Murray running the matter as a one-man proposition and aatd: "I will specify when I get ready." Later he said that he thought Dr. Murray had sold a good many goods la Rlchland county wnich could hart been dlspaaad of to art tor ad I d Pmr notr-~Let all the ends Thou Ain ER. S. C . WEDNES. vantage elsewhere, and that he had urped Dr. Murray not to be In too muoh of a hurry to get matters closed up, that th?; commission could make more by holding the goods over for a year, and the first thing he knew the goods were *old. He admitted, howev? er, that Dr. Murray had written him about the sale. Pressed again for specifications in his criticism of Dr. Murray and Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Arthur, referring to Mr. Stevenson, said: "He could have spoken to me l/i Columbia ard I want to state ihr.t I have been outrageous? ly treated by the majority of this com? mission in having this thing passed through their hands without asking me something about it My integrity I tias been questioned and I have beer as- j sailed and charged with taking $65 from the State of South Carolina." Mr. Arthur was then asked rf he had discussed the affairs of the com? mission in the presence of outsiders, for Instance Mr. Matthews and Col. Wille Jones, and he deniec} that he had ever discussed matters with these gentlemen except in a general way. Q. fVaa it not your custom to car? ry your minute book to the Palmetto Bank? A. It has never been out of Dr. Murray's office at the dispensary to my knowledge. Well, that is tho limit Q. Did any person ever read your notes taken at the meeting? A. No. \ Q. fou have lever written them up at the Palmetto Bank? \ ; A. Never. Q. The typewriter there never pre? pared the minutes of the board? A. Never. My minutes? Why, never, most emphatically no. ' Q. Were Col. Wille Jones, Mr. Matthews or any other person at that bank acquainted with the general course of things which transpired In tho commission? , A. I deny this most emphatically. I have ntver shown my minute book to a living man. Mr. Arthur went on to say that Col. Jones had asked him only such gen? eral questions as any one might) ask In regard to the condition of affair^, and that ha had shown him, Arthur, a letter from the Loan and Exchange Ba?:k written to one of the whiskey houses In the West about this fund being paid on thn 15th of October. Mr. Arthur denied that he had let out information about the employment of Fe'der to investigate claims, and de? nied that he told McOhee, of Green? wood, that he would refuse to coun? tersign the check If the commission undertook to pay out the claims be? fore a certain date. In answer to a question Mr. Arthur said he had voted for the resolution Instructing Dr. Mur? ray to deposit certain money in the National Loan and Exchange Bank until further arrangements were made. In concluding his testimony Mr. Arthur repeated that he did not think ha had been treated right, and said that the Richmond trip was the only thing which he had Incorrectly charged to the commission, and that he would refund that amount ** The other commissioners were sev? erally sworn and examined as to their vouchers and some of them Inserted dates that had been omitted. It was also brought out that Mr. Lyon had submitted a statement for travelling expenses from Columbia to Augusta, $7.90. on busfness for the commission and failed to specify in his vouchers what it was (for; this being corrected. Bach member of tho commission was also asked If be had any criticism or charge to make against Dr. Mur? ray as chairman, and all said they had not, but Mr. Patton stated that he had found cause to criticise Dr. Murray merely because Dr. Murray seemed to have an Idea of closing up the dispensary aff.ilrs purely us a bus? iness matter and was disposed fci lose sight of the necessity for investigating tho past management of the dispen? sary as to criminal acts. At the conclusion of the testimony Mr. Patton moved that In future the chairman be Instructed to call In any member of the beard to countersign check?, and that no charge for coun? tersigning checks bo allowed Mr. Arthur asked to be placed on record as objecting to this as it plac? ed him !n a falst light, but the mo? tion b*U*g put was passed Mr. Ar? thur voting no. Resolutions were then passed requiring all expense and salary accounts In the future to be made out specifically so as td avoid any further confusion or misunder? standing. Mr. Fltshugh McMa^ter on Thurs? day handed Qov. Ansel his resigna? tion at a member of the State histori? cal commission, this action being ren? dered necessary by his acceptance of the office of Insurance commissioner, which pays batter, if at alt 3 is t at be thy Country's, Thy God's am DAY. MARCH 18. 190 T1LLMAN ON R??SEVELL SEVERE CASTIGATION OF EXE? CUTIVE USURPATION. Degeneracy in the House and Coward? ice in the Senate Enables the Presi? dent to Rule the Legislative Branch of the Government?Newspaiicrs and Magazines Shrewdly Used to Exploit Roosevelt Policies. Washington, March 16.?With a caution unusual for him, Senator Till man today read a part of his speech in the senate in which he denounced executive encroachment on lep;h>lPtlve power. With this apparent caution he proceeded to deliver one of the most direct and denunciatory ad? dresses ever heard in that body. He was given a careful hearing. His speech was based on his resolution Instructing the committee on finance to inquire whether national banks of New York are in the habit of furnish ing permanent capital for speculative enterprises, etc The resolution was adopted. Mr. Tillman traced what he term-1 cd a "swinging of the peudilum" from the regime rf Andrew Johnson, when congress assumed control al? most to the exclusion of the president from legislative Influence to the ad? ministrations that followed, which ha declared, witnessed a growth of| presidential power. The dominating Influence and control of the executive branch, he said, over the legislative and In a less degree over the judicial branches of the government were the most marked feature of American politics at this time. "It has taken/' said Mr. Tillman, "tust 41 years for the pendulum to swing from one extreme to the other.*' "Now," he said, "the house of rep? resentatives has degenerated Into lit? tle more than a recording machine to do the will of the speaker and has lieutenants." Freedom of debate in the old and true sense has disappear* ed from that end of the capltol. he added. In the senate 'servility and cowardice are the order of the day," he declared, and "th? shadow of the executive hangs over all, and the president's wishes are almost the only law." "There is," ho added, 'some show of resistance on matters affecting, the multl-milliqnaires and the grout cor? porations. The president write* I scolding messages and makes inflam? matory speeches, appealing to the unthinking and ignorant masses. Ho has the. potent Influence of the press at his command; he has used the newspapers and niogazines in exploit? ing what he calls 'my policies' with a skill ind daring that compels admi? ration. With bated breath senators | denounce his radical ideas in private and oppose in every possible way th? measures which he clamors for by the passivi resistance of non-action. No jone of the dominant party dares lif: his voice In oppoiition oi denuncla-' tlon, but the executive influence is the only influence In evidence while the senate ccwers In silent resistance.' The cause of this condition, de? clared Mr. Tillman, Is "federal pa? tronage." "The theory that the senate must 'advise and consent' before appoint? ments ore made," he said, "is of little or no moment when senators show such want of courage and self-respect and bow submissively to the order] from the White House. The mem? bers of the minority party, are of course, largely ignored. Appointments in the South where the Democracy re? mains in control are In the hands of 'referees' who fill the offices for the sole purpose of maintaining political machines. The senators of the domi? nant party are afraid to rtflst the ex cuiivo will, lest they themselves should fail to obtain the patronage of their States. They have also, he de? clared, a dread lest they should be forced into retirement. When clashes have come between the president and senators or representatives the people have in almost every Instance sided with the president, he salt. "The peo? ple, poor simple souls, reading the special pleas and sophistical excuses of Republican editors, are led to think the president alone is honest and pa? triotic," said Mr. Tillman. "They be lleve religiously that the senate is corrupt and the house debauched and that the policies?'my policies'? which are so exploited in the press must prevail. Senators who dD not agree with the executive and who re? fuse to obey his will must be retired. Congressmen who recist executive dic? tation must be replaced by those who will obey. "In the mad rush to placate the negro vote wo may expect to see be? fore the Chicago convention meets, to quote a great New England news? paper, 'the president reviewing the re* I Truth's." TUE TKTJJ ?8 New Series enlisted negro battalion on the White House green, after which there will be luncheon at the executive man slon. The i resident's action in that matter was hasty and unjust in as much as the innocent were punished along with the guilty, but it is a pitia? ble spectacle all the sam? to see the mad race for the negro votes. 'Mr. Roosevel: Is always loud mouthed and ev^n vehement in the proclamation of his own purity of purpose and patriotism. He has ab? solute faith in his own infallibility and Is apparently so drunk wth row? er that he unconsciously lapses into the imperial 'me' and sends cable? grams atout 'me and my people.' But these things are of small moment? 'vagaries of a noble and impetuous spirit'?and we could pas.* them by, were it not for tixt cxktenee of cold blooded fiicts to show executive re? sponsibility for many of the evils which ??Xi'st without dispute." Paul Morton, as vice president of the Santa Pe railroad, said Mr. TiU ? ian, "in the rebate cases laid him? self open to indictment and liability to personal punshment, but the presi? dent peremptorily refused to permit sfe>*f4, Judscn and Harmon to pros? ecute him." Senator Tillman denounced Presi? dent Roosevelt for not prosecuting land 'grafters' and Senator Bevcr |dge interrupted to say that the only difference between the president and Snator Tillman was that the former would prosecute upon evidence arid the latter without it. Mr. Eeveridge wanted to know why Senator Till? man in his flood cf messages had no*, covered tho subject. Mr. Tillman re? plied that if Mr Rc?erid*e *'\ ants me to make any more criticisms than I ihave the senator from Indiana is a great big glutton." Mr. Tillman reviewed the events of the recent currency crisis and charged Wall street with many mis? demeanors. "The profits of this nefarious stock mougering have," he said, "found their way into the pockets of the very men who the evil results of their fraud manifest pose as 'saviors' and 'uncrowned kings' and ore/lauded to the skies when they were really try? ing to save themselves from the dis? asters which threatened to overwhelm them along with their deluded vic? tims. One of these 'saviors' had done more than any other of the money kings to deluge the stock market with watered stock." Referring to recent conferences in the White House to consider legisla? tion, Mr. Tillman asked why it was that the efforts of the Republican party in the senate had been ig? nored. "Who Is g^ing to be the special messenger to bring these bills here?" demanded the senator. Mr. Bcveride asked the speaker if he would name the radical lvirlslation he had said the president Is sending to the senate. He replied that h? dis? agreed with the doctrine of permitting railroads to pool. Mr. Beveiidg~ ask? ed whether Lfr. Tillman favored the labor legislation proposed by the president **l ahj,ll never yield that one man shall say to another that he ha'.l not work,' declared Mr. Tillman. Mr. Tillman spoke of the aels of John R. Walsh jf Chicago in ??onnee lion with the banks of that city and chided the committee on finance bo cauce it had not acted fa/orahlv on his resolution for an ?r.veetigutlon of the acts of Walsh Mr. A Id rich replied that when that resolution was considered all transac? tions concerning Walsh were before the grand jury in Chicago and since tltat time ho had been indicted and convicted and he added that the ac? tion of the clearing house In Chicago In respect to Walsh banks was, in his opinion, not only justified but entirel/ legal. Senator Hopkins declared that the action of the clearing house was pa? triotic and just. Mr. A'.drich stated that he would not oppdse the resolution to require an inquiry whether the national banks cf New York are in the habit of fur? nishing rcrmancnt capital for specu? lative purposes and the senate then passed the resolution. RECEIVE Till TEATS BY MAIL. Lives of Sportnnburg Mayor and Po? lice Captain Threatened. Spartanburg March 13.?Black Hand letters have been received by Mayor J. F. Floyd and Police Car tola Robert Hall. The letters are written In red Ink s*;d dire threats are made. The author of the letters mid the twv? i officials had only three more days to | live. In speaking of the matter, May? or Floyd said he is of the opinion the letters were written by a gang cf bad young mon againtt whom the police had b*en earning on a crusade. com e SOUTHKON, Establfehed June. IM? -Vol. XXVII. ?o 33 JUDGE BUGHANANISHOT. - DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED WHILE. HIDING ON TRAIN. Rifle Bullet came Throgh Open Win? dow of Pullman and Lodged in His Rack?No One Heard Report of Rifle?Wounded Man Taken to Au? gusta Where Operation Was Per? formed Augusta, Go,, March 16.?En routa to Augusta this afternoon cn Southern train No.33, Judge O. W. Buchanan of Winnsboro, S. C, was shot through an open window near which he sat reading, by some unknown party out? side. The bullet, a .22-calibre, enter? ed the right side .tnd the Judge's con? dition id considered very seTiois. He underwent an operation at Dr. Wright's private sanitarium, Rey? nolds street, tonight at ?.30 o'clock and the bul'et waa extracted suc? cessfully. Judjo Buchanan was sitting on a seat with Judge Lyon, and as the train reached a point some 200 or 300 yirds this si le of W.wds station, 35 milee from Augusta, he exclaim? ed that a brick had strck him,, arise from his seat and* a few min? utes later fainted from the shock jC his wound. I The train was stopped at Johnston, where Dr. Walker was summoned, and the physician accompanied the patient to AugULta, The bullet graz? ed the window siti, and no person on the train heard the shot The indica? tions are that the bullet was fired, from a rifle. Judge Buchanan was take immedi? ately to Dr. Wright's sanitarium when the train arrived, about 5:50 p./ m. I Judge Buchanan was for 12 years judge of the circuit court in South [Carolina and hold the office of attor I ney general for the State. He mar | ried Miss Sophia Tillman, daughter of the late Congressman George D. Till? man. SENATOR GARY TARES OATH. Latim v 3 Successor Takes Mis Seat In Upper Branch of CongAis*. Washington, March 16.?Today's oduble bill in the cenute, Senr.ior Till man's bitter attack on President Roosevelt and tho Republican party, and the taking of the oath of oWcd by Senotor-elect Gary drew thousands of reuple to the Capitol. L^ng before tho noon hour had arrived all the* public galleries were well filled* and! the private galleries contained many/ friends cf the South Carolina scnai - tors. Mr. Gory, arm In arm with Senator Tillman, appeared before the desk o? the president of the senate immedi? ately aftr the reading <ut she Journal of that body had been eosspleaeaV Che ' former presenting his credential* from *v Gov. Ansel and signing Ma name tu the senate roll. He then washed! back? down the aisle with Senator THhaari' and was assigned a seat in the axes; row near Senators Owen, of Okla? homa, and Whyte of Maryland, and was then South CaYoHna's full fledge ed Junior .senator. * * * | Senator Gary arrived in Washington Saturday night ard has since been in tow of the membeis of the Pvulh Car? olina delegation in congress, who hava been showing him around the Capitol He has been assigned t) all of Senator Latlmer's committee places .except to> tho committee of agriculture. He has also been placed on privileges and) elections and expe<i? t> put m a good year. CLEM SON TO LOSE PROF. NEW? MAN. Associate Professor of Agriculture Has Re?ilgn*a. Clemson College, March 13?Clem son loses another good man in June. Prof. C. Lewis Newman, who came to Clemson three years age as associate* professor of agriculture in the college and member of the South Carollnav ??xrerlmeM station staff V>as submit? ted his resignation to take effect with the close of the present college year. Prof. Newman's resignation here la due to his having been elected headl professor of agriculture at the Nortis Carolina Agricultural and mechanical College, at Raleigh. He has accepted the new position und will begin work there at the opening of the n it ses? sion. An order posted in the Southern railway shops in Columbia Wednes? day ordered the machine department shut down Indefinitely. About 54 mem are now thrown out of work. Beckham found that monkeying; with the buxxsaw is th> way to make one finger grow where two grew bo fore.?Nashville American.