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roBwIfdated kng. 2.188 ?STUM PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMT?. S, a ?Lie per uaum-iB idvtm NTVI peMrete interests w?) be ohnrgsd BtV M IdVOrUeeenestta. Qhotusiln man tribute* of respect* erftl be chenred for. .min H COHSHESS. DsTMOCRAT* KILRNCEl' BY RIL? ING OF CHUR Cnssimm oust Detach Pcfucc to Enter tmm MoOntM WhH They Conskler Pllnu i| gen Lively TUu on the ?femeel Washington. April 4.?By adopting a oweejJog cloture rule !n the house of reptvsenta'lree today the Republi? can* left to the Democrats only vory limited powers No longer can a fill boot it be conducted agnlmt -ending to eenference bOla a Ith senate amend monte, no long si can a motlMi to close debuts be amended or dleeusaed and no torg+r can a motion to ad? journ fake precvdet'ce o>er a motion to take a recess. In presenting the rrlc Mr. Dalseil tPe.) characterised the Democratic flrtbsHBtST of the last few days as -'asratne. Idiotic and a disgrace to grown rrsm of f jll stature." The Dom < ernte owe afforded no opportunity te talk os) the proposition and ridden teer rmghshod They tried t ? get even a fhort time afterwards by ?seeing m varlona ways to amend the THotilUI of Columbia appropriation 111! end then forcing* division of the ? tipao but the Republicans observrntg the tactics that were being pursued secured ? ruling from the etuur that tJW^1 tfc^fkj^J erere dtteterc y*oil\ than three on fcr the remainder of ths senden. th* house resumed Its ervnte I aspect and but Ines* preeeelsd as un irdsrrv manner. One of the few privtb?g?s left to the Democrat* wns to force a r*t| ?caTl / en adjournment and this they did. but to no avail, as the motion curried oesr ?Therm?igty and accordingly the bonos at 5.3? p. m. adjourned until *Jendny. After Mr. Williams, the mtnoiits render, had forced a roil call on thv ndpotlen of the journal. Mr. Dnlsell iiMauti 1 the rule. When the rendrng of the rile was concluded, Mr. Wil? liame ashed: % "WTll the minority hare the usual ?0 mmotes to dloeuse this rule' -rtiey -will not,** curt by r?nn>i Sir. Down. -I jnet wanted the house and the tunotij to know that fact" Mr. Wll Jfoaao iianafhid. Mr. Dal sell then re'tcrated hU >tatemert mads yesterday that the purpose of the rule wns so expedite public bnsmese. to release the V?u*e from the greep of this Idiotic nTibn ?tcr Inaugurated by the gentleman froir. Mteslseippr* Mr. Dahsen said the rule wosjld en? able th* majority "to enact and make Into law the great * upper bills upon which the ex>*tence of the coun? try depends T. P. A. OJCCTION. rose O. Met ftotnrday Night and fSettrd Ogstcfs and Delegates. Post O. T. P. A? of this cltv. met Saturday night for the purpose of electing officers and selecting dele? gates to cttend ths annual State con? tention wh't-h wll be held In this city May ?-?. The election resulted as fol? lows: Presl lent-^-A. C. Docker. 1st Vice President?A W. Cross welt. 2d Vice President ? W. Percy ?mtth. ?Wcrstary and Treasurer?C. B Yeadon. Directors?J. W. McKUver, Tt H. Wlther?poon, J. F iilo,.n. T. B**k? .\,U. P. O. Lejk. J. W. VcC jr. A. W. Croeswsll. W. Percy Hml?h. |>. !?? k it- r > <r it.- < ?? nv?-ntl( n ./ m McKuver. A. C. Ducker. J. K. rVstatrsIt, W. P?rcy Smith. J W Mc? Coy. R. H. Wltherspoon, W. K. Fhll lips, C. B. Yeadon. The thousands* of *a*ul hill nest.* of the magnetic ant of Northern Aus? tralia, lately Inspected by the govern? or general, me**ure two to three by 1C to II feet. They form a "nature's compose." the long axle pointing al? ways north and south. ?bed April, ISM. 'Be Jost en I. SUM*] RENATE MISSES BEX TOLLMAN. Senator Han Spent Thirteen Years Stirring Up Trimble, Bat Old Mem? bers Appreciate Hi* Bigness of Heart The senate will be a dull place without "Ben" Tillman. In the absence of the senator fron? South Carolina and his pitchfork, ever sharpened for trouble and ever ready to put the pro ras deep into some? thing or somebody, proceedings about the upper house will be listless and wearisome. Nows from his State Is that Senator Tillman Is In a grave condition. Ho bos suffered a nervous breakdown that threatens paralysis. His physi? cians have enjoined absolute regt. He ?M11 go abroad and will not to seen Its tho senate again this session. Iiis friends fear that the senate may no: again have wltn it the Tillman of old and that when he Is'aDlc to return to his legislative duties it will not be the busy, bustling, bristling, strapping Tillman of former days. It Is now more than thirteen years since ?'Pitchfork" Tillman came from his corn fields In South Carolina to the amate. In that time he has be? come one of the ienate Institutions. No other senator has stirred things up as much as he, and aa persistently, it anything has arisen that had a doubtful look, whether it cowcerned South Carolina or Oregon, Tillman has Insisted on knowing about it. on investigating. Ho has been the cham? pion of tho aggrieved and the wrong? ed or those that thought themselves so, and he haa In hie senate career lambasted everything and everybody that seemed to deserve criticism. Your average senator ts rather hes itatmg about taking oa his Shoulder? any trouble that he can avoid. But Tillman has gone about hunting fcr troublo and finding it in plenty. It hse been tils keen dt light to assail the I resident. His excoriation of Mr. TtooseveTt In connection with tl.e Mrs. Minor Morris case Is "well remember 1 1. and he ha> struct* at what ho re ? yarded as executive -usurpation and the unwarranted Use of the big stick u1 ev?wy excuse and every oppo*tu i Ity. This session Senator Tillman found opportunity to busy himself In as? saults on the government's fiscal pol- j hy with especial reference to the] troasury relief meaaurea at tho time i of last fall's depression and the con? duct of great national banking inter? ests, j It was a pretty raw and uncouth j Tillman that came Into the senate to le sworn in March 4, 1895. But thir? teen years of constant senate service,, i with wide experience on the lectors platform, have aersid to wear >(l tt*e t j rough edges of th* Tillman manners, without In any way detracting frorr ihe sting of the satiric invective and! comment of which he Is a master He has a w-?y of referring to himself 1st 11s aerate speeches as a plain blurt man, eut the fact la that wide study and experience hawt- glvsr him a rare commsnd ->f forceful Englhh, which ix by n) means lacking, when so he chooses, in grace and polish Th - 'o'd-timers in .the senate hare b genuine affV* tit n for Tillman. even if he is etormy and obstreperous Men like Har" and Aldrich and Spooner. when he was in the senate, have called him to time Sharply and. re? buked him and have lorced him into the observance of semate ways and S4tfi.it? traditions. Such men have r.iren him counsel and advice freely ar-d while be hasn't talurai all of it he has been a distinct gainer by it. A roaring lion In manner, outward? ly Tfllman's Harness of heart la well understood. His beautiful home life has often been commented upon. No 1 ubll; man has ao lashed and abased the n?r*ro race as Tillman, but let ?ume old. black mammy c ime to Washington frr m South Car-dina with i tale of woe and no man is more ready to champion her than *Marse Hen." Th*? senate will attt be Itself a gala until he once mere occupies his accu?t<?rof?d sei?t and Is back doing the public *? busine ss once more at the Cid stand.?Washington Times, March If, MAY AH AX DON TRIP ABROAD. Senator Tllliimn S?vm lie Will Not Make Proponed Tour t'nle? Ills Health linprme*. Trent ?n. April 6.?Senator Tillman left today f if Atlanta. He seemed v*ry feeble ar i looked badly. He was however, very ereeiful. The ?mltatOf says that If he doe* not improve In Atlanta he will abandon a pr.?p? scd trip ubruid. Both parties should Ic compelled to go Into the campaign with the books open.?New York World. d Fear notr~Let all the ende Thou Ahr PER. S. C WEDNE8 POLITICS jjj GETTING HOT. NEED FOR CAMPAIGN THUNDER STIRS HOUSE. One of the Liveliest Political Scraps of Years 1? Now Going on in the House Between Republican* anil Democrat*?The Formet Apply Ga<r Rule to Prevent Filibustering by the Latter. Washington, April #.?John Sharp Williams, Democratic leadtr of the house, played clever politics this week when he showed up the hypoc lisy of the so-called "Big Five," the I'ttle cotcrl-? which, headed by Speak? er Cannon, runs the house of repre? sentatives. Mr. Williams put the Re publl?ans on record as opposed to re? moving the duty on wood pulp, de? spite the president's earnest recom mer.datlcn that this be done; to a law prohlblting injunctions in certain la tor cases, and tc the prompt enact? ment of an employers' liability law. It is peifcctly obvious to those who observe the course of the houce lead? ers from a point of vantage that Mr Cannon and his colleagues are at heart opposed to c\ery reform meas? ure advocattd by the president, it is true that they may try t> enact some half-way measures merely to save | their own faces at the polls n?-xt Xo- j vember, but whatever they det-m itj necessary as a matter of self-preser-! vation to do they will do with wry faces. Speaker Cannon has himself, for instance, Introduced a resolution calling on the secretary of commerce end labor to conduct an investigation cf the combine which makes wood pulp papers and keeps the price at an exorbitant figure to every publish? er In the land. But this resolution is merely a "grand stand playw a bid to the unlrtarrmed, really Intended to rain time and avert the necessity of uctloa wYilch would be offensive to the ?vood pulp combine at tr-.ta sesMon of congress Of course an Investigation will take time and whllo an inqulty is being intoao tho speaker and his friends will assure the he-use ?is^Jfhe country ifhaf it would be suite tmprop, tr for congress to take any action. ? ? ? A Ttftte side light is thrown on the hypocrisy of the investigation resolu? tion'try'the fact that Senators Forakcr and Crane and Speaker Cannon have; Jost been bending every energy to recure the election of the head of the wood pulp combine as an anti-Taft' delegate to the Republican national ?cauEveiltien from Massachusetts. ? a ? Speaking of Cannon, Crane et al Wed i ssBsday. April 1, prevefi a great April Fool's day for the reactionaries In Massachusetts. Seeuttor Crane hud teen assuring the reactionary faction ?et the Republican party that he would place Massachusetts -at the head and front ? of the reaetionary column -with a -solid ahtt-Taft delegation to the na? tional convention The voters, liow cwer, 'thought otherwise and as a corn sequence they elected 22 Taft slelc l-utee out t?f a total at 32 and isnade sach a dcmon&tratloa of their approv? al ?flfhe Taft car.dldawv that it Is -now legeried as doubtful .:i the 10 ?ntl Ta*t delegates win dare *to wob? Sigamst 'the big Ohloaa -.at Chicago. ? ? ? The agtfltt to which ^polities is in terfwrrlng with legi*lalh*n is apraill lng. For instance, all this pest week the senate has been readj' to pass the child labor blil for the District Of ColunVbia. This is a modeil bill and the opponent* of child labor rcgan". it as of the utmost importance thatt the national legislature should paar, such a Wll which will prove a most salutary example as well as a model to every Stalie in the Union. WUmfHja. has been done, however, be^aine Sei-at or Beverldge has been absent attor.ding the Republican Sti'tc convention in Indiana and before leaving he asked that 4he bill be held until his return so that he might offer his national child labor bill as an amendment Of course the matter ha* been held up St his request dosptt* thf fact that there is not the slightest chance of its being adopted. Probably there arc T< w sincere and honest men who would like to see child labor abolish? ed, but those who have the interest cf the republic at heart arc unwilling to He?' such an Overthrow Cf the rights i f the sovereign States at the Bevor 1 Ige olll implies and. m<?re< ver. it is so obviojs from previous decisions of the supreme court that the Beverldge till would he prom unced unconstitu? tional, as an Interference with the po? lice power of the State:*, that sensible men question the sinctrltv of the ad VOOatea of the Beverldge measure. To 1 ass It would mean to subject the whole question to a long course of litigation with ultimate defeat for the measure and probably would prove and j is t at be thy Country's, Thy God's am ID AY. APRIL 8.190* SENATOR BUTLER'S SHARE. Hi, GOT $12,366, SAYS CONGRESS? MAN LILLE Y. Submarine Scandal Probt Resumed at Capitol?Lilley Demands Company'* Books?Also Ask9 That Rear Ad? miral Capps Be Recalled to the Stand. Washington, April 1.?When the special committee Investigating Rep? resentative Lillet's charges of cor? ruption of congress by the Electric Boat Company convened today Mr. Lilley submitted pit. exhibit to show that former Senator M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, received from the Electric Boat Company a tttal pay? ment of $12,366.66. Lilley's argument is that su?h a sum would be an extravagant price for legal sendees and shows that Butler was employed because the companv thought he could Influence legislation regarding submarines. Mr. Lilley also made a demand that expert accountants be put on the books of the company, saying that fcuch a policy must be followed Hi or? der to get at the facts. He then sub? mitted a formal demand that Rear Admiral Capps be recalled to the stand to testify on the cost of subma? rines to the United States navy. J' hn P. Kellogg, of WTaterbury, Co? n., assistant State's attorney of Connecticut, was the first witness called. In the fall of 1906, he said, he be? came acquainted with Frost, one of the directors ot the company, and la? ter visited Frcet. As a result ot the \isit he became retained as an attor t ey for the company. "Had you discussed submarire de? lation with Mr. Ull-iy before yo?i came to Washington?" "Yes-, I discussed with him at Wa terbury, the necessity of submarine* In Owe navy. Two weeks later I c ime down "here to sej him. Our conversa? tion here was along the line that i\ib nrrcrinc laws must be parsed. We agreed on the proportion anl Mr. I.li !hfy said so. He expiessed *no dissatis faction at that time witi. my compa i ny or Its boats.** "Did you Hubrrv?t to rihr. any memo? randum of any legislation you want? ed1 "I did in the Waterbury interview. Mr. Frost has suggested it was a good thing to show we were willing to abide ty a fair test in op?n competition with any othci boats. Mr. Lilley said It. was a flair proposition. All we want? ed was a contract for the boat that should prove best." "Have you ever asked Franklin Taylor, a brass manufacturer, of Wa? terbury, Coem., to try to Influence sub? marine legislation?" "Yes; th?X is, I asked him to con#e down here this year to sei Mr. Lilley" NEW RATES TO STAND ACHTLE. Railroad Commission Deckle* Not g? Issue Amy Jrtler Until After Due TrlaL Columbia, April 7.?The railroad commission returned yesteriay trom a meeting at Ninety-Six, where com? plaints were heard on the ?eivie? given by tbo Southern railway ?t the depot It was agreed bv Superintend ent Henry Williams that an additional clerk should be allowed as a conces? sion acked Tor by the citizens. * . The commission al?o discussed the complaint filed by the traveling men of this State regarding the new rules (or the exchange of mileage for tickets f t the depot*. A hearing was granted the railroad* and the representative* cf the traveling men last wet k and Ihe commission has decided tha? the rules ordered by the railroad ?heult "be given a trial before any con'.ra dk*tory order \s Issued by the com? mission. BRIDGE \\ HIST RIGGER EVIL. II?i^ RiH-e Rettlog U he*! Harmful, Declares Senator Martin. Washington, April 4.?That bridge whist is a greater exil thaei betting on horee races le tho opinion of Pen r tor Martin, of Virginia, according to an Interview printed In tho Post tod ny. "I believe more I? lost and more trouble and n MU t.iehe is caused l?y whist parties |r Washington society than ever was caused i>v betting on horse races." said the senator. H-' made this remark after declaring that wh.'c he was nppn.-cd to g.'.m Mlng in all its fori >c. he had not cx ?mlnod the Sim* nntl-tettlng bill which passed the house last week, and which is now in the hands ot the senate sub-committee cf which he Is a member, sufficiently to give an oplnicn on it. I Truth'*." THE TRU j? New Series P grave set back to the movement in the various States to attend to this matter themselves. sat Everyone who Is Interested in the seal herd of Alaska will learn with rleasure that there is some prospect of the quem on of the protection of the seals from pelagiac sealing being opened up by the Canadians. For years the United States has been try? ing to reach some agreement to stop this br.ital form of sealing but every time the Canadians have presented some insurmountable objection. Now, however, the Japanese yealers have so far monopolized the industry, if it may be dignified by that name, that it has become unprofitable to the Ca? nadians and it is expected that they will themselves reopen the negotia? tions with the United States which they formerly and not too politely ended. Pelagiac sealing, it may be explained, is the practice of shooting the adult seals three miles or more cut at sea The jurisdiction of the United States ends at the three mile limit, but when tho mother seals are suckling young they are compelled to swim more than that distance in order to secure sufficient food, their food consisting of the larger fish. The pe lagiac sealers shoot them as they swim and the result is that the ur weaned pups, as they are called, wait fcr the return of the mother, and perfectly helpless, gradually starve to death, for no seal vill ad. pt an or? phan pup. If there were an interna? tional society for the prevention of cruelty to animals it could not de? vote itself to a mere worthy cause than the abolition of this cruel meth? od of taking seals. PRESERVING EGGS. New Italian Method is Both Cheap and Effective. Consul D. L Murphy, ot Bordeaux, forwards the following synopsis from a French Journal on a new method of preset ving eggs, which, he says, nppears to hav? th-s double merit ol cheapness and simplicity. The article was based upon the experiments- ol Dr. Campanini. as reported by him in the December bulletin Issued bj the Italian minister of agriculture. Dr. Campanini, after reviewing the various known means of prescrvir.j eggs?by salt water, lime water, sill* |ca*e of potash, vaseline, and cold storage?described his experiments whkKh showed better results than al i others. His theory is that to preserve egg' some system must be adopted chat will absolutely* prevent the exchange between the air outside and that in? side (the egg?for it is ltt*J continua exchange that causes putrefaction. Dr. Cavr.painl selected perfectlj fresh egg? and covered them wltli lard, so as to effectually stop up al trie ipirgs. The shells were thus ren? dered Impermeable, tho exchange 01 I air was prevented and, the cbatruotior erf ithe pores not permitting the evap< orction cf the water, there was no toes of weight. The White and vellowi ?etf tfhe eggs rc tamed their color per? fectly and the taste was not modi fiel in the sdnjht-s-t degree. Whei properly coated with lard?not too I thickly?the eggs ara put in basket: or boxes upon a bed of tow or fine odorless shavings and so arranged I that ithere will be no point cf contact between them?otherwise a mold will ?lev* lop and putt < fa i ?n r?-sul?. Th packing room t-kould be perfectly dry the ?erucsBiion of temperature n^t be? ing; important. By his process Dr. [Caarnpanini kept a quantity of eggs for a whole year?through a very hot summer and a very cold winter?and they were peifectty preserved. He says that 4 cents worth of lard suf? fices t?? coat 100 eggs, and that any? one could ea>ily prepare that num? ber of eggs In on? hour's time. ELECTION AT MAVESVILLE. The Regular Ticket Selected by Nom? inating Convention Will Be Elect? ed. Mayesvllle, April 6.?The annual town election Will be held today The nominating c mvention produce 1 one ticket, viz: Intendant?W. w. Gardner. Aldermerr?lt. F*. DesOhcmps, Ward 4, M. C. Mayes, Ward 2: K. J. ;.!a\vs, .Van. 1; J. F. Bland. W ird S. Board of Health?Dr. C. R. King chairman, J. Hunnen Burgess, J. 1* . ffl VCS. There is no doubt about the alnv* ticket being elected as no one has sog geated an Independent tick?-;. it would be well to make better Ire irotectl m the feature ol the elect! -n. In spite of the increased cost of living, It costs no more this year to dream about tumn.er vacations than it ever did?New Ycik Mall. E SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM I?Vol. XXVfl. No 36 TILLMAN DISCUSSES POTO 11 HE SENATOR RETTER YESTER. I DAY THAN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. - Receives Associated Pre*s Repre? sentatives at his Home and Ufs* cusses his Plans?Tl inks if Tuft H Nominated Bryan will be. but It Roosevelt is Named he Don't Enow who will Rear Democracy's Stan dard. Columbia, March 31.?Senator B% R. Till man was better to-day and the day before than he has been since his Illness. A representative of the A;ix>ciated Press called on the Sem tor at his he me this morning and found him alone in his library. He was lying up - hi a couch reading the morning mall Later he changed his posit1 o to a large rocking chair ankl had his break? fast brought in. He ate hcartly and teemed to relish his food. During and after breakfast Senator Tlllman talked upon a great variety o* subjects, ranging frcm pjiatomy to. national politics. In appearance the Senator seems to. be in his usual good health. He does not, however, feel that he will be able* to return to Ce n^rese this eessk n. H * expects to go to an Atlanta sanata* rium as soon as he feels strong enough to stand traveling. He and Mrs. Tillman will remain there for several weeks, after which they will go to Europe for a complete rest. Senator Tillman said to-day that he felt satisfied that he must not take on any more work just new, and that i* would repuire time to show when he would be able to do so. He said that he aad no plans with regard to politics, as he could not now see for enough ahead to make it worth, while. He could net now tell whether he would attend the State Democratic Convention, but indicated that if hit health permitted h? would do so. "Senator, do you favor an instruct? ed delegation to the Denver Convene tion; he was asked "Well. I have not been elected a delegate yet, and fcr that reason 1 d) not think it proper for me to say what the Convention ought to do.'* "What about.naticnal politics, Sena* ( i tor; Do you think that Ft van will be nominated, and what are hi* chances x of election'' "It all depends on one thing: If the Republicans nominate Toft for Presi- - JI dent at the June Convention Bryan i will undoubtdely be named hv the ? Democrats, and I thirk he will win,.. , j but on the other hand, if the Republi? cans lock up the Convention and , J ttampede it for R,oosevclt and nomm ^ j ate him, I do not think the Demo* crats can put Bryan forward." "Do you think the matter of a. f I third term would tit feat Roosevelt Vx ? "Well, all that Bryan could s*y would be third term because be has ) J praised the politics of Roosevelt and j there would be nothing left for him to say." * "If the Republicans nominate ( j Roosevelt who do you think the .Democrats would put up F" i I "That I am unable to say' replied1 'he Senator, j "Just as soon as possible," he-said.' . T want to take a sreclal treatment ef.r ? massage baths and electiicily. Fur? ther than this I lhave no plans for the future. I am going to Europe just as soon as I feel strong enough tc make the voyage." "Will you study the question of immigration while there?" * Flud> ? ? am n >t going ?vcr tb??re to stn ly: 1 want to re>t and renew my acquaintance with English his* tory and literature." Senator Tillman's conversation In? dicated that he had no idea of reJin* e.ui; hing his work for the State and nation. He said the real tight in the national campaign would not open until Octolv. r. and that if his physical condition permitted he wculd go into the campaign tOOtll and nail, and work for the ?riumph of Democracy. Among the letters the ssMftPf was lending when the representative of the Associated Press reached his home w is one from former United States Rena tor Wm. E. Chandler, a Republi? can. Senator Chandler and S? nator Tillman, as is we'l known, are warm 1 crsonol frtenSSX Senator Tillman paid H hi?rh tribute to the forrmr sen* utor of \ew Hampshire. Although a Uepublican. Se nator Tillman >*ftld that r.o one could question his pati otism . nd ho regards him as a ver> able man. End of the Will?. *lon M??sscn*cr. Wilmington. N. C, April 5?The Wilmington Messenger, ?*tah!tshed as a morning paper here by a stock com? pany nineteen years ago, has sub* pended publication. a