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TUE HI MTKU WATCHMAN, EMabli GeB?oltdat?d Au?. 2. 188 1 ' 1 Cbf OiM;t:c!)ut m ;mi> Soutjjron ? Published Every Wednesday, ~ ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8U11TKK, S. C. Terms: II SO por annum?In advance. Ad* ertlsesncntst Bone Square first insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent insert! >n.50 Contracts f>r three months, or loafer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged fa for aa advertisements. ? Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. THE SENATE'S RIGHTS. BACON THINKS |U>I>\ ENTITLED TO I VKOItM VI ION. liitwiesuciiii a itc^Jiitlon and t all* for Declarattor of It* lnrcrognflve of \. - ee** to t\ll KcoinU of lK |uirtiiK iU*. Washington Jan. II.?Senator Ba? ien) of Georgia today Introduced a res? olution declaring that "atiy and every public document, paper or record, or copy thereof, on the files of any de? partment of the government relating t-? any subject whatever, over which eoagree* has any grant of power. Jur-* Bjetstllctloa or control under the constltu ^ tlon, and an;/ Information relative thereto wlthli the possession of the officers of the department li subject to the call or Inspection of the sen? ate for its use in the exercise of Its constitutional power and Jurisdiction." a. Mr. Bacon said it waa of especial r Importe nee because of the recent men Ufa of the president, in which he stated that be had directed the at? torney genenl not to give Information as to what he had done In the bring? ing of a suit ignlnst tin- I'nlteYl St ites k Steel corporation for its absorption of ? the Tennessee* Coal and Iron Com? pany. Complaining that the language of president In his steel corporation message had not been * distinguished oy ttc extreme courtesy," Mr. Bacon a proceeded: "This Is the first time that ? the der.'al of the right of the senate has ever been made In such unlimited and emphatic language as that now employed by the preside nt." Senator Hale expressed the opinion that the president has not taken a ^ square ground on the right of congress to direct the? transmission of papers by the head of departments. Mr. Bacon said the president did not stop st questioning the senate's reason for its inquiries, but that he had said the heads of the executive h departments w?r?i subject to the con stltutloo. to the laws passed by con ares sad to the direction of the pres? ident of the Unite l states, 'and to no other direction whatever." ? That." said Mr. Bacon, 'Is an broad ss human Itnguage cart make It." Senater H opkins challenged Mr. Ba? ns contention on the ground thai not congress but the senate alone re ceatly ask'* for the m for .nation re? garding the iieJou of th? attorney gen? eral and Mr. Lodge asked whether * congress In the Judgment of the sen w gtor from Oeorgia, had a right to de? mand papers from the state depart? ment. "As an absolute right." Mr. Bacon replied. "Yes, but of course while congress hai the right It exercises Its discretion Id such matters." Mr. Be ->n I that the president had but one royal power and that was the power of pardon. All other p >u erw. he said, the president exorcised In conjunction with congress. Senator Fulton declare that while the congresn had the right to com? mand heads of department <, it had no power to er.force Its oomamnd*. He said. "We '-ho'il,' provide ;t way to enforce our power to 0 'inniand." Mr. Bacon did not axreo with this view that there was no way to enforce Ulis power. He sugK<?ted that the power of congress to Withhold salaries wss one wty to emphasise this en 1. but ssid th?% fact that the power to enforce may he difficult does not af? fect the power. Senator Teller asked thnt Mr. Ba? con's resolutlc n be allowed to he on the table thai It might be di i later. He referred to s statement by Mr. Hale that cabinet I fflcers are not mere clerks and said that It depends upon who Is at the heiid of the gov? ernment. ? It also depend* upon the kind of men the pieildent ha- under him. ' said Senator Vlllman. "I do not tnlnk any self-respecting secretary would take orders from the president. " said Mr. Teller. The resolution was .aid aside for the day. shed April, 1850. *Be Just ai 1. 8UMTE1 UFT SPEAKS AT ATLANTA. Hi: M ( LAUFS 1 HAT THE SOI Til II \S WON HIM. _ I I*?mlsc> Southern People that Mak? ing Aj>poliitincoli In the Souili 11 * Will Select .Men Who Are Accepta? ble to Their Fellow Citiions. and Whose Presence lit IntpOftOQl POOl? M?ns Will Remoter IDC Sense <?f Alienism i\\ the Government, Atlanta. Oa.. Jan. 15.?President? elect Taft has been In the cordial and hospitable embrace of Georgia all day. Recognizing e climax of the varied and cont'naous demonstration In the brilliant and imposing scene presented at the biU'i.h t hare tonight, he ex Claimed with evidences of greut feel? ing: "I had not hoped to win the South, the South has won me." The banquet was tho most ambiti? ous event of its kind the city has ever undertaken. Though participated in by more than five hundred of the city's representative men. it was gloried in by the entire population. Atlanta's welcome to Mr. Taft be? gan in the railroad yards, where all locomotives tied open their whistles and ceased only when he had retired for the night at his hotel. Thousands mto at the station, thousands follow? ed him through the streets as he was drawn by four cream-colored horses t > the capltol. Governor Smith and a committee of seventy gave him a for? mal reception, after which the gov ? or proeCOlCd htm to the tremen? dous crowd, and Mr. Taft once more voiced his reciprocity of cordiality and good feeling at this reception. He was it once escorted by a squad of mount e l police to the Piedmont Hotel, where he w'as tendered a reception by the Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio Society and Yale alumni. (Jovernor-elect Drown came with Mr. Taft, Governor Smith received him. and the officials of the city and State generally participated in his wel? come. Mr. Taft will speak to the negroes here In the morning, go to Athens to make an address at the State Univer? sity and return for the reception at the Capital City Club tomorrow night. On his trip here he made speeches at Thomson, Crawfordsvllle, Greens? boro, Madison, Society Circle and De cat ur. The features of the banquet includ? ed not only the striking appearance of the high, pillared room, with Its white walls and flag scheme of decorations, but a quaint programme of old-time negro songs, illustrating the primitive life and tastes of slavery days, sung as solos by preachers, doctors and Judges. The tables were the streamers of two huge flags, the field of each being formed by the speaker's table, set be? fore a forest of palms ind ferns. Di? rectly behind the guest of honor was an electric flag, which iot only waved, but flashed forth a likeness of Mr. Taft when the President-elect arose to speak. After the 'possum, 'taters and 'Sim? mon beer had been served, and the many other courses of the feast, the guests, led by the orchestra, broke Into song. Judge Taft Joined heartily in tho merriment. He was presented with a "Billy ?possum," constructed after the man? ner of the "Teddy bear," to be the em blam of his administration. Hi v. as also mad.- th-> recipient of a llhref pocket water lla*k, bearing the ? -at of arms of Georgia, the gift of Mrs. James Itongstrect H' sUlus Mr. Taft, the speakers were Asa G. Candler. toastmaster; dovernor Moke Smith. Mayor 1'.oh. it I<\ Mad doa and Judge Tohmai O. Jones, Ala* hama. of the Federal bench. What was taken as the most lastin? i satisf letoiy feature of Mr. Taft's perch was ills expressed d ? d re t0 ap p dal t > Federal poaltlonf in the south only BOCk men us stand high as clt! iis In the localities In which they live. Judge Taft ha 1 n care to the ; I? i .ration of hi- hau |U< t . |.ch, ir irdlng It as his Important utterance Of the ilny, und In its deliv. I y he fol? lowed his manuscript closely. He ha 1 in.' South for rest to tired nervi - Itter a strenuous political campaign, he began, but when he reallaed h< had fallen im.? the hands of the itn nuou Atlantlani he began la realise thai hli rest was to hf sOllOQsljf broken. v.r. Tuft said with feeling that he was proud to have bOOfl Ihi hist rev olutlon candidate for the prestdcno) who bad carried his canvass South of Mason's and Dlxon's line. "In tin i nee of I ?crii.il rats and Republicans here at a non-partisan banquet expressing the welcome of the whole community, It would neither be courteous nor appropriate for me to id Fear not-^Lct all the* ends Thou Ali X. S. G . WEDNESDi go Into a partisan discussion." Mr Tuft continued* "I can only refer to the fact With gratification and con? gratulation that today the expression ! of any political view in the South is possible without involving social oa traoism or any of the penalties with which It might have been visited In earlier limes. Ten years have made a great difference in the attitude which x the controling people Of the South oc 1 cupy tOWUrdl the Korth and the gov? ernment." The- pn sident-eioet then summariz ?d the causes which had worked and wire affecting this change?the Span Mi war; the attitude of McKinley, his lovable character and the principles he ttQOd for in his campaign; the suc? cession of Roosevelt with his Georgia mother; and finally the wonderful busim m development! of the south. 0 "I am a Republican but I concede fully the great advantage of the coun? try of having a Democratic party suf? ficiently powerful at times to win the presidential elections and always tc put the Republican party, when it control, In fear of a possible or prob? able defeat. And so in the South nc '?ne can deny the advantage that will arise in local and State governments when there is a substantial and intel? ligent minority, "which may become s successful majority in punishment ol the abuses that are likely to grow oul of the long continued and undisputed control of one party. Added to that, the uncertainty which may attend the result of national elections in a State is certain t ? give it additional Impor? tance to the councils of the nation. "I oh erve that among some promi? nent members of congress there Is a disposition to charge me with an at? tempt to win the South over to Re? publicanism and a somewhat contem? ptuous expression of opinion that this is utterly Impossible. To them 1 would say that I am not hopeful ol winning the South over as they siy but that the South has succeeded in winning me. "If my coming had been partisan no such meeting as this tonight would have been possible, and so I may say of all the receptions and expression* of good will and welcome that I have received from point to point through? out the Southern country. The very success of my trip, the very reason why it gives me so much satisfaction, Is the pronounced non-partisan charac? ter of the welcome which has been so kindly extended to me "Now If this indirectly makes, not for a partisan advantage, but for a continuance of the movement in favor of Independence of speech and action and political tolerance, Its result Is one that all citizens of whatever political party must rejoice to have brought about. "The direct local effect of a nation? al administration upon the South Is chiefly through Its local officials, ap? pointed and exercising their functions through the section, and therefore the expression o* the administration to? ward the Southern people takes its color in the character of those officials and there the administration may be properly held accountable and Its pol? icies determined by the qualification?, fitness and standing of the men ap? pointed to represent It in the districts and States of the section. I realize, therefore, that expressions of sym? pathy with the South and an earnest desire to bring it closer to the cen? tral government in thought and action and feeling will have comparatively little weight unless this expression is accompanied by such appointments in the South as shall prove this sym? pathy to be real and substantial. "All I can say with reference to the future policy of the administration In the South on this subject is that I expect to spare no effort to find out the facts in respect to the character of the proposed appointees, and so far as in me lies to select men Whose Oharacter and reputation and stand? ing In the community commend them to their fellow citizens as persons Mualiti. d and able to discharge their duties well, and whose presence in Im? portant position! will remove, If any such thing exist, the sense <>f alienism in tin- gov< imnt nt whtoh tin y repn sent." N- said thai the work of the next administration is to be a work of cre? ation nnd construction. ? < M* couree, ?the Immediate great work of the administration must be the revision of the tariff," he said. "In tint work the South is quite as muoh interested as the North, and Would have an honest and genuine re? vision such el has been premised by the pany in power." He gave assurance to the Southern people thu! "no Interest of the south, whether It share that interest With the North, or whether It has a peculiar in? terest of Its own, will be neglected In the OOndUCt of the government In so far as that conduct shall be under the ms't at be thy Country'3, Thy C.od'a ai !lY. JANUARY 20. 19 ROOSEVELT'S PEFTY GRAFT. BIO stick MAKES government PAY s\l\kii:s or personal attendants. President's Barber, on Navy Yard Puj Holl as nn "Accounlniit."?His Wife's yu seenger Paid n.s an "En? graver"?TUlroan Ignorant of Facia. Washington, Jan. 15.?President Rooosevelt's taking Senator Tillman to task for abuse of the franking priv? ilege and the general row between the president and congress over secret ser? vice investigations of congressmen has led to the rather startling revelation that the president's barber is on the rolls of the government as an "ac? countant" in the navy department, and that while not accounting any? thing he is getting a salary from the government of $1,600 a year for shav? ing the president and occasionally cut? ting the presidential hair. It has also developed that Mrs. Ro?soVelt'l messenger is on the pay rolls of the bureau of printing anu en? graving,, anil that he draws now $020 a year. The only thing he engraves is an occasional footprint on the san(\- of time, Both the account-hor ber and the engraver-messenger went to Oyster Bay last summer with the Roosevelt family. Thesa revelations have caused a considerable stir here today. The members of the house appropriations committee who replied last week to the president's charges against them express regret that they did not know Of the president's misuse of the civil service when they spoke, and it is practically certain that Senator Till? man would have mentioned them in his speech if he had had the facts. Notice will bo taken yet of the sen? sational revelations. Spanking the president is still the order of the day.?The State. twenty-four people hurt. Two Trains on Missouri Pacific Rail? way Collldo Head-on Near Coffey vilie, Kan. Coffeyville, Kan., Jan. 17.?A south? bound train on the Missouri Pacific ailroad collided head-on with a freight train near Coffeyville today. Twenty-four passengers were hurt. Only two, Mr. and Mrs. P. s. Ho well of Nowata, Okla., are In a serious condition. The locomotives were demolished. control of Its chief executive." In con? cluding, Mr. Taft said: "I beg of those of my hearers who differ with me politically not to sup? pose that their cordiality and courte? ous reception are misunderstood by me. I know that my spring from an earnest and patriotic desire to pay proper respect to the great office to which I have been elected, and that they grow out of a sincere wish and proper assumption, that having been elected to the chief magistracy, I shall become the president, not of a party, but of a whole united people." As a prelude to his written speech, Mr. Taft who began to speak shortly before midnight, paid his respects to those who had spoken before him. He then told how he had enjoyed the 'possum, notwithstanding he had to? day received a letter from Chicago begging him for the nation's sake, for his own sake and for God's sake, not to touch the 'possum, referring him to the 11th Chapter of Leviticus. Mr. Taft's speech was received with great enthusiasm. When he had fin? ished his health was pledged with a hearty cheer. Governor Hoke Smith touched slightly upon the question of "political solidity" in his speech, though his re? marks related to th;> New England States, rather than to the South. Af? ter referring to the fact that Georgia had never furnished a president ?f the (Jnlted States, but that she claimed in part President Roosevelt, "whose mother was a noble daughter of this statt'.'' Governor Smith said: "We have not furnished a president from the South of th<; Ohio river in recent years, but neither has New Bngland furnishes one. nor the States we d of the Mississippi. We are sorry for New kfingland, Those Statt s wil' never have another president until they cease solidity, to stock to one po? litical party, I d<> nol know what Is t)i.' matter with the West. I suppose they are just naturally too far from tii.' state of Ohio, which is Virginia's rival as the mother of presidents." Turning to the president-elect, gov? ernor Hoke Smith said: "As our senators and congressmen have supported President Roosevelt In many of his measures, so we ex? pect them to support you in every measure, which will lift our public standards." id Truth's." TUE TOI 09. :>vWSeri( TO PROVIDE FOR IMMENSE IN? CREASE IX COST OF THE CAXAL. 'Over S170.000 000 Already Spent in j Panama?Lock Canal May Cost 1100.000.000--Double First El 11 matcs. Washington, Jan. 14.?The reason for the proposed immense bond issue is that the Administi ation has at last oome to the realization that the Pana? ma Canal will cost not less than $300, 000,000, and possibly half a billion dol? lars, and financiers say that it is well to prepare to issue bonds in the spring that time being considered op? portune because of the expected re? vival of commerce and trade coincident with the incoming of the new Admin? istration. The $135,000,000 bond authorization has already been exhausted by the canal expenditures, and hence the early action extending the limit of cost of the canal and the provision for an early bond issue. Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, who offered the bill authorizing the issu? ance of $500,000,000 of bonds, is an Administration Senator and a mem? ber of the Finance Committee as well as of the Sonate Comittee on interoce anic Canal.;. While Senator Hopkins declares em? phatically that he does not think the canal will cost more than $300,000,000, the fact that he has introduce a bill asking for an incras'e of the bond is? sue to $500.000,000 would indicate that the real cost of the canal will be nearer the latter figure than the for? mer. Senator Hopkins says there is noth? ing serious in the financial situation for the canal, and that the Treasury Department has not yet Quite exhaust? ed the entire amount authorized under the Spooner act. The excess of ex? penditures on account of the canal over the amount of bonds issued has been paid out of the general funds of the Government. But it is not deemed wise to authorize the Secretary of th<. Treasury to issue bonds. 'The measure is to meet a future and not a present need," said Senator Hopkins. "Unexpected difficulties in the way of excavation and making perfect the sanitary conditions in the Canal Zone have greatly increased the cost of the canal. The work now be? ing done is under the authorization of the Spooner act. That act did not pro? vide for the building of the Panama Canal specifically, but offered an p.l ternative proposition between the Nicaragua an Panama routes. The Panama route was chosen under the conditions named in the Spooner act. That act limited' the cost of the canal to $135,000,000. Now we know a great deal more about the needs of the canal and are able to tell after having dis? posed of a goodly part of the work at a maximum of the possibilities what the expenditures will be. I have no idea that the canal is going to cost anything like $500,000,000, but mem? bers of the Appropriations Committee and other with whom I consulted sug? gested that we make the limit high enough to meet any possible develop? ments. My Impression is that the cost will not exceed $300,000,000. The is? suance of bonds for the purpose of the canal has general approval. This grows out of the generally shared belief that posterity, which will en? joy the fruits of the canal, should share in the burdens of its cost of construction." In spite of the optimism of Senator Hopkins it is believed that the cost Of the canal will be very close to $400,000,000 for an 85-foot level wa? terway, and if a eea-level canal is at? tempted that the cost will be over $500.000,000. The recent report of Liu et.-Col. George W. Goethala chair? man and chief engineer of the Canal Commission, showed that up to May 27. 1908i the total appropriations for canal construction have been $120, 964.468.5S. and the total expenditures up to July 1. 190?, $S4.572 998.55. h aving a balance of $36.391,470.03 un? der the appropriation! for 190S and 1909 available for the current year, None of these flgurei included the 140,000,000 payment to France and the $10.000,000 paid to Panama so that the total amount authorized up to June 1 last was over $170.000.000. The engineering committee not longer than four years ago?February 14. 1905?estimated that the cost of a 60*foot level canal would be $17S, 015,406t and that a sea-level canal would nol cost over $240,000,000. It is now apparent that the canal is go? ing to cost twice as much as original? ly estimated. When the canal matter \ws pend? ing before the senate the late Senator John T. Morgan, who possessed a von. IE SOCTHROX, rm?MMll< Juno, 186? BS?Vol. XXVIII. So 24 THE ASYLUM IKVESTiGATi 0W3 FHtST RSPORT? WERE GREATLY EXAGGERA FED. There Seen? to l>e BO (.rounds for B> mational Reports und the Cliarges Made Indicated Nothing Mote Seri? ous Tiiiin BrataHtf aad a petty (.raft. Cojgmbia, Jan. 16.?A petition has been placed in the hands of Senator Christensen, drawn up by Attorney Hunter A. Gibbes of the Columbia bar, for presentation to the legislature asking that a commission be appoint? ed to investigate conditions at the State Ho-ptlal for the Insane on the strength of a number of affidavits ac? companying the petition alleging bru? tal treatment of male patients, that insufficient food is furnished these pa? tients and that the hospital farm is contributing too many perquisites to persons not entitled to them, '' here is no charg? or intimation that there baa been any irregularities or misman? agement regarding the finances of the institution. The past few days there has been a number of wild rumors circulated among members of the legislature, among others that there had been charges of improper conduct of keep? ers toward women patients, but in? vestigation reveals that there is noth? ing whatever on which to base such charges. The petition makes no al? legation of the kind, according to those interested in its being drafted. In fact, owing to circumstances sur? rounding the making of the affidavits it is seriously doubted on the part of members of the legislature whether* there is really any foundation for any of the charges. The greatest confi? dence has always been felt in the ability and painstaking care of Super? intendent Eabcock as well as in his unselfish devotion to the interests of the patients, and it is not believed that there is not really anything serious the matter with the management of the institution. It is a fact, however, generally admitted that the appro? priation allowed for the institution has not for a number of years been sufficient to properly provide for the steadily increasing number of pa? tients that have to be cared for. In tnis connection it is figured out that the pppropriation that has been made the past several years provides only about 30 ;ents 1 day pei patient for his maintenance, clothing as well as food, it is a matter of common knowledge that the State's convicts are better fed than its unfortunate wards in the hospital for the insane. There Is a great reluctance on the part of the major portion of the leg- ' islaturc to subject those connected with the management of the institu? tion to a public Investigation un!- ? there is a strong probability that some of the charges are true. Naturally they conclude that this would cause needless anxiety and pain to relatives of patients and place the State in an improper and foolish light before the world. St. Petersburg, Jan. 17.?There has been a marked increase in the cholera in this city. Fifty-nine oases and 21 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. Herbert Code, colon, d. was killei by an Atlantic Coast Line train near Darlington, while beating a ride. clearer Insight into the interoceanic canal question than any other human being within or outside of congress, declared frequently upon the floo.- of the senate that the canal proposed by the Roosevelt adnilnheiratloa at Pan? ama could not be built for the sums claimed in support of the administra? tion project and that the Nicaragua route would have been both cheaper and wiser In the end. He vie ?rously opposed the selection Of the PatUUSAS route. After the adniinist:ation in? sisted upon that route he fought con? sistently for the adoption of a seu> level canal. The ROOM veil forces un? der Senator Hopkins secured the adoption of the Bt-fooi level lock ca? nal project. a number of s/ell-tnformed men in congress among them Senator Kitt ridge, believe that before the lapse of another two yean it will be discover? ed that Senator MorggfPNras right In his declaration that iftho canal were to be built at Panama it should be of the sea-level type. Whether the ad? ministration sees this situation arising already cannot be Confirmed, but it Ik now strongly believed that the appeal for $r>00.000,000 as the limit of the bond issue Is nothing less than an an? chor to windward to pro\ido for emer? gencies in the event of the change from the lock type to the sea-level plan.