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TRr* B1IAS RETURNED AGAINST
THE PUBLISHERS.
lease evert, President-elect, C. P. Taft,
Hess, Morgan, Robinson and Crom
weS Behind the Proposed Pros*
Wltahington. Feb. 17.?Bsnch war?
rant* were issued Ute today for the
arrest of Joseph Pulitser. proprietor,
and Csleb M. Van Hamm and Rob?
ert H. Lyman. editors of the New
Tors World, and for Delavan Smith
and Charles R. Williams, owners of
the Indianapolis News, for criminal
libel in connection with the publica?
tion In those newspapers of charges
of Irregularities in the purchase by
the United States government ef the
Panama canal property from the
French owners.
The Indictments on which the war?
rant* were based were returned today
by the United State* grand Jury, alt
ting in this city, and the wan ants
were hrraed later by the clerk of
criminal court No. 1. The warrants
- are directed against all five of the
natural defendants of the two news?
papers. The summons requires the
corporate defendant (the Press :?ub
rtog? Onrnpaay of New Torn) b>e#-J
In eeurt forthwith to answer the [
ssstst
XHstriot Attorney Baker protably |
< Will not send the coplee of the " <>nch
wan ant? and the certified coplts of
the Indictments to New York or to
Indianapolis for a day or two. They
wan placed late today In the hands
of ttto United State? marshal here and
he vtll proceed with them In accord?
ance with the directions of Mr. Bsk
Tlieodore Roosevelt. William H.
Tart. flSllhu Root, J. Plerpont Morgan.
Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robinson
and William Nelton Cromwell are
named in the Indictment as the per?
sons alleged to have been vllllfied by
the stotlee appearing In the two news?
papers.
Copies of the summons and of the
Indictment were served this evening
upon the Press Publishing Company
by service on Otto Csrmlchael. Us
agotit In this Jurisdiction. The certi?
fied coplee will be filed with United
Stales Commissioner John R. Shields
In New Tork. who will issue warrants
for the arrest of the natural defend?
ants of the New York World, who
will be brought before him to show
oaute why they nhould not be extra?
dited to this Jurisdiction for trial.
Failure of an attempt to blackmail
htm. says William Nelson Cromwell.'|
was the reason for the publication of
the stories, whlct. he declared today,
wete "predicated and made with free
knowledge of their Infamous source
and after specific warning by me of
their faulty."
"The stories." he added, "were con?
cocted more than two and a half
yes re ago by unscrupulous partlee In
New York, some of whom have crimi?
nal records. In an attempt to black
mall me." He said that he was asked
to pay IS 1.000 to have the stories
suppressed.
* I do not believe The World was a
pally to three attempts, but It was
dst.ling with the same gang. The In?
dictment of the New Tork World and
the Indianapolis New? Is not an In?
dictment of the press of the United
Stetes, as they would like to make It
appear to obtain the support of the
general press of the country. I am In
favor of a free snd uamussled press."
WUI Figtit Extradition.
radlanapolls. Ind.. Feb. 17.?Delav?
an Smith and Charles R. Williams,
owners of the Indianapolis News, who
were Indicted by a Federal grand Jury
In Washington today announced that
tht v will contest extradition to the
Dfcitrtct of Columbia for trial on the
hp uind that If any offense was com?
mitted. It was committed in Indian?
apolis, the plsce of publication of The
Newa.
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ter?Spanish.
HtMl DUO
Uehed April, 1850.
'Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alms t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
SUMTER. S. C . SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1909.
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The Semi Weekly Watchman k Southron is the best, biggest and
cheapest twice a-week county paper published in the State, and it should go into
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eral news, and is interesting to every member of the family, from the oldest to the
youngest
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DETAILS OF FILIBUSTER.
DESCRIPTION OF NIGHT SESSION
IN HOUSE.
How the Local Optloulsts Proceed to
Defeat Plan to Force State-Wide
Bill Through the House-?PoUlleo
ProhlMUonlet* Block All Legisla?
tion,
Columbia. Feb. 16.?When the
houee met tonight it was found that
the committee on conference had
been uable to agree. The representa?
tives of the two wings worked for
two hours, but they were unable to
agree on any programme. The state?
ment is made that the prohibitionists
proposed that the agreement be
made on sandwiching the bills; that
Is. to take' up the magistrates' bill
and then a prohibition bill; take up
the supply bill and then another of
the series of prohibition bills. This
was refused. The local optlonlsts, It
is said, suggested that the prohibi?
tionists agree to take up the supply
bill and pass it and fix a day for
adjournment, and they would agree
to anything else. They would let the
prohibition bill come to a vote after
the supply bill, but wanted a day fix?
ed for adjournment. There seemed to
be no hope of agreement, as the pro?
hibition leaders Insisted on a vote on
one of the prohibition bills before let?
ting the supply bill come up.
Tonight there was a new symptom
of a willingness to take up the supply
bill. When the house met tonight th ?
merry fight continued and the com?
mittees were about to meet again.
Mr. H?cker wanted to call up the
supply bill. Mr. Richards and Mr.
Rucker were exchanging compliments
as to who was responsible for the de?
lay. Mr. Rucker said Mr. Richards
had promised the house that the sup?
ply bill could be passed tonight, and
that would give ample time for ad?
journment Saturday. Mr. Richards
said when he made hie statement that
he had never expected the house
would still be In a filibuster. The
house, he said, had spent ten days do?
ing nothing, and he never expected
such a condition, and he for one ob?
jected to the minority dictating what
hills should he taken up.
Refore any vote could be taken Mr.
M. L. Smith moved that a recess be
tak?n. He did not say so, but the
evident purpose was for the commit?
tee to again try to reach an agree?
ment.
The committee could not agree and
the house came back to work. Noth?
ing could be done and the conference
wae without avail.
Mr. H?cker tried to take up the
supply bill and upon a yea and nay
vote the house refused to take up the
I bill by 59 to 52. When the house
refused to take up the supply bill af?
ter the failure of the conference, Mr.
Bryan arose to a question of personal
i privilege and defended his votes and
the light he was making.
Mr. Blchards moved to take up the
prohibition bill and then Mr. Sawyer |
moved to adjourn and then there was
a roll call. This was followed by a
motion to take a recess for an hour,
and on this there was the chronic roll
call.
The filibuster kept up. Mr. H?ck?
er moved to amend the motion to
take a recess. This involved a roll
call, and then came a motion to re?
consider.
Mr. Brice thought this was out of
order, but the speaker held that the I
I motion was in order and here came
another roll call.
Mr. Mann argued that the motions
were out of order and wanted the
speaker to rule them out of order
The speaker held that he had to fol?
low the printed rules. Then Mr. Dix
on began an exquisite reminiscent
speech to mark time and give ample
time to the next roll call. He proved
to be an excellent mimic. He wus
willing to take his medicine. He was
no fiiibusterer. and Insisted on ma?
jority rule. /
Mr. Brice Insisted that the motion
to reconsider a motion on an amend
ment to a motion to recede is not in
order.
The point was overrruleJ.
The local optlonists said that nil
they wanted was to prevent a vote on
the State-wide prohibition bills dur-1
ing the normal length of the sess'on.
Mr. Rucker at 10:30 o'clock again
urged that the county supply bill be
taken up and passed tonight. Mr.
Richards held that the motion was I
out of order, and he objected to the I
supply bill being taken up. Then
then were a few more recess motions. I
and Mr. Richards moved to take up I
Bill 85 out of Its order. Mr. Sawyer
moved to table this motion, nnd on I
this motion, Mr. Browning called a
yen and nay vote.
The house was closo up to Bill 85 1
when Mr. Mars got the floor nnd
made a vigorous defence of Abbeville I
County, and that Mr. C. A. Smith had
no right to attack Abbeville County. I
Mr. Richards held that Mr. Mars waa|
not talking on a question of personal
privilege. Mr. Whaley held that he
had no way of telling what was in the
mind or heart of a member, and he
had to leave it largely to a member
whether the 1 speech was on personal
privilege or "not. Mr. Sawyer tried to
his hand on the qustion of personal
privilege, and made a corking good
talk against the effort to force a vote.
Mr. Richards said Mr. Sawyer
might as well quit talking, as there
would be a vote on the bill tonight
before adjournment. Meanwhile Mr.
Sawyer kept the floor and said he sin?
cerely wanted to see the whiskey bus?
iness properly restricted.
Mr. Sawyer was getting well work?
ed up and talking well when several
matters came over from the senate.
Mr. Richards offered a motion to
change the rules by a majority in?
stead of a two-third vote. The rules
now provide for a two-third vote to
change the rules. The notice has to
lay over for a day. The evident pur?
pose is to change the rules, but the
two-third vote to change the rules
will be difficult to get.
Mr. Richards then in disgust moved
to adjourn. He expected to get a
vote tonight on the prohibition bill,
and tried hard to do so, but gave up
in disgust. The fight will be resum?
ed tomorrow on the motion to change
the rules so that no notice of changes
will have to be given, and they cn
be changed at will by majority vote.
The house adjourned at 11:46 o'clock.
Proposition by Local Optionist?.
Columbia, Feb. 16.?The local op
tionists made this proposition today
to break the filibustering and agree
upon a programme:
"Take up supply bill immediately
and pass to third reading, opponents
of prohibtion bills to cease all par?
liamentary tactics aimed at the pre?
vention of a vote on said bills. With
the understanding on the side of both
parties, friends and opponents of pro?
hibition measures that they lend their
aid to secure adjournment of gen?
eral assembly on Saturday, February
20, 1909."
It was rejected by the prohibition
committee.
Columbia, Feb 17.?The local op
tionlsts' fiilibuster in the house
against the Richards State-wide pro?
hibition hills came to an end this
morning, the opposing factions, after
a week's hard fighting, reaching an
agreement in a signed statement
which was sent to the chair, whereby
the county supply bill is to be taken
up first, to be followed by the consld
reatlon of the two prohibition bills,
which are in turn to be followed by
the magistrate's bill, "all three b 11s
to be disposed of this day."
This means that the house will p iss
the prohibition bills, but there is no
hope of getting them through the
senate. The filibuster has accom?
plished about all that the local op
tionlBts moiit desire. The session will
end with no change in the present
system anc the referendum bill has
been sidetracked.
SENATE WORKING SOME.
Columbia, Feb. 17.?The senate
made the appropriation bill the spe?
cial order for tomorrow.
It also passed Senator Stewart's Dill
giving Winthrop the thirty-six thou?
sand dollars which the house refused,
but the house will kill the bill
The Croft resolution to add a fifth
member to the Supreme Bench and
Increase the terms to ten years pass?
ed the senate.
Senator Sullivan's resolution for
sine die adjournment next Saturday
went over.
THE WOMEN'S MONUMENT
Columbia. Feb. 17.?The house
today passed the Richards bill appro?
priating $7,500 for a monument to
the Women of the Confederacy on the
State House grounds, the appropria?
tion to be available when a similar
amount shall have been raised by
popular subscription. The bill will
have to wait until next year to get
through the senate. The vote was 65
to 42.
LOCAL BILLS PASS.
Several of Senator Clifton's Bills Get
Through the House Today and Will
Become Laws.
Columbia, Feb. 18.?Among the
uncontested bills to get through the
house today were two by Senator
Clifton ejtending the freight claim
law to canes of loss of baggage and
the other providing for referees in
counties having no office of master in
equity.
Senator Clifton's bill providing for
the election of cotton weighers in
Sumter City and County got through
the house today and will become law,
as will Senator Kelley's bill requiring
the opening of certain roads in Lee
County, aid Senator Bass's bill reg?
ulating tobacco warehouse statistics.
E SOUTHRON, Established June, isft
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8?YoL XXV1H. as 2^
PtOtlllTfO? ItlL PASSES.
VOTE FI NX ALLY KEACHElv AF
TER CONFERENCE.
By Ballot of 58 to 40 the Statewide
Bill Passed?By Vote of 52 to ?
The Test Vote Was Taken for Clos?
ing Dispensaries.
Columbia, Feb. 18.?The house last
night passed the State-wide prohibi?
tion bill and the bill providing for
the closing of the several county eKa
pensaries. The vote on these bills
I was taken after an agreement be?
tween the local optionlsts and the>
prohibitionists.
The passage of these two bills was
not secured until there had been five
days of determined fight on bothi
sides, and while the result was not si
surprise, it Is generally believed that
no agreement would have been reach?
ed but for the fear of the members
that they would not have been able
to go home Saturday.
The stand taken by the prohibition?
ists that the supply bill should not
pass until the prohibition bill bed
been disposed of was dropped and
the position taken by the local op
tionists that there would be no vote
on the prohibition bill before Satur?
day was receded from.
Thus both sides conceded points;
but not until the bill had reached a
stage when it was impossible for it to
pass the senate unless the members*
stayed over next week.
The vote on the passage of bfll *5V
which was the test bill and provided
for the closing of dispensaries of the
State on July 1, 1909, was 85 to 4oV
the passage of the general prohibi?
tion bill was 52 to 35.
It became known early in the morn?
ing session that there would be an
agreement reached, and the vote wear
not a surprise to either side. The only
question confronting tne members
was the adjournment Saturday, and
upon this the majority on both sides
were insistent. Therefore., they were
willing to give the prohibition bfll
right of way If the supply bill could
be passed, and realizing that every
county in the State was interested In
the supply bill and that an extra ses?
sion would be necessary should it not
be passed, an agreement was reached.
Columbia, Feb. 18.?There are in?
dications of a continued fight on pro?
hibition in the senate, although when
the local optionlsts in the house
agreed to allow a vote taken yester?
day it was generally thought that the
General Assembly would quit worst
Saturday. In the Senate however^
important bills are being held up In
order to learn the strength of the?
State-widers.
In the House all is peace and hat?
mony. No objection was made today
to the passage of the prohibition bills
to a third reading and these were ear
dered sent to the Senate after M\ I*.
Smith had the clincher applied. It
is stated that both sides are willing
for a referendum, but differ as to*
the kind. The prohibitionists faror
a referendum between a state-wide
law straight and the Ansel idea. The
other side favors same referendum
with such moderation of the Ansel
idea as would not disturb the present
dispensaries in case those counties
afterward vote in disp? nsaries.
The senate spent most of the mun^
ing debating the lien law repeal bUit
which got to the third reading bis*
night. The senate refused to kflt the
bill and cut out Senator Clifford
amendment. The opponents of re?
peal tried in vain to get exemption
and then county referendums. Ffnsl
ly the debate was adjourned until to
night.
ADJOURNMENT SATURDAY.
The House Has Continued Until Next
Next Year All Second Rcadtnc
Bills.
Columbia, Feb. 18.?On the motion
of Mr. Fraser the house, looking to
sine die adjournment on Saturday, to?
day continued tr i next session als sec?
ond reading house bills nnd toeer eg*
only uncontested State bills.
THE CENSUS BILL PIGEONHOLE!*.
All Attempts to P**n it Over FsssT
dent's Veto Abandoned for m Ihne
At Least.
Washington. Feb. 11.?All attempts
to pass at this time the census bill
over the president's veto were nhaa
doned today by leaders of ttwe tobest*
and senate. In conformity with this
decision the hou^e committee on e?JB
sus considered the subject for a few
minutes and then adjourned to> meet
at the call of the chairman. The bfft
will probably remain pigeonholed^ fet
the committee for the remainder eC
the session. i