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owe" mini Mil.; w A I v 11M. \V EatatNahed April, ISM. 'fie Just and Fear mot?Let all the ends Thon Alms't a: be tliy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's. THE TK?E BOCTUJ'ON, Established June, Consolidated Au*. 3.1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 42. EXPRESS RATES REDUCED. Int r.NlHl, ( ?.mill* I? e 4 oimiih-inii Order* Sweplng Reform?. Washington. July >j.?Sweeping i< du>'.'?'iia In express rat? - i w raging. In general. tppfOBtW ItOty 15 per cent; drastic reforms In regulations and practice*, and comprehensive changes In the methods of operation, are pre s? rlbed n a report by the Inter-Stab commerce, commission of its IgflTOstlga llon Into the hi'slnes.n of the II great expre? oom ponies ol tin- United States, Dealing With the Identity of Int. I -tween the various companies, the report Anns that, while these compa? nies are separate legal entities. "It Is of interest to regard thin fa. t that itock ownership and otherwise they are so Interlaid. Interwined and in? tet l t it is with difficulty w ? m M of the greater com psnles as e th. ; wholly independent in It* management <>r the ag.-n' y of a single railroad system. So that while these OOnspontoi operate Otparately and compete with e ich oth.-r for tr if flc. the express business n.ay be said t'. if 11 in--1 ? fnnlly affair. An in? teresting g?-n.>alogi. mI tree, in fa. t. might be drawn showing a coinmon ancestry In all rf the larger cmpa I M And while many names ma> be used to de*ignat? the a companies, it la within the fai t to *iy that, asid? from the operations of the minor and distinctively rail;*oad companies. th express business of the United States Is managed by not m<?re than three groups of interests." The inquiry wiis the most e\teii Ivt and In wealth of Infinite detail. pto'o ably the most thorough, over prose? cuted 1 y the commiss.nl . It was con dacted and th.- report was prepared by t'omnilsioner 1 rml.'in K. LOBO, It hat been in prugivs** for nearly thr*e years. The report Itself makes goo printed pages, it Involved an * \ aminHtion and comparison of practl cally more than "0.000 ispr ? ?tes in effect In this ufntry, In ' *tk>n to an examination ol million are> b? ?ml . n ln\ < nig it t'rrough -the hooks of the companl ? of their financial operations and busi? ness methods. Coremlsslon'T ham' is of opinion that the conclusions ranched conati tut?- a long step towards the solution of the gravcat problem of the Ann i can householder, the high cost of llV? Ing The greatest reduction of rales probably Is 01 small p ickag. a?that la. on parcels whbh weigh Iggg than \2 pounds. Kite* .m 11,11 i- of more than 1- pounds wie found to he more reasonable thin those on smaller parcels. Briefly stated, the new rates mav ???? said t<> ???.? based upon a mini? mum charge of -1 cents for a 1-pound package. Th's ekoffjt in. teases in ratio to tin- hsOfOgjgg of weight and distance, at the vnying from three tenths of i cent a pound to about II cents a pound. Tw.?l\e cents ? pound, according to the conclusions of the commission. Is approximately Hie highest rate p.-r pound for the gl - li? est distaii- - pos,|?.!r for a parcel to be carried wholly u it hin the United Ftat.-s ? . -i\ ?? ,.f Alaska. Packages weighing two pounds, for Instance, may bo shipped l.ooo miles ?New York < ity to l'hicag?.-fof 14 ? ? nts. ami 2.ami mile* -New York -Ity t-> DonVOl ? for ;i .-.-nts, the pr< - ent Fates bt-tntf. icsp ?< 11\ely, i >r each ents. A --pound pa< fcagi \- H coat 27 cents for l.ttt miles and tents for 2.ooo iiii!.>-?. the existing rates being respectively, each K. cents. A 10-pound package m.iy be trans? ported l.ooo tnib-.s for ?2 cents and .'.ohm miles for 77 ? ents, as against the existing ratet of 7" I ents and 11.25. i. spe. t \. !v. riie eost of trans? porting a ?.'*.-pound ptiekage 1.000 miles Will bi 7*. cents, againsi tin prem-nt rat.- ! $1 I ind for L'.miu nibs ft.m. awailist the proaon! rats ..f 12.25. Commissioner Lane believer that the no-thod adopted for the COmpUtU? ?? >n and cnsii u. tioii of e\pr. - rate-* Is s lentitii and wi'l POSUM m Ike ? I Mon of entn.lv rea-onibie charges. Through the d ' -ion uiiiiouuccd i>? a . . . \p|. -? f llog are m .i de th il ii ? espoctod to i.p. n in p aus of ti ide botsroei th. pfo4ucei t foot com mo ? 1111? ? h ind th? ronaiatnoi ov dlatrlbul ing osjnHnbly to |hs wolsM an ? din t.i n< ?? the >>'il d? ?i <d 11.I oi t ? I. - j. itnitog \t pi. s. M thai burden i - born? chiefly I ? 'he |oi< . is ..f light weight i-v ? ommlaionei f^ane'i d ?i-!on. the gtftall one It ages will i. i no great* I -In! I" I |.II I. < t tie . ?t ,{ ifonop a? b ( gin Ho ii iv. package, and e\ery p < Weighing n thari loo pounds will bear the same amount ?f lOfgflllM? OipontO. IlLHAsi: AM? JONEN PltOl KHH I'll \sl HK AT RECEPTION, oanacvburg ruin- out iiiuu?-i vu vlienre q| 1 unipaign?-l.aruo and ? >i t't i lv crowd. Orangeburg, July 17t??;<?v. Bleaae and JUdgS lOlllM both pFOftU .- itlf Ion with the State campaign m ? t lag hold ben today, Doubtlesi eaoh iTi.'-i. loading candidate! fur the governorship can give a reaaon, drawn from his observation of the au ?1 i< tit e. for his faith in tili expecta? tion ol i majority tor himself in iiu* county ut the primary of August -7. 'rio t,- wm this difference apparen to person.-" wh<> studied the cro*d, that the governor, ?tarttni with the tactical advantage of having carried tiu- oounly two yean aa*o over Fsath e stone by a small majority in a poll of J.lu'J votes, developed his f VI strength at the beginning of hli , ili i not show on the platform the force and skiU he usually displays and gained no ground as he worked up to his peroration; whereas Judge .i< nee, cordially greeted 'nut by a ml iiority. won favor M he pro? ended. i i line tonn as a campaigner md in the ejnd lound himself much itroager with his hearera than when hi rommenced. It was perhaps slMUlflCSnt that neiiln r < amlld.tte todaj ventured to call for a hand primary. Another Cant whieh indieates how matten went \% that JudsTt .Jones i> Rtmly convln* *d It Wal i Jones day. Wl.de (JoV. liiei.,e holdi the positive conviction that it \> as a Blaaso day. "iiier?- is one circumstance concern lag Which no division <o opinion ? \\ among the campaigners, and th.?< h that the ?.rowd addressed h?-. ? a i-ii. largest the offlc?. soeker> ha\e I t> < -1 during four and a half wsskl ? i ? 'iiniy-io-county canvassing. i was a crowd openly and actively partiztn. hat very well hehaved, mi prUlng 1.800 tt> si.goo persona. u tie Huetuatiens m the attendance v . dap !?? Insermlttc it a] owi m, tttfv. Blosse again ?ecllaed t<> be enticed Into extended defense of himself against the Keiner-1 '.am- charges, though he did say that in- oourtej in? quiry into his private life, which the l< glslatlvs committee h id annonnc .1 It WOUld led investigate. Another featu!?- Ht"tln- in?'vuti;' w i the snTot live use by Judge J??nes of the fact that J. li. iMike* \oted lust as he did on the Blsasi ?epnrate ?ach (?ill introduced in I stA, it is charged b| the governor that Juda*o Jon bj Iiis vote on this measure, showed him? self to be in favor of loctal squ iiiiy between whites and nog roes. Mr. Dukes i?as been a legislator ami sheriff of this county, lie hat large Influence and happens to i?. supporting Bleaae -;t tins time, other ? >rang?lairg men who voted with jutU? Jones on these bills were (>. ft, lilley and l. s. Connors, Qov. HI ran ayain mentioned today reports which in- said at gunttef and Bennettsvllle had reached him. that hu unemles Intended compassing hlJ defeat by the us.> of money or ' y counting him out, or, if necessary, by procuring his asaasslnatlon, Barnard Bvam and Fr?ser Lyon exchanged the usual amenities, BvaM Introduced two variations, He denied that he i irrled a pi^t?d ind in* promised '?? make shortly a revelation which would open the eyes of the people to a mysterious and gigantic conspiracy, the nature of which he did not dis? close, ] mi: .mini s w \u RECORii. Jiulge Jonen Tells (iraiigeburg Peo? ple Where Hi- Folk* Were liurlng I he War. Judge Jones has bean challenged rep* itedly by Governor Bleaae to tell whore his people wen in the ilxtlea, during the War Between the states, i or the Hmt tune Judge Jonei ;it Orangeburg on Wednesday took no? tice of this and said: "I was 19 yeara old when the araf broke out; I hud i brothet 18 yean old, who wenl Ui the war and saw servlcej I had nn undo n*ioss body now Men burled on the t?? -11of Virginia] another uncle In n veteran of two wars, the Mexican and the w ir ".?tween the Btatei M: father was dying of ..(. ut ptton ind overs fim?- in- presented lilmacll f??r M?rt !? he w.?- r? Ject< d " Our Ing i hi - ? ? r ? i 11 y tii's it 11 prop? el |y nel ?'>.! household* i - houltl lie ? areful to aee Ihnl there hi no ? mpty tin ? iim oi other ai< n ? hl? h a ill ? it li v ;?t< r unya h? i ? hIkuiI In ill- i yurds, ai moar|illtoe? will quick? iv breed In them and mosnuitowi bring || Tin. 1 r.Liii H sWs BLEABE BOUGHT I It w i; him MURDERED. j _ Offered to Portion Convict to Do the Jol?say- Bleasi Bold One Hundred Pardons, Atlanta. July 16,??Thomai i*. Felder declared that Governor Col? Blease ' t' South Carolina had prom? ised ii pardon convlcta in the State prison If thej would issasstnate Fel? der ?fter Blease hud brought him in? to the state i n trumped up requlsl tloi pupers, "Bui he didn't make good hli plot I to get me," laid Felder, "because the govtrno) of Georgia wouldn't honor jhis requisition. Now rm going to live to see thai governor of s ah Carolina discredited for hll graft and (thrown out of hli office. I'm going 'to live co se.- him punished for thiev? ery, Imprisoned for graft and finally he'll be put behind the bars in Geor? gia for a crime that he committed here thai no newspaper would print, iand whi h i would not name, a crl ne Involving unsound depravity. "I ean pr >ve by circumstantial evi? dence that tlnce he has I een gover? nor of South Carolina Blease has. sold 100 pardom to criminal! and I'll sin w by thai same evidence that he got the money In hli own pocket for mak? ing the sal.-. H? did it In the same) way that he started to do it through Nichols wlnui we caught him in I Washington through Detective Reed and his dictagraph. Declare* Tboy Hare Proof, ? That testimony by the dictagraph ? material evidence of Blease's crook? edness, because can prove in- sold |) ,i dons, and WO will dovetail In I I that evidence the ?peech Blease made in Bpartunburg a month ago when he said that it the people of south Car? olina expected him to stop the grant? ing of pardons as he had been doing since he became governor they'd Get It er not elect him governor again be* cause he w ouldn't stop. "Ever sine- Blease tried to extra? d:tt rhe om his trumped up olWrage I've had him shadow* d. That's h )W 1 came to know about hli plot to as? sassinate me. Boms of the bench" n en he had in that conspiracy wer i lot in prison, some he had already pardoned before. But I have evidence thai Blouse offered pardons to men behind the bars If they would kill me. That's another of th.* crimes I < an prove against the degenerate who is Kill legally entitled to oall himself the chief executive of a gr?-at South? ern State. J "Detective Reed and I are awaiting further summons from the Investi? gating committee at Augusta. Reed i [has a telegram from Nichols, with whom he bargained t >r a pardon for the yeggman Dcntley, which shows Ua thai Blease accepted the I15.00Q hrllte th** Burns detective pretended t ? offer him while the dictagraph caught tin-ir bargain n the Wishing' ton hotel. Vwaiting Further munitions, "Th it telegram t.-iits Reed (known iby Nichols as Attorney Porter of <.'!ii. cago) to hurry on South and wind up th.* deal and pay his money and get his pardon, j ist as Nichols gald he would u>. the governor when thoy made the contract That ought to prove to any commission whal sort of man Blease Is. "Heed and i are awaiting that committee's further summons. When the committee gets through, when the people of South Carolina It now the truth about the man who has swindled them "in of a governorship and When they ba>Ve turned him out as Ma y suroly will when his term ex plreM If thoy do not do it before? then we will begin our criminal prose? cutions. 1 will not detail now the crimes we will prove against that man because ? would forewarn him and his clique, but if Justice Is d< a In South Curollnu and here, as ii surely will, Blease will go behind the bars for all the years he ii\<-s. And that sentence will la no more than he deserves, "When Mease came to Atlanta fo tliul commercial congress," con liim. d M r. i 'elder, "l had him shad owed every momcttl of his stay. Am my detectives a>\ the felony he com lulttcd Thai can be pro> en and if 11\ < I'm going to prove il. und it don'l I \\< I In 11! a ii! v\ ill be w it neesei w hu \\ til !.. able In convlel him thai crime," v l'. hi. ? i dked ????'? ? -11\ a l tit. I lum* ? I? at Ii ..I i In .Im t igntpll . i rut? Into the Interview. I . >l look tor a|1 the world the double of th navy under I:>?? ??< velt, railroad mm tiate und Insurance chlel Reed open ed the dictagraph which had receive the conversation blndtni the illege Mi .w K##^^:si<.\i:i> to si i?. PRESS GAMBLING IN COTTON. Provide** lit a v Penult Ich?Confine/) Itself, Ho\v< ver, to Cotton. It* Friends Preventing Amendment)? to Include Grain**. Washington, July 16.?Heavy pen? alties for gambling in cotton Mfu ures" fare provided in the Beall bill, passt d by the house today by u vote of 96 to 25. The bill hai yet to run the gauntlet of the senate. Ef? forts were made t<? amend the hill to Induce provisions prohibiting gamb? ling In grains, but these failed. The supporters of the bill asserted that the efficiency of the measure Would be impaired by adding complicated administrative features. They pointed 0 .t that a measure now awaiting ac? tion in the house is directed against - mbllng in plain. The hill would prohibit all dealing 1 the cotton futures, and fix heavj l naltiea for purchase or sale of cot? ton not actually in existence. Heavy fines would be imposed for the use of the mails or telegraph for th< dissemination ol cotton speculative In? formation. Representative Fitsgerald (Demo? crat) <?f New York led the opposi? tion declaring the bill was uncon? stitutional and would handicap the cotton producer and consumer. 1>H. W. J. M Vim AY ENTERS DE? NIAL. -V Says Didn't Authorize H. B. Evans' Alleged Statement Ahout Folder. The X? ws and Courier is in receipt of the following from Dr. W. J. Mur? ray, former chairman of the Ansel commission to wind up the affairs of the old state dispensary: To the Editor of The News and Courier: In the report Of the cam? paign meeting at St. George Barnard B. Evans, e candidate for Attorney General Is quoti d as saylni I had toid hinf he waa ui lihevty ta Inform the people of South Carolina that Thomas B. Folder had been employ? ed by the commission for wlndlng*up the affairs of th.- State dispensary contrary to my wishes, Mr. Evans probably acquired his information from leading the records of the com? mission which show that I voted against Mr. Felder's employment 1 \oted against him because, frank? ly. ! did nol hink he could carry out Iiis promises to the commission. But results proved my opposition waa not Justified, Mr. Felder not only fulfilled his obligations to the State of South Carolina, through the commission, but he did more than his contract speci? fied, l know of no other man who could have given so effective service in recovering money for the taxpayers of this State. ?Mir work is a public document, which speaks for itself. I want lo say that 1 am a friend and ardent admirer of Attorney General J. Fr?ser Lyon. My official association with him in the public service for four years brought me to an appre? ciation of his splendid sterling quali? ties as a man and public official. He Is a main bulwark m the State tigains corruption and other evils in our gov? ernment. W. J Mm ray. < 'olumbia. .1 ul> IT. LU2. Hearing of the remarkable growth of corn in one farmer's prise acre, as printed in the Item Tuesday, another farmer states that the corn in his prize acre is s>? thick 'h it a few days ago a snake was seen running ahout in th.- field, going front -talk to stalk and row to row without ever coming to the ground. Tim snake was shot to get it oui of tit,' way, as it could not he caught otherwise. . i i ??iywy^yw^CTf?? pardon sale in Washington, "That's the sun.- little machine that trapped tin- McXatnanis in tin- dyna? mite plot." he raid "Its the same one I used 'o convict the grafting council uen ;it Atlantic ?'it> and the legislators at Columbus, it's been i prettj loj ii machine to the liurns de? tective ogency, and 't may do some more work to undo Dleuse. I'm not through with the eaae yet. 1 oi go lug to !..? here for scverul days, v. id Inn upon ihe ? nil of the committoi We had proof even while the com? mittee \s.is in session thai Xlohol; waa .ilng ilottK nicely in his nego ii 11i'>11 It ii the governor to si il u 1 lent ley' ? p inlon. < u com ? I he ti le i^i mi t. Hing me to come and w Ind ? up mount tii it the governor had a< copied |5,ono foi th< pardon and w n ready to Issue d Hut the dlctagrap may do pdill more clever work in thl . i -e |f |t 'y w < ded El ny more." SMITH QUITS JOS. COMMISSIONER OF CORPORA? TIONS RESIGNS l\\< OF? FICE. Iii?? Successor Will be Luther Conant. Jr., *of Brooklyn, Strictly an Ad? ministration Man. Washington, July 16.?Herbert Knox Smith today resigned as com? missioner of corporations to join the forces of Theodore Roosevelt and the new progressive party. tie will be succeeded in all probability by Luth? er Conant, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., the present deputy commissioner of corporations, who ?>- described as a distinctly administration exponent. The 'hange will become effective Thursday, July is. Mr, Smith will go to New York for a conference with Col. Roosevelt Fri? day, when his political plans will be mapped out. He will probably take an active part in th?1 campaign, dis? cussing corporations with particular reference to the Sherman anti-trust law. He admitted today that he ad? vised the former president of his con? templated action and tentatively dis? cussed the future at his conference with Mr. Roosevelt at oyster Day last week, which gave rise to rumors then that he would withdraw his allegiance from President Taft. WILL NOT APPEAR. BVRNK MI N FEAR ASSASSlNA? TION 1\ THIS STATE. Nichols Will Claim Statements Made by Him While Under Influence ? f Liquor should be Disregarded. Spartanburg, July 17.?Senator Howard B. Carlisle, chairman of the dispensary Investigating committee < the legislature, was notified today that Detective E. s it.l of Willani J. Burns' agency would not appear before the committee In Columbia to? morrow to confront Samuel J. Nichols. whom he secures of having planned to get a pardon for .T,m".-- Johnson, jth" safe robber, in return for |UO,OO0 attorney's fees and a 15,000 bribe for I QoV. 1 '.lease. Col. Thomas B. Felder ind Detec? tive Reed sent word that they would willingly come before the commltt >e In Augusta. Charlotte or any other nearby city outside of th<- State at 'any convenient time, but would not 'enter South Carolina for the reason that to kill either of them would be * a safe amusement." i They made it known that they be Illeved their lives would be In danger 1 so long as Colo L. Blease was tin chief magistrate, and th< State wa3 "ungoverned," since they ti it that the governor's friends could asi issl nate them with Impunity, confident that even if they were convl? ted they would be pardoned. As the situation now is, tin y said In effect, there was virtually a price <m their heads In South Carolina. For thai reason none of th.- Burns detectives will openly con ? into the State. Mr. Nichols and C. P. Sim.-, the lo? ll attorneys and friends of the g??v ernor, with win m Detectl e Reed says he bargained for tin- pardon of Johnson, will both go before the legis? lative committee and nnswer the charge. They win be accompanied by a delegation of Spartanburg attorn? eys and friends. The aci used men will be represented by this array of .-. unsel: Judge Gco. w. Xi. hois ,nd William M. J< no*, respectively fathei ind uncle ol Samuel J. Nichols, C. P. Sanders, Ralph K. Carson, Roebrl J. Oanit an I ?i i: r. Wyche, ail or Spartanburg; .1 Gordon Hugh 's of iTnion, and Wil? liam Kelson of Columbia. Messrs. N'ieholn ami Wyehe Nat Columbia tonight. The oth? r members of the party will leave at 7.1" o'clock to? morrow morning. 8< n 't- r Carlisle will also leave in the morning. Several Spartanburg men expeel to go to Columbia as spectators the proceedings, among them being Col, H M. Landrum of th. Rovernor'a staff, Oscar Godfrey and several friends ?'? the governor, Mr, KU hols' ih fense to Deto< live Reed's testimony v 111 be that the ih i. . ti <? piled with liquor until he w i* not responsible for whal he said. ! i. will p >lnl out thai it l he begin hing of the conversation In the Finch hot' l. ivhlch was ? aught with the dl< - t mi unh he i eoudiated the deteetl i hat !:? ? d said on the suhjei I Mi N'lch Is will take the position that what i\. - dd undei th<' influen< ? ol liquor If unworthy of being given i?e? ADOPTS RESOLUTION DENOUNC? ING EXECUTIVE INTERFER? ENCE. Action, Started by Bailey, Tnlroa as li?>>iilt of Taft*? Opposition to Il? linois Senator. Waahlngton, July if,?The senate today indirectly rebuked President Taft for his courfe in connection with the Lorimer ease. Once blocked from a vote by the Aivhba;d impeachment proceedings, a resolution, battle-scar? red in h protracted, bitter debate, fin? ally was adopted, 35 to II, denounc? ing "any attempt on the part of a president" to exeiciso the power of his office to influence votes on the ques? tions within the Senate*! jurisdiction. The resolution originally was framed by Senator Bailey, who had araigned President Taft, asserting he had been "officious aii \ meddlesome" in en? deavoring to line up regular Republi? can senators in the Lorimer case. The resolution, as adopted read. "Resolved, that any attempt on the part of a president of the United States to exercise the powers anJ in? fluence of his great office for the pur? pose of controlling the vote of any senator upon question involving a right to a seat in the senate or upon r.ny other matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the senate would vio? late the spirit if not the letter of the constiution and Invade the rights of the senate." j Not s Democrat voted against the j resolution but s^x Republicans voted for it. Republicans who voted for it iWere: Senators Bourne, Clapp. Fall, ! Gallinger, McCumber and Works. ATTENDING TO BUSINESS. ! Mr. Lever It Too Busy Dorn?? The Work He Was Elected to Do to Attend Campaign Meetings, I The following letter under date of i July l')th has been received from Hon. A. P, Lever. Mr. Lever is in I "Washington where he belongs while j congress is in session and the people Of the district will doutbless be belter pleased to have him stay where he belongs than t?> be hunting votes m the Seventh District. "Peeling that the people of the c.unty are entitled t<? some explana? tion of my absence from the am paign meetings, 1 ask you to state for me that we are in the closing days of a very interesting session of congress, and those who have had any i xper lence in legislative procedure know how Important it is tor members of ?UCh a b.>dy to be at 'heir pOftfl of duty at such a time. 1 have quhe a number of bills ?of great importance, ?some of my own authorship and oih ers from the committee of which 1 am a member, that are still un icted upon, and 1 feel that 1 should remain here and look after these matters rather than come home and spend my time in the campaign, thus neg? lecting the duties devolved upon me by the people < f the district. As soon as we adjourn, 1 shall hasten home and give the people of the district an account of my stewardship. Vet y respectfully, A P. Lover. Washington, lb C. Tiie racing squad of the lire depart? ment wiH practice every alteruoon at 6 o'clock on Washington street from now on until time lor them to leave for Fayetteville. It lock- now like those long and much needed tandtraps will be put la a* th-,' places needed. Home Industry like charit) should begin it home. ?ixn* <:? v-..v. HMM LI3MM j*<?bw? rlous ? oneidera I Ion. Mr. Sims' p. it ion win Ik- that he was persuaded th i Johnson P/aa in wretched healtl a is paying the pen? alty a second i foj an offense tor Which h< had read) served seven yeara, and was d? serving of a par? don, that he tSj list undertook to an* cure the pardon as an attorney and , \p., t,-,i i., r?N .i ? itUoriM y's fee for hi- r i hat in- enter t lined ic thought i f paying Qov crnoi I'd. i uy( litug for the pardon. Kvtial r Carl said that the hear oiu would he he'd In 'la st 11? house ! nd w ould ? - noon. 1 n addl th ii t th< s; m' mburg men, Char i ton ' a ? - ? i i ' ? examined, if i in h i" ? in e < cured, In re ird f "e hat the "blind timers' "i that paid Den lalutn ror p I tion and th ?t s? hart, after deduct* Ins his comni ? i n. turned the graft over to the governor.