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"It's another war of tbe tongs," bo
wont on. "Thar hare 'om periodically,
you know, and there's alwayi a few of
tbo naooa-fseed boya anuffad out, which
ain't much loot nohow. But tola Um?
they Interfered, 70? 00a, with you and
*4iea Orayaoa. and tbay beat up that
driver of our buas-carriaga something
fierce; and the Commlsslonsr's laauad
order* to put tbe whole yellow popula?
tion ou tbe pan If neceaaary to get the
onea what la reeponalble."
"Were any arreata made?** X In?
quired.
O'Hara smiled. "Were any arrests
made?" be re^sted in a tone that In?
dicated supreme pity for my Ignorance.
"Why. we 1 jok 'em in by tee whole
aale. We lowered the net and dragged
It and you ought to ace what come up.
There was one fellow, a aklnny old
goeser half-breed, neither Chink nor
white man, but a altmy mixture of all
that's bad In the two. We've had him
rn tbe griddle all night Talk about
the third degree! He got it good, and
he's made enough admissions already
to seud him straight to the chair."
"And Murphyf" I suggested.
"He's a tough one, that lad! When
they'd brought blm to, they figured
they'd get him to convict himself In
tbe earns old way. But there' was
nothln* doing. He Just shut his trap,
and not a word would he answer one
way or the other. But his turn'U come,
all right I've got It on him, Mr. Clyde.
While I've been shadowln' him for the
past month I've picked up a bunch of
stuff that will come In good. To be?
gin with, his name ain't Murphy. It's
Pat Moraa. and his mug's at head?
quarters."
"His mugr
"Sure! In the Rogue's Gallery. And
his record's there too. He's done time,
already."
"For whatr
"For sfabbln' a man In the back."
It requires no great mathematical
ability to put two and two together.
a The result Is always either four or
twenty-two. 80, In logic, the answer Is
Invariably either right or wrong Mur?
phy had stsbbed a man In the back;
McNlah carried the scar of a knife
wound under his shoulder blade. There
were the two and two.
"What were the facta?" I asked,
with kindled interest. "Whom did he
stab* When? Where?"
"The bloke'a name," O'Hara an
ewered. after a momenta thumbing of
hla note book, "was MseNlchol?Doug
laaa MacNlchol. It was In Buffalo, in
1900."
My putting together of namea could
hardly be a coincidence. ,
"Pat Moran served five years In Au?
burn." the dstectlve added.
"You don't know what became of
McNIsh?I mean MacNlchol?"
"No."
"Nor any facta about the cause of
the stsbblng?"
"Tost s easy got." O'Hara Informed
?e. "Hut It ain't In the record, at
beadquartera. What la there, though,
la that Moran had lived In Chinatown
In Frisco, snd was arreated there and
tried for smuggling opium, but was ac?
quitted for lack of evidence."
For a moment I atpped my coffee In
tbough'tul silence.
"The skeleton guy knows Moran, all
right." O'Hara broke In.
"Tou mean the half-breed?"
"Yes. He giv* that away."
"What doea he call himself?"
"He'e knowr In Chinatown as John
8oy. He aays he's a cook."
Once again I waa busy with two and
two. Unless all signs failed this John
?oy snd IVter Johntmn and the Kura
etan cook of the 8ab1e Lorcha were a
single entity.
"O'Hsrs." I said, finishing my cof?
fee, snd putting down the cup and sau?
cer. "1 hare the key witness 1n this
ease You snd I together sre going
to take him with us and hare him con?
front both Murphy and John Soy. I
promise you the result will be Interest?
ing."
The detective looked Ms perplexity.
"Some one who knows them?" he
asked.
* I"n>?? I sm very much mistaken,"
1 snsw? red, "It Is some one who knows
fetal both better than any other pcr
eon In New York. 1'nles* eg Is
Just now engsged In constructing enig?
mas simply for the bewilderment of us
mortals, tho wltneas I have la the man
whom Murphy atsbbed In the back, In
Buffalo, eight years ago.*
But before I could carry out my
plan there were several minor mut?
ters whh u claimed my attention.
Erer since reading the note which
Mlas Clement placed 1n my hands I
had been uneasy concerning her safe?
ty. To Judge from OTIarn'c ropOft
Chinatown had b*?en In a ferment
most of tho night, and I feared lest
tbe blame for the disturbance be vis?
ited upon the brave woman mission
ary snd some messures of veng"igsssj
meted out to her.
" >r half an hour I tried unsurce
fully to reach her by telephone The
Mission did not answer. With my
anxiety Intensified by this repeated
failure. I ordered my motor car
around at orte?, and taking O'Hara
with mo, made the trip to Pell atreet
In record time, despite obstructive
trucka and other vehicles which wer?
?neountarad. the hour being still
oarly, in maddening frequency.
Eager Inquiry ot none too loquacious
nelghbora eventually elicited the In?
formation that Mlsa Clement, alivo
and uninjured, had started at day*
break, If not Indeed befor?, to hunt
up a brother of th? murdered Ling
Fo. In Long Island City.
Half an hour later, having stopped
at Bellevue hoapltal on the way up
town to Inquire as to the condition
of Elol Lacoate. the Injured chauffeur,
and leave Inatructlons that every?
thing poaelbl? ahould be done for h1a
comfort. I alighted from the car at
the door of Dr. Maaaay'a office on
Waat Ftfty-eixth atreet
I trtwt I am not that typo of man1
which, whan guilty of error, dellghta
to ahlft tba responsibility to other
ahouldara. I had email excuse to
make for myaelf in confounding Mr
Nlah with Cameron, yet I confeaa I
had much l?ae for the family physi?
cian, who had been ao easily deceived.
Dr. Masaey greeted roe almost jo?
vially, but checked hlmeelf ae he ob?
served the seriousness, tho coolness
even, of my manner.
I
"Our?our patient Is not worse?'*
he questioned, taken aback.
"No, doctor9 I answered, tempted ,
to a giim humor, "that would be im?
possible, I fancy."
Fjfif a second he regarded mo with
frowning Incomprehension. i
"Our patient,'* I repeated with a
sarcastic emphasis that could not be
nils-understood, "long ago, I fancy,
reached the limit of blackguardism."
The doctor's eyes widened, his lips
parted and he stood agtfast.
"But?but?I don't quite see." he
stammered. "You have quarreled with
Mr. Cameron? You have?"
"No, no," I returned, Interrupting
him. "Would to God I had him here
to quarrel with. Miss Crayson was
right. The man you have been using
your skill upon is no more Robert
Cameron than I am."
I hardly knew whether to be Irritat?
ed or amused by that which followed.
Dr. Massey threw back his head and
roared with boisterous laughter.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! That's the rich?
est kind of a Joke, my dear fellow!"
he exclaimed, as his mirth subsided.
"Not Robert Cameron? Why. do you
know, Mr. Clyde, how many years I
have been his physician? No. Of
course you don't. Ten years and over,
and I know Cameron as I know my?
self."
"Then tell me," I said, irritation
having its way, "why on earth ho
ever had the initials D. M. N. tattooed
on his left arm?"
The doctor's quick changes of ex?
pression were becoming an Interest?
ing study. The smile which had lin?
gered after the laughter now gave
way to a lowered brow and pursed
lips.
"A tattoo mark on his left arm?"
he repeated, slowly. "There's no such
thJng there."
"But there is." I Insisted; "there is,
at least, on the left arm of the man
you've been treating."
Dr. Massey was still thoughtful. |
"There is some mistake." he decld?
ed.
"No. there Is no mistake," I as?
sured him. "Miss Grayton's eyes
were better than either yours or mine.
She saw at once that this outlaw waa
not her uncle, and you and I fancied
w? knew better. If you are still un?
convinced, doctor. HI run you up in
my car, which is at the door, and
you shall satisfy yourself. Meanwhile
I'll give you some of the confirma?
tory evidence."
He went with me; and to him and
O'Hara. at tho same time, I related
the dumfoumling occurrences of the
previous night.
"And what did this McNish say?"
the doctor inquired, when I had fin?
ished. "Did he admit the masque?
rade?" I
"He became delirious. There was
no getting a sensible word from him.
My own idea is that the delirium was
feigned." |
"Possibly."
"Isn't it equally possible, doctor," .
I asked "that he has been feigning
since the first?"
"No," was his answer. "I don't
think so. He may have exaggerated
bis symptoms, when conscious, to
gain time; but If ho had been able to
think clearly he would hnve secured
that letter before laut night. You may
rest assured that that was the first
opportunity he had. after regaining
the power of thought continuity. And
still," he continued, "I am not en?
tirely convinced that he is not Hoh?
eit CrtUiMron. If It Ik merely a resem?
blance, as you claim, then it is tho
most remarkable cn-,? of likeness that
I hav?? ever encountered. Moreover,
there Is one thing wo inunt not lose
sight of. His abductors, aj has been
demonstrated by everything they have
done, are an unusually clever and
cunning lot of men. To counterfeit
age. so far as tho tattoo mark is con?
cerned, is not s<> dlffir"lt as you might.
Imagine; and 1 should have to sec th<?
?car before admitting that It Is not of
recent origin Tho letter might b?V?
been ? forgery, or a real letter, se?
cured and placed In Cameron's pocket
for this very purpose, And hypnotlo
suggestion would anally eiplaln hit de
sir#> to se< tire ind tattroy It. The um
of a foreign tongue In ids dementia
even could be accounted for in tho
ftiimn way."
It. wan natural tint Dr. Massey
should exsrt his ingenuity to reconcile
theee divergent points. To htm It j
seemed, se It hed to me, thst a mis- .
take as to the identity of the patient
was Incredible. But now I simply
shook my hssd In negation.
"Walt until you see him again, doc?
tor," I requested. "Walt until you read
his face, not for what Is on the sur
face but for what Is behind It."
The motor, drawing a swift diagonal
to the curb, came creeplngly to a halt
before tbe Cameron house. Ab I waa
about to alight. Dr. Mastey laid a do- j
talnlng hand on my arm.
"If jour conclusion Is correct.
Clyde." he said, gravely, "what course
do you propoie to take? Do you real- j
ize what is involved? Don't you see
that your conviction and mine la one
thine, but that to convince the public
is an entirely different matter? Can
we afford to give this man up for his
crimes until we bavs Cameron actu?
ally hers to prove that It la not he
who was thus involved sixteen years
ago?
In the recent result of developments
I had not thought of that. But I saw j
now thst it presented a problem no ;
less perplexing thsn some of those j
which bsd just been solved.
CHAPTER XXV.
Enemies Fsc* to Fsce.
As events shaped themselves the
problem presented by Dr. Massey
found a speedy iolutlon. Had I been
compelled to grapple with It unaided j
I am not yet sure w^at course I should ;
have pursued. Of ray own volition I
mu it have hesitated to take a step
which could not fall to throw suspi?
cion?at least among the only par-1
tlally informed?upon my absent and ,
defenseless friend. But all choice In j
the matter was denied rne.
I arranged with Dr. Massey that he 1
should go unaccompanied to his r.a
tlent's room, and, without so much as j
a hint that he was cognizant of what, j
had transpired on the previous night,
make whatever examination he
deemed necessary to a definite conclu
?km,
In the meantime, having learned
from Checkabeedy that Evelyn was in
the breakfast room. I Joined her there.
Her curiosity had ripened by a night's
suppression; and having dismissed the !
footman who was serving her. she at
once demanded the fulfillment of my
promise to tell her everything.
"It's another case where you have
the right to say, 4I told you so!' I be?
gan, as I took a chair next to her. |
In her wide blue eyes I read that
she divined my meaning.
"Yes," I went on, *'the man upstairs
rs not your uncle. We have been
nursing a vip*r. It seems, who prom?
ises to give us a deal of trouble be?
fore we are through with hlra."
There was no need for her to ques?
tion me. Rapidly, succinctly, I told
her the story I had learned from Yup
Sing; told her. too. of the scene in J
the bedchamber, after I had left her j
on the previous night; and showed
h#r the letter from McNish's poor old
Scotch mother.
"There, there," I soothed, as in si
!~nce but with quivering Hps and eyes
overflowing, she started to read the
tremblingly penned sentences a sec?
ond time. "I'm sorry for the dear old
creature, too. but?"
"Philip," she interrupted me, her
face and voice alike pleading. "Let
us send him hack to her!"
I "Send him back!" I repeated in
amazement
j "Yes. WTe can. can't we? We don't
have to give him up to those horrid
Chinamen, do we? He's well enough |
to go, Isn't he? Why can't wo call a j
cab. give him enough money for his
passage and send him, at once?
There's a eteamer sailing this morn?
ing, isn't there?"
For Just a moment I was on the
point of yielding. Seldom has a vil?
lain had a more puissant advocate
than had McNlsh In this enthusiastic, j
resolute girl, spurred to his salvation
by the pathetic appeal of that mater- ?
nal yearning which breathed from ev?
ery line of the letter before her. The
unselfish purity of her cause illumined
and transfigured her. Her beauty was
rudiant.
I "Answer me!" she Insisted, impa?
tient at my silence. "Isn't it possible?
Isn't it really the very best way out of
a difficulty? It will never do to admit
that we have had that man here in
mistake for Uncle Robert, you know."
"But there is something you have
forgotten, my dear child," I objected,
with all the mildness I could bestow
Upon the words. "In your wish to give
Joy to this poor old mother?and in
that I am with you heart and soul?
you have quite overlooked the fact
that we are still with scarcely a scin?
tilla of information concerning the 1
present whereabouts of your uncle."
"Oh, no, I haven't," was her prompt
rejoinder, "hut I don't see what that
has to do with it, except that it makes
It 'ill tno more necessary to pretend
t.iut we still believe this McNlsh is
he, How will Rending McNlsh abroad
hinder " And they she broke off,
suddenly, .is T had rather expected she
would, knowing what a keen brain she
had and how once she got a clear per?
spective on the situation, she must see
again the very point she had suggest?
ed once herself, and which I had still
in mind.
"You mean," she began again, speak?
ing very slowly now. as she mentally
focused the conditions, "that We must
hold McNlsh as a hostage, and only
give him up when they return I'nclo
Robert to us?"
"Exactly," i agreed. ".lust mm two
armies do that are at war exchange
prisoners,"
"Isn't there any other way?" she)
asked, frowning "Oh, there must be,
I don't care ? straw, you know, for
that wlcl cd man; but, Philip, think
of his poor old mother!"
"I do think," I told her. "I've boo*
I thinking, ever since I read her lettter,
and If It were possible, Evelyn, I'd
give the reprobate his chance for her
sake, little as he deserves it. But I've
been thinking of Cameron, too. Ha
may be somewhere on the high seas,
as Miss Clement's note implied, or he
may be a prisoner in s oma under?
ground dungeon of Chinatown. Wher?
ever he is, we are safe in concludiug
he is neither comfortable nor happy.
Why, then, should we consider, to
come right down to practicalities, this
old Scotch mother of an infamous son.
when the safety?the life even?^of one
we both lov? to dearly may at this
moment be at stake?"
I flattered myself there was no gat
ting away from this argument. It
seemed to me conclusive, but the let?
ter had stirred tho sentimental depths
of the girl's nature, and she refuaod to
yield without one last effort.
"I know, Philip. I appreciate every
word of what you have said; but
couldn't wa And out what wo want to
know through Miss Clement? She
must have a lot more information
than she put In that little hurriedly
written note. Or, couldn't O'Hara find
out for us?"
Before I could answer her, Check*
heedy stood in the doorway.
"Dr. Massey has Just come down,
Mr. Clyde," he said, "and would you
spare Mm a moment in the reception
room?"
I turned to Evelyn.
"Shall we have him in here?" 1
asked. And at her consent, Checka
beedy, a moment later, led the doctor
to us?a very changed doctor, a very
decidedly less cockfiure doctor than
I had encountered earlier that morn?
ing in his Fifty-sixth street office.
Even In his bow to Evelyn I detect?
ed the shamefaced humiliation he was
suffering.
"We take off our hats to your per?
spicacity, Miss Grayson," he said,
confirming my reading. "I had never
thought such a modern real-life in?
stance of Lesurques and Dubosc pos?
sible."
"Then you admit?" I asked, smiling.
"Candidly. There is no question.
Yet I could have sworn yesterday that
I was attending Mr. Cameron. It is
the most remarkable resemblance I
have ever seen."
Evelyn asked him to be seated and
I drew out a chair for him.
"Ard how do you find the patient?"
I inquired, when he had sat down.
"Quite normal in every respect save
one. He is in a highly nervous state.
Ho is endeavoring to maintain the fic?
tion that he is the gentleman we sup?
posed he was. He evidently learned
his lesson from Mr. Bryan, before we
suspected anything. It is really won?
derful how well fhe does it, consider?
ing that he never saw the man he is
trying to impersonate."
"But he must know that he has been
discovered. He certainly knows I have
this letter."
"A desperate man will battle against
the most overwhelming odds," Dr. Mas
sey observed, "and he is a desi>erate
man "
"You gnve no sign that you knew?"
Evelyn asked.
"Not the elightest. I pretended that
I believed him Mr. Cameron."
"Put Mr. IJryan must have?" I
began.
"On the contrary," said the doctor,
"Mr. Bryan knows him only as the
Mr. Cameron he has nursed from the
first. He would be the last man to in?
dicate to his patient a knowledge of
anything untoward."
"Miss Grayson and I were Just dis?
cussing a course of action when you
arrived, Doctor," I explained, "but had
reached no conclusion. Last night I
arranged with Yup Sing, who is prob?
ably the most prominent and best edu?
cated Chinaman in New York, and his
friend the Chinese Vice Consul to
meet me here today at noon. The
chances are they will bring a United
States deputy marshal with them,
with a warrant for McNlth'f arrest.
Now if we give him up, what will be
the result? He will still maintain that
he is Cameron in spite of our knowl?
edge to the contrary. Yup Sing and
his clan will insist that he is right
and that we are wrong, and our
chances of finding Cameron will dwin?
dle. It isn't reasonable to expect that
those engaged in the abduction plot
will confess to their error and inform
us as to Cameron's place of detention,
is it?"
Dr. Massey knitted his brow behind
the bow of his glasses and pursed his
thin lips.
"We are certainly confronted by a
very trymg complication," he udmitted
with characteristic pravity.
"Miss Grayson has suggested that
we send McNlsh abroad?at once, on
a steamer sailing this morning."
"Mr. Bryan could go with him,"
Evelyn volunteered.
"If the United States authorities
have a warrant for him," the physi?
cian argued, "that would only delay
matters. They would arrest him on
landing."
There was no question as to tho ac?
curacy of this deduction.
"And tho newf.paixus." 1 added,
"would be sure to publish columns of
speculation. ... if we could ouly
wring an admission from McNish It
would simplify matters."
"Isn't there some one you could
confront him with?" Dr. Massey ask?
ed, and hope rose within me at tho
suggest Ion.
"As far as I enn make out, from
what O'Hara tells me," wan my re
Joinder, "the police have in custody
now the Eurasian cook who, I ixdlcve,
lias been McNlsh'a Nemesis these six
ben years, if we could brini those
two miscreants face to face, McNish
would be sure to betray himself."
"Then arrange it by all means/1
Urg4 d the doctor.
"Hsve McNIb? taken there, you
meant**
"Or have) tho Eurasian brought
hero."
And so, ultimately through the of
floes of O'Hara, who all this Mmo had
been awaiting me in the tonneau of
my car which still stood at the door,
John Soy, accompanied by two plain
clothes men from the Detect Ire Hu
reau, was brought from the Tombs to
that sumptuous home on upper Fifth
avenue.
I say "ultimately** because his com?
ing was delayed beyond all patience.
Hour after Lour passed. The morn?
ing dragged by with periodic tele?
phone excuses from O'Hara. Tbe
hearing was in progress before the
police magistrate. . . . 3oy had been
held for the grand Jury. . . . The mag?
istrate would hava to sign a permit
and be could not be approached until
he came off the beach. . . . Soy had
gone to tbe Tombs. . . . Tbe wardes
was at luBcbeoa and could not be
seen for half an hour.
Meanwhile Dr. Masaey, impelled by
the necessities of als practice, had
departed, and Tup Sing and the Tice
consul, Chen Mok, had arrived and
bee a relegated to the reception room.
To my relief, Checkabeedy reported
thac they were unaccompanied. Mean?
while, too, Evelyn had received a call
from Miss Clement and had leatued
with some diimay that the mission?
ary's Ill-fated informant bad left with
her no more definite information re?
garding Cameron's transportation
than that which she had already con?
veyed to us.
"We're Just starting in a taxicab,"
came at length from O'Hara over the
wire. "We'll be there In less than half
an hour."
And in less than half an hour they
came, an Ignoble, vulgar quartette
against a stately, pompous back?
ground.
I met them In the great hall, stand?
ing before the broad, sculptured chim?
ney-piece. *
I TO BE CONTINUED)
OPPOSE HIGH LICENSE BILL.
Messrs. Belser and Eppe Against
Granting Charleston Special Liquor
System.
Columbia? Feb. :?.?Messrs. Eppe
and Belser were two of tho members
of the House who strenuously oppos?
ed the bill giving Charleston a high
license system for the sale of liquor,
which measure passed the House by
a majority of seven votes and was
sen! to the Senate. Mr. Eppe held that
the bill would not reduce the Illicit
traffic in liquor In Charleston as the
auth<?r of the bill and other of its ad
vocates claimed. Mr. Belser gives in
the journal of last Thursday his rea?
sons for voting- to strike out the en?
acting words of the Charleston liquor
bill. He says: "1 do not think Char?
leston county or any other county in
the State, under existing conditions,
should be allowed to grant licenses for
the wohlesale of whiskey <>r other
alcoholic liquors in this State."
Mr. Holser also opposed on constitu?
tional grounds the passage of the in?
heritance tax bill which is still before
the house, it having been made a
special order for Tuesday night.
Mr. Dick as chairman of the ways
and means committee has his hands
full getting up the appropriation bill.
Tho ways and means committee holds
dally meetings.
EVERYBODY SHOULD ATTEND.
May be Years Before National Corn
Show is Again Held in South.
Columbia, Fob. 4.?"Everybody in
terested In the South's development
should make haste to urge farmers to
visit the National Corn Show. It may
be years before we have this great
educational exposition in *he South
again, and the danger1 i. it many
farmers will learn too late of Its sur?
prising importance and value."
So said Editor Clarence Poe of the
Progressive Farmer after a thorough
Inspection Of the great Columbia Ex?
position, which closes February Sth.
"I am really astonished both at the
range and the educational value of
the exhibits." Mr. Poe continued
'Many farmers have thought because
it is called the Corn Show that it deals
only with com. On the contrary, it
should be called the National Corn
Show and Farm Life Exposition. Ob?
ject lessons in all sorts of improved
methods of farm life are made so
plain that he who runs may road.
Many a farmer Will barn more from
these vivid and practical demonstra?
tions than he would b arn from a
whole year's reading of bulletins and
books. 'Seeing Is believing' and h< ro
the farmer sees with his own eyes ex?
actly hon Improved methods pay in
erop growing, in care of live stock, soil
management, and the Improvement of
farm life In all its phases. One day
at the Corn show will give < farmer
as much practical, permanent instruc?
tion as a month at an agricultural col?
lege. Let everybody come.
Tie- lbXI Cough Medicine
I "i have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy even since i have been k< r
ms; house,*' says i C Humes of Mar
bury, Va "i consider 11 one of the
I k -1 rentedi< m i ever usi i\ M > children
have all taken 11 and m works like n
? harm l4%or ? olds and whooping cough
! it is exc< lb nl. For sale by all deal
. rs a.i t.
LEGISLATIVE MAUERS.
C EX KRAL AS8HMBIA' WILL COX
\ EXE TUESD \1 NM.H l.
Warehouse Hill W ill Im- l ir>?i lo Coiue
up This Week; um Rotating to in
Murance Companies; Newspaper BiU
Mill on Calendar.
Columbia, Feb. 3.?The (i?nerai As?
sembly will convene for its fourth
Week on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
and full calendars will face l?oth
houses. It is expected that two ses?
sions each day, one in the morning and
the other at night, w ill take place dur?
ing the remainder of the session, for
if this legislature runs th.* accustomed
forty days it has just three weeks
more.
Tho Senate will tackle the ware
hause bill on Tuesday night. This
matter will "ause an extended debate
and Senator Mcl^aurin, its author,
will open with a speech in its favor,
The bill proposes a state warehouse
system for storing cotton and pro?
pose a tax of 25 cents on every bale
raised or sold in the state.
The bill requiring outride insurance
companies doing business in tho state
to invest part of their reserve in se?
curities of this state will come up
Wednesday. Lills to tighten up the
primary laws, compulsory school at?
tendance, abolishing the hosiery mill
at the state penitentiary, and giving
a per diem to Circuit Judges will be
considered during the week. The two
cent rate bill is also expected to be?
gin its stormy Journey through the
Senate this week.
The House resolutions to pr^be the
alleged railroad contributions during
the recent campaign and ascertain
what legislators hold free passes and
positions under corporations, and the
resolution calling on Senator Tillman
to prove his charges of railroad do?
mination of the legislature are on the
foot of the calendar. There does not
appear to be any hurry to reach them.
No lines have been drawn yet be?
tween the I {lease and anti-Blease fac?
tions and it appears that the working
harmony between them will continue,
at least through the next two weeks.
The working part of the session has
now been reached.
The joint assembly w ill meet at
noon on Wednesday to elect a judge
of the first circuit, Maj??r William L.
(Haze of Orangeburg who was elected
to the position, having declined to ac?
cept on account of ill health. The
election will probably be hotly con?
tested. Several candidates are groom?
ing themselves for the race.
The inheritance tax bill is one of the
big measures which the house will be
called on to dispose of during the
present week. It is claimed for the
bill that it will shift the tax burden
to the shoulders of the rich legatees
who are able to bear it. Opponents
of the measure hold that it is uncon?
stitutional and allows the majority to
levy a special tax on the minority.
The election of Benjamin Ryar.
Tillman to his fourth term as United
States Senator from South Carolina
passed w ithout incident in spite of
many rumors that his election might
be blocked by his newly made politi?
cal opponents?not his enemies of
long Standing".
The bill to require newspapers and
periodicals to publish in their col?
umns the reply of any man to whav
he considers a reilecrlon upon him is
on the calendar of the house with a
majority unfavorable and minority
favorable report from the judiciary
committee. The bill makes the per?
son mentioned by the newspaper the
sole judge and jury to decide the
question whether or not "he has been
criticised or misquoted to his detri?
ment. For failure to print his com?
munication In the same place where
the criticism appeared the editor or
reporter is made subject to a fine of
$500 and imprisonment for one
month. Those opposed to the bill
bold that it is against the constitu?
tion of thoj United States in that it
hampers the press and confiscate s
property?i. c. newspapers space.
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