The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 13, 1913, Image 3
MY DEPP jjjffl ME.
ONE ON INSIDE SAYS THEY WILL
HE INDEFINITELY POSTPON?
ED B\ COMMITTEE.
t'aleaa Charleston Mayor Makot
Strong showing Against Congress?
man Whaley, Matter Will lu
Ituried, Say* Informant. Would
End Case.
Washington. Dec. 10.?Turning with
kaleidoscopic changes, the situation
with regard to the Orace-Whah y mat?
ter, which for several days past indi?
cated a complete probe in the methods
by which Representative Whaley se?
cured his seat In the house, now ap?
pears more complicated than ever be?
fore. Since It became known here to?
night that Mr. Orace would again ap?
pear before the committee next Mon?
day, at which time, according to
Chairman Post, "final action" will bs
decided upon, there hau been Consid?
erable gossip In congressional circles
regarding the matter. The fact that
Mr. Orace Is again to be allowed to
appear before the committee and Ale
new matter, after he had not
flled his crlginal petition, but also an
amended bill of particulars, and aftei
Mr. Whaley had made reply then t >.
would Indicate that Mr. Orace is gallig
glvsn considerable latitude. As ex?
plained to The State's correspondent
today by one who ie on the inside in
this matter, unless Mr. Orace can
make a better showing when he up-,
pears before the committee again
Monday than he has already made,
the expected decision, as announced
today oy Chairman Post, will be a de
ciHh>n for "indefinite postponement."
This action is a form of parliamentary
usage here, which means that the
case would be dead for all time. Be?
ing "indefinitely postponed" by a ma?
jority of the committee, it couhl not
again oe brought up in commltec ex?
cept by a majority.
It on the other hand, the petitions
should be dismissed, any one of the
minority members making a report
for the minority could move on the
floor of the house for Its adoption,
and should the friends of Mr. Whaley
be caught unprepared for such a sit?
uation it could be rushed through an i
he might be deprived in this manner
of his seat by a combination of Re?
publicans and such Democrats as
might be opposed to him.
The "indefinite postponement" plan,
it is understood, Is well thought of
by Representative Crisp of Georgia, a
* r of former Speaker Crisp, and for
msny years parliamentarian of the
house. lie is thoroughly familiar Wrth
congressional rules and precedents.
It is said that this suggestion will be
adopted, and so far as Mr. Whuley ;s
concerned the final disposition of the
matter will be II effective us a
stralghtout dismissal.
This is the plan, it is said. whl'Jh
will be followed unless Mr. Grace,
when he appears here again Monuav,
can do something to break it up. Thar
he will not submit to any plan of the
kind Just mentioned also became
known here today, if he can prevent
it. "Final postponement" is the same
fhing in the congressional matcrla,
medica as "pigeonholeitis." The effect
is Just about the same as an overdose
of chloroform or ether administered
to a weak heart. It puta the subject
to aleep for all time, and this is what,
from present Indications, will hap?
pen to Mr. Grace's sensational peti?
tion tiled lost September, unless he
can make a new showing or llnd some
way to scotch the legislative wheels.
If it goes into the pigeonholes by the
"Indefinite postponement" route, it is
lead for ail time. .
Mils, in n: ARRESTED.
Charged With Complicity in Shooting
Husband.
Lexington, Dec. 9.?Mrs. Ella Delh
Hite, wife of * J. Milton Hite, tiv
Patesburg man who on Saturd >
night was shot and probably mortal?
ly wounded, the shooting occurring in
the dining room of Mr. and Mrs. Hite
at liatesburg, is tonight in the Lex?
ington county Jail, having been arresi
ed at her home in Patesburg todaj
by Sheriff Sam jf Miller and br< light
to Lexington in the sheriffs' automo?
bile. She is charged with being an
' accessory to the shooting of her hus
land. Walter E. Gurganous, charg?
ed with doing the shooting, is now in
jail here.
CAPERS IS CANDIDATE.
Summer ton Postmaster Will Offer for
Insurance Commissioner.
Alcolu, Dec 10.?Ellison Capers,
postmaster and a prominent irsur
ance man of Summerton, has an?
nounced his candidacy for insurance
commissioner of South Carolina be
fore the general assembly when It
convenes in January. Mr. Capers is
a son of the late Bishop Ellison Ca?
pers and is well known throughout
the State, and this announcement
will doubtless be of Interest to his
many friends In the different sections
f the State.
II. S. ON GUARD Af lAMPIOO.
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ADMIRAL FLETCJitER TAKES
ME A si'Hi; TO PROTECT FOR
EIGNEUS.
Rebels are Making Drapcrate ~ Effort
to Capture the Cll| uiul Anicricau
Commander lias Established Saiety
Zone lor Foreigner:*?lirlUsh and
German Citizens Take ltcfugo on
Shi]*.
Tampico, Dec. 11.?(Dy wireless to
Sera Cruz)?Effective measures to
safeguard Americans and other for?
eigners during the lighting between
Hebels and Federals were taken today
by Hear Admiral Fletcher, Command?
er of the United states' squadron. "A
safety zone" ior foreignere has been
assigned under the j/uns of the
American vessels.
JLv.iUvia on i" ih Bides have been no
tilled to keep away from the neutral
territory or valuable property. Both
lorces have been heeding the warning
thus far. The crmsers Chester and
Tacomn, are anchored in the river
ready u> laud marines at the Ant
sign of danger to foreigners.
All British an-i German citizen
have (led from the city and hav< ueen
taken aboard boats in ink harbor.
The Hebol forces number foui thou
sand, and the Federal'! garrison two
thousand.
Heiuforeeincnts for Tampico.
Vera Cruz, Dec. lu.?Federal rein?
forcements left here today aboard the
transport Progresso for Tampico. The
government is sending every available
man there, Special Envoy .Lind is
watching Tampico developments
closely. An order may be sent to land
marines at Tampico.
t.erman Ship RoecHes Itefugces.
Hamburgt Dec. 11.?A cablegram
received today says the Hamburg
American liner Kr?n Prinzessin Cocilie
Is taking refugees aboard at the Meg
lean port of Tampico, where fighting
is in progress between the Federals
< nsutuiionaliets.
PRESIDENT ILL AGAIN.
Threatened With Grip He Cancels
All Engagements.
Washington, Dec. 11.?Threatened
again with grippe President Wilson
cancelled all engagements today, sus?
pended all executive business and re?
mained in his room suffering from
cold in the head, and a mild attack of
amgitis.
REBELS ATTACK ?IPICO.
REPORTED IN MEXICO CITY THAT
TILEY WERE REPl'LSED.
Federal Warsl?p? Threw Shells Into
Rebel Lines Doing (?mit Damage?
Another Atta* k by Rebels Expected
Today.
Mexico City, Dec. 11.?The Rebel
army attacked Tampico yesterday and
were repulsed, according to official
Statement issued today. It is report?
ed that the Hebels lost heavily. The
Federal warships threw shells into the
Lehel lines. The Federals expect an?
other attack today.
Mexico City, Dec. 11.?Fears for the
safety of foreigners increased today.
Government btticials this morning be?
gan an anti-American campaign with
the evident intention of uniting the
hostile factions by forcing Interven?
ten, which the United States will or
deri if foreign* rs are attacked.
Ii is reported V.ua Zapata Rebels
who have been held at bay near
Cuerhavaca have decided to attack
the inter Oceanic railway, thus cut
ting off the coj ital from the coast,
and preventing the night of foreigners.
Stories are being circulated here thai
the two leaden Zapata arid Figurdo.
have admitted receiving money an^
arms from the United States.
Other stories of American aid to
'. Rebels are being circulated.
WHITE SLAVERS SENTENCED.
Three Men Convicted and Given a
Year Each in Atlanta Federal Pris?
en.
Savannah, Dec. 11.?Three white
slavers, AlU n Young, of Augusta;
; Charles Crosby of Savannah, and John
Derbyshire, an Englishman, were sen?
tenced to a year and a day in the Fed?
eral prison at Atlanta here today by
Judge Sheppard in the Federal court.
The Young and Crosby cases orig?
inated in the bringing of the girls
from Jacksonville and the Derbyshire
charges originated in bringing girls
from Pennsylvania for immoral pur
^ posea
AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE SHOT.
Loe Lionel PhUlil* Fatally Wounded
in Johannisburg.
Johnannisburg, Dec. 11.?Sir Lionel
Phillips, the multi-millionaire mining
magnate was shot three times and
probably fatally by an assassin in the
street today. The assailant was ar?
rested.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT INDICTED.
People Who Sign Petitions for Par
dona Advertise Their Sympathy
with the Criminal Classes,
Editor Item.
The writer asks for space in order
to give his most emphatic endorse?
ment to the editorials which, from
time to time, have appeared in your
columns in denunciation of the car?
nival of crime, especially the disre?
gard of human life, which exists in
taie, and demanding that the
law against murder be rigidly and in
.voraoly enforced.
The question may be seriously ask?
ed, in this connection, as to why the
criminal laws of the State are so poor?
ly enforced, and as to where the real!
trouble is. The question can be easily ,
! answered and that in a lew words.
The whole fault for the present cie-1
plorable condition of affairs redts en
: tirely upon the people themselves,
and the reason why it is tolerated is
owing to the disgracefully low state,
of public sentiment that prevails in
I our State today, and which is caui
! Ing tile good name cd* South Carolina
to become a byword and a reproach1
among all law-abiding citizens, both
at home and abroad. Disregard and
Molation of law never exists when a
( people are actuated by an intelligent
; and virtuous public sentiment, but in
\ its absence all species of crime are
i easily possible for then the law is
: neither feared or respected. When
public sentiment is where it should
ever be. in an enlightened and Chris?
tian community, or State? and de?
mands that the laws be enforced, its
power is practically irresistible, for
I while it cannot entirely abolish crime
j it makes it extremely rare and sees
to it that no criminal escapes the just
punishment for his offense. The ma?
jority rules in all our States and where
the officeholders are remiss in their
duty it simply proves that the ma?
jority of their constituents are in
sympathy with the lawless and crim?
inal classes. There can be no escape
j from this conclusion and the reason
1 why there is so much violation of the
law is simply because public senti?
ment in South Carolina has become
rotten to the core and there can be
no hope for a better condition of af?
fairs until there Is a complete and
radical revolution of sentiment among
I the people.
Things have really reached a crisis
: in our State as regards the preval
; ence of murder and all things else
might well be put aside and the whole
j attention of the people directed
j 8. lely to this one question, the restor
ation of law and order and the pun?
ishment of crime. We call ourselves
a Christian people yet our criminal
record is far worse than that of a
great many countries where Chris?
tianity is practicaly unknown. While
the voters of the 8tate who are en?
rolled as church members may not be
an actual majority; there can be no
question of the fact that if they would
exert themselves, Just as one man,
their influence is strong enough to
put a summary stop to this awful
carnival of crime that now hangs like
a pall of disgrace over our State. The
question as to whether law and or?
der are to prevail, or the State giv?
en over to a system of murder of rut
fianiem. is now before the people for
them, by their votes, to dec de. They
cannot escape the responsibility and
every man must decide the question
for himself, as to whether he will
exert his inriuence to the very utter?
most limits for law and ore1 er, or ar?
ray himself with the lawless and
criminal classes,
There can be, under present con?
ditions, no dodging or evasion of this
issue and it may be safely stated that
whoever is not for the Jaw is against
the, law. Then too the people who
sign I ? titi< l ? for the pardon of the? ?
who have stained their hands with
human blood are simply advertising
their sympathy with the criminal
classes, and encouraging them to still
greater excess. The man who is a
church member and who, at this
I juncture! does not vote for the su?
premacy of the law is false to him?
self, false to hn< ^tate and above all,
false to his vows as a professing
Christian, for no man can be a Chris
I tlan who does not stand up for the
I supremacy of the law.
It will be well, in this connection,
if each citizen would seriously con?
sider the responsibility resting upon
' him and continually bear in mind the
scripture warning "That whatsoever
; a man soweth that shall he also
reap," for just as surely as the night
i'ollows the day our bloody sowing
, will inevitably be followed by a har?
vest of blood. And in conclusion it
may be well to say that this bloody
reco? must be stopped or the very
j foundation stones upen which our
civilisation rests will crumble beneath
' our feet.
W. D. WOODS.
Darlington.
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Austin, Texas, Dec. 8.?An opin
| ion that Texas newspapers are pro?
hibited from carrying liquor adver
' tisements in papers circulating in dry
I territory was rendered today by the
i attorney general.
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