Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HUI? \\i?MI N IftTH AMI NDMIM VfOOH IN Till. WAV. A i.immI Miowln* Wus Matlr hiuI if tones In senate lawn-lug Kquul suffrage Had lulle?! Women Would Have Won. Washington. Man h j : ?\mM Thursday's vote in the senate on the Ashurst resolution to submit a con? stitutional amendment pr< hibUinR States from discriminating on the around of sex in their suffrage re? striction*, toaether with the vote on the amendment* submitted to the rea oljtion by the Mississippi senators, leaving to the State? the choice of re? strictions in all respects except acx. made two point* plain. The first is that Senator Horah, of lows, was right in warning the woman auftrage advocniea that they could not hope to accomplish their purpose through the federal Constitution while the lSlh amendment remained in that insti umt'Mt, complicating the question of sex with that of "race, tSsWJ "i pr?'?ioiiM rendition of aervi tale Many bdu-ve. with Mr. Ho? rah, who ta ihn siunt of the ltcpubll csn side, that racial amendments in the Constitution absolutely preclude the adoption of woman auffrage by federal interposition. others. however, see for the short . vit attainment of woman suf fvuge in the po+alhiluies of the sec ond point, which was made clear by the vote of last Thursday. That is the demonstration thut the Southern und some of the Western Senators are ready to vote for a woman auftrug? amendment if it be coupled with re? peal <>f the racial suffrage provisions of th?* Constitution. Some observers In Washington, including anti-women suffruglsts as well as "proa," look for a Juncture of lh??ae two currents of political thought whl h will have an effect In Increased force like that of the Jointure of the Mississippi with the Missouri. Thursday the suTrugo senators mustered thirty-live votes for their proposition. About a a? ore of aenu tora who \ oied against it voted for ihe Iments coupling it with the repeal of the racial su trugo prov ?Ions of the Constitution. If these iwo forces had been unit? ed there would have been ? totul of over fifty votes, possibly l\fi>-foui \otrs, for woman suffrage. To carry the resolution for submission of an amendment to tin* St jtea would have required two-thirds. or sixty-four voi,sj V\ ilhout sin h a union of forct ?< it would be u^en harder to ^et a suf? frage nun nduu nt ratified by the States than It would be to get it sub? mitted by ongress, because the i. tl lieadon of the constltutloisaj amend? ments i. M't s the affirmative votes of three-fourtha of the States, casting their ballots us units. There are Southern Senators who admit privately, though not thjcrn ? ?: ' i ? ?-? .,:,?? of woman stiff rage as a separato issue, that they regard the adoption of a constitutional amendment by the combination just described as among tin reasonable possibilities of the present decade. They believe that the suffragists wlTl . ihe object lesson given by all of the Southern and some of the | Western s*-.natoi? In Thursday s vote j and iiiob-itHke to tuiniah the South . ml Papille West the MteWSV ' quid pro quo. " It ia amusing lo aupporters of the V. I administration to hear the SSJlerles thai ploce, d successively iroin UM two Republican rings of the i?olitifiil i Irclea beenuae of the al leg? I puiloimng of tucks by the I n umerals in the* big central ring. Wlstfl rt?aident WlsMM uiado his mho. early m the session in fa? vor < * pn kdenliul primary elections. ||M Ii ?II Mooners emitted a loud yell to Um sweet MMtf 'bis was avowed!) mioI ortslnully "Progressive Republl csn" doctrine, and that the Rcmo erstle president was committing po? litical luierny in appropriating it Without any acknowleilgiuent. Tin administration his never taken snv notice of this complaint, the existence of sny foundation for n bsjMhJ entirely a matt* i of opinion. h ts, no doubt, the \nw of the majority of the l>em oi rats in congress, perliaisi. thut it would be beat to leave to (be Hull M. I he hosint . 1 of .oU ... it to. such a primary b> constitutional swsWswwewl Mad MMN Ihe Ueeaocratlc movement one lOWSWdg o ? "Uipliahing the Wime result by the independent m< UM or the Slates. Now the regular Republicans ?f3 ad?li?M-.u.K tin- welkin Vo< Heiousiv With Ihe ehsiue that the adiiilfiiati i tion policy of establish ng uu l?tOT? state H ?h? ? ..oino--.- ion, provided lot in ihe Osertssjtesi inii. reeeatty latro* do. 11 vaiOi Um i'usi.ii nt s p ashing. im an IgfflWSjeSaent up.mi the regular Republican pat. nt TTSS ?I? publicans pom' out that itself platform af Itll i oll I.ii lit.I a specific endorse loent of Hie Interstate H ole > < lion, e.ion id -a, w tiereuH aottleof Ihe Democratic noi II." M>..?se pbitfoiin hol ii n v I h; I* 14 on 11,- id |tS I. .v j ih*- iiepuble.aas ale going to foil t<>r llM trad*' commission be rnuso of their platform, tho admin? istration leaders are l.iughing in their sleeves. The Bull MoOMfi are going to light the eommission hill. They are Inclined, to beck the idea of legal? ising ami licensing monopoly accord* Ing to the IVrkinH-Munsey prescrip? tion. Here again the Democrats arc pleased. As to the congressional pOWef of the Mooscts, it amounts to little, as they have only seventeen men in the house and only one avow? ed partner In the senate. c vlmi:t?.s; THE EDITOR "Calmette was a powerful llgure in Preach politico. He was my friend since early manhood. We were near? ly the same age and my wife was god? mother for his nephew, son of M. Cal mette, orm of the noted chemists of Northern Prance." This was a part of a story unfolded \eMerday to George (}. Muth, of Muth Hros A Co., by a friend who is now in Baltimore on business, but whose family has long been promi? nent in Frame. Mr. Muth's friend preferred to h ive hl? name Withheld from publication, but, continuing, he t?dd what he knew of events leading up to the killing of If, Calmette, ed? itor of the Figaro, by tho wifo of If. Caillaux, Minister of Finance. "It was assuredly not th* part of a gentleman for Calmette to publish a private letter, written by M. Caillaux to his wife shortly before she became Mine. Caillaux," he said. "Had the usual French method been followed Calmette would have been challeng? ed to a duel. We believe in tho jus? tice of this method of settling affairs of honor. "Culmette's rise was phenomenal. Ag a young man of 22 or 23 I knev him when he was secretary to a duke, B monarchist member of the Chamber of Deputies. Ho was drawing a smull stipend and at that time 1 was wealthy and able to entertain him. He fre? quently dined at my home and we Kiew to be fast friends. His father was a prefect of a department, a po? sition corresponding to a governorship here. "My young friend had received an excellent education. Ho longed for position, and soon he discovered that being I secretary to a Deputy was not a position to afford him a rapid rise. Ho said to, me one day?'1 have it. I shall be a reporter.' "He went to the office of the Figaro and was sent out to writo accidents) and things of that sort. Soon ho was) promoted to the position of 'editor! of the reduction.' something like your city editor in America, a man who as? sembles the news and sees that the papal goes out in attractive form. "The Figaro, founded by De Vil lemesant, later conducted by Mag nard. was then In the hands of Po rlvier and De Kodays. My friend Calmette had married a daughter of M. Prostat, chairman of the council of administration, or board of direc? tors of tho paper. Frestat had giv? en his daughter several hundred' thousand francs at the time of the wedding "Fina ly, the Dreyfus affair came to stir all Fram e. Perlvler and his as iaies were printing editorials every day deaOOnclng the authorities and calling for justice for Dreyfus. This continued for months. The Figaro was wielding a tremendous Influence, Put at that time Dregful was not pop? ular. The paper's circulation was tailing off. If, Preatat called a meet? ing of the council of administration and M. Calmette was eleeted editor, with Ids anti-Dreyfus opinions. "It was not an easy task for Cal? mette to step in and change the whole policy of |he Figaro, but ho was a diplomatist. He had from boyhood known the ways of gaining a point without offending the sensibilities of those with whom he dealt. So the Figaro was brought to a position Where it was as much against Dreyfus I it had been pro-Dreyfus in the t sginnlng. "( almettes iame was far-reaohimr. He was admitted to the most f?sp ioneblc homes in Farts. Politician Bought bun for advice, and If legisla? tion Wal to be enacted he was ( on suited first by the law -makers. If the i>mio fought a measure it was al moat son* of defeat 'Then another piece of good fol? ium- came to Calmotte, He was an Intimate friend of If. Chauchird, pro? prltetoi of a department store callei Ihe Unuvre. Chauchard died and i bis will 9411,014 was given to Cal 'no tie. it has been statod that Cal motte received ? salary of 190,009 i i from Ihe Figaro. "la the years that steeced. Calmette was one of Ihe big ftgurti .?r the nation. The newspaper, n 1 hit It be was the he.ol. w as I be i ?tltutlon m Palis which entertolne .Ign potentates and princes whe? ihey came to visit the oity. Th Igaro had ? laig? building, pt,,v ld< with avers convenience lot extendln hospitality of every sort. Calmat) knee bow to turn the wheel. The: v iii no eewspeper anywhere la Hi v.oii.t erhlch l.ebi sieh a ponltton be ,,| ,? t be people ll \\ US ItlllOUte " Duiumoiu gun. ENGLISH ARMY IN CONTROL. GOVERNMENT EXPLAINS AM) OFFICERS PROFESS THEM? SELVES SATISFIED. Unionists Say E^uture of Homo Huh* Hill is Now in Doubt and That Gov? ernment Won't Pare to Prom Meas? ure, Hater's Claus Having Been Shown. London, March 23.?The defection of tlie army officers who refused to stive in I'lster is a closed Incident, but its consequences arc likely to prove far reaching. Premier Asquith and Col. Seely, secretary of state for war, made explanations before an ex? cited and turbulent house today that the whole affair was the result of a mlaunderata ndlng. This misunderstanding, it was in? ferred, although they did not directly say so, was due to misconstruction of tho government's plan by the com? manding general, Sir Arthur Paget, whereby he informed the officers in Ireland that they were to move on I'lster for a repressive campaign. Uen. Paget and three senior offi? cers from the Curragh camp?Gen. Qough, Col. McEwen and Col. Par? ker?were summoned to London for a conference. According to official statements the misunderstanding has been cleared away .and these officers returned tonight to Ireland. Prior to thoir departure they said they were entirely satisfied. The terms on which the officers remain at their poets were not disclosed, but the general be? lief la that they were assured they would not be compelled to light against the i'lster men. This is con? sidered a distinct surrender by the government. The Unionists firmly believe that the government has participated in u fiasco. They think that the most en? terprising spirits of the cabinet, David Lloyd George and Winston Spencer Churchill were the chief movers in the plan and that the government proposed a Wholesale movement of troops into I'lster to overcome the covenanters by the display of super? ior forco and the arrest of their lead? ers and that the plan was frustrated only by tho opposition of the officers. Some of tho Cnlonist members as? sert that Andrew Bonar Law recently received a letter quoting one of the highest ollicers in Ireland as saying: "By Saturday there will be hun? dreds of dead in Ulster." Tho Unionists also accuse the gov? ernment of making a scapegoat of Gen. Paget for their own "colossal blunder." The future of the home rule bill is in doubt. No declarations of "full steam ahead"' nor "meeting force with force" wero heard today from the Liberals in the debate in the house of commons. None of the fire and firmness Which permeated the speeches of ministers only last week was in evidence. The army has check? mated the government, according to the Unionists view, and the covenant? ers of Ulster have wan their tight. No one will be surprised if the gov? ernment soon relinquishes armed force, as its action had the imme? diate result of striking a shower of sparks of ( lass jealousies. Liberal newspapers ?>f high stand? ing und Intluenee, like the Dully Chrontefb and The Daily News, print bitter denunciations of tho officers as part of the Tory at istoeruey which in? sists upon the prerogative of ruling people and demand the democratiza? tion of the army and that the system of officering it from the sons of tho rich be superseded by a system whereby officers may be promoted from the ranks. The Labor papers are squally bitter And demand to knew why privates should not have the same privilege of refusing to lire upon workingmon when called upon to suppress strike riots. "What about the strikers?" were tho shouts with which the Labor members tried to answer Bonar Law's defense of tho rights of the Officers to refuse to obey orders against their consciences. James Lamsay Mat Donald, the So clalist and Labor member for Lelcea ter, said thai more serious than the, I'lster question was ihe effect pro? duced on the working people who now were saying that the otflcors of the army were prepared to shoot down trade unionists on strike be? cause of their prejudice against trade unionism, but refused to do their duty In eistet* because it con? flicted with tlnir (lass bias an pu lltlcal prejudice, Conferences <>f high officers with Ihe Kim; continued toduy. Sporadic resignations of officers were an? nounced, Including those of several of the ^ olunteer for< i a A t t he < 'arlton < lull, w lie h is a Conservative stronghold, it was us sorted that the first lord of iho ad miralty, Mr. Churchill, on Krlday or? dered i he thud hallle ihip squadron ....... to Helfant with il.bjeel 01 landing marines and that .\dmirai Ualley ro? plied lhal Ihe squadron was not in condition to u'> to sea. A Costly Form of Peace Insurance. i The Increased cost of living has been discussed from top to bottom,! sideways and crossways, from < lentre I ! to circumference, ami it has been' iscrlbed to u variety ol causes na I ! ! tional ami international, social and economic; but how far it may be due to what Statesmen end military peo? ple- describe in the convenient phrase?"insurance against war"?! rarely occurs to the puzzled taxpayer and national burden-bearer. Three items published in The Sun during the lust three or four days probably seemed to the average man, who is 'struggling to make both ends meet, to I have no Connection With the increased' toll that is levied on his pocketbook at almost every turn. And yet a good) many people in a good many coun-j tries arc beginning to suspect thati there is considerable connection be? tween the two. The items to which we reter were (1) a dispatch from Norfolk describ? ing the elaborate ceremonies with which the dreadnought Texas, "the largest warship in the world," was turned over to the United States gov? ernment; (2) a cablegram from Lon? don stating that the British naval es? timates for 1914-15 amount to $257, 750,000, an increase of $13,700,000 over last year; (3) a dispatch from Boston recording the "greatest salvo of big guns ever discharged from a battleship," eighteen great guns be? ing fired at once from the Argentino dreadnought Kivadavia, which nobly withstood the tremendous broadside, and was pronounced by the builders "very good/' and equal to every con? tract requirement. The Texas cost millions of money to build; so did the Kivadavia, while the British naval estimate for 1914-16 represents over a quarter of a bll* 'Ion of dollars; and yet these three Items are only a small part of what it. takes every year to pay the premium on the "policy" of international in? surance against war. ECvory cent of this vast expenditure comes from the same place?the pockets of the peo? ple?and it is not an extravagant or fanciful proposition to say that this drain on their resources makes the everyday problems of life all the harder. The report of the Naval Committee of the house of representatives, sub? mitting the estimates for our naval Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, recommended an appropria? tion of $139,904,331.01, which must seem to the ordinary man a tidy lit? tle sum for "insurance." And yet it was less by $4,528,119.92 than the ad? vocates of peace by means of battle? ships earnestly advocated. In this same report, which touches, of course, only the water side of military ex? penditure, we get glimpses of what is being paid by other countries for their "insurance policies." The total revised estimates of Germany for 1913-14 amount to $112,037,570, an increase over 1912-13 of $1,322,532. In France the total naval appropria? tion In the budget as voted for 1913! amounts to $90,104.989, an increase] of $8,472,157 over the appropriation I for 1912. In Japan the naval esti? mates for 1913-14 amount to $48,105, 152, an increase over the preceding year of $1,594,81 1. In Russia the na val estimates for 1913 amounted toj $118,043,SL,O, an increase over 1912 of $30,024,187. In Italy the estimates' for 1913-14 were $49,550.147, an in? crease of $7.050,727 over the previous year. In Austria the estimates for 191H were $28,959,414. For 1914-15, according to the latest reports, the naval budgets of Great Britain, Ger? many, France, Japan, Russia, all show Increases of from two to thir? teen millions in the cost of this form jof insurance. The only reduction in estimates is in the United States, and yet our naval "policy" for the year ending 1915 comes close to $140, 000,000. The minority of the Committee on Naval Affairs. Messrs. Withcrsnoon.' , Hensley, Buchanan and Gray, did not hesitate t?> denounce this appropria? tion as "inexcusably extravagant and a criminal waste of the public funds." They pointed out that "w ithin tlie J past thirteen years we have spent on our navy more than a billion dollars, in excess of the sum spent by Japan.! and $400,000,000 In excess of the sum spent by Germany; and during this period we have spent about $11,000, 000 per annum more than Germany and Japan both together, ami about $0,000,000 per annum more than France and Japan both together." The question for the masses <>f Ih people In all the countries ol the I world to consider is where the In crease of military ami naval expendi? tures is to stop, it is not necessary t<> reinforce the argument against con tlnual expansion of national utma menl by any reference to religion, morality or sentiment. We are gei ling lo the point where we must ie gard it as a business proposition, ? from no other standpoint. :is a ques? tion of si.und ?>r unsound taxation. Does it pay to invosl this much money everj year In this sorl of "insurance" against war.' And It the "insurance policy" costs, more ever) year, will it 1 i 'ever leach a halting place.' And, ai tor all, does this Insurance Insure? How do we know when there may he a broadside, not from one battleship, but from the navies of all the groat Powers, which will shake the world? These are some <>f the questions that the taxpayers In every country on earth arc beginning to ask them? selves; and we imagine 'that before many years have passed they will be, putting them up to their governments. ?Baltimore Sun. WILL All* IN IT. S. F?RBUNG. National Civic Federation To Appoint Special Committee. New fork, March 23.?The de- j velopment ol American farming is tot be undertaken by the National Civic Federation, which organized today a department on agricultural conditions and rural betterment. The execu- j tive committee hold a luncheon today at which noted speakers discussed the farming industry. They held that co operatior and systematized organ isa-1 tion among farmers was necessary If I the Indutttry In the United States was to be brought tip to the standard ob? taining In other countries. The decision to aid the farmer was contained in a resolution adopted at the suggestion of Dr. Albert Shaw, who declared education nnd stand ardisatior were factors toward solu-. tion of the problem. The committee authorized its chairman. Seth Low, president of tho federation and toast master at the luncheon, to ap? point a plan and scope committee. The speakers with Dr. Shaw and Mr. Low wert Andrew Carnegie, Lieut. Qov. Sheffield Ingalls, of Kansas; Dr. Grace Kirkland. of Atlanta, Ga., rep !> enting the Farmers' Educatioual and Co-operation Union; Leonard <5. Robinson, general manager of tho Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society; Dr. L. W. Johnson, of the Federal Department of Agricul tl re, and others. Attending .the luncheon were men interested and farming representing the city of New York, various States and the national government. Dr. Albert Shaw said that before American farmers can call them? selves efficient or capable they must know how to raise beef in the East and daily products in the South. Mr. Carnegie and other philan? thropists whose charity takes the form of contributions to libraries and universities, received a rebuke in a telegram from Congressman E. It. Bathrick, of Ohio, who, at the laat moment, was prevented from attend? ing. "I suggest," read the telegram, "that men of great fortune and sin? cere benillcence divert their contri? butions from universities and lib? raries and employ their money to the establishment of low interest rate banks for labor and agriculture." Armour Salesmen Suicides. Richmond, March 25.?Nathan White, aged 25, salesman for Armour &. Co., committed suicido with laudanum today. He left a note be? queathing his body to the Medical College. He Tas grieved over hii father's death. Perhaps You Haven't Started a bank account, because your business is nol a largs one. ? N > one has a business so large or so small that a Checking Ac? count will not be helpful to it?then, there's the SAFBTT for your fuin, s to be considered. Tliis bank invites your account, large or small. The Bank of Sumter \ R9HB Atlantic Coa^t Line The Standard Railroad of the South Ramifies the "Nation'? Gar? den Spot" Through the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMIT? ED," "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINE FLORIDA MAIL." Din ing Cars? a la carte service. All year round through car service from New York t both Port Tampa and Knights Key, connecting wit steamship* to and from Havana. For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of tX "Purple Folder," address, T. C. WHITE, W. J. CRAIG, (General Passenger Agent. Pas?. Traffic Ifj Wilmington, N. C. Carolina Special High Class Electrically Mtfhtcd Train Between CHARLESTON AND CINCINNATI -VIA Southern Railway PREMIER CARRIER OF TltlE BOCTTJ. In connecting alts 0. N. O. and T. P. Railway Oooststlag of Coin blued Baggage and Smoking cur, first t'la>s ( cadi. Pullman l?rawtug lioom Sieeplug Car, Pullman Observattoo Bleeping *'?r sad inning Car service. holtd between Obarlestoa auu Otaetaaail ou ttie following conren lent nchoduli ? i WESTBOUND NO. 27 l.v Charleston .??.oft am l.v Su nmervnis.9.31 AM l.v OcniKchurs.11.17 AM l.v <lotumbfa.l.oii I'M Lv Spnrtsnburg... .4.IS I'M Ai VsltevlBa.7M I'M A' rcinnati. ?*..SS.\M KASTHOUND NO. 21 l.v Cincinnati.a? pm l.% \aaevsHe . lo 25 aM Ar Spartanbur? .144 PM Ar < olumtna.4.SA PM Ar Oranseburs .6.IS PM Ar summervHle .* 4)0 PM Ar Charleston.pm Connecting at Cincinnati with ittmugti trains for Chicago. Clevn land, Detroit, Seattle, m. |?onls, Kansas fclty. Beaver, San Francisco. ?n Pointa West and Northwest. lor further Information call Southern Kall way Ticket office. a*, it OOAPMAFT, V. P. and Q. M. u . fcfi. IfcGKB, A. a. P. A. < nlumhin. R. O. g. It. HARRWICK P. T. M. W. II. CAFFEI, D. P. A. Charleston, 8. 0. H. F. CART. O. P. a. 8. H. MeHKAN, D. P. A. tBolnmbia, 8. C.