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Ht 10 STAND TEST, i MM. l>F.M< H'HATIC. SKWTOHs fcfitF.RI PARTY TO HIN PI II I slllP HILL. i Put* \rinilrd .truth c Portos on Defen? sive Against Republicans?Change Miikm Adventes of Hill l>c?poiul ecu of Tbclr Success. Washington. Feb. 1.?Nino Demo? crats In the sonata today Joined an alliance with the Republicans In an unexpected attempt to recommit th? foomirent ship purchase bill. The sudden revolt turned In a twinkling an administration advan? tage Into a defensive, which tonight appeared almost hopeless to many Democratic leaders. Forced to tight for tho very Hfl Ol the proposed measnre the Democrats succeeded In adjourning the senate with the motion pending to send the bill back to committee. A party caucus Immediately was called for tomorrow morning. I Senator Clark of Arkansas sprang the surprise when he roso while Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan was concluding a long epsech against the bill and asked him %o yield for a motion. The senator yielded and Senator Clark. Introduc? ing his remarks with an appeal for consideration of other legislation, moved to send back the ship bill. The. legislative pandemonium that followed has not been witnessed in the senate in years. Senators poured from the cloak rooms to the chamber. The rush from the Republican cloak room was even more Immediate, as Republicans had been forewarned. As soon aa administration leaders coul ? catch their, breath. Senator Fletcher, in charge of the bill, made a point of order against the motion, which Vice President Marshall sustained. Senator Clarke appealed and the chair eras overruled and Senator Clerkes appeal sustained, 43 to 47. Nine Democrats voted with the Re? publicans. The motion to recommit was pending when the senate ad? journed until noon tomorrow. The nine Demo- rats who voted anatnst the ruling of the chair were: Henkhend of Alabama. Camden of Kentucky. Clarke of Arkansas. Hard wick of Georgia. Pryan of Florida, Hitchcock of Nebraska. O Gorman of Nsw York. Smith of Georgia and Vardaman of Mississippi Soon as thg result ?f this vote had been declared Senator Stone was rec? ognised. The chamber wur. in con? fusion, as the Mlssourlan. who has atod by the bill through the bitter struggle of the last two weeks, sur? veyed the assemblage for a moment. With a gesture towards his own side of the aisle. Senator Stono declared: ' In order that Democrnts mav h.iv. a conference and that the Republicans and their allies may hold a conff r ?nce. 1 move that the senate do now adjourn." The motion was Irruu dlat lly p it and there was a loud chorus of "noes." On a roll cull the motion to adjourn was lost by a vote of 19 to 86. Senator Stone then moved that Venator Clarke's motion to recommit be laid on the tab!*-, and this was lost by a vote of It to 4L', seven Demo? crats voting with the Republicans and Senator LtJ Kolbttc aliening himself with the Democratic minority. Demo er?ts V. I <- opposed the motion to tablo were: Pankhead Camden. Clarke, Hardwlck. Hitchcock, uih.riuin and Vardaman. These seven, if subse? quently develope 1. had conferred early in the day and isietlttlnid to hreak the deadlock with a view either to materialisation of the measure or entirely sidetracking it. at leant In so fsr as the present session is concerned This brought the motion to reOQSS mlt squarely before the senste. when. Senator Reed of .Missouri u s recog? nised and began arraigning his col? leagues who had revolted, and Ropuh llcrns who had opposed the bill, as supporters of the shipping trust which had sought to plunder the ship? pers of America. For nearly an bout? s' ntCor Reed; who persistently throughout the administration had1 been opposed to its purposes, defend* I e I the bill. "I congratulate the hoary old ship trust monopoly." he said, "on the fact that It appears still to possess In this day and age enough vigor to invade the Democratic side of the chamber and find totes in Its support." As Senntor Reed was speaking Re? publican senators exult d. while Dem? ocratic leaders rushed hurriedly In and out ot committee room confer rn? en to determine on ft course of nc tlon They counted noses, figuring on aitsentees. and e<>uld not see a way out . of MM difficult\ Some Sought coul. ta nees with Pro. gresnlve Kcpnhlh an. Senator Not rK who bad offered amendments sev? ers! days before Which WOUM strengthen the SSf*UMUeUCy of tin proposed go\?inm?nt ent.ipnve ltd ' H tu tors who offiTed to no , p? |, amendments that they came a few hours SM I it". Amendment* w III com I h u e1 the Democratic caucus tomorrow Th en nan iNo will endeavor to bud ^ %aj tu the Republican Progres-| tdve support without recomniittlnK the hill. If thia fails und the bill Is re? committed, many of Its most sim gU?M supporters insist the measure is dead for this session. Henator Fletcher, when Senator Reed had OOAClUded, RIO ed adjourn? ment, whleh was voted. Democratic leaders tonight were ? canvassing the situation. Absent Democratic StMtorS who may return tomorrow are Smith of South Caro? lina and Lea of Tennessee. Repub? licans a'sent, however, w bo are ex? pected to return, are Penroso and UoiY. Senator Williams said tonight that the most optimistic prognosti? cation on a probable lineup on the motion to recommit the bill left the I* moerats one vote short. The revolting Democrats, it was as? serted tonight, would demand that the ship bill be dropped and that atten? tion be turned to appropriation meas? ures and other important legislation. Despite the feeling of some of his colleagues, Majority Leader Kern to? night would not admit defeat, and In announcing the call for 'the caucus he declared: 'We will pass the bill yct.M In his speech denouncing the ship? ping interests Senator Reed declared agents of these Interests were not so anxious about preserving the peace of the United States as they were for their ability 'to continue to charge shippers four and five prices for haul? ing American goods." "Gentlemen from States where the shipping trust is strong are practical? ly all opposed to this bill," he said. "As I look over the list of senators who still are here who were mem? bers of the senate when the shipping trust undertook to put its hands in the American pocket for the extrac tion of a ship subsidy, I find nearly all of them were in favor of a sub? sidy and cheek by jowl with the ship? ping trust in its attempted raid of the United States treasury, and I also rind them now in gleeful mood be? cause on the, last two or three roll calls the vote has Indicated sufficient Democratic deflection possibly to ac? complish defeat of this bill. i "Kvery man hero today must an? swer for his vote. Every man will answer for his vote on this bill as he must on every bill. Put there should be no possible misunderstand? ing with the people of this country as to the exact situation presented h?-re." "The shipping trust." the Missouri senator continued, "at the very mo? ment war was declared, entered on a system of plunder, extorting enormous sums from American citizens en? deavoring to escape irom war scenes to their native shores. Of the president's determination, to give relief from "extort Ionable freight rates." the senator said: 'tie saw the cotton on the wharves and grain in the warehouses awaiting shipment with ship owners demand? ing a toll nothing short of robbery. He saw, while* somo of us were talk? ing of a larger navy, we had no ships to carry coal or otherwise act as aux? iliaries. He suggested this measure, and in every action e.-.cept this where there was a conference or caucus he received the unanimous support of his party. "But the shipping trust got busy. 1 wonder ff we are to duplicate the record of the Spanish-American war when the shipping trust sold the gov? ernment vessels and then again bought them back at such outrageous Dficea that I wondor that tho ostrich stomach of the senator from Utah did not rebel at that." "If this present bill is killed," con ui. led Senator Reed, "the shipping irust will continue to hold the coun? try in its grip?t*? take all in its con? science permits?and its conscience would permit it to rob the grave. "1 congratulate my old friend, the shipping trust. There will be many a bottle of Champagne broken to? night if the Democratic party is broken?if the trust is strong enough 10 make men turn their backs on this party, to cement the insurgent and standpatter." (iRKAT DAMALK HV STORM. Railroad Ser\leo Crippled and Ohio Valley Threatened by l-loori. Chicago, Feb. ? Passing eastward the Kernt.il storm left the west and central states with crippled wire and railroad service with resultant dam? tges whieh win reach several mllllona Wi torn trains arc still struggling in bugs enowdrlfta Several vessels aro icebound In tin- Great Lakes. Floods m the Ohio Valley are doings considerable damage. Hundreds of a/nlllea have been driven from their 'lollies. ik>\ki>i\<. noi si: iti.nwN i iv Nine Killed and Twen(\-ll\e Injured in PstMsajrlranhi r??on. K;ine, penn . Feh, Nine were killed and twenty-live Injured, six fa? tally, in an explosion which complete* **?recked a tenement boarding house it Mnyburg, mar here, The explo mii ?:is mused i; i i hellen cd bj aklng gas, REUOMMENDS TO CHANGES. DB, rlEllBING says in REPORT that THKRK sikh'LD BE only ONE HEAD. Would i in re superintendent Elected by Board of Regents, Who in Turn Would be Appointed by Governor and fuaMlUll b| Senate?Would i hange Name. Columbia, Feb. \i.?Gov. Manning transmitted to the general aasembly yesterday ? report drafted by A. i'. Herring. M. D.. secretary of tne Mary? land lunacy commission, following an Investigation Which Dr. Herring made at the governor's request and which has just been concluded. Here is the keynote of the investi? gation ! "The duty of South Carolina to its insane Is a cardinal, a supreme obligation to do all and everything Without stint for their benefit that its Onanloal resources possibly per? mit or enable it to do; to exercise In their interests, through its public officials, every effort and labor they are capable of and to put into effect all the means and resources at Its j command to perform most effectually this great debt to humanity, this, di ! rcct and immediate obligation to its people and this noble duty to all the future." Dr. Herring say3 that the funda? mental principle underlying tho en I tire plan of reorganization proposed in the report is to make certain changes in the law relating to the control of the State Hospital for the ' Insane. The following amendments to the constitution go^ crning the asylum are suggested', l. The superintendent should be . appointed by the board of regents, and not by the governor?removable only for cause and after a hearing. I, The board of regents should con? sist of five members, appointed by the governor, with the sanction of the senate. They should be appoint? ed at first; one for two years; two for four years; two for six years, subsequent appointments to be made for a period of six years. The inem 1 bers of this board arc not removable i except for cause and after a hearing. 3. The superintendent to make all ! appointments, with the sanction oY the board of regents, and to have the power of dismissal of same to be ap? proved by the board. The superin? tendent is to report to the board of regents the activities of the hospital, and the board of regents to report to the governor and general assembly. Hrielly, the governor will appoint a board of regents in whom he has ab? solute confidence; they in turn will select a superintendent In whom they have every conlldence and who, of course, has had training in the care and treatment of the insane and in hospital management, and it will then bo lip to the superintendent to con? duct the hospital in a proper manner. There should be no dual authority or divided responsibility. 4. All rules and regulations for the hospital are to be formulated by the board and executed by the superin? tendent and his assistants. There is no reason why the general assembly should be asked to approve or re? ject the rules and regulations govern? ing the conduct of a hospital for the ! Insane. 5. To change the name from the "State Hospital for the Insane" to the ''Columbia State Hospital," while the hospital for tho negroes will bo known as "State Park Colony." G. To provide for voluntary ad? missions. 7. To provide for a fiscal agent, whose duty will be to see that every patient who has relatives or an es? tate responsible for his support will be made to reimburse the State. This might well be done in connection with the State board of charities. 8. No fernab? patient to be brought to the hospital unless accompanied by her father, husband, adult son or brother or by some relative, friend or nurse of the same sex. !?. To provide for a system of af? ter care or placing out of patients who are able to leave the institution, and. while not entirely recovered, yd are aide to live satisfactorily under proper supervision away from the hospital. 1<?. To provide for the admission, care and treatment of Inebriates. SIWHTWIU lt(. HOY IN Ia HOI?! Montague Nichols Olren Commission as Second Lieutenant in British Roy? si Artillery. Bpartanburg, Feb. 9,?Montague M. Nichols of Ppartanburg, who went to Kngland SOOn after the outbreak of the European war and enlisted in the Rngllah army, has taken the oath of allegiance to C, eat Ihitain and been promoted to the rank of second lieu? tenant in the royal artillery. This Information was contained in a letter rt?clved by bin Family here loday. Pntll ? year ago, when he resigned Nichols was a rndel a; the I'nited States naval academy and iiunrler? ' BCV Of the na\ y football leant of 1913, STATE HOSPITAL CONDITIONS. MEDICAL STAFF INADEQUATE AND SUPERINTENDENT LACKS TRAINING. Dr. Herring Pointe out Bone Detects of Institution und Points to Nurses Training School as Best Feature? Pathologist Needed. Columbia, Feb. 3.?A considerable section of the report of A. P. Herring, M. D., efficiency expert employed by Gov. Richard I. Manning to investi? gate the State Hospital for the In HMO, is given up to a discussion of conditions prevailing now at the asy? lum. Certain recommendations by Thomas W. Salmon. M. D., of New York, with reference to improvement of hospital work, are quoted by Dr. Herring and then he makes sugges? tions as to the South Carolina institu? tion. The rules given by Dr. Salmon arc for the best care of the insane in a modern hospital. After having presented the essential requirements In a hospital fojr the insane, which are recognized and ac? cepted by the medical profession, Dr. Herring answers each and every one as applied to .the South Carolina asylum, based upon personal study and observation. Dr. Herring makes the following statements relative to conditions at the State Hospital for the Insane in this State: 1. The present superintendent is a gentleman who was in general prac? tice in the rural districts before his appointment to his present position. He is kind and courteous In his man? ner toward the patients, and I am firmly convinced that he is doing everything in his power for the com? fort and well being of those under his care, hut he has certainly not had sufficient executive experience or psychiatric training to be held re-, sponsible for the proper management of an institution of nearly 1,700 pa? tients. 2. The present staff consists of four physicians In direct charge of the patients. The first assistant is In charge of the 400 white male patients and has no assistant. The second as? sistant is a woman physician, who has had no previous hospital experience with the Insane. She is responsible for the treatment of over 600 white female patients and has no assistant. These two physicians and the super? intendent live on the hospital grounds. The physician in charge of over 400 negro male patients does not live at the institution, but visits every day for a few hours or more, as may be neces aary. He has no assistant physician. The physician in charge of the negro women has about 300 patients under his charge, in addition to visiting the negro women at State Park. He does not. live at the Institution and has no assistant physician. To ex? pect four physicians to look after the nearly 1,700 patients, In addition to their other enormous clinical duties, and only two of whom devote all of their time to the work, is'not only a physical impossibility, but is evi? dently so unjust and absurd, both to the patients and to the physicians, that it needs no argument. There is ?t pathologist and a dentist w ho suend a part of each day at the hospital. 3. It is impossible, Dr. Herrin? says, under the present condition to have regular and frequent conferences of the medical staff. 4. There is a receiving ward for the white men and one for the white women, neither one being equipped for the proper examination and treat? ment of the patients. They are re? ceiving wards in name only and in no sense *mee' the requirements. 5. There can be no satisfactory classification of the patients under the present conditions, due primarily to the overcrowding and lack of at? tendants, except to have a ward for the excited, infirm and demented cases, and wards for the quiet patients. 0. The system of clinical records is not uniform, some departments using a book, while others use a history sheet and a great deal of the clerical work must be done by the doctors. This entire department will have to be reorganized. 7. A laboratory has been recently 'established In the main building, where a limited amount of satisfactory work can be performed. There is, however, sufficient work in a hospital of this size to require the services of an experienced pathologist. S. There is no provision for any form of special treatment. B. There is a dentist in regular at tendance, but no regular visiting con? sulting stae. A small operating room has been equipped in the hospital ward of the women's department. This room is neat, clean and apparently satlsfartory for the present needs. i(t. The nurses' training school in the female department Is the most hopeful and attractive feature about the institution. The superintendent if nurses is a graduate nurs<- and well equipped for her duties of gen era I training. Unfortunately she has had no pi e\ ions experii nee in a bos pitnl for the Insane. I The male nurses ate not required to take the training*, nor do they wear any distinctive uniforms. 11. Female nurses are not employed on tho male wards. 12-1There is no systematic use of occupation and recreation, some of the patients work about the wards and In various departments of the hos? pital and farm. The most distress? ing phase of life In this institution is the utter lack of work and play for the patients, under the supervision of a teacher. The weekly dances are given In winter and the moving pic? ture shows during summer. Diver- j stonal occupation is unknown. 11. During the past year 224 pa tlente were discharged as improved, and 109 as unimproved, while 560 died. There is no after care or plac? ing out system. 15. There is no special provision for the tubercular insane. 1C. There Is no way to segregate the pellagrlna, The importance of this is shown In the following table, taken in part from the 90th annual report of the hospital: Pellagra Statistics. Year! Admitted. Recovered. Died 1907 4 ? ? 1908 46 ? 33 1909 112 4 . GS 1910 213 14 106 1911 284 28 154 1912 273 35 228 1913 366 36 165 1914 ' 462 7 356 Dr. Hering says that from the above statements it is evident that the nsylum "docs not. in any way eon form to the standards existing In a modern hospital for ihe insane Some Defects. Dr. Herring calls attention to "sev? eral defects which need immediate at? tention," as follows: 1. The fire protection is entirely in? adequate. Not only are these build - ings veritable firetraps in their pres? ent condition, but the lack of fire ex? tinguishers and the condition of the hose, as found in some of the wards, makes the danger from fire a real and terrible disaster to contemplate. Only recently has the thread on the stand pipes been standardized, so that now the hose of the city ilro department can be used on any of the fire plugs. 2. The sanitary conveniences throughout the entire institution are in bad repair and entirely inadequate. The free and constant use of recep? tacles is practiced. With one bath tub on each ward to accommodate over 40 patients, it is self evident that the bathing facilities arc not satis? factory. 3. The heating and ventilating sys? tem is old, out of repair and inade? quate. The buildings are heated by about 80 stoves and furnaces. 4. The method of cooking and serv? ing the food in several kitchens and numerous dining rooms, delivered through tunnels In the basement and then by dumb waiters to the wards, renders it absolutely impossible to have the food hot and palatable when served. 5. The floors, ceilings and interior walls In nearly every part of the in? stitution are badly in need of repairs. 6. In their present physical condi? tion, many of the buildings are not fit for human beings to be housed in, and immediate repairs should be made. The present run down con? dition of the interior of the buildings is due vo the fact that adequate re? pairs have not been made for several years. Summing up the conditions at the asylum, Dr. Herring has the follow? ing to say: The physical condition of the in? terior of the building is very bad; the internal organization of the hos? pital needs a thorough reorganiza? tion to bring it up to the requirements of a modern hospital; and, with all of these buildings, it is hardly to be expected that modern care and treat? ment for the insane^can be secured. "So that I wish to make it perfectly plain," he says, "that we should not criticise those who are In immediate attendance on these patients, but that on the other hand, they should be given credit for doing as much as they do under the unsurmountable diffi? culties. The overcrowding of tho wards and lack of attendants and need of sufficient money are all con? tributing factors In the present state of affairs." PRICE OP BREAD ADVANCES. < Idea go Bakers Put Price of Loaf from Five to Six Cents. Chicago, Feb. 2.?Following the ex? citement over the sky-rocketing of the wheat market, nearly all the small retail bakers today raised the prices of bread from five to six cents and from ten to twelve cents per loaf. Columbia, Feb. 2.?John W. Rich? ardson, chief of police, hohl a con* ! ference yesterday with Qov. Richard i. Mnnning, The enforcement of laws '. in Columbia was discussed. Chief llichardson promised the governor to ; enforce nil ordinances In Columbia and to co-operate with him In every ; way, Qov. Manning returned to Co lumbis yesterday morning after spending Sunday at his home in Sum? te r. WOULD LET PATIENTS WORK. Export Advises Work at State Park for Those < a red Tor. Columbia, Feb. I.?According to the report by A, P. Herring, M. D., undei the present plans a colony for the ne? gro insane of both sexes would be established at State Park. There is a building there which is now occu? pied by less than 100 negro women. "None of the work on this build? ing," says the report, "was done by the labor of patients. I'nder our pro? posed plan at least 100 able-bodied negro male patients would be trans? ferred to State Park and housed In the small wooden building now on the place. These pat'ents would be utiliz? ed in doing all of the general labor, 3uch as excavating, clearing the land, unloading cars, mixing cement, etc. "This would save the State a great deal of money and by creating a per? manent and comparatively inexpen? sive building all of the negro patient* could be housed in the near tuture, and at a comparatively small cost?> 11 would say within $400 a bed. This, to my mind, is one of the most im i portant things connected with the en-* tire plan of reorganization. "The negroes could be used for farming purposes, and there is no ! reason why most of the product used ' in the hospital could not be produced ? on this farm by the patients' labor, j By occupying the negroes in this manner, rcstarint could be absolutely {abolished; the patients would be hap-, pier and more contented; there would be a large number of recoveries; and at the same time they would become a valuable asset to the institution and the State. "In addition to the colony for the negroes, there could be erected at State Park a building for the idiotic and embecile children who are now living with the patients in the State hospital. The importance of segrega? ting the imbecile and feeble-minde?* children from the adults has never been questioned. There also should beN constructed at State Park a separate building for cases of tuberculosis and pellagra. There is a splendid oppor? tunity, both at the present hospital and at State Park, to develop farm colonies." RURAL POLICEMAN RESIGNS. H. B. Boykln Elected to Succeed Julian II. Scale. Hamilton B. Boykin was elected ru? ral policeman today at the county board meeting to succeed Julian H. Scale, resigned. Mr. Scale has been policeman for something over a year. Boykin has been constable for Magis? trate Burkett at Dalzell for several years and is well acquainted with the duties of his new office. The bonds of various magistrate's constables were approved by the board and other routine work was attended to. TRUST Sl'IT DISMISSED. New York District ^ourt Throws Out Government Petition. New York, Feb. 3.?The United States district court today dismissed the government petitions against the "shipping tri sf lines which are charged with violation of the anti? trust law and conspiracy. The court held that the combination had been practically dissolved as the result of the European war. over e6 years' experience Patents Designs Copyrights Ac. 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