The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-02


even if they were so disposed If there were
ten times as many Of them as there are, there
would be no apprehension Of trouble In
Washington a~saevery precaution has been
taken to deal with any infrauction Of the
law. There are about 30C men in the camp
and the kind Of men they are may be judged
from these remarks of one of the thousands
who visited the camp Yesterday "1f the
authorities would issue an order stating that
every man in camp would be given a hath,
dressed in clean clothes and put to work to-
morrow, l would wager ten to oHe that nine
tenths of them would be gone by morning"
He sized them up correctly. At least nine
tenths of them are professional tramps, here
only to be fed.
1t will be no surprise TO many shrewd
publishers who have received its Col. Shell
ler's-"Millions in it'-circulats, asking for
advertising, to learn that the "Press Claims
Co Washington has got into court. Mr..
W. R. Hearst, SOP of the late Senator Hearst,
and publisher of the San Francisco Examiner,
has asked the court TO Dust John Wedder-
burn, manager OF the above company and of
the Examiner Bureau of Claims" in which
hr. Heart was a partner, and to appoint a
receiver to close up the business. He says that
Wedderburn has injured the reputation of the
San Francisco Examiner BY the mismanage-
ment of business istrusted to him by con6d-
ing subscribers of that paper, and by adver-
Using to give prizes for Inventions; that he
has without authority, created = large
Indebtedness and signed a note for So, 1000
with the firms name, aud that he. has refused
to refund money to certain clients, sub
scribers to the ST. Paul Pioneer Press and the
Omaha Bee, ia accordance with contracts
made with them.
Secretary Hoks Smith %rrjoices in the
possession of q backbone of the Cleveland
brand, as Mr.. Spencer, Us. Pension ageot
for Indiana, has discovered. ,Mr. Spencer
lately removed one of his clerks and appoint
ed his sister to the vacancy. AS soou as the
attention of the department Was called TO the
matter-.he friends of the discharged clerk
made sure that it didn' t ta~kelong-Ar. Spencer
was notified that he must revoke the appoint
ment of bis sister, az it was y rule Of the
department that 90 pension agent shall
appoint a relative to Office. Ar. Spencer
zane to Washington aud backed by Senators
Voorhees, and Turpies ami the Representative
from his district called on Sec. Smith, but it
uas useless. The Secretary told them that be
did not intend to counteosnce nepotism in any
form that the democrats had for years been
abusing the republicans for being guilty Of it,
and that he WAS really surprised that
any democrat should desire to follow
Tie practice Ar. Spencer and bis
friends ssx ,he poius zof the argument.
The republican Senators have been badly
denoraliasd since they learned thar it was
practically settled that democratic OPPOSE
ton tothes tariff bill would beS overcome by
friendly concessions. II desiroyed their last
h~opessof. defeating tariff reform. Senator
Baffi., who is in charge of the bill, made
some very sensible remarks in reply TO taun,s
fton Senator Bale, concerning the proposed
concessions. he said .. undertake. to
assert, with absolute confidence, that there
never was 10 the history Of this government
a tariff bill framed by either party, there
ne.er will be q ,.fif bill framed by either
party, which has not been and will not be a
compromise between the conflicting parties.
I shaiIsno. besitats 10 entertain any PROPOSE
ton, aud il it makes.a r~ednetion.ffom the
Mckinley law, however Objectionable it
might be to my ownsxiews, 4 would seize on
it. The crucial question is, sball We continue
the imfamy of the Mckinley Law or adopt a
new bin which lie no. entirely agreeable tc me
or to other Senators7"
The agricultural appropriation bill has
been reported to the House. 1t is in line
with the rest OF the regular appropriation
bills 10 reducing the expenses Of the govern.
ment,, carving $l4s,000-y less than the
appropriations for tbecorrent. fiscal year.