The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-15
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a surprise IN local political circles owe
an open letter addressed to Senate
voorhees, by William T.. Higgins. O
Elvator d, in this city, in response t,
an inquiry by the senator, Addressed [,
manufacturers, for information reIatlv,
to tariff revision. Altogether 35 ques
tions are presented in the inquiry, but
Mr.. Higgins makes answer to but one,
the seventeenth, which he claims that
the main cause Of the present depres.
sion ls an over production of senatorial
courtesy, (which has become byword
and reproach in every corner Of the land
and which has caused your once honor.
able body, tho senate, to be regarded as
stumbling block in the way of advance
ment and reform, and which has caused
widespread feeling that it should be
abolished, or in some way made respon-
slblo to the people for its acts. The dis.
regard which it has shown for the euf-
fering country, "continues Mr.. Higgins,
''has its only historic parallel in Nero
and his fiddle" Mr.. Higgins argues
that the people have already returned
this verdict, and all the senate should do
is TO give judgment without stopping TO
call upon the beneGclares of vicious
tax system for opinions. Mr.. Higgins
then assails Mr.. Voohees personally,
saying that he, Higgins, is un-
able to reconcile his present
conduct with his speech at the
Cotton exposition at Atlanta, and
that the young Democracy of Indiana,
to which the writer belongs, is demand
ing that he show reason for logger
continuance in office. "There are no
longer any Democrats in Pennsylvania,
says Mr.. Higgins, s:and if YOU and your
associates persist in your present con-
duct there will not be enough Demo.
Gratis In our next legislature to caucus
Tor your nomination." What Mr.. Uig.
gins evidently wants is for the senate to
do something and to do it quick.
APeoul,nr Case.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins -Stetson has applied
IN Oakland for divorce from Charles
Walter Stetson, and 1t Is said there is @
romance back Of 1t. a romance in which
| o woman surrenders her husband in Or
der that he may we'd another, whom he
| loves. Mr.. Stetson is an artist Of Provi.
dence, r.. l. His wife is president Of
the Paciic Coast Womens Press asso
citation and editor OF their journal
| AAS AhlPAOco. LILO Cllllu III
the romance Is said to be Grace Ellory
Charming, poet and writer, the daugh-
ter Of DIR. Charming, the scientist. Five
years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Stetson resided
at Pasadena, California. The Channings
were their neighbors. The two WON en-
became fast friends, and thus Miss
Charming often met Mr.. Stetson. Mrs
Stetson, 1t Is said, was first to discover
the regard her husband grew to have
for Miss Charming, but her love for the
man whose name she bore was undi
m1nished. She counselled with Mis-
Charming and with her husband, anC
the result, it Is said. was an agreement
that Is now being carried out. Upon
his return to Providence, Il. l., Mr.
Stetson tapplied for divorce on the
ground of desertion. Miss Charming
went to Europe and Mrs, Stetson re-.
NOV ed to Oakland, where she became
known through writing and public
speaking. A year ago the Providence
courts decided against Mr.. Stetson, for
the reason that there had been no
estrangement between him and his
wife. Mrs. Stetson Is grandniece Of
Henry Ward Beecher.