The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-18
The Lexington Dispatch.
Random Thoughts.

Senate is still dragging its weary
length along.
The Philippine tariff bill failed to
pass the last session of Congress.
This is one of the reasons why the
President called the Senate to meet
in extraordinary session.
It would he great fun to have a
Democrat elected President next year
if for no other reason than to watch
with what undue haste the negroes
will Yacate the White House.
We have heard nothing lately of
that eight in the West" that some
people claim to have seen some years
ago. It must have been extipguish-
ed at the death and burial of the
hydra-headed monster-Populism.
Nothwithstand the great hue and
cry that has recently been made
against the unlawful taking of hu-
man life the work still goes on. We
can scarcely pick up paper but
il contains an account of murder.
The Senate committee on foreign
relations has decided to make favor
able report on the Cuban treaty, but
before it can become law it will
have to be approved by the House,
which, being an administration meas
ure, it will no do receive at the earl
lest possible moment. The Demo
Gratis will not stand in the way of its
ratification and the measure will have
fair sailing.
An application has been made to
the Secretary of State for charter
incorporating the Aiken and Colum-
bia Railway company. The road is to
be operated by either steam or electr-
city. We trust that this road will be
built, and what is more We care not
with whose money it is built, or
whether the project is financed" in
New York, Augusta or Columbia, so
that it is built.
The bill providing for the appoint
ment Of Federal judge for the
Western District of South Carolina
was not reached during the closing
scenes Of the last Congress. The
inevitable is only postponed ses-
sion, and perhaps it is well it has.
Had the measure become q law at
the last session the appointment
would have been at the disposal of
Teddy, the Coon Hunter, and there
is no telling what might have hap
pened.
Governor Heyward is now expert
encing what hardshipitis to be the
Chief Magistrate of great State
like South Carolina and the pains
and penslties of being popular. His
Office is said to be flooded with pie
thors of invitations to make address,
from many cities, towns, villages,
hamlets and cross roads in the State.
We're he to accept them all he would
go down in history as "the man who
talked himself to death" It is great
to be popular.
Governor Heyward has received
information of suspected case of
smallpox at Johnston, Edge6eld
county. There is said to be twenty
cases Of this losthsome disease in the
factory village at Laurens. Accord
ing to the Monitor, backed by the
opinion of the local medical frater-
nifty, the smallpox at Johnston is
confined to one person, and that every
psecausion has been taken to prevent
the spread of the disease. The
alarm of smallpox has been given so
often that the disease has lost much
of its terrors and the people are be-
coming Indifferent concerning it.
At last the worm has turned upon
the heel that crushed it and threatens
to get the upper hand Of its would
be destroyer. The farm hands in
some of the Western agricultural
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