The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-13
OUR sen ATORS.
Senator Tillman Was . Busy Man
During the Session.
some some Faots as to His work Taken
From the RECORD. what sena,
tor Lstimer DID.
From the K

From the Record. What Sena,g
tor Lstimer Did.
Senator Tillman was q busy man at
the last session Of congress, despite
the fact that he was laid up with an
liberated throat part of the time.
The new Gong ressional Record index
shows some interesting things about
the lines OF his activity during that
session. He was one Of the mCst tre.
quent speakers In the senate and, de-
spite his throat trouble and his en-.
forced absence, he managed to be
heard about as often In the total as
any member Of the senate.
During the session he was appoint.
ed conferee once, was appointed a
member OF one funeral committee.
ano was excused from serving on the
conference committee TO which he had
been appointed. During the same time
he introduced six bills in the senate
all OF them pension bills. or bills for
the relief OF constituents.
he offered five motions and resolu.
tions during the session. One was t.
investigate the appointment of the ar.
constructive recess policy of the ad-
min!stration. Another was for the In.
vestigation OF the Ctum appointments
which by this time number half a
| score. Another was to ascertain the
powers and limitations OF the admin
istration relative to recess appoint
ments. Still another was to recon.
slider the vote bn the bill for the re-
lief OF . leen Liloukalani of the Haw.
allan Islands. The other motion was
for the Improvement Of the Wateree
r1vor. This was the only motion OF
,uth Carolina interest, except that
relatlng to the Crum case, offered by
Senator Tillman during the entire
session In two instances he introduc.
ed petitions for constitu uents.
1t was In talking that the senator
from South Carolina who always com.
mands attention when he Is billed 10
speak, Is 80 busy. He talked at length
on the agricultural appropriation bill, /,
discussed the reports ot the agricul-
tural experiment. stltions, had a
great deal to say on the subj 4ct Of
animal breeding discussed the subj set
OF buildings for the executive depart.
mentS, had some remarks to make
about the estate Of r w. Bullock
and great deal about the appoint
ment Of Crnm: The constructive re-
cess business went down hard with
him and he had a lot OF things to say
about 1t. He spoke on q bakers deg
en- OF other subj scts during the ses.
SIGN.
Sc ator Latlmer hal little to say
duril the session, but was busy along
othe lines. He concluded that the
only solution OF the good roads ques-
tion vas to have Them built by feder.
al d, ard one Of the two times he
spoke during the session was to advo-
cate MS bill along that line. The other
time lie addressed the senate to say
something about rural free delivery,
subject that is Just now one OF the
stapdoyS OF every new member of the
house and senate.
Mr.. Latimer introduced three pub
lie bills during the session. One was to
give federal cid to the building of
roads. The second was to change the
organization Of the police force Of
Washington while another vas to
erect public building at abrson.
Mr.. Latimer made sever; l,..s>1s
during the session. One was an Inquiry
for information relative to THE i'm
proycment Of the Peadee river, and
another was TO have the department.
tf agriculture ascertain the cast Of
road building. lie moved once during
the session that the senate adjourn,
and that was when he announced the
death of Representative Croft.
Summed up, Mr.. Latimer introdu,-
ed three pubic bills, and six pr vate
ones, addressed the senate twice, offer.
ed five motions, presented five petit.
tions and was ap pointed q member OF
a funeral committe.
Gambling on Governmcnr Rrports.
The New York American says the
government should stop gambling on
Its reports regarding the cotton crop
or make them public daily. The
American goes on to say: The busl.
ness Of buying and selling futures in
cotton Is now reduced to a gamble ON
the Government reports o! the size Of
the crop. Recently the C.nsus De-
partment gave out report that we
Will know to be correct or incorrect
not before next August. But it
served the purpose Of knocking down
prices half a cent pound The
speculators settled their bets and are
now awaiting the next report. The
value OF the crop was not changed.
Cotton is as valuable today as it was
last week, but the shift in the Stats.
tics enabled shift IN prices, and
that Is all the Use the report served
The United States has abolished lot
teries and other forms OF Interstate
gambling. II should take steps to
stop its information from being used
for plain gambling. If these reports
were given out as they arrive, from
day to day, the gamblers would at
least have to seek bets In other bust.
ness. The cotton fuiure business In
New York has become mere gamble,
not on cotton, but what the Govern
ment reports on Gotten" The Ameri.
can is right and the sooner the mat.
ter Is rcmeded the better 1t Will be
for the best interests OF the whole
country.
Charter Fees.
The annual report Of the secretary
OF state has about been completed
and the figures regarding the fees re.
ceived have been nade available. The
totals show that the amount Of fees
rpcei we'd FOR 1904 ,uoe cn,,htl,.