The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-13
OUR SENATOR'S.
Senator Tillman Was a Busy Man
During the Session.
Some Facts as to His Work Taker
From the Iseoord. What sena.
tor Latimcr Did.

From the I;eoord. What sena.
tor Latimcr Did.
Senator Tillman was busy man at
the last session OF congress, despite
the fact that he was laid up with an
liberated throat part of the time.
rbe new Gong ngressional Record index
shows some interesting things about
the lines OF his activity during that
session. He was one Of the mCst fire..
quent speakers In the senate aud, 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 d
member OF one funeral committee,
and was excused from serving on the
conference committee to whioh he had
been appointed. During the same time
ne introduced six bills In the senate
all OF them pension bills, or bills for
the relief OF constituents.
He offered 1--we motions and resolu.
tlons during the session One was t,
investigate the appointment OF tho ar
any officers who went in under the
constructive recess policy of the ad
ministration. Another was for the In.
vestigation Of tcc Cum appointments
which by this time number a half a
score. Another was ID ascertain the
| powers aud Limitations, OF the admin.
istra tion relative to recess appoint
ments. Still another was to recon.
slider the vote bn the DILL for the re.
lief OF Q leen Liloukalani OF tho Hsw.
allan Islands. The otner motion was
for the improvement q the WAteree
river. This was the only motion OF
South Carolina interest, except that
| relating to the Crum case, offered by
Senator Tillman duriCg the entire
session In two instances he introduc.
ed pe titiOns for constituents.
1t was In talking that the senator
from South ca rolina who always com
manoS attention when he Is billed &c
speak, is 80 busy. He talked at length
on tie agricultural appropriation bill
discu 'sed the reports OF the agricul.
tural experiment stations, had a
great deal to say on the subj ct OF
animal breeding discussed the subj sct
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 Crum. The constructive re.
cess business went down hard With
| him and he had lot Of things to say
about it, He spoke on a bakers dc q
en- OF other subjects during the ses
sion.
Senator Latimer had little to say
during the session, but was busy alon.
other lines. He concluded that tht
only solution OF the good roads ques
tion was to have them built by fedcr
al aid, and one OF the two times n,
spoke during the session was to advo
cate his bill along that line. Tho othel
time he addressed The senate to sal
something about rural free delivery
subject that Is just now one OF The
standoys Of every new member OF the
house and senate.
Mr.. Latimer introduced three pub,
lie bills during the session. Oce was t
give federal aid to the building o.
roads. The second was to change the
organization Of the police force q
Washington while another was t
erec5 public building at Anderson
Mr. Lattmer made several motion!
during the session. One was an IL OUR,
for information relative to the i'm
provcment Of the Po:des river, anc
another was TO have tile department
II agriculture ascertain the cast o.
road building. He moved once during
the session that the senate adjourn
and that was when he announced the
death Of Representative Croft.
Summed up, Mr.. Latimer introtu /,
ed three pub ic bills, and six pr. vate
ones, addressed the senate twice, offer
ed five motions, presented five petit
tions and WAS appointed a member OF
q funeral cOmmitte
Gambling on Government Reports
Tho New York American says the
government should stop gambling OF
its reports regarding the cotton crop
or make them public daily. The
American goes on to say: The bust.
ness OF buying and selling futures In
cotton Is now reduced to gamble on
the Government reports OF the size OF
The crop. Recently the c., nsus De.
partment gave out report that we
Will know to be correct or incorrtc ct
not before next August. But it
served the purpose Of knocking down
prices half cent a pound. Tie
speculatOrs settled til cir 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.
les enabled shift in prices and
thai is all the use thu report served.
The United States his abolished lot.
tcries and other forms OF interstate
gan bling. 1t should take steps to
| step It's Information from being used
for llain gambling. IL these reports
wert given out a. they arrive, from
day to day, the gamblers would at
leaS have to seek bets In other busi-
ness The cotton future business in
NcV York has becom a mere gamble,
not N cotton, but " lat the Govern
mer reports OH cotton" The Ameri.
can right and the sooner the mat.
ter ; remedied the better it VIII be
for ghe best interests OF the whole
country.
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