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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-05-16

bat that he had come to complete
disagreement with them. He made
this point emphatic by repetition;
said that he would 20 thus far epd
no further and this decision would be
unalterabie. He said that be wiehed
to ascertain whether there could be
united action in thesenate among the
friends of the bill 30 that it could be
surely passed without injurious
amendments and he named various
Republican senators whom he thought
were the friends of the bill, but said
that it would take nearly all OF the
Democrats to carry the limitation
and defeat all obnoxious provisions.
''After the president had made his
statement replied that I had reason
to believe that most of the Democrats
in the senate would sustain his lim-
itation of the courts powers but that
I was sure that Mr.. Bailey and Mr..
Tillman would insist upon coupling
with the limitation some restriction
upon the power of the courts to issue
injunctions against the orders OF the
commission. Before I had flushed
my statement on this point the presi-
dent interrupted me, saying that I
need not explain further because he
was warmly in favor of some such re.
striction.
"That evening I saw Mr.. Tillman
and told him what had occurred"
ssMr. Chandler has been urged by
some of his friends to make public a
statement over his own signature re-
garding the denial Of the accuracy of
the presidents remarks in reference
to Senators Spooner, Knox and For
aker. He declined, however, to be
further brought into the controversy
at this time, saying he would let the
matter for the present rest on the
statement made public by Mr.. Till
man. It was with Mr.. Cnandler's
consent that the portion Of his writ
ten statement to Mr.. Tillmsn of bis
conferences with the president, was
made public"
The Presidents Statement.
Washington, May l4-The sensa-
tional rate bill incident in the senate
Saturday. during which Mr.. Tillmap,
on the authority of Former Senator
Chandler, made statements regarding
the presidents course in connection
with pending railroad atelegislation,
one of which statements was denied
by Mr.. Lodge On behalf of the presi-
dent, had it's sequel this evening,
when an official statement was issued
from the White House, giving an &C.
count of the subject on the part Of
the president and Attorney General
Moody. The statement comprised
two letters, one from the president to
Senator Allison, and the other from
Attorney General Moody to the presi-
dent, both dated today.
The president says: In no case,
either in the case of Mr.. Chandler or
any one else, was there the slightest
opportunity fur any honest miscon,
ception of my attitude or any belief
that I pledged myself specifically to
one and only one amendment or set
of amendments or that I would lot
be satisfied with any amendment
which preserved the essential features
rAPp's GREATER,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-05-16
Senator Til1nan.

Senator TiIlman came forth with
documentary evidence, making his
first manuscript speech in the senate,
which ahords the biggest sensation
OF the present congress. He first
startled all ears 90 the floor aud in
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-05-16
NOTIONS.

Elegant showing Of best quality OF
Corsers. Splendid assortment Of fine
plain Line Handkerchiefs. Fine Pearl
Buttons, suitable for dresses, waists and
shirts. Fancy colored novelty buttons
for trimming purposes. Nice quality
Side and Back Combs in shell and amber.
on1 400
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-05-16
WONDER RIBBON SALE.

Big lot of Fancy Ribbons Of all the
spring novelties in floral designs, stripes
and Persian effects, rose designs ana
rosebud patterns, helitrope shades, pinks'
greens and all the combinations IN keep
ing with the seasons latest fads are Of
fered in this immense collection OF love
ly ribbons. Special prices 1Oc., 25c., S9c
and S9c
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-05-16
YOUR SUMMER HAT.

style what the you only want the Hat that best
afforded
quaint shapes careful pleasing effect
Simply
combinations
hnes cactus nothing
unmenouabe
beuuaint moderate
The JAMES L. TAPP CO.,
COLUMBIA S. G., 1912 1914 and 1916 MAIN STREET.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
A Common-Sense Opinion.

Judge Crosby has decided in the
Washington county district court that
there J. is nothing in the point that an
elective railroad commission is uncon-
stitutional. This question has been
rased dozen times, and never before
decided by court, tho every attorney
general since the law was passed has
upheld it's validity. ..... .>
The point is based on the fact that
railroad commissioners are not named
in the constitution, but are only ere
alton Of statute, while article 5 CAVES
the governor power to appoint ga state
librarian and notaries public, and such
other officers as may be provided by
law Because of this provision, it
has been urged. the legislature has no
right to create any office which the
governor does not have the power to
fill. Judge Crosby seems of the opin'
ion, however, that the legislature may
create any office and have it filed by
popular vote. It does not appear that
the trainers Of our state constitution
could have meant to bar the people
from choosing any officers they please
by direct vote. The judges ruling is
not technical, but based on broad com
mon sense.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
ANXIOUS TO HELP
Bethel Sunday School Pupils Work for
Endowment.

Religious training of the youth of
Bethel Settlement has been managed
under difficulties during some of the
twenty-seven years since the Sunday
school was organized. The boys, up to
few years ago, gloried in being an IN
ruly element and athletic powess was
really more desirable in the person of
the superintendent than knowledge Of
the Bible.
With monotonous frequency a police
man would have to be called in to quell
riot within or menace from without
the chapel. In those days the children
of Bethel Settlement were but little in
terested in the Sunday school and the
task of the superintendent was a for
midable pne.
The sentiment has marvelously
changed and the present superintend-
emit, DR.. Norman M. Smith, finds the
children as loyal to him as they are to
the kindergartener or the director of
the gymnasium.
The Sunday school is determined to
be counted in on Rising money for the
New Pillsbury building and they
pledged 800 toward the endowment
fund. They expect to raise this sum
at the entertainment to be given Friday
evening, March 30, at Plymouth church.
and since Governor johnson is going to
make a speech for them, they believe
they cannot fail. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
The Alcohol Bill.

It is about twenty years since Senator
Platt of Connecticut in reporting on the
proposal to free alcohol used in the arts
from taxation declared:
'It has been an unquestioned princi-
pie of American taxation that internal
revenue taxes should not be laid on ar
ticles. of domestic production necessari-
ly used in the production of other ar
ticles. To tax an article Of our own
growth or manufacture is to impose
upon the consumer Of other articles, in
the production of which the taxed arti-
Gle must necessarily be employed, q bur
den to which he ought not to be sub
jected.'
This is the principle upon which the
bill for the free use Of denaturized al
cohol in the arts is based. The bill
which has been agreed to in a sub-com'
mittee of the ways and means commit
tee of the house will probably soon be
reported by the full committee. If
congress finds the time. and strength tc
consider and pass this non-politica,
measure it will do great thing for the
consumers of the country in taking of
them an extra tax, which they ought
not to bear. Congress as a rule does
not make much of the consumers except
! at election times and here is a chanct
for it to reform.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Lyceum-"The octoroon."


To the. lover of melodrama in all it's
pristine vigor, the Ralph Stuart stock
companys offering this week will be a
rare treat 1.-The Octoroon'' has all of
the virtues and does not lack many of
the vices of the over colored, old school
melodrama, and there is enough noise
and excitement to arouse the most blase
theatergOer.
f The revolving of the plot around the
detection of the image of murderer
upon an undeveloped photograph plate
7 jars upon the observant auditor. but the
dynamic force and compelling interest Of
1.-THE story are enough to make the or
binary theatergoer overlook entirely, or
forget such defects.
The play is we'll staged and capably
acted, altho there seems to be a lack of
team work" and one gets the impression
/ at times that the players hearts are not
In the work. In fact, the play is not
worthy Of the ability that Mr.. Stuart and
his company have shown to SO marked a
degree in other of the Lyceum produce
tons. 81.
Ralph Stuart is seen as an Indian
| chief, and as always. makes the most
out of his lines and business. Lewis
Stone does capable piece of work as
the Yankee overseer. Ernest Fisher
formerly with the Ferris stock company
is back at the Lyceum, and was well re-
ceived as-George Payton. Charles Rowan
/ plays the heavy creditably and the
more so that he was not assigned to take
Luke CONFESS part until yesterday af.
ternoon. Laura E. Lang displays rea
histrionic ability In her portrayal of the
octoroon girl, Zoe. Mabel Wright is
sWeetly convincing as Dora Sunnyside
and the others are satisfactory in theil
roles. M, E. II,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Advertising Minneapolis.

The action of the Real Estate board
In raising fund to exploit the adj
vantages of Minneapolis is happy
augury of the birth of new pubic
spirit in this city. Cooperative effort
has for some time been lacking in Min
neapolis. The city has been content
to rest upon her unquestioned su-
premacy in manufacturing and her ap-
preaching supremacy in the jobblng
trade in Minnesota, together with her
natural attractions of climate and Sit
uation. AS G. A. Smith expressed it.,
we have sat down and rested under the
assurance that we were gateway. The
gateway habit Of mind has brought
many cities to grief, because it is the
privilege of business of the country
when natural gateways were not kept
open on good terms to find other
means Of ingress and egress. America
is land of gateways. Only those sur
j vive which are kept open on favorable
q terms.
That Minneapolis has kept the means
4 of communication between the east and
& west open has not been questioned.
4 But that she has held out to the way
Il farer the idea of a tarrying here and
81 making a permanent landing has some
~ times been doubted. Formerly there
Twas no doubt of the city's activity in
that direction, but of late years there
has been tagging of public spirit
Il which has troubled many most deeply
& interested. The Commercial club, since
d the organization of it's public work, ha:
81 done much to bring conventions here
but there the work of the Commercial
club was obliged to stop. It had no
e the means nor the organization to maxi
permanent residents of the visitors. Thi
& requires different kind of effort Thi
effort is now to be put forward by tn
q Real Estate board and it Is a happ,
augury for this movement that it ha
& been hailed with kindly expressions o
b Endorsement from citizens on all sides
The Real Estate board is q practice
and hard headed lot Of business me1
3 They are in touch with the manufactul
81 ing and trading interests of the city
i and whatever they do in the way o
exploiting Minneapolis will be don
along lines which will count. The in
portant thing Is that a responsible
board has seen the necessity and ha
made a common purpose to advertis
lMinneapolis in other parts Of the cou1
hAtrv
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Proving the State Census.

BIS Hon. J. T. Mannix calls the attention
@of T h j urn a to a publication in
THE Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin of
lHan estimate Of the population of several
acities to be shown by the census of
%I910, alleged to come from statistician
AHof the census bureau. The interesting
MIand entertaining item is the crediting
&lof Minneapolis with a population Of
NI262,719 in 1910, an increase of $4,000
Sin ten years and an average increase
RIof 5000 year. This estimate, if prov
Hen correct, would seem to show either
Nlthat Minneapolis is to have no growth
lat all in the second half of the decade
Tor that the increase had already been
kdiscounted in the state census. for the
Eestimated population for 1910 CORE
Asponds exactly with the declared popu-
Ellation, of last July. =.
81 The- most conservative of Minneapo-
Ills citizens, those who make no secret
NIof their disapproval Of padding census
KIreturns and who have no use for boom
&Efrom their own knowledge Of conditions
land from collateral evidence Of schoo
slenrollment, votes cast and directory
Sfigures that the state census was sub
Hstantially correct and that if it erred
Aat all it was on the side Of understate
lHnent.
The state census, moreover, gives tn,
l|bity the rate of growth which is pre-
Rlaicted in this estimate for such citie
aAs Milwaukee, Buffalo, Indianapolis AM
Isomewhat less than the rate allowed t.
AKansas City. The conditions affectin.
drrowth in population in these cities ar
Mhbout the same as those governing
rrowth in Minneapolis. No traine,
N@tatistician would care to go on recor
DIS saying indianapolis and Milwaukee
avere growing twice as fast as Minne
Ikpolis. The building statistics, the in
Msustrial conditions, every fact that h
] Mould bring to bear upon the subiec
MOULD contradict such an assumption
The statistician would certainly sa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Words, Words, Words.

The official stenographers of the
house report an output thus far In the
session of 2,775,0OO words, with the
session less than half over. The total
crop for the house is estimated at
100000 words and for the senate at
considerably more than that, tho the
senate sits but four days a week and
about four hours day, whereas the
house is usually busy five and often
six days in the week. This estimate
does not include committee hearings.
With these added it is believed that
100000 words will be Jared loose
during the session.
This output seems immense when one
considers that the best literary men
like Crawford, Stevenson, Kipling and
George AIDE manage but from 500 tc
800 words a day. The difference seems
to be that the congressman does not
have to stop to consider what he is say
ING
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
ADJUSTMENTS
MetropolItan-"Th Woman In the Case

acknowledgements Woman In the Case"
Brutal candoir is the KEYNOTE oil &Tbe
Woman Sin the Case the CLYDE Fitch
play which Blanche Walsh and her play
ers are exploiting at the Metropolitan.
The play leaves nothing to the audience
IN the Way of conjecture or surmise. The
whole story is one of the half world and
told with disconcerting frankness. The
plot is not deeply involved, but Fitch has
moved his figures toward an inevitable
Climax and altho his materials have been
coarse, he has worked with deft hands
and logically. The play has two very
strong acts. The first is merely a pro-
log, while the fourth is unnecessary The
strength of the production rests In the
second and third acts
The story is that of an Innocent man
arrested upon the charge of numbering
his friend, the apparently damning evil
dence against him being furnished by a
courteSan who has been Lscorned. by the
man she seeks to ruin The wife of the
accused man, to save him, sinks he1
identity and finer feelings to live the life
apparently, of the woman who is seek
ing to avenge herself upon the man who
has prevented her marriage to a bosom
friend. Plying the courtesan with drink
+ the Wife draws from her a confession OF
her duplicity and the confession is with
iii earshot of a concealed detective and
attorney.
In the second act, the scene is laid in
the visitors room at the Tombs The
work Of Frank Sheridan in this act is
beyond criticism. His Interpretation OF
| the emotions of criminal lawyer at
tempting to believe in the innocence OF
his client in the face of what appears tt
be damning evidence of guilt is Hawless
The artistry of Blanche Walsh as Mar.
garet Rolfe does not have full play unit
in the third act. when she is living will
the courtesan in the attempt to draw
from her the admissions which will give
liberty to the man whose footsteps ap
pear to lead to the electric chair. The
prior work Of Miss Walsh as the wife
in the home does not call for the emo
tional strength possessed by this cleve
woman. Not until the plot thickens ant
she uses her arts and wiles upon tn,
woman of the underworld does her talen
gain full swing. She is mistress of tn,
situation at all times and retains in he
surroundings the idea of that self-respec
l. which always attaches to woman O
; responsibility.
The support is fair. and so progressiv
has been the work of the dramatist tina
. characters to gain more than their pass
ing part in the play. -.
: Miss Dorr, as Claire Foster, the cour
. tesan, gives to the part all of the fin
ish and refinement which the dramatis
will permit. 1t is not an alluring char
acter, but the actress by her good tast
and repression saves it from leaving
very bad impression The play is on
which gets a strong hold upon the seat
holder, but there is much of a questio
as to whether it teaches any great les
e son. A plunge into the depths shoul
Z always carry a strong moral Fitch
plunge in 1.-THE Woman in the. Case"
a headlong one. The lesson or moral
; not SO apparent. ~ j. H. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Unique-PoIite Vaudeville,

One act which Is unusual and one
which is almost funny are the redeeming
features Of the bill at the Unique this
week.
C. H. Lutz furnished the unusual feat
ura Tho both arms are cut off close to
the shoulder, he gives an exhibition of
rifle shooting which would be a credit
to man provided with the usual con-
veniences for gun play. In addition to
hiss work with the Winchester % pump,
Lutz does a neat piece of carpenter
work with his feet and. with his brother,
performs some clever musical stunts.
The funny feature is furnished by
Joseph Altman, blackface comedian. ALL
man himself is genuinely funny and
keeps the audience in continual roar
of laughter. His manner is so genuinely
humorous that he can raise a laugh with
a joke which is bald and garnished with
flowing gray whiskers. Alice Alva, the
lady with the clarinet. does some clever
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

The tip has gone out that r. c.. Dunn
of Princeton Is preparing a coup for
next Tuesday, when the state central
committee meets in ST. Paul to call the
next convention. He will appear then,
it is said, and make a personal appeal
to have representation based on the Dunn
vote at the last convention AS the great
part Of the committee was selected by
him personally, he hopes to make good
with this plea, and thus punish the local
tiles that cut him hardest at the polls.
The principal object OF, such move
-Gleu!u 9Aeu pInoM uIdeuueH etu7uos
e1oA eSeI9Ae eu4 Iepun eI!uM 'uoIl
-ueAuoo eul VI seleSepp 4uSIe-HaX!s o.
uMop Glunoo uIdeuuaH lno o. 90 pInoM
nine delegates, and under the Roosevelt
vote 131. 1t remains to be seen whether
the committee will yield to the pressure
Of it's former candidate and adopt the
'rule or ruin" policy. The judgment of
the committee, as expressed so far, is
strongly against such action.
| Gilbert Gutterson, who was in St. Paul
yesterday, got a blank affidavit, and will
| doubtless fill it out with statement of
his candidacy for congress in the second
district. The way seems to be clear fol
him as McCleary's opponent, and both
Edgar Weaver and Bert Miller are .un-
The breach between McCleary and
}Gutterson dates back about two years
Gutterson has been a sort Of field mana
ger for the congressman. but being IN
good shape financially did not care any
thing about the position Of rural route
inspector. An opening came for promo
ton. and it is claimed that McCleary
blocked Gutterson's appointment because
he did not want him taken away from the
second district Gutterson heard Of il
and declared that he felt under no fur
Their obligations The position is under
civil service now, and as soon as Gut.
terson's announcement is made he will
resign from the postal service. He ha:
made a preliminary canvass Of the dis
trict already, 1t is understood
Nothing has been heard lately of tn
protected McCleary daily at Mankato. I
the congressman is to have an organ I'm
der way for the primary election cam
paign, it is about time for 1t to make al
appearance The prevailing opinion il
that the newspaper project has beef
sidetracked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
MARCH n

11e1-Pope Clement III. died.
1617-Francls Bacon made lord
chancellor of England.
1625-James |. of England died.
Born June 10, 1866.
1836-Amerlcan prisoners of war
massacred by Santa Ana In Texas.
1s47-Surrender of Vera Cruz.
18s3-John Brown, personal attend
ant of Queen Victoria, died.
1s86-Jay Gould declined to arbi-
trate with railroad etrikers.
1ss7-Yacht Corona beat DauntIess
In transatlantic race.
1Sse-John Bright died.
19o5-Mrs. Cassie Chadwick SEN
fenced to ten years imprisonment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Tuesday Evening,

that the rate of growth in these cities
must be substantially alike. This be-
ing true, the claim set forth in the
state census Of Minneapolis Of an aver
age rate Of growth of 10000 year dur
ing the past decade is amply justified
by the figures put forth In the Milwau-
kee Wisconsin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

work with an extensive layout of instru-
ments. Fyne and Dandy, comedy aero
bats, present a few acrobatic feats
which, with the aid of grotesque costum-
ing and considerable knock about COM
edy, are not SO bad. Ellsworth and Burt
present short sketch which is not with
out certain elements of humor, and Her
man La Fleur comes up to the scratch
with his illustrated song. Take Me to
Your Heart Again. The motion pictures
are all that could be asked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
ASKS MONEY FOR HURTS
Minnesota State Poultry Association De
PENDANT In Personal Injury Suit.

Louise J. Carter has brought suit II
the district court for $4,000 damages
against the Minnesota State Poultry as
ISOLATION The plaintiff claims that while
visiting the poultry show, held on the
fourth floor Of the court house in 1905.
she tripped on one of the bolts protrud-
ing from the concrete floor and falling
broke her wrist and severely bruised her
left hip and shoulder.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

Professor D'Aix Of Brooklyn was so
much annoyed by night proving cats,
who recognized the approach of spring.
that he rugged electric wires on his back
fence and succeeded in electrocuting
about a dozen Of the brutes, showing that
electricity is quicker than a cat and more
fatal than an old shoe. l~>.+
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

A New Zealand paper recently attacked
the premier, stating that ''Seddon is
still sitting on the rail with his ear to
the ground waiting to which way
the cat will jump" Such a position offers
the cartoonist a chance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

D.. Mr.. Bryan finds that the alleged learn
ing of China is largely a. matter Of i'm
agination. In four days ride he did not
see a single man reading the Cornmoner,
nor has 1.-The First Battle been translated
into Chinese Under the. circumstances
we must conclude that China has been
getting a reputation without making the
proper fight for it. ..z.I ..