The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-14
REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION.
.attonpt III Congress TO Suppress the
Cochran Bill.

Washington, March S.-There ap-
pears to be disposition on the part
of Republican leaders in the House Of
snothering in committee Burke Cock
rams bill, and all other measures pro-
viding for the publication of campaign
contributions by corporations and for
the publication of all election ex-
penses.
These bills, forty in number, have
been referred to the committee on
elections Of President, Vice President
and members Of congress. The Dem
ocratic members Of the committee
have made repeated efforts to get
some action on one or more of them
without result. Postponement has
been due to the lack of a quorum, or
indirect opposition to any of these
measures.
Representative Hardwick of Geor-
gia, one of the most active and ener-
getic Democratic members Of the
committee, said: ''I am SO thoroughly
convinced that the majority has no no
ton Of taking any Of these bills up
that I intend to introduce a resolution
instructing the cJmmittee to report a
general bill on the subject. am con,
vinced," said he, that report on
this interesting question would COM
rnand the attention Of the House.
The members Of the minority are
convinced that the subject is one in
which the whole country is interested,
and public sentiment will probably in
sist on some action being taken before
the present Congress adjourns. The
resolution may not call for any one Of
the forty bills now tied up in commit
tee, but will insist on a general bill,
which will embrace the best features
Of them all.
It is said that the. Republicans
threaten to force the passage of the
Keifer bill, which provides for the
reduction Of the representation from
the Southern States on account of dis
REIMBURSEMENT of the negro, as an Off
set to the Democratic demand for
publicity in connection with campaign
contributions.
There are several parliamentary
snarls to be unravelled before Mr..
Hardwick can get his resolution
squarely before the House. He is be-
ing assisted by Minority Leader Will
liams, Burke Cochran and other par
liamentary experts in Congress.
Baroness Hengellmuller, wife Of
the minister Of Austria-Hungary, has
created something Of a sensation
among local automobiles by running
a heavy touring car, which leaves be-
hind it a delightful odor, suggesting,
burning incense, which completely
dispels the obnoxious smell of gasoline.
The Earonness is the Lndisputed So
cial leader in the diplomatic set, in
addition to being an enthusiastic and
skillful motorist. She Us acknowledged
to be one of the best dressed ladies at
the National Capital, and she is clever
in the introduction of new fads, which
the smart set are ever ready to emu
late. For the present she has declined.
to impart the secret of perfuming her
automobile. As she drives her ma
chine rapidly through the streets and
over the beautiful roadways which
surround the city there is neither dis
gusting smell Or smoke in her trail.
She enjoys the exclusiveness Of her
new fad. and smilingiy says that by
and by the process by which she &C.
complishes this delightful i'covat;or
Will become popular throughout the
automobile world.-News aeG Coz
i.ier