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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
The GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY,.
FULL PROCEEDINGS OF
THAT AUGUST BODY UP
TO YESTERDAY MORN
ING.
Especial to The Advocate BY James
A. Hoyt.)


A. Hoyt.)
Columbia, Jan. 81 The house ha:
passed on one of the most important
matters before the general aSsembI,
at this session and the senate has
touched on another one. The honse
has expressed itself on the lien law
and the senate has taken up the rail
road rate question.
The lien law was debated In the
house both Thursday and Friday and
on the latter day the vote was taken
and by vote Of 10 to 30 the house
passed the bill repeating the law re-
lating to the merchants lien. Last
year the vote in the house on this
question was 7S TO- 32 1t was defeat
ed i'm the senate last year by vote OF
20 to l6, but the advocates of repeal
claim nov that it will pass the senate
This matter excites much feeling "a
mong those interested directly in
farming and the speeches made on
the floor OF the house were character
lied by considerable vigor. 1t was an
interesting debate, thoroughly dig
nifed and parliamentary but very
vigorous. Mr.. Richards, the author
OF the bill which has been passed,
always speaks with lire and cnthuS-
iaSm in any cause he Advocates he
was ably assisted in this fight by Mr..
Alan Johnstone OF Newberry, l.. E
Werner of Oconee and G.. II. Wyche of
Newberry. The advocates of repea!
felt that they did not need to make
many speeches, since they had the
votes. On the other side, speeches
against repeal were made by Messrs.
Carey of PickenS, Rucker of Anderson
GarriS Of Bamberg and Sellers OF
Marion, all extremely earnest in their
prediction that the repeal would do
damage to the state. Mr.. Sellers had
gone TO the trouble TO write to the
clerks of court to ascertain the num-
Der OF liens In every county, and he
presented figures TO show that there
were at least ninety thousand in the
state. 1t Is peculiar that such diff
ferenceS of opinion can exist about
purely business matter, but eacE side
is evidently very earnest and sincere
in its belief that the other is badly
mistaken.
The railroad rate matter came be-
fore The senate, at least was discussed
when Gov. AnSel sent i'm his message
stating the propositions made by the
southern railway, through President
Finley, and the Atlantic Coast Line.
through Vice President HamilS ION, in
regard o voluntary reduction or pas
enger rates, from three to ~ cents per
mile. In his message, which was
read In each house on Saturday, the
governor said that these officials had
/ laid their proposition before him. to
| go into effect on April 1St, and he
called the attention OF the legislature
to the fact that under the law the
railroad commission has the power 10
fix rates, provided the rates fixed by
the commission are not under there
cents per mile, and goes on TO say:
"The railroad commission having
the power to fix rates, it might be
wei to leave the matter of fixing the
passenger rates with them, without
further legislation at this time. They
could fix a three cents mile rate for
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
ouR ABSURD HABIT.

We notice that large association or society in Wisconsin, which Is both so- cial and religious in its nature, has condemned in very plain terms the foolish habit of treating" which is such an almost universal custom in this country. We say 'in this country" be- cause it Is peculiarly an American habit. and is not observed in other countries. On the other side of the water. as we are told by those who know. a man no more expects another to pay for his drink or drinks than he would expect him to pay for his clothes Two Englishmen. we are told. may be walking along the street and come to a saloon or tavern, and one proposes to the other that they so in ana take q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
The snubhInn of Root.

From the PhIladelphia Record.
 Secretary Root has been almost en. tirely snuffed out. Buckingham served Richard IT faithfully up to certain point. When he reached that point he got what the slang of the Richard called for his head. The Presi- dent assured the country a few years ago that Mir. Root was not only the greatest man in our governm ent, but he was the greatest man who had ap- peared in any government in the world during"the last twenty or thirty years. Yet business that belongs to the De- pertinent of State IS being transacted ma Is disturbed it Is Taft. and not Root, who goes there to settle matters. Taft, and not Root, will go to Quebec as the personal representative of the President to greet the Prince of Wales. No man can serve Theodore Roosevelt if he has any mental reservations or conscien. Hous scrupfes or constitutional qualms
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
WHAT GoMPERs WANTS.
But Perhaps After All He Can't l
 liver the Goods.

But Perhaps After All He Can't Ds-
 liver the Goods. From the Chicago Post
 The Hon. Samuel Gompers, fixing his stern and commanding eye on Denver. cries that "the moment has arrived for a total change of government policy to- ward the workers" MT. Gornpers Is willing to coneede that property rights must be maintained. but prior to this and far beyond the rights of property must come the rights Of men,"
 This Is Mir. Gompers' little way of saying that organized labor must have the right to in3ure or destroy the prop erty of persons obnoxIous to 1t, of enl- ployers who will not yield to its de- mands, and that the courts must not interfere until the irremedlable damage is done.
 Mir. Gompsrs rejects the Chicago bid for his support, MT. Roosevelts gem erous intentions having been thwarted by the sons of BeliaL What will Den. yer offerT
 The ccnsidera ton in thas amlaDis traffic Is the "labor vote" Did it ever occur to the chafrerers that neither the Hon. Samuel Gompers nor anybody else can deliver the goods?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
TUESDAY. JUNE 50, 1908.
ABOUT rNJUNcrIoxs.

Tn view of the action of the Republi- can National Convention on the quss- tion c- injunetions much interest Is felt in the probable outcome of the democratic convention on the same sub 5ect. It is supposed that MT. Bryan shaped the platform recently adopted by the Nebraska Democratic Convention and hsre is it's anti-inJunctiOn plank;
 we favor such a modification of the laws relating to injunctions as will, first, prevent the issuing of the writ in industrial disputes except after notice to defendants and full hearing; second, permit trial before a judge other than the one who issued the writ; and, third, allow jury to be summoned in all cases where the ale Ieeed contempt is committed outside the, presence of the court"
 If the principle herein enunciated as to injunctions ts correct why so re- strict ti that only one class can obtain any beneht from it? If the principle is good for one. 1t must be good for all. The Nebraska way of putting it would be class legislation pure and sinple.and all that Democrats have been saying against Republican class legislation can be said against this proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
Presidential Dlctatioa.

Considered purely as an episode in American political history, the Repub- lican National Convention at Chicago nss has. one analogy. The conventioa
 Martin Van Buren for the Democratic candidate In the election of 1836 was so Completely dominated by the in- perlous will of President Jackson that its proceedings amounted merely to formal ratification Of his wishes. Van Buren would by no means have stood In the line of succession as a candidate mad either the politicians or the people enjoyed urtrammeled choice. But the Convention was largely controlled by the popular enthusiasm over Jackson, and Jackson had made 1t plain. by his utteranees ana his political manoeuvers. Lnat Van Buren, who, as Vice-Presi- throughout Jackson's second term, was more Convention was to a considerable extent made up of Federal offlce-hold- ers who were necessarily subject to the dlctation of their chief.
 The outcome, notwithstanding hot op- position In many outside quarters be- fore the assembling of the Convention, was that Van Buren received the una nlnous vote of the delegates. It is a Convention, seventy three years ago and practically at the beginning of our present system of nomination by a po- ous critlcisTn on the ground that by placing selection of the candidate under one mans domination, it had aggravat. ed, rather than removed, the evils of the other system of selection by Con- gressional caucus.
 Convention platforms. in their pres ent shape, had not come Into existence at that time. There was therefore no precedent. even in 1885. for the sub. mission to the Convention. by the re- tiring President or parties in touch with him, of q list of policies to which 1t was to pledge the party. Van Bur en's letter of Acceptance declared that he would "endeavor to tread generally In the footsteps of President Jackson happy if I shall be able to perfect the work which he has so gIoriously begun" But this was not the adoption of a set of formal and detailed resolutions. It is this distinct innovation In the work of the. Chicago Convention lpon which With very few alterations, the platform has been adopted at Chi cago exactly as 1t appeared in the draft published two days before the plat form committee" was even called to- gether But we will not dwell upon that feature here. as we have discussed 1t quite at length in the preceding ar ticle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
The Two Thirds Rule.

NGSuNlll6 0dnn6E.
 But once In the history of the Demo- cratic party has the two.thirds rule been made a means of defeating a cam didate who had a majority vote In the convention. There Is no feeling so strong and no leader so resolute as to make such tactics available at Dem yer.
 The two-thirds rule was used to de- feat Martin Van Buren for renomination in 1S44. He had been defeated at the preceding election and there was a large and determined faction in the party opposed to his being again. the nominee, The result was compromise. James K. Polk was acceptable to both factions. Conditions in the Denver convention will not be like those In the convention of 1S44. Mir. Bryan's following in that body will be irresis. tible. It Is not improbable that he will be nominated on the first ballot. and even with third of the delegates against him. 1t seems hardly possible that they can hold out against the tre- mendous sentiment in his favor. They cannot do 1t under the leadership of Murphy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30

The Hartford Courant which by no means endorsed the cut and dried pro- gram arranged for the Republican Con- vention undertakes to spike democratic guns by saying:
 What dictationi Bryan is writing the Denver platform. Echolng Ger. tain foolish remarks that were uttered before the Chicago convention met we beg to inquire If the democrats of the nation are going to have their work all cut out for them.
 Let's wait and see the outcome at Denver before becoming unhappy over alleged fin advance platforms" Some of the ablest men of the democratic party are to be members of the Denver Convention and some of them are ep- posed to certain features which 1t is said will be presented for adoption as part of the platform.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
strenrous for the Truth.

Hartford Times.
 Grover Cleveland differed from at position not to denounce as a false with himself. the publication of which showed much Capacity to hard offen- slve epithets or to engage In personal squabbles, But on many occasions and president he was led to manifest his Indignation at the conduct of per sons who failed to speak the truth. who gave him advice or information power of public oftlce for private emo lument. When sufficiently aroused he could speak with exceeding vigor and plainness. This he did when he asked vent the return of Senator Grady (Sen. Co to the Albany legislature. frankly stating that Grady was personally ob- same thing later when he opposed the election of Edward Murphy, IT,, of Troy, as United States Senator. Mir. Cleve- ger when hls family life was attacked, as 1t was most atrociously during his first administration. A Worcester cler- gynan who published at home. the ltb- short visit to Washington barely es- caped legal prosecution. by swift apo logy and retraction. and a western way way Art received ' intimstions of encounter ing physical violence if he ever show ed himselfS in Mfr. Cleveland's presence again.
 aroused by the insincerities which per wade American politics. One of his pri- vate letters which may be said to nave a man who had given his name to an indorsement of a certain candidate for office. and subsequently, sent a private protest and disclaimer when MT; Cleye- land made the appointment. To him the angry president wrote:
 Executive Mansion, Wa&hington.
 August 1. 1885.
 Dear Sir: have read your letter with amazement and indignation. There Is one--but one--mltigation to the per: hdy which your letter discloses,, and that Is found in the fact you confess CT you are a democrat or not. but if you are the crime which you con fess is the more unpardonable. pledged to give the people better ofti- cers and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with the bad elements of both parties. should be betrayed by those trust. is atrooious, and such treason to the people and to the party ought to be punished by Imprisonment.
 Your confession comes too late to be of immediate use to the public service. not the first time 1 have been deceived and misled by lying and treacherous representations. you are the first one that has so frankly owned his grievous fault. If any comfort Is to be extract 4d from this assurance you are well , ome to 1t.
 Mir. Cleveland never indulged in any preachments about square dealing, but with him absolute good faith and hon. ssty In public no less than private con- duct was absolutely indispensable. The man who indulged In trickery, tnsin- serity or untruth in any affair which concerned the public service could new er reinstate himself in MT. Cleveland's confidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30

4avtw4I4sIAnaals ssssg4Aail e. -aacA $ per slstenG booming of Cne New Yorker Tor sne plAcu.
 Da4iman is Inclined so think that tns aoalllgslLi0n Tor Nsce-President Will So 70 an kasLern man. pfoDaDIy a New torh 4nan, ana ne fixes Cnanes A. toWnes . eaa4nces as We1 as anyone that nas ge-n mentioned.
 In une course of conversation to- day bryan made u plain that a ds- eermined eftorL 10 capture the nexrv sete as well as the iaoor vote W0ula oe made durlng the campaign.
 T believe" ne sad, that II is tilno that the intelligence of the negro was appealed to Dy the DemocraIic party. Idie ttepuDLcan party for tnirty years vr more in it's platform has been teiiiik the negro wuat U already glas done Tor aim ana taxing It as q matter of course lnat tor Lnts reason, the negro vote would go to a ttepupIican c&ndldale. fne negro has got beyond the polnt where the simple telling of what nas Deen done for aim will suffice. I am in favor of discussing the issue before the caLnpalgn. not as a class put man to man l believe tnls is wnaI will be done curing the campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
This Es My 58th Birthday
Adrian H. JOIIne.

Adrian H. Joline. President of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. was born in Sing Sing. N. Y.. June 30. 1850. His education was received at Princeton University and at the Co., lumbia Law Schoo.. After graduating was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in New York City. His law firm became one of the best known in the metropolis aI ] before he was 40 years of age Mr. Jolino had become eminent in his chosen profes- sion. He was for many years senior counsel of the Missiouri. Kansas and Texas Railroad, and two years ago hN became chairman of the Board of Dl- rectors. A few months later he was elected president of the company, to succeed 2. N. Finney. Though his ca- reer has been a busy one. Mir. Jolins has found time to cultivate literature and has written several books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
Not Doad Yet,

ssPreshient Rooseveit now belonrs to the past says the Wall Street Jour nal. Not uuIta. hut soon. Tn the mean tlna it would he inst as we'll not tn underestimate his. power of mischief. Re has nearly nins months coming Go hirn yet in the White House, and he r1ierht do a great many things in nine months: besides 1t Is certain that he ~-4'r Ne p~es'SAnt untfl room of the day ,n vvh'-+ et- ~-'------- e. '--'--- -.-4 Our advirA to th ose w-no are reioioins 2 at +ne prosnect 'oF -e1ief is for tS ern sa EpA hunoh7v rnIrANul of what rniVht LanDan +o n e-N NeF0ra tNA hAnnV dav ' r. of- delivers Na Frnr1 evAr- i'm rend '-v |'saetA~. r. VIII be time enouEh n eAstirostef' NY- Roosevelt after tn. Naen bJ,-~+lo 10 Nry-~~Ta s$tIf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
Rankn, Rorues GnIlerr.
Buffalo Express
 piftGbura hanks it is said haJ

BuTfaIO EXpreBB.
 Pittsburg banks, it is said. have de- cided to adopt the Bertillon system for keeping a record of employees. In addi tion to photographs and measurements. a rec I'd will be kept of each mans busi- ness career. his politics. his religious belief whether he drinks or plays cards, and all other facts that the bankers think they ought to knr .v about their employees. These records will be kept in one central place where all the bankers who are interested in the movement can have access to them. PittsburR banks have been iooTed of good many million dollars in the last few years, but so far as the public ia aware, the footing has not been by men respecting whom such records would be of any value. They have been prominent in banking and political cir cIes. The Bertillon system was not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
I hss Hote ln History
Jane 90.

1929 - Silistria surrendered to the Russians.
 1S54--Indian Territory organized.
 1S5y--B-ondfn first crossed the Ni- agara River. just below the fails, on a tight rope.
 ls7v--Senate rejected treaty of an- nexauon Vf san Domingo.
 1SSz-CharIes Gults4u executed for the assassination of President Garfield.
 1Sy0---General Green Clay Smith, sec ond Governor of Montana Territory and ProhiDidon candidate for President in 1878. died in WasnIngton. D. c. Born in Richmond. Ky. July ?. 1S32.
 1904--Rev. Sllas s. Swallow nomin- ated for President by the Prohibition Party.
 1s07--United States fiscal year closed with Q surplus of SS7.00O. 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
Eoat.cs and Potit.crans

Owing to the condition of his heai,r Senator Bailey of Taxas vii. be unabls 10 attend the Democratic Convention af AJenver.
 The National Republican League has decided 10 hold its Dienniai convention In Cincinnati during the third week O. September.
 Hon. D. T. Flynn. ex-Deiegate to Con- gress from Oklahoma. is-.to be a can oidate for United States Senator
 John P. Grace of Charleston. is the latest candidate to enter the race foi United States Senator from South Care iina.
 Governor Claude A Swanson of vir- ginia, has accepted aa invitation 70 second the nomination of w. J. BryaJ. at the Denver Convention.
 sherburn N, Becker, who announced ship of Wisconsin. soon after Ris term of office as Mayor of Milwaukee ex- pired recently, has withdrawn his can didacy and will engage in business.
 There will be near half again as many delegates in the coming Hrohib- ition National Convention in Colum- bus as were credited to the recent Re- NdIlOn8i CQnNcul1Ou III Sut- cago. The convention will open July IS
 Three Repubhcans are contesting for the UnIteu 5Ia1es SenatoIsnLp in u- unois. Iney are Albert j. HoQAins, the siason, and Representative George Ed mund Foss of tns Tenth District.
 Charles G. Dawes. who may be treat urer or the Republican National Cum- mIttee. Is head of the Central Trust Company of I-itnots and is well known in tinanelai circles throughout the coun- try, having been CompsroIler Of tns Currency m lS97-1s0Z.
 Illinois delegates to the Democratic National Convection at Denver will be aceomDanied on Ina tr1p hv zoo mana- bsrs of the Cook County Democratic Marching Club and oand or fifty mu- sicians.
 General William Warner, chosen chairman of the comnitte to notify William H. Taft of his nomination for the Presidency, Is United States Sena- tor from Missouri and former Ma ional Commandsr-in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.
 John W. Kern. whom the indiana Democrats are supporting for the Vice residency, and who Is De egate-at Large to the Denver Convention, says tAtdt Ae OSAl0FES luG REGSOnb PEdCtttN of the courts In regard to the Issuance of inJuncticns should not be disturbed
 
 Pressure from all sides is being brought to bear on John Mitchell. for mer head of the United Mine Workers to make him announce himself candi date for Governor of Illinois. The Offer of position at a salary of Se.000 year from the National Civic Fedora tions is said to be the cause of Mir Mitchell's hesitation to enter the po- litical arena.
 The candidacy of Francis E. McGov ern, the aggressive District Attorney of Milwaukee County, for United States Senator from Wisconsin is said to be. gaining force. In his platform, MT. Me- Govern comes out strongly for repro sentative government and against gov ernmental control by organized wealth acting in the interests of the few. He fayors a tariff commission and the re- duction of the tariff rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
Wanted the AGIIeage.

It was %sunny Jim" Sherman who stood out in the open and declared that he had no doubt Of his moral right to be paid mileage for the constructive tourned and immediately the regular session began. Not a mem Der left his seat. yet 1t was construed that each arcain al a cost of railroad fare accord ing to the distance assumed to have been covered. sherman made a speech about it, and dragged in his moral "moral right" 1t was a bare-faced raid on the treasury. Fortunately. it was prevented by Under wood, De Armond Parker and others whose sense of what was it was more keen than Mir. Sher- mans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-30
A Jaxrinx Note.

HATtfOTd TImes.
 ketusal of the prohibition state con- ventlon of Connecticut, so say & word in praise of the statemansalp repre- senTed by Grover Cleveland reflects on rne qualities of the prohibition state convention and not on the qualities of Afrover Cleveland.
 Neither praise nor blame can now proaibis,onlsss % % decitae sc recognise raa me commanding statesnansnip Wnicn he dlspIayed to the advantage of the nation the public can only wonder at tAeir judgment and their point of view.