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~ House OF: REPRESENTATIVES

just had a glimpse of his meager pow
ers. No committee chairman will feel
beholden to him for his selection, nor
will any committee member. Chairman
Underwood? All Of the new House lead
ers will owe their places to him and his
thirteen democratic colleagues on the
committee Of ways and means; but what
can he do without the say-so of the
chairman and majority Of the particular
committee involved, and what can the
latter do without the say-so Of Chair
man Henry and his five democratic BROTH
ers on the committee on rules, which,
due to the republican insHgent uprising
in the last Congress, has expanded from
five to ten members?
For the first time in more than seven
teen years democrats are now to fill the
big clerical offices in the House wing
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means that Uncle Sam takes to sift the
fit from the unfit, Mr.. Nagel said:
Il believe the majority Of people COM
ing to this country come with the hope
OF making home here-the same hope
and expectation which induced immigra-
ton to this country a century ago. Still
the question is not what is best for the
people coming here. but what is best for
the people already here. The preservation
OF our institutions and the welfare of
our people must be the prime considera-
ton. There are many sad cases that
come before me, but I cannot let my
sympathy overrule my better judgment.
Many people claim the officials should con-
slider the hardships and the ordeals to
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of the Capitol, and probably the names
of the lucky aspirants will be published
the same day on which this article ap-
pears. The sergeant-at-arms and clerk
OF the House Will receive $1,000 apiece:
the doorkeeper. 5000: the ten Official re-
porters and stenographers who report
debates, 5000 each; the chief clerk.
journal clerk, postmaster and two reading
clerks. $4,000. Pay In the House has
been generous during the past generation.
The six men who take legislators and
visitors up and down In the elevators
get $1,000; the House locksmith, $1,000:
the assistant in charge of bathroom"
81, 400. and the scores OF messengers any
where from $1,1S0 to 81 400. while the
chaplain draws $1,000.
Copyright, 1911, by John EIfreth watkfnA)
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ton Of admission or rejection of aliens
who seek to come in, but the deportation
OF aliens who have been improperly ad-
mitted. At every point, no matter what
the purpose Of the service may be, it is
OF delicate character involving much
discretion. Over q million of aliens come
In every year. of whom only a small per-
centage are rejected. Some mistakes are
made, of course. 1 have taken pains to
examine the records Of most Of the cases
with respect to which complaints have
been made. and have found little ground
for real criticism. For Illustration: There
were several cases recently where the
court has commented adversely upon the
action OF the inspectors. OF such criti-
power lodged in the department to reject
every suggestion for correction must be
gratefully received. and every effort is
made to correct the procedure in accord
ance with such suggestions.
X
'"The fact Is that all cases receive a
degree Of attention far beyond what is
generally understood. The impression
seems to be that these appeals or appli-
cations for deportations are perfunctorily
passed upon and signed upon the mere
recommendation of some subordinate; that
is q mistake. True, the subOr.inates are
required to make their recommendations
in writing, but they are not accepted
without examination. On the contrary,
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at all points are as different as the ma
uonalities and the races of the world.
Even the laws in force In the different
sections Of the country vary radically.
"At Ellis Island immigrants arrive
principally from the western continent.
chiefly from southern Europe. On the
Canadian border they have to deal prin-
cipally with people who have been in
Canada for some time. On the Pacific
coast questions arise with respect to peo-
pie from the eastern countries, China,
Japan and India, and on the Mexican
border with people who are natives OF
Mexico or who have been in that country
for some time.
1.-THE service involves not only the ques-
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they are scrutinized with as much care
as courts give to the examination of their
records before they make their decisions.
Not day passes without having doubtful
cases, close cases, subjected to the con-
sideration and discussion of several MEM
bers of the department, in order that
substantial justice may be done.
The immigration law. while probably
more fair, more generous. than a similar
law of any other civilized country, in the
nature Of things. is drastic. 1t is an adj
ministrative law. and must, therefore, be
expressed In broad terms, giving the ex-
ecutive large control and power. That
being SO, the effort must be to engraft
upon that law fair and equitable in
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months and maybe years by thousands
OF men, women and children as the time
when they expect to realize the hope that
has encouraged their labors of many
years saving in the effort TO get together
the necessary passage money.
In the springtime thousands of the
poorer classes from the most distant parts
of the earth start on their pilgrimage to
America, the land of golden opportu-
nifty" Many OF them have relatives and
friends here who have written home In
glowing terms OF the land of freedom.
They have been told of the great oppor-
tunities that await the poor man in
America Many of these relatives and
friends have come to the United States
and received many times the wage they
earned at home. Consequently things ap-
pear to them seen through golden
haze, which they communicate to their
friends at home.
Many thousands Of these prospective
citizens are now preparing to emigrate to
the United States or have already Sc
cured their passage and are on their
way. Within q few days the principal
ports of the country will be flooded with
these pioneers seeking a home in America.
They will come from England, from
France, from Spain, from Russia, from
Italy. from India, from Australia and
even from China and Japan, and when
they apply at the doors of Uncle Sam s
domain then it is that his inspectors. i'll
the gIise OF the immigration service.
must be on the job.
1t is at this time that the men en-
ployed by Uncle Sam for the purpose OF
guarding his people at home have TO eX-
ercise all their wits to see that none pass
who Is unit to become future citizens.
The tide OF immigration is, Of course,
heaviest at q few ports, such as New
York, Boston. Philadelphia, New Orleans,
San Francisco and Portland. But while
the greater number will pass these Forts
the hardest part OF the work is along the
Canadian and Mexican borders. The
Canadian border alone. with a boundary
line thousands OF miles long, requires
constant attention day and night on the
part OF Uncle Sans watchdogs to pre-
vent the undesirable from gaining entry
INTO the country.
On this border a difficult task confronts
the authorities, the greatest of which is
the handling of enormous crowds of pas
sengers, both on steam and electric cars,
passing over the boundaries and the
steamships plying between the various
Canadian and United States ports. The
majority OF these passengers are Ameri-
can or Canadian citizens, who are quick
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OF the separation Of families, is involved
every effort is made to overcome the
difficulty. We do not hesitate to inquire
as to the conditions into which people
plan to go, as to the standing of relatives
whom they seek to join, as to the posi-
bility OF treatment of individuals who
cannot at once be admitted as to the real
gravity of diseases upon which We have
doctors certificates. There is not q day
in which case or cases are not relieved
by the efforts made by the service out
side of anything that friends or counsel
may have found 1t possible to submit.
''Only yesterday I had a certificate be-
fore me excluding two people upon the
ground of defective eyesight, calculated
to show their inability to earn a living.
1 satisfied myself that this defect might
be remedied sufficiently by the use of
glasses to overcome the difficulty. and
these aliens were let in. This involves
no reflection upon the service, because
the force cannot be expected to go into
every detail Of each case at least not so
long as we are restricted to as small
force as We now have and so long as our
doctors are compelled to pass upon the
large number of cases presented to them
each day.
1t is, OF course, gratifying that this
service is receiving more public attention.
1t involves the human phase of govern
ment, and it is a hopeful sign, because
public attention is fastened upon it. The
better it is understood, however, the
more satisfactorily will the problem be
solved, for 1t is a problem; and while
sympathy and sentiment in favor Of the
individual is wholesome and makes for
good, it must not be forgotten that regu-
latlon and law are essential to the pro-
lection Of our whole country, and that
In its chief purpose that law must be
maintained. and here, as everywhere the
case Of the individual must bend to the
cause Of the general public
Benjamin Stickney Gable, as assistant
secretary Of the Department Of Commerce
and Labor, handles much Of the work of
the immigration service. While Mr.. Cable
is a busy young man, yet the work does
not come hard for him, for he has been
busy all his life. He is from Chicago. a
Yale man, graduate of Columbia Uni
verSity Law School and member of
many fraternities and clubs. Above all,
he is the assistant secretary Of commerce
and labor, and he is the right-hand man
of Secretary Nagel. Mr.. Gable is the man
before whom the majority of the cases
relating to immigration are passed be-
fore they are presented to Secretary
Nagel. Everything concerning cases of
deportat'c1 go over his desk. Many OF
them a:e decided by him alone, but when
he has particularly tough case he, OF
course. takes it up with Mr.. Nagel. and
a decision IS reached.
-
In addition to the immigration work,
Mr.. Cable has complete charge Of the
work Of the bureau Of navigation, and OF
all claims arising under the government
compensation act, which amount
to several thousand year. He also has
charge of much Of the detail of fhe de-
partment work, covering the twelve bu-
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Copyright, 1911. by William L. Altdorfer.)

T this season OF the
year the natural
season for Ynigra-
tion-the eyes Of
many thousands OF
people in all parts
of the world are
turned longingly
toward America.
This is the time
that has been an
ticipated and look
cd forward 70 for
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EEPRES EMTArWE&s' DINING KooM :. U. s.. CAFIIo1 ~

vetoed. as he did two other minor meas
u-es, one passed over his veto.
But present conditions smack more
strongly of the situation which con-
tronted Hayes in the middle of his term
at this same halfway post at which
Mr.. Taft has now arrived. Like Mr..
Taft, he called special session Of Con-
gress, which met, however, March Is.
instead of April 4.
A bitter wrangle at once broke out,
the republicans-again in minority in
both houses-accusing the democrats Of
trying to "starve the government to
DEATH" Upon the big supply bills ap-
propriating for the army, Congress, the
executive departments and the federal
courts Congress placed riders forbid
ding the use of United States troops and
federal officials at elections. Hayes
promptly killed all Of these supply meas
ures, but after attempt after attempt had
been made to keep the riders on, they
were finally omitted except in the case
courts, which had to go unsalaried for
months.
Hayes was advised to keep calling extra
session after extra session until the
judges and court officials were paid, but
he let the matter go over until the reg
ular session, when the money was pro-
Vided. But the veto had so angered the
democratic senators that they had turned
out all Senate employees of republican af-
filiations. And then came Arthur, with
first the House and then both wings of
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HIS new congress
of ours. which. with
great eclat and loud
beating Of drums,
is to take posses
sion of the Capitol
Tuesday next, will
be the eleventh
since the civil war
that has had one
or both houses DOM
mated by the anti
a d IN i MS tr a ton
party.
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which the immigrants are subjected, but
on the other hand they should consider
that conditions today are no worse and
in fact In many ways are much better
than the conditions under which immi-
grants came to this country in the early
days.
AT that time families were compelled
to separate. The strong and the Wig
orous Of the pioneers came to conquer
the new world. Those who were not able
to come were left behind. The separa-
ton was often for life. Then conditions
remained barrier, but now the law has
taken its place. The immigration service
is on the firing line and will always be
the subject Of complaint and criticism
from both sides. Some believe the law
Is too lenient. while there are others who
believe it is too strict. 1t must be as
sumed that the law as it stands today ex-
presses the will Of the majority, and it
should be the effort Of the officials to ap-
ply the law in such manner that the
majority opinion will find rational ex-
preston.
while the larger number Of immi-
grants arrive at Ellis Island, N. Y. the
service covers the entire border line OF
the United States-the whole Atlantic
coast. the gulf coast, the Mexican border.
the Pacific coast and the Canadian bor-
der. What this means will be appre-
ciated when it is added that the entire
force of inspectors does not exceed 200
men, and the conditions to be dealt with
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With a republican skipper upon the
ridge, a democratic engineer in charge
Of one Of the paddle wheels and a re-
rublican engineer working the other, how
viii the old craft Of state weather it dur
ng the next two years? Will she just
pin around In circle or will she make
some Roadway upstream, though with
zigzag course?
You have been thinking about the veto
power, that cat-o'-nine-tails which Skip
per Taft will hold over his mixed crew.
You have been recalling how Capt. Cleve-
land, when first In command, used this
weapon m ore than three hundred times
upon a crew In a cabin that was divided
against itself. And you are wondering
whether the crew that is now to sign for
the coming cruise can force a mutiny to
the extent OF passing laws 'over the
veto"
The democratic conquest OF the House
was described last fall as Landslide, -
but Speaker Clark's partisans lack a
two-thirds vote in the democratic House
by thirty-five. and it requires two-thirds
of both houses to carry a measure over
the presidential veto. The gazetteers are
telling you that in the coming session the
House will contain one socialist, 160 re-
pubHcans and 226 democrats, but one
new representative, whom they class as
democratic, was read out of the majority
party by a caucus vote, and this member,
Theron Akin Of the Saratoga, N. Y. dis
trict, has announced his return to the
republican fold, in which he was wont
to gambol In his PALMER days. Yet on
some measures the new socialist MEMBER,
Victor Berger of Milwaukee-the first Of
his stripe to enter the HOuse-may vote
with the democrats. It will be mighty
interesting to see where this native of
Austria-Hungary selects his seat-whether
when the blindfolded page draws his
number during the coming week.
But to get back to the veto business:
The democrats, as we saw, lack thirty
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SECRETARY NAGEL,
Department Of Commerce and Labor.
as Montreal. Quebec. Winnipeg. Victoria
and Vancouver there are boards of spe-
ciai inquiry before which. by an ar
rangement with the railroad lines, aliens
living in Canada are required to appear
before tickets will be sold them into the
United States. By appearing before any
OF these boards any alien who shows that
he is admissible to this country can Sc
cure a certificate of admittance under
which he can readily purchase his ticket
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little all has been invested in steerags
ticket. and who must return to the ola
conditions and surroundings from which
they had confidently expected to escape,
and begin again, with even their small
previous chance further reduced BY the
constant struggle for a bare existence.
These things are distresslngiy painful
but often necessary.
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NEW Rules Under Which
/ y the Board Will Be Laid
When the Game Begins
Taft's Veto Power and the
Prospect of Carrying Meas
ures Over His Veto-Prece-
dents of Days When Grant,
Hayes, Arthur, Harrison and
Cleveland Had One Wing of
Congress Opposed to Them
Politically With Whom
Will Taft Deal When He
Wants Legislation? -Speaker
Can No Longer Guarantee
Legislation.
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BY JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-07
Orangeburg Boys at Carolina.

University Of South Carolina, Dec.
4.-Special-Like at all other col
leges Orange5urg County is well rep
resented at Carolina. There are
twenty young men and one young
lady here from that County. This
Is third to the largest delegation
from from any one County. The
young men are determined to make
ii the largest next year. They met
this morning to organize the Orange
burg County Club and elected officers
with the following results: NJ. y.
Shuler, president; w. A. schiffley
vice-president; B. B. Williams, secre-
tary and treasurer; c. S. Davis, his
torian: Miss Pearl Price, sponsor; G
w. Hungerpiller, water boy, and L.
T.. Cogburn, chaplain. The following
Is a list Of the members: Miss Pearl
Price, Messrs. L. e. Cogburn. II. r
Crosland, C. S. Davis, A. D. Dean, W
C. Edwards, B. T. Garrick, A. P
Cue, A. II. Hayden, Jr., T. P. Horger
Jr., G. w. Hungerpiller, H. ]. w
Kizer, H. II. Lee, j. H. Murray, H
". Pearcy, F. H. Riley, ". a. Schif'
fey, NJ. A. Shuler, G. A. Shumaker
w. D. Steedly, B. b. Williams.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-07
STATISTICAL REPORT
Interesting Data Showing the Growth
of the Church.


At the late Conference Of the
Methodist Church at Bennettsville the
Rev. r. E. Turnipseed, statistical Sec
retary, made his report, which con-
tains the following interesting facts:
Local preachers, 70; members, 91,-
1870; net gain over last year, 1,679;
infants baptized, 2,233: adults bap-
tized, 1880; Epworth Leagues, 102
senior, and 7s junior; number OF
Sunday-schools, TT; number OF
scholars, 1926; increase over last
year, 4,201; amount paid superannu-
ated ministers, $10,60O; missions,
foreign, $24,03s.5S; domestic, $685.
038.19; specials for missions, ST.
1858; church extension, $S,S73.67;
American Bible Society, ssS9.o5; pre-
siding elders, $26,S69.63; pastors,
s213,os3.07; Bishops, $3,3s1.17.
Houses Of worship. 764; number of
societies, 804; value Of churches, 81
981,820; number pastoral charges,
PSI; parsonages, 269; value parson-
ages, S512,550; educational property,
value Wofford College, $356,S00; Co.
lumbia College. s218,450: Lander
College, S135,000.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-07
ANOTHER GOOD ROADS TRAIN.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway to
Operate One.

That there is no end of benefit to
acrue from good roads Is fact
which cannot be denied and fact
which !s recognized all over the
country. So much Importance Is at
tached to this subject that the two
leading railroad systems Of the south
have taken up the matter OF educat-
ing the people along this line and
have sent out good roads trains.
Already one of these trains has
visited this city and within q little
more than month another such
train will be he:e being sent BY the
Atlantic: Coast iine Railroad. The
Southern Railway sent such O. train
| here during the summer gone which
was operated out OF Richmond. The
one from the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway will be sent out from the
same point and Is scheduled to reach
this city on the morning OF Jan. 3.
The train Will spend the greater part
Of the day in this city.
The train Is made up Of several
coaches which are fitted up with the
latest devices for road building and
travelling with the train will be sew
era! government experts who will
make addresses and show those. who
visit the train Just: how. to sbuild
roads and how to keep them intact
after they have once been properly
constructed. 49, ~:
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-07
"The Traitor" In History.

The dictionary definition OF a trai-
tor gives but faint idea Of the real
meaning OF the word. To realize
fully the turpitude of one who be-
trays his trust and the detestation in
which such man is held 1t Is Ne
cessary to recall the pages OF the
past. In this country one instinct
lively thinks Of the name Of Bene-
dict Arnold. In France there were
many such as Generals Gernadotte
and Marmont. In ancient Rome Cat
allne was execrated as traitor, and
no one can ever forget the name Of
Judas. The traitor who gives the
title to the latest play Of Recon-
struction days by Claiming Pollock
and Thomas Dixon, Is perhaps strict
~ speaking a composite character
but every Southerner knows that un-
fortunately there were those who be-
trayed their comrades of the Klu
Klux Klan after tho dissolution Of
that oath-bound organization. 1t is
hard to believe that one could have
been 30 base. While 1.-THE Traitor"
was the logical name for the play and
the novel of course everyone Knows
that the hero OF the story was the
man who was betrayed, q young law
yer of, the highest type Of Southern
manhood. The play fairly soothes
with startling situations that have
almost made 1t surpass the spectacu-
lar success Of 1.-THE Clansman." ;"
"The Traitor" will be the attraction
a: The Academy Of Music, Friday
night, December 18th, 1911. =
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-07
LIST OF LETTERS.
Those Remaining Unclaimed In the
Orangeburg Post Office.

The following Is the list Of letters
remaining unclaimed in the Orange
burg, P. o. for week ending Dec. D
1911. Persons calling for same vii
please say that they are "advertised.'
A. D. Webster, P. M.
A-C. P. Adler, TODD Aiken, Mrs
Catherine Allston, Pearry Antley.
B-Lenton Baber, Emma Bates
William Bracy.
oh. Davis (3), I. H. DeLarge
P. F. Dempsey (3).
F-F. s. Fogle.
G-Dr. Thornwell Gibson, Mrs
sallie Gouden, Mrs. Della Govan.
an.
H-Thomas Wesley Hampton
Luve Hook, Stephen Holley.
Mrs. Sallie atkson, Mrs. Neal
ie Jamison. .~,
K-N. Kitro (2).
L-Mrs. Susie Lemack.
M-Walter Mack, Wiley Magolis
Mrs. S. Monsour.
R-Mrs. C. A. Reynolds (3), Yer.
non Rickenbaker, Cleavin Ritch.
SC. A. Simmons, J. F. Smith.
T-Vergie Temple.
W-Adam Washington, Mrs. e. M
Wercoplit, Mary Wetmore. James
Wilson, Rev. W. R. Wilson. Isacce
Williams, E. s. Williams.
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The New Presiding Elcer.

Rev. NJ. L. Banks, the new Pre-
siding Elder Of the Orangeburg Dis
trict, and his family. will receive a
most hearty welcome to OrangeDurg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Banks are no strangers
to this city. He was student at
the Sheridan Classical School in his
younger days, and Mrs. Banks was a
resident of this city for four years
while her father, the late lamented
J. Walter Dickson, was. Presiding
Elder of the Orangeburg District.
In the name Of all our people we bid
them welcome to our hearts and
homes.