The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-21

/ Hepburn brought bitter rebuke from
the MississipDian.
"As the son of a man who gladly
gave his life to cause that he thought
was right, I am not willing to hear a
civilized man in this twentieth CEN
tury call it an Infamous cause" said
! Mr.. Willimas. "But for the parlia-
mentary rules that restrain me, I
would have a few words to say about
the kind of human being in who's :
heart such thought can exist"
! Of the five places sought to be abol-
ished, one was held by "Jim' Jones,
the S2-year-old negro who had been
: Jefferson Davis bodyguard. To is on
the senate's pay roll as a la5oror,
but has not done any work ior two
years. A colored messenger is III the
same category. The three other cases
! were those of men who were r2lllariE
employed, one of them in an expert ca
pacitv, who has been identified with
the senate for upward Of 40 years. It
was in connection with "I'1r' jones
case that John Sharp Williams sought
to reverse the action Of the day be-
fore when the resolution was agreed
pro forna.
Williams Pleads for Jones.
"I do not know" said Mr.. Williams,
"that I have anything to urge in his
behalf except a sentiment. Among
all of the magnificent attributes Of
the human race I think Tom Carlyle
was right in saying that loyalty was
the greatest of them all-loyalty to
county, to a State, to a cause, to
leader, to man, loyalty to something.
It is not peculiarly one Of Our vir-
tues. This old darky possessed it in
very high degree. He is very old
now, I believe pretty nearly 80 years
of age.
"They say that he has done no work
for about two years, or very little. |
have no doubt that is true. But, Mr..
President, you do not always compen-
safe by present service for what yo1
are receiving. If character and past
services cannot help up .superf1ulty
to be credited to present service in old
age, sometimes the world would bel
rather bad place to live in. Here is,
for example, the senator from Maine,
(NIr. Frvs) and in my time I have
known many more. Who is there who
would have called upon Morgan or
Pettus, of Alabama, or the senator
from Maine, or anybody else, to resign
because they could not render each
day a. present service for a present
emolument?
'Mr. President, this old darky was
loyal as a slave to Jefferson Davis,
of Mississippi. That loyalty might
have been accounted for by the fact
that it may be it was the part of pol
icy of the slaves position. But when
freedom came he was loyal still, 10y
al to the man who had been his master,
who had never said a cross word to !
him or laid upon him blow. He fol-
lowed him voluntarily as his body
guard. He went with him to Fort
Monroe. He went into the cell there
with him, and when, old, emaciated,
broken down by four years OF ner-
vous tension and public service, the
old master was seized and shackled,
this old darky was there.
"A great many Of us in Mississippi
and throughout the South feel debt
of gratitude to this old darky. I can
not urge any logical reasons for what
I am asking upon the ground OF his
being able to render Quid pro quo.
1t may be that he will never be able
to render efficient service. But, /
repeat, is it not tru that there are
others, and many others, in the samel
fix? And if that be true, then I have
right, I think, to go ont Of facts
a little bit and appeal to historical
sentiment" +!
Mr.. Penrose said he was in full
sympathy with Mr.! Williams, and in
tended to vote for his motion.
Penrose With Williams.
t'It seems to me-" said Mr.. Penrose,
that the proposition has got down
now to merely one of the cheese-par-
ing variety. The senate roll is not
the only roll of the government where
superannuated employees are retained
and I take it that no one, whether out
of kindness of heart or an apprecia-