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A PROFOUND LINGUIST

There had been fatal acesarn,
aisd eoascsuoa., both hls Office mpaaeisd
There was only one ~sneus Of accident
the coal mines who could understand no Enssh WIN him the cor
70, ss s ss s sss s' ''1 ss
can yea speak nunxaran,~ rns same response
700 .gsss asked ne Asaa tbs
MS no use gentlemen we can't
ssssss and cant make him asdsrsaaa
LIVELY TIMES
Chop. sss gs II ss s ss % him w.
.s.s as have sawed OF Mira
Aa''''' 's -'s''' A- s'PENALIzED
*. ss%ss sS Il. q ss s s'ss''s.
Saving 1T
take out ssa sa ss ess %
FITTED FOR EITHER
s~eetyo daughter has
soas wss sasss ss'i Prs. '' - ''''
DEFERRED PAYMENT
when ron that atx andeightpc pence
% % s:,s ss .s; ass e. IA e
DOESN'T COUNT
ssns s e s ss sos nsass rss ssi
Taa-wsi I've had five proposals. sitting
in the COMMUNICATIVE
WORSE YET
Iespeakng OF diamonds
usually light head
she-But Of he hecaiifcrnia Pelican
ANOTHER SIGN FAILURE
sign later fall"
Of coal pile ought soon
10 be time TO go fshlng. "-Detroit
NOTWITHSTANDING
Parentoute quite So You toll me that you have pro-
nothing position
position. STIR oher-heusuai one be-
llcyc- mykn knees knowe-TitBits
RELIGIOUS
he of n relg OF mind7~
Very she never supperDcrot Free Press
SURE WAS
IIoban-I had a last night
accident
fIoban-No: my mohers-Icd Hen.
INDIFFERENT AS TO THE PRESENT ONE
ctly,-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-03-05
WORSE YET

| IIe--speakng Of diamonds. I've noticed that the q
headlight usually wears a light head.
| she-But think OF the man who gave II TO her--Cal
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Edlth-Say. papa. what II an otr
timistr
Her Fathcr--An optimlst. my
dear. h q man who can make him
self believe some things are true
when he really knows there IN no
truth In them.
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COAL

FRANK J. SsSE coal. co.
rei~pAenes West Gsa usstd~ar<.
Nrst us.
Hran6 Ridge cnaA = hsKk grade tfr-
rite. raaAirN srsAf heat s@s no apets
The best roei n Seattle far the sppaey
We have flsst-cisas scales and ifeeess3
wwixhnan
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-03-05

Witty persons seldom live BY
their Wits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-03-05
INpIFFERENT AS TO THE PRESENT ONE

Dora you ie and can't spell name correctly
right mother expect to change II In year or %
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-03-05
ANOTHER SIGN FAILURE

"Afl signs sooner later fall"
'Trne According the prescn, state Of my coal pile
10 be time TO go fishing. Detroit Free Press
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NOTWITHSTANDING

toll that have
posed 10 daughter position
Nervous suorM NV position. b
lcye- my knees OF knowe-TitHits,
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Fan-why more7 LII.
Hitfn
out dances n COMMUNICATIONS.
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rcmemher nsysat you've got Always
locking ~ holdings
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-03-05
LIVELY TIMES
pENALIZED

Hc-~Dcar.st. you're thcgoai OF my affcctons'
treosing hia afnIfaye yards for hoidingfampoon
ESAVING 1T
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CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Columbia. S. c., Jan. 29th, 1912.
Another week has passed
which brings the general assem-
bly, nearer to its ending, and as
vet there has been 20 legislation
OF general Importance, nor do |
think the 1912 session will be
marked for having done much
out Of the ordinary: it seems to
be the general disposition to go
slow this year SO far as rev or
constructive legislation is con-
cerned. At the beginning Of the
session I thought there would
be a record made by which 1t
could be said that the 1912 ses-
sion did its work III thirty days,
but I have reached the conclu-
sion that it will take the full
forty days if the bills on the
calanders of general Importance
are to be considered. There is
the legislation for the school
fund distribution which was
vetoed by the governor last
wear, and this veto has the en-
dorsement Of the State board OF
education. will have to be acted
upon. if the veto is sustained,
there will have to be new act.
There has been much ado made
over the legislature passing Acts
over the governors Veto. and
the opponents cf the governor
are rolling this as sweet morsels
under their tongues: but let me
say, that when the governor
goes before the people and
shows his side of the controver-
sy, there are many now who
voted to pass measures over MS
veto who will have to account
to their constituents for their
votes. I did not have an oppor-
tunity to vote upon the veto Of
the Libel Act: because, this Act
originated in the House, and
under the law the question to
pass over the governors veto
had to come up in the House
first. the House sustaining his
veto. killed the measure before
it could be heard in the Senate.
In my opinion, the governor dld
right to veto the Libel Act, aud
had | the opportunity to cast a
vote I would have voted to sus-
tain him. but this view was not
held by two membarS Of the
House delegation, Messrs. Rich
ardson and Reaves voted to pass
the Act over the veto, while
Mr.. Mitchuln voted to sustain
him. There was more interest
taken in this veto than any
other. because it Was Of especial
interest to the newspapers. aud
many who voted to pass the Act
over the veto, did so because
they thought it would be pleas
inc to the newspaper men
throughout the State, out, IN
nv opinion, had this Act been
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planning, and are wanting oppres-
sive laws to ''keep the niger
down." The labor cannot be con-
trolled by having men riding the
country arresting ':niggers" for
failing to pay money-lenders and
extortion plan furniture dealers.
nor can it be controlled by any
other manner of unjust treat
ment.
So far as law and order is con-
cerned. it is my opinion Claren-
don has less lawlessness without
rural police, then some other
counties which have the system,
therefore I cannot see any need
for the system and will oppose it
should it get to the senate.
There is a bill on the calendar
that I shall sharpen my axe for,
it is a bill to provide for registra:,
ton certificates in the primary.
the same as in the general elec-
ton. It is introduced by Senator
Christensen of Beaufort, it is the
the same kind of a bill the Colum-
bia State has advocated within
the past year, and now it is urged
so that the next primary can have
| it's benefit. In the first place the
legislature has no right to pro-
vide for the rules of party pri-
mary, that is the province of the
State convention, but if it assum-
es the right shall oppose it with
all my might; [ am opposed to
restricting the white mans vote
and I am opposed to putting OBJ
structions in his way to vote.
The legislature went to Char.
lesion Friday upon the invita-
tion of the Citadel authorities
and they enjoyed every moment
of their stay. Mayor Grace and
his committee of entertainers did
all in their power to make it
pleasant for the visitors, and
they succeeded, but that was
nothing to do in Charleston,
anybody can provide entertain
ment for strangers in that city,
those people do not know how
to do ANYTHING else when
strangers come among them,
than to put themselves out for
the stranger to have good
time.
I am glad to say that there is
at this time the kindest feeling
throughout the State for the
welfare of the city-by-the.s sea.
and I believe it will be a labor
of love to help those who are
earnestly making the effort 10
put that city in the progressive
procession, if Charleston is held
back it will not be the fault Of
the country, but if obstructed at
all, the obstacle will be placed
by a narrow minded few in the
city. I am sorry to say, there
are some Of this class now
headed for Magnolia, but an
happily they haven't arrived,
when they do, which cannot
come too soon, the city will
profit by 1t. a.
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of his having the termerity to
take issue with the supreme
court in the matter of oppoiAt-
ling special Judges Whenever
they at countyseat conclude they
want an extra term Of court;
Blease committed an urpardon-
able sin when he wanted the
legislature to fix the Law so that
the governor, who. must issue
commission, would have the
power to protect the taxpayers
against this drain upon the
treasury, and IN the coming
campaign this special Judge
matter will play an important
part in the Blease-Jones coatEo.
verSy, I believe this is so, Jutsge
Jones, who has been selected as
the standard bearer of the op-
position to oppose Blease, has
already fired Off a gun taking
issue with Governor Blease IN
the newspapers. This letter of
the ex-Caief Justice is regarded
as the opening gun Of the cam
paign, in the hope Of getting
Blease to reply in the news
papers instead Of bringing bis
explanation face to face to the
masses, but I doubt if they en-
trap him in this way. He may
make reply to Jones in the news
papers, but if the anti. Blease
forces think that Blease is go
ing to let the matter rest by de-
pending on the newspapers, they
will wake up to find themselves
with another think coming to
them, for it is known to all men
that Blease is cot relying upon
newspapers to give him suppors.
lin fact, [ believe that, because
of his bad treatment on the part
Of the leading newspapers, he is
suspicious of the whole breed,
and. therefore, nothing short of
face to face talk to the people
will satisfy him or his friends.
Blease has made some mis-,
takes, not so much in his acts,
as it was in the expressions be
gave for his acts. Some of his
veto MESA oeS were not as diplO
matte as is customery He did
not use sweet scented words to
give expression to these mes
sages, some OF the messages
We're too strong, but they We're
Blease Messages. Had they
been couched in the oily words
OF q, Heyward or an 4Ansel those
VINO know Blease would have
charged him with hypocrisy. In
other words, addressing the Gen
eral Assent oily he spoke to the
: members of the two bodies just
rs he would and did speak to
their masters-the people when
; he was a candidate, believing.
that where they were commits
stoned by them it did not make
the clay of which they were
made, any better than the cay
OF those they represent, and #
he vas so address the represen-
tatives OF the people he haa d
right to speak to them just as
he speaks to those they are sup
posed to repreSent-plain, frill-
less, but with force / an not
az extremist, and I am not %
partisan. but I want absolute
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F: the association before it can dem
ionstrate what it is going to 90
! would be unjust, third, to inter
! fere now would be bad faith, be-
cause they have come into the
State by its permission through
a legislative act. The State OF
South Carolina was asked for
permission to build d structure
for certain purposes, the permis-
sion was granted, and now the
structure is built, to stand IN the
doorway and say to the builders
:'thou shalt not enter'' would be
the State lending itself to entrap
the innocent in order that it
might confiscate property. Is it
honorable for the State to DO
this
The attempt to abolish the ag
ricultural department failed by a
vote of % to 16. I voted against
the striking out of the enactlns
words because T believe this de.
partment can be used in connec-
lion with Clemson College, and
save money to the State; of late
this department is fast getting
into politics, and if connected
with Clemson it would be kept
out OF politics. Mr. Mitchum' 5
bill to establish Il home for desti-
tute children has not been reach
ed vet. but he has a bill to pro-
vide rural police for Clarendon.
Much as I dislike taking issue
with one Of my colleagues should
he press this bill, and it reaches
the senate I will give it the mar
cotic that will put it to sleep for
evermore. I am opposed to the
rural police system, as long as
our finances are in their present
condition. We need money for
our roads, and new positions
which are to be supported from
the pockets of the taxpayers can
wait. 1t is argued the rural 20.
lice are self-supporting. they col
lict fines enough to pay their sal
aries, I do not care if they do. l
do not believe it any more than l
believe town police are self.sap-
porting: the fact of the rural po-
lice feeling they must make ar
rests to make the tines to pay
their salaries makes me the more
against. the proposition; a law
! which makes man dependant
to hold his position by the num-
Der of arrests he makes will soon
have this country the scene of
the most tyrannical oppression,
"a certain class of people will be
constantly harassed; let me be
plain. the class Of men who can
be secured for rural policemen
will not hesitate to make the life
of the negro miserable in order
that he can make a reputation
for fne-collecting, and there are
some who have an idea that to
''keep the niger down" is the
best way to control his labor,
they were never more mistaken,
as observation proves, the class
of employers who treat their EN-.
ployees justly and humanely !
never lack for help when needed,
it is those who take all manner OF
advantage over those whom they
employ who are constantly COM
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sustained, there are newspapers
in this State that would have
taken advantage Of the protec-
ton given them to abuse the
privilege, and in the coming
campaign they would have filled
their colemns with the vllest
kind of SANDER and misrepre,
sentatlon, as the law stands now,
taev will nljsrepresent those
they oppose, but taey viii, es'
pecially since the matter has
been called to the attention of
the public, go a little slow IN
making injuriously false state.
ments. The House: while It
sustained the veto, used It's
ma: :jority to do an unprecedented
thing when it expunged from
the record part of the reasons
the governor gave for his veto,
the action Of the House in the
opinion Of good lawyers was
Illegal, they had nc right to
CLEAN from the message such
parts as suited the membership,
it was their duty to print IN the
Journal the entire message, and
this summer the people of the
State will have an opportunity
to hear from the governor all
about this procedure on the part
of the majority Of the House. 1t
is without doubt there are many
in the general assembly who
think it good politics TO discredit
Blease, and they stand ready to
damn him right or wrong, when
they 90 this. they are patted
upon the back by the governors
opponents. bat there IS q; day of
reckoning coming at tue court OF
last resort-the people. The
action OF the governors oppo-
nents Will force the making Of
the coming primary to be fought
out upon factional lines, candi-
dates for the legislature will be
put up in every county and
voted for on the Blease aud anti
Blease platforms: if Blease is
reelected, he will carry with him
a Blease legislature. should he
be defeated the legislature will
be dominated by Judge Jones
who is being backed up by those
who favor the policies advocated
by the Columbia State. and the
prohibition element. In my
Judgment, regardless Of who
is elected governor whether it
be Blease or Jones. q Legislature
elected because OF It's attitude
towards either Of the candidates
for governor is a misfortune.
and Will be just as it was in 1890,
a driftwood legislature. out the
game Of politics is being played
by those who are opposed to
Blease. not so much is their oD
position based upon his acts as
governor, but because they have
never forgiven him for defeating
their exponent of prohibition
Two years ago, and because he
gave notice when he WAS q can
didate. that If elected he would
keep his eye upon the publlc
treasury to preventa q waste olthe
public monies, that be has car
ried out this promise the public is
to judge. Then too, lawyers Of the
State have it in for him because
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there was no issue, in this regis

there was no issue, in this regis
tration only about one-half OF
the voters are on the books, auat
L large majority of this number
are in for wiping out the Craze
administration before it has o&d
a chance to show what it will DO
At the hearing Mayor Grace pre-
sented the side of the adminlssEa-
tion in a splendid manner, show
ing if the act was passed over the
veto about one half Of the citE-
zenslip would be deprived Of the
right of suffrage. that it would
be unfair to those who were eiec.
ted to office after one Of the most
sstrenuous political battles ever
held in the historic city. He gave
a history OF the municipal cleo
| tions of the city, and he made a
deep impression. The other side
was represented mainly by Nh
W. B. Wilbur and George Won
Kolnitz a paid attorney. In the
course of Mr.. Wilbur:s argument
Mayor Grace stepped up to him.
land told him he had recently
written to the newspapers very
scurrillous article about him. and
were he not the Mayor he would
ihove slapped his face, but he was
j not in Charleston then. if Ire
! would step outside and repeat
Z, to his face what he said whess.
This hands were tied: he woald
slap his face then, the atn2os.
plaere looked red, those who know
j Mayor Grace know that he is
fearless, and makes no threat ne
will not carry out if given the op-
/ portun;ty, however: the episode
passed without Wilbur getting
!; his Jaw boxed, but when George
: y on Kolnitz came into the game
Ito earn his money. Grace jumped
;:upan him, and made him acknow
Hedge that he was not present
/ prompted by any motives other
than to make his fees as a law
yer. Grace in the course of his
remarks recalled to the commit
I tee the time when Won kolnltz
!, was hired by the Republican
!; party to stump West Virginia for
/. Mckinley against Bryan, and
i said that a South Carolinian who
!: could desert his party for money
/; should not have any weight with
!: a Democratic legislature. l do
Z not know what would have been
i the result of the vote to pass the
! Act over the veto, but | am told
4 the effect upon the committee
!, was to hold back the vetoed
!, measure. and have passed a new
j bill providing for a new registra-
I ton so that every citizen can
! register. The friends of the
!; present city administration would
!; much prefer 50 sustain the veto
!. and save them from another cleo
i ton. but in the interest OF peace
i they will accept the compromise
il think l know something of the
j affairs in Charleston, and am
), free to say that if the Act was
4 passed over the veto. and an
:: ): election was attempted it would
:: have resulted in bloodshed, be-
/: cause the Grace clement would
! not supinely submit to being rob-
!: bed out of their victory; am as
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as certain as I can be Of anything
the people of Charleston do not

as certain as I can be Of anything
1 the people Of Charleston do not
want to change their form Of gov
/ ernment; if by some snap Judg.
ment a few under the guise OF
] law, succeeded in getting enough
votes to wres5 the government
out of the hands of those they
recently choose to govern their
city, tlere would be trouble Of a
serioa: nature, therefore ! think
the col.pcomise is the solution
unsI"r !i!c present condition OF
pie ejudive ott ;ne majority III the
general assembly against any act
OK vhe suvecnor.
.,ext week there will be a spir-
ited ugi.v made to pass a bill got
ten up To stop the racing meet in
Charleston. The ministers all
lover the State have urged legis-
lation 10 stop the racing, and
there are many men in the legis-
lature who feel they must obey
the preachers. Well | am not go
ing to obey them in this instance,
1 do not bet on races, but [ know
Of no gamer sport than a good
horse race. Should the legisla-
ture be carried OH its feet by the
clamor Of the preachers? The
Jockey club about three years
ago almost unanimously obtain
ed from the legislature a charter
to do a racing business, upon the
! faith of this charter the promot-
ers went forth and induced the
investment Of a large sum of
money to erect a plant and equip
it. they have upon the faith of
this charter secured the shipment
OF ABOUT Il thousand thorough
ored horses to Charleston for d
thirty day meet. now that these
people have planted their money,
there springs up Il sentiment to
stop them before giving them a
chance to carry out the promise
| to have this meet conducted on Il
high plane. Is it right? Under
! the terms OF the bill proposed
il will be, not only unlawful to
race for stakes, but it is so dras-
tic that under its terms it seeks
to employ the use OF the injunc-
ton, a form Of law enforcement
which the people Of this State
will not stand for: imagine man
hailed up before the courts upon
an affidavit to show cause why he
should not oe enjoined, and then
later upon affidavit he is hailed
up again to prove himself inno-
cent Of u charge made against
him, failing to prove himself IN
nocent he is sent to jail Tor con.
tempt without the right of trial
before a jury. II this bill be.
comes i law as it is written, the
ladies throughout the State had
better beware of their whist and
bridge parties lest they are hailed
up for gambling and thrown into
jail or fined heavily as the caprice
of the Judge might be. [ shall
vote against the proposed bill,
first because | do not see any
harm in horse racing even II
there is betting, a horse race
without stakes is worse than
meat without salt, second, l will
oppose the bill because to stop
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fairness, I want Gov. Blease to
stand or :Sall upon his record,
and not by passion famed into
fame by extremists or partisans
who are not we'll of the sores
inflicted in the last primary by
the election of Blease over
over Featherstone, nor do ]. wish
to he forced to take sides in the
personal wrangle between Ira
B. Jones and Cole L.. Blease.
What [ do want, is to have the
coming campaign conducted in
"a way THAT will be educating to
the masses, so that men may go
to the polls and vote for the
States good, but they will not
be able to do so, if they are to
make their selections from the
standpoint of partisan prejudice
Judge Alton B. Parker, who
was the Democratic standard
bearer for the presidency, was
the guest of the State Bar AS
sociation. He addressed the
General Assembly as well as the
TWO houses separately. l n1ust
say [ was disappointed in him
us a speaker. there are hundreds
Of men in this State vino would
entertain me more than did
Judge Parker. OF course this
distinguished American is an
able lawyer and jurist, but as
a public speaker he is not as at
tractive as many men whom l
have heard, and too. was less
distinguished.
There WAS q very interesting
controversy at a joint Judiciary
committee meeting to hear the
contending sides in the matter
of passing over the governors $
veto an Act providing fora COM
mission form Of government for
the city of Charleston. The Act
was passed last year with no op
position, the General Assembly
outside of the community affect
ed had no Interest in it, there
fore the bill had easy sailing,
! but when the governor vetoed the
measure the Community Club OF
Charleston got active, and sent
out letters to the members Of
the General Assembly urging
that they commit themselves
to passing the Act over the veto.
To this l took exceptions, taking
position that although the bill
was adopted unanimously, it
was because those interested in
tere'osed no opposition, but the
Chief Executive acting under
his authority provided by the
constitution, saw tit to veto
lit. and l resented the attempt
TO commit the members in
advance Of hearing the reasons
for the veto.
Since the passage OF the Act,
there has been Il political revo-
, luton in Charleston which swept.
from power0the old-timers and.
put into Office new blood. the re-
suit of this election left its scars,
and those who opposed the pres
ent administration renewed their
efforts for the vetoed bill, so as:
to take advantage Of a registra
ton which was made in Charles
ton some time in the past when: