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L SENATOR TILLMAN I ON NEW JUDGESHIP I TELLS OF > EAT FlEtE W -JLJililSLATIVE LEGERDEMAIN Scores MeGow*in and Says Tbat He Is Sot Seeking Jobs For Members of His Family. Pixels ami V/Uuuci. I The News and Courier has received Jam Senator Tillman, with a reques; ftr its publication, the folowing opt a retter in which the senator tells liow t* e bill c-^ating the Western district | was gotten through congress and how f the distribution of the patronage has been made: T Vi ft a oi aa "r-* ^QtotP 1 UCJ.VC just 1U oai.Uluuj o , Mr. McGowan's report of bow jobs' caused by the creation >f the Western district were portioned out as a sjrc ot. 8 "fairrjy affair." Mr. MoGowan insinuates that I am ^e most interested and that only tn?se ! trv mp "nprhans a relative" of! mine, will get the best plum?the clerkship. Much Credit Due Byrnes, His statement is so full of errors and j malice that I am constrained, against' my will, to tell just how the bill became a law. It has the appearance of bragging too much for me to enjoy it,\ but the credit, if there be credit, for this piece of legislation is due almost entirely to Congresman Byrnes. Ho got it t rough the house?this, too, by my help?and perhaps I was the only man in Washington who could have accomplished it. IWtyatt Aiken introduced the bill early last year, but it lay asleep in the judiciary committee of the bouse. I j introduced Aiken's bill in the 'Senate and tried to get it out of tbe judiciary committee there, but failed because of <tn linfoTrnrohlji rannrt frv\m tbp pttOT du. Uiiiafviuui^ i vyv4 v v* >. ney general and t:e objection of a Western senator whose State "needed a judge much more than South Carolina," he said. Delegation Gets Together. After the primary election was over and all were safely re-elected the members of the SoutL? Carolina- delegation in the house got busy on the court bill. An agreement was reached among themselves as to wnere tne court should be held. This was the rock upon wiiiich the bill foundered once before. Finley and Latimer could not agree as to where the courts should be held and the bill died in conference after having passed both houses. Wl en the court bill as amended by Aiken was called up in the Louse and unanimous consent asked for its con- j sideration, Mr. Mann objected, whieii \ put a quietus on it for the time being. Byrnes .found out what Mann's griev _ 3 J rv> \Co TVT* ance was auu repuittru lu mc. ihad selected as his candidate for judge Congressman Johnson, and was unwilling to have the bill passed unless Johnson was to be made judge. Mann had to "be pacified or t! e bill would never have become a law. I ?had introduced Aiken's bill in the senate th.3 day after he introduced it in the house. Backed Johnson. I At the opening of congress I urged, ^ Johnson on the president as a good piece of judicial timber, looking to t':is j appointment to a judgeship in t':e Dis-! trict of Columbia or to a place on the J interstate commerce commission, j Therefore I did not hesitate to set in motion instrumentalities to find out what Mr. Johnson's chances were in , t.hp ronrt bill became a law. A cabinet officer, whose assistance I j invoked, after talking the matter over with President Wilson informed me tL'at tre president liked Jchnson and would be most likely to appoint him. j Mr. Byrnes called this cabinet officer ; over the 'phone and got him in communication with Mr. Mann. Thus the way was paved for the bill to pass th^ U OC . Bill Out of 'Committee. By liard work among my personal friends on the senate judiciary committee I got the 'bill out of the committee on March 2 with a favorable report. I did not know whether to have it put on the calendar and wait for an opportunity to call it up or to hold it back. I was in t>bis dilemma w!:?n told by Mr. Byrnes that the house bill had passed with the Cullop amendment. Under the advice of a Repubfe lican senator, an old friend of mine HL I got it on the calendar with this fa^ vorable report about 7 o'clock p. m. on Y tf:e 2nd of Marob. The house bill was r (hurried to the printer to be engrossed and signed by the speaker. It got back to the capitol between 8 and 9 o'clock and I held the messenger who bore it over to the senate, sitting on a sofa in a corner of the chamber until I talked wifcb three or four Republicans ?and one or two Democrats, who were opposed to its passage. Nobody thought the bill could pass at all; I did not think so, but had determined to make an effort. Without Precedent. When the senate was thinned out to a bare twenty, orsuc*'" a matter?at suprer, etc.?T >vad t^e ^e^s^neer from the (house report the bill to the pre I siding officers. Senator Burton, of i Onio, was in the midst of a speech j when this was done. He suspended t-is I :.ulk lone: enough to i uve the clerk of | the house report it, and I had the brass although i : ad never seen it done before?to ask Burton's permission for immediate consideration of the bill. He demurred at first, but when I told him if it led to any debate I would not insist, and tl.e presiding officer assured him that he would not lose the floor, he gave '-is consent for its considera j tion. Tne Diii was reaa lor tne mI formation of the Senate, and the usual question asked: "Is there objection to its immediate consideration? The chair hears none." The house bill was read ! a t' ird time and passed almost before thOoe who were reading this have been able to grasp its meaning. The senate bill was, of course, indefinitely postponed. Everybody Surprised. I was surprised; everybody else was surprised; but the most delighted and surprised man of the bunch was ,4Jimmie" Byrnes, who had been my principal lieutenant in tLis neat piece of legislative legerdemain. 1 was worn out and tired and immediately went to my hotel to go to bed. m?. V ? ~ u i ?j save uui sei'? es .rum mipui luuiucs for the three good places which were created the 'South Carolina delegation, including Senator Smith, met in my committee room, and after talking the matter over decided the best thing to do was to immediately telegraph, the newspapers that night the names of th-e men the delegation had agreed 0:1 for the judge, district attorney ana marshal. I was called over the tele phone and told what t! ey wanted to do and heartily approved of it. Next morning I signed the endorsement of Mr. Johnson, which was sent to tne president. The Agreement. Since Senator Smith and I (had ti'-e friendly fight over the marshal and district attorney two years ago, in which l e won out, it has been understood by all well-posted men in the State, and out of it, that if tie Western district was created I should have the naming of the district attorney and Senator Smith the marshal, thus evening us up. Mr. Thurmond has told me since 1 reaci ed home that .be has already selected as his first assistant, Calhoun Mays, his former law clerk at Edge- I field. Henry Tillman's only connection with this matter is that he and Calhoun Mays are law partners. I (have J- J ~ +/-X \r ? rrVin y IH)t reuuiiiiiicuucAi ovju LV an. imumond and two years ago I advised him not to accept t!' e assistant's place if it were offered him. Hopes Knight Gets It. I do not know whether J. Broadus Knight, my secretary and clerk to the senate commitee on naval affairs, will I get the district clerks:ip or not, Dut i hope he will. He was Mr. Johnson'.; secretary for five years before r:e came to me and taey have always been very warm friends. Mr. Knight is an exceptional} capable man and deserves that or any other good place that any one can give 'Mm. He has been with me nine years and I will hardly know how to get along without him, but his hold on his present office depends on ? 1 ?? J - " if. r\ aa-k T Ttrill my iiie, axiu as uijr ueaim id i not stand in the way of his getting this life job if it is offered him. I have joined with t!. e balance of the delegation in endorsing Mr. C. J. Lyon, of Abbeville, for the marshrJ's place. That is all there is to tiMs "cock and bull story" about it being a "family affair.'" J!J 1.1 1/UiiUJU At'&uu n icug cuicuii Candor also compels me to acknowltbis: That but for my impaired health and tire esteem in which I am held by my fellow senators, I could not have done wrat I did; and instead of South Carolinians caviling and carping they ought to be glad that they have a man in Washington who can win the friendship and respect of -.Ms colleagues ; of both political parties and wield an influence, notwithstanding his health is gone. Candor also compels me to asknowledge that I do not believe there is any other man in the senate who could have ft- -io tViinor nn^or tVl-P oirfMlTTl VAVUt L- w "AO UUUVi v.*. w ??stanes; and I am bold enough to say I am proud of the job, for it gives us a good Democratic judge in the Western ! district who will be held for life, and it gives us prospect of three new public buildings in this 'State?one at jGreenwood, one at Rock Hill and one at Aiken. 'Byrnes is tickled to death every time he talks about it and wonders how t':<e i lynx-eyed Republicans in the house ' - 11 J * *? *^ i ?< o no I ttllUWt?U It tU gU lUlUUgU ill mat ouayv. B. R. Tillman. I ????????. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor rinsing in head. Remember the full name and look 'or the signature o* H. W. GROVE. 25c. Plies Cured In 6 to 14 Days Yonr druggist will ^ refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to Cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6tol4days. The first application gives Ease auc V est. . 5'Jc. Invigorating to the Pate and Sickly The Cld Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chin TONIC, drives out Malaria.enriches the blood.andbuiMs up the system. A *rue tome. For auults yiici rhilurea. 50c SHWARINE FLEET HOLDS MANEUVERS I'licle Sam's. Fiirlitinir Men in Navy and in Army (letting Practice ai Panama. Panama. March 16.?Two units of i the submarine flept stationed in Panai ma Canal waters in conjunction with the coast artillery corps have just com- j pleted a series of war maneuvers at j the Pacific entrance to ti:e canal with , t;.e view of testing the efficiency oi ' the shore batteries on ti e rortified islands. The two submarines and the mine layer, Gen. J. M. Schofk.'.d, which J towed a number of barges, were supposed to represent a hostile fleet in an attempt to run past l e shore batteries and to evade the mine field t'".at had been planted as an additional safeguard. The approach of tlie ho,T-ile fleet was observed from the land forts by ^ Un/vn r. An rrV* f \r . 1 P h means ui me iiu^e scaii-miaiHo >>> ivn ave already been placed in position. (The submarines, however, managed to reaca the vicinity of the forts unobserved and technically are supposed to have made it rat! er uncomfortable for the batteries. Part of the hostile fleet was "ripstroved" hv the mines over w.'ich it passed, the mines being discharged from the batteries when the s ips were direct'y over them. Immediately after the arri\al here of Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwords, U. S. A., who commands the. Panama Canal troops, much activity began to be displayed in military matters. A number of practice hikes into ?':e interior have been made and others i are contemplated for tne purpose of I familiarizing the infantry regiments' with tJ e surrounding country. It is now planned to send a complete regiment with full equipment through the jungle on a long hike into the Chiriqui j country along the Pacific coast. T':e maneuvers undertaken recently by the coast artillery and t?:e submarines are ::or ti e purpose of demonstrating the efficiency of the forts and to ascertain what additional fortifications and armament will be needed so that proper recommendations may ds made to the fortifications board when it comes to the Canal zone some time next month. It is said that already a number of vital changes will be recommended. It is anticipated that when Major General Leonard Wood, U. S-. A., commander of tie department of the east. arrives on the Canal zone he wiil have placed before him several plans for the housing of the large number of soldiers that will be stationea on t':e canal. The most important of these will be the detailed plan for tf e permanent military post where the three infantrv regiments will be stationed. , " mm For Mill Schools. Greenville Piedmont. The selection of Geo. D. Brown to be State supervisor of mill schools seems most admirable. State Superintendent swearingen, an euucauunai expert aim a judge of men, expresses gratification at his acceptance of the position. He is a South Carolinian who i'.as done good school work and as superintend| ent of education of his native county, Newberry, has shown that he has en' ergy and ideas and a capacity for, arousing enthusiasm and getting oth ers to worK. 'mere are many gooa ! sci ools in the mill communities of | South Carolina, but, as the Piedmont i pointed out months ago, they seem out ' of touch wit a the balance of the school system of the State. Through ti e work j of Mr. Brown in the office created by ! ' tje legislature at its recent session. Mie work of the mill schools will doubti h ss be co-ordinated and brought into ! the proper relation to the public school system of Sout;.'Carolina. In his work as county superintendent of education , of Newberry, Mr. Brown has been an ardent advocate of industrial education of all sorts. Agriculture, sewing, cooking and manual training have been stimulated in every school where this i i work can be introduced. The educa| tional problem in mill vallages has received attention of the finest type. The j madern State high sd.ool at "WUitmire, j the night schools at the Oakland mills J and at Whitmire and the school im-1 ? i prc.ement work m every community] ' center are evidences of ibis interest. I In entering upon his new duties Mr.; | Brown says i.e appreciates both his op- 1 portunity and his task. He will seek the co-operation of cotton mill presi-1 dents and superintendents and will at j j the same time hold open the door or j ! hope and aspiration to every child. The creation of the office of supervisor of mill schools is, in the opinion ! of the Piedmont, but C':e beginning of | legislation along that line. Further i legislation will probably be based upon i the information Mr. Brown will acquire 1 in the course of nis work as to cce; I needs of the schools in mill communi- | ties. i. 3 & LaGRIPPE! * -ii t C<xe? win urea**. 1 3i Fever, Colds vTL o* the iiver :>.d does i2o? I l v < J. - V* MrfOc* H0THIN6 BETTER I Pftn ibtjp"n !/ iimaap*ii HJIi HWIIMtN "I Never Spent Any Money That Did Me So Much Good as That I Spent for Vinol." Bellefontaine,Ohio.?"I wish every: tired, weak, nervous woman could have Yinol for I never spent any money in my life that did me so much good as that I spent for Yinol. My nerves were in a very bad condition, making me very I weak, tired, and worn out and often ' drowsy headaches. I had tried cod j liver oil, doctor's medicines, and other preparations without benefit. "One day a friend asked me to try Vinol. I did and soon my appetite increased, I slept better and now I am strong, vigorous and well and can do my ' housework with pleasure."?Mrs. J. F. Lamborn, Bsllefontaine, Ohio. Nervous, weak, tired, worn-out women should take Mrs. Lamborn's advice and try Vinol for there are literally thousands r>? mpn nnrl wnmon wVin \x7prp i formerly run-down, weak and nervous, who owe their good health to Vinol. It is the medicinal, tissue building elements of the cod's livers, aided by the blood making, strengthening influence of tonic iron, contained in Vinol, which makes it so efficient in all such cases. GILDER AND WEEKS DRUGGISTS NEWBERRY, S. C. ROBERT A. COOPER IS COMING MAN Greenville Paper Is Confident of His Future Career?Advises Aeraiftst Making Kate For Congress. Greenwood Daily Journal. The editorial from the Greenville! Piedmont given below wi'l be read with interest. It is already known in Green- | wood that Mr. Cooper will not be in I the race for congress from the Fourth j district, laving promised his support to Mr. B. A. Morgan. Ti e ^Piedmont says: "Of all the numerous gubernatorial j candidates in this State last Summer, I Robert A. Cooper, of Laurens, made tne ( most remarkable race. At the startj he was one of the least known among ; them. He handicapped himself Dy withdrawal from the campaign at a time w! en the meetings were in a. sec-1 r>f t)->e State where he was un-, J known in order to fully attend to his. official duties as solicitor. The illness i and death of his wife further kept f:im out of the campaign. But his clean, clear-cut utterances at tl e meetings at which he spoke made a deep impression and undoubtedly brought to him t:'."e support of more voters than were gained by the speeches of any other cf the candidates. He came fast ' I t>p '-"pi-pirrt lasted a little longer the result might have been different. s it was, we '-ot a splendid governor who is making a good impression by ibis course in office. "But that campaign stamped Bob Co-on^r as ore of the strong men of the State, a man with a future. The t-rrroo mimVi imnrp<?sprf wifcb r 1CU1U UUI, l?U i"uvu - ^ - .. _ botn his personality and his platform, j There teas seemed to be a general im- : pression that, if he sits steady in the boat, Cooper will yet be governor of South Carolina. Manning's administration is being si aped largely upon i lines Cooper would have followed had j he been elected governor. This will i be a source of strength to Cooper ] should he become a candidate again ' in 1918. "There is talk of Cooper as a candi date for congress to succeed Joseph T. Johnson. He lives in the district and has a rigr-'t to run. If elected he probably would make an excellent congressman. 'But, his entrance into that race would lessen the esteem in which .'~e is held by many people. It would tend to make them regard him as a m^re officeseeker, anxious for a public k n tau fnr w;prrinr W3.S J" U. Xllfc {jcti-iuxucirVsj i.vi * ?.w -- pitohei upon no such plane. He expressed an ambition to serve t!:e people of his State as their governor. If so soon after that race he should appear as a candidate for an entirely different office, it would create suspicion that job, not service, was the real goal of his ambition. "We may be mistaken, but we do) not think Cooper is that kind of a man. IWle may also be mistaken in j thinking that, if r<e pursue the even tenor of his waiy, ibe will be the hard-1 est man in South Carolina to beat for governor when Manning retires." Good For the Tooth's Companion. As a part of its constant endeavor tc give its boy readers new and striking ideas that they can not find any where else, tfe Youth's Companion 13 illustrating a series of articles on coaching in athletics through the use of motion pictures. The first article has to do with pitching, and the n1 otographs that illustrate it register with ^+v>a optnai motions yent;i>L J.cn_jr made by a trained arid skillful pitcher delivering his outourve and M<= drop. Ti o-o move,Tie'nts tnat ti"h-e eye can not follow in watd' in? act~ ? ? _ a ua' work on tr*e nen, ana are m wc greatest value to the nr^-'*;~us pmateur. Fasfpr N Come to the B Easter Rabbits, Easter ] I also have a fi Easter Candy. See my window it ? n Mayes b. < The House of 1 All Forms of able Mileag Scrip Books trastate Pas Effective Saturday, i All Interchangeable mileag forms Z. 33, SIM and Penn; purchased) will be good, I journeys in South Carclina at ticKet windows for pass with contract and tariff pro Seaboard Air Southern Atlantic & I uUi uuuu niiuunv wk Csarleston & Wester Columbia Newberry Atlantic Coast jjjjj | Red^ A Newspaper Cros.. Emporia Gazette. Every craft has its crosses. One of the sore afflictions of the newspaper business is found in the fact that people generally think it's no work to get out a pap-er. One of tibe hardest jobs every editor does? j fc.ough generally the pleasantest? I is to read his exchanges. But it is | hard work, and it must be done. For | the editor who gets a day or two "back" in his exchanges never catches up, and tJ e thing that makes him maddest, though he will look up and meet the stranger with a smile who does it, is for a man to come in saying: "Well, I saw you setting there doing nothing but reading, so I thought I'd just pass the time of day with you." Ain't It Fierce? Greenville Piedmont. Nnv bro4h?r editor who has to con' with the linotype, which resets ovelties! ^ ^ look Store for Baskets, Egg Dye. resh shipment of r. & V. Store, 1,000 Things. ! Interchangee and Penny i Good for Insage in S. C. March 20th, 1915 \e and Penny Scrip books, y Scrip (regardless of date within limit, for instance - r? i by exchange ot coupons tage tickets in accordance visions. Line Railway Railway Western Railway n Carolina Railway & Laurens Railway Line Railway 1UIMI H IIIMIIHIIIIIMIIl ' iMMMaHBnaHaMntaiBannai ?wgrom li.mi ffiTi'i iMil Ji MlTTWttiflfllllft Lye in the Slop sease is caused by germs into worms. Stop it at the i by feeding Red Devil Lye. its disease and your ho^s feed See directions on the can. ans ? try it ? that's the test. aves Hogs and Feed =5\ ^^BiGCANSWj a wibole line to correct an error of even one letter, can appreciate this story. In yesterday's issue we commented upon tJ-is quotation from the Jacksonville Times-Union: "Change of pasture makes fat calves." In the proof-sheet, the line appeared: "Change of pasture maks ifat calves." We marked in an e, but the line appeared in the first edition thus: "Change of pasture makes that calves." We caught that error and marked it for correction on t)':e press and this is how it appeared in the nal edition: "Change of pastors makes fat calves." Would not that justify homicide? For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chiil TONIC, drives out Ma'i-ria and builds up the system. A true tonic "tid sure Appet:ser. For aaults and children. 50c