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CAME PiOM WHITE HOUSE.
Bailey oa That Mallctana Lie—
Passible That oa Mara Will ha
Heard at Ualartmata Affair—
Evidence at Newspaper Maa
In lha Matter.
ChulotU ObHim.
Obviously Senator Bsiley be
lieves, with Mr. Roosevelt, that
the liar is no whit better than
the thief. Every utterance of
the Texan shows that this ob
servation voices his sentiment.
It is likewise apparent that Sen
ator Bailey ia laboring under the
belief that tbe correspondents of
The New York Tribune and The
Chicago Tribune got the inspir
ation for what tie baa thrice
termed their "malicious lie"
from the White Honse. He said
as much in tbe open Senate to
day and Republican Senators,
many of whom are believed to
be secretly enjoying these on
slaughts on the occupant of tbe
White Honse, said never a word.
SILkKCB HRMCXPORTII ON CW
FORTONATB AFFAIR.
It is now possible that no
more will be heard of this ex
ceedingly onfortnnste affair in
the Senate. Tbe apologists of j
the President have made their
one possible defense. Ia two
partisan Republican papers,
whose owners hsve consnlar
jobs, was published a note which
Mr. Chandler wrote to the Pres
ident. This note they endeav
ored to distort into a reflection
upon Mr. Bailey’s friendship for
effective rate legislation.
To-day it waa shown that the
note afforded no real basis for
the accusation and. moreover,
that it had been written weeks
ago. In the language of the
Texas Senator. "The President
did not consider that Chandler
memorandum an impeachment
of my good faith, for three days
after be asked me to confer with
the Attorney General on a vital
legal point in this controversy."
This obsolete note, which the
President realized did not mean
anything, waa solely in the
keeping of the President, and
yet it waa used as the basis of a
slanderous attack upon Mr.
Bailey.
EVIDENCE or NEWSPAPER MEN.
Now the question is, if the
correspondents in question were
not shown this note by the Pres
ident, who did show it to them?
President Roosevelt made the
direct statement in his letter to
Senator Allison in which he en
deavored to ward off the Tillman
snd Bailey charges, that he waa
not committed himself, specific
ally to any amendment and was
jj*® to ,*ct as he Meeuied best.
This writer has talked with news
paper men who were told by the
President that the Long or White
House amendment was the only
one that met his views snd that
llP nfAnnaail 4a tLl. _it.
log. These correspondents wrote
prTvsU note* to their editor*
telling them that this was the
programme agreed upon sad
that the President could be de
Cooed noon to stand bis ground.
r. Aldrich, having taken cow*
plete charge of the President and
everything else, has now gone
to Burope. feeling that there is
nothing else for him to do.
The Clover Enlarge weal.
MsaaJartsma- E«*rd.
The Clover Manafnctaring Co.
of Clover. S. C.. will erect sn
additional building one story
high, 100*200 feet, to accomo
date the 5000 ring spindles and
accompanying preparatory ma
chi aery recently announced aa
be added. Probably more
IW.00Q will be expended
for this enlargement. The com*
Kfn’dkS pl*“ot kM U.000
Subscribe for the Oaotoioa
Ouam,
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The Caunlry’a BamiliatUn.
Ck»rl»«lon Xcw. aad Cuvriw.
Poor, weak Mr. Roosevelt,
poor impaled and writhing chat
terer. poor incurable victim of a
flux of talk I
Year, ago before tbe Kx
Police Commissioner became
tbe Assistant Secretary of tbe
Navy, before be had vaulted
into tbe Rough Rider’s saddle
•stnde Publicity. John S. Wise,
of New York, applied to Mr.
Roosevelt the coarse curbstone
anecdote of the corpse that bad
to go to Potter’s Field, "be
cause it could not "keep its
month shut.” Now, prodded on
one side with the pitchfork of
the glum Tillman and with re
treat cut off on tbe other by tile
lupine Chandler with bis snare
the President of the United
States stands halted by bis own
words. A humiliating spectacle
it is and one to arouse the real
sympathy even of those whose
minds bark back to the inter
view with Henry M. Whitney
which tbe Preaident denied, to
nun iuc r ai 11
correspondent which the Presi
dent denied, to the interview
with Argentine diplomat and
advertising agent which the
President compelled some ot his
officials to deny for him and to
other denials which he has sown
broadcast over all the territory
known to the telegraph com
psniea.
Whether or not the President
baa fallen into a mis-statement,
we do not know and we prefer
not to know or discuss. We
dare say that if be has any time
said what be later denied, frail
memory and an undammable
overflow of half-matured ideas
through an uncommonly unruly
member are the only sinners and
the heart within is still good,
brave and child-like.. Yit it go
at that—and with a tear.
Bat the humiliation of the
President and the President's
friends ought to have been com
plete when Aldrich, the captain
of the cohorts of aordidness in
the American Senate, made
good hia impudent and open
threat—for that is what the
piecing of a Democrat and a
man with a ^private grief" in
charge of the Rate Bill meant—
to mug the President of the
United States to bis knees and
there kick him. Before the
eyes of all the American people
this person of incrosted emo
tions. this hard thing of money's
creation, this Aldrich, has
spurned their President, laughed
«t him and jeered him publicly.
Ry the aide of this the Tillman
Chandler mesh in whjch be is
caught—while lucky for Senator
Tillman—is a mean, small affair.
We profess neither great Iowa
uor admiration for the President,
though we have not fore borne
to praise him when we thought
him worthy, hat we find no joy
in his discomfiture at the hands
ot Aldrich. Whether we like
him or not, he is our President
and whan this "malignant and
torbaned Turk* of Standard Oil’s
hiring scorns the President and
heap* upon him contumeliooaiu
dignity, the insult and the defeat
is to mil of ns, " he traduces the
State, and we do uot escape
merely by simpering that we are
iJcmocrati. TheTillmaa-Cband
)«r trap in which tbs President
is caught la bad enough, but
that was to be expected of a man
who baa not learned to hold hit
tougue in any circumstances.
The meek, the cringing and un
conditional surrender to Aldrich
ia mora serious; for it takas
away the last hope that we have
a man of firm character and of
aeai rtive courage to resent an
insult to the coaotry in the
White House.
Seven thou send dollars ia be
ing expended in improving the
But* Fair buildings.
OUrTEO WITH THE TIRE.
Niay Sea aim had ae Heart la
(be Letffalatiea bat lacked
Cearade te Withstand the free*
MTta
Chaiiortc Obamti.
Washington, May, 18-Sena
tor Rayucr to-day talked about
the kaleidoscopic character of
President Roosevelt’s mind and
predicted that, when the rate
bill went to conference. Mr.
Roosevelt would return to bis
first love and renew his allegi
ance to the more effective Long,
or White House amendment.
When word was taken to the
White Honse that this line of
talk was again being indulged
in, the President exclaimed,
"Well, now, I bad not thought
of that, bnt 1 wish they would
quit that caterwauling and pass
the bill." This the Senate did
a little later and one is inclined
to wonder wbat it was all about,
when it is reflected that after
this, the greatest parliamentary
contest of modern times, came
to an end, there were only three
negative votes. The venerable
senators from Alabama were re
corded against the bill, as was
also Senator Poraker. Repub
lican Senators plead with the
Ohio Senator to make the vote
unanimous on their aide, but be
persistently shook bia head
whenever approached.
many merely dklftkt) wrm
the tidb.
A story was heard to-nigbt
that other Senators admired the
independent sad courageous
stand taken by Senator Poraker.
, for it is very well known that
there are numbers of Senators
who have never had any heart
in rate legislation. They did
not want any aort of a bill, but it
took more courage than they
could command to withstand
the pressure from within and
without the Senate and they
drifted with the tide. Senator
Poraker says the bill is uncon
stitutional. Senator Tillman was
suspicious to the end, but thinks
the country is somewhat better
on than it arms before. Senator
, Bailey thought that time might
disclose the ineffectiveness of
the measure, because he felt that
it would effect some good if
properly administered.
senator doluvrr lauds
PRESIDENT.
Senator Dolliver. who iu a
private conversation about noon
roasted the President for being
instrumental in forcing certain
words from the bill at the
eleventh hour, went upon the
floor and indulged in almost ex
trai/Atvmnt IntiilnliAM Hf at.. /SLi
Executive, demonstrating a new
thing, that there never was any
thing like the Republican dis
cipline. Mr. Dolliver said in the
course of hia remarks: "While
the Republican party in this
body bas, by the exigencies of
circumstances which I will not
undertake to discuss, been com
pelled to co-operate we have not
co-operated without the connsel
and guidance of statesmen and
political leaders of the other
side of this chamber. The pro
visions that we thought proper in
this bill, which are suggested by
the honorable Senator from
North Carolina, Mr. Overman,
are preserved in this proposed
statute; these amendments ang
eested by the senior Senator
from Georgia, Mr. Bacon, are in
this statute, and the very wise
suggestion of the junior Senator
from Texas, Mr. Culberson, has
found a place in this statute. So.
wbatevar we may say on it in
this Mil. is the product of the
thought and of the considera
tion of many minds without re
gsrd to those differences of party
politics that ought not to enter
into it.”
; Senator Simmoua took part in
the discussion supporting a mo
tion to atnke oat the words. "In
its judgment,” which be and
other Senators regarded as a
matter of couaiderabte con
sequence.
The house committee favor
er reported the Appalachian
forest reserve bill.
Claw la Have Taira BalL
VortnUle Ktwlm.
Clover U to have a town ball
aad alto a comfortable and coo*
vcmeut meeting place for the
Maaone. Woodmen of tbe World
aad other secret orders. Two
additional stories art to be
added to the Smith building
over the rooms occupied by the
Clover Drag Co., and tbs Dank
of Clover. They are to be 40
by 00 feet and tbe eecond story
will be bath by Messrs. M. L..
J. Meek, and W. P, .Smith and
need fur a place for public
trtberings. shows, etc., aad tbe
third story will be bailt and oc
cupied by tbe Masons and Wood
tBd!H.
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BLACOUtH CALLED BOWK.
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Bat Betort ta tha Centres**
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Waabington. May 10—What
tb* writer now pro poxes to re
late has all the marking* of a
sensation of the first water. The
scene, suggesting the dramatic,
waa laid at the Department of
Justice, where tbe "blind god
dess" sita forever enthroned
anudst perpetual tranquility.
Those who appeared in the
stellar role were a judge of the
Circuit Court bench soda mem
her of Congress, who is slso a
practicing attorney in the judge’s
State. It will tbns be seen that
the verisimilitude of the acces
sories. the general atmosphere,
was just what it should have
been. Tbe fact* which stand
out with particular distinctness
are that Judge Pritchard and
r%- Dt_LL._u_ .1.
started out this morning to
«ee tbe Attorney General, each
ignorant of tbe other's move
menu, Conaeqently a collision
was ioeviuble. As Mr. Black
born enured tbe waiting, or
general reception room at the
Attorney General's, in walked
J udge Pritchard, accompanied
by hia bother, George, through
another door. The Congress
man and George greeted one
another with all the warmth
that might have been expected
in two Tar Heels who had un
expectedly come together far
from their native heath.
"i don’t want voc to speak
TO MB."
A moment later Mr. Black
born tnroed toward lodge
Pritchard who had seated him
self upon a convenient sofa and
exclaimed, with that breezy gen
iality which is of the Congress
man's walk the way:
"Good morning, lodge.”
To this greeting Judge Pritch
ard replied:
"I don't want yon to apeak to
VBCe
Whereupon Mr. Blackburn
simply said, "Well. I beg your
pardon,” and showed a disposi
tion not to repeat the offence by
turning again to George.
It was into this surcharged afc
ruosphere that Senator Hopkins,
wno nan oeen in u> ace me At
torney General, walked, and
broke up the meeting and the
dramatic ait nation.
Friends of Congressman Black
burn were obviously surprised
when they heard of the judge’s
display of anger. They point to
the fact that The Tar Heel was
about the only paper io the
State that did not open its col
umns to Anderson's fierce at
tack on the jodge. On the con
trsry they say that no editorial
criticism of Judge Pritchard ha*
eveT appeared in the paper con
trolled by Black barn adherents
and that The Tar Heel only re
cently gave conspicuous space
to the letter of Mr. C. J. Harris
defending Judge Pilchard
Tint fAtriKO OK TBS WAVS.
However all this may be. it :a
apparent that these gentlemen
have come definitely to the part
ing of the ways. In philosophis
ing on this situation onewdl be
struck anew with the thought
that there is never any telling
wbat a day may bring forth in
the realm of politics. A few
years ago Blackburn waa in Ral
eigfa, together with othets in «
desperate fight with Marion Bat
ter, who threw the whole power
of Me being in aa effort to de
stroy the then Senator Pritchard,
who was seeking re-election.
To-day Judge Pritchard refused
to speak to the mao who waa
then his ally, while Butler is now
engaged in the uno desperate
. . mw. />iacKonrn,
and those who are tasking com
mon cause with him in this on
dertaking arc the men who once
swore never to have any fellow
ship with him. There never
was aaything quite like it
Since the name of George
Pritchard figures iu this ditpatch
it is probably proper and certain
ly accurate to aay that be baa
bad no part ia the Butler Al
liance and bis voice ia now for
peace. The question now is,
bow would Mr. Blackburn feel
should be have occasion to prac
tice in Judge Pritchard's court?
He bat already had some such
experience as this lo Judge
Boyd's court.
rkrtaa rma
"So roo at* gotae to retire few* petV
Mar
Te«." said the rnmMpal Sam T»
gstng to retire. But Ha sot goto* «a
uTa-** *#u**,f *•* 1 #u*t «wsb
Msa ought set to lareetfgate tfcto*
reoe» weeds, bet weeds Bum ttrfagi
tCjrsaa.
lire BILL PASSES AT LAST.
Vato Vaa 71 to
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Washington, May IS.—After
seventy days of aim out continu
ous deliberation, the Senate to
day at 4:53 P. u. paaaed tbc rail
road rate Ull by tb« practically
unammoua vote of 71 to S. Tbe
three negative votes arm cast
by Senator Foraker, Republican,
of Ohio, and Senators Morgan
and Pcttut, Democrats, of Ala
bama. There vaa a somewhat
larger attendance of Senators
than usual, but tbe attendance
ia the galleries was by no means
abnormal and there vaa on man
ifestation of any kind when tbe
result vaa announced. There
wa*. however, an almost general
aigh of rellaf among Senators.
MOST MOTABUt srircu US,
The bill has received'more
attention from tbc Senate and
from the country at large t>««
aay other measure that baa been
before Congress since the repeal
of the purchasing clanse of the
Sbermaa act. io 1883. It mm
reported to the Senate on Feb.
26 sad was made the nainished
banacaa on March 13. Prom
March 12 to May 4 the bill was
under discussion without limita
tion on the duration of speeches,
58 of which wen delivered.
Many of these were prepared
with great can, and two af
them consumed more than a
day’s time in delivering. Sen
ator LaFollette, the junior Sen
ator from Wisconsin, spoke lor
three days, and Senator Daaiel,
of Virginia, for two days. Sen
ators Bailey, Foraker, Lodge,
Ravner, Dolliver and others
each spoke for one entire day.
asvisw or past 13 days.
For 12 days the bill has been
under consideration under a rale
limiting speeches to 15 mjaatys
each.
The debate baa at timet been
earnest and animated, but for
the moat part, devoid of person
ality as between Senators, the
past few days, however, having
called out some caustic criticisms
oi the President and of some
newspaper correspondents by
Senator Bailey.
In addition to passing the bill,
the proceedings to-day consisted
ia concluding tue consideration
ol tbe amendments u such
tbe delivery of a number of
speeches on the bill. The only
amendment adopted was the
one offered yesterday by Senator
Teller eliminating tue words "hi
its judgment” from the' power
given to tbe inter-Sute com
mission to fix rates.
Almost a Mirada.
CbsrMlt OttMTTM. IS.
While Mr. W. N. Mallea was
driving through Union county
* few days ego, taking ordera
for bis famous liniment and bay
ing eggs, bis team of bones be
came frightened sad ran away.
Mr. Mallea was thrown out and
as be hurried uo the dusty road
be was wondering what propor
tion of tbe 30 doxen egga be
bad in the baggy would be
smashed. Tbe horses did not
■top in their mad career until
they had gone three miles.
When Mr. Mallea reached them
they were quietly browsing
along the road aide. An exami
nation revealed tbe fact that not
a piece of harness was broken
sad only one egg of tbe 30doaen
bad been crushed. The ealy
injury Mr. Mullen suffered in be
ing throws out wpa a slightly
sprained wrist.
Ediaea te flab North Car o H aa la
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Hw Tort BMliilpn. *
Thomas A. Edison ia a com
bined bmineas and pleasure trip
which he begsu at daybreak
ynteraay na» lound an opportu
nity to indulge in a vacation
which be will spend almost
entirely in the open air.
The inventor went quietly
about his emnareuMBta and for
a week baa been helping his
men stack two White steamers
WHh tent equipment, food, cook
ing utensils and other requisites
for a trip to last several weeks.
The pasty which left West
Orange ioJuded Mr. Edison’s
brother.in.Jnw, John N. Miller,
Frederick Ott and George Poppe,
the last named two having
jhMgt of the automobiles. Mr.
Miller and Mr. CHt will have
«he*ge of tite cooking on the
»•? ‘“.North Carolina.
Mr. Edison enjoys the heat of
health and likes to indulge la as
experience of this sort when
ever opportunity presents. Tals
U the Brat trip of an extended
character, however, he baa un
dertaken with the Idea of living
continually in the fresh dr.
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