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, ,; it ; ? THE WEATHER. Fair Thurs'day, preceded by showers, near the coast, Friday fair light to moderate northeast winds. , . . VOL. LXXXVI-KO. 38.: WILMIKGTOK, K. C, THURSDAY MOKN1KG, MAY 5, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 13,286, "Tf l f ' I I ' TrKr" " fefe ' lfnV-.-A i; A Ut our Business Local oot"' -IL it JJJEj , . JLMPrafellSpC;- k3. ? . IPvb urs.'K.r brln9 re,utt- "ki..- -.H ' I Xr ; : PRESIDENT FLAYS UNJUST CRITICS Pays Respects to W. J. Bryan For Criticism of Gover , nor Hughes- OLD IGfCOHOl BISHOP OPPOSES DEALT BODY BLOW WOMEfiS' DEMANDS Weston s Big Triumph As He Entered Gotham ' .'iV:,ai;STPr, SIMMONS UPHOLDS REAL COTTON MEN THE RECORDER'S POSITION DEFINED MADE A VIGOROUS SPEECH Defended Men in Public Life Praised for Supreme Court Appointments Splendid' Day in St. Louis Trip Ended. sr. Louis, May 4. President Taft'i five ilay trip to the Middle West end ed today and he left late tonight for Washington, where he is scheduled to arrive Friday morning. ' It remained for St. Louis to give Mr. Tai't the heartiest demonstration of iiU present journey. The apparent warmth of reception seemed to affecl the President; and when, at the luncheon of the Busi ness Men's League late in the after neon. President Walker Hill praised him amid deafening applause for his appointments of Lurton and Hughes o the 'Supreme Court bench. Mr. Taft launched into a 1 vigorous spot'oh, in which he paid his respects to Uryan for his reported criticism of (3ov. Ihighe3 and decried the "cant of the demagogue" and the disposition of .public Journals to . matke unjust charges against men in public life. The President declared that he held the appolntmenWof men to the Supreme Court bench to be the most sacred of his duties. His speech aroused the business men to a high pitch of enthusiasm. M,r. Taft had intended to say only a word or two, but the cheers of his hearers seemed 1o inspire him -to go on. "Hence it is that to me, a lawyer, continued Mr. Taft, "the Supreme Court of the United States is the most sacred thing that we have In this government, and that the appointment of men to that bench 13 the highest and most sacred function that the ex ecutive has to perform. ".Vow I do not like to be Invidious In my remarks," or to'quotO 'what may "have ienn a m'squotation, but I did heat- ov see a criticism of one appoint men on the ground, as I understood it. that the appointee .waB not an im placable foe of wealth and corpora tions. I thnk perhaps that criticism lias been misunderstood and. that the uf.terer of it did not intend to give it the meaning that, thus stated, it seems to have. I believe that all Dem ocrats and Republicans, Republicans and Insurgents, who are patriotic citi- zens, and we all are that, are in favor of having upon that bench men who are foes of nothing, but what Is wrong and are in favor of equal justice tT everyone, whether that be an organiza tion of men doing business under the law and us'ng the instrumentality of a corporation to promote the indus tries in the country or be the humblest citizen struggling with his hand to earn a livelihood for his family. "I do not mean to say that men by their habits of 'life, may not ac quire a bent or a prejudice, in one di rection or anotherand that It isn't wise to select for the highest tribunal men who have not such a bent and who have not in their make up the danger of prejudice to one interest or against another. But I do mean to sav that there is in the public journals, and ' in what I may call the cant of the demagogues a dispostion to charge that kind of a bent in favor cf corporate wealth . and corporate greed and corporate monopoly when there is no justice for the charge at all. "This assumption of peculiar hones tv manifested by class declaration and the stirring up of class spirit is some thing that ought to be deprecated in our republic or else it will lead to great danger. We ought to take up the discussion of public questions and discuss their effect with judicial calm ness and not have our minds diverted by charges of prejudice -and corrupt motives; I say charges utterly unsup ported by evidence or calm considers lion. "And so. my friends, I have taken no more than my allotted two min utes. (Cries of 'go on). No all I am inp"aling for Is Justice and a square leal, not especially for myself for in leed I am in a posi'ion where I can "ct along better than some of the rest without It; but I am appealing or mstice in dealing with all classes, "T said all classes. Of course, prac '"ally it is pretty hard to give it. To ir socialistic friends, who are en- Kaged in decrying our present institu 'ions I could furnish a good deal bet I' r ground for their complaints than i"v give themselves. I th'nk if they were' to object to our administration justice and the delays In It arising from the traditional methods, pursuer in courts, by which the man with the "ngpst nurse has the advantage be cause t.he litigation is. drawn out; they would be getting, as the children say 'Pretty warm' in reaching a subject I hat will bear full discussion and in "which we shall have to have very de cided reform. "We have got to arrange ft so that cases are decided promptly. I am hound to say that the United States courts are not model in this, hut ai courts may be reformed in, this re j.' aril .' ' 'What is driving von merchants ou r courts into arbitrations? It is the o;;i of litigation."- , ' Taft Talks of Mississippi. American Pharmaceutical Association in Convention Declares Against it. IN SESSION AT Harmful Drugs Also Tabooed Nomi nations of Officers for Ensuing Year Meets in Boston, Massachusetts. Richmond, Va May 4. The most drastic and important action taken by the American Pharmaceutical As sociation' since that body convened here yesterday morning, occurred to day when the convention as a whole, placed itself on record as. advocating the abolition of alcohol as a commodi ty of sale in all American drug stores, and earnestly urged the elimination of all traffic in what it termed "habit forming drugs", as harmful to public morals and detrimental to the best interests of the American people. The nominees for office in the Amer ican Pharmaceutical Association for 1911-12 were represented to the con vention today and are as follows: President John G. Godding, Bos ton; P. .C. Godbold, New Orleans; T. A. Miller, Richmond. Vice President W. A. Frost, St. Paul; Wilhelm Bodeman, Chicago; C. S. Blakeley, The Dalles, Ore. Second Vice President Charles M. Ford, Denver; P. W. Meissner, La- Porte, Ind.; F. A. Hubbard, Newton, Mass. ' Third Vice President Charles Holz- haner, Newark, N. J.; E. Berger, Tam pa, .Fla.; J. O. Burge, Nashville, Tenn. Members of the Council E. C. Bent, Bell Rapids, S. D.; E. H. Ladisich, Chicago; J. M. Goode, St. Louis; E. Q. Berlie, Dallas, Tex.; A. M. Roehg, Buf falo, N. .; George P. Payne, Atlanta, Ga.; Theodore Wetterstrolm, Cincin nati; M. Nolle, Kansas; Otto Rauben heimer, Brooklyn, N. Y. The -officers elected by ballot last year and installed at the present con vention: President, E. G. Eberle, Dal las, Tex.; Vice president, W. B. Day, Chicago; Atto. Clouse, St Louis; L. A. Seltzer, Detroit The three new members of the coun cil are: James H. Beale, Scio, O.; Jas. Remington, Philadelphia; Henry H. Rusby,New York. The nominees first above named will be ballotted for by mail by the whole membership of the association. After a warm contest this evening for the next convention Boston secur ed it- BREACH IS WIDENING nsurgents and Regulars in Congress. Effort to Get Together. Washington, May 4 Through the formation today of an organization which Its leaders claim represents a clear majority of the entire Senate and to be made up wholly of Republicans of the "regular" wing, a movement was started with intention to settle the question whether the Senate shall re main conservative, become radical, or be thrown into political chaos so far as concerns any policy in regard to the dministration's legislative programme. Senator Aldrich called the "regular" Republican Senators together and con fronted them wuj a grim description of the possible political effect of their apparent defeat at the hands of the insurgent" Republicans and Demo crats in the fight over the traffic agree ment section of the administration rail road bill. He asked - s associates whether they were ready to submit to domination by such a combination. Any such surrender, he warned them meant the failure of the Tart policies and the downfall of conservative con trol, not only in Congress, but in the Repuiu.can party generaii The President referred to what he termed an instructive trip down the Mississippi river in which he referred to. the possibilities of making it a great stream for the transportation oi commerce. "I learned too," he said, that the government had done a great deal on that stream and that its engineers had a great deal or m formation with reference to the eco nomical xDenditures of money to make It a great highway of commerce And it is coming, but it may not come gentlemen with the speed that you hope for. It is not coming next year or the year, after, but it is working along so that In time you can get any depth of water you choose. Also SDoke on Canal. Earlier in the day the President made a little speech on the Panama canal at a breakfast of the Commer cial Club and addressed the Farmers Union ' in the coliseum on conserva tion. The President visited both, of the big league baseball games that were played this afternoon. At both games the President got a rousing greeting from - the "fans. Some of the labor unions in the city protested against the President's vis iting the American League game be cause -they said the grandstand iu Cleveland was built by non-union men. As the President has announced that he strongly opposes boycotts, he paid no heed to the-protest. Tonight as' the last function of Ms busy day in St. Louis, the President was the guest of honor at a sumptuous banquet of the Traffic Club. " Declared Not in Harmony With Ideas of the Metho dist Church. CONFERENCE IN ASHEViLLE Episcopal Address by Bishop Hendrix. Changes in Committees Gains of Methodist Church in Four Years. Asheville, N. C, May 4. With 325 delegates, lay and clerical, and with six bishops on the platform, the 16th Quadrennial Conference of the M. E. Church, South, opened here today. The main feature of the programme today was the Episcopal address. This address is really the report of the House of Bishops upon the condition of the church together with such rec ommendations as the bishops may deem advisable. A committee on moral and social re form was named in place of the one on temperance and a committee on general church relations in place . of that on colportage. it is explained that these changes were in name only. Bishop E. R. Hendrix, of Kansas City, in making the Episcopal address flatly opposed the demands of the wo men of the church for laymen's rights and representation in conference. He said the demands were not "in har mony with the church's idea of what was woman's place in the church, in the home and in socWiy.." The address complimented women for their devo tion to the church. Bishop Hendrix's address stated hat the Methodist denomination now numbered two million souls, the sec ond largest Protestant church in the world. It gave their gains in the last four years as 207,754. At present over 7,000 traveling, and 4.000 local minis ters are in service. The church prop erty now owned is worth $75,000,000. Four million was spent for churches and parsonages during the last year. The veto power in the bishops .and their election for life were strongly supported and any attempt to destroy their power or limit their duties was deprecated as a dangerous innovation. Greater energy in foreign fields was recommended and Africa was declar ed the battle-ground of the 20th centu ry. A decided stand was taken against innovation in worship such as silenf invocation and chanting of the Lord's prayer. The movement to remove the four- year time limit on preachers service in a church was not approved. It would destroy the itinerant system up on which the church is based, accord ing to the bishops. Co-operation and dinsion of territo ry with the Northern Methodist church were endorsed. Five additional bish ops were recommended. The afternoon was devoted to the meeting and organization of the var ious standing committees. The Batte ry Park Hotel had set aside commit tee rooms for them and their sessions lasted well into the evening. Tonight, in the auditorium the formal welcome was extended to the conference. Lo cal ministers made the addresses, there was music and impromptu speeches by various delegates. To morrow will be devoted to the reports of committees. PHA8E OF RAILROAD BILL. Agreement by Which the Cummins' Amendment Was Eliminated. Washington. May 4. Some of the details of the agreement by which the Cummins Amendment to the traffic agreement . section was kept out of the railroad bill in the Senate, were given out by the Democrats today in view of the report that the minority party had agreed to vote against the Cummins provision. Speaking for the Democrats of the Senate, Mr. Bacon emphatically de nied that report today, He said that the Republican organization leaders tried to get the Democrats to agree' to vote against the Cummins amendment to provide that railroads must get the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission in ' making changes of rates, but that they had refused. They were willing, however, to pledge them selves .to vote to "table" all amend ments to section seven in return for an advance pledge that the section would be thereafter stricken out. Mr. Bacon said the Democrats ob jeel to' the report that they would have voted . against an amendment to re quire the railroads to submit changes of rates to the Interstate Commerce Commission and obtain -the approval of that body in advance of their tak ing effect - . NEGRO HIGHWAYMAN CAUGHT. Two Who Killed Motorman and jured Conductor in Atlanta. In- Atlanta, Ga., May 4. Will Johnson and Charlie Walker, negroes, were to day positively identified by Conductor W. H. Bryson, as the highwaymen who shot him and murdered Motor man S. T. Brown in the hold-up of a street car a week ago ast Saturday. The negroes have been; under arrest since the day following the hold-up, but Bryson has been too -weak hereto fore to stand the ordeal of examining the .. suspects. Today he picked the twp out; of a crowd of six prisoners. PEARY HONORED IN LONDON American Explorer Enthuisastically Greeted by Rcyal Geographical Society Presented With Gold Medal Oelaiis. r London, May 4. Before a vast au dience which filled the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Geographical Society tonight presented Commander Robert E. Peary, with the special gold medal of the Society, and through its presi dent welcomed the American explorer as '"The first and only human being who ever led a party of his fellow creatures to a pole of the earth." A silver replica of the medal was pre sented to Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, who commanded the steamer Roose velt and who accompanied Peary to the last camp before the dash to the pole. When the two explorers entered tha hall, accompanied by Major Leonard Darwin, president of the society, the great audience accorded them a recep tion befitting National heroes. Presi dent Darwin introduced Commander Peary and - declared amid a storm of cheers as the representative of the Royal Geographical Society, and arm ed with full authority from its coun sel he welcomed the Commander as the only man who had led a party to the pole. . Commander Peary prefaced his lec ture with a tribute to the British Arc tic explorers, who for centuries had made such splendid efforts to reach the pole and who had paved the way Tor these coming after. The lecture va3 enthusiastically received. Sir George Nares, and Sir Lew's Beaumont paid a warm tribute to the commander on the courage and self sacrifice he had displayed and hearti ly congratulated him on his great achievement. Capt. Scott spoke of tho debt present-day explorers owe to the American. Presenting the modal President Darwin said: "America may well be proud of its own Pearv as a cHizen." 'Both Commander Peary and Capt. (Continued on Page Eight) OUTLINES. In a speech in St. Louis yesterday President Taft vigorously defended men in public life and paid his res pects to W. J. Bryan for his criticism of Governor Hughes Bishop Hen drix in the Episcopal address 'before the Methodist conference in Asheville flatly opposed the demands of women for laymen's rights and representation at the conference, declaring it not in harmony with the ideas of the church. Senator Simmons, in a speech in the Senate yesterday, attacked the methods of the Department of Jus tice in the prosecution of the cotton pool and defended the real cotton men. Commander- Robert E. Peary was received by the Royal Geographical bociety in London yesterday and pre sented with a medal Senator Hey- burn, of Idaho, was an object of merri ment in the Senate yesterday New York markets: Money on call steady 3 3-4 to 4 1-2 per cent, ruling rate 4 1-2, closing bid 3 1-4, offered at 4 1-2.J fcpot cotton closed quiet, middling up lands 15.30, middling gulf 15.55. Flour dull and without quotable change. Wheat easy, No. 2 red 1.15 nominal, No. 1 northern '1.18 1-4 nominal f.o.b. opening navigation. Corn spot steady steamer 65 nominal elevator export basis. Oats, steady, options were without transaction. Rosin quietTur pentine, steady. -- SENATORS LAUGH AT HEYBURN Unpopular. Idaho Senator Object of Amusement Buckley's Remarks Made Him Mad "Insulting" Used in Resentment. Washington, May 4. The word "in sulting" was used in debate in the Senate today. It was applied by Sen ator Heyburn to remarks made con cerning him by Senator Bulkeley. The Idaho Senator was discussing a Postoffice Department bill when he stated that in order to insure them reaching their destination he was com pelled to register all the United States maps sent out by him. Mr. Bulkeley interpreted the state ment as a reflection on the Postoffice Department, and in defense said he had a contrary experience. He added that he did notknow why there should be a difference between Idaho and Connecticut Something about his manner caused the Senators to laugh and the manifestation of mirth pro voked a prptest from Mr. Heyburn. He declared Mr. Bulkeley's remarks were 'insulting," and that it was re grettable the. Senate should be turned into a "giggling school." Responding, Mr. Bulkeley said if the Idaho Senator's maps were lost, he had a right to complain, and con cerning -Mr. Heyburn said: "His very presence on the floor is apt to cause a little amusement." If this statement was meant to have a mollifying effect it went wide of the mark. Mr. Heyburn appealed to the chair. ' No Senator on this floor is entitled to make a remark so full of intention al insult as, that spoken by the Sen ator from Connecticut," he said, "the rules provide portection against such treatment." Mr. Bulkeley was beginning to say that he had merely undertaken to' de fend the Postoffice Department, but Mr. Heyburn would not permit him to proceed. He demanded a ruling on the question of privilege, which he had raised. Yielding the Vice President held the remark of the Connecticut Senator to be in disparagament of. his Idaho colleague, Mr. Bulkeley was proceding to say that if he had said anything that was disturbing to the peace of mind of the Senator from Idaho he would with draw the remarfk. Even this did not satisfy Mr. Heyburn. but the chair held it to be sufficient amends and the in cident closed. , MAINE WILL BE RAISED. Bill Passed by Both Houses in Con gress Havana Harbor. Washington, May 4. After 12 years, the ill-fated battleship Maine is to be romnvpd from the Havana harbor and the bodies which went down with the vessel will be interred m the National Cemetery at Arlington. A bill provid ing for such removal and burial which has passed the House was today pass ed by the Senate. ThA hill directs the raising of the vessel by the Secretary of War, and the board of engineers with "an con venient speed." The bodies in the ship are to be bur ied at Arlington and the mast lifted above their graves as a monument. Road Gaylord's guessing advertise ment and then come down and look at premiums in window. -. . i Read Gaylord's guessing advertise ment and then come down and look at premiums in window, ... ' Attacked Government's Me thods of Prosecuting the Cotton Fool. PUT THEM IN WRONG LIGHT Declares Department Has Undertaken Only a Partial Prosecution In justice to the Bulls As to Speculators. "Washington, May 4. In a speech delivered in the Senate today Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, attacked the methods of the Department of Jus tice in the matter of . its prosecution, of the cotton pool. lie did not com plain because of the suits, but because the cotton producers and spinners had been involved in the matter. , Complaining of partiality in the en forcement of the Sherman anti-trust law, Mr. Simmons declared that in un dertaking to Drosecute the bulls and not the bears, the Department had undertaken only a partial prosecution. He said that the proceeding amounted to a usurpation of authority. Senator Simmons made bitter com plaint against a course which he said lad the effect of placing the real cot ton men in the light of speculators when the efforts had been in exactly the oposite direction. "If the cotton spinners of the coun try, will co-operate in the same line which the cotton spinners of the South are mirsuine-all the exchanges of th country will be on a spot basis instead of a paper basis," he said. He con tended that contracts for future sales of cotton should be for a real and not a sham delivery. The Attorney General's attitude to ward the price of cotton was sharnlv c.iticised. He said that officials had attacked prices not because of the pool, but because he considered them a National evil. "He has the. whole matter wrong; prices are not abnor mally high,", said Mr. Simmons, "they certainly are not above the level of prices fixed by the; tariff ana; ha the interest of monopoly." He said there had been no protest f roil', the Attorney General when the bears had squeezed $15 out of the price of cotton. Ho contended that the high prices of the present day were due to short crops and other natural causes. He said prices were not hieh enoneh. and he thought they would go higher, "and me Attorney uenerai cannot prevent that, whatever proceedings he may in stitute in the interest of foreign buy ers", he added. Mr. Simmons refused to concede the government the right to interfere with the purpose of affecting the price of the staple. "It is as startline as it ia unpatriotic as it is untenable", he de- ciareu, speaking or the Attorney Gen eral's course. As our chief article of export, he declared that the price of cotton should be kept up. He said that while the South always would be the first to receive the benefit of any increase the whole country would pror fxt I TWO CAROLINA HEROES. Recognized by Carnegie Hero Fund Commission 32 Awards. Pittsburg, May 4. Thirty-two awards of medals for acts of heroism were made by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at .its Spring meeting to day. Seven silver and 25 bronze med als were ordered struck off for the fortunate ones, while monthly pensions aggregating $196, death benefits of $4,880 and special awards totaling $13, 100 were made. Tie cash awards were to liquidate mortgages and other in debtedness, and tor educational pur poses. In 13 instances the heroes met death either in the act or as a result of in juries received. Five rescues were made from injuries or death by trains, two from fire, one from electrocution, 14 from drowning, four from suffoca tion in wells and tanks, five in a mine caverin, and one from a runaway. The awards were made among othr ers to the following: John Adriance, Jr., Galveston, Texas; George E. Hemphill, Anna, Texas; Harley Tom linson, Norwood, ,N. C. (died) ; Frank Forrest, Norwood, N. C; Eugene Smith, Rogers, Texas; Wylie Looney, Duncansville, Texas (died); A. Al bert Richards, Denton, Texas (died). MISS HARRIMAN TO WED. Rumor' Asserts That She Will Marry . Chas. Ramsey, the Sculptor. New York, May 4. Mrs. Mary Ave rill Harrlman, widow of the late E. H. r Harriman, declined to discuss a report tonight that her daughter. Mary will marry Charles Cary Runjsey, of Buffalo. When informed this evening 1hat news of such an engagement was current, she jent back word: "I will neither confirm nor deny the report" She would add nothing to this laconic statement . . " ; The entire bulk of the Harriman millions was left without condition to Mrs. Harriman. Miss Mary - Harriman was said to be her father's favorite daughter. She shared his love of horses and cattle, his plain spoken ways and capacity for affairs. During his life he took the greatest pride in her executive abili ty and at his death she succeeded him as manager of Arden Farms, with their '46,000 acres and hundreds of head of cattle. - To Receive Shipments of Whiskey no Violation of Law. - i OPINION OF LEGAL ADVISERS Recorder Suggests That Future Efforts be Directed to Show a Sale Is With Mayor for Law Enforce ment, He Says. Declaring himself In favor of using every lawful means of bringing to justice violators of the law in Wil mington, expressing the hope that the executive and judicial officers of tho city may work together more harmo niously in the future for the besjt in terests of the community and advanc ing the opinion, after careful consid eration, that" it is not a violation of the law for persons to receive con signments of whiskey, Recorder John J. Furlong yesterday afternoon cour teously acknowledged receipt of the letter from Mayor Walter G. MacRae and transcript of evidence taken at the recent investigations before the Mayor into tho large consignments of whiskey received in Wilmington, to gether with the opinion of his legal advisers in the premises as to his pow er to take action against alleged vio lations of the prohibition law and other laws. , In brief, the Recorder is advised by ex Mayor A. G. Ricaud and Geo. L. Peschau, Esq., whose opinion he. ask ed, that he has no authority to hold investigations under Section 3721 and then, after exhausting the powers of the city and county in an effort , to get evidence upon which to base a charge, sit' in judgment upon the case; that it is not his duty nor has he the authority to issue warrants unless af fidavits are made ; that the fact that shipments of whiskey" are being re ceived Is not ' within Itself sufficient to convict of the charge of selling whiskey in violation of the prohibition-law.- The Recorder, in , his letter to the Mayor, suggests that In further investigations efforts be directed tb ward showing sales of whiskey and he promises to issue the warrants against such persons upon proper com plaint, as he has done heretofore. ft will be recalled that three Inves tigations were held by the Mayor un der -the authority of Section 3721 of the Revisal, the efforts being directed toward securing evidence to show that large consignments of whiskey have; been and are being received in Wil mington. The testimony of those sum-; moned showed that whiskey was be-' ing brought into this city in large quantities, which is suggestive of the sale of the ardent in violation of the law. J. O. Carr, Esq., the Mayor's le gal adviser in the matter, advised that the Mayor had proceeded as far as he could go, not having the power, since the creation of the Recorder's court, to issue warrants, and suggest ed that a transcript of the testimony taken at the inquiries be forwarded to the Recorder for whatever action he deemed advisable. Acting upon this advice the Mayor, last (Saturday, sent to Recorder Furlong a transcript of the testimony of two Investigations, as taken down by Mr. Meares Harriss, expert court stenographer, as infor mation to be used by him as he saw fit under advice. The letter of Re corder Furlong, delivered to Mayor MacRae yesterday afternoon, together with the opinion of Messrs. Ricaud and Peschau, will be found in full be low. The Recorder's Reply. Wilmington, N. C, May 4, 1910. Hon. Walter G. MacRae, Mayor, Wil mington, N. C. Dear ISir: I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of April 30th, 1910, with transcript of evidence taken before you as May or of this city. Although advised by counsel that my duties In reference to the cases referred to by you are those simply of a trial Justice, and pre suppose a complaint under oath before me, I have, as a matter of courtesy, and with a desire to do what I can to advance the bringing to Justice of alleged violators of the law, carefully examined the evidence sent me. I find no evidence whatever In the papers forwarded me of a sale contrary to law. The large quantities of whis key shipped here to various partie?, as shown in your evidence, do not in themselves establish' a sale in contra vention of law, and I know of no law which would justify me in issuing the criminal process of this State, except in a case where it at least appears by evidence that the offence charged has been committed. The gist of the offence, as I understand it, is the sale of liquor contrary to law not the re ceiving of liquor through Interstate shipments consigned to this point. In, your further examination, if I may 'suggest that your- investigations be directed to showing a sale by any person within my jurisdiction, I will unhesitatingly issue the necessary warrants upon proper complaint I at tach herewith, the opinions of my le gal advisers in the premises, and I trust that In the future, in the duties of our respective offices, we may har monize, with a view to the best inter- : (Continued on Page Eight) - it ' "v ... wf; ... v -.v 3 W 1 ' w l- . 1 . if lf. I I . ' I:. IK j1 . ', 7 i i. . .. I t- '.ca?.: .11 . ' . I. ' .W. I'M C I . k . I i I. 'V '. m
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