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i " ' 1 4 T A' i n - T'j W' J, i a : SUBSCRIPTIpN rPBIOEr, $3 . 00 PER YEAB"; ;CRLOTTi5,.K; a;FRII)AY MOEtfETOr, APKIt,6,190& iS V , PRICE FIVE CENT3. n f :V GBEENSBOBO, JULY rTHIBl) , ' ' DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION ) Xl"fceeative Committee Meet "In IU1. - sAW-rlrh iuL After Lenetlty Discussion ' 1 Democratic Hoaw, Vbea Ball Will v .'be Started KoIUng for Another ,- ' ' Campaign AslievUl 'the Only ' w Other - Bidder--CbJilnnaB Slnunoos . Vrcea - Payment : of Poll Taxes f -V' Pay's New From the State CapttaL " ' , ' Observer Bureau. -" s - 122 South D&waon Street, , - Raleigh, April 5. -", Th member of the Dwrwcre Stait ' executive committee came Into Ralelgjj , rather elowly to-day, nwt ol them oomlntT y the afternoon end evening train while there was not a decld '. ' , edly. outspoken sclmowledgment from them tt was forecasted that a Drefer , -' ence irould be ehown .for Oreeneboro as meeting place rather than Raleigh. The members are flot; forgetful of what ahe cltlrens of Greensboro have done for them In the past in the way of nrovidtbff comforts. This counts for mo much, as even the man far above ,"- the average-Is an animal who le ap pealed to always by uniform and reg vlar kindnesses. On the -other hand, some of those from the western pare of the State were in favor of tne 4 Capital city as a matter of pride and were fixed in the belief that "all con ventions touching affairs of the Stats ' should be held here at any and all 5 ttmea ' .; '-- The meeting was called to order .In the Senate chamber at 8: SO o'clock with Chairman - Simmons presiding. There was, offered a suggestion that all par ties not inj sympathy with the Demo cratic party retire from the meeting. -. except those who would appear in a special capacity, offering for epeciflo purposes. Some voters were repre sented by ' proxy and no objections were offered to such.' ;There -were present 69 members of the executive committee. Mr. Hayes, of Chatham, moved, and the motion was carried, that the place of meeting be first chos en. At tht point presenting petitions for the convention addressed the meet ing. Mr. James Pou stated that the city of 'Raleigh did not plead for the convention, but that, within two years, would aek such and provide an audi torium and even more than had ever before been offered. Mr. Sam O. Bradshaw then brought to the attention of the body the claims of Greensboro, where all parties, re gardless of party creed or anything else, combined to place at the disposal of the party every convenience that lies within their power. ASHEVIIXE'S INVITATION. Mt. Sol Gallert presented to the com mittee Aeheville as the proper point for holding the convention by reason Of an absolutely, free auditorium and hotel rate that were eurprlslngly low. He reviewed the . money expended within 40 years by western North Car olina and the help offered this section by the people of the West. He empha sised "the fact that it Would not toe fisceessary to fculld a mountain of ice to cool the convention. Mr. Gallert re ferred moot -eloquently to the fact that Aeheville had entertained national end Vnternatlonal bodies. Such occasion were always, worked with signal suc cess. Happy reference was also made to Aeheville "as a prise fighting point of vantage. i Alfred Scales; of Greensboro, spoke with utmost eloquence in behalf of Greensboro. He. modestly handled the i. proposition, referring to former efforts at entertainment and renewed all sorts of offers that the Democracy might be ennobled at that city. J. R. Blair howled most agreeably for Greensboro with all Its attractions, minus the "mountain breeses and the dew." The vote stood Greensboro 31, AshO' Hie S. DISCUSSION AS TO DATE. A resolution was offered by W. T, Shlpman for a Democratic convention call June 28th. Mr. Richard N. Hack ' ett, of Wilkes, offered July 11th as a substitute date. Mr. Hays, of Chat' , ham, addressed the meeting and re . ferred to the fact that Such a conven ' tton could be postposed to even a later . date. Mr. Shipman brought up the . matter of the possible benefits to the ' people of western North Carolina and so advocated an earlier date. General B. S. Royster spoke in behalf of crop adequacy and was followed by Mr. Hackett, who bespoke a compromise on account of the fact that "Wilkes raised corn." Senator Ward, of Cra ven, "acknowledged the corn" and furthered the choice of a middle date. . Col. Cuoingham seconded the amended motion. General Royster, questioning for information, the crowd begged for ' June as a meeting date. Mr. Falconer . Reynolds reviewed the facts as to Wake county's particular products with "care all the time," and asked (or a middle ground. JTJJLiY SRD CHOSEN. - After a round of discussion it was resolved that the .committeemen desig . nate June. .27 or July 3 for such con- ' ventlon. This was done by roll call with the result that July S was chosen. The vote of Senator Simmons, who left the chair to J. F. Thompson, of Ral elith. was in favor of July 8. Mr. Simmons followed the vote with , an address in whioh he emphasised the vital and Teal Importances of the pay ment of the poll taxes. He stated that he had earnestly tried to reach voters - directly concerning these things and had, in theee letters, urged that those ' in a position to know and act should 'j give such information at this meeting 7 or the executive commit tees. He spoke V, of the inability of the county chairman Cte reach aJl such voters, but at the . same time, he dwelt on -the tendency great Importance. Mr. Simmons asked tne neart y co-operation of such chair- toward' the end that all poll taxes might oe paid, which, if not accom- -y pllshed would cost the party probably 10,000 votes. : INVITED TO CHARLOTTE. g- Solicitor Heroft Ctarkson,. of Char lotte, invited the members of the com mittee to attend the historic Twentieth . of "'May celebration in Charlotte,' to-gether- with Greensboro, . Concord and other points as suburbs. Col. Paul B. Means,, of Concord. . objected, saying k that, in a short while, Concord and ! Caharrus county would "wholly" take . In and embrace Charlotte and Meek- . lenburg county. The meeting etood ii adjourned on the stroke of W o'clock. DELEGATES TO CHARITIE8 CON A f -.v. i. v VENTION. " jf f ".,' A 'brief wire announced' h appoint - ment by Governor Glenitf of u dele gates to the thirty-third annual ses- elon ef the Conference of Charities and Correction,' t he held In Philadelphia, Penn., May 119. The delegates ars: v'i Mis Dairy Denaon, J. R Mann.. Dr, - "- , , James McKee. Revi - R. 8. Stevenson, Miss rannle Heck, C. 3. Hunter; of Raleigh; (Dr. V. X Murphy, Morgo&i RAILWAY. WAS BEAt MABK GREENE'S STORY EVIDENCE IN ' 'w j, -w J J One of." Defendant Contractors In , Savannah Harbor Case Admits Pay ment of $450,000 or $500,000 fO t Ex-Captain Carter's ' .j Father-in-" law, bnt Declaree it Was- for His , Influence WlUr New York Central Ttirough the Vanderbllts---Adinlw ' Having Been Fagitive From Justice s Both Sides Itest ana Argument negins owny. 1 Savannah) Ga., April 8. Ths ,t divi sion of profits gained from the : "gov: wnment work in this district of rivers and harbors-was explained to 4he Jury in the Greene ana Gaynor case to-aay by Benjamin D. Greene, ' one . of the defendants, who occupied the stand throughout tne .-session of the Federal court. His version made R. west- cott. fatheivln-law of Cantatn O. M. Carter, partner in the Savannah contracts, sharing proBU equally with Greene and Gay nor, t who, according to uresne, ; pcuu t westcott y f ov,wv or $500,000 without the scratsh of a pen passed between them and merely to securerWesteott'e Influnece when they J snouia seek a heavy contract or ne let by the New? York Central Railroad. The witness began his testimony by saying that about 1900.000 worth of brush wag ' used in the 1892 contract in excess Of the amount canvassed for and : that about 1300,000 was saved in not using stone. Greene denied that he was a patty to any opposition of contractor .Twiggs. He said .that Twiggs wee In no wise a. competitor of his company. In reference to the charge that the specifications had been so drawn as to favor the de fendant contractors, .. the" witness said that he knew nothing of it and as a matter Of fact did not think that they wene so drawn. He went Into a de tailed elucidation of this position. WESTCOTT AND VANDERBI&TS. Capt, Greene was asked particularly about his relations with R. F. West fccott, Carter's father-in-law. He said he met him in 1890. After Carter's marriage he seldom ever saw him (Carter). He said he did not think he had seen Carter one hour in the aggregate in Savannah since 1889. He denied that Carter or Weetcott owned considerable . property there. Asked about Weetcott's relation with the Jfew York Central Railroad, wit ness said Wtestcott had often spoken of h3a Intimacy with Sloan, and the Vanderbllts. "He told me that he had kept W. H. Vanderbilt out of Jail and added, What do you think of that?' " said the witness. "He showed me a letter of condolence from one of the Van derbllts at the time of his daughter's death ana referred to the- younger Vanderbllts as 'the boys.' " SAYS CARTER GOT NOTHING. Greene claimed that Westcott was a partner In the Savannah contracts and shared 4n proflts, one-third of which were paid him regularly up to the time of Westcott's departure for Europe. Carter, however, was given not a cent and was not at all con cerned, he said. . The gpovermnent closed Its case at 10:45 o'clock. Argument will begin to morrow. MINERS PROPOSE ARBITRATION. Anthracite Strikers Surprise Opera tors by Advancing nan lor sub mission to Existing Board of Con ciliation - Operators to Answer, Probably in Negative. New York, April B. Having failed to come to an agreement among them selves, the hard coal miners of Penn sylvania, through their representatives to-day proposed to the operators that all matters In dispute be referred to a -board Of arbitration for settlement, the tribunal to be composed of the board of conciliation which was ore ated by the award of the anthracite strike commission in iaos, wun judge George Grey, of Delaware, or any per son he may appoint, as chairman and umpire. If the operators accept the proposition and a convention of mme workers approves the plan, the 100,000 men now idle in the anthracite fields will return to work at once. A HOPELESS MISSION. Renresentatlve of American Fexlera tion of Labor Seeks to Get Union Men Reinstated In High - Point Factories, but So Far In Vain. Special to The Observer. High Point, April 6. Representing of the American Federation of la Dor, Mr. F, C, Roberts,' of Washington, is In the city. He was sent here to look into the situation. He Is here for the purpose of arranging to get the idle men back to their places as union men. it possible. It Is, however, be lieved that his mission on this line Is. a tiopeless one and the manufacturers say they are done with it, as far as they are concerned", that they took fi nal action when their decision was made not to employ union labor; that this is all there la to It and that thev are getting along very well and are not worrying. , Cleveland Party Leaves for the North. Stuart, Fla., April &.vFormer Presi dent Grover Cleveland and his party, inoludlng Prof. . Howard MoClenehan and Dr. Joseph Bryant, left for the North to-day. Mr. Cleveland Is much Improved in health- " -v ton- W. W. Faison, Gotdsboro; E. JU Haughton, PoUocksviile; W. B. Street er, Greensboro, and Wv Av Blair, Wln-ston-Salem. " - . OHARTEmS GRANTED.' ' Z The Stats charters the W. R. Pleas ants Concrete A Paving Co., Greens boro, w. R. Pleasants, Garland Dan iel and. W. Drummond Marrow, in cor porators; authorised capital 110,000, of which amount 15.000 has been sub scribed. Another negro body was also authorised under the name of "The Independent A. M. E, Denomination of the United States of America, Incor porated," - wKh headquarters at Winston-Salem. There Is no capital stock and the prmclpai incorporators are Bishop R. D. Phillips, Rev. J. Grif fin and several others. Governor Glenn to-day honored a requisition from the Governor of South Carolina for Harry C. Hallo way. charged With cheating and swindling. at Williamsburg, 8, C. . Miss Annie Lee, whose home . was near Rlohlende, Onslow county, died to-day at the State Institution for the Blind. This la only the fourth death that has occurred there within 10 years. 1 Governor Glenn to-day appointed the following -committee to appear ; In Waehlngt on "April 2SUt before the House committee von agriculture in behalf of the passage f the forest re serve bill: p. A. Tompkins... of Char lotte: Prank A. Hewitt, of AahevlHeS Henry E. anrie, of Winston; Hugh! MacRae, f Wilmington: T. 8, Rollins, of Greensboro; Dr. Joseph Hdye Pratt, of the University of North OeroUiia. cnaaet uu, , . - S ON ; WHITE HOUSE CONFAB j Vlf y 1 1- , J1 i Sf TENSE , SCENE IN THE SENATE Renewed Attack on President's Course .by Mt. Stone Brings Sharp Reply JYom Dolllver. ,Who Charges , That Senators Have Consulted With . RaUroad Presidents, Messrs. Bailey and Fo raker Retorting Warmly and Demanding Names Incident Ends 4 jneasantly .Mr. Foraker . says , - Pennsylvania Railroad's President Favors Pending Rate Bill. .Washington. April . B.-rThere was leverbratlon in the Senate to-day of the echo of the White House confer ence of last Saturday , relative to the pending railroad rate legislation, and While It ended In good nature, there was a time when the feeling was quite Intense. The Incident occurred at the close of a speech fey Mr. Stone, which was devoted largely to a dla cussion of that conference. After the Missouri Senator had taken his seat Mr. Dolllver took the floor and in the course of a brief speech devoted to a oeiense or the rignt of, senatore to comer wun tne rrestaent charged tnat otner senators had been In con' sultation with the president of rail road companies. The Intimation contained In the charge was resented by both Mr. Bailey and Mr. Foraker and they de manded the names of the Senators referred to. These Mr. Dollver de clined to give, but he Justified his course in making the charge by sav ing that he and other Senators who nad participated in the conference had been sneered at and ridiculed in the discussion" of last Tuesday. This avowal of his motive brought about an explanation from Mr. Foraker and the incident ended pleasantly. DEMAND THE NAMES. Mr. Bailey, in following Mr. Doll! ver, first outlined his own position in opposition to the practice of confer ring, with the President. He said that that present situation presented pecu liar reasons wny the President should not interfere In legislation. He then said: "The Senator from Iowa is not given to Intemperate or incaicuJous speech and when he sug gests that Senators have been con sulting with railroad presidents he utters a serious reflection on some Senators." Mr. Foraker endorsed the statement by Mr. Bailey, demanding the names. Mr. Dolllver declined to give the names, then he said he meant nl Im propriety, and added that he did not believe that a Senator's right to con fer with the railroad men should be questioned. MR. STONE'S SPEECH. Mr. Stone, speaking on the rate bill, stated that his substantial endorse ment of Mr. Bailey's position in favor rof the restriction of the power of the inferior courts in the matter of the suspension of the orders of the com mission. Regarding the Long amendment, he said that while It was proposed by the Senator from Kansas the Presi dent of the United States is its author. Giving his version of the origin of the provision, he said. "On Sunday morning last the papers contained an account of a meeting at the "White House of numerous Re publican Senators for consultation with the President and the Attorney General. It Is reported that for some hours they sat In solemn conclave on the rate bill, and in due course the amendment proposed by the Senator from Kansas was hatched." Quoting the proposed amendment, he said: "That ought to be satisfac tory to the railroads. There is no need of making any additions to it," "If this amendment proposed by the President, through the Senator from Kansas, contains anything the rail roads do not want It will require the superfine acumen of a lawyer as ver satile and obliging ae the present Attorney General, who has 0 K'd the amendment, to point It out, he said. In conclusion he said: "The Presi dent took up this Democratic measure in the belief that he could carry it through and thus add to his prestige and popularity; but the pressure upon his has been 'greater than his power of resistance and so his commendable attempt to appropriate a Democratic policy has proven abortive." He con-1 tlnued: "If effective legislation of this character Is really desired, the Republican party cannot be depended upon to enact it" At 4:12 p. m. the Senate adjourned. $200,000 IN PROPERTY AT STAKE. A Rumor Current In Legal Circles to the Effect That the Southern Rail way Company Will Claim Property 50 Feet In Depth on Either Side of A. T. A O. Railway in Wards and s Property Holders Scared. A very persistent rumor has been current in legal circles lust recently to the effect that the Southern Railway company contemplates claiming all the property within 50 eeet on either side of the . Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railway, from the Junction at the wat er tank in ward z to tne southern nas eenger station. Rumor has It that the railway company will claim that its charter, granted about 1858 or 1859. gave them a right of way of 50 feet on eitner side ot tne track, and that. for the possible purpose of securing plenty ox space ror a proposed double track, the company will claim the land described and fight in the court for Its possession. -.-, y,v -uw--,r i ; An Observer reporter called at the office Of CoL W. B. Rodman, counsel for. the Southern Railway,, yesterday aiternoon to -verity uie rumor, out Col. Rodman- was out of the city. But woetner or not tne southern will tnaks a fight m court for the possession of the land, or whether ; it contemplates mainng any claim at an. his; holders of the property in question are con siderably perturbed and annoyed at xne rumor,- - wo or inree persons nave endeavored to sell their nrooert w but. because of the doud upon the title, have, been, unable, to carry their deals through. The reporter teamed that counsel has been employed' to lnsti tute suvt against tne railway com pany to remove the cloud on the title. He also learned that several, mem bers of the bar,. Including the counsel for the railroads, have spent consider able time in the of flees of the register oft deeds and clerk of. the court-re-centlr, presumably. looking uo tecords and leng tit les that have some bearing on tne case. . - ' The Property In question Is worth not less than $200.000. . It embraces a strip t$ feet In .width, en each side of ths road, for a distance " of about eight blocks. : Practically all or ithae been developed, -eome ot It being used for residences and some Tor manufactur ing enterprises . and warehouses. If the Southern does make a legal claim to the . property one of the most. Im portant litigation of "its kind la the i4tory ef the etate yrU mult , ; , FIGHr ON NO. 07 : BEGINS TENNESSEAX LEADS IN HlOCSE - , 3 m - f Ranking ' Minority Member of Post w office Committee Vrgcg 'People of That Portion of the Kohth Which Receives Benefit of Fast Mall Subsidy to Stand Against It as Against All Other Subsidies Doubts If General Railway r Mall Appropriations Are Kxcesslve Mr. f. Tqwoo Endorses Demand for Labor Legislation. ' v Washington. April 5 When the House convened to-day Speaker 'Can non appointed the ! following commit tee to participate In tim execrises at tendant upon -the second centenary ,of Benjamin Franklin's birth to be held av Philadelphia April 17: Messrs. Olm sted;' of Pennsylvania ; Stevens, of Minnesota; Cousins, of Iowa; Watson, of Indiana; Feeseu, of New York; Hoar, of Massachusetts; Smith, ?-of Maryland; Pou, of North Carolina; Ryan, of New York, and Wat kins, of Louisiana. ; ,' The bill making it oblisratorv rW the Circuit and District Court of the mid dle district of Alabama to sltf "'sir months at Birmingham was paaed. Mr. Gaines, of West Virginia se cured consent to have printed In The Record Judge Humphrey s opinion In tne neer packers casen, the oral argu ment made by the Attorney General and the. several statutes relating to compulsory testimony and resulting Immunity from prosecution. The postofflce appropriation bill was then taken tup. Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, the ranking minority member of the postofflce and poet roads committees, in explanation of the several provisions of the nost- offlce appropriation bill, said that the railroads contended that they were not receiving sufficient pay to carry the mails notwithstanding the charges made that the railroads were receiv ing sums of money far in excess of the value of the service rendered. He Insisted that If the appropriation for railway mail service was to be cut down it ought to be after complete investigation. SHOULD FOREGO BENEFITS. After citing instances of soeclal privileges to certain Southern locali ties, Mr. Moon asked: "What does the Democratic party demand on this question? It repudiates, it denounces, it condemns every character of subsW dy. The Republican plait form does likewise. Can, you say to the DeoDle of the-United States, standing upon vour Dlatform and nmumfrl t.. shin subsidy, that you are ready, because of Mule paltry benefit to your Im mediate section, to violate the pledges of your party and the groat tenets that It ha held,, for a century. I believe the Southern Democrats ought to ap peal to their people and not to this railroad company which is granted special privileges between Washing ton, Atlanta and New Orleans." Passing from a discussion of the railway mail service, Mr. Moon said there was too much discretionary power lodged In the Postofflce De partment. Mr: Tcwne, of New, York, followed Mr. Moon. After a. short dissertation on the growth of Jthe . present rules no w Tn f orceTUTthe' Hiuse, he add ress ed himself to the petition recently presented by labor leaders to the President and Congress asking favor able consideration of the measures deemed of importance to the men for whom they spoke. Arguing that -this petition was aulto the most significant utterance of the sort in recent economics history Jus said: LABOR LEGISLATION ENDORSED. "The political party In power Is. as an organisation, the agent of the dominant economic. All members of society not immediately associated the scheme of consolidation; If unrestrained and unregulated, they threaten the stability of the social order, and workingmen of the country may Justly feel an especial Interest In curbing the rapaclay of these or ganized appetites whioh exist either by the warrant or the permission of tne laws, in this enterprise these petitioners become allies of force of the age; those forces tend to capital istic combinations and spoliation and plunder. ' When thus engaged they cease to be a faction, but be come the representatives of the gener- weitare. instead of meriting the appellation of agitators and disturb ers, they range themselves among the conservative elements of our in stitutions in futherance of what has become the great patriotic political duty of the hour the restoration In the republic of the ancient standards of Justice and equality under the law, the mingled safety and progress that constitutes the goal and the sanction of Democratic government." During the late afternoon Earl and Lady Grey were Interested spectators In the reserved galleries, and after the House adjourned, with Senator Newlands, held quite a reception In the room" of the Speaker. Mr. Lee, of Georgia, digressing from the appropriation bill, eald that he did not believe that Congress could make a more useful appropriation than that for good roads. At 5:10 p. m. the House adjourned. TO ROAST YELLOW MAGAZINES. President's Decoration Day Addrcm Will be Before Army and Navy Union at Norfolk and Will be Straight Talk Will Follow Lines of Recent Address. Washington, AprW President Roosevelt will deliver his Decoration Day address this year before the- Ar my and Navy Union at Norfolk, Va. The ceremonies there wiU' be held at the navy yard and in the sailors' cem ertery,. , -ryr-"- The address of the President Will be practically a repetition of the address he delivered at ths dinner recently given by Speaker Cannon to the mem bers of the Gridiron Club and other guests. The text of the speech was "The Man- With the- Muck Raks," In which the President compared some of the publishers, and writers of the present day with the- famous charac ter In Pilgrim's Progress, and .he scored some of the sensational maga sine writers without mercy and ex pects to repeat his statements In tho Norfolk epeeoh. While, the, Norfolk speech will contain much that Is new, lr wilt -follow closely the lines of the original address, t ' f - , . . Nashville Woman ' After a Second , tonnt. ,- Vj 4 v. -' Paris, April 5. Countess Bernard de Pourtalee, formerly Mies Florence Drouillardv 5 ef - Nashville. Tenn.. and the divorced wife , of . Count ' Bernard de Pourtales, ngureeta the proceedings before tns. civu tnounai ot tne-Seine kr which Count Roger da Martlmprey seeks the annulment of Ms mother's opposition, to , his marriage twKh tho . -Ths tribunal his reserved Its decis ion. i" ' j t u-j k :: -i k j i DISARMING HIS CBITICS DEMOCRATS AT WHITE HOUSE Renting Under Criticism That He Is Making Rate Bill Partisan Meas ure, President Calls Senators Daniel and Overman Into Conference Former Declines to Talk and Lat ter Expresses Belief That Hepburn Bill, With a Few Amendments, WU1 PassAn Interesting Episode Mr. Bailey Opposes White House Con ferencesMr. Poll's Bill . to Stop, Campaign Contributions ty Corpo rations. BY W. A. lllLDEBRAND. Obsevrer Bureau, 1417 G Street N. W., Washington, April 5. The fact that several Democrats of prominence have complained that President Roosevelt has shown a dis position to make a partisan measure of the rate bill by calling Republicans only Into last Saturday's conference when the amendment subsequently introduced by Senator Long was agreed to, has caused the President. to resort to a means of disarming his critics. It became known that the President had called Senators Foster and Clay into conference yesterday. while to-day Senators Daniel and. Overman were asked to come to the White House and talk over the sit uation. The invitation was accepted. After the two Democratic Senators reached the capltol, representatives ot local papers sought an expression from them relative to what transpired at the White House. Mr. Daniel is quoted as having told the first re porter who came .his way: "You at tend to your business and I will at tend to mine." SENATOR OVERMAN FAVORS HEPBURN BILL. -Senator Overman made this state ment: "I am not inclined to believe that the amendments considered at the White House conference Saturday will be adopted by the Senate. My opinion Is growing stronger that the Hepburn bill, substantially as it Is, will be passed. There will be a few amendments, Senator Daniel having one amendment which I think Is a good one, providing that the record in each case shall be 'transmitted to the upper courts. Senator Overman agrees with others who have of late visited the White House that the President is very desirous of securing, at the first opportunity, some sort of effective rate legislation. And, in view of the obviously inspired amend ment which emanated from the White House last Saturday, immediately fol lowing the now famous conference sig nificance may be attached to Senator Overman's expressed opinion that the President Is not wedded to the ver biage amendment and that the Hep burn bill may be passed substantial ly as It left the House, leaving the Supreme Court to deal with the con stitutionality of those provisions of which no two Senators are of one mind. Even before the President made the interesting departure of consulting some minority members, these' White House conferences had caused, considerable Ill-feeling in the Senate and there were doubtless some heart-burnings. AN INTERESTING EPISODE. To-day Senator Dolllver precipl lat er an exceedingly interesting episode by deprecating the uncomplimentary and unpleasant illusions to these con ferences and expressed the opinion that those Senators who hud partici pated -In these conferences had ren dered the country greater service than had those Senators who had been conferring with presidents of railroad companies. Senators Bailey and For- Hiker thought the Iowa Senator should - be more specific and the latter called on Mr. Dllllver to name his man If he knew of any Senators who were seeking advice from presidents of railroad companies but Mr. Dolllver cWtly side-etepped, saying there was really no harm In conferring with the managers of the great railways and that he had frequently done so him self. MR. BAILEY OPPOSED TO CON FERENCES. Some were looking for Senator Bail ey, generally regarding him ae the real leader of the minority In the Senate, to appear In the role of critic of these Democrats who conferred with the President, but he did not do this. He feels that the President dis charged his whole duty when he sent his message to congress on tnis sub ject and Is opposed. In principle, to the Idea of taking counsel of the President In these matters, but he said he felt if there was ever a time when Democrats should feel war' ranted In pursuing this course It would be now, while Republicans are to badly divided that the President must, of necessity, look outside of his own party for am. MR, POUS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU " TION BILL. Congressman Pou, who has Just pre pared a bill designed to put an end to the practice of contributing to cam paign committees by corporations, says that the minority members of the election comittee of tne House will very soon unite In a demand for hear ing on some of the numerous bills pending before the committee. Up to the present writing the chairman of the committee, Mr. Gaines, of West Virginia bae shown no disposition to stop the fat-frying of Ma party , dur ing campaign times, and alt requests for a hearing have fallen on deaf ears. The bill Introduced by .Mr. Pou Is more drastlo and sweeping than any yet brought forward, and he will urge the committee to favorably report the bill at Its next "meeting, -r y v "- The bill In full follower "SecWon l It shall be unlawful for any officer oe stockholder of any cor poration subject to the Jurisdiction of the laws of the United States to con tribute monies or assets of such cor poration to the -campaign fund of any political party or to use any of the assets or . monies of snjd corporation to aid': in electing , any candidate for an of nee created by the laws of the United States unless the use or con tribution of eald monies or assets, for the purposes aforesaid ehall be authorised by U the owners of stock In said corporation.. ' "Section That whenever all the owners of stock of any corporation mentioned in section one of this act shall authorise ' the appropriation or contribution of any of the monies or assets of the same for the purposes mentioned in the , aforesaid section, a written memorandum shall be .entered upon the - books of such corpora tton stating that the amount et monies or assets so contributed, the purpose for which the same are. contributed, the name of the person - to whom said monies are to be paid or to whom said assets are to be delivered, and the Aaowg c 42 candidate or. Sandllatea SALISBWS NEW HOTEL THJIOWN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TJjfl Hotel Vandcrford Opens "Its Doors To-Dav A Modern and Un- to-Datc Hostlery Street Car lAae to be Extended to Fulton Heights TWo-Year-Old Boy Falls on Table Fork, which Pierces Brain and ' Causes Death Socially Speaker , Barred From Rowan Court llonse -Another Candidate for Treasurer The News of Salisbury. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, April 5.-FuIton Heights will be made a beautiful para and opened by the first of June, It everything goes well With the men who are projecting it. The contract for the extension ot the Balis biry-Spencer Street Railway has been left and all the material for this purpose Mas been ordered. Capt. C. M. Hender lite has been awarded this work and will begin 'It at once. Tho extension will be one mile long. The terminus of the line la at the Chestnut Hill Drug Store. Ful ton Heights is -the southwest suburb and the, prettiest portion of the city. Indeed It has the reputation of being more blessed by nature than any park in the State. The street car service is to be furnished by the company and the ex tension is to be made by the owners of the property. If, after a fair trial, the park proves to be a paying institution the company will buy it. It la to be thoroughly city-like; will have tho dnncinK pavilion, skating- rink, bowling alley, flying jenny and all the heart's unit! aengnta. Applications ior many i these have ulready been sent tn. Some handsome residences will be built there this spring. J. J. Kincald, one of the county commissioners, has given the con tract for a $5,0io residence and will build a number of other handsome houses. T. J. Maupin will soon have begun a beau tiful home In this suburb and it will be thickly peopled before the end of the year. Maupin Brothers have been espe cially active In the development of tnls part or tne city. It la the home of tne ball ground. Charles P. Edwards, agent for the Zlon City Supply Company, of Zlon City. Ills.. in In the city and Is making n canvass of the State. He is a devoted disciple of John Alexander Dowle, alias Elijah the 'intra, out nis ousiness, like his musters. Is making money not propagating- his re ligion. He has an endless variety of stationery, lawyer's supplies, carbons and the HKe and is a thoroughly genteel fellow. He takes no stock in the story that the prophet Is a back number and declares that his faith In the old man is steadfast. He attributes all the fuss to the newspapers. Mr. Edwards says Dowle has two papers, The Banner, a semi-weekly secular publication, and I Olives of Healing, a weely church or gan. We don t have any boose In our town and no man can chew tobacco and stay in Zion if he is found out," he de clared. t ant. J. R. Nicholas, who for mnnv venrs ran a nassenirer train on tha Western North Carolina road, to-day en tered tho race for county treasurer and the situation, clarified yesterday by the withdrawal of J. C. Deaton, remains as before. He Is a well-to-do merchant and has the premise of plenty of support. MET DEATH IN UNUSUAL ACCIDENT James Foard, who has been with M. L. Jackson for some time, last night re ceived the news of a distressing accident befalling his two-year-old nephew, Fred Foard, of Oaston county. The little fel low was playing with a table fork and fell upon it, causing It to pierce his eye and brain. He died several hours later. Thnre Was an intereetlna outcome to a horse-trader here last night when a plug fell dead on the streets. The men, a Spencer livery man and a trader, had jusUconsummated a deal and, as the one passed the money to the other, the horse got mad and died without delay. The trade was satisfactorily adjusted. Ouy K. Miller, the Socialist, Is at Spencer to-night and lectures here to morrow night. The refusal of the county commissioners to Rive him the court Phouse, will probably have the effect of drawing a crowd. NEW HOTEL OPENS. Hotel Vanderford will to-morrow open Its doors to the public and the promise is made that no L! house in North Car olina will surpass It. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. rink ham have been worRlns; on It tor two months and have succeeded In giving It a pretty Inward appearance. The flrst trio to the station for transients was made to-night, though Mr. Pinkham has been entertaining lodgers several nights. Hreakfast to-morrow morning will be the first meal. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham have decided to employ only white wai tresses and this innovation will doubtless out the new Institution In the public's good graces from the start. A-very , popu lar Salisburlan. Mr. Charles Overman, a brother of the Senator, is head clerk and Mr. Lloyd Lindsay, who formerly wns chief clerk at the Mt. Vernon Hotel here. Is assistant. The landlords are well known over the State and It la certain that they will give the city Its most need ed institution, a modern hotel. Salisbury has entirely outgrown herself and In no way has this growth been shown than by the countless travelers who have so often had to pace the street ait night In the vain quest of where to lay the head. Livingstone College Is well represented at the Tuskegee convention this week. Professors T. W. Walluce and 3. E. ARgrey being delegates from the laving stone Alumni Association, ot which Prof. Aggrey is president. A thing probably unknown in the history of colleges Is the teaching of Prof. Aggrey's wife. She has taken all of his classes in English. Latin and Greek and conducts them Hi well as he. Aggrey himself Is a remark able man. He Is a native African, has been in this country but eight years, graduated at the head of his class, Is only 0 years old and Is teaching Ameri cans English, besides two dead lan guages. The month or March has been distin guished by two things, the growth of the postofflce receipts over the same month of 1W6 and the dearth of mar riages for this season. There was a gain of fc.OOO In the postofflce department over hut year but there were but 6 marriage licenses Issued. The city le growing anx ious to know who Is to hand the mall out next year. WHISKEY LICENSE INCREASED.! At a meeting to-night ot the aldermen the much-debated Increase of whiskey license was settled. The question ha been a warm one since the first of the year, and la a matter of great Interest inasmuch as thirteen saloons and ilvm wholesale houses are affected by it. The bars at present are paying JfiOu. By .the vote of five to three the aldermen raised the license to 11,000 and on wholesale houses from t'00 to 60O. The amount of revenue thus raised amounts to about 17.500. The order Is effective the first of June. It is almost certain that the great Increase will force soma small saloons t quit business. . i; .f-r . An Early Horning, FJre:1;:-; " At 1:30 o'clock thle' mornlngCthe house at No. Sift South Mint street, oc cupied toy Carrie Davis, colored, and owned by Hat tie Bailey, colored, of New York, was discovered on Are. The house and very nearly all of its con tents were destroyed, the loss being about ism. - , The origin of the fire ts not known. It was said that It started under the kitchen. It was not discovered until It was beyond control and the firemen arrived only in time to save the ad joining houses, - . 1 -1 . whose election to office the contribu tion aforesaid is Intended to aid. ; "Section That - If any officer 'or stockholder of any such corporation Shall violate the provisions of this acW'.rsuchvfncer'er stockholder shall be guilty 6f a misdemeanor and. upon conviction, shall be Jlned or Imprison ed la the djaoretlon of the court, , FIN4JL DAY AT. TUSKEGI2 CLASH OYER' 1MTH 'AMENDMENT Feature 'of Silver Jubilee's Morriin-? Session Was Strenuous Exception Taken by- William, Lloyd Garrison to Admission of. s. President Nor 1 tlirop, of Minnesota University, . Regarding Negro Enfranchisement -at Close of War Andrew Carnegie ' Speaks on the -Negro's .Education as a National , Interest Winston : Salem Colored Minister Amo: Other Speakers. "' ' '"? Tuskegee. Ala., April' B. The third and concluding day of Tuskegee silver Jubilee, was marked tb-day by the continued attendance rof an Im mense throng, representing the. varied types of cltlaehshlp which' are inter ested In the Tuskegee Normal In stitute. The programme for the two session's of the day and) evening in cluded several notable addresses, con cluding with1 that of Andrew Car-r negle this Evening. '''jf, V t The morning session was ' marked a, with a spirited issue between Presi, ; dent Cyrus Northrop, of the Universi-.J-ty of Minnesota, and William Lloyd ', Garrison. The former speaker, " la , . commenting on the work at Tuske- gee, expressed his interest -la the.v education of all the people' of the " South. He concluded his remarks by . saying: "Outside of education there - . can be formed no solution for ,the , -race problem. I do not subscribe to"-.-the doctrine that the more ignorant a man Is, the more efficient he is as -, a worker." He expressed the opinion '; that the enfranchisement of the mass p of the negro race at the close of -the' ,' war was a colossal blunder. Sharp Issue was taken by Mr. Garrison ln - a dramatic ten-minute address.. He ; contended that the way "to' teach a man to vote Is to put the ballot Into , nis hands." t-" Other speakers were Principal Hollls Burke Frlskell, of the Harnp- ton Normal and Agricultural Instt-""'- tute, and Dr, & C. Atkins, secretary , , of the board of education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, " or winston-salem, N. C. V At the night session tho principal speakers were Andrew Carnegie and , . Hlshop Charles B. Galloway, of the Southern Methodist Church. tJ Mr. Carnegie spoke on "The Edu- - cation of the Negro, a National In terest." The very closest attention ' , was paid the famous financier. , t" . Mil CARNEGIE'S ADDRESS. Mr. Carnegie said: ' ' We visitors from the North are here upon the ouarter-centenary of this re " markable educational institution for the colored people, not because we are more 1 deeply interested in that race than in ; our own white raoe In the South, but be cause we feel that the problem Is one that vitally concerns our own race and it is to their co-operation in the South we .,r chiefly look for Its solution. . , - , It is impossible that educated South' , ern white people could And life asree- '.. able or inspiring and fruitfully yielding - an its sweet graces surrounded by an in- ; ferior race sunk in urnorance and soualor. Human society is one great whole and the degradation of one Dart Injures and i J lowers the lives ot the others. '. ,', We of the North haVe on our hands m ; somewhat similar problem. The hundreds of thousands f immigraats now-Maoh mg our shores irom tne oacawara na tions of Europe would . soon . Drove --a - menace to our peace and happiness were their children not instructed in our ewa r . Ideas. The great preservative is that every child has access to an excellent , public school. But the educational wert ,'; does not rest here. The work done by . the Jewish educational alliance, for in-. stance. Is most commendable. I bavo 4 conversed In English with young Rus sians, Italians and Hungarians after only -six month's tuition. All speak It more or - ess after a month or two In this school, s Last year this one school taught four hundred and flfty-flve thousand imml- , grants. Those of us Interested in this ? work consider It essential not Only lor he foreigners but ourselves and for our country. When the Southern problem Is thought of or spoken of, it Is not the . colored people alone, nor is it chiefly : ; that branch that arouses our solicitude. Those of our race interest and concern -us. The poor whites of our own blood equally with the poor blacks demand, our attention. , 1' t In the North the school system is al- - ready omnipresent. The steady expansion. ' of the public school system now taking ' place In the South is most cheering. The Ideal will not be reacned until every : child, wherever born, whits or black, has -access to a pubiia : school education. In this connection It ts gratifying to know that in Southern cities public sentiment v, is now demanding public libraries main tained at public expense by taxation and ' In some cities free libraries fer colored people are also established. My secretary ) Informs me that we have given the South ' seventy-one libraries already, 'distributed : among eleven States, I hope ths demand Is to Increase ten-fold. j,t i 1 '. GROWTH OF SOUTH. V The rapid growth of the South In agrt- . cultural wealth, especially cotton, these., . fe years past and the development of her manufactures, must produoe a decld ed effect upon the conditions of human' . , life. With this increase In wealth must. 4 come the Increasing desire In the people '"1 to Improve themselves, for much ot the refinement and elevation" of life rests upon material prosperity, a fact whict. -Is often overlooked. Money may be the root of all evil In some sense, but it la , also the root of all the universities, col- . leges, churches and libraries scattered', throughout the land. No one can tell us ' -better than President Washington froim personal experience, that without materi-' al prosperity and therefore' Increased, wealth, Tuskeegee could not have arisen. A new day has begun to dawn upon tha ' South and. if I mistake not, tha next , twenty years la to witness, an advance,, . not alone in material lines, but aa a con- . aequenc- of material prosperity. In all that elevates, refines and renders human-, life more worth living. Owing to obvious " reasons., the North for a generation has , enjoyed prosperity in far greater degree . than the South, but' the .day of the , South'a prosperity is now upon us. In this new era, ot. progress and mental de- : velopmenv the colored ; people , are v to y prove an Indispensable, element. :. . . , .. . i1 -i&WMBD OF LABOR, i- ,V , , t We, sometimes,, but not so' often now, -hear of projects for exporting them to One ot another tropical home. How ehorU sighted this view Is. One of the arst essentials'-for material "development of tha South is a plentiful supply of labor. With- . out that there can be Bonn Not enly shall the present. Southern, population, white and black, be needed, but-millions more to meet the . rapidly growing -, world de mand for cotton and other products. The : desire of Southern railroads to attrai t Immigration ftkmg ' their lines- to-day id sa indication of what -Is-coming. X ask those who think of expelling th, negroes to consider -what Britain would, give tor then in South; Africa, Inferior aa the niey be to-day, as a rule.?; to educated white labor, the difference is not neatly so- great - between white and black labor -here as betweea White and Kaf tir labor it Africa, .' In :tbe nine millions of colore t people the South has aa asset the vh: - of which Is difficult tov over-et.!m.-. That element should therefore t- care, fully ; guarded, fostered l- t snd, hence-Improved. It i . , , and cannot be spared ev-.i k . expelled.. Neither can It 1 with safety or profit, to e-' t n It cannot stand still. I forward it must, d ---in. -. then, i what m- i lake, The Correct e by Tuskee-t-e " I similar iitmitm.-' e ami dhere l to l-y t rle, the ! ! r-'"- - ton, fcy I vuic. .1 I . i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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