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i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS: V ' ' SEVERE SHOCK AT JAMAICA ' LAND LINE ;' COMMUTATION OFF " "im twa of life at Kingston , and Cable Office was Badly Damaged , Everybody Is Camping , Mucli Distress Prevails M Shocks nAlnue IVe ' Started Jmme, ' iti Aft Ouake--Admlral tkT .' rlC in Command of Fleet oB 2nOUJmot , Instructed to A. K i rx-rtnin Extent of Damage and He port to Department Will Go to , Kingston If accessary, & " , V" Kingston,; Mi l plcturewus capital of tlio ")slant of Jamaica, has been , devastated ? by a violent earthquake. Details ot the disaster are lacking , as direct 'i communication ;iwjth:'th 1 stricken city has been cut off..." The land, lines had : been reconstructed to , Wthln Ave mller of Kingston Tues- - day evening, and . irom meagre; re " port received . through such channels as were open UTias been earned that . , many ot the mosr Important buildings have been destroyed and that there H has been serious loss of life, ' ' So far as the reports Indicate, the ' fatalities number - leas than ,: 100, " though the -hospitals are tilled iwlth y. Injured and the list of victims may be . r materially increased. ; "Kingston and the other points 'of , 1 interest of the Island are t this sea- . son of . the r year thronged with ' tourists from both America and Eng- land, and - the greatest apprehension . Vis felt for the safety of many persons ", who, had i recently arrived . at the . Jamaica resorts. .The most distinguished, of these '. were members of a party Of -English statesmen, agricultural experts, and (, men -of ' affairs, who, under the leadership of Sir Alfred Jones, had 1 arrived la Kingston-within the past few day to attend an agricultural conference there. . " : ' " The first great shock was felt about 8: JO o'clock Monday afternoon And, ag in the San Francisco disaster, i flames Immediately sprung from the wreckage and carried" out the work of destruction Tuesday afternoon - the fire was still burning, although it was believed to be under control. The Mlrtle Bank Hotel, the princi pal hotel at Kingston, which probably . sheltered the great bulk of "visitors on the island, is reported destroyed. The great military hospital was burned and forty soldiers are reported dead. Sir James Ferguson Is said to have been instantly killed, but according to London reports, no other English man or Canadian is believed to be missing: . St. Thomas, D. W. I.. Jan. IS The cable station at Holland Bay, Jamal- - oa, reports that a very Severe earth quake occurred .there at 8:80 Mon day afternoon. The cable office was . badly damaged and all the land lines ,to Kingston were Instantly Interrupt ed. Communication by the land lines was reported this afternoon to wlth , in five miles of Kingston. That city -reports- terrible earthquake on Mon- day afternoon. The city was destroy ed and there was much loss of life, The shocks continue. Everybody is camping out and much distress pre vails. Fires strated at Kingston im mediately after the earthquake. The Jamaica-Colon and the Jamaica-Bermuda cables are Interrupted.- MANY ENGLISHMEN, IN JAMAICA. Party at Present En Route to Kings ton to Attend Agricultural Con ference In Addition to Those In Business There. London, Jan. 18. The only news of the earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, thus far received In London Is con tained in brief dispatches from New York. In addition to a great number of Englishmen In business at Kingston there is at present a party of dis tinguished persons, headed by Sir Alfred Jones, on a visit there to at tend an agricultural conference. There is much uneasiness here on their ac count This party left Bristol, England, on December 80 aboard the steamer Port Kingston for Kingston. It was com posed of about 0 prominent English statesmen and agricultural experts. It formed an expedition to the West -Indies In the Interest of cotton arrowing on the British colonies, on the invi tation of Sir Alfred Jones, the presi dent of the British Cotton Growing Association. In addition to Sir Al fred, these were In the party: F. . Swahsy, a West African merchant; Viscount Mount Morres, Arnold Forster, M. P.;' p. Murray Hunter, of the Liverpool Cotton Association: A. A. Pearson, of the British Colonial Office; Sir Thomas Hughes, of Liver pool; McDowell Nathan, a leading Jamaica merchant; C. Lancaster, rep resenting the Liverpool chamber of commerce; Mr. Oliver, representing the Manchester fine spinners; Sir Thomas ' Shann, representing the Manchester cotton spinners; Sir Ralph Moor, L. Rivet, chairman of the Jamaica Cotton Company, limited, of Stockport; Hall Calne, the author; E. Bryan, secretary to Sir Alfred Jones; Mr. Hutton, chairman of the British Cotton Growing Association; Mr. Cot " terell, a member of the West Afri can section of the Liverpool chamber of commerce; Jesse rollings, M. P., and Henniker Heaton, M. P. Other - passengers aboard . the Port Kingston a. .bound to Kingston were the Earl and Countesa of Dudley, Evelyn Ellis, Per clval Phillips and Captain Rhode .A conference of spinners and plant era had bean nlanntuL. tn Tna- held at y A Kingston. , . : FIRST REPORTS EXAGGERATED. Fir Tuesday Morning at Kingston Had ' Been Confined, to . Certain j Ilrotts Number Dead Said to be V Less Titan 100, - . St Thomas, D. W. L, Jan. II. : According to further,'' though still ,., meager, details of the Kingston earth vs quake received here, it would appear - that the first reports that the city had been destroyed were exaggerated. The fire which- followed the shock was still burning Tuesday morning, 'al though it had been 'confined to cer tain limits. The work of fighting the flames was still being pushed with : energy, and In this respect the sltoa '. tlon seemed to, be Improving.' It was .' thought the fire would be under con- trol to-night . c " , - , - , ; fha statement Is made that the to- ' tal loss' of life has not yet been as certained, but a first count gives the - number of dead at less than 100, and " the number of ; mjured at several !., ' hundred. The. -i hospitals - are filled V with Injured persons, and everything ; possible- Is, being done for their eom- ,-- Tha. principal hotel ' ot King-tort (probably the Mir tie Bank' Hotel), -'ad other important buildings, hare been destroyed,, and other houses In Kingston sustained considerable dam age. ;.";?.., '. . , , .'.,....-,.'.,- ' The flames are apparently confined to the docks and the warehouse in the city. If this is so, only a small portion ot the city has been ' burned over. T No mention la made of a continu ance of the earth shocks.,' REPORT OF QUAKE CONFIRMED. Cablegram to London Says City of Kingston ,1s Ruined Forty Sol ' diera and Many Prominent Citizens . of tho CHy Reported KUled. . , ' London, Jan. 16. The Colonial Of fice to-night received confirmation of the terrible disaster which has over taken Kingston, Jamaica, in a dis patch from Hamar . Greenwood," M s P., sent from Holland Bay, at the east end of the Island. ." The telegram says -that . Kingston has been ruined by an earthquake which occurred without; warning Mon day afternoon, at 1:80. A very-great number : . of buildings and dwellings were destroyed either by the earth quake or by the consequent fire. .The military hospital was burned and forty soldiers were reported to have been killed, together' with sev eral prominent citizens and many other of the Inhabitants of the city. Sir James Ferguson-is .reported to have been instantly killed, but no other Englishmen, . Canadians or Americans are missing. The city is quiet,' but disciplined workers are needed. . The Governor of , the ; colony. Sir Alexander Swettlnham, ' assisted by Sir Alfred Jones, la directing affairs. The steamer Port '- Kingston will leave Thursday, with most of the members of the party who went out with Sir Alfred Jones to attend the agricultural conference. ? A FIRE RAGING AT KINGSTON. United Fruit Company at Boston Re- orivea ncport oi J'-arcnqiwKe rrom Their RepresenUtive There. Bostonj Jan. 15. Th nfflrlata nf the United Fruit Company received a cablegram from the company's representative at iortv Antonio tor night, sutlng that an earthquake oc curred St. Kincaton on Unnrinv and that part of the city was on fire. No mention was made or any loss of life. The cables-rum wu ment fmm tha cable station at Holland bay, which is located in tne swampy section of the island, some miles from Port Antonio. ,From the tone of the cable gram, the officials of the company in inia cuy say tney are or the opinion that the reports of the calamity have been exaggerated. Allen A. Alnslle, of the firm of Ainu He & Grabow. nronrletnm nf thA Tltchfleld Hotel, at Port Antonio, re ceived a cablegram to-night from his partner, Edward a Grabow, at Port Antonio, stating that Kingston was snaaen oy an eartnquake yesterday afternoon, and that a fire waa ras-ina- there. ' Tltchfleld Hotel Unljnrcd New York, Jan. 15 The following cablegram . w .tecejved,,aOhe,oflJcj of the Hamburg-American line here to-night: "Holland Bay. Jamslca. Jan. 15, 5:88 p. m. Slight earthquake here yesterday. No damage r" also no dam age at Port Antonla or to the Tltch fleld Hotel. Advise our, people." Holland Bay, where la situated a cable hut from which above cable gram was sent, is about 40 mlies east of Kingston. The Tltchfleld Hotel Is situated In Anontlo and just now has many guests from the North. An Investigation Ordered Washington, Jan. 15. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf to-night sent a cablegram to Admiral Evans, In command of the United States fleet off Guarrtanamo, Cuba requesting him to investigate the extent of the earthquake disaster in Jamaica and to report to the Department. Admiral Evans Is authorized. If necessary, to proceed to Kingston, which is about a 13-hour trip from Guantanamo. Kingston Is the capital of the Is land of Jamaica and the principal seaport and commercial city of that Island. It la situated on the south coast and on the north side of a fine harbor. The latter Is a land locked basin available for the largest ships and is enclosed on the south by a long tongue of land at the extremi ty of which is Port Royal. The popu lation of Kingston Is about 60,000. The only volcanlo formation In the island Is that at the Lowlaton and retreat estates in the parish of Portland, a mile from the sea, In the county of Surrey, In which Kings ton Is situated. There Is, however, no defined crater and the volcanlo ma terials are the only evidences Remain ing. The . coast formation t of Surrey county Is of white and yellow lime stone and the greater part of the country Is very mountainous. HURRICANrSWEPT IN 1118 In August, 1888, Jamaica was swept by a hurricane which almost totally destroyed Port "Antonio and Inflicted damage In various parts of the island amounting to about 810,000, 000. Thousands of houses In Kingston were damaged, the wharves twera battered - and several coasting . ves sels were sunk. On Nov. 18 last a sharp earthquake shock was, felt in the south and north of tha Island of Jamaica. It was followed Immediately by a second shock which was the heaviest experi enced in Jamaica In many years. In 1688 a great earthquake destroyed Port Royal of whose 8,000 houses only 100 were left standing. It was this catasrophe that led to the found ing ot Kingston, many of the sur vivors removing to the plain of Liguanea and settling on land be longing" ! to Col. -Beeston, where Kingston now stands. In 178 1 a severe conflgraXlon visit ed Kingston, destroying property to the value of 11,500,000 and In 1848 another Are caused damage to the amount oi about $15,00(K . i - In August 1880, a cyclone passed over the eastern half of Jamaica, destroyed nearly all the wharves In the harbor ' of Kingston and also caused much damage to tha shipping In the harbor. The- storm lasted about five hour, but little, rain fell in Kingston and there was moonlight throughout"' . j, -:T ' " There was a double, shock ot earthquake at Kingston, each con". Istlng of a larga number of tremors, lasting seven or fight seconds, on December 7.I880, The shocks wera felt throughout the Island. A .tremendous hurricane visited Jambalca In 1811. The whole Island was - deluged, hundreds of houses were washed away, vessels were wrecked and about;,. 1,000 persons were drowned. - " ,- , The city of Kingston is laid out CANNON SNUBS TAB HEEL I REFUSES TO APPOINT WEBB Speaker of House of Representatives - Again Seizes - Opportunity to Turn Down, a Son of North : Carolina ; Appoints Shirley, of Kentucky, on J udlclary Committee, Despite Wil liams' Recommendation of Webb and tha Fact That Shirley Wa Not an Active Candidate Williams , Very Indignant lively Discussion , of Ship Subsidy Bill Before House ' Committee. V-J v .v .'.; BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. : j .'a- ; - n:viiA? rr?.:-t ' Observer Bureau, ; Kk. i Aitf G. Street N.. W ' ';$. Washington Jan. 15. ;; , Speaker Cannon ha .1 once' 'more turned his native .State down cold. When Mr. Small was contending for an appointment on the rivers and harbors . committee the Speaker told the last man to speak to him on the subject-that he would give the ap plication the most careful, considera tion. . Twenty minutes later he an nounced the appointment of . Moon, of Tennessee, utterly ignoring, to the astonishment of a lot of people, the recommendation of , the ; mtnortty leader. Mr. Williams.' This afternoon the Speaker again did the usual thing by overriding the recommendation of Mr. Williams, and slated Shirley, of Kentucky, for service on the Judici ary committee. Both Minority Leader Williams and Mr. Webb were, of course, surprised and this emotion Is hot unmixed with indignation. But what la, tha use? The Speaker always acts like this whenever North Carolina, his native State, is concerned. Not only so, but an ugly story is going the rounds to night about this turn-down of Mr. Webb. Shirley was not even an ap plicant for the honor, certainly not an active applicant. This circum stance was not, apparently, taken Into account, but what did cut some figure was the fact that Shirley Is from Louisville, the big distillery district, and holds views in line with the liquor Interests. He is opposed to ' the Hepburn-Dolllver bill, to which the Speaker Is also opposed, while the Speaker .was not certain what Mr. Webb might do about this bill, designed to prevent the ship ment of liquor to prohibition com munities. This story was in circulation yester day, and Mr, Williams is said to have called it to the attenUon of the Speaker, saying he understood that certain Influences were pointed agalnBt Mr. Webb, but thaf he would never change his recommendations. The writer also heard this story every day, but said nothing about It, thinking It was Inconceivable that the Speaker would be influenced by such considerations. And yet the fact re mains that Shirley was not seeking the honor, that he Is a young man, with certainly no legal standing su perior to that of Mr. Webb. Still the Speaker picks him out, and In doing so,, goes over the head of the mi nority leader. Mr. Williams is ud In arms and may sever all relations with lhfrjBiu5aj.,,iev asked to refuse 'the appolntrrten LIVELY TIME OVER SUBSIDY. There were lively times in the House committee on the merchant marine and fisheries to-day while the ship subsidy bill was under con sideration. A North Carolina mem ber, Mr. Patterson, figured right ex tensively In the proceedings. The committee first considered the Senate bill, to which the Speaker la dead opposed, and, thinking to queer the whole subsidy movement, the Demo crats voted solidly for the bill. This gave the Senate bill a majority of one, and the move floored the Re publicans for . few moments, until one of their number announced a change of mind, and voted rto. The Republicans then set about to get their modified substitute adopted, but lacked a vote or so and they sent Mr. Watson, the Republican "whip up," to see the Speaker about getting unanimous consent for the com mittee to sit longer, that Is, after noon, when the House convened. Mr. Patterson observed this move and, suspecting what It meant, hot-footed it up to the House floor and got Mi nority Leader Williams to object to the unanimous request This necessi tated another meeting this afternoon, when the committee got the substi tute through the committee, and for the first time it begins to look like there may be some ship subsidy legislation. This new bill, however, only affects about sight mall Unea DISCUSSION AT MARKET CON VENTION. This matter of a ship subsidy and a proposed modification of the tariff received A great" deal of attention to day during the sessions of the con vention for the Promotion of Ameri can Markets. Mr. D. A. Tompkins, wno several times took part In tha discussion and had a hand In draft ing the resolutions as finally agreed upon, said that one of the most InteresUng things to him was the speech of one of the delegates, who contended that the beet way to re lieve the congestion on the railroads Vs by digging more canals and waterways. This Is the view taken by J. J. Hill. RepresenUtive Small, who has been working in this direc tion several years, was present and. of course, thoroughly approved every thing that was said on this subject Only to-day Mr. Small presented to tha sub-committee of the rivers and harbors committee, Messrs. - Turton, Bparkman and Moon, In the matter of., his , Inland - waterway .... project Messrs. Sparkman and Moon ex pressed themselves aa favoring" tha project ' Mrv Burton, chairman of the committee, was noncommittal. This, ot course, means that his atti tude Is unfriendly. . . 1 i.ii i W. B. Denham WuyManaga Ktl Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 15. W. B. Denham has .tendered his resignation as manager of the Georgia. Florida A Alabama Railways to take affect February 1, and will assume entire management of the Tampa Northern Railway, now being constructed from Tampa to Atlanta. Mr. Denham was formerly superintendent of tha At lantlo Coast Line and is considered one of the moat efficient . railroad managers In1 the South. , ; with regular and de streets and the better class -of houses are neatly built with wide verandas and sur rounded by handsome gardens. Street cars run to the suburbs and two lines of railway, connect the city with the northern and eastern parts of the Islands 'Si.,,r . t'' Kingston; has a botanical garden, library, museum, hospital and various other public buildings and I the seat of an Algerian, bishopric. v' : The hsrbW of Kingston Is consid ered to, be one of the finest In the world and is protected by forts. F0KBIDS EDITORS PASSES atUSTICE'S BILL DISCUSSED. y''.",: - 1 1 j ' j ' V 1 Section of Bill Forbidding Issuonce by Railroads of Transportation to 1 . Editor Arouses Pencil Pusher V Mr. Justice Finally Aggrecs to Add ; Either of Two Provisions, Either of , Which Will , Make the Transaction one of Value Received Committee . Will Hear Corporation Bills Jann- ary 24 AVarm Discussion of Bill to Jlfake Morganton - a Prohibition ,TvwaS';V.; --Y-: Observer: Bureau .'' i , v Xbe Holloman. Bldg. V'VSX Jan. IS v The public service "corporation House committee this evening ' did sot consider any particular ' one of the numerous bills Introduced relating to rallorads, but announced that all kindred bills would be taken up January 24 and persons de siring to be heard could appear. These bills would bo considered from day to day until disposed of. It Is proposed at that time to have the Senate committee on tailored! meet jointly with the House committee so that all matters can be passed upon at once. The request was made of the members to Introduce all bills affecting railroads, telegraph, tele phone and express cornpanyles before January, 24, so that the committees could consider, them consecutively. CONCESSIONS BY . MR. JUSTICE. One section of the bill relating to rail reads Introduced by. Speaker Juatlce practically prohibits the Issuance ot transportation to . newspapers without cash payment. This bad greatly aroused many editors and the press association hat presented a petition to he heard. Mr. Justice was present this afternoon nctlfled the committee and, after a con ference with representative nf the as sociation and with editors of newspapers who wore members of the General As sembly, he had agreed to either of the folliwlng provisions to his bill prohibit ing transportation except for cash pay ment: "(No. 1) Provided all rallorad com panies doing business tn North Carolina for the information of the public are re quired to advertise their schedule in ail the newspapers published In the towns through which the respective railroads pess, when such newspapers have 500 or more bona fide subscribers and when advertblng space can be bought at the regular advertising rates paid by other advertisers in such papers." "(No. 2) Provided the publisher and editor of any newspaper published in North Carolina having a bona fide cir culation of GOO subscribers or more may sell any railroad company advertising space at the price at which advertising space is offered for sale to all other per sons advertising In such papers, and ac cept as compensation therefore transpor tation at the price It Is sold by the ralV roads to all other , person when such a contract to exchange i' advertising . for transportation is reduced to writing at jomtrfla.U.-o4e-an Is.-rkhlc W days from "(Re 'time tha, aentract Is' made, -filed with., the jotpomion', com mission. TlfttMnMifjaUm shall at all tlms be kept open for "pus llc Inspection." The House committee on penal Institu tions reported favorably the bill uthorbf lng the penitentiary board on or bf ore- January 1, 1909, to place In the band, of , the State treasurer sufTtcteni funds of Its surplus to pay off the bonds uaued in 1909. HOT DEBATE ON LIQUOR QUES TION. . The House committee on liquor traffic had a long discussion this -evening on liquor bills relating to Johnston, Warren and Burke. The hearing of the Johnston bill was continued until January 22, when tha parties Interested will appear before the committee. The bill from Warren Is to prohibit the sale of cider and wine manufactured On one's premises from the fruit grown by the owner, In . LlttU tou. There was opposition from soma members In making exceptions of tbs general operation of the Watts and Ward laws, arguing that to begin this special legislation would open a flood gate for InnumerablQ bills before the Legislature adjourned, as bad been the case formerly. The bill was 'reported favorably. The moat spirited discussion was on the bill making Morganton a prohibition town, and abolishing saloons there. Bit ter oppoaiton was made to this by soma members of the commute who con tended that the Watts and Ward laws should be followed and the people of the place allowed to' have their will as ex pressed at an election. This view was pressed by Grant, of Davie; Carter, of Forsyth, snd Jullon, of Rowan. Senator Daala appeared before As committee and said that the last cam paign in Burke was conducted on thd Issue of giving the county prohibition and the people, regardless of party affilia tion, in town and country,, demanded law; that Republican sod Demucratio candidates advocated it and that Mr. Avery, who was elected by largo ma jority, waa nominated against bis will on this platform, and that . he considered that the people bad already voted on the question. Mr. Avery made an earn est, appeal for his Mil, saying that the saloons ' of Morganton were eorruptlng the people to such extent that it was almost the universal demand of tha peo ple In- tho country. v as we! a those ot probiblton towns like Hickory and New ton, that the county should be placed under prohibition. Half a dosun other members and outsiders made long speeches . for the bill) It waa reported favorably. , The Watte law will be amended, but In the bills exceptions to Watts law are sought and the result wnl prove a step towards relaxing; lb( The law will be rigidly observed. ' ' ' "... A bill introduced to-day by Reprtsen tail ve ' Preston, of 'Mecklenburg, allows railway' passenger V pounds of bag gaga . Bill, Introduced by Representative Iielton proposes to Increase pensions to SOO,O0O, i ' ' . The House met at 11 o'clock, prayer' being offered by Rev. R. T. Vann. - president of the Baptist ,. Uni versity for Women. V Spssker Justice announced as the committee to ex amine? and approve the journal' for this week: , MulL of Columbus; stick ley, of Cabarrus, and Qaston, of Bun combe, lis also announced tha fol lowing' standing committees: ' Fish and flahertes: Vann,; chair man: Gilliam, Hooker, Brewer, Liver man, Jones, of Pltti; Blmpson, Pitt, Mldgyette, Whttly, Davis, of Hyde; McDanlel. Davie, of Cartaret: Win- (Continued oo rgt Seven.), Mg. TILLMAN CRITICISED LVTEimiJPTIOXS fibe spoonek. Utterances Defending "Slob - Violence : Made by the SonU Carolina Sena rtor Quoted by Mr.-Spooner, Who , Declared That to Encourage Such Mob Violence Was a Disgrace to Civilization Mr. Tillman Was Not , Allowed to Reply, But Announced ? That lie Would lo so at an Early .: Date Bitter Feeling Provoked by V Controversy May Cause Extension of Brownsville Affair Investigation. Washington, - Jan. 15'. Ooaded by frequent interruptions from Mr, Till man," the speech of Mr. Spooner in the' Senate to-day, on the resolution for the investigation of the affray at Brwonsvllle was changed from a con stitutional argument In defense of President Roosevelt's course in dis charging a negro battalion ot the army, to a severe arraignment of the 6'ouin Carolina Senator. He quoted from Mr. Tillman's utterances de fending lynching as a means of con trolling negroes, and said that to en courage Such mob violence was . a dis grace to ' civilization. Mr. Tillman was not permitted to reply to this criticism at the time, but at the con clusion of Mr. Spooner's attack de clared that at an early date he would take apcaslon to defend himself against the "insulting allusions" made by Mr. Spooner. The bitter feeling provoked by the controversy between the Senators makes It impossible to say when a vote can be had on the resolution. It Is expected debate will now be ex tended. Mr. Spooner took the position that article 4 oi the articles of war gives to the commander-ln-chlcf of the army the power to dismiss the troops in the .manner employed. He refer red to the affray at Walla Walla, Washington, during President Cleve. land's administration, and said that the investigation of that disturbance resulted In a recommendation that the four companies Involved be dis missed. He said that the only rea son these men were not dismissed was because there was then no au thority for such action. The order providing for, dismissal "without honor," said Mr. Spooner, was made to meet just such cases. "I never heard until yesterday," said Mr. Spooner, "that the President had not the power of sending forces where he chose. I never heard that that was not a part. of the power of command, until this was proclaimed yesterday by the Senator from Geor gia," (Mr. Bacon). A COLLOQUY WITH MR. BACON. The point was made by Mr. Spooner that the constitution does not say that Congress has the power to gov ern the military forces, but' to make rules for the government of the army. He claimed that the words "to make rules" meant that the enforcement of the regulations for the government of the army rests absolutely with the President as commander-in-chief. In cases where Congress has legislated to reappoint men to the army and navy, Mr. Spookier said that It mere-te-avautn the rrasldfak ajutbxsrllxJji his discretion. to reappoint men or permit their re-enltstmsnt. On this subject he engaged In a brief collo quy with UiwBacon, in which the General Fitsjohn Porter case was re ferred to, and It was recalled that President Arthur had vetoed the first act of Congress concerning General Porter on the ground that Congress had no right to pass an act to com pel htm to reappoint any man by name. Mr. Spooner declared that Mr. Bacon's position wss In utter disre gard of the constitution Itself; that absolute power has to be lodged In the government somewhere, and tn the case under discussion this abso lute power had been divided between the President and Congress. He said the question of whether the 16T negro soldiers had been discharged from tho army by an order not in accord with the President's constitutional au thority could be tested any day. These men may go Into the court of claims and sue for their pay and there test the constitutionality of their dis charges. Messrs. Spooner and Bacon agreed that there are statutory provisions au thorising the President to take the course he did, and Mr. Spooner said It was not necessary, therefore, for him to say whether the constitution empowered him to discharge soldiers for the causes provoking the dis missals at Brownsville. TRUSTED TO THE EXECUTIVE. Discussing the great discretionary powers placed tn the hands of the President as commander-in-chief ot the army and navy, Mr. Spooner said that he agreed that In bad hands that power might protect the vilest ot murderers, the most dangerous as sassins, but It was necessary td lo cate this great authority somewhere, and it was thought best to trust the responsibility of the Executive of the people. "If the President abuses his privi lege," said Mr. Spooner, "If he vio lates his oath of omce, this Is not the place to question his course. The method for his punishment Is pro vided for through the other end of the Capitol." Mr. Spooner said he wished the procedure tn discharging the negroes had been different It would have been much better If there had been a court ot Inquiry, where all of the suspected soldiers could have been examined and the witnesses agslnst them or tor them cross-examined. Mr. Tillman sought recognition, but Mr. Spooner first undertook to learn the length of the question ha purposed to ask. Mr. Spooner had criticised the course of tha officers of the bat talion and had spoken of the Presi dent's confidence In Major Penrose. "I'll make my question like a bul let." said Mr. Tillman. "The ques tion was as to why the President had not adopted Major Penrose's recom mendation for tha ferreting out of the guilty. "Tha President of the United States will never require any defense from tha attacks of the Senator from South Carolina," was Mr. fipoonr'a reply. "Ha has developed a mania for at tacking the President I did not In tend, to branch off on such a discus sion, but I have never been so sur prised by any man's attitude as I have by that of the Senator from South Carolina." ; A SEVERS ARRAIGNMENT. . The South'1 Carolina Senator waa then subjected to one of the most direct and -stinging Indictments ever delivered by a Senator against a col league, Mr. Spooner quoted from Mr. Illlman's utterances defending the umlng of negroes at tha stake, and aid: , .j . i.i ' . .'.,'.. ' .. . ' , "No ma ought to encoursg sudh horrible thing ss - that It Is a crime against rtvtllsatlon to en courage It' Continuing he said he had looked with admiration upon the effort of Oovernor Vaxdaman and other executives of Southern States to suppress mobs seeking the lives of negroes without giving them trials on account of the crimes they were suspected of having committed. " "I have been shocked," he said, "by the attitude of the Senator from South Carolina on more than .' one oc casion when he has spoken here In Justification and support of the con tinuance of lynching. v " uance of lynching. If there is one man who ought not to encourage it It. is the man who sits here as the maker of laws." Disclaiming any Intention to abuse Mr. Tillman, the Wisconsin Senator said it was his purpose only to make a plea for good government. He said he had not Intended to be led into such a discussion, but had been goaded to It by Mr. Tillman him self. . . ' "And I want to say here," he con tinued, "that any man who encour ages lynching, murder and lawless ness will have much to answer for, and the higher his position and the mightier his Influence, the more will he have to answer for. No man can come here with good - grace to Im peach the President for his dismissal of men because they were not identi fied as criminals, who comes to that accusation from a lynching bee or who Justifies one." DISCUSSES RACE QUESTION. Mr. Spooner concluded his speech with a brief discussion of the race question, declaring his belief that the majority of the people of the South did not entertain the radical views which had been expressed by Sena tor. Tillman. He admitted the dif ficulties and hardships of the race problem In the Soutn, and said the people of the North felt the best way to aid In the solution ot these diffi culties was for them to refrain from discussing them. In this connection he did not believe the agitation of Senator Tillman could have the effect to quiet the situation. Mr. Spooner quoted a newspaper report of one of Senator Tillman's lectures, In which he referred to negroes as baboons and said when asked "how about tne law," replied: "To hell with such laws." When Mr. Spooner took his seat Mr. Tillman remarked that he had expected to have a few words to say to the Senator from Wisconsin, "In view of the direct personal attack he has made on me this afternoon. But the latter part of his speech has widened the scope of the reply I wish to make, and therefore I will take occasion in the near future' to have something to say on this question and In answer to some of the insulting al lusions he has made." THE BAILEY INVESTIGATION. Ronolntlon Asking Attorney General to Submit Documentary Evidence is Pawfed by Texas Leglidatnre. Austin. Tex.. Jan i Te House of the Texas Legislature to-day pass ed a resolution calling upon the attor ney general to ' submit to that body for consideration all documentary evidence lie has In his possession Im plicating United States Senator Bal- tley In certain dealings with the Wa- tara-Plflrr.a, Oil Company . v - The original resolution offered by the anti-Bailey lehders provided that the attorney general should accom pany these documents with his opin ion aa to their merit. Senator Bai ley's adherents objected so strenuous ly that this feature of the resolution was stricken out to-day. The attor ney general Is now asked to furnish documentary evidence only. Friends of Senator Bailey are Jubi lant They say the Investigation resolutions are practically dead. They claim Senator Bailey will be re elected next week without further opposition. The Senator attended to day's Inauguration ceremonies, and was received with cheers. In the Senate tho Speaker appointed a committee who are to determine for thai body whether an Investiga tion Into the charges against Mr. Bailey Is necessary. Of this commit tee throe are regarded as sntl-Balley men, while four are believed to be ad herents of the Senator. Nominations Sent the Senate. Washington, Jan. 15. The Presi dent sent to the Senate to-day the following nominations of postmasters: North Carolina, W. P. Edwards, Frankltnton; Florida. F. M. Taylor, Tltusvllle; Mary R. Bishop, Euatls; E. N. Bradley, Greencove Springs; G. E. Koona, Palmetto; O. F. Ecrnald, Tarpon Springs; Virginia. W. B. Al fred, Clarksville; R. A. Anderson, Marlon; J. II. Llndsey, Brldgewater. ANSEL MAKES APPOINTMENT. South Carolina's Xewr Governor Ap points a Clrk I .est Acts of Gov ernor Hcywerd, Observer Bureau, 110 Main Street. Columbia, 8. C, Jan. IS. Governor Ansel this afternoon an nounced the appointment of J. H. Latimer as a clerk In the county supervisor's office st Greenville, 8. C..' as chief State constable, vice P. B. Hammett, resigned, to accept a posi tion with the collector of Internal revenue. Governor Hcyward's last official act was to sign the commissions of Cap tain Samuel Nichols, as captain: John F. Langs ton, as first lieutenant, and John T. Rhett, as second lieutenant of the newly-oragnlsed Hampton Guards, of Spartanburg. The new company will probably be assigned to Blythe's battalion ot the First Regiment The Senate this afternoon, after a brief debate, passed the Chrlstensen dispensary resolution by a vote of II to I. The resolution calls for a- Joint commission of five to at once Investi gate the books of the present board of directors. THREE ARE SERIOUSLY SHOT. Battle Between Officers and Men Fbl towed Tormenting of Horace - of Farmers Left In Wagon Lot. : Augusta,' On., Jan. IB. A special from Sprlnfleld, 8. C, says; ' . -.. William Fleming, a photographer, was shot through the -thigh and stomach to-day and fatally wounded: Chief ot Police Halloway is . shot through the thigh and Calvin Cooper is seriously wounded In the thigh. During the afternoon Fleming and a friend, who had been drinking, be gan tormenting horses of farmers left In a wagon lot, . When the chief of police attempted to arrest tha two men they resisted, drawing gun Cooper wss ' pressed , Into service by tha officer and Immediately a battle ensued. Fleming took Halloway un aware and flred a ball through his thigh, and turning the pistol on Cooper, , wounded , him In-a serious manner. While on the ground. Hal loway shot Fleming In the thigh and stomach . i AKSEL : TO LEGISLATURE STATE P DISPENSARY j MUST 5 CO South Carolina's New Chief Executive Transmits Ills First ; Message to ' v General Assembly Emphasise , Importance of State Education and Asks Lcfrutlatnre a Consideration of Establishment , pf ' i Public High . : Schools Declares The People Have -: Spoken m No Uncertain Tones, De manding That Each County Shall Solve the Liquor Problem for . It . self Provision for Victims , of As- 1 . sault v.-.-v j'ifav-S',' v- ; ' ( Observer Bureau, V 1201 Main street, , Columbia, S. C, Jan., It.' , . Martin F. Ansel was Inaugurated , 4 Governor of South Carolina ,to-day V'1 In the presence of a large audience ' ' gathered from every section of tha t State. , ' ' The Inauguration of Governol Ansel ( ' marks a new era In the history of , South Carolina politics, In that he--' is the first chief executive In 15 years , , who has essayed to oppose the State ' dispensary system, which was enact- ed 15 years ago under the leadership " of Governor B. R. Tillman, ahd which . has since been the leading' Issue in State politics. Governor Ansel was elected on an , M antl-dlspensary platform, whloh car- rtes with it the abolition of the Stat -dispensary system, leaving the que- f tlon to the counties to decide tor.- v themselves as between county dts- ; -;. t pensarles and prohibition. - , SHOULD ABOLISH LIQUOR 8Y8- ' TEM. ... ; - In his Inaugural address to-day " ' ' Governor Ansel In no uncertain term recommended the abolishment of tha , present liquor system which, tinder State control, has grown to be a f 4,- 'A 000,000 business. Whether or not the dispensary will v ; be abolished depends upon the aotlon ' , ." , of the General Assembly now in ses- . slon. In the House there Is an ad ' V mltted majority In favor of it ex- ; tlnction, while In the Senate both aide t -are claming a majority. Among other recommendations , , of the Incoming Governor are tha . f abolishment of bucket shops, a sys tem of rural police, liberal appro- ' "" prlatlons for the publlo schools, mora 5 drastic punishment for criminal as- . snult upon women, and liberal sup port of the department of Immigra tion, i A pathetic feature of the tnaugu- . ' ration was when the newly-elected adjjutant general, Col. J. C. Boyd, came Into the hall on crutches, aid- ' ed by friends, to take the oath ot , office. Colonel Boyd Is a Confeder ate soldier and was stricken with pa ralysis only a few days ago, It being feared that he would be unable to assume the duties of the office. Governor Ansel In his address to- s day said, In part:. Gentlemen of the General Assembly ' ' and My Fellow Clttsens-. 4 , In obedience to the will of tha pad pie of this State, as expressed at the ballot box, I am here to-day to take the solemn oath of office as Governor -of South Carolina, and to assume the ' ,- " duties of this high and responsible po sition. : ., It am deeply grateful to the people i , ' for this manifestation of their con- v.?-?-fldence, and, when I survey the vast responsibilities and duties connected .'-"vV with the same. I realise deeply my in- .' ability to fully meet them. Feeling, : however, that I shall have your full '. v. co-operation and support, and relying upen your help at all times, I aJuma''-y:ri.V-' these duties and responsibilities, t ? promising ( to give Ho them my best -" Judgment and talents, and all tha powers with which the great God has J ' endowed me. EDUCATION. A Our Stat? constitution requires that . ' ' we shall "provide a liberal system of free, public schools for all children .,' between the ages of six and 21." When we consider the great power ' and Influence of an educated people and that the strength and prosperity . of a State depend ultimately upon th ,: r Intelligence of the average dtlsen, - " we can realise the mind of the fram- , ": era of this organic law. It, therefore, v J , behooves us to enact such laws as ; " ' will fully carry out this wise pre-'? -vision of the State constitution. w The State Institutions of higher?, learning are all well eaulDoed and l ' V' are doing a great work In the edu-' cation of many of our girls and boys, "t. but theae fortunate ones are but a ; ..' -meagre 10 per cent, of those within v , the school age; the other 90 per cent -i are wholly dependent upon the com- V mon schools. ' '?' - It Is true that many of the graded .' schools are kept open for nine month .- In the year by the help of the special taxes voted upon themselves by the ' P '1 tax payers of the particular echo-'l -;V district, but many of the small aahrwvu In the rural districts are In session but ' V for three or four months tn th year. Realising that most of the children" ' " ' who attend these schools Ing from them alt the school ad van- . tagea mat tney win ever get are we doing our full duty to them? Are , We thUS flttlne them tnr all K- I duties of an intelligent citlxenshipT : - we are uuuaing xor the future and r I we should tee to it that we build ;;" strong and welt You have mm mm A t Important matter that will come be- V ' r rou suiu recommena mat ilb-i- . eral appropriation be made for the i' common schools. , '.: X also ask your eanociat' atntA' to. and consideration of tha Ubllsh-'C:K msnt or mgn scnools In connection ? with and as a part of the free school r system of our State. Many children " will be able to attend the high school - ''.'' who cannot attend a Stat college, and : many others will be better prepared 'v for college after having attended th high school. It Is a step In th direc tion ot giving, to the boysyand gtrl v v better opportunities , In . their school ' life and tor making them better citi- i sens. , . - ..,..,. v v ' ; ,.' liquor question. ;;; : '. ' One of the most Important subjects ,' that you have before you for con sideration, gentlemen ot the General Assembly, la the liquor question, Th people ot tha State have spoken ' in no uncertain sound, and we cannot , mistake their meaning, that the stat dispensary system must be abolish l and that there must be enacted in it stead, a taw providing for loom coun ty option as between -county pro hibition and county dUpim-wie. In making my campaign thu r,nt summer, on of the principal k-,icsj before the people waa the question State dispensary or local county c: - , (CuutiimeJ, cn T-;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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